IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER WASTE PREVENTORS. AND OTHER APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE SUPPLY OF WATER AND OTHER LIQUIDS
Year: 1884

page_text: GEORGE CLUTTERBUCK, of 12 Queens Road Peckham in the County of Surrey,
Sanitary Gas and Hot Water Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my
Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER WASTE PREVENTORS. AND OTHER
APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE SUPPLY OF WATER AND OTHER LIQUIDS-and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described in and
by the following statement :-
The Invention relates to apparatus used for the supply of water to cisterns and
to apparatus for flushing water closets and other places and for preventing the
waste of water.
There are a number of water waste preventers on the syphon principle and the
syphon is started or put in action by various appliances more or less complicated
consisting of valves and cranks but all of which of necessity have a ball cock or
valve to regulate the required supply of water.
My Invention consists in utilising or using the ball of cock or valve to start or
set in action the syphon.
The ball is depressed by means of a lever attached thereto or to the arm of same
or by means of a crank acting upon the arm or ball of supply cock or valve and so,
raise the water in the cistern and so start the syphon.
The flush continues until all the water has left the cistern.
In connection with this arrangement I apply a hinged or knuckle joint to the arm
of ball valve-which is adjusted by a set screw or pin and holes or rack and pinion
or nut and wire so as to bring the ball or float to its required position and so avoid
the old difficult and clumsy method of setting the ball valve by means of bending
the arın up or down as required.
The arm or ball valve may be regulated by a thumb screw or a nut and screw
or a pin and holes or by a rack and pinion or by the parallel or four bar action.
The syphon may be made in any of the usual ways but I prefer to make it by
having a pipe of the required height fixed into the bottom of supply cistern and
continued to arm of water closet. To form the outlet or long leg of syphon, and to
form the inlet or short leg of syphon by a loose cap of proper dimensions to cover
the aforementioned outlet pipe, scolloped or perforated at bottom. This cap
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page_text: forming the short leg of syphon can be removed while the ball valve is adjusted
to its proper position or for the purpose of removing any dirt or obstruction which
might enter the syphon.
This cap or short leg of syphon being loose enables the apparatus to be more
easily repaired. The several parts of my Invention may be made of any suitable
material.
forming the short leg of syphon can be removed while the ball valve is adjusted
to its proper position or for the purpose of removing any dirt or obstruction which
might enter the syphon.
This cap or short leg of syphon being loose enables the apparatus to be more
easily repaired. The several parts of my Invention may be made of any suitable
material.
EXPLANATION OF DRAWINGS.
A. B. C. Figs. 1 and 2 is ball and arm with hinge or knuckle joint (B) and set
screw (O).
D is a lever attached to ball.
E is a loose cap or short leg of syphon.
F is outlet or long leg of syphon,
Figs. 3 and 4 are elevations of loose cap..
Figs. 5. 6. 7. 8 and 9 represent various methods which I employ to make the
regulating part of the arm of ball valve and may be applied to any kind of ball
cock or valve.
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 for my Invention is
1. Starting the syphon by pulling down the ball of the valve and so simplifying
the mechanism and reducing the number of parts.
2. Constructing the syphon with its shorter leg or cover loose.
3. Adjusting the arms of the balls or floats of the cocks or valves used to
regulate the level of the water in the flushing cisterns by mechanical means as
herein before described.
Didth: 11 jool