IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR THE STOREAGE AND SUPPLY OF Gas
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Thomas Sugg, of Vincent Works,
Vincent Street, in the City of Westminster, for the Invention of
** IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR THE STOREAGE AND SUPPLY OF Gas.”
** IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR THE STOREAGE AND SUPPLY OF Gas.”
Scaled the Sth February 1876, and dated the 12th August 1875.

page_text: And, Thirdly. In making small flexible tubes suitable for attachment
to ordinary gas fittings.
The hose is formed by wrapping a bollow coil of wire wound into a
spiral with leather dressed without oil or other grease. The flesh side of
this leather is put outside and the surface is coated with solution of
india-rubber, and upon and around the leather so coated is placed
unvulcanized sheet rubber, the same being rubbed and pressed until it
closely adheres to the leather. Another layer of leather is then coated
with india-rubber solution and applied outside the sheet rubber when
the whole is pressed and rubbed so as to exclude air and ensure the
thorough junction of the surfaces. When necessary, one or more layers
of sheet rubber and leather may be added to ensure greater security and
strength, the joining of the surfaces being the same as already described.
The ends of the pipes are then fixed to the metal connections, for which
Letters Patent have already been granted to me, and the hose so made is
ready for usc. The same materials and process may be applied to the
manufacture of small flexible gas tubing, the exterior being covered
when desired with velvet, braid, or other ornamental coating.
The gas holders are constructed in shape very much like the common
accordion bellows, but by preference principally of wood, the flexible
portions being made of two layers of leather dressed without oil and
coated on the flesh side with solution of india-rubber. Unvulcanized
sheet india-rubber in then inserted between the leather and the whole
cither rolled or pressed to ensure perfect contact of the surfaces. In
this case also the substance may be thickened by additional layers of
rubber and leather treated as before mentioned.
By these means a material is formed which, whether used for hose,
the flexible parts of gas holders, or gas holders entire, will withstand
the action of gas and retain its soundness under circumstances not
hitherto attained.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Thomas Sugg in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 12th February 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
THOMAS SUGG, of Vincent Works, Vincent Street, in the City of
Westminster, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of August, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said William Thomas Sugg,
Her special licence that I, the said William Thomas Sugg, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
William Thomas Sugg, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR THE STOREAGE
AND SUPPLY OF GAS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said William Thomas Sugg, my executors, or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Thomas Sugg, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accom-
panying Drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is
to say:
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page_text: similar carriages, and consists-
Firstly. In the construction of the hose or flexible pipes used to
convey the gas from the main to the gas holder.
Secondly. In forming the joints of the said collapsable holder.
And, Thirdly. In making small flexible tubes suitable for attachment
to ordinary gas fittings.
The hose is formed by wrapping a hollow coil of wire wound into a
spiral with leather dressed without oil or other grease. The flesh side of
this leather is put outside and the surface is coated with solution of
india-rubber, and upon and around the leather so coated is placed
unvulcanized sheet rubber, the same being rubbed and pressed until it
closely adheres to the leather. Another layer of leather is then coated
with india-rubber solution and applied outside the sheet rubber, when
the whole is pressed and rubbed so as to exclude air and ensure the
thorough junction of the surfaces. When necessary one or more layers
of sheet rubber and leather may be added to ensure greater security and
strength, the joining of the surfaces being the same as already described.
The ends of the pipes are then fixed to the metal connections for which
Letters Patent have already been granted to me, and the hose so made
is ready for use. The same materials and process may be applied to the
manufacture of small flexible gas tubing, the exterior being covered
when desired with velvet, braid, or other ornamental coating.
The gas holders are constructed in shape very much like the common
accordion bellows, but by preference principally of wood, the flexible
portions being made of two layers of leather dressed without oil and
coated on the flesh side with solution of india-rubber. Unvulcanized
sheet india-rubber is then inserted between the leather, and the whole
either rolled or pressed to ensure perfect contact of the surfaces. In
this case also the substance may be thickened by additional layers of
rubber and leather treated as before mentioned.
By these means a material is formed which, whether used for hose,
the flexible parts of gas holders, or gas holders entire, will withstand the
action of the gas and retain its soundness better than any substance
hitherto applied for such purposes.

page_text: In order that the foregoing may be more easily understood Drawings
are attached hereto of which the following is a description:
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the holder as it appears when distended or
partially distended with gas. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same
through the line A, B, of Fig. 3, and Fig. 3 is a plan of the holder.
In Fig. 2 it will be seen that the holder is made preferably with a
wooden frame C, C, C, C, covered with plates of zinc, wood, or other
suitable material D, D. The sides E, E, are also made of wood connected
together, and with the frame at the joints by strips, hinges, or bands
F, F, of the leather and india-rubber material before described. The
corners of the holder are of a peculiar shape as will be observed at
G, G, G, G, in Fig. 3. These corners are also made of the material
just mentioned, and are moulded or strained into form over wooden
blocks of the shape shown. At H is a cock that may be used as an
inlet or outlet. The position of the inlet and outlet however may be
varied to suit the circumstances under which the gas holder is used.
All the inside parts of the wooden framing and sides of the gas holder
are covered with paper cemented to the wood by a mixture of glue
and treacle. The same cement is also employed to attach the strips,
hinges, or bands and moulded corners to the wooden frame and sides.
Similar letters refer to the same parts in each of the Figures.
The general form of the gas holder is not new, neither is the employ-
ment of wood new, but the material used for the flexible joints and the
corners made as described are new.
In order that the foregoing may be more easily understood Drawings
are attached hereto of which the following is a description :—
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the holder as it appears when distended or
partially distended with gas. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same
through the line A, B, of Fig. 3, and Fig. 3 is a plan of the holder.
In Fig. 2 it will be seen that the holder is made preferably with a
wooden frame C, C, C, C, covered with plates of zinc, wood, or other
suitable material D, D. The sides E, E, are also made of wood connected
together, and with the frame at the joints by strips, hinges, or bands
F, F, of the leather and india-rubber material before described. The
corners of the holder are of a peculiar shape as will be observed at
G, G, G, G, in Fig. 3. These corners are also made of the material
just mentioned, and are moulded or strained into form over wooden
blocks of the shape shown. At H is a cock that may be used as an
inlet or outlet. The position of the inlet and outlet however may be
varied to suit the circumstances under which the gas holder is used.
All the inside parts of the wooden framing and sides of the gas holder
are covered with paper cemented to the wood by a mixture of glue
and treacle. The same cement is also employed to attach the strips,
hinges, or bands and moulded corners to the wooden frame and sides.
Similar letters refer to the same parts in each of the Figures.
The general form of the gas holder is not new, neither is the employ-
ment of wood new, but the material used for the flexible joints and the
corners made as described are new.
Having now described and particularly set forth the nature of this
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or
carried into effect, I would observe in conclusion that I do not confine
or restrict myself to the precise details or arrangements which I have
described or referred to, as variations may be made therefrom without
deviating from the principles or main features of this Invention, but
what I consider to be novel and original, and therefore claim as the
Invention secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters
Patent is,
Firstly. The making of hose and small supply tubes of the materials,
and in the manner herein described.

page_text: And, Secondly. The construction of gas holders, the flexible joints
and corners of which are made of the shape and material, as herein
described and shown on the Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Thomas Sugg, have
hereunto set my hand and scal, this Twelfth day of February, a
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
seventy-six.