IMPROVEMENTS In Apparatus aND ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING WATER, AND Regulating, CONTROLLING, AND ÅRRESTING THE WATER SUPPLY OF WATERCLOSETS, BATHS, LAVATORIES, AND URINALS FOR DOMESTIC AND OTHER USB, AND PREVENTING WASTE
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Tylor, of No. 2, Nowgate Street, in the
City of London, Brassfounder, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
In Apparatus aND ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING WATER, AND Regulating,
CONTROLLING, AND ÅRRESTING THE WATER SUPPLY OF WATERCLOSETS, BATHS,
LAVATORIES, AND URINALS FOR DOMESTIC AND OTHER USB, AND PREVENTING
WASTE."
Scaled the 9th May 1873, and dated the 18th March 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Tylor at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
13th March 1873.
I, ALFRED TYLOR, of No. 2, Newgate Street, in the City of London,
Brassfounder, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
“IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING WATER, AND
REGULATING, CONTROLLING, AND ARRESTING THE WATER SUPPLY OF WATERCLOSETS,
BATHS, LAVATORIES, AND URINALS FOR DOMESTIC AND OTHER USE, AND PRE-
VENTING WASTE,” to be as follows :—-
This Invention relates to apparatus and arrangements of the parts
employed in measuring water, and for the supply of waterclosets, baths,

page_text: lavatories, urinals, and for domestic and other uses in relation to the
water supply of the same, whereby they are rendered more convenient
in usc, and by means of which waste of water is prevented.
In carrying out that part of my Invention which relates to the
measuring of water I employ the rotary meter patented by me in 5
Patent No. 1411, in the year 1871, but which is improved by the addition
of a cylindrical hoop with passages for the water which surrounds the
exterior of the wheel or moving part, and to which a cover or flat portion
is attached, so that it may be raised or lowered by the entering water,
and increase or diminish the area of the water passages in proportion 1
to the quantity and velocity of the water passing through the meter,
the object being to render a small quantity of water as efficient in
working the apparatus as a larger quantity, and this arrangement is
applicable to meters of a similar class.
In carrying out my Invention in that part relating to waterclosets I 1
arrange the valve controlling the inlet of the water to the pan, hopper,
or basin in such a manner as to consist of a case, shell, or body con-
taining the inlet and outlet, in which I place one of my waste-not
regulator valves with an actuating socket and moveable regulating
piston, valve, plunger, or plug (as shewn and described in my Patent, a
No. 685, of 1871); and also a piston with a valve or valves opening
upwards attached to or in connection with the actuating socket, and
both actuated by a spindle, which is caused to descend by means of a
lever and weight; a pipe or passage connecting the upper part or space
of the shell, caso, or body above the piston with the space below the
piston is provided, the said pipe or passage being fitted with a screw
plug or cock for adjusting the area for the passage of the water so as to
regulate the speed of the descent of the piston with the lever and weight,
the whole forming a combination of a regulator closet valve with my
waste-not valve; and these valves may be applied to a closet with a
pull-up action or arranged for a seat action, and in the latter case an
additional valve also actuated by the use of the closet is placed between
the regulator and the inlet to the pan or hopper, or the regulator may
take its place and the additional valve take the place of the regulator,
or an arrangement of my waste preventing valve is employed, in which
by the actuating part being pressed against a raised surface the water is
shut off from the stuffing box or other arrangement, through which the
actuating spindle passes, except during the time the valve is open.

page_text: In that part of my Invention relating to baths I employ a somewhat
similar arrangement to that shewn in my Patent No. 2292, granted to
me on July 31st, in the year 1872, whereby the opening or partial
opening of the inlet and outlet orifices at the same time cannot take
5 place; and I arrange the valves and passages so that the inlet are
separate from each other, but at the same time so as to prevent the
possibility of the inlet and outlet being open or partially open together,
which is done by causing a projection or projections on these spindles
or actuating parts to correspond with an opening or openings when
0 in the required position for letting on or off of the supply; and
until this takes place the valve to bo operated cannot bo opened or
shut.
In that part of my Invention relating to lavatories I arrango the
basins so that they may be emptied almost instantaneously by means of
3 a large opening closed by a valve, on opening of which the wholo
contents pass out with great rapidity, the outlet to the waste being also
of large size; and the basin aay be provided with a perforated falso
bottom to act as a strainer, or be otherwise so arranged as to obtain this
result. If preferred the basins, may be formed of an upper and a lower
O portion so as to admit of the perforated falso bottom being renewed when
injured or worn out, or it may be otherwise so arranged as to render
this easy of accomplishment.
Where several basins are applied, as in a school, workhouse, asylum,
public lavatory, or other building, the inlets of the water supply and
; outlets from the basins can be so arranged by means of a rod or rods,
chain or chains, lever or lovers, controlling both the inlet and outlet
apertures, as to be filled or emptied simultaneously by operating ono
actuating part, or they can be so arranged that one actuating part
controls all the inlets, and another actuating part all the outlets, or so
that using one will prevent the other from operating whilst it is in use,
whereby one person can control the filling and emptying of the basins
and thereby prevent unnecessary waste of water.
Where the inlet for the water supply enters the bath or basin I
sometimes mako the samo of a flattened form, semicircular or nearly so
; în plan, and close up the outlet from the inlet, which is then drilled, slit,
or slotted with a sufficient area of opening to allow of the free entry of
the water, but cause it to spread itself over the end or side of the bath
or basin where the said inlet is placed; and the inlets of urinals can be

page_text: so formed with advantage, and thus do away with the inconvenienco
found to exist where spreaders are used, which do not form parts of the
inlets of the taps or valves to baths, basins, or urinals.
The valve I employ for lavatory and other use consists of a case, shell,
or body, in which the inlet and outlet passages, and seat for the portion {
controlling the power are formed provided with a moveable part, which
rests on the scat when closed, and which on being pushed in or operated
is caused to open and let on the water, and on being released its return
to the scat is resisted by a cushion of water behind it in the case or shell,
which gradually escapes past this moving part and allows the valve to 1
close slowly and without shock.
I also arrange my submerged waste preventing valves in use for
cisterns described and shewn in my Patent No. 2292, of July 31st, 1872,
so that the after flush or seal shall be given to the pan, hopper, or
recepticle of the closet. In order to obtain this result I place a valve 1
or in connection with the air pipe attached to the apparatus, which
valve is caused to close the air pipe by the act of setting the apparatus
to work, and on releasing the actuating arrangement this valve. opens
and allows the air to enter, whereby that portion of water which was
caused to remain in the parts between the valvo and the closet pan,
hopper, or receptacle, by the action of the atmosphoric pressure holding
it back immediately flows into the pan, hopper, or recepticle and gives
tho after flush or seal. By this means the single valve produces both
the discharge and the seal, and renders it a cheap and simple apparatus
for the purpose.
I also arrange waste preventing cocks, taps, and valves so that the
moving part which shuts off the water shall rise instead of fall by gravity
to close the outlet, and for this purpose I make it of less specific gravity
than the outer, and cause it to encloso a body of air, which on being
compressed by the act of using the cock, tap, or valvo causes the same
to sink and open the outlet, and as the pressure becomes equilibrated it
rises gradually and shuts off the water.
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I also arrange ball valves by connecting the short arm of the ball
lever to the long arm of the lever on the valve spindle by a leak or other
suitable connection as to enable them to open and close readily under €
high pressure, and the valve may if desired be of the equilibrium kind.,

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Alfred Tylor in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 13th September 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALFRED
STYLOR, of No. 2, Newgate Strect, in the City of London, Brassfounder,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Merself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Alfred Tylor, Her special licence, that I,
the said Alfred Tylor, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Alfred Tylor, my executors, administrators,
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 APPARATUS AND
ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING WATER AND REGULATING, CONTROLLING, AND
ARRESTING THE WATER SUPPLY OF WATERCLOSETS, BATHS, LAVATORIES, AND
URINALS FOR DOMESTIC AND OTHER USE, AND PREVENTING WASTE," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Alfred Tylor, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their,
or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner tho
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 Alfred Tylor, 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 following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
six Sheets of Drawings, and letters of reference marked thereon:-
This Invention relates to apparatus and arrangements of the parts
employed in measuring water and for the supply of waterclosets, baths,
lavatories, urinals, and for domestic and other uses in relation to tho

page_text: water supply of the same, whereby they are rendered more convenient
in use, and by means of which waste of water is prevented.
In carrying out that part of my Invention which relates to the
measuring of water I employ the rotary meter patented by me in Patent
E
No. 1411, in the year 1871, but which is improved by the addition of a
cylindrical hoop with passages for the water, which surrounds the.
exterior of the wheel or moving part, and to which a cover or flat
portion is or may be attached, or so that it may be raised or lowered by
the entering water and increase or diminish the area of the water
passages in proportion to the quantity and velocity of the water passing 1
through the meter, the object being to render a small quantity of water
as efficient in working the apparatus as a larger quantity, and this
arrangement is applicable to meters of a similar class. This meter is
convenient to place on a by-pass connected to large mains.
In carrying out my Invention in that part relating to waterclosets, I 1
arrange the valve controlling the inlet of the water to the pan, hopper,
or basin in such a manner as to consist of a caso, shell, or body contain-
** waste.not "
ing the inlet and outlet, in which I place one of my
regulator valves with an actuating socket and moveable regulating piston
valve, plunger, or plug (as shewn and described in my Patent No. 685, of
1871), and also a piston with a valve opening upwards or otherwise
controlling the apertures or aperture for the passage of the water
attached to or in connection with the actuating socket, and both actuated
by a spindle or other convenient means, which is caused to descend by
means of a lever and weight. A pipe or passage connecting the upper
part or space of the case, shell, or body above the piston, with the space
below the piston is provided, the said pipo or passage being fitted with a-
screw plug or cock for adjusting the area for the passage of the water,
so as to regulate the speed of the descent of the piston with the lever
and weight, the whole forming a combination of a regulator closet or
urinal valve with my "waste-not" valvo; and these valves may be
applied to a closet with a pull-up action, or arranged for a seat action;
and in the latter case an additional valve, also actuated by the use of the
closet, is placed between the regulator and the inlet to the pan or
hopper, or the regulator may take its place and the additional valve take ·
the place of the regulator, or an arrangement of my waste-preventing
valve is employed, in which, by the actuating part being pressed against
a raised surface the water is shut off from the stuffing box or other.

page_text: |, arrangement through which the spindle passes, except during the timo
the valve is open.
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In that part of my Invention relating to baths I employ a somewhat
similar arrangement to that shewn in my Patent No. 2292, granted to
3 me on July 31st, in the year 1872, whereby the opening or partial
opening of the inlet and outlet orifices at the same time cannot take
place, and I arrange the valves and passages so that the inlet and outlet
aro separato from each other, but at the samo time so as to provent tho
possibility of the inlet and outlot being open or partially open together,
O which is done by causing a projection or projections on the spindle or
actuating parts to correspond with an opening or openings when in the
required position for letting on or off of the supply, and until this takes
place the valve to be operated cannot be opened or shut.
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In that part of my Invention relating to lavatories I arrange the.
5 basins so that they may be emptied almost instantaneously by means of
a large opening closed by a valve, on opening of which the whole
contents pass out with great rapidity, the outlet to tho wasto being also
of a large size, and the basin may be provided with a perforated falso
bottom to act as a strainer or be otherwise so arranged as to obtain this
O result. If preferred, the basins may be formed of an upper and a lower
portion, so as to admit of the perforated bottom or false bottom being
removed when injured or worn out, or it may be otherwise so arranged as
to render this easy of accomplishment.
·
When several basins are applied, as in a school, workhouse, asylum,
3 public lavatory, or other building, the inlets of the water supply and
outlets from the basins can be so arranged by means of a rod or rods,
chain or chains, lover or levers, controlling both the inlet and outlet
apertures, as to be filled or emptied simultaneously by operating one
actuating part, or they can be so arranged that one actuating part
) controls all 'the inlets and another actuating part all the outlets, or so
that using one will prevent the other from operating whilst it is in uso,
whereby one person can control the filling and emptying of the basins,
and thereby provent unnecessary wasto of water. When preferred, this
arrangement may be applied so as to control the inlets and outlets of a
portion of the basins, or so that in place of requiring all to be operated
when it is only required to use a few, only the number it is decided shall
bo operated by this arrangement need be used; for instance, if there are
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page_text: twelve basins the arrangement can be applied so as to control two or
more in place of all together; by which means the waste or running off
of an unused and unnecessary quantity of water is prevented.
Where the inlet for the water supply enters the bath or basin I some-
times make the same of a flattened form, semicircular or nearly so in
plan, and close up the outlet from the inlet, which is then drilled, slit, or
slotted with a sufficient area of opening to allow of the free entry of the
water to the bath or basin, but cause it to spread itself over the end or
side of the bath or basin where the said inlet is placed, and the inlets of
urinals can be so formed with advantage, and thus do away with the
inconvenience found to exist where speaders are used which do not form
parts of the inlets of the taps or valves to baths, basins, or urinals. The
inlet may be arranged all round the interior edge of basin, if pre-
ferred.
The valve I employ for lavatory or other uso consists of a case, shell,
or body, in which the inlet and outlet passages and seat for the portion
controlling the water are formed provided with a moveable part, which
rests on the seat when closed, and which, on being pushed in or operated,
is caused to open and let on the water, and on being released its return
to the scat is resisted by a cushion of water behind it in the case or shell,
which gradually escapes past this moving part, and allows the valve to
close slowly and without shock.
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I also arrange my submerged self-closing waste preventing valves for
use in cisterns described and shown in the Patent No. 2292, granted to
me on July 31st, 1872, and which are on the principle of a rising and
falling valve, actuated by a moveable part, not attached to or in con-
nection therewith, as described in Patent No. 685, granted to me on the
15th March 1871, and which arrangement or principle of action I term
the "waste-not" in my evidence before the Board of Trade Commission
on the Metropolis water supply on July 15th, 1872, so that the after
flush or seal shall be given to the pan, hopper, or receptacle of the closet
by the use of one submergod valve only for controlling the water supply.
In order to obtain this result I place a valve on or in connection with
the air pipe attached to the apparatus, which valve is caused to close the
air pipe by the act of setting the valve apparatus for controlling the
water to work, and on releasing the actuating arrangement this valve
opens and allows the air to enter, whereby that portion of water which.

page_text: was caused to remain in the parts between the submerged " waste not"
valve and the closet pan, hopper, or receptaclo, by the action of the
atmospheric pressure holding it back, immediately flows into the pan,
hopper, or receptacle, and gives the after flush or scal. By this means
the single valve produces both the discharge and the seal, and renders it
a cheap and simplo apparatus for the purposo. When preferred this
action may be produced by placing a cock, tap, plug, or self-acting valvo
in, or connected with the water pipo conducting the water on, to the pan,
hopper, or receptacle, and in this case the air pipe may be done away
with,
I also employ a modification of my submerged "wasto-not" rogu-
lating valvo, which consists of a moveablo actuating socket, in which,a
piston, disc, sarow, or fan attached to or in connection with the valve to
bo operated works, which is so arranged that when the regulating socket
is operated the valve is caused to rise off its scat and open the outlet,
and so soon as the lifting action coases the valve with its spindle, piston,
disc, scrow, or fan begins to descend or fall in the socket (at a rato
proportioned to the "fit" of the piston, disc, screw, or fan, or the
freedom with which it passes through the water, and the amount of
retardation caused thereby to the passage of the water in the socket past
the moving parts) allowing the water required to pass during that period.
This same arrangement may be placed in a fixed cylinder or socket, and
actuated by a piston or by a moveable actuating socket surrounding tho
fixed cylinder or socket, or the socket may be connected with or attached
to the moveable valvo controlling the outlet, and move with the same,
being actuated by a piston therein, or by a moveable actuating socket
surrounding the socket containing the piston and parts connected
with the valve. If preferred this modification or arrangement may
be used without being placed in a fixed or moveable cylinder or
socket, in which caso a quick-pitched screw or spindle, with a femalo
scrow attached to or in connection with the valve to be operated,
may be employed, the rotation of the valve and moving parts and
descent of the same being retarded by a fan or screw with the blades or
resisting parts placed or adjusted in or to the required. position or
5 positions for producing the necessary amount of retardation to enable
the required amount of water to pass whilst the valve is falling.
If desired the same action may be obtained by an adjusted weight, tho
af which haine anually oxomomo be the weight of the valva

page_text: and the parts attached to or in connection therewith, allows the valve to
return gradually to its seat.
The above arrangements, by which the valves are caused to havo'a
rotary or partially rotary movement when operating or being operated,
will be found useful in those cases where the cistern or reservoir in
which they are placed is exposed to the contingency of having extraneous
matter entering the same, or where the same is allowed to become foul
or dirty, or remains for a considerable period without being used, inas-
much as any sticking or setting of the parts arising from the before-
named causes would be prevented, and the rotary or partially rotary
movement would tend to displace or remove such matter from the parts,
and thus conduce to the satisfactory working of the apparatus under
such circumstances.
I also arrange the waste-preventing cocks, taps, and valves so that the
moving part which shuts off the water shall rise instead of fall by gravity
to close the outlet, and for this purpose I make it of less specific gravity
than the water, and cause it to enclose a body, of air, which on being
compressed by the act of using the cock, tap, or valve causes the same to
sink and open the outlet, and as the pressure becomes equilibrated it rises
gradually and shuts off the water.
I also arrange ball valves by connecting the short arm of the lever to
the long arm of the lever on the valve spindle by a link or other suitablo
connection, so as to enable them to open and close readily under high
pressures, and the valvo may if desired be of the equilibrium kind.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention of
improvements in apparatus and arrangements for measuring water, and
regulating, controlling, and arresting the water supply of waterclosets,
baths, lavatories, and urinals for domestic and other use, and preventing
waste, and the manner in which the same is to or may be performed or
carried into practical effect, I will now proceed to give a more complete s
description of the same by the aid of the accompanying six Sheets of
Drawings and letters of reference marked thereon.
Sheet 1 shows the arrangement of water meter herein-before described
with the additional cylindrical hoop ring or rising valve adjusted by
the current of the water, and another arrangement of water passages 3
differing from that shewn in my Patent, No. 1411 of 1871.

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Fig. 1 is an elevation of the exterior showing the break R and the
screwed stem or projection G for attaching the meter to a stand'or
pedestal; Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the entrance and outlet
passages; Fig. 8 is a plan of the exterior; Fig. 4 a sectional plan of
the interior through the inlet and outlet apertures.
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Fig. 5 is a sectional plan of a modification of a similar apparatus pro-
vided with the rising ring, valve, or hoop, herein-before described, by the
aid of which the arca of the outlet aperture is controlled and regulated
by the aid of the water, whereby tho velocity is maintained and adjusted.
in proportion to the pressure or head of water with which the meter is
connected; Fig. 6 is a section at right angles to Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a.
section the adjustable ring valvo; and Fig. 8 is a plan of the same
showing the apertures.
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This rising and adjustable ring valve A, A, consists of a ring or hoop
of metal or other suitable material which may be formed as shewn,
placed in the inside of the meter case and surrounding the fan or
moving part. Two or more narrow slits or apertures B, B, formed on a
chord of the ring or adjustable valve are provided for the entrance of
the water, and when the meter is at rest or no water passing through it, as
) shown in Fig. 6, this ring or valve rests on the lower surface of the
body of the meter case. The meter caso is provided with apertures
for the passage of the water, which are sufficient to allow of the
maximum quantity of water passing for which the meter is con-
structed. Any water entering the meter must pass through the narrow
5 slits or apertures herein-before described in the rising or adjustable ring
or valve until the quantity increases beyond that which will flow through
these narrow slits or apertures, when the increased pressure caused by
the resistance raises the valve, opening thereby a larger passage in pro-
portion to the quantity of water passing through the meter.
D
All or any of the means of adjusting or regulating the speed of-tho
moving parts which are described in my meter Patent, herein-before
alluded to, may be employed as preferred or desired.
Sheet 2 shows arrangements of my improved closet or urinal regu-
lator for preventing waste, Fig. 1 being an external elevation, Fig. 2 a
5 longitudinal vertical section at right angles to Fig. 1, Fig. 3 a vertical
.section on the centre line of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 a sectional plan through
the regulator valvo above the scat.. The object of this arrangement with

page_text: the valves C and C is to prevent any derangement of one of the valves
causing waste of water.
The action of this arrangement, Fig. 2, is as follows:-On raising up
the actuating socket B contained in the case, shell, or body A, A, it
takes up the moveable regulating piston valve, plunger, or plug O from off
the raised seat D, and opens the outlet orifice E, raising also at the same
time the ring valve F by means of its projections f. f,f, which come in
contact with the ring G on the circumference of B. This ring being
made adjustable to regulate the lift of F on the upward movement
of B ceasing, the moveable regulating valve O falls gradually to its scat
and the ring valve F takes the position shewn in Figs. 2, 3, and 3º, and
both it and B gradually descend. By this arrangement the quantity of
water for which the apparatus is adjusted flows, with certainty and a
slower or earlier release of the actuating arrangement will not vary the
quantity, and the valve cannot be left or képt open or partially open.
Fig. 3 shows the passage H and regulating or adjusting screw cock,
valve, or plug I which controls the passage H, whereby the time or.
rate of descent of B and Fare regulated. The small screw stud or plug K
in the valve O regulates the fall of C, B, and F.
Fig. 3ª shews in vertical section the employment of a cup leather F' in
place of the solid piston F shewn in Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5.
Fig. 4 shows tho horns or projections £, f, ƒ, on the ring valve F,
which are operated by the adjustable ring G.
Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical section of another arrangement of my
improved closet or urinal regulator applied to a scat action. A, A, A¹, A¹, ¦
shew the shells, cases, or bodies containing the valves for controlling
the passage of the water; B is the actuating socket containing the
moveable valve C; and B¹ is the socket, with its ring valve F and pro-
jections ff. f, and valve O' being attached thereto; D and D' are the
raised seats; E and E', the outlet apertures; F, the ring valve; ƒ ƒƒ; }
the horns or projections for lifting the same; G, the adjustable ring to
lift F; K, the screw, stud, or plug for adjusting the lift of O; L, the
pin or projection which actuates the apparatus; and M, a weighted.
lever, which returns the parts to their normal position.
The action of this arrangement is as follows:-On depressing the seat 8
of the closet the pin or projection L is pushed down and causes the

page_text: socket B to descend and enclose C within it, at the same time raising B'
and the parts in connection therewith, opening thereby the passage or
outlet E¹. So long as the apparatus remains in this position it is ready
for action but does not permit the passage of any water. The pressure
or weight on the pin or projection L being removed the weight or greater
power on or connected with the lever ✓ causes B to rise, carrying with
it the valve C, and the water then passes through E and out through E',
both O and O¹ gradually and slowly descending together until they
reach their respective seats and shut off the passage of the water with-
out shock or tremor, the parts being then in the positions shewn in Fig. 5
in the Drawing. A repetition of the operation produces liko results, and
no more water can pass at a time than that for which the apparatus is
adjusted. In place of the ring valvo F I may sometimes substituto a
cup leather (as shown at F', Fig 3), placed so as to allow the water to
pass when lifted, in a similar manner to the ring valve F (described in
Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5), and open out so as to retard the fall when the
weight or actuating action is removed.
Sheet 3 shows an arrangement of that part of my Invention relating
to the controlling, regulating, and arresting the supply of liquids and
fluids, and proventing waste, whereby one, two, or more separate and
independent inlets, and one, two, or more separate and independent out-
lets may be adapted in such a manner that the inlet or inlets, outlet or
outlets cannot be open or partially open together, and so that the inlet or
inlets must be closed before the outlet or outlets can be opened or par-
tially opened, or vice versa, or the valve moved from its scat.
Fig. 1 is an end view of this arrangement, partly in section and partly
in elevation, in which two inlets and one outlet are provided; Fig. 2 is
a longitudinal elevation, Fig. 3 a plan shewing the position of the parts
to allow the outlet to be opened; and Fig. 4 a plan of the outside of
the top, shewing the knobs for opening and closing the valves and index
plates with which the same are provided, the arrangement being shown
as applied to a bath.
A, A, A, A, aro the cases, sholls, or bodies containing the valves, one
of which is shown in the section at B; C, O, the case, shell, or body
containing the valve D, in this case controlling the outlet from tho
bath; E, one of the inlets to the bath; F, the outlet for the waste;
·G, a projection or double feather on or attached to the spindle con-

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trolling D; H, H, notches or openings therein to allow of the spindles
controlling the valves B, B, to be moved so as to open the same;
I, I, notches or openings in the plates or discs K, K, to allow of G passing
into the same when it is required to open D, which can only be done
when the valves B, B, are closed; K, K, plates or discs attached to or
connected with the spindles of the valves B, B, which plates are shown
dotted in Fig. 3, having one or more notches or openings in them to allow
of the outlet being opened.
The action is as follows:-In the position shewn in the Drawings the
inlets to the bath are closed and the outlet valve can be opened, but
whilst these conditions are maintained neither inlet can be operated at
the same time with the waste. On turning either inlet valve the disc K
moves also, and takes the notch or opening therein away from the feather
or projection G on the outlet spindle, locking thereby the outlet valve
and preventing any chance of its being opened whilst either inlet is
being operated. To open the outlet the notches in the discs K, K, must
be made to coincide with the feather or projection G on the outlet valvo
spindle, and this can only take place when both inlets are closed. By
this means it will be seen that the inlets and outlet cannot be open or
partially open together.
Sheet 4 shews arrangements of push-in and other valves for lavatory
and other use. Fig. 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of an improved
push-in valve, cock, or tap, for lavatory or other use; A, A, the case,
shell, or body; B, the valve closing on the raised seat D; C, a moveable
cylinder or socket, which may be formed, as shown, attached to or
connected with B, formed so as to surround the raised scat and outlet;
D, the raised seat; E, the outlet; F, an adjustable ring surrounding the
socket C, by means of which the apertures on the flanged part of O
be increased or diminished in area; G, the enlarged part of A, A,
in which C works; H, the button or projection, by pushing in which
the valve is operated; I, spindle.
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The action is as follows:-On pushing in H it causes by means of
the spindle I, shewn in the Drawing, the valve B to move off the raised
seat D, taking with it C and F, opening thereby the outlet E for the
passage of the water, which passes, as shewn, by the arrows through
the openings in B. As B with its socket passes away from the raised
seat the water on the exterior of O passes through the apertures con-

page_text: trolled by the adjustable ring F and by the fit of the flanged part O into
the space from which O has been moved, and on the actuating pressure
on II being removed the return of C and B by the pressure of tho
water is resisted by the cushion of water in the enlarged part G, which
can only escape through the apertures controlled by F and by the space
loft or "fit" between 0 and A, A, and the speed of the closing of the
valve will therefore depend on the rate at which the water can escape
from the front of O, which allows the valvo, to close gradually without
shock or tremor.
Fig. 2 shows in a similar section another arrangement of a push-in
valve, in which tho return of the valvo to its seat is rosisted by a cushion
of water in the cylinder or socket O acting against a cup leather F con-
nected with the valve B.
. A, A, is the case, shell, or body; B, the valve, closing the outlet
orifice E; O, the cylinder or socket containing the cup loather F and
the cushion of water against which it acts; D, the raised scat; E, outlet
orifico; F, cup leather; G, G, apertures for passage of the water; H,
actuating stud; I, spindle connecting valvo with cup leather.
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The springs shown in the Drawing in Figs. 1 and 2 are for the purpose
of keeping up the washer or packing so as to keep a tight joint.
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Fig. 8 shows in longitudinal vertical section another arrangement of
self-closing seat action waste-not valve, in which the pressure of the
main or source of supply is not allowed to act on the stuffing box except
during the action of the apparatus; A, A, the case, shell, or body; B, tho
actuating piston with its washer valve; O, the moveable regulating valvo;
D, the raised seat; D', the upper ditto; E, outlet orifice; F, pipe or
passage for water from above the piston; G, weight for returning parts
to their normal position; H, actuating stud or projection.
The action is as follows (the parts boing shown at rest) :-On depres.
sing the stud ♬ the piston B is caused to descend and press out the
water between it and O. So long as it remains in this position no water
flows and tho apparatus is ready for action. On removing the pressure
from H the weight G causes B to rise to the position shewn in the
Drawing and take up O with it, opening thereby the outlet E for the
passage of the water, and O gradually and slowly descends till it shuts
off the outlet. The water above B escapes through the opening and
pipo or passago F, and allows it to close gradually against D'.
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page_text: Fig. 4 shews in elevation one of my valves constructed similarly to
Figs. 1 and 2, to which my spreader outlet E hercin-before described is
attached for the purpose of clearing or washing out the basin or other
receptacle to which it is applied. This plan is suitable for high pressure.
Fig. 4 shews a front view of the spreader.
Fig. 5 is an ordinary screw-down- valve arranged so as to shut off the
supply of water from the main to which a safety cap A is applied so
as to remove all liability of the escape of water through the stuffing box.
To the same is applied my improved coupling for metal or flexible pipo
to be joined to the connection, which is done by means of the indented
or grooved or channelled surface C, against which the pipe or tubo D is
compressed by the action of the moveable nut, cap, or cover E, when the
same is screwed up.
Slicet 5 shows some of the modifications of my self-closing submerged
“waste-not” valves herein-before described. Fig. 1 shewing a vertical
section of the plan where a moveable actuating socket is employed, in
which a piston, disc, fan, or screw is placed, whereby the falling of the
valve is regulated. A is the part containing the outlet orifice and
valve; B is the moveable actuating socket containing the piston, disc,
fan, or screw, and moveable diso or washer valve M; C, the moveable
regulating valve, piston, plunger, or plug closing the outlet orifice;
D, the piston, disc, fan, or screw, by which the ascent and descent
of the valve C are regulated; D³, raised seat; E, outlet orifice;
F, F, F, guides for keeping the valve O in its proper position when
rising or falling; M, disc or washer valve which opens to allow of the
descent of tho moveable socket B and closes to retain the water when
the apparatus is operated.
The action of this apparatus is as follows:- When at rest the parts
are in the positions shewn in the Drawing. On operating the actuating
connection or arrangement M¹ the socket B is caused to rise and the
water in the socket below the part D being retained by the disc or
washer valve M causes by its resistance the piston, disc, fan, or screw D,
to rise and lift thereby the valve C opening the outlet orifice and allowing
the water to flow out through E; on the actuating movement ceasing
the valve Ɑ with the parts attached to or in connection therewith begin
slowly to descend at the rate to which the same are adjusted, the fall
being resisted by the water contained in B. On releasing the actuating
arrangement, B falls to the position shewn in the Drawing, and opens

page_text: and raises the disc or washer valvo M, allowing the water to enter the
socket below D, and it is then ready for another similar operation.
Fig. 2 shews in vertical section another arrangement, in which a
moveable closed cylinder F containing the piston or diso B for actuating
5 the same) attached to or connected with the valve O is employed.
A, A, is the part containing the outlet orifice and raised seat D; Bis
the moveable actuating piston; O, the valvo controlling the outlet
attached to or connected with the cylinder F by the spindle, tail piece,
stem, or guide G; D, the raised seat; E, the outlet orifice; F, the closed
0 cylinder; G, spindle or guide of the valve C. This moveable closed
cylinder contains water or any suitable liquid or fluid, which by its
resistance to the movement of the disc or piston B causes the valve and
its connections to operate when the actuating movement is given to B.
The object of this arrangement is to secure the actuating parts being
5 always in the same fluid, so as to be free from any chance of being
impeded in their action by contact with any extraneous matters.
Fig. 8 is a vertical section of another arrangement, in which a fixed
cylinder F containing the actuating piston or disc B, with its sorowed
spindle or projection G, and the valve O, with the radiating blades and
screwed socket are attached (or they may be formed in one, as shown);
D being the raised seat; E, the outlet orifice; F, the fixed cylinder;
G, scrowed spindle or projection, which works in the scrowed socket
of O.
The action of this arrangement is as follows:-On raising or
operating B it rises and takes up C, and on the actuating movement
ceasing the valve O begins to descend and rotate at a rate proportioned
to the pitch of the screw on the spindle or projection G and tho
resistance caused by the radiating blades.
Fig. 4 is a sectional plan through G and the blades attached to or
connected with O, similar letters indicating similar parts.
Figs. 5 and 6 are an elevation and vertical section of another arrange-
ment, consisting of O and G only, without being placed in a fixed or
moveable cylinder or socket, for use in such places as are free from any
liability to the entry of extraneous matter. In this case the amount of
lift or actuating movement requires to be regulated so as to provent any
liability of tho valve C being lifted or raised out of A.

page_text: Figs. 7 and 8 shew two other modes of arranging my submerged
"waste-not" valves so as to obtain the flush or seal in addition to the
discharge for washing out the pan or receptacle.
In Fig. 7, A, A, is the body or part containing the outlet; B, the
actuating piston working in the fixed cylinder or socket F, F; C, the t
movcable regulating valve controlling the outlet; O¹, the flush or
additional valve surrounding O, and working in the fixed cylinder F, F;
D, raised scat of O; D³, raised seat of O'; E, outlet orifice; F, fixed
cylinder.
The action is as follows:-On operating the actuating connection:
B is drawn up causing C and O³ to rise and open the outlet. When the
actuating movement ceases, C and O¹ descend slowly together, and O
being the heaviest, or arranged with a looser "fit," descends first and
closes the outlet, C² following at a slower rate, during which period the
flush or seal passes out through the holes shewn in the Drawing, and on :
C' arriving at its raised seat D' it shuts off the passage of the water
through the small holes and leaves the pan or receptacle sealed or
trapped.
Fig. 8 is another arrangement of a similar valve, in which the
actuating piston B takes the place of the valvo O and performs its duties
in addition, the same parts of Fig. 8 being represented by the same
letters of reference as Fig. 7.
Fig. 9 is another arrangement consisting of a screwed spindle on or
connected with the actuating piston, and an additional lever and weight
G for actuating the same, which comes into operation to give the seal
when the actuating movement for opening the discharge valve ceases,
similar parts of this valve being indicated by similar letters to the
other Figures.
The action is as follows:-On operating the actuating connection M
the actuating piston B is caused, by means of the chain or flexible con-
nection, to rise, and at the same time the weighted end of the lever G
rises also through its connection with the actuating lever depressing the
inner end of the same with the nut or female screw to the position shewn
by the dotted lines, the screwed spindle of B and B rotating so as to
allow this to take place, being further aided by the swivel at the end of
the screwed spindle. On letting go of M, the piston B descends, and
the weighted lever G begins to descend also, and by the resistanco of

page_text: the scrowed spindle gives B a lift, causing it to start O and allow the
seal to pass. I also arrange this modification, as shown in Fig. 9, whero
I employ a travelling weight placol in a closed tube or otherwise so
arranged as to cause the second lifting action to tako place after the
actuating piston B has commenced to fall.
Fig. 9a is another arrangement of my flushing and scal action showing
tho valvo H closing the air pipe G when the actuating connection is
operated, which retains a portion of the water in the down pipe to
closet, and libcrates the same on the release of the actuating connection,
as herein-before described. I also employ an enlarged part on the pipc,
or a small receptacle below the valvo, in order to retain sufficient wator
for trapping where only a small pipe to the closet is used, or where thoro
is a short distance between the valve and the closet.
Fig. 10 shows in vertical section an arrangement for causing a
trapping or scaling action by means of an enlargement upon or con-
nected with the supply pipe to the closet, which may be placed in a
suitablo or required part of the same. The water on its passage to tho
closet through A, A, fills the chamber B, and the amount retained in
the chamber flows out through the aperture or aperture O into the closet
through D.
Figs. 1 and 2, Shoot 6, shew in longitudinal vertical section two of
my improved instantaneously discharging basins heroin-before described.
A, Fig. 1, is the basin; B, the large outlet; O, the discharge valve;
D, the pull-up or discharge handle for operating O.
Fig. 2 is also a similar section of my improved basin provided with a
perforated false bottom, and arranged so as to admit of the same being
readily renewed or removed when required, and provided with largo
discharge outlet and valve for controlling the same.
A, basin, the upper part being formed of porcelain, china, or other
suitable material; B, perforated falso bottom of metal or other suitable
material; O, discharge valve; D, handle or knob for operating the same
by or through the lever E; F, F, the joint and fastenings by means of
which B may be removed or replaced.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention and the.
manner in which the same is to be performed, I desire to remark that I
do not claim as of my Invention the use of motors for measuring water,

page_text: nor closet valves to prevent waste, as these are not now; nor do I claim
the use of valves or cocks for controlling the water supply of water to
closets, baths, lavatories, basins, or urinals, as those are not novel; nor
the use of flushing apparatus, or washing basins, baths, waterclosets, or
urinals, nor all of the parts individually, as new when applied to theso
purposes; nor do I bind or confine myself to the precise arrangements or
details shown in the accompanying six Sheets of Drawings, as the same
admit of being modified without departing from the nature of my said
Invention; but what I do claim as novel and as of my Invention, and
desire to have protected by Letters Patent is,-
First. The arrangement of water passages, and the mode of self-
regulating the areas of the same, the mode of adjustment of meters, and
placing the same on a by-pass on large mains or passages, so that a
small meter may register on the small pipe proportionately to the
quantity passing in the large one, substantially as herein-before described,
illustrated, and specified.
Second. The arrangements of regulators for controlling the water
supply of waterclosets, urinals, and other similar uses; also the ring
valve F and adjustable ring G, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, 3, 4, and 5, in
Sheet 2, and herein-before described and specified.
Third. The arrangement of apparatus for controlling the water supply
and outlet passages where it is required that inlet and outlet passages
shall not be open together, substantially as heroin-before described,
illustrated, and specified.
Fourth. Arranging valves with water cushion to resist and retard the
sudden closing of the same; the arrangement of self-closing "waste-
not" valves, by which the pressure of the water is taken off the stuffing
box, except at the moment of the water passing through the arrange-
ment of outlet spreader on cocks, taps, outlets, and valves; also the
lock-up arrangement for stop or other valves to prevent leakage, and the 8
curved, indented, grooved, or channelled joint, herein-before illustrated,
described, and specified.
Fifth. The arrangements and modifications of self-closing submerged
"waste-not” valves, and the modes of producing the aftor flush and seal,
as herein-before described, illustrated, and specified.
Sixth. The arrangements of lavatory and other basins, the water

page_text: supply valve inlets to the same, and the arrangement of outlets thero-
from, substantially as herein-before described, illustrated, and specified.
Lastly. The combinations and arrangements of parts for measuring,
regulating, controlling, and preventing waste of water, substantially as
herein-before described and illustrated by the accompanying six Sheets
of Drawings, and for the purposes specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alfred Tylor, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirteenth of September One thousand eight
hundred and seventy-three.