A New or Improved Apparatus for Water Waste Prevention in Flushing Cisterns.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 24th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 18th Jan., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Apparatus for Water Waste Prevention in
Flushing Cisterns.
ALFRED CLIFFORD, Claremont House Hawley Road near Dartford, Kent
Plumber and Sanitary Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
The tank or cistern a section of which is shewn in Fig. 1 on the accompanying
drawings is fitted with a metal syphon A enclosed in a metal cylinder B a valve C
having a neck or collar works on syphon A and is fitted with a fine metal chain D
which is attached to neck of C and works over and under three small pulley
wheels E. E. E. The valve C is fitted with a flat metal disc or ring F which is
When the cistern is filled
loose round neck and serves to cover apertures in valve.
with water and the handle is pulled it raises the valve in syphon, forcing the water
over top of same discharges the contents of cistern and on the handle being released
the valve falls automatically to its previous position the disc or ring F rising and
allowing the water to refil the cistern to the level regulated by the ball cock and
overflow.
The whole of the internal arrangements are made so as to be easily detached for
re-adjustment when required. The metal cylinder B can be suspended from the
cistern lid by any suitable means or can be screwed to the bottom by screws
through suitable flanges or other suitable manner.
The apparatus can be made right or left handed and there being no cranks or
levers its action is comparatively noiseless and the flow of water starts on the
slightest pull of chain.
The
A small air pipe can be attached to syphon in any convenient manner.
different parts being practically-imperishable there is but the slightest chance of
the apparatus getting out of order.
1805
A New or Improved Apparatus for Water Waste Prevention i
Flushing Cisterns.
I Alfred CLIFFORD Claremont House Hawley Road near Dartford Kent
Plumber 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 :-
So as to more clearly describe this invention, this Specification is accompanied
by a sheet of drawings, shewing the different parts in Figures 1, 2 and 3.
Figure 1 is a section of flushing tank and syphon apparatus.
Figure 2 shews section of flushing tank or cistern with syphon apparatus in
elevation.
at a larger scale.

page_text: The metal syphon A is enclosed in a metal case or cylinder B fixed by small
screws or pins. A valve C having a neck or collar works on syphon A and is
fitted with a fine metal chain or other suitable arrangement D which is attached to
neck of G and works over and under pulley wheels E.
The valve C is fitted with a flat metal disc or ring F which is loose round neck
and serves to cover apertures in valve. When the cistern is filled with water and
the handle is pulled it raises the valve forcing the water over top of syphon
discharges the contents of cistern and on the handle being released the valve falls
automatically to its previous position, the disc or ring F rising and allowing the
water to refil the cistern to the level regulated by the ball cock and overflow.
The whole of the internal arrangements are made so as to be easily detached for
readjustment when required.
The metal cylinder B can be suspended from the cistern lid by any suitable
means or can be screwed to the bottom or secured by pins through suitable flanges
or otherwise.
The flushing tank can be made with a well at bottom to receive syphon if
desired.
In Figure 3. G represents the hole in valve for chain D to run through. The
apparatus can be made right or left handed and there being no crank or levers
its action is comparatively noiseless and the flow of water starts on the slightest
pull of chain. A small air pipe can be attached to syphon in any convenient
manner.
The different parts being practically imperishable there is but the slightest
chance of the apparatus getting out of order.
my said
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is,
The combination of the different parts herein described and illustrated on the
sheet of drawings for the purposes herein mentioned and I do not confine myself
to any particular metal for the construction of same or the exact shape or
couformation of the apparatus.
Dated this 23rd day of October 1895.
ALFRED CLIFFORD..