Improvements in Dish-bricks, and Hinged Grates for same.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 25th June. 1896
Complete Specification Left. 23rd Mar.. 1897-Accepted, 15th May. 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dish-bricks, and Hinged Grates for same.
I, WILLIAM WHITAKER, the younger, of Whitaker and Company, Limited,
Grimshaw Park, Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, Sanitary Ware
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in sanitary dish-bricks and hinged grates
for same, the object being to construct a dish-brick combined with a hinged grate,
constructed in such a manner that the grate can readily be opened or closed, but the
grate cannot be wholly removed unless it or the dish-brick is broken. There are no
hinges projecting from the dish-brick, and no metal joints or hinges which can
corrode.
According to this invention, the dish-brick is made with, preferably, a round hole or
inlet, and a drip collar to same. Above the inlet is a square or right-angled recess, in
which the metal grate fits. In two opposite corners of the recess are holes, one round
and the other oblong. The grate is made as ordinary, but has two pins or projections
cast to it, and one pin is inserted in the round hole of the dish-brick, and the other in
the oblong hole, after which the latter is filled with lead, concrete, or other hard setting
material, and whilst the material is setting or hardening, the grate is turned to and
fro on its hinges, and when the concrete or lead sets hard, the grate is permanently
fixed and hinged to the dish-brick.
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Dish-bricks, and Hinged Grates for same.
1; WILLIAM WHITAKER, the younger, of Whitaker and Company Limited,
Grimshaw Park, Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster. Sanitary Ware
Manufacturer, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in sanitary dish-bricks and hinged grates for
same, the object being to construct a dish-brick combined with a hinged grate
constructed in such a manner that the grate can readily be opened or closed, but the
grate cannot be wholly removed unless it or the dish-brick is broken. There are no
hinges projecting from the dish-brick, and no metal joints or hinges which can
corrode.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a

page_text: complete description of same, referénce being had to the accompanying drawings,
in which:
Fig. 1 is a plan view partly in section of the improved dish-brick and hinged
grates.
Fig. 2 is a sectional end view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a detail shewing one of the grate pins in the oval hole, and the latter
partly filled with cement or lead.
According to this invention, the dish brick 1 is made with, preferably, a round hole
or inlet 2 and a drip collar 3 to same. Above the inlet 2 is a square or right-angled
recess in which the metal grate 5 fits. In two opposite corners of the recess 4 are
holes 6-7, one hole 6 being round, and the other hole 7 oblong or oval. The grate 5
is made as ordinary, but has two pins or projections 8-9 cast to it, and one pin 8 is
inserted in the round hole 6 of the dish-brick, and the other pin 9 in the oblong or
oval hole 7, after which the latter is partly filled with lead, cement, or other hard
setting material 10, and whilst the material is setting or hardening, the grate 5 is
turned to and fro on its hinges or pins 8-9, and when the cement or lead sets hard,
the grate 5 is permanently fixed and hinged to the dish-brick 1.
The above is one way of inserting the grate 5 in the dish-brick 1, but it is generally
preferably and easier to first put the pin 9 in the hole 7 as far as possible, the recess 11
in the grate 5 facilitating this operation and allowing the grate 5 to be moved so far
towards the left that the pin 8 can readily be inserted in the hole 6, and the grate 5 is
then moved towards the right hand, and the hole 7 filled in the manner above
described. In this case the hole 7 need not necessarily be oval, but being so it
facilitates the insertion of the lead or cement.
In Fig. 2 the dish-brick 1 is shewn as having a lip 12 which may be on one, two,
three, or four sides (as shewn) of the top of said dish-brick, and lip prevents water
splashing over when a quantity is falling onto the grate or dish-brick from the fall
pipe or other source.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is :-
(1) The dish-brick 1 having (preferably) a circular inlet 2 and drip collar 3 and
holes 6-7, and the grate 5 with pins or projections 8-9, all in combination as
and for the purpose herein described and substantially as illustrated by the annexed
drawings.
(2) A dish-brick in which are holes for the reception of pins or projections on
a grate, such grate being permanently attached to the dish-brick when in situ by
partly filling one of the holes with lead or cement as herein fully described.
Dated this 22nd day of March 1847
WILLIAM WHITAKER, THE YOUNGER,
By his Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.