Improvements in Bridges or Brackets for Supporting Levers employed in Flushing Cisterns and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Bridges or Brackets for Supporting Levers
employed in Flushing Cisterns and the like.
We, THOMAS CLAUGHTON and JAMES HENRY CLAUGHTON, both of the Firm
of Claughton Bros., Limited, of the Sanitary Lead Works, Bramley, near Leeds,
in the County of York, Plumbers, Lead Founders and Burners, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention refers to bridges or brackets for supporting levers employed
in flushing cisterns and the like, and the object of our invention is to provide a
means for supporting the levers and adjusting their stroke, and also to enable
them to be removed with facility when required without having to disarrange
or unfasten other portions of the apparatus.
According to our invention we construct a bridge, having lugs or other suit-
able portions at both ends for the purpose of attaching same on the walls of the
cistern to which the said bridge is to be attached.
The lever for operating the discharge mechanism of the flushing cistern, is
mounted in releasable bearings situated on the outside of the bridge, in such a
manner that when it is required to remove the lever or other working portions
of the apparatus for repairs, the bearing of the lever may be released and the
parts removed, without having to disturb the bridge. The length of stroke of
the lever is regulated by means of stops situated on the bridge, and set screws
or other means of adjustment may be employed on the stops or on the lever for
the purpose of adjusting the amount of stroke required.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Bridges or Brackets for Supporting Levers
employed in Flushing Cisterns and the like.
We, THOMAS CLAUGHTON and JAMES HENRY CLAUGHTON, both of the Firm
of Claughton Bros., Limited, of the Sanitary Lead Works, Bramley, near Leeds,
in the County of York, Plumbers, Lead Founders and Burners, do hereby
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page_text: declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:—
Our invention refers to bridges or brackets for supporting levers employed
in flushing cisterns and the like, and the object of our invention is to provide a
means for supporting the levers and adjusting their stroke, and also to enable
them to be removed with facility when required without having to disarrange
or unfasten other portions of the apparatus.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood we will proceed to
describe same with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which similar
letters refer to like parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of apparatus constructed according to our
invention, Figure 2 is a sectional end elevation, and Figure 3 is a plan of the
same.
According to our invention, we construct a bridge A having lugs B and C at
each end which rest upon walls D) of the cistern, and the said lugs are provided
with screws B and C whereby the bridge A is attached to the said walls D.
The lever E which is employed for operating the discharge mechanism of the
flushing cistern, is mounted on a stud F carried in bearings G situated on the
outside of the bridge A, in such a manner that when it is required to remove
the lever E or other working portions of the apparatus for repairs, the stud F
may be withdrawn from the bearings and the parts released without having
to disturb the bridge A.
The length of stroke of the lever E is regulated by means of stops H situated
on the bridge A, and set screws J may be employed on the stops H for the pur-
pose of adjusting the amount of stroke of the lever E; or the set screws J may
if desired be on the lever E instead of on the stops H.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. The bearings G situated on the outside of the bridge A, substantially as
and for the purposes set forth.
2. The combination of the bearings G, stops and set screws J, substantially
as and for the purposes set forth.
3. The combination of the bridge A, lugs B and C. lever E, stud F, bearings G,
stops H and set screws J, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 23rd day of August A.D. 1898.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicants.