Improvements in Water Supply and Discharge Apparatus of Baths, Lavatories, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Dec., 1897
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Date of Application, 14th Dec., 1897
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Complete Specification Left, 12th Sept., 1999 Accepted, 20th Oct., 1998
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Water Supply and Discharge Apparatus of Baths,
Lavatories, and the like.
I, JOHN SHANKS, of Tubal Works, Barrhead, in the County of Renfrew, North
Britain, Sanitary Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows, that is to say:-
My said invention has for its object to improve parts of water supply and
discharge apparatus of baths lavatories and the like, one aim of my present
improvements being the avoidance of surfaces, corners, or crevices, on or in which
water containing soap or other matters can lodge.
By my invention I make the end of a bath at which the supply and discharge
apparatus is placed, with its upper part inclined outwards from the lower vertical
or nearly vertical part. The supply taps are fixed through the inclined part and
they support or are supported by a shelf or shelves, which does or do not touch
the end and sides of the bath. The spindles of the taps extend up through the
shelf or shelves and have handles on their upper ends. The shelf or shelves is
or are made with smooth surfaces and round edges, and with recesses for soap
and other articles, with drain holes; or the shelf or shelves may be fixed in an
inclined position, all so that water can drain easily off them. When the taps
are supported by a shelf, it is itself supported by brackets fixed to the sides or
end of the bath and shaped with bevilled edges to present no surface for lodgment
of water. The overflow outlet is formed in the inclined part of the bath end, the
shelf or shelves being made with a cut-out part or otherwise so as to give access
to the overflow passage. The discharge outlet is at the bottom of the bath end.
being in some cases covered on the inner side by a convex grating which is hinged
or otherwise made capable of being easily opened for cleaning. The valve seat
of the discharge outlet is formed on the outer side, the valve being arranged
to close against it. The valve is on a spindle extending through a stuffing box
in the back of the overflow passage; and it is moved by means of an eccentric
on a vertical rod having a handle at its upper end. A knee lever or foot lever
may be arranged to move the spindle or the eccentric.
The discharge valve apparatus that has been described is very suitable for a
lavatory basin or like washing apparatus, as are also some of the other improved
arrangements described. In the case of a lavatory however, instead
of a
detached shelf for tan handles and other parts, the back part
where these are fitted is made in the same piece with the basin but is formed
with a downward inclination to the basin. The overflow passage is also formed
in the basin piece; it is vertical, and its inner edge is sufficiently lowered to
disnense with a separate overflow opening into it.
In the case of an earthenware or glazed firebrick bath the supply and discharge
details are modified to suit the material. The overflow passage is in an external
metal pipe, the entrance into it being a flared metal piece inserted from inside

page_text: through a hole formed for it in the bath end; and other holes are provided for
the supply taps, the shelf or shelves being supported on these, and placed so as
not to touch the sides or ends of the bath. The tap handles may be on the shelf,
or they may be outside the bath end, their delivery nozzles only extending through
holes in the bath end. Or the supply branch pipes may pass over the top of the
bath end or a single opening in the bath end may be provided for the taps and
the overflow outlet. The discharge passage is also formed by a metal pipe, having
an entrance part with a grating, entered from inside the bath, and the pipe below
communicating with the bottom of the overflow pipe and with a trap bend and
the waste pipe. The valve may be of any suitable known kind.
Dated this Thirteenth day of December 1897.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.
Improvements in Water Supply and Discharge Apparatus of Baths,
Lavatories, and the like.
I, JOHN SHANKS, of Tubal Works, Barrhead, in the County of Renfrew, North
Britain, Sanitary Engineer, 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, that is to say
My said invention has for its object to improve parts of water supply and
discharge apparatus of baths lavatories and the like, one aim of my present
improvements being the avoidance of surfaces, corners, or crevices, on or in which
water containing soap or other matters can lodge.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing the same
may be properly understood, I hereunto append two sheets of explanatory draw-
ings to be hereinafter referred. to in describing my improvements.
Figure, 1, on Sheet, 1, of the accompanying drawings is a plan, and Figure, 2,
is a vertical section of a bath as made with one modification of my improvements,
Figures, 3, and 4, being vertical sections of bath ends showing other modifications
of my improvements. Figures, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, and 13, on Sheet, 2, of the
drawings are vertical sections of bath ends, showing various modifications of my
improvements as applied to earthenware or glazed fire-brick baths, Figure, 6, 9,
and 11, being plans corresponding respectively to Figures, 7, 10, and 12. In
these drawings the same reference letters and numerals are used to mark the same
or like parts wherever they are repeated.
By my invention I make the end of a bath at which the supply and discharge
apparatus is placed with its upper part, A, inclined outwards from the lower
vertical or nearly vertical part, B. The supply taps, C, are fixed through the
inclined part, A, and they support a shelf, D. (or it might be shelves) which
does not touch the end and sides of the bath. The spindles, C1, of the taps, C,
extend up through the shelf, 1), and have handles, C2, on their upper ends. The
shelf, D, is made with a smooth surface and rounded edges and with a recess, D 1
for soap and other articles, with drain holes, D2; or the shelf, D, may be fixed
in an inclined position as shown in Figure, 3, all so that water can drain easily
off the shelf. When the taps, C. instead of supporting the shelf, D, are supported
by it, the shelf may be supported by brackets fixed to the sides or end of the.
bath and shaped with bevilled edges to present no surface for lodgment of water.
Instead of a shelf, D, an, open metal frame or basket, E, as shown in Figure, 4,

page_text: may be used having hooked parts, E 1, for attachment to the end of the bath and
a perforated dish or receptacle, E 2, for soap. The overflow outlet, F, is formed
in the inclined part, A, of the bath end the shelf; D, being made with a cut-out
part, 13, or otherwise so as to give access to the overflow passage. The discharge
outlet, G, is at the bottom of the bath end and is preferably covered on the inner
side by a convex grating, G1, which is hinged or otherwise made capable of
being easily opened for cleaning. The valve seat, H, of the discharge outlet, G,
is formed at the back of the valve orifice, the valve, H 1, closing against it.
The valve, H 1, is on a spindle, H2, extending through a stuffing box, H 3, in
the back of the overflow passage, F. and it is moved by means of a crank arm, H4,
(or it might be an eccentric) on the end of a vertical rod, H 5, having a handle, H 6,
at its upper end. A knee lever or foot lever may be arranged instead of the
vertical rod to move the spindle, or the crank arm, or eccentric.
The discharge valve apparatus that has been described is very suitable for a
lavatory basin or like washing apparatus as are also some of the other improved
arrangements described. In the case of a lavatory however instead of a detached
shelf for tap handles and other parts the back part where these are fitted is made
in the same piece with the basin but is formed with a downward inclination to
the basin. The overflow passage is also formed in the basin piece; it is vertical
and its inner edge is sufficiently lowered to dispense with a separate overflow
opening into it.
In the case of an earthenware or glazed firebrick bath the supply and discharge
details as shown on Sheet, 2, are modified to suit the material. The overflow
passage, J, is in an external metal pipe, J 1, the entrance into it being a flared
metal piece, J2, inserted from inside through a hole, K, formed for it in the bath
end and screwed into the pipe. Other holes, K 1, are also provided to admit the
supply taps, C, the shelf, D, (or it might be shelves) being supported on the
taps, and placed so as not to touch the sides or ends of the bath. The tap handles
may be on the shelf. D, as shown in Figures, 5, 8, 9, and 10, or they may be
outside the bath end as shown in Figures, 6, and 7, their delivery nozzles, only
extending through holes, K, in the bath end. Or the supply branch pipes, C 5,
may pass over the top of the bath end as shown in Figure, 8; or a single opening
(not shown) may be provided for the taps and the overflow outlet. The discharge
passage is also formed by a metal pipe, L, having an entrance part, L1, fitted
with a grating, L2 (Figure, 10) entered from inside the bath and secured to the
pipe by a central screwed bolt, L3. The pipe, L, communicates with the bottom
of the overflow pipe, J 1, and with trap bend, M, and the waste pipe, M 1. A
waste valve, N, of any suitable known kind is provided at the entrance to the trap
bend, M. If preferred however the grating, L2, may be dispensed with and the
waste valve. N. placed in the grating entrance as shown in Figures, 5, 7, and 8.
The shelf, D, instead of being made in a separate piece, may be formed on the
bath end itself as shown in Figures, 11, 12, and 13. The shelf piece, P, to which
the supply taps, C, are fixed is formed with a downward inclination and has
openings, K. K 1, for the overflow passage, J, and supply taps, C, and recep-
facles, D1, for soap and other articles.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. In water supply and discharge apparatus for baths, lavatories, and the like,
forming the end of the bath with an upper inclined part to which the supply
taps are fixed, and supporting or being supported by a horizontal or inclined
shelf or shelves clear of the end and sides of the bath, the overflow outlet being
formed in the upper inclined part of the bath, the discharge valve seat being
formed at the back of the discharge orifice the valve spindle being moved by a
eccentric or equivalent fixed to a handled vertical rod or by a knee lever or foot
lever, substantially as hereinbefore described.

page_text: 2. In water supply and discharge apparatus for baths, lavatories, and the like,
making the overflow passage in an external metal pipe, the entrance into the
passage being a flared metal piece attached to the pipe, the discharge passage
also being formed by a metal pipe having an entrance part provided with a waste
valve, or with a grating, and having a waste valve at the entrance to the waste
trap bend, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figures, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9, and 10, of the accompanying drawings.
3. In baths lavatories and the like made of earthenware or glazed firebrick
forming in the same piece an inclined part to which the water supply taps are
fixed substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figures, 11, 12,
and 13, of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Tralfil
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