Improvements in Intercepting or Disconnecting Traps.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 27th Mar., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
Improvements in Intercepting or Disconnecting Traps.
We, GEORGE FREEMAN, of Gordon House, Frederick Place, Brighton, in the
County of Sussex, Cement Merchant, and WILLIAM SHOOSMITH, of 15 Ivory
Place, Brighton, aforesaid Drainage Inspector, 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 intercepting or disconnecting traps and comprises the
improvements hereinafter set forth.
The object of our said invention is to provide an intercepting or disconnecting
trap having an improved form of access hole or aperture, and likewise branches
for admitting of the connection thereto of pipes for ventilation or other
purposes.
In the accompanying drawings we have shown how our said invention may be
conveniently and advantageously carried into practice.
Figure 1 is a plan, and
Figure 2 is an end view showing an intercepting or disconnecting trap with our
improvements applied thereto.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawing.
A. is the trap, which has an inlet aperture A³, an outlet aperture A³, and a
clearing arm and aperture A³.
According to our said invention we provide an access hole or aperture B which
is situated in such a position as to enable the trap to be easily cleared out
when required, and is moreover formed oval as shown so as to further facilitate
this operation. This access hole or aperture B is provided with a door or cover
not shown in the drawing, and a gas tight joint is formed in any well-known
manner when the trap is in position. C, C are two arms communicating with the
interior of the trap below the said access hole or aperture B and provided with
sockets to receive the ends of ventilating or other pipes. The arm is formed to
project laterally and at right angles from the longitudinal and vertical axes of the
trap, whilst the arm C' is formed to project laterally and at any other suitable
angle therefrom, but preferably so as to extend towards the inlet side A' thereof
as shown.
By our improvements we are enabled to provide an intercepting or disconnecting
trap both efficient in action, and easily cleared, and ventilated, and which moreover
is adapted for use in a great number of cases where interceptors of ordinary
construction would be inapplicable. We thereby obviate the necessity of providing
traps of different construction for each particular application.
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. An improved intercepting or disconnecting trap having an oval access hole,
and two socketted arms for ventilating or other pipes, one of which arms projects
laterally at right angles from the said trap, and the other of which arms projects
laterally at any other suitable angle therefrom, substantially as described,

page_text: 2. The improved intercepting or disconnecting trap substantially as described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 6th dor of Febru 1907
A. F. SPOONER,
323, High Holborn, London, Agent for the Applicants.