IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY SHUTTING OFF THE SUPPLY OF WATER OR OTHER FLUID TO CISTERNS AND OTHER RECEPTACLES IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE OVERFLOW AND WASTE THEREOF
Year: 1885

page_text: I FREDERICK BAXTER of Ivy House, Burton on Trent in the County of Stafford,
Brewer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY SHUTTING OFF THE SUPPLY OF WATER
OR OTHER FLUID TO CISTERNS AND OTHER RECEPTACLES IN ORDER TO PREVENT
THE OVERFLOW AND WASTE THEREOF, and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement: -
The Invention has for its object to utilize the water or other fluid improperly
overflowing from cisterns and other receptacles in such manner that it shall put in
motion a simple apparatus and thereby automatically cut off the supply.
For this purpose, the waste or overflow is conducted by a waste pipe to a water
wheel, turbine, emission engine or other suitable motor to which it gives rotary
motion. This motor is mounted upon a shaft or axle and is contained within a
suitable case or chamber.
Upon one end of the shaft or axle is mounted a small pulley or drum to which
is attached one end of a chain or cord and the other end of the axle is provided
with one or more bells carried upon arms for the purpose of audibly indicating
when the overflow is taking place; the chain or cord is conducted over guide
pulleys and the other end thereof is attached to a lever connected to an ordinary
ball cock or to a separate controlling cock or valve placed in the pipe supplying
water or other fluid to the cistern.
A second chain or cord or a continuation of the same chain or cord is conducted
from the lever and around the guide pulley placed beyond it to any convenient
position and is provided with a hand pull at its end whereby the apparatus may
be returned to its normal position after being acted upon by the overflow.
And in order that my said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect, I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully
to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.

page_text: A represents the motor within its chamber or casing B. C is the cistern and
D is the overflow or waste pipe connected with the motor A which may be placed
in any convenient position.
The motor A is mounted upon a shaft or axle E and is contained within a case
or chamber B.
Upon one end of the shaft or axle E is mounted a small pulley or drum G to
which is attached one end of a chain or cord H and the other end of the shaft or
axle E is provided with one or more bells Q for the purpose hereinafter explained;
the chain or cord H is conducted over a guide pulley H¹ to the lever K to which
the other end of such chain or cord is attached.
The lever K may be fixed on the axis of an ordinary ball cock or valvo L or it
may control a separate valve or cock placed in the supply pipe of the cistern C.
A second chain or cord P, or it might be a continuation of the cord or chain H
is attached to the lever K and is conducted therefrom over a guide pulley P¹ to any
convenient position and it is provided with a hand pull P2 at its end. M and O are
stops to limit the motion of the lever K.
The action of the apparatus is as follows: In case the ball cock fails to act or
the contents of the cistern overflow from other cause the water immediately that
it begins to overflow down the waste pipe D gives rotary motion to the motor A
and thereby winds the cord or chain H upon the drum G pulling over the lever K
attached to the supply cock L until it is arrested by the stop M and thereby
shutting off the supply.
When the supply cock L is required to be again opened, the lever K is pulled
over by means of the hand pull P and cord P until it is arrested by the stop O as
shown at Figure 1.
When the apparatus is connected with an ordinary ball cock which is in proper
working order the lever K will move in conjunction with the ball taking up a little
of the cord or chain P and slightly slacking away the cord or chain H when the
ball rises and acting in a contrary manner when the ball falls but these movements
will not interfere with the ordinary action of the ball cock.
The bells Qgive an audible indication of the overflow so long as the motor A
rotates and in the event of the cut off failing through the breaking of the chain or
cord or otherwise the sounding of the bells will be continued until attention is
drawn to the fact and the supply is shut off, and in some cases I may so arrange
the apparatus that every time the cistern is filled the bells will be sounded a few
times in order to indicate that fact.
I would here remark that I do not confine myself to the precise arrangements of
means or apparatus herein shown and described as it is evident that the overflow
water may be caused to put in motion other forms of mechanism for the purpose
stated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I would have it
understood that what I claim is
The employment of means or apparatus for automatically cutting off the supply
of water or other fluid to cisterns or other receptacles in manner substantially as
herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.