IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO WATERCLOSETS AND PUMPS CONNECTED THEREWITH, WHICH LATTER IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO LIFT PUMPS GENERALLY
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Hays Wilson, of the Firm of John Hays
Wilson and Company, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Brass.
Founders and Ships' Ironmongers, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
APPLICABLE TO WATERCLOSETS AND PUMPS CONNECTED THEREWITH, WHICH
LATTER IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO LIFT PUMPS GENERALLY."
Sealed the 2nd June 1868, and dated the 3rd December 1867..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left. by the said John Hays Wilson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd December, 1867.
I, JOHN HAYS WILSON, of the Firm of John Hays Wilson and Company, of
Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Brass Founders and Sbips' Ironmongers,.
do hereby declare the nature of the the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
APPLICABLE. TO WATERCLOSETS AND PUMPS CONNECTED THEREWITH, WHICH LATTER.
IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO LIFT PUMPS GENERALLY," to be as follows
(that is to say):
This Invention has for its object certain improvements in the construction
of waterclosets, which are chiefly intended for use on board ship, and in lift.
pumps for supplying the said waterclosets, which latter improvements are
also applicable to lift pumps in general; and consists in constructing, or fitting
the lower end of the basin with a shank forming a hollow faucet, having a

page_text: valve opening on one side thereof which coincides with an opening on one
side of a cylinder, into which it is fitted in such a manner that the basin may
be turned round that the opening in the shank of the basin and that in the
side of the cylinder in which it turns may coincide, to which latter opening is
fitted a soil pipe. The shank on the lower portion forming the hollow
faucet may be of the same material and in one piece therewith, or it may be
formed of metal and secured to the glass or other basin. The fixed cylinder
in which the shank of the basin turns is grooved or slotted out in a vertical
direction on the inner surface to receive tallow or other solid lubricator, or
the grooves or recesses for containing the lubricating material may be formed
in the exterior of the shank of the basin.
When it is desired to discharge the contents of the basin it is turned round
so as to make the side opening in the shank thereof come opposite the
opening of the soil pipe. In the act of turning the basin round, a tap con-
nected with the water supply is opened by an horizontal lever attached
thereto, the outer end of which rests on a recess or between two studs on the
upper edge of the basin. The basin may be made of any suitable material,
but it is preferred it should be formed of glass. The basin is fixed between
two brackets extending from the side of the vessel or wall, as the case may
be, on which brackets rest a lid which is jointed at the back, so that it can
be lifted I up from the brackets from an horizontal to a vertical position to
enable the basin to, be, turned round or lifted from its seat for the purpose of
cleansing or for filling the recesses described with tallow or other lubricating
material. The cylinder into which the lower end of the basin fits may be
arranged so as to turn on its vertical axis, and thereby open and close
the sluice valve in the bottom of the basin of the closet, as will be readily
understood.
The top of the closet is supplied with a small cistern for containing the
water, for the use of the closet, which may be supplied from below by means
of an ordinary lift pump, but it is preferred to use an improved lift pump,
the spear rod of which near the head is formed with a vertical slot or link
which forms part of the rod. Immediately above this link or slot in the
pump rod and on one side thereof is fitted a small vertical antifriction wheel
or roller, which turns on an horizontal fixed axis springing from one side of
the
pump rod. An horizontal driving shaft is placed through the slot or
link opening in the pump rod, and which driving shaft is mounted on suitable
fixed bearings, and is provided with a crank handle at one or both ends, and
bas keyed thereon an excentric immediately below and in contact with the
antifriction wheel on the pump rod. The pump rod is kept in position by

page_text: split V or grooved wheel which encompasses the horizontal driving shaft, and
is so mounted thereon as to allow the same to turn on its axis, but without
lateral motion. By this arrangement of the pump gear the ordinary friction.
on pumps will be considerably reduced, and a direct lift of the spear of the
pump is obtained. Wlien the basin is. made of glass or other suitable.
material, the shank or lower end described may be of metal, and so arranged
as to turn round within the cylinder without rotating the basin, in which case
the same may be actúated from beneath the closet seat..
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed'
by the said John Hays Wilson, in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
3rd June 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN.
HAYS WILSON, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Brass Founder and
Ships' Ironmonger, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirty-first year of Her..
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,.
the said John Hays Wilson, Her special licence that I, the said John.
Hays Wilson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,.
the said John Hays Wilson, my executors, administrators, and assigns,.
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully.
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention:
for "IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO WATERCLOSETS AND PUMPS CONNECTED THERE
WITH, WHICH LATTER IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO LIFT PUMPS GENERALLY,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Hays Wilson..
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and.
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Hays Wilson, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statenient (that is to say) :-
:-
This Invention has for its object certain improvements in the construction
of waterclosets, which are chiefly intended for use on board ship, and in lift
pumps for supplying the said waterclosets, which latter improvements are
also applicable to lift pumps in general, and consists, first, in constructing or
fitting the lower end of the basin with a shank forming a hollow faucet
having a valve opening. on one side thereof, which coincides with an opening
on one side of a cylinder, into which it is fitted in such a manner that the
basin may be turned round that the opening in the shank of the basin and
that in the side of the cylinder in which it turns may coincide, to which latteral
opening is fitted a soil pipe. The shank on the lower portion forming the
hollow faucet may be of the same material and in one piece therewith, or it
may be formed of metal and secured to the glass or other basin. The fixed
cylinder in which the shank of the basin turns is grooved or slotted out in a
vertical direction on the inner surface to receive tallow or other solid
lubricator, or the grooves or recesses for containing lubricating material may
be formed in the exterior of the shank of the basin. When it is desired to
harge the contents of the basin it is turned round so as to make the side
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opening in the shank thereof come opposite the opening of the soil pipe.
the act of turning the basin round a tap connected with the water supply is
opened by an horizontal lever attached thereto, the outer end of which rests on
a recess or or between two studs on the upper edge of the basin. The basin
may be made of any suitable material, but it is preferred it should be formed
of glass. The basin is fixed between two brackets extending from the sido
of the vessel or wall, as the case may be, on which brackets rest a lid, which
is jointed at the back, so that it can be lifted up from the brackets from an
horizontal to a vertical position, to enable the basin to be turned round or
lifted from its seat for the purpose of cleansing or for filling the recesses
described with tallow or other lubricating material. The cylinder into which
the lower end of the basin fits may be arranged so as to turn in place of turn-
ing the basin, or the container or vessel surrounding the closet basin may be
arranged so as to turn on its vertical axis, and thereby open and close the
sluice valve in the bottom of the basin of the closet, as will be readily under-
stood. The top of the closet is supplied with a small cistern for containing
the water for the use of the closet, which may be supplied from below by
means of an ordinary lift pump, but it is preferred to use an improved lift
pump, the spear rod of which near the head is formed with a vertical slot or
links which forms part of the rod. Immediately above the link or slot in the

page_text: pump rod, and on one side thereof is fitted a small vertical antifriction wheel
or roller, which turns on an horizontal fixed axis springing from one side of
the pump rod. An horizontal driving shaft is passed through the slot of
link opening in the pump rod, and which driving shaft is mounted on suit-
able fixed bearings, and is provided with a crank handle at one or both ends,
and has keyed thereon an excentric immediately below and in contact with
the antifriction wheel on the pump rod. The pump rod is kept in position
by a split V or grooved wheel, which encompasses the horizontal driving shaft,
and is so mounted thereon as to allow the same to turn on its axis, but with-
out lateral motion. By this arrangement of the pump gear the ordinary
friction on pumps will be considerably reduced and a direct lift of the spear
of the pump is obtained. When the basin is made of glass or other suitable.
material the shauk or lower end described may be of metal, and so arranged
as to turn round within the cylinder without rotating the basin, in which case
the same may be actuated from beneath the closet seat..
That this my said Invention may be more readily seen and understood I
have hereunto annexed Drawings illustrating the Invention.
Figures 1 and 2, shewn in the annexed Drawings, are partial sectional
elevations of the closet and scat; Figure 3 is a top view or plan of the same
with the lid and seat removed; Figure 4 is a plan of closet seat cover;
Figure 5 is an horizontal section of soil pipe through a, b, Figure 2.
Having now fully described the nature of this my said Invention, and how
the same is to be carried out, I wish it to be understood that I do not confine
myself to the several proportions and dimensions herein-before described,
illustrated, and set forth, as the same may be considerably varied without
departing from the Invention, but what I claim as new and my Invention is-
Firstly. Constructing closet pans or basins of glass.
Secondly. Forming the same at the lower end with a shank or hollow faucet
having a lateral opening or apperture therein for discharging the contents
thereof, substantially for the purpose and in the manner berein-before
described and set forth.
Thirdly. Turning the closet pan on its vertical axis for discharging its con-
tents, substantially for the purpose and in the manner herein-before described
and set forth.
Fourthly. Constructing closet pans that they may be removed or lifted from
their seats, substantially for the purpose and in the manner herein-before
described and set forth.
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Fifthly. Forming the rotating pan, neck or seat of the rotating pan, with
recesses. to receive tallow or other lubricating material.

page_text: Lastly. The general arrangement and combination, of the several parts.
berein-before described and, set forth as applied. to ships' and. other water-
closets.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Hays. Wilson, have hereunto set
my hand and affixed my seal, this Second day of June, in the year of. 5
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
Witness,
WILLIAM WALKER,
44, Castle Street,.
Liverpool.
JOHN HAYS WILSON.. (L.S.);