Improvements in Domestic Sinks, Baths, Lavatory Basins, and in the Adjuncts thereto.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, -5th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 5th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 10th Mar., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
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Improvements in Domestic Sinks, Baths, Lavatory Basins, and in
the Adjuncts thereto.
I, JOHN QUARMBY, of 6 Caistor Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster,
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to render the ordinary domestic sinks, baths,
lavatory basins and their adjuncts more sanitary than hitherto.
I accomplish this in the following manner :-
Into the outlet pipe, I fit a trap consisting of a metal tube with an upper flange,
and furnished with an india-rubber or other suitable washer to insure a perfect fit,
and also furnished with a cup at its lower end, so that a sufficient quantity of water
remains in the-cup-to-prevent-any noxious vapours arising from the drain.
Into the sumph 1 insert another trap consisting of.a oone shaped vessel of suitable
material, at the lower end of which is fitted a suitably shaped float of cork or other
suitable material, an annular groove or hollow (or grooves or hollows) is cut or left
between the upper and lower ends of the float, which retains sufficient water to
effectually seal the trap.
It will be seen that in most cases one of the above traps will be sufficient and I
do not therefore bind myself to always use both traps in combination.
Dated this Fourth day of May 1893.
JOHN HENRY TOPHAM,
46*, Market Street, Manchester, Agent to Applicant.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Domestic Sinks, Baths, Lavatory Basins, and in
the Adjuncts thereto.
.
I, JOHN QUARMBY, of 6 Caistor Street, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Agent, 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 :-
.
The object of my invention is to render the ordinary domestic sinks, baths,
lavatory basins and their adjuncts more sanitary than hitherto.
I accomplish this in the following manner :-
Into the outlet pipe I fit a trap, consisting of a metal tube with a suitable upper
flange and furnished with an india rubber or other suitable washer, (such as a collar
and screwthread) to insure a perfect fit and yet admit of its ready removal for
cleansing; and also furnished with a suitable cup at its lower end, which always
retains a sufficient quantity of water to seal the trap and prevent any noxious
vapours arising from the drain.
Where the outlet pipe drains into a sumph I preferably insert another trap into
the sumph of a somewhat similar character, consisting of a cone shaped vessel of
suitable material, the lower end of which, suitably elongated in some instances by
a suitable cylinder or pipe, is inserted into a cylindrical vessel of suitable material
which stands in the sumph, the sides of which are high enough to cover a sufficient
length of the pipe or narrow end of the cone and so form a trap, of sufficient
capacity to stop all noxious vapours, and the whole of which. including the
cylindrical vessel, is readily removable for cleansing, inspection or repair.

page_text: Referring to the drawings sent herewith :-
Figs. 1 and 2 are respectively a side view. and section of the first trap for the
outlet-pipe.
a indicating the metal tube, furnished with a metal flange.b, an
india rubber washer e, a metal cup d and outlet apertures e below the level of the
rim of cup d..
Fig. 3 is a section of the larger trap for the sumph. e indicating the cone
shaped vessel, elongated by pipe or tube f,g the cylindrical vessel, the sides of
which enclose the tube f, (by shortening or lengthening the tube and cylindrical
vessel g, a trap of any length may be easily formed), the sumph, i the grid of the
sumph.
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 :-
1st. An outlet pipe trap, substantially as described and shown hereinbefore, and
in the accompanying drawings for the purposes set forth.
:
2nd. A sumph trap, substantially as described and shown hereinbefore, and in
the accompanying drawings for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 3rd day of February 1894.
JOHN HENRY TOPHAM,
98*, Market Street, Manchester, Agent to Applicant.