Connection Between Hydrants and Existing Tapered Fire Plug Branches for Water and other Mains or Pipes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Mar., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 19th Sept., 1899-Accepted, 18th Nov.,
1899
Connection Between Hydrants and Existing Tapered Fire Plug
Branches for Water and other Mains or Pipes.
FRED HERBERT, Moseley House, Birtley, Chester le Street, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
This invention relates to the connecting of an hydrant of the ball, screw down,
or other pattern, to an existing fire or outlet plug of the taper or conical descrip-
tion as now in use on water mains and pipes. And it is proposed to do this by
means of a connecting flange or attachment of suitable shape, so that this flange
or face may be made to connect up to the branch of a taper fire or other plug
branch, by means of bolts gripping or pulling against the bead or tapered portion
of the plug branch, or by collar clips made in one or several portions, and arranged
to clamp around the branch, so as to form an attachment for bolting an hydrant,
or connecting piece on or upon the plug branch, and it is intended to place a
packing ring, which may be of any suitable form or material, between the fire
plug branch and the face of the attaching piece, or hydrant, or it may be that the
joint will be made by a Forsters ring, or other suitable joint ring or weaze to
some other point within or upon the tapered branch, or by any other suitable
method, the object of this invention being to enable an attachment to be made
between an hydrant, and an existing fire or taper plug branch, as now used on
water mains and pipes, and this may be accomplished by making the hydrant
with a flange or other contrivance as already described, so as to get a direct
connection between a tapered fire plug and a specially made hydrant or if it is
desired to use an hydrant of ordinary make, then the connection would be made
by means of a connecting piece, one end of which would be made to suit the
flange of the hydrant, and the other end made so as to attach to the tapered branch
as described, and in such a manner that the tapered fire plug branch can be utilised
for the connecting of a hydrant of the modern type.
Talad this Sih lar of Musl 1900
Connection Between Hydrants and Existing Tapered Fire Plug
Branches for Water and other Mains or Pipes.
FRED HERBERT, Moseley House, Birtley, Chester Le Street, Tronworks Manager,
lo hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
e performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
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page_text: or other type, to an existing fire or outlet plug or branch as now in use on water
mains and pipes, and in order to describe more particularly how this is accom-
plished, I have attached hereto a sheet of drawings, and at Fig. 1 at A. is shown
the usual form of fire plug branch, at B is shown the attachment which in this case
is shown to consist of a flange fitted with four side bolts arranged and supported
so as to pull against the underside of the bead C, and thus make the joint D.
The jointing ring may be made of any suitable material or shape, and the
L-shaped or side headed bolts may be made to fasten upon any projecting or
tapered portion of an existing fire plug branch, and it is quite evident that by
means of this attachment an hydrant may be attached and detached as easily as
if the existing fire plug branch or hydrant branch had been made with a suitable
flange as is now customary. This special connection may be arranged so that the
hydrant is bolted directly on to the fire plug or hydrant branch as in Fig. 1, or it
may be made by means of a seperate connecting piece one end of which is made
to connect to the fire plug or hydrant branch, and the other end to an ordinary
hydrant, as shown at Fig. 2.
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:
1st. The application and use of L shaped, hooked or side bolts, or side headed
cotter bolts, caused to grip or pull against the underside of the bead or other
projecting portion of an existing fire plug branch so as to attach an hydrant to the
said fire plug branch.
2nd. The method of attaching an hydrant to an existing fire plug branch, by
means of a distance piece or by bolting the hydrant directly upon the existing
fire plug branch by means of side headed bolts arranged so as to pull against the
underside of the bead, collar, or other portion of an existing fire plug branch.
Brd. The method of making an attachment between an existing fire plug
branch and an hydrant, by means of a flange, lugs, or the like carrying and sup-
porting side headed bolts or their equivalent, such bolts projecting on or upon
the bead or other suitable portion of an existing fire plug branch as herein
described.
Dated this 18th day of September 1899.
FRED HERBERT,
Applicant.