Improvements in Pipe Connections for Gas, Water, or other Purposes.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 31st May, 1889-Accepted, 27th July, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pipe Connections for Gas, Water, or other
Purposes.
JOHN HENRY LYON Lesseo and Manager of Gas Works The Retreat Salisbury Road
Cosham Hants do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
PIPE CONNECTIONS FOR GAS WATER OR OTHER PURPOSES to be as follows:-
My improvements are particularly applicable to the sockets of pipes and to
Thimbles or double collars used for connecting and making good the joint where two
spiggot ends of pipes meet.
The Improved Socket consists of a long socket double the depth of the ordinary
socket, (or may be of any other convenient length) and has in the interior a con-
centric projection which may in section be of any form and shape, the depth of
projection being regulated by the size of the pipe that has to be inserted in the
Socket and it may be placed in such a position as to give the depth of Socket from
the end to the projection the same depth as an ordinary Socket would be, or it may
be placed in such other position as may be considered more convenient; and the
internal diameter of the Socket may be such as to give the same superficial area as
that of an ordinary Socket, or of such other diameter as shall be considered most
convenient. The section of the Socket can be so that the inner and outer lines shall
run parallel or the section can be such that the outer line be plain and horizontal and
not shaped or deviated to correspond with the inner line which is out of the horizontal
owing to the concentric projection. My improvements in Thimbles or double
collars consist of adopting the concentric projection to them, in which case the
projections are placed or caused to be cast moulded or manufactured with the Thimbles
or double collars in such positions in the interior of the Thimbles or double collars
and of such form when shewn in section as shall be found most convenient, which
will be generally found to be so that from either end of the Thimble or double collar
to the centre of the projection will be the depth of an ordinary Socket. The long or
double Socket with projection in the interior is more especially adapted for making
up pieces, and at the same time may be very advantageously applied to all Bends
Branch Pipes, T, Y or other shape particularly when they have to be attached to
mains already laid, and will also be found useful for Syphon Boxes, Seal Traps
Water Receiving Boxes and to any form of pipe that requires attaching or connecting
with a main that is already laid down. The Improved Thimble or double collar is
intended to take the place of ordinary double collars or Thimbles, the projections
being intended to give the same depth of jointing space as in ordinary Sockets, and
to prevent the possibility of the yarn or other material which may be used, being
forced over the spiggot ends so as to interfere with the free flow of whatever is
passing through the bore of the pipes, they also in addition to this form a safe base
to caulk against thus ensuring a more perfect and sound joint being made.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING.
Fig. 2 is the section of a making up piece with the improved Socket B and
concentric projection C and A. A represents a length of main that has been cut the
piece being taken away, and to make the main A. A compact and ready for work
again, the making up Piece has been inserted, the Socket B being pushed hard home
against the spigot end of main A. A and is ready for being slipped back so that it
shall be in the position as shewn on Fig. 1 in which position it is ready for the joints
being made-Fig. 3 is an Improved Thimble or double collar with the concentric
projections as shewn in section and marked C. C.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pipe Connections for Gas, Water, or other
Purposes.
JOHN HENRY LYON Gas Works Lessee & Manager The Retreat Salisbury Road
Cosham Hants 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 :-
My improvements are applicable to Sockets of pipes also to Thimbles or double
collars used for connecting and making good the joint where two spigot ends face
each other.
The improvements in Sockets consist of having the Socket inade double the length
of the ordinary Socket, or of any other length as shall be found most suitable or
convenient, and this Socket has in its interior a concentric projection which may in
section, be as shown on drawings supplied with Provisional Specification or as shown
on the drawings accompanying this Specification, or may be of any other useful or
convenient form. the concentric ring or projection shall be placed at such a point in
the Socket the distance from the face of the Socket to the centre of the concentric
projection shall be so that the depth or distance between the two points named shall
be equal to the depth of an ordinary Socket.
This elongated or double Socket with the projection in the interior is applicable to
all kinds of pipes, bends, branch pipes, Tees, & Syphon Boxes &c. more particularly
to making up pieces and to such pipes as are to be used in connection with mains
already laid.
My improvements in Thimbles or double collars consist of the adapting of the
concentric projection to them, the concentric projections to be placed in such a
position in the interior of the Thimble or doublo collar that the distance from the face
of such to the centre of the concentric projection shall be equal to the depth of an
ordinary Socket, the size of the pipes in connection with which the Thimble or double:
collars are to be used, at all times regulating the size of the double collar or Thimble
and the depth of the concentric projections therein, it will be found most convenient
and advisable at all times to have the concentric projections of such dimensions that
the pipes to which they are to be applied will pass freely through them.
The improved Thimble or double collar is intended to take the place of the ordinary
double collar or Thimble the concentric projections being placed or cast in such a
position as to give the depth of an ordinary Socket and at the same time offers a firm
base for caulking against and thus effectively prevent the possibility of the yarn or
other material (being used to make the joint) from being forced over the spigot ends
and thus impeding the flow of whatever may have to pass through the pipe, at the
same time the concentric projection enables a more thorough joint being made owing
to the resistance they offer when the joint is being caulked up.
To assist in further describing my improvements and showing how they can be
particularly applied I refer to the accompanying drawings which I will now briefly
describe.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a severed main with a making up piece in section, the making up piece A
having my improved Socket e with the concentric projection c cast on one end, the
spigot end 6 which goes into the elongated Socket e is flush with the nearest or face
side of the concentric projection c the spigot end which enters the ordinary
Socket dis shown hard up to the back of the Socket, the spigot ends of main b. b
are always in this position when the making up piece is in its proper position for the
joint being made, as is the case in Fig. 1.
Fig. 2 is a making up piece the same in detail as described in the description of
Fig. 1 but it is shown in another position here I have assumed the main b. b has
been severed, and the making up piece, with the making up piece pushed on to one

page_text: of the spigot ends of the main b. b and the spigot end is hard against the extreme
back end of the elongated Socket e and has been brought into position ready for
running the ordinary Socket d back on to the other spigot end of main b, which
would bring it into the position shown on Fig. 1 which is its proper position when
the joint is made.
Fig. 3 is a Syphon Box with my improved Socket in a modified form, the con-
centric projection being formed by the body of the box, the opening A. A being
cast of sufficient size as to admit of the pipes being used to pass freely through.
Fig. 4 is the section of a Syphon Box with the Improved Socket attached, this
Socket being the same as that shown on Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is a section of my improved Thimble or double collar shewing concentric
projections 1 & 2.
Having now set forth the nature of the said inventions and improvements in pipe
connections for Gas Water and other purposes and having in the accompanying
drawing shown in what manner the said inventions may be practically carried out
what I claim is
First. I claim the adaptation of a concentric projection to a double or elongated
Socket.
Second. I claim that this double Socket with concentric projections is applicable to
all descriptions of pipes, and that the use of the Socket will in many cases dispense
with the use of a thimble or double collar in making good connections with pipes
already laid.
Third. I claim the adaptation of concentric projections to Thimbles or double
collars and claim that the said projections ensure a safe joint being made more
economically and more readily than with the ordinary double collar or thimble.
Dated this 29th day of May 1889.
JOHN HENRY LYUN.