US420044A - Extension service-box for water or gas cocks - Google Patents

Extension service-box for water or gas cocks Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US420044A
US420044A US420044DA US420044A US 420044 A US420044 A US 420044A US 420044D A US420044D A US 420044DA US 420044 A US420044 A US 420044A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
box
water
extension service
section
gas cocks
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
Publication date
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US420044A publication Critical patent/US420044A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03BINSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER
    • E03B9/00Methods or installations for drawing-off water
    • E03B9/02Hydrants; Arrangements of valves therein; Keys for hydrants
    • E03B9/08Underground hydrants
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16LPIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L27/00Adjustable joints, Joints allowing movement
    • F16L27/12Adjustable joints, Joints allowing movement allowing substantial longitudinal adjustment or movement
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/6851With casing, support, protector or static constructional installations
    • Y10T137/6966Static constructional installations
    • Y10T137/6991Ground supporting enclosure
    • Y10T137/6995Valve and meter wells
    • Y10T137/7017Telescopic well casing

Definitions

  • the invention relates to improvements in extension service boxes for water or gas cocks.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an extension service-box adapted to be adjusted by turning, and having its sections capable of suflicient longitudinal movement or play on each other to allow the upper section to be upheaved by frost without disturbing the lower section.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a service-box constructed in accordance with the invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the same.
  • A designates a service-box consisting of two telescoping sections A and A the upper section A having its upper end a provided with a cap B of ordinary construction, and the lower section A has its lower end to enlarged and provided with the usual recess a and flanges (L to adaptit to fit over a water or gas cock or a valve in street-main.
  • the lower and inner section A has its upper end provided on its exterior surface with a series of inclined projections a, which are arranged on opposite sides of the section, and which extend about one-third of the way round, being separated by blank spaces a but forming a continuous thread-like surface, and
  • the upper and outer section A has a corre-.
  • the inclined projections are parallel with one another, and are arranged two or three inches apart to permit the section to have two or three inches longitudinal movement or play on each other, whereby, when the surface of the ground is upheaved by the frost, the upper section A, which will be lifted too, may move that distance without disturbing the lower section and displacing it from over the cook.
  • the blank spaces which lie in the path of the projections do not prevent the latter performing the function of ordinary continuous screw-threads, and they facilitate the casting of the sections.
  • a service-box consisting of two telescoping sections, the inner or lower section fitting over the stop-cock and having at its upper end a series of exterior parallel inclined projections which are arranged in a continuous spiral line and provide a thread-like exterior surface, and the upper or outer section having a corresponding series of interior inclined parallel projections which are arranged in a continuous spiral line and provide an interior thread-like surface to engage with and turn over the projections of the lower section, blank spaces a and a, being provided in the path of the projections in the upper and lower sections, which blank spaces are for the purpose herein set forth and do not affect the continuity of the threaded surfaces formed by the projections, the projections on both sections being separated vertically by a space of two or three inches, whereby considerable play between the sections is provided and the upper section when upheaved by frost will notdisturb the lower section, as set forth.

Description

(No itIqdel H. E. DENNIS. EXTENSION SERVICE FOR WATER 0R GAS COOKS. No. 420,044. Patented Jan. 28, 1890.
UNITED STATES PATENT GFFIGE.
HENRY E. DENNIS, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.
EXTENSION SERVICE-BOX FOR WATER OR GAS COCKS.
SIECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,044, dated January 28, 1890.
Application filed September 6, 1889. Serial No. 323,167. (No model.)
To to whom it may concern.-
Be it known that I, HENRY E. DENNIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Extension ServiceBox for ater or Gas Cocks, of which the following is a specification.
The invention relates to improvements in extension service boxes for water or gas cocks.
The object of the present invention is to provide an extension service-box adapted to be adjusted by turning, and having its sections capable of suflicient longitudinal movement or play on each other to allow the upper section to be upheaved by frost without disturbing the lower section.
The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a service-box constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the same.
Referring to the accompanying drawings, A designates a service-box consisting of two telescoping sections A and A the upper section A having its upper end a provided with a cap B of ordinary construction, and the lower section A has its lower end to enlarged and provided with the usual recess a and flanges (L to adaptit to fit over a water or gas cock or a valve in street-main. The lower and inner section A has its upper end provided on its exterior surface with a series of inclined projections a, which are arranged on opposite sides of the section, and which extend about one-third of the way round, being separated by blank spaces a but forming a continuous thread-like surface, and
the upper and outer section A has a corre-.
sponding series of inclined projections a, which extend over about one-third of the circumference, and are separated by blank spaces a and form an interiorly-threaded surface that is designed to engage the exteriorly-threaded surface of the lower section to enable the service-box A to be increased or diminished in length by turning the upper section. The inclined projections are parallel with one another, and are arranged two or three inches apart to permit the section to have two or three inches longitudinal movement or play on each other, whereby, when the surface of the ground is upheaved by the frost, the upper section A, which will be lifted too, may move that distance without disturbing the lower section and displacing it from over the cook. The blank spaces which lie in the path of the projections do not prevent the latter performing the function of ordinary continuous screw-threads, and they facilitate the casting of the sections.
.It is obvious that either section may be constructed to iit over the other, and from the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings the construction, operation, and advantages of the invention will readily be understood.
What I claim is- A service-box consisting of two telescoping sections, the inner or lower section fitting over the stop-cock and having at its upper end a series of exterior parallel inclined projections which are arranged in a continuous spiral line and provide a thread-like exterior surface, and the upper or outer section having a corresponding series of interior inclined parallel projections which are arranged in a continuous spiral line and provide an interior thread-like surface to engage with and turn over the projections of the lower section, blank spaces a and a, being provided in the path of the projections in the upper and lower sections, which blank spaces are for the purpose herein set forth and do not affect the continuity of the threaded surfaces formed by the projections, the projections on both sections being separated vertically by a space of two or three inches, whereby considerable play between the sections is provided and the upper section when upheaved by frost will notdisturb the lower section, as set forth.
In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.
HENRY E. DENNIS.
WVitnesses:
GEO. J. KEENAN, OHAs. F. BURNs.
US420044D Extension service-box for water or gas cocks Expired - Lifetime US420044A (en)

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US420044A true US420044A (en) 1890-01-28

Family

ID=2488963

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US420044D Expired - Lifetime US420044A (en) Extension service-box for water or gas cocks

Country Status (1)

Country Link
US (1) US420044A (en)

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20090001708A1 (en) * 2006-01-05 2009-01-01 Haas David J One piece self-expiring security badge or label
US20100077677A1 (en) * 2008-09-22 2010-04-01 Mueller International Inc. Adjustable underground meter installation
US20130294840A1 (en) * 2009-09-22 2013-11-07 Mueller International, Llc Adjustable underground meter installation
US20140261759A1 (en) * 2013-03-15 2014-09-18 Todd Grose Valve box system
US20210372098A1 (en) * 2020-06-02 2021-12-02 The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc. Adjustable Pit Extension Assembly

Cited By (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20090001708A1 (en) * 2006-01-05 2009-01-01 Haas David J One piece self-expiring security badge or label
US20090052285A1 (en) * 2006-01-05 2009-02-26 Haas David J One piece self-expiring security badge or label with devices to print, activate and issue the time-label automatically
US20100077677A1 (en) * 2008-09-22 2010-04-01 Mueller International Inc. Adjustable underground meter installation
US9032989B2 (en) 2008-09-22 2015-05-19 Mueller International, Llc Adjustable underground meter installation
US9410838B2 (en) 2008-09-22 2016-08-09 Mueller International, Llc Adjustable underground meter installation
US20130294840A1 (en) * 2009-09-22 2013-11-07 Mueller International, Llc Adjustable underground meter installation
US9243944B2 (en) * 2009-09-22 2016-01-26 Mueller International, Llc Adjustable underground meter installation
US20140261759A1 (en) * 2013-03-15 2014-09-18 Todd Grose Valve box system
US9664301B2 (en) * 2013-03-15 2017-05-30 Todd Grose Valve box system
US20210372098A1 (en) * 2020-06-02 2021-12-02 The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc. Adjustable Pit Extension Assembly
US11668078B2 (en) * 2020-06-02 2023-06-06 The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc. Adjustable pit extension assembly

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US184573A (en) Improvement in gas-cocks
US420044A (en) Extension service-box for water or gas cocks
US954178A (en) Line-check.
US818670A (en) Union check-valve.
US900984A (en) Faucet.
US1217805A (en) Stovepipe-joint lock.
US1205666A (en) Combined bung and faucet.
US201996A (en) Improvement in stop-cocks and boxes for water-pipes
US377506A (en) Coupling for boilers
US926190A (en) Wall-hydrant.
US308161A (en) Bichaed w
US694140A (en) Clean-out for drain or soil pipes.
US593185A (en) Conductor-pipe
US303021A (en) Reversible globe-valve
US988017A (en) Faucet.
US201513A (en) Improvement in spouts for oil-cans
US269111A (en) Globe-valve
US319102A (en) Stove-pipe joint
US609283A (en) William n
US1086637A (en) Gage-cock.
US320862A (en) Adolph fischee
US1191247A (en) Working-barrel valve.
US810913A (en) Gun-cleaning device.
US311650A (en) Cocx for gas and water fittings
US368849A (en) Mechanism for operating the valves of faucets