Improvements in Apparatus for Flushing Water-closets and Urinals and for other like Purposes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 22nd July, 1890-Accepted, 23rd Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Flushing Water-closets and Urinals
and for other like Purposes.
I JOSEPH BREEDEN of New Mill Works Fazeley Street Birmingham in the County
of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My improvements have reference to inventions for which Letters Patent have been
granted to me dated respectively the 24th of December 1887 No. 17733 and the
13th of March 1888 No. 3882. In the specification of the latter patent I have
described represented and claimed appliances for effecting automatically a second or
supplementary flushing after the first principal flushing has been effected.
The object of my present invention is to simplify the parts by which the second or
supplementary flushing is effected and to prevent the unpleasant gurgling noise
generally attendant on devices for flushing.
I employ the small flushing cistern described and represented in the specification of
the latter of the patents referred to. I also employ the small syphon connecting the
said small cistern with the descending branch of the principal syphon. In the
descending branch of the small syphon and at a level a little below the bottom of
the cistern I make one or two or more small openings.
On the starting of the first or principal flushing the exhaust produced in the
descending branch of the principal syphon by the descent of the water therein sets in
action the small syphon which delivers the water passing through it from the small
flushing cistern into the descending branch of the large syphon. The principal
cistern is rapidly emptied, in consequence of the size of its syphon but only a small
portion of the contents of the small flushing cistern escapes by the small syphon
during the emptying of the principal cistern. The action of the small syphon con-
tinues after the large syphon has emptied the large cistern the stream of water delivered
by the small syphon constituting a second or supplementary after-flush.
The said second or supplementary flushing is effected without the motion of any
parts excepting those by which the principal flushing is effected. The apparatus works
noiselessly.
In order to prevent the possibility of tampering with the apparatus so as to maintain
a continuous flow of water the quadrant lever by which the disc or piston which starts
the principal syphon is operated is so connected with the said disc or piston that when
the quadrant end of the said lever approaches its highest position the disc or piston is
detached from it and is free to fall. The maintenance of the said lever in its highest.
position consequently does not determine a continuous flow of water. No further
Hushing can take place until the chain has been loosed and the quadrant lever allowed
to fall and reengage itself with the disc or piston.
Dated this 4th day of November 1889
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant..

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Flushing Water-closets and Urinals
and for other like Purposes.
I JOSEPH BREEDEN of New Mill Works Fazeley Street Birmingham in the County
of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and the
manner in which the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My improvements have reference to inventions for which Letters Patent have been-
granted to me dated respectively the 24th of December 1887 No. 17733 and the
13th of March 1888 No. 3882. In the specification of the latter patent I have
described represented and claimed appliances for effecting automatically a second or
supplementary flushing after the first principal flushing has been effected.
The object of my present invention is to simplify the parts by which the second or
supplementary flushing is effected and to prevent the unpleasant gurgling noise
generally attendant on devices for flushing..
I employ the small flushing cistern described and represented in the specification of
the latter of the patents referred to. I also employ the small syphon connecting the
said small cistern with the descending branch of the principal syphon. In the
descending branch of the small syphon and at a level a little below the bottom of
the cistern I make one two or more small openings.
.
On the starting of the first or principal flushing the exhaust produced in the
descending branch of the principal syphon by the descent of the water therein sets in
action the small syphon which delivers the water passing through it from the small
flushing cistern into the descending branch of the large syphon. The principal cistern
is rapidly emptied in consequence of the size of its syphon but only a small portion of
the contents of the small flushing cistern escapes by the small syphon during the
emptying of the principal cistern. The action of the small syphon continues after the
large syphon has emptied the large cistern the stream of water delivered by the small
syphon constituting a second or supplementary after-flush.
The said second or supplementary flushing is effected without the motion of any
parts excepting those by which the principal flushing is effected. The apparatus works
noiselessly.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents in side elevation (the cistern
being in section): Figure 2 in longitudinal section and Figure 3 in plan apparatas
containing my present improvements for automatically obtaining the second or
supplementary small flushing after the principal flushing and for making the apparatus
work noiselessly.
In Figure 1 both the principal and the small flushing cisterns are represented filled
and the apparatus ready for the two flushing operations and in Figure 2 the principal
cistern is represented emptied after the principal flushing has been effected and the
second or supplementary flush about to take place.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of the
Drawing.
a is the principal flushing cistern and the small flushing cistern formed by the
partition in the principal cistern a the said small cistern 6 being filled on the filling
of the principal cistern a as the level of the top of the said small cistern is considerably
below the top of the principal cistern. In the principal cistern a is the hollow
cylinder d in which the loose fitting disc or piston e works the piston rod f of the
said disc or piston being loosely connected to the inner army of the lever g, g² by the
cross-head carrying antifriction rollers on the said piston rod bearing upon
the fork of the said arm g of the lever. The outer arm g³ of the lever g g is provided
with the ordinary pull down chain and handle; h, is the principal syphon the short
branch or leg i of which opens into the top of the cylinder d and the long leg or
branch is in communication with the down pipe to the closet or urinal as usual.

page_text: The syphon h, and parts d, e in connection with it are of the kind described and
represented in the specifications of the patents hereinbefore referred to; I do not
therefore think a further description of the same necessary.
At the side of the leg of the principal syphon is a pipe & opening at top into the
bend of the principal syphon and at bottom into the principal cistern a at a level a
little above the bottom of the cylinder d. When the principal cistern has been nearly
emptied and before the principal syphon is unscaled, air passes by the pipe & into the
principal syphon and the gurgling noise which usually takes place on the emptying
of the principal cistern is avoided. The pipe for preventing the gurgling noise
referred to may be applied to cisterns which have no second or supplementary flushing
appliances combined with them.
, m is the small syphon the leg or branch of which nearly passes to the bottom of
the small or supplementary cistern and the other branch or leg m opens into the leg
or branch of the principal syphon as represented in Figure 2. The leg of the small
syphon descends nearly to the bottom of the said small cistern bas represented but
the said leg may rest on the bottom of the small cistern and be perforated with small
holes near its bottom.
The action of the parts is as follows:-On the cisterns a, b being filled with water
by the supply valve as represented in Figure 1 the apparatus is ready for the two
flushing operations. By depressing the outer arm g2 of the lever y, g² by the pull
down chain the inner arm g of the lever is lifted and the disc or piston e in the
cylinder d raised to the top of the said cylinder. A syphon action is thus set up in
the principal syphon h, i and the principal flushing takes place by the emptying of the
large cistern a as represented in Figure 2 in the manner described in detail in the
specifications of the patents before referred to leaving the small cistern nearly filled
with water. On the starting of the first or principal flushing the exhaust produced in
the descending branch of the principal syphon by the descent of the water therein
sets in action the small syphon, m which delivers the water passing through it from
the small flushing cistern into the descending branch h of the large syphon as
indicated by the arrows in Figure 2. It will be understood that the principal cistern a
is rapidly emptied in consequence of the size of the syphon h, but only a small
portion of the contents of the small flushing cistern b escapes by the small syphon l, m
during the emptying of the principal cistern a. After the emptying of the cistern a
by the larger syphon h, i as illustrated in Figure 2 the action of the small syphon I m
continues and empties the small cistern into the leg of the principal syphon and
thereby automatically effects a second or supplementary after-flush. Thus, the second
or supplementary flashing is effected without the motion of any parts excepting those
by which the principal flushing is effected and the apparatus works noiselessly.
Although I have represented the small syphon in connection with a principal syphon
the syphon action in which latter is set up by operating the mechanism represented,
yet I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the use of that mechanism
for setting up the syphon action as the improvements constituting my present inven-
tion may be used in combination with other kinds of mechanism for setting up the
syphon action in the principal syphon and consequently in the smaller syphon.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that I claim as my
invention of "Improvements in apparatus for flushing water closets and urinals
and for other like purposes'
First Automatically effecting the second or supplementary flushing after the first
or principal flushing has been effected by connecting the small syphon of the supple-
mentary flushing cistern of the apparatus with the descending branch of the principal
syphon so that on the starting of the first or principal flushing the exhaust produced
in the descending branch of the principal syphon by the descent of the water therein
sets in action the small syphon which is thereby made to deliver the water from the
small cistern and to automatically effect the second or supplemtary flushing without

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the motion of any parts excepting those by which the principal flushing is effected
substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing.
Secondly Preventing the unpleasant gurgling ncise when the principal flushing
cistern has been nearly emptied and before the principal syphon has been unsealed by
admitting air into the said principal syphon through an air tube k opening at bottom
a little above the bottom of the cylinder d and at top into the bend of the said
principal syphon substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying Drawing.
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