Certain Improvements in Earthenware and other Pipes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 15th July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 15th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 16th May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Certain Improvements in Earthenware and other Pipes.
I, JOHN RATCLIFFE, of 1, Timperley Villas, Rotton Park Road, Birmingham,
Warwickshire, Building Surveyor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-.
The first part of this invention has reference to those spigot and socket.bends
or elbow pipes which are used to connect the bottom of a vertical soil, water or
other pipe or pipes to a horizontal pipe. The curved form of the said bend or elbow
pipe renders it difficult to support in position whilst being jointed to the horizontal
pipe and also makes it very liable to become displaced and the joint broken by the
weight of the vertical pipe and contents supported by it which defects it is the
object of the first part of this invention to overcome.
According to the first part of this invention I form underneath the said vertical
bend or elbow and integral therewith a flat seat or base upon which the bend or
elbow pipe stands. This seat or base supports the bend or elbow in an upright
position whilst being jointed and by presenting a large area to the ground it does
That side of
not sink under the weight of the vertical pipes and their contents.
the seat or base which comes next the wall supporting the down pipe may be
carried upwardly at right angles to the base so as the better to keep the bend or
elbow pipe steady. This side is either shaped to fit against a flat wall or in a
corner as may be required. This part of my said invention is applicable more
particularly to earthenware bends and elbows but it can also be applied to bends
and elbows which are made of cast iron or other metal.
The second part of this invention consists in an improved socket more
particularly for use in connecting the bottom spigot end of an iron or other
metal down pipe to the socket end of the said earthenware bend or elbow but
which is also applicable for connecting the spigot ends of other iron and metal
pipes to earthenware sockets, the object being to keep the iron or other metal
pipe central with the earthenware pipe and steady in the socket and thus ensure a
perfect joint.
I make a short earthenware pipe having a spigot at its lower end of a size to
fit in the socket end of the said bend or elbow and having a socket at its upper
end. The inside of this socket tapers outwardly that is it is larger at its mouth.
The bottom end of the iron or other metal vertical pipe when inserted in the said
taper socket rests upon the taper sides of the same and thus is perfectly central
and steady and the joint in the socket can be properly made.
Instead of employing a separate pipe with a taper socket as above described the
socket in the vertical bend or elbow may similarly be made taper and the use of.
the separate pipe dispensed with.
My invention above described is applicable to round square and other pipes.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Certain Improvements in Earthenware and other Pipes.
I, JOHN RATCLIFFE, of 1, Timperley Villas, Rotton Park Road, Birmingham,
Warwickshire, Building Surveyor, 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 :-
The first part of this invention has reference to those spigot and socket bends
or elbow pipes which are used to connect the bottom of a vertical soil, water or
other pipe or pipes to a horizontal pipe. The curved form of the said bend or elbow
pipe renders it difficult to support in position whilst being jointed to the horizontal
pipe and also makes it very liable to become displaced and the joint broken by the
weight of the vertical pipe and contents supported by it which defects it is the
object of the first part of this invention to overcome.
On the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 represents in elevation and Fig. 2 in sectional elevation an earthenware
spigot and socket bend pipe and a connecting socket formed according to this
invention; Fig. 3 is a plan of the said bend pipe alone; Fig. 4 is a side elevation,
Fig. 5 a front elevation, and Fig. 6 a plan of a modified form of the bend for use
where the down pipe is in a corner; and Figs. 7 and 8 shew a modified form of
the said socket for connecting a square metal pipe to the round socket of an
earthenware pipe.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures.
To effect the first object of my invention I form underneath the vertical bend or
elbow A and integral therewith a flat seat or base B upon which the bend or
elbow pipe A. stands. This seat or base B supports the bend or elbow in an
upright position whilst being jointed and by presenting a large area to the ground
it does not sink under the weight of the vertical pipes and their contents.
That
side of the seat or base B which comes next the wall supporting the down
pipe D may be carried upwardly at right angles to the base so as the better to
keep the bend or elbow pipe A. steady. This side C is either shaped to fit against
a flat wall (Figs. 1, 2 and 3) or in a corner (Figs. 4, 5 and 6) as may be required.
The vertical central web E connects the bend A to its base B and back C.
It will be evident that my invention can be applied to taper bends similarly as
above described and shewn as applied to a parallel bend.
The second part of this invention consists in an improved socket more
particularly for use in connecting the bottom spigot end of an iron or other metal
down pipe to the socket end of the said earthenware bend or elbow but which is
also applicable for connecting the spigot ends of other iron and metal pipes
to the socket ends of other earthenware pipes the objects being to keep the
iron or other metal pipe central with the earthenware pipe and steady in
the socket and thus ensure a perfect joint. In carrying out this part of my
invention I make a short earthenware pipe F having its lower end formed as a
spigot of a size to fit in the socket end a of the bend or elbow A and having a
socket at its upper end. The inside of this socket f tapers outwardly that is it is
larger at its mouth. The bottom end of the iron or other vertical pipe D when
inserted in the taper socket frests upon the taper sides of the same and thus is
perfectly central and steady and the joint in the socket f can be properly made.
The socket is made either round (Figs. 1 and 2) or square (Figs. 7 and 8) or of
other shape to correspond with the down pipe E.
Instead of employing the separate pipe F with its taper socket as above
described, the socket a in the vertical bend or elbow A may similarly be made
taper and the use of the separate pipe dispensed with.

page_text: My invention can be applied to square and other shaped pipes similarly as above
described with reference to round pipes.
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 improved earthenware spigot and socket bend or elbow pipe furnished
with a base B formed integral therewith either with or without the back C, for the
purposes and substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.
2. The herein described improved spigot and socket connecting pipe F for
connecting the spigot end of a metallic pipe to the socket end of an earthenware
pipe, the socket end of the said connecting pipe F being made taper and of
such a size that the spigot end of the metallic pipe will bear against the taper part.
of the socket and thus be maintained central therewith, substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
3. The improved earthenware spigot and socket bend or elbow pipe made with a
taper socket end f of such a size that the spigot end of the metallic pipe to which
the bend or elbow pipe is to be jointed will bear against the taper part of the
socket and thus be maintained central therewith substantially as hereinbefore
described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 13th day of April 1891.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.