A Means or Device for Protecting Steel Cylinders for Containing Compressed Gases from Shocks or Injury during Transit or otherwise.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 7th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 20th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Means or Device for Protecting Steel Cylinders for Containing
Compressed Gases from Shocks or Injury during Transit or
otherwise.
.
I, WILLIAM EDGAR LEA, of 29 High Street, Runcorn, in the County of
Chester, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
"
My invention relates to a means or device for protecting "steel cylinders" or
"bottles" for, & containing compressed or liquified gases from injury, or damage,
& for reducing shocks to saine, occurring for instance, when such " 'cylinders or
bottles" are fallen, or brought into sharp contact with, some hard surface.
The object of my invention is to provide, a covering, envelope, wrapper casing,
or protector, composed of some yielding substance or substances, arranged in such
a manner, that, should the "cylinder" or "bottle" be fallen, on to a bard surface,
or roughly used-say in transit-the shock or shocks to the "cylinder" or "bottle,'
will be very materially reduced, by the device or protector, & the injury or risk of
injury very materially lessened.
"
According to my invention I provide a covering, envelope, wrapper casing or
protector, composed of some yielding substance or substances (such for instance as
hempen, or other rope, cotton, twigs, wood, rubber cane, coiled, or woven wire, or
other yielding substance or substances)-worked, woven, made wrapped, cased, or
in some other manner, so arranged that a yielding surface shall be presented, or a
yielding substance, (or substances) be interposed, between the "cylinder"
or "bottle," & the floor, or other hard unyielding substance, with which, it may,
from time to time, come in contact with, & which contact would probably otherwise,
cause a sudden shock to the "cylinder" or "bottle" & possible injury to the material
thereof.
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In a recent accident at Bradford, a cylinder or bottle (containing gas) in the
ordinary state (unprotected) was accidentally, fallen, by the boy who was conveying
it, onto the hard concrete floor. The result was that the cylinder exploded, killing
the boy instantly. Although at the inquest it was abundantly proven, that the
cylinder or "bottle" was in this particular case, made of unsuitable material, &
also that a "cylinder" or "bottle," made of more suitable material, when fallen from
a greater height, on to a hard surface, sustained little apparent injury, beyond
a dent-still it by no means follows that such falling, is not to the detriment of
the cylinder" or "bottle," even if made of suitable material. And I propose by
my invention for protecting such "cylinders" or "bottles" to remove this risk of
injury, &c. by the meaus aforementioned.
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Dated this 6th day of December 1893.

page_text: A Means or Device for Protecting Steel Cylinders for Containing
Compressed Gases from Shocks or Injury during Transit or
otherwise.
I, WILLIAM EDGAR LEA of 29 High Street, Runcorn, Cheshire, England,
Hydraulic Engineer, 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 a means or device for protecting steel cylinders or
bottles employed for containing compressed or liquified gases from injury or
damage and for reducing sudden shocks, occurring for instance when the cylinder
or bottle falls ou to a hard surface.
The object of my invention is to provide a protective covering composed of some
tough yielding substance, or substances arranged in such a manner that should the
cylinder or bottle fall on to a hard surface or be roughly used as may happen in
transit, any blow or shock received by the cylinder or bottle will be minimised and
rendered harmless to its contents, and risk of injury to the bottle be very materially
lessened.
In carrying out my invention I provide a covering or protector of some strong
yielding substance, such for instance as coils of rope composed of hemp, coir, cotton
or other suitable material or which may be woven, plaited, coiled, twisted or
arranged in some other manner so that a yielding protecting surface shall be
interposed between the cylinder or bottle and the floor or other hard substance that
it may come in contact with, which contact would probably otherwise cause a
sudden shock to the cylinder or bottle and probably injury to the material thereof
or to its contents.
I will now describe the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings,
in which,
Fig. 1 shows a cylinder or bottle partly encased with coils of rope on my
system.
Fig. 2 shows a similar cylinder, covered with rope plaited in open mesh.
a, shows the cylinder.
b, shows the coiled rope encasing the same.
c, shows the plaited rope for the same purpose.
The packing extends over the bottom of the bottle where if found necessary it
may be strengthened by strands of wire or in any other suitable way.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
nvention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. The combination of steel cylinders or bottles used for containing compressed
or liquified gas or similar substance with an external protecting covering of rope or
other suitable material, as herein described and set forth.
2. The method of encasing steel cylinders or bottles used as aforesaid with
strands of some soft twisted or plaited material as herein described and set
forth.
Dated this 7th day of Sentember 1894.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C., Patent Agent.