Improvements in Packed Taps for Steam, Water, and other Fluids and Gases.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 5th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 17th Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Packed Taps for Steam, Water, and other Fluids
and Gases.
I, JAMES CONLONG, of 46, Livsey Branch Road, Ewood, Blackburn, in the
County of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to that class of taps for steam, water, and other fluids and
gases which are packed with metal fibres, asbestos, or other suitable packing,
substances or materials and has for its object to facilitate the packing of the said
taps more quickly, evenly and uniformly than heretofore has been the case.
To this end the invention consists in the first place in closing and forming the
bottom of the tap body cup shaped and the respective end of the plug corre-
spondingly. Secondly, in forming the interior of the body of the tap with
vertical ribs or projections, the upper ends of which are bevelled off and the lower
ends continued a certain distance into the cup shaped bottom and rounded off
semi-circularly. Thirdly, in moulding by pressure the said packing into certain
shaped pieces which allow of being pressed into the bottom and between the said
valve body ribs or projections as well as into the top of the latter by means of the
tap plug and gland respectively.
Dated this 5th day of December 1893.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Packed Taps for Steam, Water, and other Fluids
and Gases.
I, JAMES CONLONG, of 46, Livsey Branch Road, Ewood, Blackburn, in the
County of Lancaster, 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 that class of taps for steam, water, and other fluids and
gases which are packed with metal fibres, asbestos, or other suitable packing
substances or materials, or combination thereof and has for its object to facilitate
the packing of the said taps more quickly, evenly, and uniformly than heretofore
has been the case.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal and Fig. 2 a cross section respectively of my improved
tap showing the plug in dotted lines, Fig. 3 is a plan of the same with the gland
and plug removed.
Figs. 4, 5, 6 & 7 are perspective views of various forms in which the tap packing
may be moulded and used.
a, a', is the body, b, b', the plug, c, c', the packing, the gland of my
improved tap.
In carrying out my invention and referring to Figs. 1, 2 & 3, the improvements
consist in the first place in closing and forming the bottom or end a¹ of the tap
body cup shaped and the respective end of the plug 6 correspondingly.

page_text: My improvements consist in the second place in forming the interior of the tap
body a, a', with vertical ribs or projections e, e', es, the upper ends e of which are
bevelled off and the lower ends e continued a certain distance into the cup shaped
bottom a¹ and rounded off semi-circularly or tapered off.
My invention consists in the third place in moulding by pressure the
packing c, c, c² into certain shaped piece or pieces which allow of being finally
pressed into the bottom a¹ and between the valve body ribs or projections e, e', e²,
as well as on to the top of the latter by means of the tap plug b, 61, and the gland d
respectively.
The packing c, c², may be moulded by compression in suitable moulds in various
ways. For instance as shown in Figs. 4 & 5, in one piece or it may be formed in
separate strips c', as shown in Fig. 6, the strips c¹ in each case being formed long enough
to allow of being spread over the top of the ribs or projections e, el, e², by the gland d
when screwed down; or the strips c¹ may be formed shorter so as to be level with
the top of the ribs or projections e, e¹, e², or nearly so and joined by a ring c² such
as shown in Fig. 7, also moulded by compression of the packing substance or
material aforesaid.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim, is-
"In packed taps for steam, water, and other fluids and gases."
1st. Forming the tap body with a closed cup shaped bottom or end a¹ and the
respective plug part 6 correspondingly in shape, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
2nd. The ribs or projections e, e¹, e, formed in the interior of the tap body,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3rd. Forming the packing of the tap in one or more pieces suitably shaped by
compression in moulds, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 4th day of September 1894.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
.4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.