Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 28th Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1888
I HUGH STOWELL CREGEEN of 42, Freelands Road Bromley in the County of
Kent, Surveyor do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Hitherto, for the disconnection from sewers and soil drains of the waste pipes from
sinks, baths and lavatories and also the rain water pipes, the said pipes have discharged
their contents over gullies or into channels constructed or fixed in the ground
for the reception of the same and thence have been conveyed by the said channels
when used into trapped open gullies. Now the object of my invention is to construct
a gully and channel combined, and thus obviate the necessity of constructing or fixing
special channels for the conveyance of waste from baths, sinks &c. It is evident that
by the use of the combination gully and channel a great saving and convenience will
be effected.
The combination gully and channel may be made of stoneware, earthenware,
fireclay, artificial stone, iron, or of any other substance or substances, and may be
either circular or square, in shape, but preferably circular to admit of the drain being
connected at any horizontal angle with the channel. The sides and bottom of the
said channel of the combined gully and channel are constructed to slope downwards
so as to carry the waste over the gully grating.

page_text: I, HUGH STOWELL CREGEEN of 42, Freelands Road Bromley in the County of
Kent, Surveyor, 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 :-
Hitherto for the disconnection from sewers and soil drains of the waste pipes from
sinks, baths and lavatories, and also the rain water pipes, the said pipes have discharged
their contents over gullies or into channels constructed or fixed in the ground for the
reception of the same, and thence have been conveyed by the said channels, when used
into trapped or open gullies.
Now the object of my invention is to construct a gully and channel combined, and
thus to obviate the necessity of constructing or fixing special channels for the
conveyance of waste from baths, sinks &c. It is evident that by the use of the
combination gully and channel a great saving and convenience will be effected.
The combination gully A and channel C may be made of stoneware, earthenware,
fire clay, artificial stone, iron or any other substance or substances, and may be either
circular, square, or any other suitable shape but preferably circular to admit of the
drain D being connected at any horizontal angle with the channel C. The sides S
and bottom B of the said channel of the combined gulley and channel are constructed
to slope downwards so as to carry the waste over the gully grating G as shown in the
accompanying drawing.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
1 claim is :
1st. The combination of the Channel and Gully so as to obviate the necessity of
constructing or fixing special channels for the conveyance of waste from baths,
sinks, &c.
2nd. A great saving and convenience as compared with the methods hitherto in use
of connecting waste pipes with gullies.
3rd. The configuration of the parts connecting the gully & channel in such a way as
to admit of this connection at any horizontal angle of channel and drain.
Dated this 28th day of November 1887.