IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SUPPLY OF WATER TO WATERCLOSETS, URINALS, AND PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION APPARATUSRE
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Bailey, of 84, Upper Whitecross Street,
Saint Luke's, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SUPPLY OF WATER TO WATERCLOSETS, URINALS, AND
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Bailey at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
7th October 1872.
I, JAMES BAILEY, of 84, Upper Whitecross Street, Saint Luke's, in
the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said In-
vention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SUPPLY OF WATER TO WATERCLOSETS,
URINALS, AND OTHER PLACES, AND IN APPARATUS THEREFOR," to be as follows:-
Heretofore it has been usual, where a limited quantity of water is
required, and waste of water is to be prevented, to fit a special service
box or flushing cistern, or regulating apparatus to waterclosets, and by

page_text: an arrangement of valves and levers to cause a certain quantity of water
to be delivered each time of use from this service box or other apparatus.
Now, the object of this my Invention is to improve the modes heretofore
adopted or proposed for this object by the introduction of a more simple
and certain system of water supply, and I will now describe the
apparatus I propose to use therefor in its simplest form.
Firstly. I do away with the said flushing cistern or service box
altogether, and I get my supply of water direct from the cistern itself.
For this purpose I prefer to carry the supply pipe for the closet, urinal,
or other purpose up through the bottom of the cistern to the height
indicated by the overflow. On this supply pipe I fit a small open vessel
of cylindrical or other shape, so that it can freely slide up and down on
the said supply pipe, which is fitted with a stop at the top to limit the
lift of the vessel, or a stop may be arranged in any other suitable
manner for that purpose. This vessel is of a size suitable for one charge
or supply to the closet, urinal, or other place, and can be raised and
lowered by any ordinary, suitable, and well-known means, such as a
chain wire or wire rope passing over pulleys.
The action of this apparatus is now as follows:-Supposing the vessel
to be at the bottom of the cistern it is of course full of water, whatever
the depth of water may be on raising the vessel; by pulling the chain it
is raised to the top and the contents are then able freely to flow down
the supply pipe on which it slides. When released it gradually descends,
is filled, and ready for another charge. For closets or urinals the chain
or wire is conveniently attached to the existing cranks or levers, and the
same applies to other existing arrangements or places.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Sarah Bailey, Widow and Administratrix of the
late James Bailey, in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 7th
April 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SARAH
BAILEY, Widow and Administratrix of the late JAMES BAILEY, of 84,
Upper Whitecross Street, Saint Luke's, in the County of Middlesex,
send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto him, the said James Bailey, Her special licence that
he, the said James Bailey, his executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as he, the said James Bailey, his executors, admini-
strators, and 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 THE SUPPLY
OF WATER TO WATERCLOSETS, URINALS, AND OTHER PLACES, AND IN APPARATUS
THEREFOR," upon the condition (amongst others) that he, the said James
Bailey, his executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under his, or their, or one of their hands and seals, 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 Sarah Bailey, as such Widow and
Administratrix, as aforesaid, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following state-
ment, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, and to the
letters of reference marked thereon, that is to say:
Heretofore it has been usual, where a limited quantity of water is
required, and waste of water is to be prevented, to fit a special service
box or flushing cistern, or regulating apparatus to waterclosets, and by
an arrangement of valves and levers to cause a certain quantity of water
to be delivered each time of use from this service box or other apparatus.
Now the object of this Invention is to improve the modes heretofore
adopted or proposed for this object by the introduction of a more simple
and certain system of water supply, and at the same time absolutely
avoiding waste of water, and I will now describe the apparatus proposed
to be used in its simplest form.

page_text: Firstly. The said flushing cistern or service box is done away with
altogether, and the supply of water is got direct from the cistern itself.
For this purpose the supply pipe for the closet, urinal, or other purpose
is preferably carried up through the bottom of the cistern to the height
indicated by the overflow. On this supply pipe is fitted a small open
vessel of cylindrical or other shape, so that it can freely slide up and
down on the said supply pipe, which is fitted with a stop at the top to
limit the lift of the vessel, or a stop may be arranged in any other suit-
able manner for that purpose. This vessel is of a size suitable for one
charge or supply to the closet, urinal, or other place, and can be raised
or lowered by any ordinary, suitable, and well-known means, such as
rods and levers, or a chain wire, or wire rope passing over pulleys.
The action of this apparatus is now as follows:-Supposing the vessel
to be at the bottom of the cistern it is of course full of water, whatever
the depth of water may be on raising the vessel, by pulling the chain it
is raised to the top and the contents are then able freely to flow down
the supply pipe on which it slides. When released it gradually descends,
is filled, and is ready for another charge. For closets or urinals the chain
or wire is conveniently attached to the existing cranks or levers, and the
same applies to other existing arrangements or places.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is an elevation, and Figure 2
a vertical cross section of an apparatus constructed according to this
Invention. The apparatus is placed in a cistern which is here shown in
section.
A is the supply pipe, here shewn as passing through the bottom of
the cistern B; in exceptional cases it may be convenient or necessary to
lead the supply pipe out to one side by an elbow. The part A¹ of the
supply pipe which passes up through the water in the cistern B is by
preference made of a somewhat larger diameter than the part A, in fact
of the capicity of the vessel C herein-after mentioned, and thus fully
performing the office of the usual separate service box. The supply pipe
should terminate some distance above the water level, which is deter-
mined by the ball cock and the overflow of the cistern; C is a small
open vessel that can slide freely on the pipe A', which has a flange at
the top, in order thereby to limit the lift of the vessel C. The bottom
of the latter is by preference fitted with one or more self-acting flap or

page_text: other valves D; the advantage of such self-acting valve arrangement will
be presently explained. The vessel is by means of a chain E on each
side attached to the circumference of two pulleys F, F, on a spindle G
which runs in bearings on the standards or brackets H, H, fastened to a
cross piece I, which is fixed to the cistern. The vessel C is in Figure 1,
shown in its highest, and in Figure 2 in its lowest position. It is raised
by means of a handle L on the chain pull K, which is fastened to and
passed round a grooved worm shaped pulley M on the spindle G; the
shape and arrangement of this worm pulley is such that the greatest
leverage is obtained at the part of the stroke where it is most con-
venient or most requisite. An ordinary pulley with one groove or two
or more spiral grooves of equal diameters may however be used instead.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-The cistern being kept
full of water to the required height (which is done by an ordinary ball
cock as is well known, and therefore not shewn or explained here), the
vessel O is of course also filled with water when in its normal position
at the bottom of the cistern. On raising the vessel C till it comes
against the stop flange on the supply pipo A' the contents of the
vessel C will run into the supply pipe, thus flushing the closet, urinal,
or other place with the required charge of water. On releasing the hold
of the chain pull the vessel C gradually sinks to the bottom again, and
that the quicker the heavier it is. In the arrangement shewn here no
extra weight is required, as the valves D, D, will open during the
descent, and thus cause the rapid filling of the vessel C, facilitating its
descent. On the other hand when raising the vessel C the valves D
will keep closed by the resistance of the water through which it is
passed, thus retaining the water in the vessel C. It will thus be under-
stood that the rapidity of the filling of the vessel and of its descent may
be regulated by the weight of the vessel or by the size or opening of the
valve or valves, or partly by one and partly by another.
And having now fully described the nature of this Invention with
particular reference to one suitable mode of carrying the same into
effect, I declare that I claim as the improvements in the supply of
waterclosets, urinals, and other places, and in apparatus therefor,
the combination of a supply pipe and a charging vessel sliding
thereon, and emptying itself therein, with the particular means described

page_text: and shewn for raising the said charging vessel, and for facilitating and
regulating its descent.
In witness whereof, I, the said Sarah Bailey, have hereunto. set
my hand and scal, this First day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
Witness to the signature
of Sarah Bailey,
EDW. GRIFFIth Brewer,
89, Chancery Lane,
W.O.
SARAH BAILEY. (L.S.)