IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING WATER TO AND DISCHARGING THE CONTENTS BROW TREXATE WASH WAND RACING AND OTHED SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Chrimes, of Rotherham, in the County
of York, Brass and Iron Founder, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING WATER TO AND DISCHARGING THE CONTENTS
BROW TREXATE WASH WAND RACING AND OTHED SIMILAR ARTICLES
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Sealed the 8th November 1859, and dated the 4th June 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Chrimes at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th June 1859.
I, RICHARD CHRIMES, of Rotherham, in the County of York, Brass and
Iron Founder, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING WATER TO AND DISCHARGING THE CON-
TENTS FROM URINALS, WASH-HAND BASINS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to a peculiar construction and arrangement of
apparatus for supplying and discharging water to and from urinals, wash-band
basins, and applicable to other similar purposes, where a continuous or an
alternate supply and discharge is required. As applied to urinals, it is proposed
to adapt a cock beneath the urinal, the plug of which being turned to one
point enables a supply of fresh water to enter the urinal through the bottom
thereof, for the purpose of flushing and cleansing the same; by a further turn,
a very small or dribbling aperture is opened, which allows a small quantity of
fresh water to be constantly flowing through the urinal from the bottom to the

page_text: surface, thereby diluting the urine, and keeping the water in the vessel free
from smell. This dribbling aperture may be varied in size, or in place of one
opening a series of them may be used of varying size, according to the require-
ments. A still further turn of the plug enables the whole of the contents to
be rapidly discharged through the bottom.
As applied to wash-hand basins, the cock is slightly altered in arrangement,
as the small dribbling aperture or series of apertures may be dispensed with if
desired, the only openings in the plug in that case being the discharge aperture
for the waste, and the inset aperture for the supply of fresh water.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Richard Chrimes in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
2nd December 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
CHRIMES, of Rotherham, in the County of York, Brass and Iron. Founder,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Richard Chrimes, Her special license that I, the said Richard Chrimes,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Richard
Chrimes, iny executors, administrators, or assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR SUPPLYING WATER TO AND DISCHARGING THE CONTENTS FROM URINALS, WASH-
HAND BASINS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Richard Chrimes, by an instrument in writing under my hand
and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Richard Chrimes, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the

page_text: following statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, and
to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:-
My said Invention relates to a peculiar construction and arrangement of
apparatus for supplying and discharging water to and from urinals, wash-hand
basins, and applicable to other similar purposes, where continuous or an
alternate supply and discharge is required. As applied to urinals, it is proposed
to adapt a cock beneath the urinal, the plug of which being turned to one
point enables a supply of fresh water to enter the urinal through the bottom
thereof, for the purpose of flushing and cleaning the same; by a further turn,
a very small or dribbling aperture is opened, which allows a small quantity of
fresh water to be constantly flowing through the urinal from the bottom to the
surface, thereby diluting the urine, and keeping the water in the vessel free
from smell. This dribbling aperture may be varied in size, or in place of one
opening, a series of them may be used of varying size, acccording to the
requirements. A still further turn of the plug enables the whole of the
contents to be rapidly discharged through the bottom.
As applied to wash-hand basins, the cock is slightly altered in arrangement..
As the small dribbling aperture or series of apertures may be dispensed with if
desired, the only openings in the plug in that case, being the discharge aperture
for the waste, and the inlet aperture for the supply of fresh water.
And in order that my said Invention may be fully understood, I shall
now proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose.
I shall refer to the several Figures on the Sheet of Drawings hereunto
annexed, the same letters of reference indicating corresponding parts through-
out all the Figures.
Figure 1 of the annexed Sheet of Drawings represents an elevation of a
urinal provided with my improved supply and discharge cock or valve;
Figure 2 is a view at right angles to Figure 1; Figure 3 is a plan of the
urinal; Figure 4 is a vertical section of the same, with the cock adjusted for
filling the receptacle quickly with water; Figure 5 is a similar view, with the
cock adjusted so as to allow of a small and constant supply of water to the
urinal, and Figure 6 is another sectional view shewing the cock as full open
for discharging the contents of the urinal.
A is the body of the urinal, which may be secured by suitable fastenings in
the angle of two walls. Beneath the urinal, or in any other equally convenient
place is fitted the cock B, which regulates the admission of water to the urinal
and allows of its contents being discharged when requisite. The plug C of this
cock has a large thoroughfare made through it at a, coinciding, when properly
turned, with the passage b, leading to the bottom of the urinal, which is fitted

page_text: with a strainer or formed with a number of perforations at that part. The
inner end of the plug is made hollow and open, as shewn, and this hollow
portion has two apertures, c and d, cut in it diametrically opposite to each other,
or nearly so. One of these apertures (c) is made considerably larger than the
other, as will be seen on referring to the Drawing; but either aperture is
capable of being made to coincide with the branch passage e, leading into the
main thoroughfare or passage b, by simply turning the plug C half round. D
is a nozzle connected with the service pipe, and E is the waste or overflow
pipe, which opens into the bottom of the urinal, but is partitioned off from the
inlet orifices by the wall or partition F. This partition has a series of over-
flow holes or slits f, f, formed in it, and a cap or cover g is fitted on the top of
the space thus divided, which is removed when the waste pipe E requires
cleaning.
When it is desired to flush the urinal, the plug of the cock is turned to the
position shewn in Figure 4, which admits of a plentiful supply of water being
directed through the opening c in the plug, and through the perforated bottom
of the urinal. When properly flushed out, the plug may be turned half round
to the position, as shewn in Figure 5, so as to bring the small aperture d into
operation and shut off the larger one c; this has the effect of allowing a small
but constant flow of water passing upwards into the urinal, whilst the surplus
flows off continuously by the overflow holes f, f, thus keeping up a constant
change of the water in the urinal, and preventing it from becoming offensive
in any way. In order to discharge the contents entirely from the urinal, it is
simply requisite to turn the plug of the cock into the position shewn in
Figure 6, or one quarter of a turn back, by which means the main passage or
thoroughfare a will be brought in line with the passage 6 from the urinal,
which passage opens by the lower branch b', into the waste pipe E.
A similar cock to that illustrated by my Drawings may be employed for the
purpose of supplying and discharging water to and from lavatories or wash-
band basins, with this difference, that the small aperture d is dispensed with,
the two apertures or openings a and c only being requisite.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried
into effect, I would observe, in conclusion, that what I consider to be novel
and original, and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the
herein-before in part recited Letters Patent, is,-
First, the general construction, arrangement, and combination of apparatus
for supplying water to and discharging the contents from urinals, wash-hand
basins, and other similar articles, as herein-before described.

page_text: Second, the application and use to and in urinals and similar articles, of a
cock or valve provided with suitable passages for flushing, maintaining a water
supply, and discharging the contents of the urinal at pleasure, as herein-before
described.
Third, the application and use to and in wash-hand basins, and similar
articles of a cock or valve provided with separate passages for supplying water
thereto, and discharging the contents therefrom, as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Chrimes, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of November, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-nine.
RICHARD CHRIMES. (L.s.)