Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Aug., 1886.
Complete Left, 12th May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 14th June, 1887.
I, JOHN HILL of No. 1 Westfield Terrace, Rotherham, Yorkshire, Managing
Director of Wheathill Foundry Company Limited do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved construction of discharge-valve fittings and
other apparatus for baths.
In a bath having my improvements, I form a hole in the end of the bath near the
top for overflow and also a hole or holes at the bottom of the bath near the end to
serve as orifice or orifices for discharge.
To these openings I attach a flanged branch pipe at any required angle to suit the
bath, having openings to fit to the said holes, making water tight joints; the upper
end of this pipe is left open, and at the lower part I form a valve bed or seat, so
turned or ground or otherwise finished on its face as to make a watertight fit; the
bottom end of the pipe is closed by a screwed-on door, having a square recess in it.
I provide a valve with a long rod with square end at bottom, which is placed in the
pipe from the opening at the bottom, before the door is screwed on, and the bottom
square end of the rod enters the square recess in the said door, when this is screwed
on, in such a way that although the valve can move up and down yot it cannot turn
round, or be wholly released from the recess in the said door.
The face of the valve is provided with a washer of india rubber, or material of
similar yielding nature so that when pressed against the valve bed of the pipe by the
lifting of the valve, the discharge of the water from the bath is stopped. At the
upper end of the rod of the valve, I attach by a swivel, a handle working through a
slot in a plate provided for that purpose, the said plate being attached to the top edge
of the bath and having on its upper side a screw-like projecting cam surface round
the said slot, and the said handle having a projecting bracket or catch. When the
discharge waste valve is required to be open the handle is allowed to drop through
the slot and with it the rod and valve drop as far as the vessel in the bottom door will
allow, affording free access for the water from the bath to flow through an opening in
the pipe immediately above tho said valve into a trapped outlet which forms part of
the said nine

page_text: When it is wished to shut the valve, the handle is raised until the bracket or catch
clears the top surface of the plate above the slot, and then is turned on to the screw
like projecting cam surface round the said slot, by which wedging or by tightening
motion the valve washer is tightened against the valve soat and shut, the connecting
swivel allowing this to be done without without imparting any rotation to the valve.
By the overflow hole connection, superfluous water in the bath can escape down the pipe
and through the opening in the pipe immediately above the valve into the trapped
outlet, and this whether the valve is open or closed.
The trapped outlet has an opening above it with a loose screwed-on door, provided
on its underside with a bell which forms the trap for preventing foul gases from rising
up the pipe, by reasion that the edge of the said bell will always be below water
standing in the ring or trough formed in the trap for that purpose.
By this screwed-on door being readily removeable, the trap and also the valve face,
by means of the opening in the pipe immediately above it, can at any time he got at
for the purpose of cleaning.
Although the said trap and valve are not necessarily above the floor line, yet the
said door is by preference situated above the floor line, so as to facilitate its removal
when necessary. The valve fittings before described can be used alone, or they can
be used in combination with hot and cold screw-down valve taps or taps of any suitable
known construction, and soap or other dishes of any design and of any suitable material
can be attached to the plate at the top edge of the bath."
DL
1000
ABEL & IMRAY,
28, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
This invention relates to an improved construction of discharge-valve fittings and
other apparatus for baths.

page_text: To these openings I attach a flanged branch pipe at any required angle to suit the
bath having openings to fit to the said holes, making water tight joints, the upper end
of this pipe is left open and at the lower part I form a valve bed or seat, so turned or
ground or otherwise finished on its face as to make a water-tight fit, the bottom end
of the pipe is closed, by a screwed on door having a square recess in it. I provide a
valve with a long rod with square end at bottom, which is placed in the pipe from the
opening at the bottom, before the door is screwed on, and the bottom square end of
the rod enters the square recess in the said door, when this is screwed on in such a
way that although the valve can move up and down yet it cannot turn round, or be
wholly released from the recess in the said door.
The face of the valve is provided with a washer of india-rubber or material of
similar yielding nature so that when pressed against the valve bed of the pipe by the
lifting of the valve, the discharge of the water from the bath is stopped. At the upper
end of the rod of the valve, 1 attach by a swivel a handle working through a slot in a
plate provided for that purpose the said plate being attached to the top edge of the
bath, and having on its upper side a screw-like projecting can surface round the said
slot, and the said handle having a projecting bracket or catch. When the discharge
waste valve is required to be open the handle is allowed to drop through the slot and
with it the rod and valve drop as far as the recess in the bottom door will allow,
affording free access for the water from the bath to flow through an opening in tho
pipe immediately above the said valve into a trapped outlet which forms part of the
Said pipe.
When it is wished to shut the valve, the handle is raised until the bracket or catch
clears the top surface of the plate above the slot and then is turned on to the screw
liko projecting cam surface round the said slot by which wedging or by tightening
motion the valve washer is tightened against the valve seat and shut, the connecting
swivel allowing this to be done without imparting any rotation to the valvo. By the
overflow hole connection superfluous water in the bath can escape down the pipe and
through the opening in the pipe immediately above the valve into the trapped outlet,
and this whether the valve is open or closed. The trapped outlet has an opening
above it with a loose screwed-on door provided on its underside with a bell which
forms the trap for preventing foul gases from rising up the pipe, by reason that the
edge of the said bell will always be below the water standing in the ring or trough
formed in the trap for that purpose.
By this screwed-on door being readily removeable, the trap and also the valve face
by means of the opening in the pipe immediately above it, can at any time, be got at
for the purpose of cleaning.
Although the said trap and valve are not necessarily above the floor line, yet the
said door is by preference situated above the floor line so as to facilitate its removal
when necessary. The valve fittings before described can be used alone, or they can
be used in combination with hot and cold scrow down valve taps or taps of any
suitable known construction and soap or other dishes of any design and of any suitable
material can be attached to the plate at the top edge of the bath.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings shows a part plan of a bath with my before
described improved fittings applied thereto Fig. 2 shews a vertical section on line AB
fig. 1, fig. 3 shows an end view, fig. 4 shows an enlarged sectional view of the device
for holding the escape valve in the closed position and fig. 5 shews a perspective view
of the bath and fittings complete.

page_text: provided with a handle. The pipe E has an opening beneath the valve H through
which this can be introduced or removed and which is closed by a cap G having a
square recess into which enters the square lower end of the rod K, so that the latter
can move up and down to close or open the valve but cannot be turned round, the
end of the rod always remaining in the recess. The handle M is connected to K
by a swivel coupling L so that M can be rotated while E remains stationary, it
passes up through a plate O fixed to the top of the bath and has above this a lateral
projection or nose which can pass through a slot N in the plate O and can then be
made to bear upon a circular incline P fixed on the plate O. Thus when the valve H
is required to be open the handle M is turned so that its nose Q can pass down
through the slot N and the rod K and valve H are allowed to drop, while for closing
the valve the handle is first drawn upwards so that the nose Q is above the incline P
so that on then turning the handle so as to cause the nose to ride up the incline the
valve will be drawn tight against its seat.
When the valve is open the waste water flows through an opening I above it into
the trapped outlet SS, which may conveniently he formed as part of the pipe E. Any
water passing through the overflow opening will pass down the pipe E and escape
through R and S whether the discharge valve be open or closed.
The bell of the trap is formed or fixed on a cover T closing an opening in the top
of the trap, and which may be secured by screws as shewn at fig. 5. As there shown
the top part of the trap is by preference arranged above the floor of the bath room in
order that access may be easily gained to the interior of the trap waste pipe when
required for examination or cleansing.
The escape pipe S is made to project sufficiently far into the bell of the trap to
insure that there shall always be a water soal to prevent the rising of gases through
the waste pipe of the bath.
The above described valve fittings may be used either above or in combination with
hot and cold water taps of any suitable construction such as shewn at U and Y, and
the plate O may be provided with soap dishes either as at W W fig. 1 so as to drain
into the bath or as shown at fig. 5, these may be made of one or more pieces of
earthenware fixed on to the plute O.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :—
1. The use for baths of a discharge valve having a rod by which it is raised up
against the underside of the discharge opening so as to close the same the swivelling
handle of the rod having a nose that is made by the rotation of the handle to bear
upon an incline so as to draw the valve tight against its seat substantially as herein
described.
2. The combination of the discharge and overflow pipe H having discharge
openings F, R and trap S with the valve H, rod K handle M nosc Q slot N and
incline P arranged and operating substantially as herein described with reference to
the accompanying drawings.
3. The use for baths of a discharge valve held against the underside of the
discharge opening by a cam, lever, screw or other fastening device so arranged that
when the valve is released thereby it will drop freely away from its seat.
7
AF
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.