IMPROVEMENTS IN VALVES AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING WATER
Year: 1854

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Patten, of 22, Old Fish Street, in the City
of London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN VALVES AND APPARATUS
FOR SUPPLYING WATER."
Sealed the 23rd May 1854, and dated the 28th February 1854.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Patten at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th
February 1854.
I, WILLIAM PATTEN, of 22, Old Fish Street, in the City of London, do
hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN VALVES AND
APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING WATER" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of a peculiar combination of valves and apparatus
for supplying water to water closets, and for other uses where regulated
quantities are required at intervals. For this purpose a valve box is arranged
with two valves, an inlet valve and an outlet valve; the stem of the inlet valve
is connected with a weighted lever, and is moved by a handle, or it may be by
the seat of a water closet or otherwise. The inlet valve opens against the flow
of water into the valve box, and the water flowing into the valve box flows to
a small cistern or receiver in connection therewith; the quantity of water so
allowed to flow through the valve box is, when the inlet valve is closed,
allowed to flow into a water closet or other basiu, by a projection on the stem

page_text: of the inlet valve coming against one end of the lever on which the outlet
valve is mounted, and opening it, but which outlet valve will again be closed
on the stem of the inlet valve moving to open the inlet valve.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Patten in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 18th
August 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
PATTEN, of 22, Old Fish Street, in the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, in the seventeenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said William Patten, Her special licence that I, the said William Patten,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said. William
Patten, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and.
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN VALVES AND
APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING WATER," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said William Patten, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same
to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE that 1. the said William Patten, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
thereof (that is to say):-
This Invention consists of a pecular combination of valves and apparatus for
supplying water to water closets, and for other uses where regulated quantities
are required at intervals. For this purpose, a valve box is arranged with two
valves, an inlet valve and an outlet valve; the stem of the inlet valve is con-
nected with a weighted lever, and is moved by a handle, or it may be by the
seat of a water closet or otherwise. The inlet valve opens against the flow of
water into the valve box, and the water flowing into the valve box flows to a

page_text: mounted, and opening it, but which outlet valve will again be closed on the
stem of the inlet valve moving to open the inlet valve.
Having thus stated the nature of my said Invention, I will proceed to describe
the manner of performing the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
The Drawing shews a section of the apparatus suitable for a water closet or
other use, where a regulated supply of water may be similarly required. a is
the inlet passage in connection with a water main or other source of constant
supply; 6 is a valve which moves in opposition to the pressure of the supply,
and is therefore, when shut, kept close and water-tight by the pressure; c is
the seat of the valve. The stem c¹ of the valve c passes through a stuffing
box d, and is to be actuated by the seat of a water closet or otherwise, so as to
lift the valve 6 off its seat for a time, the consequence of which will be that the
supply of water will flow past the valve b, and fill the chamber e, and will also
fill any suitable size of close receiving vessel attached at f, at the same time
the air in the chamber e, and in the receiving vessel fixed at f, will be condensed
in proportion to the pressure of the supply, which is advantageous, particularly
for water closets and other cases where the supply of water is desired to come
with force to cleanse the surfaces against which the water flows; for it will be
understood that the compressed air in the receiving vessel fixed at f will re-act
when released, and will force the water out of such vessel f, and from the com-
partment e, through the passage under the valve g, and thence through the
pipe h, to the water closet or otherwise, according to the purpose to which the
water is to be applied. The valve g has at all times a tendency to remain closed
on its seat over the pipe h, but by reason of the projection on the stem c' of
the valve b, the valve g cannot remain closed when the valve is closed, for
when the valve b is closed by the stem c¹ being caused to descend, the pro-
jection c acts on the tail g' of the valve g, and raises the valve off its seat,
so that the quantity of water which for a time has been received into the
chamber e, and the vessel at f, will be discharged through the pipe h, and that
with a force depending on the pressure to which the air in the vessel at f may
have been subjected to by reason of the pressure of water from the main or
other source of supply.

page_text: Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I make no claim to any
of the parts separately, nor do I confine myself to the details so long as the
peculiar character of my Invention be retained; but what I claim is, the com-
bination herein shewn and described of valves and apparatus for supplying
"water.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Patten, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifth day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
Witness,
CHARLES DRYDEN.
WILLIAM PATTEN. (L.S.)