improved Taper De House
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 24th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 13th Feb., 1897
improved Taper De
House
JOHN WILLIAM MEARNS 16 Stewart Street Sunderland, Drainage Inspector
to the Corporation of Sunderland, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The taper rest bend is designed to supersede the old fashioned bend commonly
in use.
The soil pipe rarely if ever exceeds four inches in diameter, and the ordinary
bend being six inches in diameter there is a space-of two inches at the junction-
in which leakage may and does occur.
The improved taper rest bend-from four inches to six inches will remedy this
defect.
The soil pipe bend is nearly always fixed on ground which has been disturbed
by excavation in putting in foundations of buildings and having no support
frequently settles down, breaking the joint of the soil-pipe and causing drainage
& sewage to percolate the ground and foundations & thence under the floors of
houses etc.
The taper rest bend as designed will remedy this defect.
A rest piece being added to the taper pipe, and then the whole bedded on a
concrete bed-prevents any slipping away whatever.
The taper rest bend is to be constructed with earthenware or fireclay-in one
piece.
The taper is from 6 inches to four inches-with a rest-piece attached to the
back, 1 inches in thickness, with a flanged base of five inches. The length of
pipe overall is twenty one inches.
Dated this Twenty-first day of March 1896.
JOHN WILLIAM MEARNS,
16 Stewert Street, Chester Road, Sunderland.
JOHN WILLIAM MEARNS 16 Stewart Street Sunderland, Drainage Inspector
do 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 :-
The taper rest bend is designed to supersede the old fashioned bend commonly
used by builders and others.
It is constructed of stoneware.
The soil pipe of a water closet rarely, if ever exceeds four inches in diameter
and the old fashioned bend six inches in diameter leaves a space of two inches

page_text: which is filled up by packing, which frequently becomes loose and emits
-sewer gas.
The taper rest bend renders this packing unnecessary as the bend tapers from
-six inches (the size of the drain) to four inches (the size of the soil pipe). See
Figure 1. A to B.
The soil pipe bend is usually fixed on ground which has been disturbed in
putting in the foundations of a building and consequently it is almost impossible
to secure a solid foundation on which to bed it. The taper rest bend pipe having
a rest piece, Figures 1 & 2. "C" five inches in breadth and twenty four inches in
length, admits of a solid foundation and prevents shrinkage taking place.
The volume of water and soil discharged from the water closet strikes the
bottom of the old fashioned bend and loosens the sockets of the pipes and as a
consequence the soil, sewage & gasses find their way into the ground and under
the floors of the building causing fevers and other diseases.
The taper rest bend pipe reduces gradually the volume of matter in the pipe
and allows it to be carried off without striking only the bottom of the pipe.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1st. The secure rest piece "C" on Figures 1 & 2, five inches in breadth
twenty four inches in length one and a quarter inches in thickness and forming
part of the taper rest bend.
2nd. The bend tapering from four inches to six inches as shewn on Figure 1.
A to B.
Dated this Twenty-second day of December One thousand eight hundred
JOHN WILLIAM MEARNS,
16 Stewart Street, Sunderland.