Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Flushing Water Closets.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 31st May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 24th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 6th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Flushing Water
Closets.
I, WESLEY BRIGGS, of 7 Sheepscar Street, and of Gipton, both in Leeds, in
the County of York, Plumber and Sanitary Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has reference to certain improvements in the method of and
apparatus for flushing water closets.
According to my said improvements I employ a cylindrical or other suitably
shaped barrel (made of lead or other suitable metal or material) placed under the
seat of the closet. The said barrel is provided or fitted with a valve arrangement
consisting of a perforated plate having an indiarubber or other suitable washer to
make it air tight with the barrel; also a plate or clack. Connected with the said
plates is a rod passing to the handle through a stuffing box fixed in the handle dish.
which is made so as to slot into position with the aid of rubber rings or other
suitable means.
Near to the bottom of the barrel is the return from the syphon cistern, and
towards the top of the barrel is the flushing flow to the basin.
Dated this 28th day of May 1892.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange, Leeds, Patent Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Flushing Water
Closets.
I, WESLEY BRIGGS, of 7 Sheepscar Street, and of Gipton, both in Leeds, in
the County. of York, 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 :-
My invention has reference to certain improvements in the method of and.
apparatus for flushing water closets.
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page_text: According to this modification the barrel A is inverted and placed at the back of
the seat A¹ of the closet. The said barrel is made up of a copper cylinder A², the
flanged ends A3 and A* of which are of brass joined thereto by brazing or soldering.
Or the cylinder and flanged ends may be made of any other suitable material. The
barrel A is provided or fitted with a valve or piston arrangement consisting of a
perforated (or it may be solid) plate B having an indiarubber or other suitable
washer or diaphragm C to make it airtight with the barrel A. Connected to the
said plate B is a rod D passing through a stuffing-box F fixed in the plate or
barrel end E which is secured to the barrel A by means of screws J and nuts K, a
flat rubber washer or ring H intervening so as to make an airtight joint. The
lower end of the said rod Ď screws into a socket D' upon a weighted cross-rod D'
(weighted by means of two weights D³ one at each side of the said rod D)
connected to levers P (one at each side) fulcrumed at R upou vertical forked
rods S, the short arms of the said levers P being joined by cross-rod T carrying a
vertical forked rod U to which is pivoted a swivelling link V secured to the closet
seat W.
At the top of the barrel A is a pipe L leading to the cistern over the top of
which it is bent in the form of a syphon which dips into the water to about half an
inch from the bottom of the cistern.
Near to the bottom of the said barrel A is the flushing flow which consists of a
pipe M leading to and joining the closet basin N.
On using the closet, the seat W is depressed so causing the levers P to tilt on
their fulcrums R thereby operating the rod D which moves upwards the valve or
piston arrangement within the barrel A.
On the pressure being taken off the seat W the parts resume their normal
positions and the flush is started (a vacuum having been created by the movement
of the said piston or valve arrangement) the water passing from the cistern above
down the pipe L through the barrel A. and pipe M and so flushing the basin N.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
.1. A flushing closet having a pipe leading from the cistern to a barrel and a pipe
leading from the barrel to the closet basin, the said barrel being fitted with a valve

page_text: or piston for creating a vacuum within the said pipes, whereby the water is caused
to flow and flush the said basin, such as shown and described.
2. In a flushing closet, the combination with the basin thereof, of a barrel A,
plate B, washer C, rod D, and stuffing-box F, for producing a vacuum within
pipes L and M conveying the water from the cistern to the closet basin, so that
the said basin is flushed, substantially as set forth.
3. In a flushing closet, the combination with the basin thereof, of a barrel A,
plate B, washer C, rod D, stuffing-box F, handle E, handle-dish G, rubber ring H,
pipes L and M for flushing the said basin when the handle E is operated manually,
substantially as shown and described with reference to Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the
drawings annexed.
4. In a flushing closet, the combination with the basin thereof, of a barrel A,
plate B, washer C, rod D, stuffing-box F, plate or barrel end E, washer H, pipes L
and M for flushing the said basin when the rod D is operated automatically,
substantially as shown and described with reference to Figs. 4 and 5 of the
drawings annexed.
Dated this on day of February 1893.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent to the Applicant.