A Stop Cock or Tap to Shut off the Supply of Water, Gas, or other Liquids or Gases whilst Repairs are being made.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 5th June, 1889-Accepted, 3rd Aug., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Stop Cock or Tap to Shut off the Supply of Water, Gas, or other
Liquids or Gases whilst Repairs are being made.
I, ANTONIO RICHARDSON of 1 Melville Terrace Garden Road Mansfield in the
county of Nottingham Brass Founder do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
:-
The object of my invention is to produce a simple and effective means of shutting
off water, steam, gas or other liquids or gases whilst repairs are being made and to
do away with the necessity of ordinary stop cocks which are often the cause of much
trouble and expense through not being able to find the same, the tap covers being
often buried or frozen over or filled with rubbish, Handles breaking or twisting off,
repairs in such cases being frequently very expensive, as these stop cocks or taps are
generally several feet below the surface.
In order to clearly explain.my invention I refer to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 represents a cock with the plug and washer working upwards to the
soating to shut off the supply, by this means it will be seen that the water, steam, gas,
or the like is under the washer, forcing the same home and making a sounder joint
and with less wear on the washer than when working the opposite way, as
(Fig. 3).
The end of this cock has an inward taper surface or socket A into which a hollow
plug B fits, the opposite end forming the nozzle or connection to the supply pipe.
There may be one or more holes in the socket A and a corresponding hole or boles in
the plug B, through which the water, steam, gas or other liquids or gases may pass
into the cock and by turning the cock round it shuts off the supply. These two
parts A and B are secured together by a universal clip C which engages round the
Hange of plug B. This universal clip C may be fastened to the tap or cock by
screwing or other suitable means.
Figure 2 represents the same cock as No. 1 excepting the end A of the cock which
tapers outwards instead of inwards as No. 1 and B reversed to correspond with the
same and for the like purposes.
Figure 3 represents a cock with the plug and washer working downwards to the
seating to shut off the supply. The end A of the cock has a socket tapering downwards
Hollow plug B is in the form of a bend or elbow and forms the connection with the
supply pipe.
Figure 4 represents a portion of cock cut off at D. D. in (Figures 1. 2 or 3) and
shows the shutting off part and connection with the supply pipe. It will be seen that
there is a waterway straight through the plug B as in an ordinary plug tap or cock
and the same is shut off in preference by a handle but may be shut off by a wheel
and valve or other means. I do not confine myself to the three methods illustrated
of the shutting off parts which may be done by a variety of methods and may be
applied to any other description of cock. By the use of this invention to water or
other cocks, in case of a washer giving way which frequently happens or for other
repairs to the said cock, all that is necessary in Figures 1 & 2 is to give the cock a
half turn downwards, bringing the bottom of the cock upwards, the bottom plug E
may then be removed and a new washer put in or such other repairs done as may be
desired, reversing the cock on completion.
Figure 3. The shut off is accomplished by simply turning the cock sideways on
the plug B the repairs being then done from the top-In Figure 4, the same is provided
for by simply turning the handle or lever F. It will be evident that the adoption of
this invention will secure an immense saving of water which is invariably wasted in

page_text: making such repairs rather than incur the trouble & expense of finding and making
use of the ordinary stop cock, which is a matter of the utmost importance to water
companies.
Dated this 25th day of T1000
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Stop Cock or Tap to Shut off the Supply of Water, Gas, or other
Liquids or Gases whilst Repairs are being made.
ANTONIO RICHARDSON, 1 Melvillo Terrace, Garden Road, Mansfield, Nottingham-
shire Brass Founder, 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 :—
The object of my invention is to produce a simple and effective means of shutting
off water, steam, gas or other liquids, or gases whilst repairs are being made, and to
do away with the necessity of ordinary stop taps or cocks, which are often the cause
of much trouble and expense, through not being able to find the same: the tap
covers being often buried or frozen over, or filled with rubbish; handles breaking or
twisting off, repairs in such cases being frequently very expensive, as these stop-cocks
or taps are generally several feet below the surface.
In order to clearly explain my invention I refer to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1. represents a cock with a plug and washor working upwards to the seating
to shut off the supply; by this means it will be seen that the water, steam, gas or the
like is under the washer forcing the same home and making a sounder joint and
with less wear on the washer than when working the opposite way, as (figure 3).
The end of this cock has an inward taper surface or socket A into which a hollow
plug B fits, the opposite end forming the nozzle or connection to the supply pipe.
There may be one or more holes in the socket A and a corresponding hole or holes
in plug B. through which the water, steam, gas or other liquids or gases may pass
into the cock or tap, and by turning the cock round it shuts off the supply.
These two parts A and B are secured together by a universal clip C. which
engages round the flange of plug B. this universal clip C. may be fastened to the tap
by screwing or other suitable means.
Fig. 2. represents the same cock as No. 1. excepting the end A of the cock which
tapers outwards instead of inwards as No. 1. and B. reversed to correspond with the
saine and for the like purposes.
Fig. 3. represents a cock with the plug and washer working downwards to the
seating to shut off the supply. The end A. of the cock has a socket tapering down-
wards, hollow plug B. is in the form of a bend or elbow and forms the connection
with the supply pipe.
Fig. 4. represents a portion of cock cut off at D. D. in figures 1. 2 and 3, and
shows the shutting off part and connection with the supply pipe.
It will be seen that there is a waterway straight through the plug B. as in an
ordinary plug cock and the same is shut off in preference by a handle but may be
shut off by a wheel and valve or other means.
I do not confine myself to the three methods illustrated of the shutting off parts,
which may be done in a variety of methods and may be applied to any other description
of cock.
By the use of this invention to water or other cocks, in case of a washer giving
way, which frequently happens or for other repairs to the said cock, all that is necessary
in figures 1 and 2 is to give the cock a half-turn downwards, bringing the bottom of
the cock upwards, the bottom plug E may then be removed and a new washer
put in or such other repairs done as may be desired, reversing the cock on
completion.

page_text: In figure 3. the shut off is accomplished by simply turning the cock sideways on
the plug B, the repairs being then done from the top.
In figure 4. the same is provided for by simply turning the handle or lever F.
It will be evident that the adoption of this invention will secure a universal saving
of water which is invariably wasted in making such repairs, rather than incur the
trouble and expense of finding and making use of the ordinary stop cock which is a
matter of the utmost importance to water companies.
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:
In combination with cocks or taps, for steam, water, gas and other liquids or
gases, the use of a plug B. or its equivalent, fitting into socket A. as shown in
Fig. 1. 2. and 3 for the purpose of disconnecting the water, gas or steam and the
like from the main substantially as described.
Dated this 5th day of June 1889
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.