An Improved Form of Automatic Basin of Any Required Section with Revolving Action for Flushing Water Closets, Drains, or otherwise.
Year: 1891

page_text: The decision of the Comptroller-General, of the 19th day of February 1894,
allowed, under Section 18 of the Patents, &c. Act, 1883, an Amendment of
this Specification.
Date of Application, 25th Apr., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Jan., 1892-Accepted, 27th Feb., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Form of Automatic Basin of Any Required Section
with Revolving Action for Flushing Water Closets, Drains, or
otherwise.
WILLIAM THOMAS ALLEN of Uffington House, Tamworth Road, Gravelly Hill
in the County of Warwick Builder do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention consists of a basin of any material fixed or hung on a pivot and
placed in a frame or pipe which receives water from surface drainage or otherwise
and which is so weighted that when it becomes filled with water to a certain
level, revolves automatically and discharges the contents of the basin into the drain
or otherwise for the purpose of flushing the same.
Dated this 24th day of April 1891.
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WILLIAM THOMAS ALLEN.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED).
An Improved Form of Automatic Basin of Any Required Section
with Revolving Action for Flushing Water Closets, Drains, or
otherwise.
I WILLIAM THOMAS ALLEN of Uffington House Tamworth Road, Gravelly
Hill in the County of Warwick Builder do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention eonsists of a relates to a flushing apparatus for water closets drains
and the like and consists of a drum constructed basin of any material fixed or hung on
a pivots and placed when desired in a frame, er pipe which receives water or erection,
and into which said basin water or slop liquids from surface drainage or otherwise
and which flour. The said basin is so weighted that when it becomes filled with
water to a certain level, it completely revolves automatically, and in its operation
discharges the its contents of the basin into the drain or otherwise for the purpose
of flushing the same, and then rights itself without the aid of stops or catches ready for
again refilling.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practise I have appended hereunto a large sheet of drawings upon which I have
fully illustrated the nature of my said improvements.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of my basins.
Figure 1 is an enlarged eross section through same with the sectional view of my
improved basin in position just before flushing.

page_text: Figure 2 is a similar section to Figure 1 but shewing the basin during its process
of flushing.
Figure 4 is a section through a row of closets shewing the position and application
of my improved basin thereto.
Figure 5 is a plan of the closets shewn in Figure 4.
My Thus my invention consists of the a drum constructed basin A, which may be
formed of any suitable material, and which is hung or supported by the pivot-A'
upon pivots a in any suitable frame or chamber H, so that it may receive the waste
water from sinks or surface drainage such as the gulleys K, see Figure 5, or as the
case may be through the pipe F, see Figures 1 and 2. This basin is so shaped that
with the hollow a comes on the top and the-interior-face-projecting of the back of the
vessel which thus projects inwards on the one side, while a projection of the other side is
formed outwards at a³ on the other side so that when the basin gets sufficiently full of
water, for the outwardly projecting-side a³ to over-balances the inwardly projecting
side a², when the basin completely revolves and discharges in its course the whole of
its contents into the mouth of the a drain or otherwise as the case may be, and as
shewn by Figure.4, after which by reason of the bottom a being heavier than the
top a the basin A rights itself into its former position, which action is assisted by
the extra weight at aⓇ.
The application of my invention will be readily understood by the diagrams
shewn in Figures 4 and 5 in which the closets B have the earthenware fittings E
and are all flushed by the one basin A but of course I can modify this arrangement
to suit the particular requirements of the various kinds of closets in use as for
instance I may have a revolving basin to each separate closet.
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:
The improved form of basin with automatic revolving turn over action sub-
stantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and illustrated upon the accom-
panying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of January 1892.
WILLIAM THOMAS ALLEN.