Improvements in Connecting the Ends of Tubes Together or to Fittings.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Aug., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 29th May, 1896-Accepted, 4th July, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Connecting the Ends of Tubes Together or to
Fittings.
I, WALTER BURY INCLEDON, of the Albion Tube Works, Birmingham, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to connect the ends of tubes together or to fittings
in such manner as to make tight joints without the necessity of forming screw threads
or flanges on them.
For this purpose I employ, as has before been proposed, a tubular coupling having
a stuffing box at each end and to prevent the tubes being forced end wise out of the
coupling 1 form hooks, dovetails or other fastenings at their ends engaging with
each other or preferably with similar hooks, dovetails or fastenings at the ends of
a tubular connecting piece fitting inside the coupling.
This connecting piece is made in two parts capable of revolving relatively to
each other so that its fastenings can be so turned as to engage with those at the
ends of pipes whatever may be the position of the latter. Or two separate
connecting pieces may be employed each having a flange on its outside which is
held by the pressure of the packing in the stuffing box against a flange on the
inside of the coupling.
Dadhi 07th
SA 1905
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Connecting the Ends of Tubes Together or to
Fittings.
I, WALTER BURY INCLEDON, of the Albion Tube Works, Biriningham, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
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The object of this invention is to connect the ends of tubes together or to fittings
in such manner as to make tight joints without the necessity of forming screw
threads or flanges on them.
For this purpose I employ, as has before been proposed, a tubular coupling
having a stuffing box at each end and to prevent the tubes being forced endwise
out of the coupling I form hooks, dovetails or other fastenings at their ends
engaging with each other.
This arrangement is shewn in Figure 1 where a a are the tubes to be connected,
b is a tubular coupling having a stuffing box at each end, cc packing rings,
dd washers and ee the glands screwing into the stuffing boxes so compressing the
packing and making a tight joint.
Preferably however the ends of the tubes do not engage directly with each other
but with similar hooks, dovetails or fastenings at the ends of a tubular connecting
piece fitting inside the coupling.

page_text: This connecting piece is made in two parts capable of revolving relatively to
each other so that its fastenings can be so turned as to engage with those at the
ends of pipes whatever may be the position of the latter.
This arrangement is shown in Figure 2 in which ff are the two parts of
portions of the coupling piece the other parts having the same letters as in
Figure 1.
Or two separate connecting pieces may be employed each having a flange f² on
its outside which is held by the pressure of the packing in the stuffing box against
a flange on the inside of the coupling as shown in Figure 3.
Similar arrangements are also applicable to angles, tees and other fittings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
:―
1. The combination of the coupling, the stuffing boxes at its ends and hooks,
dovetails or other fastening connecting the ends of the pipes together or to a
-tubular connecting piece or pieces inside the coupling.
2. Tube couplings substantially as described and shewn in the drawings.
Dated this 92nd don at Ma 1000
W. B. INCLEDON.