Water Fittings.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Dec., 1886
Complete Left, 17th Sept., 1887
Complete Accepted, 4th Nov:, 1887
Water Fittings.
1 JOHN JAMES ROYLE of 27 and 29 King Street West, Manchester in the County
of Lancaster, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to
be as follows:-
I form a hollow conical extremity or terminal to the tail piece of the water fitting
and through which terminal I insert the end of the hose pipe which I desire to
connect thereto I then push an expanding ring into the end of such hose pipe so as
to enlarge or expand the same and in order that when the hose pipe is drawn back
again the said rigid enlargement shall fit or correspond in form to the inside of the
conical extremity or terminal and prevent the same being ontirely withdrawn. The
arrangement in practice being found to afford a tight joint-the degree of tightness
increasing with the water pressure.
This invention thus forms a means of attachment for hose pipes without the
necessity of the usual wiring on the outside and constitutes a neat, effective and
cheap connection.
In some cases I form a spiral screw thread upon both the inside of the terminal
and upon the outside of the expanding ring or upon either of them.
Dated this 16th day of December 1886
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Connections for Securing Flexible Hose Pipe to
Water Fittings.
I JOHN JAMES ROYLE of 27 and 29 King Street West, Manchester in the County
of Lancaster, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
I form a hollow conical extremity or terminal to the tail piece of the water fitting
and through which terminal I insert the end of the hose pipe which I desire to
connect thereto I then push or screw an expanding ring into the end of such hose
pipe so as to enlarge or expand the same and in order that when the hose pipe is
drawn back again the said rigid enlargement shall fit or correspond in form to the
inside of the conical extremity or terminal and prevent the same being entirely
withdrawn. The arrangement in practice being found to afford a tight joint-the
degree of tightness increasing with the water pressure.
And in order that my invention may be more readily understood I have hereto
annexed a drawing showing two applications of my improvements and affording
illustrations of the practical application of the same to water fittings generally.
Fig. 1. is an exterior view and Fig. 2. a sectional view of a Royle's Patent Tap
Union with a piece of hose attached and Fig. 3. represents a sectional view of the
same union with the hose pipe removed. Fig. 4. shews the screw expanding ring
seperately and Fig. 4a. a plan of the same.
Fig. 5. represents an outside view and Fig. 6. a sectional view of a combined rose
and jet with my improvements applied. Fig. 7. represents the combined jet and
expanding ring alone and Fig. 8. an end view of the same.
In Figs. 1 to 4 a is the tail pipe of a Royle's Patent Tap Union which instead of
being of small diameter to permit the hose to pass over it externally as heretofore is
enlarged and formed as a hollow conical extremity or terminal as illustrated to allow
the hose pipe to pass inside. In this position the end of the hose pipe is
expanded by pushing or screwing in its mouth a conical expanding ring c with a
box key or any suitable instrument inserted in the hexagonal hole c' and thus not
only preventing the withdrawal of the enlarged extremity but affording a perfectly
water tight joint and means of connecting the hose pipe to the union. It is preferred
in practice to pass the end of the hose pipe completely through the cone then to
expand it externally by the insertion of the expanding ring and afterwards to draw
back the hose pipe until it tightens itself in position.
In the connection shewn in Figs. 5 to 8 the arrangement only differs from the
foregoing in the expanding ring d being formed at the lower extremity of the
nozzle e and which being provided with a pair of wings ff can so readily be laid
hold of for screwing in such expanding ring.

page_text: In this manner I not only obtain the required hose connection but a simple and
cheap arrangement of rose and jet as illustrated.
This invention thus forms a means of attachment of hose pipes to water fittings
without the usual wiring on the outside and constitutes a neat, effectivo and cheap
connection. In some cases I form a spiral screw thread upon both the inside of the
terminal and upon the outside of the expanding ring or upon either of them.
Although I have only shewn two applications of my invention it will be apparent
that the improvements are applicable to the tail pipe of other water fittings.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
1st. The application to the tail pipe of water fittings of a conical extremity or
terminal and the employment of an expanding ring substantially as and for the
purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
2nd. The improvements in connections for securing flexible hose pipes to water
fittings substantially as herein before described.
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JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicant.