Improvements in or relating to Connections for the Supply of Water to Closet Apparatus.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 27th June, 1989-Accepted, 27th July, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Connections for the Supply of
Water to Closet Apparatus.
I WILLIAM DUNDAS SCOTT-MONCRIEFF of 86 Newman Street London W. in the
County of Middlesex Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows :-
This invention has for its special object the improvement of connections for the
supply of water to Closet apparatus & more especially as regards the connection
of the bent union to the earthenware basin and the means of allowing a certain
amount of play in fixing Water Waste preventing cisterns for the supply of
same. To this end 1 arrange the socket of the earthenware basin with a slight
amount of internal convergence towards its external opening & concavity inwards,
leaving a shoulder in such a manner as to allow of the union for the bend to abutt
against the said shoulder providing the said union with a small projecting collar
so that when it is inserted the undercut recess into which it is placed may be run
with liquid cement or other suitable material, thus forming a permanent key or
bed to keep it in its place and in order to allow of a certain amount of play in
fixing the Water Waste preventing cistern to the other extremity of the down pipe I
provide the brackets upon which it is carried with slotted holes so that when the
two ends of the down pipe are screwed up & thoroughly secured the holding studs or
bolts of the cisterns can be screwed up so as to give the whole arrangement the
necessary amount of stability. In this manner an improved and simplified method
of connection is obtained which is advantageous on account of its saving in cost and
in the labour of fixing. I do not confine myself to the method of fixing the brass
union with cement but when desirable fix it in the earthenware itself before fireing
the same.
Dated this 8th day of October 1888.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Connections for the Supply of
Water to Closet Apparatus.
1, WILLIAM DUNDAS SCOTT MONORIEFF Engineer of 86 Newman Street London W.
in the county of Middlesex 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:-
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This Invention has for its object the improvement of connections for the supply
of water to closet apparatus these hitherto having been defective in respect of the
arrangements for which this Invention provides a remedy. In carrying out these
improvements I follow closely upon the description set forth in my Provisional
Specification as now shewn in the drawings which illustrate the manner in which I
carry them into effect.
I arrange the socket of the earthenware basin with a slight amount of internal
convergence towards its external opening and concavity inwards leaving a shoulder
in such a manner as to allow of the union for the bend to abutt against the said
shoulder providing the said union with a small projecting collar so that when it is
inserted the undercut recess in which it is placed may be run with cement or other
suitable material thus forming a permanent key or bed to keep it in its place and in
order to allow of a certain amount of play in fixing the water waste preventing
cistern to the other extremity of the down pipe I provide the brackets upon which

page_text: it is carried with slotted holes so that when the two ends of the down pipe are
screwed up and thoroughly secured the holding studs or bolts of the cistern (being
those of the brackets) can be screwed up so as to give the whole arrangement
the necessary amount of stability.
Fig. I represents an arrangement of bent union 1, which is fixed in the socket of
the earthenware basin by means of a collar 2 which is kept in its place with cement or
other suitable material the socket being undercut in order to provide the necessary
key. Fig. II represents the brackets which support the Flushing cistern 3, the
vertical limbs 4 being slotted in order to provide a certain amount of vertical play
so as to avoid any strain upon the union or upon the horn of the basin when
fixed.
Fig. III represents a modification of the foregoing arrangement which possesses
certain advantages on account of a provision for lateral play in the fixing of the
down pipe; 5 is the straight portion of the union fixed as in the case of Fig. I. or
with V shaped groove 6 as shewn instead of a collar as in Fig. I and this is formed
so as to make a stuffing box with a gland 7 into which the bend of the down pipe can
be adjusted previous to the packing ring 8 being compressed.
Fig. IV represents an alternative arrangement for the slotted holes in the vertical
legs of the brackets by the substitution of a gland 9 and stuffing box 10 in which
vertical play is allowed to the down pipe as in the case of the lateral play shewn in
Fig. 11, in which case ordinary brackets would be sufficient.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The fixing of unions to closet apparatus substantially as herein described.
2. The construction of the unions of closet apparatus so as to provide a lateral
play and the avoidance of strains substantially as described.
3. The providing of means for avoiding a vertical strain upon the down pipes of
closets substantially as described.
Dated this 27th day of June 1889.
W. D. SCOTT-MONCRIEFF.