Improvements in and relating to Water Closets.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Oct., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 30th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 11th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Water Closets.
I CORNELIUS HORTON Estate Agent of 26 Newton Street Birmingham in the
County of Warwick do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention consists of the combination and arrangement of the parts herein-.
after described forming an automatic water closet.
By the first modification I provide a syphoned pan of suitable dimensions the"
syphon pipe being by preference of oval transverse section about six inches by
four inches extending to the outlet end.
I then provide suitable drain pipes preferably of a round transverse section,
the first of such round drain pipes would be formed at one end of a suitable
oval transverse section to connect to the outlet of syphon pan, in some cases I
prefer to form the syphon part of syphon pan square or oblong instead of oval
in such cases the first round drain pipe would be formed at one end of suitable
square or oblong transverse section to connect over or on to the square or
oblong syphon outlet of syphon tank, on two opposite inside faces I provide a
pair of open spindle bearings; on one upper side face of the syphon tank about
two inches from the closet seat I provide a projecting buffer bracket and on the
opposite face I provide a projecting supply cock in connection with a water'
conduit, below the supply cock I pierce the syphon pan with an overflow.
passage or hole about one inch and a half diameter more or less, I also form
a second overflow passage on the upper edges of the syphon pan so that if from
any cause the first overflow passage became choked the ordure and liquid could
not rise to the nose of supply cock; the bottom portion of the syphon pan would
be shaped internally to match with the contour of syphon outlet pipe or passage
and, would be shaped externally with a wide flat botton on which the syphon
pan would stand or rest firmly.
I next provide a tilting ordure pan or tank such ordure pan being provided
with projecting pivots so that the ordure pan can be lowered within the syphon
pan, the pivots passing into the open bearings provided on the internal faces of
the syphon pan; a transverse sectional side view of the syphon pan and ordure
pan would present to view a partition wall on the right hand side of the ordure
pan under the supply cock this partition wall forms in the ordure pan an air-
tight chamber.
The action of the ordure pan in the syphon tank is as follows:-Water would.
flow through the water cock into the ordure pan and when such water had risen i
above the level of the centre of spindle bearings sufficient to saturate the paper
and float the ordure, such admitted. water would on account of the air tight,
chamber on the right side extend ou the left side of ordure pan in such a manner
as to place a greater amount of weight on the left side of spindle centre than
on the right side, thus causing the ordure tank to tip over on the left side,
the pivots revolving in the pivot bearings until the ordure tank, emptied its
contents into the syphon pan the distance from the centre of ordure pan spindle
to the closed bottom thereof is greater than the distance to the open top side
of ordure pan, consequently when the weight of water has caused the ordure
pan to tilt and empty itself such ordure pan will move back to its former
position because the under or bottom side below the pivots is heavier than the
open or top side, the projecting buffer bracket may be provided with any
springing material so that the upper edge of the ordure pan would in returning
to its horizontal position strike against the buffer bracket and be thereby retained.

page_text: in position ready for use instead of swinging on its pivots until gradually at
rest.
The syphon pan and tilting. ordure pan can be made of metal, wood, stone-
ware, or other suitable material.
By the second modification of my invention I provide the syphoned pan and
drain pipes as described in the first modification but instead of using a tilting
ordure pan I use a tilting water tank made exactly in the same manner as the
tilting ordure pan or tank described in the first modification of my invention.
The person using my improved closet would sit over a partitioned off portion.
of the syphoned tank the excreta would thus be deposited directly into the
syphoned tank.
The action of the tilting water tank would flush the syphoned tank at regular
intervals.
Beyond the excreta compartment would be a third compartment and by the
use of this third compartment the outlet bend pipes can be easily cleaned when
they from any cause get blocked with excreta and articles or substance acci-
dentally or purposely dropped into the syphon tank by children or other persons..
By a third modification I make the syphoned tank (which is in substance the
excreta receiver) of sufficient length to permit of two three, four, six or any
required number of compartments, this 3rd modification would be suitable for
use in schools, factories or on sea going vessels the tilting water tank in such
cases being made of sufficient dimensions to contain a large body of water by
means of which the large excreta receiver would be flushed.
By a fourth modification of my invention I make a special class of dribbling
tap which consists of a barrel tap the nose end of which is made of solid
material for a distance of one inch or thereabouts such solid nose being provided
with a small central passage.
The object of this special tap is to prevent users of my improved water-closets
from tampering with the water supply.
Dated this 29th day of October 1892
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Cobden Buildings, Corporation Street, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicant
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Water Closets.
I CORNELIUS HORTON Estate Agent of 26 Newton Street Birmingham in the
County of Warwick 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 consists of the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter
described, forming an automatic water closet.
The various modifications of my invention having been set forth in my Provisional
Specification I will now proceed to more fully describe each of such modifications
with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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Figure 1. represents a side elevation of excreta tank and tilting water tank.
Figure 2. represents a plan of Figure 1.
Figure 3. represents a sectional view of water supply tap.:
Figure 4. represents an end view of Figure 1.
Figure 5. represents an enlarged view shewing a portion of excreta tank with
bearings to receive pivots of water tank.
Figure 6. represents a plan of Figure 5.
Figure 7. represents a sectional side elevation of excreta tank and tilting water
tank suitable for use by a number of persons at the same time.

page_text: Figure 8. represents a sectional side elevation of syphoned pan and tilting excreta.
pan.
Figure 9. represents a sectional end elevation of Figure 8.
Figure 10 represents a plan of Figure 9.
.:
In carrying out the several modifications of my invention, I by the first modifi--
cation provide a syphoned pan as represented at 1 Figures 8 and 9 to the syphoned
pan is connected syphon outlet pipes 2; within the syphoned pan are provided open.
pivot bearings 3; on the sides of ordure tank are secured the projecting buffer--/
brackets 4 & 5; over the excreta tank is provided the water supply cock 6; an
overflow passage is provided as shewn at 7 and a supplementary overflow passage:
is provided as shewn at 8; 9 represents the bottom of syphon pan on which such
pan rests; the tilting excreta pan is shewn marked 10; the pivots or trunnions are..:
shewn at 11; 12 represents the partition wall in excreta pan; 13 represents the air
and water-tight compartment of excreta pan; 14 represents a balancing weight or
thickened part of excreta pan.
The action of the excreta pan in the syphon tank is as follows:-water would
flow through the water cocks 6, into the excreta pan 10 and when such water had
risen above the level of the centre pivots 11, sufficient to saturate the paper and
float the excreta, such admitted water would on account of the air and water tight
chamber provided on the right side, extend on the left side a greater distance from..
the pivots or trunnions 11, than on the right side, thus placing a greater amount of..
weight on the left side of the pivot or trunnion centre, than on the right, side
thereof, thus causing the excreta tank 10 to automatically tip over on the left side,..>
the pivots or trunnions, revolving in their bearings until the excreta tank emptied
its contents into the syphon pan the distance from the centre of excreta pan..
spindle 11, to the closed bottom thereof is in some cases greater than the distance>>
to the open top side of excreta pan and in other cases the distances from centre of
spindle 11 to closed bottom and to open top may be equal in such cases a weight
or thickened part 14 is provided consequently when the weight of water had caused.
the excreta pan to tilt and empty itself such excreta pan will move back to its.
former position because the under or bottom side below the pivots is heavier than; ;
the open or top side the projecting buffer brackets 4 & 5 secured to edge of excreta
pan may be provided with any springing material so that the excreta pan would
in returning to its horizontal position strike the buffer brackets against the side of
syphoned pan the excreta pan would be thereby retained in position ready for use:
instead of swinging on its pivots until gradually at rest.
The syphon-pan 1 and tilting excreta pan 10 can be made of metal, wood,::
stoneware, or other suitable material.
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The water reservoir 15 is supplied with water through the service pipe 16 and
regulated by an ordinary ball tap but I in some cases supply this first modification...
direct from the water service as shewn in second modification and dispense with...
the tank 15.
By a second modification of my invention I provide the syphoned pan and drain.
pipes as described in the first modification but instead of using a tilting excreta pan
I use a tilting water tank 17 made exactly in the same manner as the tilting excreta.
pan or tank 10 described in the first modification of my invention.
The person using my improved closet would sit over a partitioned off portion 18
of the syphoned tank the excreta would thus be deposited directly into the syphoned
tank.
The action of the tilting water tank 17 would flush the syphoned tank 19 at
regular intervals.
Beyond the excreta compartment would be a third compartment 20 and by the
use of this third compartment the outlet bend pipes 21 can be easily cleaned when
they from any cause get blocked with excreta and articles or substance accidentally
or purposely dropped into the syphon tank 19 by children or other persons.
By a third modification I make the syphoned tank 19" (which is in substance the
excreta receiver) of sufficient length to permit of two, three, four, six or any

page_text: required number of compartments 22-23-24-25, this third modification.would be
suitable for use in schools, factories, or on sea going vessels, the tilting water
tank 17" in such cases being made of sufficient dimensions to contain a large body
of water by means of which the large excreta receiver 19 would be flushed.
By a fourth modification of my invention, I make a special. class of dribbling
tap which consists of a barrel tap 26'the nose end 27 of which is made of solid
material for a distance of one inch or thereabouts such solid nose being provided
with a small central passage 28 and the back end being also provided with a small
passage 29, the chamber or space 30 may be left empty or may be filled with any
suitable filtering substance.
The object of this special tap is to prevent users of my improved water-closets
from tampering with the water supply.
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 I
claim is,
1st. The making of a water closet by the combination of a syphoned pan with a
tilting excreta tank, the excreta tank being supplied with flushing water from a
water service cock; the tilting excreta tank emptying itself automatically at
regular intervals of time as described and illustrated in reference to Figures 8, 9,
and 10 of first modification.
2nd. The making of a water closet by the combination of a syphoned excreta
tank with a tilting water tank, the water tank being supplied with flushing water
from a water service cock, the tilting water tank emptying itself automatically at
regular intervals of time to flush and cleanse out the syphoned excreta tank as
described and illustrated in reference to Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of second
modification.
3rd. The making of a factory water closet by the combination of a syphoned.
excreta tank-partitioned off into a number of compartments-with a tilting water
tank so that the water closet can be used by a number of persons at the same time
and flushed automatically at regular intervals of time as described and illustrated
in reference to third modification.
4th. The dribbling tap as illustrated and described in reference to Figure 3.
5th. The new and original method of making a watercloset syphoned pan of the
shape illustrated and described in reference to Figures 8, 9, and 10.
6th. The new and original method of making a water closet syphoned pan
suitable for use by one person of the shape illustrated and described in reference to
Figures 1 and 2.
7th. The new and original method of making a water closet syphoned pan
suitable for use by several persons at the same time of the shape illustrated and
described in reference to Figure 7.
Dated this 2nd day of January 1892.
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Cobden Buildings, Corporation Street, Birmingham,.
Agent for the Applicant.