Improvements in Bib Cocks or Valves.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 17th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 6th Mar., 1894-Accepted, 9th June, 1894
Improvements in Bib Cocks or Valves.
I CHRISTOPHER FRANCIS GOUGH of The Engineer's Lodge, St. Anne's
Schools, Redhill in the County of Surrey, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN BIB COCKS OR VALVES to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in bib cocks or valves by which a
more reliable and effective construction is obtained, and at the same time the
advantages of a glandless, quick-filling, screw-down bib cock or valve preserved,
that is self-adjusting, unaffected by mud, grit, expansion, contraction or uneven
seating.
The invention consists in its general features of a bib cock or valve in which
the water or other fluid is made to pass up a standpipe or tubular shell, into an
inverted cup or tubular shell with a stopped end which re-directs its course and
velocity towards the bib or outlet by which means the use of a stuffing-box or
gland is rendered unnecessary.
The standpipe or tubular shell contains the seating orifice and forms the seating,
it is rigidly attached to the internal orifice of the body casting of the cock or
valve, and carried well into the interior of the moveable inverted cup. The
seating orifice closing piece is contained in the interior of the inverted cup and is
brought to bear on the seating by screwing down the inverted cup by means of
a winged thumb-piece, capstan-wheel, hand-wheel or handle contained on the outer
top of the same, and is raised by the pressure of the water or other fluid acting
thereon when the inverted cup is raised by unscrewing.
These improvements in bib cocks or valves consist more specifically of the
following essential elements :-
(1) A body casting containing the necessary orifices viz. :-An inlet, an outlet
or bib, an interior orifice for the reception of a standpipe or tubular shell and an
outer shell concentric therewith.
(2) A standpipe or tubular shell containing the seating orifice and forming the
seating; the object of which is to carry the water or other fluid into an inverted
cup or tubular shell with a stopped end.
(3) An inverted cup or tubular shell with a stopped end, the object of which is
to re-direct and give velocity to the water or other fluid towards the bib or outlet
and render unnecessary the use of a stuffing box or gland.
(4) An asbestos packed seating orifice closing piece, constructed in such manner
that every increment. of pressure shall cause the asbestos packing to flow to and
set more firmly on the raised seating of a seating orifice; or the seating orifice
closing piece may be constructed as a globe, cone, or disc in solid metal, or
formed for the reception of any of the elastic materials usually used for that
purpose.
The bib cocks or valves are constructed as follows:-
The internal orifice of the body casting of the cock or valve, contains on its
inner perimeter a female screw-thread, to admit a male screw-thread of like pitch
contained on the outer perimeter of a tubular shell or standpipe, either end of
which standpipe may form the seating orifice and contain the seating, this stand-
pipe or tubular shell is carried well into the interior, and concentric with, a
moveable inverted cup or tubular shell with a stopped end. This inverted cup or
tubular shell with a stopped end is capable of axial and longitudinal motion and
may contain on its outer perimeter an inclined plane, cam, groove, slot, stud, or

page_text: screw-thread, to engage with a correspondent part contained on the inner perimeter
of a concentric, fixed and outer shell forming part of the body casting; and it has
rigidly attached or attachable to its outer top a winged thumb-piece, capstan-wheel,
band-wheel, or handle, and admits easily in its interior the seating orifice closing
piece, which it brings to bear on the seating to close the seating orifice, when
movement is given to the winged thumb-piece, capstan-wheel, handle or
hand-wheel through the action of the screw-thread inclined plane, cam, groove,
slot or stud contained on its outer perimeter and the inner perimeter of the
outer shell.
The seating orifice closing piece may be a disc of metal formed for the reception
of an elastic disc of any of the materials usually used for that purpose, a solid
disc, globe or cone, or it may be the herein before mentioned asbestos packed
orifice closing piece which according to my present invention I construct as
follows:-
A cylindrical piece of metal has a flange near one of its ends, one side of this
flange is undercut so as to form an obtuse angle, the other side of the flange is a
right angle to its length, on the cylindrical end next the undercut side of the flange,
asbestos yarn or packing is wound, and over this and the flange is passed a tubular
shell which is screwed on its inner perimeter at one end to receive an annular ring,
reducing piece or screw cap, its other end is reduced by an acute angle till its
orifice is of a size that shall freely admit the raised seating of a seating orifice;
this outer tubular shell is capable of axial and longitudinal motion on the flange
of the cylindrical piece. When the outer tubular shell is passed over the asbestos
and flange by screwing in the annular ring the two angles are drawn together and
the asbestos is solidly compressed; every increment of pressure on the top side of
the flange and cylinder end, and resistance offered by the seating to the outer
tubular shell will further compress the asbestos and cause it to flow to and set more
firmly on the raised seating of a seating orifice.
Dated this Seventeenth day of July 1893.
CHRISTOPHER FRANCIS GOUGH..
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bib Cocks or Valves.
I CHRISTOPHER FRANCIS GOUGH of The Engineer's Lodge, St. Anne's
Schools Redhill, in the County of Surrey, 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 improvements in bib cocks or valves by which a
more reliable and effective construction is obtained and at the same time the
advantages of a glandless, quick-filling screw-down bib. cock or valve preserved,
that is self-adjusting, unaffected by mud, grit, expansion, contraction or uneven
seating.
The invention consists in its general features of a bib cock or valve in which
the water or other fluid is made to pass up a standpipe or tubular shell, into an
inverted cup, or tubular shell with a stopped end, which re-directs its course and
velocity towards the bib or outlet by which means the use of a stuffing box or
gland is rendered unnecessary.
The standpipe or tubular shell contains the seating orifice and forms the seating;
it is rigidly attached to the internal orifice of the body casting of the cock or valve,
and carried well into the interior of the moveable inverted cup. The seating
orifice closing piece is contained in the interior of the inverted cup, and is brought
to bear on the seating by screwing down the inverted cup by means of a winged
thumb-piece, capstan-wheel, hand-wheel or handle contained on the outer top of

page_text: the same, and is raised by the pressure of the water or other fluid acting thereon
when the inverted cup is raised by unscrewing.
These improvements in bib cocks or valves consist more specifically of the
following essential elements:-
(1) A body casting containing the necessary orifices viz. An inlet, an outlet or
bib, an interior orifice for the reception of a standpipe or tubular shell, and an outer
shell concentric therewith.
(2) A standpipe or tubular shell containing the seating orifice and forming the
seating the object of which is to carry the water or other fluid into an inverted
cup or tubular shell with a stopped end.
(3) An inverted cup or tubular shell with a stopped end; the object of which
is to re-direct and give velocity to the water or other fluid towards the bib or outlet
and render unnecessary the use of a stuffing box or gland.
(4) An asbestos packed seating orifice closing piece, constructed in such manner
that every increment of pressure shall cause the asbestos packing to flow to
and set more firmly on the raised seating of a seating orifice; or the seating
orifice closing piece may be constructed as a globe, cone or disc in solid metal
or formed for the reception of any of the elastic materials usually used for that
purpose.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 represents a vertical longitudinal section of this improved bib cock or
valve with asbestos packed seating orifice closing piece;
Fig. 2 an horizontal longitudinal section of the same on line X X Fig. 1 ;
Fig. 3 represents a vertical longitudinal section of this improved bib cock or
valve with an ordinary or curved bib, and an ordinary seating orifice closing piece,
composed of a disc of metal formed for the reception of an elastic disc of any of
the materials usually used for that purpose;
Fig. 4 represents a longitudinal section of the asbestos packed seating orifice
closing piece, taking its bearing on a raised seating of a seating orifice;
Fig. 5 an horizontal transverse section of the same on line Y. Y. Fig. 4.
Fig. 6 represents a vertical longitudinal section of this improved bib cock or
valve with the seating constructed on the lower end of the tubular shell or
standpipe and an asbestos packed seating orifice closing piece closing the seating
orifice;
Fig. 7 a vertical longitudinal section of this improved bib cock or valve with the
seating constructed on the lower end of the tubular shell or standpipe and a
seating orifice closing piece constructed of metal formed for the reception of an
elastic disc, closing the seating orifice.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
The bib cocks or valves are constructed as follows:-
The internal orifice A of the body casting of the cock or valve contains on its
inner perimeter a female screw thread A¹ to admit a male screw-thread of like
pitch B contained on the outer perimeter of a tubular shell or standpipe B either
end of which standpipe may form the seating orifice C and contain the seating C¹
this standpipe or tubular shell is carried well into the interior and concentric
with a moveable inverted cup or tubular shell with a stopped end D. This
inverted cup or tubular shell with a stopped end is capable of axial and longitudinal
motion and may contain on its outer perimeter an inclined plane, cam, groove,
slot, stud, or screw-thread D' to engage with a correspondent part contained on
the inner perimeter of a concentric, fixed and outer shell E and it has rigidly
attached or attachable to its outer top a winged thumb-piece D² capstan-wheel,
hand-wheel, or handle, and admits easily in its interior the seating orifice closing
piece F Fig. 1 and H Fig. 3 which it brings to bear on the seating C¹ to close the
seating orifice C when movement is given to the winged thumb-piece D' capstan-
wheel, hand-wheel or handle through the action of the screw-thread D¹ inclined
plane, cam, groove, slot or stud contained on its outer perimeter and the inner
perimeter of the outer shell E:
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page_text: The seating orifice closing piece may be a disc of metal H¹ Fig. 3 and Fig. 7
formed for the reception of an elastic disc H' of any of the materials usually used
for that purpose, a solid disc, globe or cone, or it may be the bereinbefore
mentioned asbestos packed orifice closing piece F Fig. 4 and Fig. 6 which according
to my present invention construct as follows :-
A cylindrical piece of metal F¹ Fig. 4 has a flange F2 near one of its ends, one
side of this flange is undercut so as to form an acute angle F³ the other side of the
flange is at right angles to the axis of the closing piece; on the cylindrical end
next the undercut side of the flange F³ asbestos yarn or packing F is wound and
over this and the flange F2 is passed a tubular shell F' which is screwed on its
inner perimeter at one end to receive an annular ring Fe reducing piece or screw
cap, its other end is reduced by an obtuse angle F7 till its orifice is of a size that
shall freely admit the raised seating C₁ of a seating orifice C; this outer tubular
shell is capable of axial and longitudinal motion on the flange F2 of the cylindrical
piece F¹.
When the outer tubular shell Fs is passed over the asbestos F and flange F' by
screwing in the annular ring F the two angles F3 and F7 are drawn together and
the asbestos F is solidly compressed; every increment of pressure on the top side
of the flange F2 and cylinder end F8 and resistance offered by the seating C' to the
outer tubular shell F will further compress the asbestos F4 and cause it to flow
to and set more firmly on the raised seating C' of a seating orifice C.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In bib cocks or valves, a body casting containing the necessary orifices viz.:
an inlet, an outlet or bib, an interior orifice and an outer shell concentric therewith,
in combination with a tubular shell or stand pipe containing the seating orifice
and forming the seating at either end, whether cast in one piece with the body
casting or constructed to screw into the interior orifice of the same, all as and for
the purpose specified.
2. In bib cocks or valves, a standpipe or tubular shell containing the seating
orifice and forming the seating at either end, the object of which is to carry the
water or other fluid into an inverted cup or tubular shell with a stopped end j
substantially as set forth.
3. In bib cocks or valves, a standpipe or tubular shell containing the seating
orifice and forming the seating in combination with an inverted cup or tubular shell
with a stopped end; substantially as described.
:
4. In bib cocks or valves; an inverted cup or tubular shell with a stopped end,'
the object of which is to re-direct and give velocity to the water or other fluid
towards the bib or outlet and render unnecessary the use of a stuffing box or gland,
substantially as set forth.
5. In bib cocks or valves, the combination of an inverted cup or tubular shell
with a stopped end as herein last mentioned and of a winged thumb-piece, capstan-
wheel, hand-wheel or handle, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
6. In bib cocks or valves the combination of such inverted cup or tubular shell
with a stopped end, and of an inclined plane, cam, groove, slot, stud, or screw
thread contained on its outer perimeter substantially as set forth.
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7. In bib cocks or valves, the combination of such inverted cup or tubular shell
with a stopped end and of an outer shell forming part of the body casting of the
bib cock or valve or rigidly attached thereto; substantially as specified.
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8. In bib cocks or valves the combination of an outer shell forming part of the
body casting of the bib cock or valve or rigidly attached thereto and of an inclined
plane, cam, groove, slot, stud, or screw thread contained on its inner perimeter or
pierced through the substance thereof as a correspondent part to that contained on
the outer perimeter of the before last mentioned inverted cup or tubular shell with
a stopped end substantially as set forth.

page_text: 9. In bib cocks or valves the combination of such inverted cup or tubular shell'
with a stopped end, and of a seating orifice closing piece in the form of a globe,.
cone, or disc of solid metal or other material, or metal formed for the reception of
any of the elastic materials usually used for that purpose substantially as described..
10. In bib cocks or valves the combination of such inverted cup or tubular shell
with a stopped end, and of an asbestos or other packed seating orifice closing piece.
substantially as set forth.
11. In bib cock or valve seating orifice closing pieces, the combination of a.
cylindrical piece of metal containing a cylindrical and concentric flange undercut.
on one of its sides so as to form an acute angle and of an outer tubular shell
reduced at one of its ends internally by an opposite or obtuse angle and containing
or not containing a female screw thread on its inner perimeter at its other end for
the reception of an annular ring, reducing piece or nipple as and for the purpose.
set forth.
12. In bib cock or valve seating orifice closing pieces, the combination of such.
cylindrical piece of metal containing a cylindrical and concentric flange undercut
on one of its sides so as to form an acute angle and of an asbestos or other packing
substantially as set forth.
13. In bib cock or valve seating orifice closing pieces, the combination of an
outer tubular shell reduced at one of its ends internally by an obtuse angle and
containing or not containing at its other end on its inner perimeter a female screw--
thread for the reception of an annular ring reducing piece or nipple and of asbestos
or other yarn or packing substantially as set forth.
14. In bib cock or valve seating orifice closing pieces, the combination of an
outer tubular shell reduced internally at one of its ends by an obtuse angle and of
an annular ring, reducing piece or nipple as and for the purpose specified.
15. In bib cocks or valves, an asbestos or other packed seating orifice closing
piece constructed substantially as herein specified.
16. In bib cocks or valves a bib cock or valve in which the water or other fluid
is caused to ascend into an inverted cup or tubular shell with a stopped end for the
purpose of re-directing its course and velocity towards the bib or outlet and render-
the use of a stuffing box or gland unnecessary substantially as herein described.
Dated this Fifth day of March 1894.
CHRISTOPHER FRANCIS GOUGH.