IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COCKS AND TAPS
Year: 1841

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JONATHAN
GUY DASHWOOD, of Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, in the County of Hampshire,
Plumber, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Ninth day of December, in the fifth year of Her reign, did,
for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Jonathan Guy Dashwood, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and
authority, that I, the said Jonathan Guy Dashwood, my exors, admors, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Jonathan Guy Dashwood, my exors,
admors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend within England, Wales, and
the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF COCKS AND TAPS;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a
proviso, that I, the said Jonathan Guy Dashwood, shall cause a particular
description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of
Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately after the date. of
the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being
thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Jonathan Guy Dashwood, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference
being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters
marked thereon (that is to say):-
The method I propose is to form a boss or shank, as shewn at a, a, a, a, in
Figures 1, 2, and 3, or in any other similar shape, with a projecting ring or
rim b, b, cast on or fastened to the interior of the boss, as shewn at b, b, and a
thread at c, c, cut within the boss to receive the pipe d, d; this pipe has an
exterior thread, and is to be screwed into the boss a, a, a, a, and to carry before
it a collar of leather or wood, or any other similar kind of stuffing. This
collar is to be screwed tight to the projecting ring b, b, to prevent the fluid
escaping between the threads, as also to form a seating. for a valve e, e. This
valve is fixed to the tube or part of a tube f, f, which tube is made to fit
within the pipe or tube d, d, and has an opening or openings 9, 9, 9, under
and near the valve e, e; these openings will allow the fluid to pass through
them every time the valve and tube is raised. An inclined slot h, h, is to be
'cut through the pipe d, d, for the purpose of passing a pin or handle through,
which pin or handle is to be fixed to the inside tube, as shown in the Drawings,
or in any other similar way; now by turning the handle to the left, so as to
'trace or follow the inclined opening upwards,. as shewn at h, h, Figure 1, it is
evident that it will cause the inside tube and valve fixed to it to be raised at
one and the same time, and will then allow the fluid to pass under the valve
and through the openings into the inside tube, and will, then be discharged
at the end of that tube or through any other openings in it made for that
purpose.

page_text: shewing two grooves for stuffing; Figure 11 represents a section of a lock
butt cork.
I do not claim as my Invention any one part separately; but what I do
claim is a combination of such parts as have never before been used, as shewn
in the Drawings, and described in the Specification, that is to say, the fixing
a valve upon a tube or part of a tube, and causing the valve and tube to rise
and fall at one and the same time, so as to allow of the fluid to pass under the
valve and then through the openings into the inside tube, as already described.
I do not confine myself to the exterior shape, as that may be varied to suit
convenience.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jonathan Guy Dashwood, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Eighth day of June, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
JONATHAN GUY DASHWOOD. (L.S.)
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Eighth day of June, in the year
of our Lord 1842, the aforesaid Jonathan Guy Dashwood, came before our
said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according
to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and forty-two.