AN IMPROVED UNION JOINT OR COUPLING FOR HOSE AND OTHER PIPES
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Joseph Temple, of New Cross, in the
County of Surrey, and Robert Skirrow Danter, of Holloway Road,
in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED
UNION JOINT OR COUPLING FOR HOSE AND OTHER PIPES."-A communica-
• tion from abroad by William Osborn, of New York, in the United
States of America.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Joseph Temple
and Robert Skirrow Danter at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 18th March 1872.
We, CHARLES JOSEPH TEMPLE, of New' Cross, in the County of
5 Surrey, and ROBERT SKIRROW DANTER, of Holloway Road, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "AN IMPROVED UNION JOINT OR COUPLING FOR HOSE AND OTHER PIPES,"
a communication to us from abroad by William Osborn, of New York,
in the United States of America, to be as follows:-

page_text: The main features of this improved union joint or coupling for hose
and other pipes are the use of two loose collars, one on each half of
the union, and an india-rubber ring or other packing placed between the
two halves. Upon one of these loose collars is cut a portion of a
tapering screw thread, the other collar being provided with two lugs,
which when the two ends of the hose or pipe are brought together pass
through slots in a flange on the opposite half of the union and arc
recessed on the under part to receive the tapering screw thread, which by
its wedge shape draws the two halves together in the line of their axes.
The construction and action of this improved union will be best under-
stood by reference to the accompanying Sheet of Drawing, upon which
Figure 1 represents an elevation of a coupling or union embodying this
Invention with a portion of hose attached at either end; Figure 2 is a
longitudinal section of the above, but without hose; Figure 3 is an
elevation of the loose collar H to which are attached the lugs I, I;
Figure 4 is an elevation of the one half A of union showing india-rubber
ring C recessed in same.
A is the one half of union, having a flange B in which is recessed
the india-rubber ring C; D is a loose collar on which is cut the portion
of screw thread E by means of which the two halves of the union are
drawn together; F is the other half of union having a grooved face G
turned on its inner edge which presses against the india-rubber ring C
when the two halves of the union are drawn together by means of the
screw thread E, and thus forms a perfect joint; H is the loose collar
with the lugs I, I, in the recesses K, K, of which the screw thread E
enters and draws the whole together. By slightly loosening, but without
disconnecting the joint, the portion F of the union may be left free to
revolve and permit the hose being turned round to remove any twist or
whenever required.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, 8
filed by the said Charles Joseph Temple and Robert Skirrow Danter
in the Great Scal Patent Office on the 16th September 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, CHARLES
JOSEPH TEMPLE, of New Cross, in the County of Surrey, and ROBERT
SKIRROW DANTER, of Holloway Road, in the County of Middlesex, 3
send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, hearing date the Eighteenth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-fifth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto us, the said Charles Joseph Temple and Robert Skirrow
Danter, Her special licence that we, the said Charles Joseph Temple
and Robert Skirrow Danter, our executors, administrators, and assigns,.
or such others as we, the said Charles Joseph Temple and Robert
Skirrow Danter, our executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "AN IMPROVED UNION JOINT OR COUPLING FOR HOSE AND OTHER PIPES," a
communication to us from abroad by William Osborn, of New York, in
the United States of America, upon the condition (amongst others) that
we, the said Charles Joseph Temple and Robert Skirrow Danter, our
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, or
one of our, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Lotters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Joseph Temple, for myself
and on behalf of my co-patentee the said Robert Skirrow Danter, do.
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accom-
panying Sheet of Drawing, and to the figures and letters of reference
placed thereon:→
The main features of this improved union joint or coupling for hose
and other pipes are the use of two loose collars, one on each half of
the union, and an india-rubber ring or other packing placed between
the two halves. Upon one of these loose collars, is cut a portion of
a tapering screw thread, the other collar being provided with two lugs,
which when the two ends of the hose or pipe are brought together
pass through slots in a flange on the opposite half of the union, and arc

page_text: recessed in the under part to receive the tapering screw thread, which
by its wedge shape draws the two halves together in the line of their
axes.
The construction and action of this improved union will be best under-
stood by reference to the accompanying Sheet of Drawing, upon which
Figure 1 represents an elevation of a coupling or union embodying this
Invention with a portion of hose attached at either end; Figure 2 is a
longitudinal section of the above but without hose; Figure 3 is an
elevation of the loose collar H to which are attached 'the lugs I, I;
Figure 4 is an elevation of the one half A of union shewing india-
rubber ring C recessed in same.
A is the one half of union, having a flange B, in which is recessed
the india-rubber ring C; D is a loose collar on which is cut the portion
of screw thread E by means of which the two halves of the union are
drawn together; F is the other half of union having a grooved face G
turned on its inner edge which presses against the india-rubber ring.C.
when the two halves of the union are drawn together by means of the
screw thread E, and thus forms a perfect joint; H is the loose collar
with the lugs I, I, in the recesses K, K, of which the screw thread E
enters and draws the whole together. By slightly loosening but without
disconnecting the joint the portion F of the union may be left free to
revolve and permit the hose being turned round to remove any twist
whenever required.
It will be evident that this improved union or coupling is not only
very suitable for hose of every kind and of any diameter, but particularly
applicable to fixed pipes, gas, water, or other, which may by its use be
connected and disconnected with the greatest facility.
'
This improved union or coupling may be made of copper, brass, or
any other suitable metal or material, the washer or ring C may be more
- or less broad and more or less salient as may be desired, and be made of
india-rubber, leather, or any suitable material, while it might in some
cases be found desirable to fix the loose collar H, leaving the collar D
alone movable, to have more than two lugs on the collar E, and to make
other modifications while retaining all the essential features of this
Invention.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of the Invention
communicated to us as aforesaid, we would have it understood that

page_text: what we claim as secured to us by the herein-before in part recited
Letters Patent is,―
Firstly. The use of the combination of the collar D and tapering
screw thread E with the collar H and lugs I, substantially as and for
the purpose herein-before set forth.
Secondly. The use of the combination of the recessed washer C, with
a corresponding recess in the half F of union, or vice versa, substantially
as and for the purpose horein-before set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Joseph Temple, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of September, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
two.
CHARLES JOSEPH TEMPLE. (L.S.)