Improvements in Waste Apparatus suitable for Baths and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 9th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left. 18th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 18th Feb., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Waste Apparatus suitable for Baths and the like.
We, CHARLES CROWFOOT CLARKE, LEICESTER HOMAN and R. & W.
WILSON & SONS, LIMITED, all of 90 Wardour Street in the County of Middlesex,
Bath Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to the waste apparatus for baths and the like and would
usually be employed in connection with a stand-pipe; it may however be used
without the stand-pipe. The principal object of the invention is to provide a waste
apparatus which can be conveniently fitted into corners and awkward places where
with the present apparatus considerable difficulty is often experienced in bending and
fitting the pipes.
In carrying out the invention we employ a valve chamber and valve of substantially
ordinary construction connected by a suitable branch with the bath or other vessel
and joining another chamber or support having another branch from which the
outlet is taken; both of these branches may be provided with the usual couplings
or otherwise as required. The two chambers instead of being rigidly connected
together as is customary are movably united or so arranged that they can be placed
together in the required position and may subsequently be connected by soldering or
otherwise or, so long as the joint is water-tight, it may be a permanent joint. A
convenient way of connecting these two is to employ a fine threaded screw. By
this arrangement the angle formed by the two branches can be varied to any extent
round the entire circle and the fitting is thus greatly facilitated.
Dated this 9th day of May 1892.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Waste Apparatus suitable for Baths and the like.
We, CHARLES CROWFOOT CLARKE, LEICESTER HOMAN, and R. & W.
WILSON & SONS, LIMITED, all of 90 Wardour Street, in the County of Middlesex,
Bath Manufacturers, 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 :—
This invention relates to the waste apparatus for baths and the like and would
usually be employed in connection with a stand-pipe. It may however be used
without the stand-pipe. The principal object of this invention is to provide a waste
apparatus which can be conveniently fitted into corners and awkward places where,
with the present apparatus, considerable difficulty is often experienced in bending
and fitting the pipes.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section of appartus constructed
according to this invention and shown as fitted to a bath, part of which only is shown.
Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
In carrying out this invention we employ a valve chamber A, at the lower part
of which is provided the usual valve seat A for receiving the waste valve G and to
the upper part of which may be soldered or otherwise secured the stand pipe B.
The inlet branch A' of the chamber A may be connected by the union joint A*

page_text: with the outlet C' of bath C in the ordinary manner, the chamber being at its
lower part provided with a screwed end A³ having preferably a fine screw-thread
upon which is screwed the upper end of the chamber D, which is provided with an
outlet D and union D2 for connection with the waste pipe in the usual manner.
E is a foot-plate adjustable on the screw-threaded projection D³ extending from the
closed bottom of the chamber D.
The upper end of the stand-pipe B is provided with a fine screw-thread on which
is screwed the lower end of the cup or socket F, one side of which is provided with
an outlet branch F' connected by a union joint F' and the necessary tube with the
waste pipe in the usual manner.
When the before described apparatus is being fitted up the chamber D and cup
or socket F are rotated upon or in relation to the stand-pipe B and branch A¹ C¹ so
that the branches or outlets D2 F may be arranged in the most convenient position
with regard to the surrounding walls or structure close to which the bath may be
located, for example it may in some cases be found extremely inconvenient to have
D in line with C in the manner shown in Fig. 1 under which circumstances it can
be turned to a more convenient angle as for example to any of those shown in dotted
lines in Fig. 2 or it may be located directly beneath the union A³ the waste pipe
being carried beneath the bath C. Similarly the cup or socket F may be rotated
on the upper end of B so that the overflow branch or outlet F2 may be in the most
convenient position whether that happen to be as shown in Fig. 1 or not. After
these fittings D and F have been adjusted as last described the joints between them
and the chamber A or stand-pipe B may be made secure by solder; or the joints
may be made tight by red lead or in any other convenient manner. The foot E by
being screwed more or less on to D' can be so adjusted as to properly support the
pipe and fittings.
Where the overflow from the bath is fitted directly to the bath the stand-pipe B
may be dispensed with and it will be understood that any suitable connection or joint
for the movable parts whether naturally water-tight or requiring to be made so
afterwards may be employed; also that the shape and construction of the parts may
be varied without departing from the spirit of this invention.
The adjustable foot-plate forming the subject of other Letters Patent no claim
thereto apart from the novel portions of this apparatus is made in this Specification.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is,
1. The employment in a waste apparatus for baths and the like of a branch or
connection adjustable in the horizontal plane for the purpose described.
2. A waste fitting for baths and the like in which only one of the branches is a
fixture the other or others being adjustable in the horizontal plane substantially as
and for the purpose described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. In a waste apparatus such as described the combination with a fixed vertical
pipe B of fixed inlet branch such as A' and adjustable outlet branch such as D'
substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
4. In a waste apparatus such as described the combination with a fixed vertical
pipe B of a fixed inlet branch such as A' adjustable outlet branch such as D¹
and overflow branch such as F¹ both F¹ and D' being adjustable substantially as
ana for the purpose described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
5. In apparatus such as described a fitting consisting of two parts such as A Done
provided with a branch constituting the inlet and the other a branch constituting the
outlet adjustably connected together substantially as and for the purpose described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
6. In apparatus such as described the combination with a fitting such as A D of
a stand-pipe B and overflow cup or socket such as F F adjustably secured on the
stand-pipe substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

page_text: 7. In combination with the adjustable fitting such as A. D of an adjustable foot-
plate such as E substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 17th day of January 1902
CHARLES CROWFOOT CLARKE.
LEICESTER HOMAN.
R. & W. WILSON & SONS, LTD.,
Chas. Clarke, Director.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicants.