Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 7th Oct.,
1899

page_text: circular movement, so as to exercise a clearing or freeing function. Moreover,
on account of the inclined position of the finger, it will not catch and retain
filth of any description. The said neck or housing has its outer end internally
threaded for the reception of a bushing F, which is locked in place by means
of a jam-nut G, mounted upon it and which abuts against the upper and outer
edge of the neck, the inner end of the bushing bearing upon a flange C2 of the
eccentric and against a packing-ring H, which is seated upon a shoulder 1,
formed in the lower end of the neck or housing. This construction provides
for packing the hub C!, so that no fluid can work its way outward. Although
the inclined position of the housing would make it to a large extent self-clearing,
the hub C, which is located in its lower end, so closes it that there is substantially
no opportunity for any filth or foulness to enter and accumulate in it. The
said hub C¹ is rotated for the elevation and depression of the plug B by means of
an inclined rod I, upon the lower end of which it is mounted, and which has
bearing in the outer end of the bushing F. A vertically arranged rod J mounted
in a bushing K, located in the slab L³ and furnished at its upper end with a
handle M, is at its lower end connected with the rod I by means of a gimbal-
joint. For the purpose of this connection a gimbal-joint of any approved con-
struction may be employed, that herein shown consisting of an upper yoke or
fork L, a corresponding lower yoke or fork L, and a four-armed coupling-
piece L2, the outer ends of the arms of which terminate in trunions which
work in suitable holes formed in the ends of the arms of the yokes. By pre-
ference the said rods I and J are adjustably connected with the said yokes by
means of clips N, secured in place by screws n. For the purpose of this adjust-
able connection the upper end of the rod I and the lower end of the rod J are
flattened to permit them to enter grooves formed in the yokes.
By arranging the neck or housing D at an acute angle with respect to the
waste-pipe D', the eccentric may be located in such a position that its obstruc-
tion of the pipe D¹ is reduced to the minimum. Furthermore if for any reason
there is any leakage around the packing-washer 1, that leakage will ordinarily
be returned to the waste-pipe, whereas if the neck or housing were located at a
right angle to the waste-pipe, the leakage would escape into the floor. It should
also be pointed out that the inclination of the rod I secures an economy of space
and enables the coupling between the two rods to be effected by a single gimbal-
joint.
It should be understood that this invention is not limited to the exact con-
struction herein shown and described, but such changes and alterations may be
made in it as fairly fall within its spirit and scope. It is known, however, that
a wash-basin having its waste-plug operated by means of a lifting instrumentality
located within an inclined housing is old, and also that it is old to operate the
waste-plug of a washbasin by means of a finger located eccentrically to a hub
mounted upon a rotable shaft or rod to which movement is communicated from
an operating-handle, and therefore neither of these constructions are claimed
broadly.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is:
The combination with a washbasin, of a waste-plug therefor, a waste-pipe into
which the said waste-plug extends, an inclined housing intersecting the said
waste-pipe and formed within its lower end with an annular bearing shoulder,
an eccentric located within the lower end of the said housing and consisting of a
hub provided at its outer end with a flange and closing the said end of the housing
so as to prevent the entrance thereinto of any filth from the waste-pipe, and also
consisting of a finger extending inward from the hub in position to coact with
the lower end of the plug, a bushing entered into the housing, projecting up-
ward in an inclined position from the outer end thereof, and extending inward

page_text: for engagement with the said flange of the hub, a packing-washer located between
the flange of the hub and the said bearing-shoulder of the housing, an inclined
operating-rod having a long bearing in the outer end of the said bushing and
entering the said hub, a vertically arranged handle-rod, a handle located at the
upper end thereof, and a universal connection between the lower end of the
handle-rod and the upper end of the said inclined operating-rod, whereby the hub
is rotated for the coaction of its finger with the plug by turning the handle in
either direction, the inclination of the operating-rod and the employment of a
universal connection between the upper end of the same and the lower end of the
handle-rod, securing an economy of space.
Dated this 9th day of August 1800
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.