Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 6th July, 1897-Accepted, 21st Aug., 1897
I MOSES JAMES ADAMS Engineer Park Lane Sanitary Works Leeds do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to he
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement -
My object is to flush a closet by raising the liquid with which it is flushed from
a lower level than the point to which I wish to discharge it to the closet and my
present invention has reference to the means employed for that purpose it will be
seen on reference to the drawings Fig 1 and Fig 2 both shew closets D connected to
drain C and both drawings also shew the source of supply A below the closet pan
itself the exact level at which this source of supply A is placed so long as it is below
the top of the closet does not alter the fact that so long as A is below the top of
the closet pan the liquid from A must be lifted. The modes prefer to adopt are
shewn at Fig 1 & Fig 2 but it will be evident that the vessels or their parts may
be differently arranged or modified as desired and that a cistern may be used instead
of chamber B. At Fig 1a chamber or receptacle is formed as B this receives the
liquid it is desired to use in flushing the closet, within this chamber is a cylinder J
having within it a piston or plunger K and rod Z attached thereto in such a manner
that when the rod is raised the plunger or piston also is raised and the liquid in J is
lifted up passing out by the outlet I to the opening into lower part of closet or trap H
there is also a pipe G communicating with the cylinder J this also may be used
to carry liquid to the closet rim For i may use one or both pipes as necessary it will
be seen that I use in connection with the plunger a rod Z and a lever hinged at. P
terminating in a handle M, and that when M is pulled forward the piston is raised
and the closet is flushed, suitable valves to allow liquid to enter J are moved in K
or other arrangement and the holes all round the cylinder J allow liquid to feed into
it. It will be seen that I am therefore able to intercept the drainage of A and to so
place a closet that its discharge may be effected by the liquid flowing from A and
this discharge may ultimately join the same drain.
At Fig 21 shew another means of flushing the closet using the chamber as
before to receive the discharge from A, and in this case lifting it to the lower part of
closet by a bucket N the said bucket hinged at O is raised by the spindle Z
attached thereto and the handle M. It is needless to state that the chamber B
may be formed of a cistern and that it may be fed by either clean water from
a ball cock or other source or froin a drain.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be perforined I declare that what
I claim is
1st. The use of a cylinder and plunger so placed and actuated and so supplied with
liquid that by their means the said liquid may be raised from a lower level to the
level of a closet rim or trap to flush the saine.
2nd. The use of a bucket or box so placed and actuated and so supplied with
liquid that the said liquid may be raised from a lower level to the level of a closet
rim or tran to flush the same.

page_text: 3rd. The combination of a closet and a chamber cistern or receiver for liquid and a
cylinder and plunger apparatus for forcing the liquid from the cylinder all constructed
for the purpose of raising liquid from a low level to flush a closet rim or trap at a
higher level.
4th. The combination of a closet and a chamber cistern or receiver for liquid and a
bucket or box so placed and constructed that the bucket or box raises the liquid from
a lower level to flush a closet pan or trap at a higher level.
5th. The arrangement of parts shewn where a supply of liquid is fed to a vessel
or receiver from a drain and is lifted by a suitable apparatus to flush a closet or trap
at a higher level enabling the closet to discharge to the same drain.
6th. The arrangement of a cylinder and plunger so placed in a vessel or cistern to
which liquid is fed from a drain or water valve or other source of supply placed
below the closet rim or trap to be flushed that by the movement upwards or
downwards of a plunger liquid is fed to a closet to flush it.
7th. The use and arrangement of the various appliances shewn for the purposes
herein set forth and described or their equivalent though differing in conformity
substantially the same.