Improvements in Baths, Lavatory Basins, Sinks, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Baths, Lavatory Basins, Sinks, and the like.
FREDERICK CHARLES LYNDE, Old Exchange, King Street, Manchester, Civil and
Consulting Sanitary Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows;-
My invention consists in improved mechanism in connection with the raising
and lowering or otherwise actuating the portions of baths lavatories and sinks
and the like and for locking certain parts in positions required and also for facili-
tating the connection and disconnection of various parts.
I will now describe one method for carrying out my invention, the other
methods being variations of this. In the case of a bath or basin or sink in which
the valve or plug is attached to a rod or tube, which requires lifting or lowering
when required to fill or empty or the reverse.
Mounted upon a bracket attached to or forming part of the bath basin sink or
the like I fix two or more levers which oscillate upon pins forming fulcrums and
work in contact with each other. These levers are of peculiar shape and are so
set that the movement of one lever upon its fulcrum actuates the other lever and
by continuing the movement the latter becomes locked in position by reason of
the peculiar shapes of the ends of the levers and their relative positions to each
others fulcrums, or I may attain a similar result viz. the locking in position of
the spindle or other part. in connection with the waste plug by having a peculiar
shaped lifting piece mounted upon a fulcrum attached to the spindle
or other
part in connection with the waste plug, so that when the spindle is raised by the
lifting piece, the raising thereof allows the lifting piece to assume such a position
that it retains the spindle or is equivalent in position and when the reverse motion
is given to the lifting piece the spindle is thereby released and allowed to descend.
I may introduce a catch or spring or both at such positions as may be necessary
or their equivalents. My invention further consists of an improved method of
connecting the spindle to the overflow pipe or holder or equivalent and which may
be described as follows:-On the upper part of the tube, spindle or holder to be
lifted I form a groove either internally or externally and then cut away sections
in the upper part of same so as to form slots. On the end of the spindle to be
attached I form an arm or arms or their equivalent properly shaped so that their
ends may pass through the notches and by a circular motion the ends may pass
into the groove. I then prevent the pieces becoming detached by forming a slot
or hole in the end of the tube spindle or holder or a hole, by which a catch or
screw is engaged the latter being attached to one of the arms. In order to dis-
connect the pieces the catch is lifted out of the slot or the screw removed, the
spindle arms are revolved partly and lifted through the slots.
The reverse positions of the arms and slots may be adopted should it be found
in some cases to be more convenient.

page_text: In case it is required to make the joint rigid then I apply a screw or screws or
their equivalent so that by the adjustment of same the play or looseness may be
adjusted & prevented.
In order to facilitate the removal and replacement of the fittings in the guide
or bracket I form a slot into which a wedge or block is fitted so as to retain the
spindle or tube in position.
This block may by nature of its shape retain itself in position or may be secured
by screws or other means.
In order to remove the tube it is only requisite to remove the block or key wedge
and then to pull the tube or spindle out of position. This permits the tube and
spindle to be made in one piece. Under certain conditions it may be found more
convenient to dispense with the guide bracket in which case I make the tube &
spindle in one piece and connect the lower lever thereto.
In order to facilitate the removal of the grid which usually covers the outlet,
I form a grid with an opening or with a segment cut away, of convenient shape,
I may make the bath basin or sink of such a shape as to receive the grid and so
retain it in position. This enables the grid to be removed without interfering
with the other parts. I may use any of these improvements in combination or
separately.
Dated this 13th day of January 1898.
FREDERICK CHARLES LYNDE, Old Exchange, King Street, Manchester, Civil and
Sanitary Engineer, 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:-
My invention consists in improved mechanism in connection with the raising,
locking and lowering or otherwise actuating portions of baths lavatories and
sinks and the like and for locking certain parts in positions required and also in
facilitating the connection and disconnection of various parts. I will now describe
one application and method of carrying out my invention, viz.: the apparatus fixed
to a bath.
Fig. 1 represents the apparatus in side elevation, shewn partly in half-section
and partly in full section to better illustrate the arrangement and contact of parts.
Fig. 2 is a back view of the same.
c represents the roll edge of a bath on to which the apparatus is fixed by the
scrow or bolt k. j is a bracket generally being part of the bath and which supports
the spindle if desired, but which may only form a guide without being a sup-
port. This bracket is not absolutely necessary.
a is the spindle which is attached to an overflow tube or a spindle or bell-cover
to overflow, upon any of which a plug or valve may be mounted, the lifting and
lowering of which either closes or opens the outlet from the bath or vice versa.
Upon the bracket are mounted upon fulcrums f and g, the two levers
marked and e.
The ends of these levers are of peculiar shapes by reason of which the lever e
is raised or caused to oscillate on the pin g, by the forward movement of the
lever, as shewn by the dotted lines. The lever e is locked in the position desired
by the shaped end of the lever d.
The reverse movement of the the lever d allows the lever e to return to its

page_text: former position by the weight of the spindle a and its attachment of valve or tube,
or by the surface of the end of lever d marked n forcing the portion of the lever e
marked m, and causing it to oscillate on its fulcrum g.
The shapes of the short ends of the levers d and e may be varied and yet produce
the required effect, viz.: lifting, locking in position, and lowering of the spindle,
therefore I do not limit my invention to the particular shapes of the ends of the
levers shewn in Fig. 1.
Fig. 7 Sheet 2 is one form of the peculiar shaped lifting-piece V mounted upon
the fulcrum connected with the forked head of the spindle in connection with
the waste plug or overflow-tube, the action of which is as follows. T represents a
guide-bracket on the lavatory basin or bath, through which the enlarged portion
of the spindle or forked head U is free to move. is the pin or fulcrum which
secures the lifting piece V between the forked head and upon which the lifting-
přece is free to oscillate. Upon lifting the top part of the lifting piece V the
position V is assumed and the portion W meets the portion of the bracket W which
forms a resistance and prevents the spindle from descending. By this motion
the spindle has been lifted from X to X¹
In order to unlock and lower the spindle, it is necessary to pull forward the
upper portion of the lifting piece, and the weight of the spindle causes it to
descend, and thus lowers the tube and valve or plug causing the outlet from the
basin to be opened or shut as the case may be.
Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, Sheet, 3, represent the elevation and plan of an overflow tube
end, and spindle to be used in a bath basin sink or the like. I will now describe
my invention for connecting the tube to the spindle.
Referring to Figures 3 and 4. O is the upper part of the overflow tube which
has within it sectional projections forming grooves marked M. These grooves
may be on the outside of the tube instead of the inside. Through the tube at the
point I form a hole to receive a pin or screw to prevent the spindle N when in
position from revolving. Referring to Figures 5 and 6 which represent the
spindle in elevation and plan, I form upon the lower end of the spindle a tripod
or cross bar S, S, S, which may have two or more arms and I prefer three as shewn
in the drawing. This tripod fits into the spaces 0, 0, 0, in the top of the tube and
when turned part way round the ends of the arms fit into the grooves. One of
the arms has a screw or pin R, which screw or pin is fixed in position when the
arms are in their grooves and thus the spindle is secured from turning round and
is so connected to the tube until the removal of the screw or pin, when by turning
the spindle part way round the ends of the arms may be passed through the
notches, and thus the spindle becomes released from the tube.
Instead of the pin R I may have a catch attached to the end of one of the arms
and to fit into a slot in the tube so as to prevent the spindle revolving.
If the prooves are formed on the outside of the tube instead of inside then the
arms of the spindle are shaped accordingly to suit.
Or I may form the arms as shewn by Fig. 7, in which case the arms Z, Z, may
be slightly compressed in order to pass them through the notches and into the
grooves and the spindle is then retained in position by the small screw or catch T
on the end of the arm entering the hole in the tube and thus the spindle is pre-
vented from revolving. In order to release the spindle the reverse motion is
necessary.
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:-
1. The use and manufacture of improved mechanism for raising, locking and
lowering or otherwise actuating portions of baths lavatory basins sinks and the
like substantially as described in this specification and illustrated by the annexed
drawings on Sheets Nos. 1 and 2.
II. The use and manufacture of the improved methods of connecting together

page_text: parts of baths lavatory basins sinks or the like, substantially as described in this
specification and illustrated by the annexed drawings on Sheet No. 3.
III. The use and manufacture of improved mechanism substantially as
described in this specification and illustrated by the drawings on Sheets Nos. 1
and 2 in combination with the use and manufacture of the improved methods of
connecting together pieces of baths, lavatory basins sinks or the like substantially
as described, in this specification and illustrated by the drawings on Sheets Nos. 1,
2, and 3.