An Improved Apparatus for Controlling Supply of Water to Closets and the like, with Means of Ensuring an After Flush by the same Apparatus if desired.
Year: 1884

page_text: An Improved Apparatus for Controlling Supply of Water to
Closets and the like, with Means of Ensuring an After Flush
by the same Apparatus if desired.
I JAMES HITCH (HIX) of 88 Bishopsgate Street Within in the city of London,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "AN IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SUPPLY OF WATER TO CLOSETS AND THE LIKE
WITH MEANS OF ENSURING AN AFTER FLUSH BY THE SAME APPARATUS IF
DESIRED," to be as follows:-
My invention relates to apparatus for regulating the supply of water or other
fluid so that the valve after being opened may close after a certain quantity of
water or other fluid has passed it, independently of the handle or other device for
opening the valve thereby preventing waste, and so that the valve may be tight
and be easily opened against any or the highest pressure, and also so that when the
handle or other device for opening the valve returns to its normal position
mechanically it may again throw open the valve for a short time and thus cause an
after flush of the water or other fluid.
I construct my apparatus with a bed plate of iron or other suitable material
carrying.
First. A valve or cock through which the water or other fluid passes.
Secondly. A cylinder piston, and piston rod forming a regulator to prevent the
closing of the water valve too rapidly.
Thirdly. A lever fastened to and having its fulcrum in an arm or projection of the
bed plate or body of the valve, casing one end of which lever engages in the rod of
the water valve so that when the other end of the lever is raised the valve shall
open, the regulator works in conjunction with this lever to which also is attached
a weight.
Fourthly. A second lever to actuate the after flush.
Fifthly. A guide bar or bars upon which work a sliding tube or other suitable
device carrying a cylinder, and piston rod, to the piston rod of which I attach a
connecting rod, to unite it to the second lever, this piston rod also slides upon the
handle bar, which handle bar works upon a guide which guide works simultaneously
with, or it may be one with the before mentioned sliding tube or other suitable
device, upon which the first lever presses by means of the weight attached to it.

page_text: The valve I prefer to employ is that patented by me on the 2nd day of June 1882
No. 2603.
With this apparatus, when the handle is pulled up the sliding tube with
attachments and the lever working thereupon and moved through the action of the
third valve its piston rod working in one with the bandle bar in the pull up action,
and the handle bar not being connected to the cylinder of the third valve which
works in one with the sliding tube or other suitable device and attachments the
first lever will by means of the weight attached to it pressing on the sliding tube
or other suitable device or its attachments cause the valve to be gradually closed;
the after flush is obtained on the lowering of the handle bar to its original position
the handle bar coming in contact with a tumbler of the second lever presses it
down which by means of the connecting rod before mentioned raises again the
sliding tube or other suitable device and its attachments when a similar action to
that before mentioned occurs.
This after flush appliance can be thrown out of gear when not desired to
be used.

page_text: An Improved Apparatus for Controlling Supply of Water to
Closets and the like, with Means of Ensuring an After Flush
by the same Apparatus if desired.
I JAMES HITCH (HIX) of 88 Bishopsgate Street Within in the City of London,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "AN IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SUPPLY OF WATER TO CLOSETS AND THE LIKE WITH
MEANS OF ENSURING AN AFTER FLUSH BY THE SAME APPARATUS IF DESIRED," and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to apparatus for regulating the supply of water or other
fluid, so that the valve after being opened may close after a certain quantity of
water or other fluid has passed it independently of the handle or other device for
opening the valve thereby preventing waste, and so that the valve may be tight
and be easily opened against any or the highest pressure, and also so that when the
handle or other device for opening the valve is returned to its normal position, it
may again throw open the valve for a short time and thus cause an after flush of
the water or other fluid.
I construct my apparatus with a bed plate of iron or other suitable material
carrying.
First A valve or cock through which the water or other fluid passes.
Secondly. A cylinder, piston and piston rod forming a regulator to prevent the
closing of the water valve too rapidly.
Thirdly. A lever fastened to and having its fulcrum in an arm or projection of
the bed plate, or to the body of the valve casing, one end of which lever engages in
the rod of the water valve so that when the other end of the lever is raised the
valve shall open; the regulator works in conjunction with this lever, to which lever.
a weight is also attached.
Fourthly. A second lever to actuate the after flush.
Fifthly. A guide bar or bars upon which works a sliding tube or other suitable
device, carrying a cylinder, piston and piston rod to which piston rod I attach a
connecting rod by means of a bracket, to unite it to the second lever; this piston
rod also slides upon the handle bar, which handle bar works upon a guide, the guide
working simultaneously with or it may be one with the before mentioned sliding
tube or other suitable device, upon which the first lever presses by means of the
weight attached to it.
The valve I prefer to employ is that patented by me on the 2nd day of June 1882
N° 2603.
With this apparatus when the handle is pulled up, the sliding tube with
attachments and the lever working thereupon, are moved upwards, the piston rod
of the third valve working in one with the handle bar in the pull up action and
the handle bar not being connected to the cylinder of the third valve which works
In one with the sliding tube or other suitable device and attachments the first lever
will by means of the weight attached to it pressing on the sliding tube or other
suitable device or its attachments cause the valve to be gradually closed.

page_text: "The after flush is obtained on the lowering of the handle bar to its original position,
the stud on the handle bar coming in contact with a tumbler S of the second lever
presses it down which by means of the connecting rod before mentioned, raises
again the sliding tube or other suitable device and its attachments when a similar
action to that before mentioned occurs.
This after flush appliance can be thrown ont of gear when not desired to be used.
The annexed drawings show two views in elevation and one in plan of the
apparatus. Figure 1 representing the position of the parts with the handle down
and Figure 2 the apparatus with the handle drawn up. Figure 3 being a plan.
A is the bed plate of the apparatus and A¹ is an arm for carrying the valve B in
the cylinder B¹ and also the lever E through its connection with the valve through
the rod G by which the valve is operated, the arm also carries a regulating
cylinder C within which a piston and rod D works for regulating the descent of
the lever E under the action of the weight H which is suspended at the end E¹ of
said lever in the ordinary manner to close the valve in the cylinder B'.
The lever E is pivotted at F and passes through a block Q by which it the
lever E can be raised when the handle R and its rod P are pulled up to open the
water passage through the cylinder B¹, the water entering through the passage Bª
and passes out at B³ as an ordinary flushing apparatus.
The block Q is in a piece with an additional cylinder L and the portion P* of the
rod P passes through the same and is of square form provided with a shoulder
which can come into contact with Q and the bracket N' and thus lift the cylinder L
and the sliding tube K which slides upon a guide bar or upright J to the position
shown at Figure 2.
This pull up action of the handle R and rod P opens the valve B to its fullest
extent.
The handle R and rod P are allowed to remain up while the weight H descends
to cause the lever E to close the valve B or nearly 80 and thus stop the ordinary
Blush. The handle R and rod P are then forced downwards the rod P² sliding
through the block Q and the rod P through N¹. The pin J¹ which is on the rod P
presses upon the tumbler S and this through the lever I and connecting rod N
forces N¹ and the piston M up under the first impulse the action of which allows a
small quantity of air or oil which is in the cylinder L to pass beneath the piston
but at the same time to be itself raised and with it the block Q and the lever E to
open the valve B a short distance, the weight M2 then causes the piston in L to
descend a little quicker than the cylinder L until all the parts come into the position
shown in Figure 1 to close the valve B of the after flush.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
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First. The combination and arrangement of the various parts of the apparatus
for controlling supply of water to closets and the like as bereinbeforo described and
substantially as shown in the annexed drawings.
Secondly. The particular arrangement of the cylinder L, connecting rod N, lever I
tumbler S, and stud J¹ for effecting the after flush in the manner described and
substantially as shown in the annexed drawings.