Improvements in Joints and Packing for Steam Pipes, and for other like purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Joints and Packing for Steam Pipes, and for other
like purposes.
I, JAMES LEE, of 12 Compton Avenue, Brighton, in the County of Sussex,
Master Mariner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved method of forming a steam tight or other
close joint between two flanges which are brought together by bolts in the usual
manner the object being to provide a simple and efficient jointing material capable
of application to any shape of flange or surface which is to be joined.
In carrying my invention into effect when making a jointing for attachment to a
circular flange for steam pipes I make a series of concentric rings or segments
formed of ridge like cases or strips having edges only with the interior hollow,
from copper or other suitable soft metal; and I arrange these rings or segments
so that they break joint and so that they may be added in concentric layers and be
brought together by the holts in the usual manner. The outer segmental pieces
are held in position by the edges of the ribs being turned outwards to form a clip
so as to render the attachment to the face of the flange a matter of ease.
I sometimes make my jointing surfaces with the interior portions solid but
having projecting ribs or edges of diamond, triangular, square or other suitable
section, the interior space being sometimes filled with fibrous or other packing
when so desired, or being left open.
1 make my improved rib surface packing or jointing in sheets the ribs being
arranged about squares or other shaped recesses or openings, and the sheet being
cut to suit the joint which is to be made, or the bedding which is to be formed
thereon, leaving the interior of the grids or sieve like frames either open or
connected by a thin layer of metal or filled in with other suitable material. By
this arrangement of embossed like or raised rib surface I produce sheeting from
soft copper or other suitable metal and asbestos or other suitable material, or a
combination of metal and fibre may be employed when producing a jointing for
any special requirement.
I do not limit the application of my invention to any particular form of mesh or
to any special shape of ridge but I modify the arrangement of concentric rings and
the arrangement and construction of sheeting which is to be employed, pressed or
otherwise produced to suit the varying requirements to which such jointing material
may be applied.
Dated this and dow
1000
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Joints and Packing for Steam Pipes, and for other
like purposes.
1, JAMES LEE of 12, Compton Avenue, Brighton, in the County of Sussex,
Master Mariner, 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 an improved method of forming a steam tight or other
close joint between two flanges which are brought together by bolts in the usual
manner, the object being to provide a simple and efficient jointing material capable
of application to any shape of flange or surface which is to be joined.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings-
Figures 1 and 2 illustrate in plan and side sectional elevation respectively, one
form of packing for use when making a joint, while,
Figure 3 is a plan view of a modified form of packing I sometimes adopt.
In carrying my invention into effect when making a jointing for attacliment to a
flange for steam pipes as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 I make a series of concentric
rings A of ridge like section from copper or other suitable soft metal, and I arrange
these rings A concentrically.
I make my jointing surface with the interior web C solid but having the
projecting ribs or edges A of diamond, triangular, square or other suitable section,
the interior space or web being sometimes filled with fibrous or other packing when
so desired, or being left open.
1 sometimes provide radial ribs B by which a segmental pattern is produced,
and such ribs may be turned outwards to form a clip so as to render the attachment
to the face of the flange a matter of ease.
I make my improved rib surface packing or jointing in sheets, the ribs being
arranged about squares or other shaped recesses or openings, and the sheet being
cut to suit the joint which is to be made, or the bedding which is to be formed
thereon, leaving the interior of the grids or sieve like frames either open or
connected by a thin layer of metal or filled in with other suitable material. By
this arrangement of embossed like or raised rib surface I produce sheeting from
soft copper or other suitable metal and asbestos, or other suitable material, or a
combination of metal and fibre may be employed when producing a jointing for
any special requirement.
I do not limit the application of my invention to any particular form of mesh or
to any special shape of ridge but I modify the arrangement of concentric rings and
the arrangement and construction of sheeting which is to be employed, pressed or
otherwise produced to suit the varying requirements to which such jointing material
may be applied.
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 [
claim is
1. An improved joint packing for use in the connection of pipes and for other
applications, consisting of a series of concentric rings or continuous ridges suitably
held together substantially as and for the purposes herein before described.
2. An improved joint packing for use in the connection of pipes and for other
applications consisting of a series of concentric rings or continuus ridges upon
each side of a sheet or web, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described and as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
3. An improved joint packing for use in the connection of pipes and for other
application consisting of a series of concentric rings or continuous ridges having

page_text: radial connecting ridges substantially as and for the purpose herein before described
and illustrated in Figure 3 of the accompanying drawings.
4. An improved joint packing for use in the connection of pipes and for other
applications, substantially as and for the purpose herein before described.
Dated this 2nd day of October 1896.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southamptou Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.