Improvement in Fixings for Garden Hose and other Flexible Tubings.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 10th June, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 23rd June, 1890-Accepted, 16th Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Fixings for Garden Hose and other Flexible
Tubings.
JAMES JACKSON Avon Villa Chestnut Avenue Chorlton cum Hardy Lancashire,
Commercial Traveller. I do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
I make brass, iron or other metal saddle, with a raised snug, to one end of which
I fix by rivet or otherwise a small linked chain, steel ribbon, or other flexible
binding. On the other end of chain, steel ribbon. or flexible binding, I fix
a screw, which, when the chain is carried round the hose or tubing to be fixed on
bib or pipe, slides along the saddle, & passes through a slot in the raised snug & is
then fixed or tightened by a winged or other nut.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Fixings for Garden Hose and other Flexible
Tubings.
I, JAMES JACKSON of Avon Villa, Chestnut Avenue, Chorlton-cum-Hardy in the
County of Lancaster, Commercial Traveller, 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 :-
This invention relates to apparatus and devices for connecting and coupling flexible
tubes and hose.
According to these Improvements the connecting device consists of a band chain or
cord connected at one end to a saddle and at the other end to a tightening screw
which passes through a slot or opening formed in the saddle or in a projection there-
from and is actuated by a winged or other suitable nut. The flexible tube or hose
having been placed upon the tail-pipe, bib-cock, or other part to which it is to be
connected, the band chain or cord is passed around it and tightened by means of the
screw and nut thus compressing and firmly securing the pipe or hose upon the article
to which it is connected. If the apparatus is to be used for the purpose of coupling
or connecting two lengths of hose or of tubing, the necessary resistance to com-
pression may be secured by inserting a short length of metallic tube into the ends of
the hose and each end may be separately secured on the short tube by one of the
connecting devices, or the two ends may be brought closely together on the tube
and be simultaneously compressed and secured by a single or double chain band or
cord operated by one screw and nut.
I will more particularly describe my said invention with reference to the
accompanying sheet of drawings in which Figure 1 is an end view; Figure 2 an
elevation Figure 3 a longitudinal section; Figure 4 a plan; Figure 5 an elevation ;
and Figure 6 an elevation of the arrangement as adapted to a bib-cock.
In each of the Figures the end or ends of the flexible tube A A¹ is or are
represented as being compressed by a flexible chain B but it will be understood that
although I prefer to employ such a chain, a steel or other suitable and equivalent
band, or in some cases a wire or cord or wires or cords, may be substituted
therefor.
One end of the chain B
there is formed a projection
the passage of the screw F.
which
pinned or otherwise secured to the saddle C upon
or abutment D in which there is a slot or opening E for
The other end of the chain is pinned to the lower end of

page_text: the screw which is actuated so as to tighten or slacken the chain by means of the
nut G working upon the abutment D. The lower end of the screw is flattened o
forked and perforated or is otherwise constructed to enable the chain band or cord to
be secured thereto.
When it is desired to employ the apparatus simply for the purpose of connecting a
flexible tube or hose to a tail-pipe, tube, bib-cock, or the like article, the chain or
band is preferably of a comparatively narrow width as shewn in Figure 6, but when
it is desired to. couple or connect the contiguous ends of two lengths of the flexible
tube or hose, the chain or band is made broader as shewn in Figures 2 and 3, or two
separate chains or bands may be employed as shewn in Figures 4 and 5. In the
latter case, both the chains or bands are secured at their opposite ends to the
tightening screw and to the saddle respectively as represented in Figures 4 and 5, so
that both are tightened or slackened simultaneously by the rotation of the nut upon
the tightening screw. To prevent the collapse of the tubes under the chain or band
when contiguous lengths are connected together as indicated by Figures 1 to 5
inclusive, a short metallic tube H is inserted into the ends as is commonly
done in connecting lengths of garden and similar hose by the ordinary method.
In some cases the edges of the outer part of the saddle may be raised so as to form
vertical flanges II outside the chain as indicated by Figures 1 and 2.
These flanges
act as guides and are preferably employed when the embracing part of the apparatus
is a narrow chain having vertical flat links as indicated in the Figures.
The internal part of the saddle is formed concave so as to fit approximately to the
curvature of the flexible tube to which it may be applied, and the apparatus may
be constructed in various sizes to fit upon or correspond with the various sizes of
the tubes or hose.
I prefer not to employ a wire or cord or wires or cords for that part of the
apparatus which is employed to embrace the flexible tube because of their liability
to cut the tube, but if in any case it should be desirable to substitute a wire or cord,
a metallic band should be arranged to come between the wire or cord and the tube.
Such a metallic band may be brazed or soldered at one end to the inner side of the
saddle, the other end being free and the whole length of the band lying between the
wire or cord and the tube.
In using the connecting or coupling apparatus, the nut G is unscrewed so as to
loosen the chain or band which is then slipped over the end of the flexible hose or
tube and the tube with the apparatus thereon is placed upon the pipe or other part
with which it is to be connected. The tube and apparatus being thus brought into
position, the chain or band is tightened by rotating the nut.
In coupling contiguous lengths of tube or hose, the saddle is brought over the two
ends so that the broad chain embraces each end equally as indicated by Figures
and 3, or so that the two chains are respectively on the ends of A and of A¹ as shewn
in Figures 4 and 5.
The description of chain which I prefer to employ is that known as machine or
pitch chain, and for garden and similar hose it may be about three eights of an inch
pitch. To prevent corrosion, the links of the chain may be stamped from sheet zinc,
copper, or brass.
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-
An apparatus for connecting and coupling flexible tubes and hose, constructed and
arranged substantially as herein before described and as illustrated by the accom-
Danving drawings.