Improvements in "Quick Waste" Apparatus for Baths, Sinks, Wash Basins, and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 25th July, 1891-Accepted, 29th Aug., 1891
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in "Quick Waste" Apparatus for Baths, Sinks, Wash
Basins, and the like.
1, SIDNEY JENNINGS of Palace Wharf, Stangate, London, S.E., Sanitary
Engineer, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in "quick waste" apparatus for baths, sinks,
wash basins and the like and has for its object to provide ready and convenient
means whereby the bath or other vessel may be rapidly emptied of its contents
after use, hermetically closing the discharge opening of the same by means of a
solid metal plug, whereby any suds or deposit remaining in or about the outlet
chamber, plug or overflow pipe after the bath or other vessel has been discharged
after use, are prevented from returning and mixing with the fresh supply when
re-filled or next entering. It has also for its object to trap the fittings in a compact
and convenient manner and dispense with any air space between the outlet valve
and the trap.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a part of the longitudinal section of a bath provided with my
apparatus,
Figure 2 a part of an inside view of the bottom end of the same bath and
Figure 3 a detail.
Bis the bath furnished with an outlet or discharge opening a and provided at
the back with an overflow pipe b, both the overflow pipe and the discharge opening
leading to the trap or outlet chamber T. The opening a is closed with a plug or
valve c of the shape clearly shewn in Figure 1 and connected to one end of a lever d
fulcrumed at e at its other end.
This lever engages at a short distance from its fulcrum with a sleeve or loop fat
the lower end of the rod g, the upper end of which is connected by means of a
swivel joint / to the quick pitch screw i furnished outside with a knob k arranged
on the top of the rear end of the bath (Figure 2) or on the bath top itself, whereby
the rod and through it the plug c is operated in such a manner that by imparting
a fraction of a turn to the said knob, the plug will be sufficiently raised to admit of
waters escaping freely into the waste pipe through the trap T.
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Inside the bottom end of the bath is arranged the overflow opening having the
form of a soap dish, the back plate of which is provided with a grating m, clearly
shewn in Figure 2, through which any overflowing or surplus water finds its outlet
into the pipe b.
F and F are the hot and cold water fittings fixed inside the bottom end of the
bath on each side of the soap dish and overflow 7. The hot and cold water pipes n
for these fittings (only one of which is shewn in the drawings) are closed and opened
in a similar manner as described and shewn in the Specification of Letters Patent
No. 1037 of 1891 granted to George Jennings for "Improvements in Cabinet Wash
Basins," that is to say in this case by the screw knobs & k², being moreover con-
nected in any suitable manner to their respective supply pipes.
The overflow pipe b terminates at the top with a head shewn separately in
Figure 3 and is secured to the bath by means of the screws or bolts o. o. upon the
projecting heads of which the soap tray is supported.
The trap T is connected at one end with the waste pipe by the union p and is
arranged to contain always sufficient water to form an hydraulic seal.

page_text: Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim, is :-
The improved quick waste apparatus applicable to baths, sinks, wash basins and
the like arranged and constructed substantially as described and shewn in
Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings.
Dated this 25th day of July 1891.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.