An Improvement in Hose Unions.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 27th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 15th Apr., 1893
·PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Hose Unions.
WILLIAM HOWARD MORGAN Civil Engineer of Shiere near Guildford Surrey
and JAMES HOOKER Wheelwright of Shiere near Guildford Surrey, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
To construct a union wherein the leather washer shall be held in place making a
water tight joint easily and rapidly connected and disconnected.
For this purpose a washer holder is introduced into the ordinary hose union now
in general use such holder being threaded with a screw of opposite hand to the
thread on the union; i.e. if screw thread on union is right handed, as is usual, then
screw thread on washer holder is to be left handed.
The practical application of this invention will be understood by the following
description.
1. The union consists essentially of two parts B & C to which the two ends of
hose are connected by any of the ordinary approved methods.
2. On "B" is the loose "nut" or "junction" D either octagonal or hexagonal
in shape.
The nut is threaded for one half its width with an ordinary screw thread the
remaining half is for a part of the way recessed to give a bearing surface for the
flange of the socket B, & for the remainder bored out so as to permit of its being
easily rotated about socket B, and at same time make a close fit to B.
3. On the internal surface of the socket B is a female thread of opposite hand to
the thread on internal face of the nut of the union, and into this the washer
holder A with its leather washer is screwed, the face of the rim of the washer holder
having two recesses in order that it may be screwed up home by means of a wrench
provided with two corresponding pins.
By this means the leather washer is held in. position on. the tinned face of B.
and when the union is put together and screwed up the nose of C is brought to bear
on the face of the washer, uniformly thereby making an absolutely water-tight
joint.
On unscrewing the union the tendency is to screw the washer holder A tight on
account of the screw threads being opposite handed, and the washer is thus always
held in place.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is-:-
1. That by means of a washer holder such as A inserted in any ordinary union,
the leather washer is held immovably in place, & cannot get loose, or shrink, or
otherwise work out of shape, thereby greatly facilitating the " making" &
"unmaking" of the union.
2. That whether the union is being "made" or
always remains tight on..account, of the mutual
threads.
" unmade the washer holder
action of the opposite handed
W. HOWARD MORGAN, C.E.,
..Shiere, near Guildford, Surrey.
JAMES HOOKER,
Shiere, near Guildford, Surrey, Wheelwright.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Hose Unions.
WILLIAM HOWARD MORGAN, Civil Engineer, Lower Street Shiere near
Guildford Surrey and JAMES HOOKER, Wheelwright Lower Street Shiere near
Guildford Surrey, 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 this invention is the construction of a hose-union wherein the
washer shall be held in place, making a water-tight union easily & rapidly
connected and disconnected.
The invention is based upon the introduction, into an ordinary hose union, of a
washer holder, such holder being threaded with a screw of opposite hand to that
of union; i.e. if screw on union is right handed, as is usual, then screw on holder
is to be left-handed; and vice versa.
The practical application of this invention will be understood by the following
description, reference being had to the drawings accompanying our Provisional
Specification.
The union consists essentially of two parts B and C to which the two ends of
hose to be connected by the union are severally attached by any of the ordinary
approved methods.
On B is the loose nut D with either octagonal or hexagonal exterior or lugs, to
admit of its being rotated by means of a suitable spanner. The nut is threaded
for one half its width with any approved form of screw thread, the remaining half
is firstly recessed to give a bearing, surface for the flange of the socket B, the
remainder of its width being bored out so as to permit of its being easily rotated
about the socket B. On the internal surface of the socket B is a left-handed
female thread (if the screw thread on the union is a right handed one, & vice versa)
and into this the washer holder A carrying a washer is screwed.
This washer holder consists of a ring furnished on its external surface firstly
with a male screw thread to fit the female thread in the socket B, and secondly
with a projecting flange for holding down the washer, this flange being coned out
on its under surface so as to form an arris which, when the holder is screwed home
causes the washer to bulge up under the flange, so forming an annular dove-tail
joint which effectually prevents the washer from getting out of place.
In the face of the rim of the washer holder are two recesses in order that it may
be rotated by means of a wrench furnished with two corresponding pins.
The leather washer being by this means, held in position against the turned face
of the socket B, when the whole union is put together and screwed up, the nose of
the male socket C is brought to bear on the face of the washer uniformly, thereby
making an absolutely water-tight joint.
On unscrewing the union the tendency is to screw the washer holder A tighter,
& thus the washer is always held in place.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1. That by means of a washer-holder A the washer is held immovably in place,
cannot get loose and shrink, or otherwise work out of shape, thereby greatly
increasing the rapidity with which the connection can be made and unmade.
2. That whether the union is being screwed up or unscrewed the washer holder
always tends to keep tight on account of its being provided with a screw thread of
opposite hand to that of the union itself.

page_text: 3. That the washer can be removed and a new one inserted at any moment, with
the greatest rapidity & ease.
Dated this 27th day of January 1893.
Shiere,
WILLIAM HOWARD MORGAN,
Shiere, near Guildford, Surrey, Civil Engineer.
JAMES HOOKER,
near Guildford, Surrey, Wheelwright.