An Improved Street Gully
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Street Gully,
1, FREDERICK GORDON, of Clifton, Brighouse, in the County of York, Engineer
and Surveyor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists in a new construction of street gully, the primary object
of the invention being to increase its depth and enlarge its capacity for receiving
the sand or mud washed from the surfaces of the roads. I place a sieve or grate
near the top of the gully through which the overflow water passes.
The gully
is divided into two parts by a division plate or midfeather. The overflow water
passing through the sieve descends to the bottom of the divided part of the gully,
passing through an outlet hole at the bottom, rising up to the outlet, whence the
said water passes into the drain or sewer. According to my arrangement of
gully the outlet passage is very much lower, below the surface of the street, than
in those gullies hitherto constructed, consequently the liability of fracture or
breakage from a heavy load passing over the surface of the road is greatly lessened.
Dated this 24th day of January 1899.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Patent Agents.
I, FREDERICK GORDON, of Clifton, Brighouse, in the County of York, Engineer
and Surveyor, 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:-
My invention consists in a new construction of street gully, the primary object
of my invention being to increase its depth and enlarge its capacity for receiving
the sand or mud washed off the surface of the roads. I place a sieve or grate near
the top of the gully through which the overflow water passes. The gully is
divided into two parts by a division plate or midfeather. The overflow water
passing through the sieve descends to the bottom of the divided part of the
gully passing through an outlet hole at the bottom, rising up to the outlet,
whence the said water passes into the drain or sewer.
According to my arangement of gully the outlet passage is very much lower
below the surface of the street ihan in those gullies hitherto constructed, con-
sequently the liability of fracture or breakage from a heavy load passing over
the surface of the road is greatly lessened.

page_text: In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,
Fig. 1 is a plan view of my improved street gully;
Fig. 2 is sectional elevation taken on line 1-1 of Fig. 1; and
Fig. 3 is similar view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.
Referring to the drawings, letter a represents the gully, which is divided into
two parts towards the outlet end thereof by means of a division plate or mid-
feather b, thus forming a sand pit a the full depth of the gully, for receiving the
mud, sand, stones, etcetera, washed from the surface of the road. The overflow
water is adapted to pass through a sieve or grate e placed at one upper corner of
the division plate or midfeather b, thence to the bottom of the gully, and under
another dividing wall d, whence the said overflow water rises up to the outlet e,
and passes thence to the sewer or drain.
Holes and g normally fitted with plugs, not shewn, are. provided in the
division plate or midfeather 6 for the insertion of cleaning rods, the hole g giving
access from the sand pit to the bottom of the gully at the other side of the
dividing wall for the purpose of removing any deposited matter, which may
have been carried through the sieve or grate c.
By the above arrangement, the sand pit al is proportionately much larger than
in gullies as at present made, and further the outlet e is much deeper below the
surface of the road, which is an advantage already explained.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
In a street gully, the division plate or mid-feather b, sieve or grate c, division
wall d, and outlet c, all in combination and arranged substantially as herein
shewn, and for purposes set forth.
Dated this 16th day of
1000
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Patent Agents, Halifax, Agents for Applicant.