A NEW OR IMPROVED UNION, JUNCTION, OR FASTENING FOR PIPES AND TUBES
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Warne, of the Blackfriars Road, in the
County of Surrey, Pewterer and Beer Engine Manufacturer, for the
Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED UNION, JUNCTION, OR FASTENING FOR
PIPES AND TUBES."
Sealed the 28th October 1868, and dated the 1st May 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Warne at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
1st May 1868.
I, JOHN WARNE, of the Blackfriars Road, in the County of Surrey,
Pewterer and Beer Engine Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED UNION, JUNCTION, OR FASTENING
FOR PIPES AND TUBES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in attaching to or forming in a piece with one
end of a tube one or more projecting studs, two for example, and in
forming in the nut which is loose on the end of the other tube corre-
sponding recesses cut in a flanged face formed on the nut. On passing

page_text: the studs through the recesses and turning the nut, which for the sake
of convenience is fitted with arms or handles, the studs are held in the
recesses and the fastening is secure. On bringing the recesses in the nut
again opposite the studs the tube can be released. The union is
particularly applicable for connecting tubes to butt or cask taps.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Warne in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 30th October 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
WARNE, of the Blackfriars Road, in the County of Surrey, Pewterer and
Beer Engine Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the First day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said John Warne, Her special licence that I,
the said John Warne, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said John Warne, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and
Isle of Man, an Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED UNION, JUNCTION, OR
FASTENING FOR PIPES AND TUBES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said John Warne, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Warne; do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
'the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying

page_text: to say:
My Invention consists in attaching to or forming in a piece with one
end of a tube one or more projecting studs, two for example, and in
forming in the nut which is loose on the end of the other tube corre-
sponding recesses cut in a flanged face formed on the nut.
The accompanying Drawings illustrate the manner in which I prefer
to carry my Invention into effect.
Figure 1 is a side and Figure 2 an end view of a tap constructed in
the manner before described; Figure 3 is a side view and Figure 4 an
end view of the nut or connecting piece; Figure 5 is a view of the nut
in section; Figure 6 shows the tap and fastening complete.
a, a, are the studs projecting from the tube b, and formed in a piece
therewith; c, c, are apertures or recesses formed in the nut d to corre-
spond in size with the studs or projecting pieces a, a; the shape of
these recesses is best seen at Figure 5. e is a tube formed with a flange ƒ,
a detached view of which is given at Figure 7, fitting loosely in the
aperture in the nut d, and as shown at Figure 8, a washer g being used
to divide the flange from the face of the tube b; h, h, are handles fitted
to the nut d for freely turning the same. On passing the studs a, a,
through the recesses or apertures c, c, and turning the nut d by the arms
or handles h, h, the studs travel along the recesses, and becoming
jammed are held therein and the fastening is secure; and, as shown at
Figures 6 and 8, on bringing the apertures or recesses c, c, in the nut d
opposite the studs a, a, the tube can be released. The union is particu-
larly applicable for connecting tubes to butt or cask taps, which may be
done by attaching a flexible tube to the tube e, and which flexible tube
leads to the beer engine.
Although I have described and shown the studs a, a, as being formed
in a piece with the tap itself, yet although I prefer this arrangement I
do not limit myself thereto, as the studs may be made separate and
inserted in the tap. k is an ordinary handle for turning on or for cutting
off the supply of liquid to the exit pipe.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim, the
attaching to or forming in a piece with one end of a tube tap one, two,
or more projecting pieces or studs, and in providing a nut with recesses

page_text: or apertures corresponding therewith, the said nut: carrying a loose
flanged tube to receive another and flexible tube, the nut and tap tube
being secured by passing the recesses over the studs, and turning the
nut, all substantially as herein-before described and illustrated in the
accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Warne, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
JOHN WARNE. (L.S.)