Improvements in Automatic Syphon Cisterns, Tanks, other Vessels, and the like.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 8th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 4th Mar., 1887.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Automatic Syphon Cisterns, Tanks, other Vessels,
and the like.
I JOHN JAFFREY Plumber, and Sanitary Engineer 27 Booth Street Mosley Street
Manchester do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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I make use of any tank, cistern, or other vessel requiring to be periodically emptied
for the purpose of my said invention and place therein a syphon made of iron, lead,
pot, glass or other suitable materials, having a double water seal near the outlet or
discharge pipe.
I also use a small supplementary vessel fixed inside, partly inside or adjacent to the
beforementioned cistern, tank etc., etc., into which I place at the bottom an outlet
valve and an overflow pipe; I attach my service or supply pipe therein and regulate
its supply as may be required for its periodical discharge.
The water or other liquids on filling the said vessel escapes by the beforementioned
overflow, into the cistern or tank desired to be periodically emptied which after
attaining a given height in the cistern &c. opens the valve in the beforementioned
supplementary vessel and suddenly allows its contents to escape into the said cistern
and thus immediately sets in motion the syphon.
I JOHN JAFFREY Plumber, and Sanitary Engineer 27 Booth Street Mosley Street
Manchester do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I make use of any tank, cistern, or other vessel requiring to be periodically emptied
for the purpose of my said invention and place therein a syphon made of iron, lead,
pot, glass or other suitable materials, having a double water seal near the outlet or
discharge pipe.
I also use a small supplementary vessel fixed inside, partly inside or adjacent to the
beforementioned cistern, tank etc., etc., into which I place at the bottom an outlet
valve and an overflow pipe; I attach my service or supply pipe therein and regulate
its supply as may be required for its periodical discharge.
The water or other liquids on filling the said vessel escapes by the beforementioned
overflow, into the cistern or tank desired to be periodically emptied which after
attaining a given height in the cistern &c. opens the valve in the beforementioned
supplementary vessel and suddenly allows its contents to escape into the said cistern
and thus immediately sets in motion the syphon.
JOHN JAFFREY.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Automatic Syphon Oisterns, Tanks, other Vessels,
and the like.
I JOHN JAFFREY Plumber 27 Booth Street Manchester do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AUTOMATIC DISCHARGE OF CISTERNS
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
I make use of any Tank, cistern or other vessel requiring to be periodically emptied
for the purpose of my said invention, and place therein a syphon made of iron, lead,
pot, glass or other suitable materials, having a double water seal near the outlet or
discharge pipe. I also use a small supplementary vessel fixed inside, partly inside
or adjacent to the beforementioned cistern, tank, etc., etc., into which I place at the
bottom an outlet valve and an overflow pipe. I attach my service or supply pipe
therein and regulate its supply as may be required for its periodical discharge.
The water or other liquids on filling the said vessel escapes by the beforementioned
overflow into the cistern or tank desired to be periodically emptied which after
attaining a given height in the cistern &c. opens the valve in the beforementioned
supplementary vessel, and suddenly allows its contents to escape into the said cistern
and thus immediately sets in motion the syphon.
Fig. 1. on the accompanying sheet shows a transverse or vertical section of my
said Invention. a. being made in one or more pieces of iron, copper, lead earthen-
ware or other suitable material. b. is an intermediate vessel by preference inside
c is an inlet pipe with a suitable regulator for supply. d. valve and e float
attached thereto. f. syphon having double water seal. g. is the outlet union.
of a.
The water entering into the compartment brises until it reaches the overflow h.
through which it flows into compartment a.
In the said compartment it rises until it escapes over the upper into the lower bend
of the syphon and thus formning a double water seal, the water then gradually rising
into the cistern a until a given height be attained, when the float e lifts up the valve d
and the contents of compartment & flowing through the valve d into compartment a,
and the pressure of water so gained thus sets in motion the syphon.
The contents of the vessel passes into discharge pipe.
Having thus described my invention and the manner of performing the same,
I have to declare that I do not confine myself to the precise details herein described,
but what I believe to be novel and original and claim as the invention secured to me
by the hereintofore recited specification for Patent is :-
1st. The combination of parts b and intermediate valve and float d and e with
syphon fas described with reference to Fig. 1 in accompanying, drawings.