IMPROVEMENTS IN TAPS FOR LIQUIDS
Year: 1885

page_text: We ADDY ENGLAND and WILLIAM ENGLAND both of Turner Street, Sheffield in
the County of York Brass and Iron Founders do hereby declare the nature of our
said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN TAPS FOR LIQUIDS to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in the construction of Taps for water and
other liquids, having for its object to enable such improved Taps to be repaired, by
the renewal of washers and in other ways, without having to be removed from the
pipe, or running off the liquid.
It consists in the combination with the tap proper, of a stop plug, placed in a.
suitable position at the back of the tap, so that the liquid, whether it be water
under high pressure, or oil in a tank, or other liquid, may be cut off by turning the
stop plug; enabling the plug to be removed, or any repairs to be made as required,
without running off the liquid, or having to go to a distance to turn off a general
stop cock.
ROBT F. DRURY,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: We ADDY ENGLAND and WILLIAM ENGLAND both of Turner Street Sheffield in
the County of York Brass and Iron Founders do hereby declare the nature of our
invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN TAPS FOR LIQUIDS 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 :-
Our invention relates to improvements in the construction of Taps for liquids
the object being to enable such improved taps to be repaired by the renewal of a
washer, dressing the faces and similar work without removal from the pipe,
shutting off the main, or running off the liquid (when the tap is attached to a tank
for example).
And in order that our invention may be distinctly understood we annex a sheet
of drawings, in which the same letters of reference indicate similar parts in either
of the figures.
Fig. 1, is a side elevation of a Tap made according to our invention.
Fig. 2, is an end view of same.
This invention consists in the combination with a tap A, of usual or any suitable
design or construction of a stop plug B, placed in close proximity to, and at the
back of the plug or valve of the tap proper.
The tap shown in the drawings is an ordinary screw down tap or "bibcock
with the addition of a stop plug B, placed horizontally as being most convenient,
and we prefer to provide a squared projection, (or its equivalent,) by which the
plug is to be turned, so as to prevent it being tampered with by children.
It will thus be evident that when our combined Tap and stop plug is used,
whether it be for water under pressure, or for an oil tank, or other similar purpose,
the liquid can be cut off from the tap proper by means of the stop plug B, and the
plug or valve D, can be removed for repairs or cleaning purposes, without having
either to fetch a Water Company's Official in the one case, or running off the tank
in the other case.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what method the same may be performed or carried into practice,
we declare that what we claim is:-
In Taps for liquids, the combination with the tap proper (A) of a stop plug (B)
placed conveniently and closely behind the plug or valve of the said tap, for the
purpose specified and substantially as described and illustrated.