Improvements in and in connection with Receptacles for Receiving Drainage and Refuse from Streets and Carriage Ways.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 21st Jan., 1893-Accepted, 11th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Receptacles for Receiving
Drainage and Refuse from Streets and Carriage Ways.
I, WILLIAM BENJAMIN GEORGE BENNETT, of The Municipal Offices, South-
ampton, in the County of Hampshire, Borough Engineer and Surveyor, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improvement on a Patent granted to me No. 10922,
bearing date June 26th, 1891.
The nature of the invention is for receiving rainfall, drainage and detritus from
carriageways and other places, and for efficaciously cleansing gullies, principally
those in public streets, the apparatus is composed of a container made of either
galvanized wrought iron, or steel sheets, circular in form or of any shape as
required, to suitable dimensions; it is hinged to a cross head of a ram secured to
the bottom of the container, such ram working in a cylinder below, by pneumatic or
hydraulic power, within the container is a circular syphon pipe made of suitable
material the end of this syphon pipe slides into a trap below, such syphon pipe
is provided to secure the more rapid discharging of the rain water or other liquid
from the container; the pipe is continued through the bottom of the container,
clear of the ram, into the trap, the trap being connected to the sewers in the usual
manner.
The apparatus as described, is placed in a pit below the surface of the roadway
or other places, which is constructed of brickwork, concrete or other suitable
material, covered with a cast iron grating. When the pressure is placed on the
ram the container rises to the height required, and the syphon pipe disconnects
from the trap, and is automatically tipped by a chain provided for the purpose,
and consequently discharges the contents. The tipping angle of the container is
regulated by a guide chain at the side, the container falls over, by the working
of the hinge before mentioned; (before the container rises the grating is lifted off).
In carrying out this invention it is proposed to use compressed air, such air
being compressed by the utilization of waste heat from refuse destructors, com-
pressing machinery being erected and air pipes laid on from the same, through the
streets to the gullies as required. Where destructors are not provided hydraulic
power will be used.
Dated this 28th day of December 1892.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Receptacles for Receiving
Drainage and Refuse from Streets and Carriage Ways.
I, WILLIAM BENJAMIN GEORGE BENNETT, of The Municipal Offices, South-
ampton, in the County of Hampshire, Borough Engineer and Surveyor, 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 relates to the invention for which Letters Patent No. 16535, dated
the 11th day of October 1890, where granted jointly to myself and Joseph Jeffrey
Bennett, and to the invention for which Letters Patent No. 10922, dated the
26th day of June, 1891, where granted to myself, and consists of apparatus and

page_text: arrangement for effecting by hydraulic or pneumatic power the raising of drainage
and refuse containers such as are described in the Specification of such Letters
Patents.
My present invention consists of an improvement in the jointing of the refuse
containers to the heads of the plungers worked in barrels or cylinders, either by
hydraulic or pneumatic power; also in the arrangement of syphon pipes for dis-
charging the drainage matter from the interior of the retainers; also in the
arrangement of traps at the ends of such syphons or pipes, to prevent the overflow
of sewer gas into the gully pits or chambers in which the containers work; also
in an arrangement of chains or cords, and lever valves for automatically tilting the
containers when raised to the required height, and for guiding, checking and
stopping the receptacles in their ascent or descent.
I describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawing, which
represents the apparatus in sectional elevation.
A is the container which is made of galvanized sheet iron, steel, earthenware, or
other suitable material, circular in shape, or other convenient form; the con-
tainer A is secured to a plate B at the bottom of the same, which is jointed at C to
the head plate D of a plunger E; a chain or cord is connected at one end to an
eye Fou the container and at the other end to an eye G on the covering frame or
side of the gully pit; in the same manner a similar chain or cord is attached at H
and I, when the container rises to the required height as shewn by the broken lines
the said cord or chain F G being of the required length, causes the container to
tilt over at the joint C, the cord F G is capable of being adjusted so as to tilt the
container to any required angle.
The cord H, I, being of suitable length and adjustment checks or guides the
container when tilting and automatically stops the rising of the plunger E in this
manner, viz. :-
J is the end of a lever connected to a cock or valve K in the supply pipe L
by which the water or air is admitted to the barrel or cylinder; on the cord H, I
being brought into tension it raises the lever J, shewn by the broken lines, and
shuts off the supply of water or air to the ram.
M is a pipe, made of galvanized iron, steel or other suitable material, secured to
the side of the container A within the same with the end; extended through the
bottom of the container until it dips into a trap N of suitable construction and
material fixed in the bottom of the pit or chamber, the top of the pipe is curved
at O and brought down sufficiently to form a syphon for exhausting the drainage
water from the container A as it falls into the same through the covering grid P.
The trap N is connected to the sewer in the usual manner, when the container A
rises the pipe M is disconnected from the trap N thus giving free access to the
trap N. In some cases I fix one leg of the syphon pipe M outside the container A
and the second leg is turned over and down the container internally.
When desired I arrange the apparatus worked in the manner before described
for the purpose of receiving, raising and discharging detritus refuse and other
matters swept from carriageways and other places, and in towns and places where
house or other refuse destructors are erected I use them in conjunction with the
before described apparatus in this manner, viz. :-
By the utilization of the heat from the combustion of the house or other refuse
in generating steam for compressing air with any suitable air compressing
machinery and from the same lay in the ground air mains, through which com-
pressed air of the required pressure is distributed to one or more of the appliances
before described, or, in the same manner I utilize the heat from the combustion of
the refuse for forcing water at the required pressure through mains to one or more
of the appliances.
Having now particularly described and, ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood
that my invention is not restricted to the precise details hereinbefore described as,
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page_text: considerable variation may be made therein, without departing from the nature of
my invention; but I declare that what 1 claim is :-
1. The combination of the apparatus hereinbefore described in and in connection
with such containers for receiving drainage, refuse, and mud from streets and
carriageways as are mounted in pits below the surface of the road or pavement and
are capable of being raised above the said surface for the purpose of discharging
their contents, substantially as herein described and according to the accompanying
drawing.
2. The combination of the arrangements admitting of the raising of such
containers being effected by hydraulic or pneumatic power, substantially as herein
described and according to the accompanying drawing.
3. The combination of the apparatus for automatically tilting stopping and
guiding the container, substantially as herein described and according to the
accompanying drawing.
4. The combination of the apparatus for discharging the contents by syphon
pipes, substantially as herein described and according to the accompanying
drawing.
5. The combination of the apparatus for trapping the pipes and pits, sub-
stantially as herein described and according to the accompanying drawing.
6. The combination of the apparatus for working such receptacles in conjunction
with house refuse destructors in the manner substantially as herein described.
Dated this 21st day of January 1893.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.