Improvements in Gulleys and Sinks.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gulleys and Sinks.
I, ARTHUR JOWETT, of Withens Clough, Cragg Vale, Mytholmroyd, in the
County of York, Waterworks Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to construct gulleys and sinks with a double
trap, by which sewer gas or fowl air is effectually prevented from escaping from
the drain, also the drain pipes can be effectually flushed, and the accumulation of
sediment in the body of the gulley or sink can be easily and quickly removed.
I construct my improved gulley or sink with a channel formed around its
inner surface preferably opposite the trap, the bottom of this channel inclines
downwardly from the side opposite to the trap, to the entrance to the trap;
within the gulley I place a flanged box, cylinder, or other receptacle, which
rests or is supported or carried by the inner sides of the aforesaid channel, suit-
able packing may be laid upon these sides so that water or sediment is pre-
vented from getting between the loose box or cylinder and the body of the
gulley, a plug placed at the top of the trap allows the drain pipes to be flushed
and cleaned as desired; the grate of the gulley I preferably construct with a
conical base for conducting the surface water directly into the loose box or
cylinder, the water upon overflowing into the channel passes to the trap and into
the drain, by this means a double trap is obtained, and all sediment lodges in the
loose box which when required to be cleaned out, is simply lifted out and the
contents emptied into the cart and taken away, so effecting a great saving in time
and labour, and being far more cleanly and sanitary than the present system.
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JOHN E. WALSH,
Waterhouse Chambers, Crossley Street, Halifax,
Patent Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Gulleys and Sinks.
I, ARTHUR JOWETT, of Withens Clough, Cragg Vale, Mytholmroyd, in the
County of York, Waterworks Manager, 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:-
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The object of my invention is to construct gulleys and sinks with a double

page_text: trap, by which sewer gas or foul air is effectually prevented from escaping from
the drain, also the drain pipes can be effectually flushed, and the accumulation of
sediment in the body of the gulley or sink can be easily and quickly removed.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. is a sectional side elevation of my improved gulley or street sink.
Fig. 2 is a plan of Fig. 1 through the line Y, Z.
Eig. 3 is an elevation of dirt box employed within the gulley, detached.
Fig. 4 is an elevation of loose hopper employed for guiding or conducting the
surface water directly into the dirt box shown at Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is an elevation in section of an ordinary street gulley or sink, showing
my improvements applied.
I construct my improved gulley or sink with a channel A. formed around its
inner surface preferably about the level of the trap B, the bottom of this
channel A inclines downwardly from the side opposite to the trap, to the entrance
to the trap as shown in dotted lines at Fig. 1.
Within the gulley I place a loose flanged dirt box, cylinder or other receptacle C,
which rests upon or is carried by the inner sides D of the aforesaid channel A,
suitable packing E may be laid upon the top edges of these sides, or the flange
of the dirt box C may be turned over and support or carry the said rubber or
other packing as shown at Fig. 1, so that water or sediment is prevented from
getting between the loose box or cylinder C, and the body F of the gulley. A
plug & placed at the top of the trap allows the drain pipes to be flushed and
cleaned as desired.
Immediately beneath the grate H of the gulley, I preferably fix a flanged conical
hopper J, for conducting the surface water directly into the dirt box or cylinder C,
this hopper J is supported upon a projecting lip K upon the loose top L of the
gulley. By constructing the gulley with a loose top L, the top can be adjusted
in hilly roads or streets, according to the gradient of same.
When applying my improvements to existing gulleys see Fig. 5, I attach
immediately below the gulley outlet by means of lead
or other means, a
quadrangular or other ring M, according to the shape of the body of the gulley,
the top part of the ring is conical or curved, and forms with the sides of the
gulley the channel A, this ring supports the loose dirt box C as before described,
also, a further ring or projection N fixed near the gulley top supports the loose
hopper for the purposes aforesaid.
By this construction and arrangement of gulley the surface water upon over-
flowing into the channel A, passes to the trap and into the drain, thus all sediment
lodges in the loose dirt box C, which, when required to be cleaned out, is simply
lifted out of the gulley by the handle P, (the grate and hopper having been
previously removed to allow of this being done), and the contents emptied into
the cart and taken away so effecting a great saving in time and labour and is
far more cleanly and sanitary than the present system.
While this is being done, no sewer gas or foul air can escape from the drain,
as the same is trapped in the ordinary way, but after the loose box C, and the
hopper J, have been adjusted to their proper position they act as a further trap,
and form with trap B a double trap.
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:-
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1. Constructing gulleys or sinks with an internal channel A, a loose dirt box C,
and hopper J, in the manner and for the purposes, substantially as set forth.
2. Constructing gulleys or sinks with a loose top L, and an internal channel A,
the sides of which support a loose dirt box C, and hopper J supported by the
loose gulley top, in the manner and for the purposes, substantially as shown
and described.

page_text: 3. The use and employment of a ring M, loose box C, ring or projection N, and
hopper J, within an ordinary gulley, in the manner and for the purposes, sub-
stantially as shown and described.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Waterhouse Chambers, Crossley Street, Halifax,
Patent Agent for the Applicani.