Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881)
Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) · New York, [etc.] Board of Managers · leaf 179
ell and spigot type of joint has been used under a variety of modified forms for connecting lap-welded pipes, but only two have survived the test of many years of experience. These are the Converse and the Matheson joints. The Converse lock-joint, or coupling, Fig. 1, consists of a heavy cast-iron… … In this position it is impossible to pull the pipe out of the hub with- out first shearing off the rivets. The annular space between the pipe and the hub is then poured with lead and calked in the usual way. The Matheson joint is formed by expanding one end of each length of pipe sufficiently to…
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