Appliances in Connection therewith.
Year: 1888

page_text: Appliances in Connection therewith.
I SAMUEL HENRY ADAMS Sanitary Engineer of Monkbridge York and York
House, Artillery Row Westminster, London, 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 :-
I provide an apparatus with water and air inlets and outlets. This I place on the
line of a drain or sewer or in communication therowith iny object being to set up a
current of air through the pipes and to utilise a flow of liquid through the drain or
sewer for this purpose. By reference to accompanying drawings the method I adopt
will be made clear the various parts of my apparatus being marked as follows A is
the body of apparatus this has an inlet B for liquid and an outlet C-one or more
inlets or outlets may be used Dan air inlet placed in such a position that the liquid
passing from B to Cacts on the air inlet D producing suction therein this suction
supplying air to the pipe C 1. at the end of a suitable length of drain or sewer an
inspection shaft G may be provided E is the outgoing sewer having a syphon trap
or other equivalent at its commencement F. This serves to cut off the sewer into
sections so that where adopted the shaft G or its equivalent serves as an upcast for
air This shaft and syphon are not necessary to the working of my system but may
be used or omitted as circumstances render desirable a small upcast pipe may be
substituted for the shaft G and a hanging flap or other valve for the syphon F my
apparatus may be used without air inlet D the current then being set up from drain
or sewer itself but I prefer the air inlet as a more thorough means of supplying fresh
air. Fig. 1 shews an enlarged section of the apparatus. Fig. 2 shews one mode of
arrangement on a length of drain the actual position of the apparatus with regard to
inlets of water and air and position on sewer or pipe will vary according to the
local conditions of the sewer or drain on which it is placed.
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
1st. The apparatus A having a passage through it for liquid in combination with
an air inlet the air inlet being so placed that the flow of liquid creates a suction in

page_text: the apparatus, this suction supplying air to the sewer or drain to which A is
connected.
2nd. The arrangement of A as herein described in combination with a drain sewer
a pipe through which water flows arranged for the purpose of supplying air to the
pipes or for a similar purpose with or without the air pipe B or its equivalent.
3rd. The application of syphon trap flap or other valve on a line of sewer or drain
in combination with an apparatus which has for its object the creation of a current of
air through the pipes the apparatus being actuated by the flow of the liquid itself.
4th. The arrangement of the appliances shewn on drawings and herein described
substantially and for the purpose set forth or their equivalent being substantially the
same though differing in conformity.
Dated this Nineteenth day of January 1888.
SAMUEL HENRY ADAMS,
York House, Artillery Row, Westminster, S.W.