AN IMPROVED DEVICE FOR SECURING RAIN PIPES AND OTHER PIPES
Year: 1885

page_text: I, HENRY WILLIAM ALLAN of Elmbank Foundry, Port Dundas, Glasgow, in the
County of Lanark, Ironfounder, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
"AN IMPROVED DEVICE FOR SECURING RAIN PIPES AND OTHER PIPES," to be as.
follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide a simple device for securing in position
rain and soils pipes of houses, stove pipes or other pipes and tubes which are usually
fitted in proximity to walls of buildings.
In place of using as in accordance with the present custom ears cast in the pipes
or loose bands going round them I use a separate ear piece or bracket which is
fixed to the wall and is formed with a half band cast on but projecting from the
wall. Into this half band (which is made to suit the section of the pipe), the pipe
is placed and securely fixed by means of a loose half band or hoop which is clipped
round it and fitted over projecting flanges on the corresponding half band on the
ear piece. This enables pipes to be fixed projecting any distance required from
wall so as to allow ample space for painting when fixed and prevents the water
from coming in contact with the wall and spoiling it in the event of the pipe
bursting.

page_text: I, HENRY WILLIAM ALLAN, Ironfounder of Elmbank Foundry, Glasgow, Lanark-
shire, 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 object of my invention is to provide a simple device for securing in position
rain pipes of houses, stove pipes or similar pipes which are fitted in proximity to
the walls of buildings.
As illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which figures 1 and 2 are
perspective views showing the application of the invention to rain pipes of circular
and rectangular cross section respectively and figures 3, 4 and 5 are detached views,
the improved device consists of a bracket A, which at the end where it is secured
to the wall or other surface is conveniently formed of T or L shape and may be of
plane or ornate form, but whose opposite end is in the form of a semicircular
hoop B, or of a shape adapted to embrace the semi-perimeter of the pipe and
terminating in outwardly projecting ears or flanges b. The pipe C to be secured is
fitted close into the end B of the bracket and is there held by a loose semicircular
or suitably shaped hoop or half band D adapted to fit the pipe C and whose ends
are alotted at d, to pass over the ears or flanges b, of the inner hoop or bracket
piece B.
The outer hoop or half band D firmly retains the pipe in place, and it can readily
be removed if necessary to withdraw the pipe.
The improved device is conveniently fitted to grasp the pipe around the faucet,
and it may be employed to retain the pipe close to the wall or at some distance
from it according as the hoop or half band B is directly attached or cast on to the
bracket A, or is separated from it by a web or bracket A¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is =
The improved device for securing rain pipes and other pipes, consisting of a
bracket piece adapted to embrace the pipe on one side and a loose hoop or half
band engaging with said bracket, substantially as herein described with reference
to the drawings annexed.