Improvements in Apparatus or Means for Preventing Waste of Water.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left. 3rd June, 1891-Accepted, 11th July, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus or Means for Preventing Waste of Water.
I WILLOUGHBY EDWARD BRYAN of Haskells Lyndhurst in the County of
Hants, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention has for its object to provide simple and convenient apparatus or
means for preventing waste of water and inconveniences arising from the bursting
of pipes, and also to ensure a supply of fresh water in warm weather.
According to my invention I provide in or on the water tank or cistern a lever
or equivalent device carrying a valve or valves or stopper or stoppers for closing
the outlet passages from the tank or cistern. The said lever or the like carrying
the valve or valves may be connected by a wire rope, chain, or its equivalent
conducted over or around pulleys or by bell crank levers to any desired part or
parts of a building so that by pulling the said wire rope or chain or the like the plug
or valve may be raised or removed so as to admit of a charge of water through the
pipe connected with the said discharge passage when required, the plug being
maintained in the passage by a spring or weight or if desired the plug or valve may
be maintained out of or away from the discharge passage by means of a spring or
its equivalent and caused to close the passage when required by pulling the chain
wire rope or the like. The cistern or tank may be provided with any desired
number of discharge passages leading to several parts of the building each discharge
passage being provided with a separate valve or if desired several passages may be
opened and closed by a single lever or the like working one or more valves
connected to one cord wire rope or the like. By means of this invention the supply
pipes may be always maintained empty during frosty weather except when a supply
of water is required which may be drawn off through the pipe to the amount
required so that no water will be left in the pipe to freeze whilst in warm weather
the pipes being discharged may be maintained empty by closing the passage from
the cistern in the manner hereinbefore described and thereby prevent the water
remaining in the pipes and becoming flat or brackish and a supply of fresh water
may always be ensured.
Dated this 5th day of December 1900
J. H. JOHNSON & CO.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus or Means for Preventing Waste of Water.
I WILLOUGHBY EDWARD BRYAN of Haskells Lyndhurst in the County of
Hants, Gentleman, 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 has for its object to provide simple and convenient apparatus or
means for preventing waste of water and inconveniences arising from the bursting of
pipes, and also to ensure a supply of fresh water in warm weather.
According to my invention I provide in or on the water tank or cistern a lever or
equivalent device carrying a valve or valves or stopper or stoppers for closing the
outlet passages from the tank or cistern. The said lever or the like carrying the
valve or valves may be connected by a wire rope chain or its equivalent conducted
over or around pulleys or by bell crank levers to any desired part or parts of a

page_text: building so that by pulling the said wire rope or chain or the like the plug or
valve may be raised or removed so as to admit of a charge of water through the
pipe connected with the said discharge passage when required, the plug being
maintained in the passage by a spring or weight, or if desired, the plug or valve
may be maintained out of or away from the discharge passage by means of a spring
or its equivalent and caused to close the passage when required by pulling the chain
wire rope or the like.. The cistern or tank may be provided with any desired
number of discharge passages leading to several parts of the building each discharge
passage being provided with a separate valve and operating lever, or if desired
several passages may be opened and closed by a single lever or the like working one
or more valves connected to one cord wire rope or the like.
In order that my invention may be well understood, I will describe the same with
reference to the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 of which represents in sectional elevation an arrangement of apparatus
constructed according to my invention and
Figure 2 is a similar section illustrating a modification.
Referring to Figure 1. A. is the ordinary cistern which is supplied with water
from the main in the usual manner. To a discharge passage in the lower part of
this cistern is connected a T piece B. in the lower arm a of which is fitted a seat C.
for a valve D. arranged to slide up and down in the upper armb of the said T piece.
To the arm is connected a tube c extending above the high water level in the
cistern A. The spindle d of the valve D. passes longitudinally through the tube c
and is preferably provided at its upper end with a weight e to insure the valve
properly seating itself on the seat C. The upper end of the valve spindle d is
connected to one arm f of a bell crank lever fulcrumed at 9 to a bracket which is
shewn in the drawing as being carried on the upper end of the tube c but it may be
attached to the side of the cistern A, or to any other convenient support or the bell
crank may be fulcrumed to the side of the cistern direct if desired. To the arm i
of the bell crank is connected one end of a wire cord k or its equivalent which can
be conducted over or around pulleys or otherwise to the place where the water is
required for use, the water being conducted to this place through a pipe l. connected
to the outlet m of the cistern. When a supply of water is required, the wire cord k
or the like is pulled so as to raise the valve D. from its scat C. whereupon the water
will pass from the cistern A. through the lower arm a of the T piece B and flow
through the outlet branch m¹ into the pipe / which pipe may if desired be allowed
to empty at each operation or the said pipe may be provided with a stop cock at
the discharge end so as to retain a supply of water in the pipe to be used as
required, and when the supply is exhausted from the pipe it may be resupplied by
pulling the wire k so as to open the valve D. The valve may be maintained open
for
any desired length of time by connecting the free or operating end of the wire
to any suitable retaining device. When the pull on the wire is released, the valve
will close either by its own gravity or by a spring or its equivalent. The apparatus
is shewn as being fitted inside the cistern A. but it may if desired be fitted to the
exterior thereof by the branch m' in which case when the valve D. is raised the
water will flow from the cistern through the branch m' into the pipe / connected
in this case to the arm or branch a of the T piece B. Figure 2 shews a modification
wherein in place of enclosing the valve D. in the tube c'the said valve D. is fitted
to open and close a passage m leading from the main cistern A. to a supplementary
cistern C. which like the tube c hereinbefore described may be fitted either in the
interior or form a compartment thereof or it may be situated on the exterior of the
main cistern. In the drawing I have shewn it on the exterior. The valve D. is
carried on one end of a rod or lever F. provided with journals or pivots g supported
in bearings in the interior of the cistern C. The upper end of the lever F. is bent
and carries a weight p which tends to maintain the valve D. closed on its seat.
are pipes communicating with the interior of the cistern C and leading to various
parts of the building where required the discharge end of each of the said pipes
being preferably provided with a cock or valve by means of which the passages

page_text: through the pipes may be open and closed as required. To the upper end of the
lever F are connected wires, or the like conducted over or around pulleys or
otherwise (in a similar manner to bell wires) to the places where the pipes / lead,
so that by pulling the wire at any of these places the valve D. may be opened so
as to admit water from the main cistern A. into the cistern C which water passes
thence into the pipes I and may be discharged therefrom as required through the
cocks or valves thereon. If desired, the valve D. may be dispensed with, and the
cisterns A. and C. be constantly in communication with each other so that the level
of the water will be always the same in both cisterns and the discharge passages
leading to the supply pipes / may be each provided with a separate valve operated
independently of each other by separate levers and connected wire or the like
or a single valve may be provided if desired to open and close all the discharge
passages simultaneously.
By means of this invention, the supply pipes / may be always maintained empty
during frosty weather except when a supply of water is required which may be
drawn off through the pipe to the amount required so that no water will be left in
the pipe to freeze whilst in warm weather the pipes being discharged may be
maintained empty by closing by means of the valve D the passage from the cistern
in the manner herein before described and thereby prevent the water remaining
in the pipes and becoming flat or brackish and a supply of fresh water may always
be ensured.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what
I claim is.
First. For preventing the bursting of water pipes in frosty weather and for
supplying fresh water in hot weather means substantially as herein before described
whereby water may be supplied direct from a cistern or reservoir to any part or
parts of a building without the necessity for retaining water in the pipes leading
from the cistern to the part or parts of the building where the water is required
for use.
Second. In apparatus for the purposes hereinbefore described, the combination
with a water cistern or reservoir of a supplementary cistern or chamber connected
thereto and provided with a valve or valves capable of being operated from a
distance by means of a wire or wires or the like so as to discharge water from the
cistern into pipes which conduct it to the place or places where it is required for
use, the valve or valves, retaining the water in the main cistern except when
operated by pulling the wire or wires substantially as herein before described with
reference to the accompanying drawings.
Third. The combination and arrangement of apparatus for preventing waste of
water and inconvenience arising from the bursting of water pipes substantially as
hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figure 1. and in Figure 2 of the accom-
panying drawings.
Dated the 3rd der of June 1891
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
Agents.