AN IMPROVED ADJUSTABLE AND REMOVABLE DIP FOR GULLIES DRAINS AND SEWERS
Year: 1884

page_text: We STEPHEN SMITH PHILLIPS trading as W. Phillips & Son and JAMES MILLIER
both of 10 Baker Street, Portman Square in the County of Middlesex Sanitary
Engineers do hereby declare the nature of our said invention for AN IMPROVED
ADJUSTABLE AND REMOVABLE DIP FOR GULLIES DRAINS AND SEWERS to be as
follows:-
:-
The object of our invention is so to fit the dips that seal gullies and the syphons
and traps and other parts of drains and sewers that the said dips can easily and
quickly be moved to adjust or alter the amount of seal that is to be secured and
also be removed to' allow the said gullies and the drains and sewers with the
syphons and traps and other parts therein to be inspected and if necessary cleaned
out:
To carry out this object instead of forming. the dip as 'is usual in one piece with
the gully or with the syphon or trap or other part of the drain or sewer the said
dip is made of a separate piece of metal or other material for some purposes we
prefer to use glazed or other earthenware and in the position where the said dip is
to be placed we form a suitable groove in each side of the said gully or syphon or
trap or other part which grooves act as guides for the dip as it is made to slide
therein and the said dip is secured in these guiding grooves at the proper level to
secure the desired amount of seal in any convenient manner preferably by the use
of tallow which is made to entirely fill the grooves and thus make the dip tight
while when required for purposes of cleaning or inspection the said dip can easily
and quickly be removed.
This dip so made and fitted as aforesaid can obviously be used in a variety of
places besides those enumerated as for example the said dip could be passed through
a slot in the upper part of a straight piece of pipe and secured therein in the same
manner to effect a seal in the pipe.

page_text: We STEPHEN SMITH PHILLIPS trading as W. Phillips & Son and JAMES MILLIER
both of 10 Baker Street Portman Square in the county of Middlesex Sanitary
Engineers do hereby declare the nature of our said invention for AN IMPROVED
ADJUSTABLE AND REMOVABLE DIP FOR GULLIES DRAINS AND SEWERS and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:—
The object of our invention is so to construct and fit the dips that seal gullies
and the syphons and traps and other parts of drains and sewers that the said dips
can easily and quickly be moved to adjust or alter the amount or depth of seal
that is to be secured and also be removed to allow the said gullies and the said
drains and sewers with the syphons and traps thereof and other parts therein to
be inspected and if necessary to be cleaned out.
To carry out this object instead of forming the dip as is usual in one piece with
the gully or with the syphon or trap or other part of the drain or sewer the said
dip is made of a separate piece of metal or other material for some purposes we
prefer to use glazed or other earthenware and of the desired and required size and
shape and in the position where the said dip is to be placed we form a suitable
groove in or on each side of the said gully or syphon or trap or other part which
grooves act as guides for the said, dip as the same is made to slide therein and the
said dip is secured in these guiding grooves at the proper level to secure the
desired amount or depth of seal in any convenient manner preferably by the use of
tallow or other similar or suitable material which is caused to entirely fill the said
grooves and thus make the said dip air gas and water tight as is necessary while
when required for purposes of inspection or cleaning the said dip can easily and
quickly be removed.
In the accompanying drawing we have shewn this our adjustable and removable
dip as fitted in a very suitable and convenient manner to a gully and to the trap
or inverted syphon of a drain or sewer.
Figure 1 is a vertical section of a gully. Figure 2 is an horizontal section of the
same taken at a b in Figure 1.
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In the proper position as herein before stated in the gully A we form in or on
each side of the said gully A a suitable groove B in and between which grooves B
the separate dip C can slide and wherein the said dip C can be secured at any
desired level and be rendered tight by the use of tallow or other material or other-
wise as aforesaid. A recess D is preferably made in the upper part of the face of
the dip C to allow the said dip C to be easily and readily handled and when
required removed for purposes of inspection or cleaning.
Figure 3 is a vertical section of the trap or inverted syphon of a drain or sewer.
Figure 4 is an horizontal section of the same taken at c d in Figure 3.
In the proper position as hereinbefore stated in the trap or inverted syphon E
we form in or on each side of the said trap or syphon E a suitable groove F in

page_text: and between which grooves F the separate dip G can slide and wherein the said
dip G can be secured at any desired level and be rendered tight by the use of
tallow or other material 'or otherwise as aforesaid. A recess H is also preferably
made in the upper part of the face of the dip G to allow the said dip G to be
easily and readily handled and when required removed for purposes of inspection
or cleaning.
This our adjustable and removable dip so made and fitted as. is herein before
described can obviously be used in a variety of places besides those before
enumerated and shewn in the drawing as for example the said dip could be passed
through a slot in the upper part of a straight piece of pipe and be secured therein
in the same manner to effect a scal in the said pipe.
It is obvious also that in every case the dip can be made of such a size and
shape and the grooves in and between which the said dip slides and wherein the
same is secured can be so constructed and formed and arranged and placed as may
be most convenient and suitable and desirable in that particular case.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1. The adjustable and removable dip for gullies drains and sewers substantially
as herein before described and set forth.
2. In a gully or drain or sewer the method of fitting an adjustable and
removable dip substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and
declared.