Improvements in Hose-pipe Connections.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Feb., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 10th Nov., 1393-Accepted, 21st Jan., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hose-pipe Connections.
I, FELIX LOUIS DECARIE, of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion
of Canada, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Hose-pipe connections as generally constructed are devoid of means for guiding
or directing the parts when fitting them together so as to insure the threads
coming squarely together without causing stripping or binding. It not infre-
quently happens that much time is consumed and annoyance occasioned when
placing the parts of a coupling together because of the threads not aligning or
coming squarely together, and if the parts are coupled when the threads are not
in register the said threads will become stripped, and a subsequent coupling of
the parts will be effected with difficulty, and a possible leaky joint result.
The purpose of this invention is to give proper direction to the parts of a
hose-pipe coupling so that when assembling or placing them together they will
be properly directed before the threaded parts engage, thereby insuring the
matching of the threads and obviating any stripping or binding, because in
every instance the threads come squarely together and align.
For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the invention,
reference is to be had to the following description.
The invention consists essentially of a guide applied to a part or member of a
coupling and extending beyond the outer end thereof a sufficient distance so as
to telescope or engage with the other part or member to give proper direction to
and cause the parts to approach each other squarely when placing them together,
thereby insuring a matching of the threaded portions when the latter come
together. This guide, which consists of a sleeve, may be applied to either part
or member of the coupling, but is preferably fitted to the female part and is
adapted to enter the male part when assembling or placing the complementary
parts of the coupling together. The coupling described is of ordinary construc-
tion, and comprises the male part or member and the female part or member, the
guide projecting beyond the outer end of the female part a proper distance to
attain the end aforesaid. The guide or sleeve is smooth on its inner and outer
surfaces, and is of a size to snugly fit within the male part and obviate any play,
thereby causing the parts of the coupling to come squarely together when it is
required to effect a union of the coupling.
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1.141. Ja of Walruary 1898
I, FELIX LOUIS DECARIE, of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, and Dominion
0 of Canada, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
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page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:―
Hose-pipe connections as generally constructed are devoid of means for guiding
or directing the parts when fitting them together, so as to insure the threads
coming squarely together without causing stripping or binding. It not unfre-
quently happens that much time is consumed and annoyance occasioned when
placing the parts of a coupling together because of the threads not aligning or
coming squarely together, and if the parts are coupled when the threads are not
in register the said threads will become stripped, and a subsequent coupling of
the parts will be effected with difficulty and a possible leaky joint result.
The purpose of this invention is to give proper direction to the parts of a
hose-pipe coupling, so that when assembling or placing them together they will
be properly directed before the threaded parts engage thereby insuring the
matching of the threads and obviating any' stripping or 'binding, because in
every instance the threads come squarely together and align.
For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the invention reference
is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the following description.
The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form, proportion,
and the minor details of construction without departing from the principle or
sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to a full disclosure of the invention,
an adaptation thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a hose-pipe coupling having the parts
connected.
Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, showing the parts separated.
Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and
indicated in both views of the drawings by the same reference characters.
The invention consists, essentially, of a guide applied to a part or member of a
coupling and extending beyond the outer end thereof, a sufficient distance, so as
to telescope or engage with the other part or member to give proper direction to
and cause the parts to approach each other squarely when placing them together,
thereby insuring a matching of the threaded portions when the latter come
together. This guide, which consists of a sleeve may be applied to either part
or member of the coupling, but is preferably fitted to the female part and is
adapted to enter the male part when assembling or placing the complementary
parts of the coupling together.
The coupling illustrated is of ordinary construction and comprises the male
part or member 1 and the female part or member 2, the guide being represented
by the numeral 3 and projecting beyond the outer end of the part a proper
distance to attain the end aforesaid. The guide or sleeve 3 is smooth on its
inner and outer surfaces and is of a size to snugly fit within the part 1 and
obviate any play, thereby causing the parts of the coupling to come squarely
together when it is required to effect a union of the coupling.
The guide or sleeve 3 is separable from the part 4, the dotted lines indicating
the joint formed between them. The threaded part 2 is slipped upon said sleeve 3
until it meets with the shoulder 5, after which the part 4 is fitted upon the pro-
jecting end 6 of the sleeve 3, and the two parts 3 and 4 secured by a sweat joint
or in any of the ways commonly resorted to in the mechanic arts for joining over-
lapping surfaces.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
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In a pipe-coupling, the combination of a member having an end portion
exteriorly threaded and having the bore of the threaded end of uniform diameter,
and a second member comprising an internally-threaded portion to receive the
screw upon the exteriorly-threaded end of the first-mentioned member, and a

page_text: guide portion passing through the internally-threaded portion and interlocking
therewith at its inner end and projecting beyond its outer extremity, and of a
diameter corresponding to the internal diameter of the first-mentioned member
to snugly fit therein and compel the threaded portions to come squarely together,
substantially as specified.
Date L
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1000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.