Improvements in Constructing and Fixing Brackets for Cistern Pulls.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 16th May, 1890-Accepted, 9th Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Constructing and Fixing Brackets for
Cistern Pulls.
We, JOHN EMPSON and JOHN HEWITT of 58 Graham Street Birmingham in the
County of Warwick, trading as Wilkins and Wright Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to Plates and Brackets employed for guiding the valve rods
of cisterns used for water closets and for other similar purposes, and has for its object
to make a more substantial and secure attachment of the guiding metal bracket to the
plate and at the same time to construct a more reliable and effective support and
guide for the valve rod.
In carrying our invention into effect we employ a plate of any ordinary material,
design or construction and attach a metal bush or socket plain or conical having
preferably an internal thread, to one or more places as may be desired. The bushes
or sockets we form preferably with a flange to prevent their being pulled out, having
a roughened under surface so that when we drive the bushes into the material of the
plate the rough surface of the flange prevents its revolving when the screw of the
guiding metal bracket is being turned within it; we also make the surface of
the flange oval or rectangular, or the outer surface of the bush itself we thus form to
prevent any movement when screwing the guiding bracket into it.
We sometimes dispense with the metal bush and employ instead projecting screws
attached to the plate similarly to the method herein before described for the bush,
which screw is received into the end of the guide bracket by means of an inside
thread.
To these bushes or sockets we attach a screwed guide bracket having one end
screwed to suit the bush or socket and the other to receive the rod and to thus form
a guide for it.
These guide brackets we sometimes arrange to pass through a tube or other
ornamental outer case which acts as a distance piece and protection for the portion
entering the bush and that forming the guide.
We also dispense with the metal bush or socket for receiving the ends of the
guiding brackets or supports when making a simple or economical arrangement by
causing the ends of the supports or guide brackets to screw direct into the material
of the plate itself instead of into the bush or socket.
We do not always screw the ends of the supports or guide brackets into the bushes
or sockets, but sometimes attach them to the plate by means of a nut or washer which
may be either independent or secured to the plate as may be desired or we rivet them
into the socket or into the plate direct; although we prefer the arrangements we have
before described as being more easily applied and more readily attached to and
detached from the plate. We do not always employ two separate bushes or screws
but arrange a wall plate to serve the same purposes particularly when using plates of
glass or enamelled material. This wall plate having one or more projecting screws or
tapped holes to receive and support the guide brackets as hereinbefore describe:
when employing the ordinary plates and separate bushes or screws.
We sometimes make a self contained plate with guiding brackets, by employing a
wall plate with projections or recesses to receive the front combined plate and brackets
so that we can readily attach and secure the same to this carrying wall plate without
disconnecting the guide bracket from the front plate. We form projecting horns or
recesses to receive similar recesses or horns on the front plate and thus readily secure
one to the other.
Another arrangement we adopt for this purpose by employing projecting screws in

page_text: connection with the wall plate to receive the front plate and we then screw the guiding
bracket on to the projecting screws; or we reverse the arrangement by making
screwed holes in the wall plate and securing the guiding metal brackets into the holes
as herein before described when employing loose bushes or screws.
Dated this 15th day of August 1889.
MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Constructing and Fixing Brackets for
Cistern Pulls.
We, JOHN EMPSON and JOHN HEWITT of 58 Graham Street Birmingham in the
County of Warwick, trading as "Wilkins & Wright" Manufacturers, 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:-
Our invention relates to Plates and Brackets employed for guiding the valve rods
of cisterns used for water closets and for other similar purposes, and has for its object
to make a more substantial and secure attachment of the guiding metal bracket to the
plate and at the same time to construct a more reliable and effective support and
guide for the valve rod.
In carrying our invention into effect we employ a plate of any ordinary material,
design, or construction and attach a metal bush or socket plain or conical having
preferably an internal thread, to one or more places as may be desired.
The bushes or sockets we form preferably with a flange to prevent their being
pulled out, having a roughened under surface so that when we drive the bushes into
the material of the plate, the rough surface of the flange prevents its revolving when
the screw of the guiding metal bracket is being turned within it; we also make the
surface of the flange oval or rectangular or the outer surface of the bush itself we thus
form to prevent any movement when screwing the guiding bracket into it.
We sometimes dispense with the metal bush and employ instead projecting screws
attached to the plate similarly to the method herein before described for the bush,
which screw is received into the end of the guide bracket by means of an inside
thread.
To these bushes or sockets we attach a screwed guide bracket having one end
screwed to suit the bush or socket and the other to receive the rod, and to thus form
a guide for it. These guide brackets we sometimes arrange to pass through a tube or
other ornamental outer case which acts as a distance piece, and protection for the
portion entering the bush and that forming the guide.
We also dispense with the metal bush or socket for receiving the ends of the guiding
brackets or supports when making a simple or economical arrangement by causing
the ends of the supports or guide brackets to screw direct into the material of the
plate itself instead of. into the bush or socket. We do not always screw the ends of
the supports or guide brackets into the bushes or sockets, but sometimes attach them
to the plate by means of a nut or washer which may be either independent or secured
to the plate as may be desired or we rivet them into the socket or into the plate direct;
although we prefer the arrangements we have before described as being more easily
applied and more readily attached to and detached from the plate. We do not always
employ two separate bushes or screws but arrange a wall plate to serve the same
purposes particularly when using plates of glass or enamelled material. This wall
plate having when employing the ordinary plates and separate bushes or screws.
We sometimes make a self contained plate with guiding brackets, by employing a
wall plate with projections or recesses to receive the front combined plate and brackets
so that we can readily attach and secure the same to this carrying wall plate without
disconnecting the guide bracket from the front plate. We form projecting horns or

page_text: recesses to receive similar recesses or horns on the front plate and thus readily secure
one to the other.
Another arrangement we adopt for this purpose by employing projecting screws
in connection with the wall plate to receive the front plate, and we then screw the
guiding bracket on to the projecting screws; or we reverse the arrangement by
making screwed holes in the wall plate and securing the guiding metal brackets into
the holes as hereinbefore described when employing loose bushes or screws.
In order that our invention and the method of performing the same may be readily
understood we append hereunto one sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter
referred to.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of our improved bracket showing the back plate in section.
Figure 2 is an elevation of another method of performing our invention the back
plate or panel being in section and also the base of the guide pillars for showing the
attachment more clearly.
Figures 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are sectional elevations of alternative arrangements we
sometimes employ in carrying our invention into effect.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts.
In Figure 1, A is the back plate or panel formed out of wood, metal, porcelain,
glass or other suitable material, B, B are guide brackets or bars which we attach or
secure to the plate A by means of the screwed end C formed upon the end of the
guides, and which screw engages with the bush or nut E, held within the plate or
panel A as shown in detail in Fig. 3.
Instead of screwing the guide into a socket or nut within the plate we sometimes
dispense with a socket and attach the screwed end direct to the plate as shown in
Fig. 5. We also place a screw within the back plate and attach the guide to the
screw D as shown in Fig. 4. The attachment of the guides we also effect by means
of rivets or screws & which we attach to the supplementary wall plate or washer H,
which we place immediately behind the panel plate A as shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 7;
the plate H we sometimes form with bosses or projections into which we attach the
screwed ends d' of the guides or separate screws for connecting to the guides B² as
shown in Fig. 6.
The rod E passes through the end holes F F¹ of the guides B B', and is thus kept
truly in line for admitting of a direct pull being given to the handle J attached to the
end of the sliding rod E.
Instead of employing projecting screws or pins to receive and engage with the
guides B we sometimes construct a wall plate with projections, having attached in
front of it by means of the arrangements herein before described the combined panel
plate A and guides B B. The projections we form upon the wall plate we cause to fit
into corresponding recesses formed upon a fixed plate or plates or lugs which we
attach direct to the wall, so that the combined plate with its guides may be readily
secured to the wall projections without in any way disconnecting or detaching the
several parts.
We attach or secure our improved wall or panel plate to the wall by means of
screws G or by any well known ordinary method. The guides we make sometimes
out of flat or other shaped metal instead of cylindrical form; Fig. 8 is a sectional
elevation showing the attachment of a flat guide B² to the panel plate A²; and Fig. 9
is an elevation of a portion of our improved back plate with the flat guide and an
ornamental washer plate L which we add to the panel plate to give an improved
appearance to our arrangement. Fig. 10 is a front elevation of a portion of our
improved back plate and guide B attached in the manner hereinbefore described, but
having an embossed or ornamental washer or cover plate M placed over the central
portion of the panel to increase the ornamental effect of the combination.
We do not limit the application of our improved arrangement of brackets and
guides for use with pulls for cisterns alone, but employ them similarly constructed
for use with bell pulls or for other similar purposes. And we employ any ordinary
kind of handle or pulling rod for attachment to any form of ordinary guided bar or
pull rod, although we prefer to employ the handle constructed in accordance with the

page_text: invention for which a Patent was granted to us on the 22nd day of September 1887
No. 12855.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
1. The combination and arrangement of guide brackets and plates for receiving
rods for cistern pulls, bell pulls and for like purposes, substantially as hereinbefore
described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. The construction of guide brackets and plates such as A with independent guide
pillars such as B, B2, washer or cover plates such as L or M, and attachments as
illustrated in the accompanying drawings, substantially as set forth, and for the
purposes hereinbefore described.
3. Improvements in Brackets and Guides in the manner and for the purposes
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dad thin 15th day as M... 1000
MARKS & CLERK.
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for Applicants.
MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for Applicants.