US14252A

US14252A - Improved method of extinguishing fires

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Publication number: US14252A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1856-02-12
Anticipated expiration: 1873-02-12

Description

PATENT EEICE.

LEA PUSEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVED METHO'D OF XT'INGUIVSHINGv FIRES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 14,252, dated February 12, 1856.

To all whom it may con/@ermA Be it known that I, LEA PUSEY, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Extinguishing Fires, and that the following'is a full, clear, and exact description of the principle or characterl which distinguishes it from all other things before known, and of the usual manner of making, modifying, and using the same, reference being had tothe annexed drawings, of which-- Figure l represents a detached part of the water-spout; Fig. 2, a section of same; Fig. 3, a perspective showing this pipe arrangement ready for use and attached to the building; Fig. 4, a view of the pipe with the hose attached to one of the branch connections B.

Myinvention consists in adapting the Waterspouts employed to conduct water from the roofs of buildings to convey and discharge water upon the tops or elevated parts of buildings in case of fire.

When hres occur, especially in very high buildings, it is often found difficult or impracticable to get the hose of fire-engines up to the point of elevation required, and in many cases impossible to reach the hre by the jet of water, and the destruction of property occasioned by these difficulties is so great as to give great value and importance to any really feasible plan for a remedy. I am aware that attempts have been made to distribute a system of pipes throughout abuilding through which water is to be conveyed in case of iire; but such a plan has met with no encouragement, for the reason that the expense would be very great and the pipes-unsightly and inconvenient, and the pipes, having no use except when a hre should occur, would be likely to get out of repair, and in many instances might remain as long as the building without occasion for their use. I attain successfullytheendin view. I make use of the water-spout-a necessary fixture ot' every good building-to convey the water to the several stories of the buildings, and so construct these spouts as to perform in` time of rain their usual duty and to be applicable in time of re so as to convey water easily by hose to any part of t-he building. The spouts in this case are made of sufficient thickness of metal to resist the pressure, and are furnished at top and bottom with the appropriate parts of coupling-joints for the hose attachments, and also at suitable intervals with branch connections, which are also furnished with suitable coupling-joints, and with caps to be used when the coupling-joint is not required.

The pipe A may be attached to the wall by the ordinary means of hooks or clasps, or may be inclosed within the wall, and, if desired,

there may be at every story ot' the buildinga branch connection B B, which when not in use at lires is covered by caps C C. At the top of the pipe, where it receives the water from the eaves-spout D, there is an enlargement or cup E, in which there is a diaphragm or partition F, in which there is a valve G, opening downward, as shown in Fig. 2. Connected with this cup, on one side of the partition, is a pipe K, to receive the water from the eaves-spout, and on the other side of the partition the pipe L, to which the hose is to be attached in time of tire. eaves-spout opens the valve and the upward stream ot' water from the fire-engine or other source closes this valve.

In case of fire, the cap is removed from the pipe and the hose attached in its place, and access thus readily had to any part of the building. f The metal of the pipe A being thicker and more durable than in common spouting, it may be embedded in the masonry of the building, having only the branch connections visible, and thus not only be free from injury but remedy the unsightliness of the usual water-spouts upon the outside of buildings.

What I claim as myimprovement in extinguishing lires is- The adaptation of the water-spouts of buildings to this purpose by means substantially the same as those herein described.

LEA PUSEY. Witnesses:

T. CAMPBELL, CHAs. G. PAGE.

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