Improvements in Means for Fixing or Supporting Lead and other Pipes against Walls and the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Sept., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 11th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 22nd Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Fixing or Supporting Lead and other
Pipes against Walls and the like.
I, CHARLES THOMERSON of 263 Hackney Road in the county of Middlesex,
Plumber, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to improvements in means for fixing or supporting lead and
other pipes against walls and the like, and has for object to provide means whereby
soil, rainwater and other pipes, and preferably those composed of lead, are more
securely fixed or supported than hitherto. and are also capable of expansion and
contraction independently of the said means.
Heretofore the means used for fixing and supporting pipes of the kind described
have been attached to the said pipes, so that the latter could not expand or contract
without loosening the said means from the wall or the like to which they were
attached.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide a plate or bracket having lugs or
extensions adapted to enter the wall or the like to which it is desired to secure the
soil or other pipe.
This plate or bracket is provided with downward extensions
which abut against and may be attached to the said wall, the said extensions serving
to receive the thrust imparted to the bracket by the weight of the pipe being
supported.
A suitable hole is provided in the bracket to receive the pipe which is passed
therethrough, the said pipe being supported on the said bracket by a flange attached
to or formed on the said pipe.
By this arrangement, the bracket serves to fix and support the pipe and at the
same time allows the said pipe to expand and contract without affecting the
attachment of the said bracket to the wall or the like.
Dated this 14th love of Cantambor 188a
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Fixing or Supporting Lead and other
Pipes against Walls and the like.
1, CHARLES THOMERSON of 263 Hackney Road in the county of Middlesex,
Plumber, de 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 means for fixing or supporting lead and
other pipes against walls and the like, and has for object to provide means,
whereby, soil, rainwater and other pipes, and preferably those composed of lead, are
more securely fixed or supported than hitherto, and are also capable of expansion and
contraction independently of the said means.
Heretofore the means used for fixing and supporting pipes of the kind described
have been attached to the said pipes, so that the latter could not expand or contract
without loosening the said means from the wall or the like to which they were
attached.
In carrying my invention into practice, provide a plate or bracket having lugs
or extensions adapted to enter the wall or the like to which it is desired to
secure the soil or other pipe. In some cases the plate or bracket is provided with
additional extensions which abut against & may be attached to the said wall, the
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page_text: said extensions serving to receive the thrust imparted to the bracket by the weight
of the said pipe. Or the said extensions can be used alone for the attachment of the
bracket.
A suitable hole is provided in the bracket to receive the pipe which is passed
therethrough, the pipe being supported on the said bracket by a flange attached to or
formed on the said pipe.'
In order that my invention may be clearly understood, reference is had to the
accompanying drawing, in which,
Figure 1 is a side elevation. and Figure 2 a plan of a plate or bracket constructed
according to my invention, for fixing or supporting a lead or other pipe against a
wall or the like.
Figure 3 is a section shewing the said plate or bracket in use.
Figure 4 is a plan of a modified form of plate or bracket.
Similar reference letters indicate similar or corresponding parts in the several
figures of the drawing.
Referring to figures 1, 2 and 3, a is the plate or bracket and 6 6 the lugs or
extensions which are adapted to enter the wall c (or the like) as shewn clearly in
figure 3.
dd are the additional extensions which I sometimes use to abut against the wall,
as shewn also in figure 3, and which serve to receive the thrust due to the weight of
the pipe, and d' is a web which connects them together, in order to strengthen them.
Or the said extensions can be used alone for the attachment of the bracket to the
wall or the like.
e is the hole through which the pipe f to be fixed or supported, passes the said
pipe being provided with a flange f¹ which rests upon the plate or bracket a, as shewn
clearly in figure 3.
By the use of the said plate or bracket a, I am enabled to fix and support lead
and other pipes, and at the same time allow of their expansion and contraction
without affecting the attachment of the said plate or bracket to the wall or the
like.
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In some cases I join the lugs or extensions 6 6 by means of a web as shewn by the
dotted line g in figure 2 so as to form practically an extension of the plate or bracket a,
thereby affording a better bold in the wall, and the extensions d d can also be joined
in the same manner.
In some cases I also provide the extensions d d with holes through which nails
or spikes can be driven into the wall to afford a still further hold.
It will be obvious that the extensions d d can be made longer than is shewn in
the drawing, and that instead of forming them integral with the plate or bracket a
as shewn I can form them separate therefrom and connect them by means of bolts
and nuts or other suitable means.
In the modification shewn in figure 4, I have shewn the front portion a¹ of the
plate or bracket a formed separate from the rear portion a², the said portions being
provided with lugs h h so that they can be connected together by bolts and
nuts. This arrangement allows of the pipe passing through the bracket being
disconnected therefrom without disturbing the bracket or removing the pipe
flange.
:
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) A plate or bracket for fixing or supporting a lead or other pipe against a wall
or the like, provided with an extension or extensions adapted to enter or abut against
the said wall or the like, and a hole for the reception of the said pipe substantially
as hereinbefore described.
(2) A plate or bracket for fixing or supporting a lead or other pipe against a wall
or the like, provided with extensions to respectively enter and abut against the said
wall or the like, and a hole for the reception of the said pipe, substantially as-

page_text: hereinbefore described and illustrated in figures 12 and 3 of the accompanying
drawing.
(3) In a plate or bracket of the kind claimed in the 1st and 2nd claiming clauses,
constructing the front portion of the said plate or bracket so as to be removable,
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in figure 4 of the accompanying
drawing.
(4) The improved means for fixing or supporting lead or other pipes against
walls or the like, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the several
figures of the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 10th day of February 1890.
CHAS. THOMERSON.