An Improved Hose Union.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Hose Union.
CHARLES CRAIG, Manager to Builders Merchants, 2, Coborn Road, Bow,
London, E., CHARLES SMITH, 30, Salisbury Road, Forest Gate, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object a simple and rapid locking arrangement for
hose unions and consists of two flanged castings or pipes with male and female
joints either with conical ground in joint or leather washer to form joint. The
cap which draws the two flanges together has a flange smaller than the diameter
of the two flanges to be drawn together. It is then cut away to form lugs which
passing through slots purposely made in the two pipe flanges works round the
outside of flange which is cut away to form an incline plane. By this means the
two flanges are drawn together to form joint.
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CHARLES CRAIG.
CHARLES SMITH.
An Improved Hose Union.
We, CHARLES CRAIG, of 2, Coborn Road, Bow, in the County of London,
Manager to Builders Merchants, and CHARLES SMITH, of 30, Salisbury Road,
Forest Gate, in the County of Essex, Engineer, 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:-
Our invention relates to an improved hose union for connecting pipes and for
other purposes such for example as connecting pipes to taps and the like.
And in order that our invention may be thoroughly understood, we now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1, is the end elevation of a part of the coupling.
Fig. 2, is a view of the union.
Fig. 3, is the end elevation of the face of the cap at c.
Fig. 4, is a section on line A B.
Fig. 5, is a view of the connecting tube d with flange c.
This invention has for its object a simple and rapid locking arrangement for
hose unions and consists of two flanged castings or pipes with male and female
joints either with conical ground in joint or leather washer to form joint.

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In carrying our invention into practice we construct at the end of a pipe, cock
or valve a coupling a and on its periphery we form two lugs h, also we make a
cap with wings which fits over the coupling a, this said cap b is provided
on its face c with two slots j in order to receive the lugs h of the coupling a.
each side of the cap b we cut a slot f with an inclined plane k for the purpose of
connecting the lugs h and slots f together as in Fig. 2. A male tube or con-
nection d is constructed with a collar or flange e and for connecting purposes the
usual leather or india rubber washer g is used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what.
we claim is: --
1. In a union, the combination of the coupling a lugs h cap 6 slots ; slots f
with inclined planes k wings i connecting tube d and flange e, substantially as
herein described and according to the accompanying drawing.
2. In a union, the combination of the apparatus for connecting pipes, valves,
cocks, taps and the like, substantially as above described in this specification for
the purpose specified.
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J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicants.