Improvements in the Manufacture of Tubular Telegraph and Telephone Poles.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Apr., 1886.
Complete Left, 14th Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 15th Feb., 1887
Improvements in the Manufacture of Tubular Telegraph
and Telephone Poles.
We, WILLIAM BAYLISS, of the firm of Bayliss, Jones and Bayliss, of Victoria
Works, Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford, manufacturers of metal fencing,
telegraph poles, and railway fastenings, and EDWIN JONES, of Henwood House,
Compton, near Wolverhampton, aforesaid, works manager, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention refers to riveted tubular telegraph and telephone poles, and has for
its object to make the riveted joints watertight, and also to prevent moisture from
getting between the outside strengthening bands and the body of the poles, when such
hands are employed.
According to this invention, the riveted joints of the tubes are soldered on the
outside, and solder is also run around the bands on the upper side so as to
completely exclude any moisture from passing down between the bands and the bodies
of the tubes. This soldering is effected after the galvanizing of the poles, and may be
conveniently done while the poles are still sufficiently hot from the process of
galvanizing to cause the solder to run.
In the case of poles which are required to be painted, or similarly coated, the
soldering is of course effected previously to such painting or coating.
STEPHEN WATKINS,
Wolverhampton,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Tubular Telegraph
and Telephone Poles.
We, WILLIAM BAYLISS, of the firm of Bayliss Jones and Bayliss, of Victoria Works,
Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, manufacturers of metal fencing, telegraph
poles and railway fastenings, and EDWIN JONES, of Henwood House, Compton, near
Wolverhampton, aforesaid, works manager, 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 (that is to say) :-
This invention refers to rivetted tubular telegraph and telephone poles, and has for
its object to make the rivetted joints watertight, and also to prevent moisture from
getting between the outside strengthening bands and the bodies of the poles, when such
hands are employed.
According to this invention, the rivetted joints of the poles are soldered on the
outside, and solder is also run around the bands on the upper edges and in contact with
the surfaces of the poles so as to completely exclude any moisture from passing down
between the bands and the bodies of the poles. When, as is usual, the poles are
required to be galvanized, the soldering is effected after the galvanizing and may be
conveniently done while the poles are still sufficiently hot from the process of galvanizing
to cause the solder to run.
In the case of poles which are required to be painted, or similarly coated, the
soldering is of course effected previously to such painting or coating.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is :-
1. Soldering the rivetted joints of tubular telegraph and telephone poles as described,
for the purpose set forth.
2. Soldering around the upper edges of the strengthening bands of tubular telegraph
and telephone poles and around the adjacent surfaces of the poles, after the bands have
heen fixed thereon, for the purpose set forth.
GALLY TH
STEPHEN
Wolverhampton,
Agent for the Applicants.