IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONTAINING, MEASURING, CONTROLLING, REGULATING, AND ARRESTING THE PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Tylor and Joseph John Tylor, of No. 2,
Newgate Street, in the City of London, Brassfounders, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR
CONTAINING, MEASURING, CONTROLLING, REGULATING, AND ARRESTING THE
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Tylor and Joseph
John Tylor at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 22nd January 1874.
We, ALFRED TYLOR and JOSEPH JOHN TYLOB, of No. 2, Newgate
Street, in the City of London, Brassfounders, do hereby declaro, the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS AND
ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONTAINING, MEASURING, CONTROLLING, REGULATING, AND
ARRESTING THE SUPPLY OF LIQUIDS AND FLUIDS AND PREVENTING WASTE," to be
as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus and
arrangements for containing, measuring, controlling, regulating, and
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page_text: arresting the supply of liquids and fluids, and preventing waste,
whereby a cheaper and more durable apparatus for containing the water
used for waterclosets may be obtained and arranged so as to prevent
waste, whilst at the same time the pan, hopper, or receptacle of the closet
is always supplied with water whether the supply cistern is emptied or
only partially emptied; also in the various fittings and parts used therein
or therewith, whereby they are made more efficient, and whereby also
also the parts used in connection with the measuring and supply of
liquids and fluids may be made more convenient in use and prevent the
waste of liquids and fluids, as herein specified.
In order to prevent or at least diminish as much as possible the
corrosion and derangement of the separate supply cisterns or vessels for
containing water employed for waterclosets, which so frequently arises
when they are made of iron or other corrodible material or materials,
we make the same of porcelain, stoneware, earthenware, or other suitable
plastic material or materials, or of a combination of the same, and glaze
or otherwise render them impervious to water; or we make them of glass,
asphalte, bitumen, or waterproof material or materials, or of a combi-
nation of the same, combined when necessary with any suitable fibrous
material or materials, such as felt, paper, linen, cotton, jute, hemp, hair,
or such substance or substances as have this character, or we may use
wire or metal netting, cloth, or other similar combination or suitable
material or materials which may be embedded or enclosed in the same
in order to give strength to the whole and cause the said cisterns or
vessels to maintain their form when manufactured.
In arranging cisterns to prevent waste we control the admission of
water by means of a ball or float valve-cock or tap, and form the said
cisterns, in what we term our No. 1 arrangement, with three or more
divisions, partitions, or chambers communicating with one or more or
each of them by means of a tube or tubes, pipe or pipes, passage or
passages, or other suitable opening or openings, which are (or some of
them) controlled by three or more valves connected with or operated by
the actuating part or parts, which act so that the inlet to and outlet
from the delivery parts of the cistern will not be open or partially open
together, and so retain a portion of the water in the sealing division or
divisions or chamber or chambers, whereby on working the actuating
parts the water shall be caused to pass into the pan, hopper, or receptacle,
and on the release of the same a seal or smaller quantity shall be dis-

page_text: charged into the pan, hopper, or receptacle without having to wait until
the whole of the contents is discharged, whereby the pan, hopper, or
receptacle will always receive a second quantity of water whenever the
actuating part is operated, however little may be or has been allowed to
pass out of the cistern during the first operation. This arrangement
may be applied to iron or other metal cisterns as well as to those made
of the material or materials herein-before specified.
In what we term our No. 2 arrangement of waste preventing cistern
for sealing the pan, hopper, or receptacle after the flush is given (which
is a sufficient arrangement to No. 1) we employ an air-tight vessel,
chamber, part, or receptacle provided with an aperture or apertures in the
lower part of the same, which may be covered with perforated metal or
other suitable material or combination of the same, and round the said
aperture or apertures we place india-rubber, leather, canvas, or other
suitable material or materials, or combination of the same, in order to
make a tight joint, and this vessel, chamber, part, or receptacle is placed
in the cistern in a division, partition, or chamber, or is placed between
or provided with a suitable guide or guides, which may be formed in or
attached to the said cistern, or form part of or be connected with the
said vessel or chamber or the parts connected or in connection therewith.
The said vessel, chamber, part, or receptacle is also provided with an air
valve or valves so arranged that when the actuating part which causes
the water to pass from the cistern when it is operated is let go the same
causes the valve or valves to open, and when the actuating part or con-
nection is operated the valve or valves closes or close by its or their own
weight or by that of the part or parts in connection therewith.
The action of this arrangement is as follows:-On operating the
actuating part or connection the air valve or valves on the air-tight
vessel, chamber, part, or receptacle closes or close, and the said vessel
rises off its seat, opens the outlet, and allows the water to pass during
the time that the actuating part or connection is kept up or in operation.
The water flows gradually into the said vessel or chamber, and causes it
to sink gradually on to its seat and close the outlet orifice of the cistern.
As long as the actuating part or connection is kept up or in operation
no further supply of water can pass, but on releasing the said actuating
part the air valve or valves in the air-tight vessel, chamber, or part opens
or open, and the water contained in the said vessel flows into the pan,
hopper, or receptacle and seals or traps the same, leaving the vessel

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empty and ready to perform a similar operation on the next occasion the
actuating part or connection is operated. The vessel or chamber is kept
on its seat by its own weight or that of the actuating parts or connec-
tions thereof, or by the combination of part or all of the same.
In our No. 3 arrangement of waste preventing cistern, which differs
from the arrangements Nos. 1 and 2, we modify the cistern known as
Guest & Chrimes, 73, N. T. by closing the small weeping hole communi-
cating with the inlet pipe to the pan, hopper, or receptacle, and apply
instead a small pipe, tube, or passage controlled by a valve in connection
with the actuating arrangement, which allows the water to pass or closes
the outlet at the proper times when the closet is in use.
In our No. 4 arrangement of waste preventing cisterns, which differs
from Nos. 1, 2, and 3, we employ vertical divisions or partitions extending
from the bottom of the cistern to the upper edge of the same, whereby
the cistern is so divided as to form separate chambers or receptacles to
act as flushing, trapping, and ball or float valve chambers or receptacles,
and by means of valves with lost motion and levers in connection with
the actuating arrangement enable the required action to be produced
without waste.
The action of this arrangement is as follows:-On operating the
actuating arrangement the valve controlling the outlet to the closet is
opened, and the inlet valve from the ball chamber or compartment
closed, the water in the flushing chamber passing into the pan, hopper,
or receptacle, and by this same action the outlet valve of the trapping
box is closed, and the inlet from the supply or ball or float chamber to
the trapping box is opened, causing the same to fill ready for sealing.
On the release of the actuating arrangement the outlet valve of the
flushing chamber is closed, and that of the trapping box opened, the
water flowing out and sealing the pan, hopper, or receptacle, whilst
the other chambers or receptacles fill ready for use on the next occasion
the closet is used. The ball or float and valve controlling the inlet are
free to act as required without being controlled by any mechanical con-
nection with the actuating part.
In that part of our Invention which relates to measuring water we
place the meter or meters, which may be that patented by Alfred Tylor
in Patent No. 1411 of 1870, or that patented in Patent No. 1391 of 1872,
by Francis George Fleury in conjunction with Alfred Tylor, or the

page_text: improved meter shewn in Patent No. 907, granted to Alfred Tylor in
1873, or any other suitable meter on a smaller pipe, tube, or passage
which is attached to, or connected with, or forms part of the larger pipe,
tube, or passage through which the main body of the water to be
measured flows, and this small pipe, tube, or passage opens at each end
into the larger pipe, tube, or passage and between the meter or meters
and the larger pipe, tube, or passage, or in the latter as most suitable or
convenient we place a valve or valves to act as a regulator and to assist
in causing the meter or meters to register correctly.
We may sometimes employ two or more of the small pipes, tubes, or .
passages, with their meter and valve or valves in connection with the
larger pipe, tube, or passage, where such arrangement is preferred or
considered more convenient.
In arranging submerged self-closing waste-not valves for use in
cisterns we modify the submerged waste-not valves shewn in Patent
No. 2292 of 1872, granted to Alfred Tylor, and in the Patent No. 2838
of 1872, granted to Philip John Davies, and form and arrange the parts
in such a manner as to reduce as much as possible the chance of
derangement of the working and actuating parts from dirt, foulness, or
other matters being allowed to accumulate in the cistern or to enter the
same, and so impede or diminish their satisfactory working. For this
purpose in one arrangement we employ the moveable actuating cylinder
or socket shewn in the Patent submerged waste-not valves in Patent
No. 2292, granted to Alfred Tylor in 1872, and in Patent No. 2238 of
1872, granted to Philip John Davis, in which we form one or more singlo
or double inclined planes or slots extending from the lower edge up to the
top or nearly so, and cut quite through the moveable actuating cylinder
or socket, and dispense with the use of the fixed cylinder or socket in
which the working parts controlling the outlet are placed.
For the part controlling the outlet we employ the rotating meter valve
and resisting projections or blades, as shewn in the Patent No. 391 of
1872, granted to Francis George Fleury in conjunction with Alfred
Tylor, but in this case we do not use the passages formed in the lower
portion of the same, and on or to the top of the said valve we attach a
spindle or part formed with a cross bar or piece at its upper end, which
fits loosely in and passes freely up and down the single or double inclined
plane or planes, slot or slots formed in the moveable actuating cylinder

page_text: or socket, so that when the said moveable actuating cylinder or socket
is raised it may lift up the valve with it, and open the outlet, and on the
upward movement ceasing the valve gradually descends and rotates on
the inclined plane or planes, slot or slots, in the moveable actuating
cylinder or socket, the area of the projections or blades on the valves
which act against the water and the inclination of the inclined plane or
planes, slot or slots in which the cross piece on the end of the valvo
spindle works regulating the time of the descent in conjunction with the
height of lift of the valve, and so enabling the quantity of water it is
desired to pass to be regulated, and preventing the valve being left or
kept open by keeping the actuating part or parts in action. This
moveable actuating cylinder or socket may be caused to work in a
suitable guide or guides so as to prevent it turning round or moving
sideways, and confine it to a vertical upward and downward movement,
or the spindle on or attached to the valve may be guided instead, but
allowed to rotate or partially rotate in its upward and downward move-
ment if desired, and stops may be provided to prevent the actuating part
or parts being raised too high, or to regulate or limit the height to which
the same shall be raised, and the quantity of water to be passed.
Where preferred the cylinder or socket may be attached to the valve
itself, and actuated by a part to which a cross piece working on the
inclined plane or planes, slot or slots is attached or formed, provided
with a swivel or other means for allowing the part to rotate as the valvo
descends where this movement is desired, or the part may be arranged
to rise and fall vertically without rotating, and the valve and cylinder or
socket caused to rotate or partially rotate as they are lifted from and fall
down to their seat. In this case also a suitable guide or guides for the
actuating part or for the cylinder or socket formed on or attached to the
valve or for both may be provided if desired.
The actuating parts may be provided with weights or otherwise so
arranged as to ensure their return to their normal position ready for
operating the valve immediately the actuating part ceases to be
operated.
In order to prevent the release of the actuating arrangement causing
the valve to close before the quantity of water for which it is adjusted
has passed, when such arrangement is required or preferred we mako
allowance for this by enabling the actuating part to descend to its
normal position without coming in contact with the valve or its attach-

page_text: ments, whereby having opened the valve or raised it to the extent of its
upward movement or travel sufficient clearance is provided to allow the
actuating part to return to the position it occupied previous to use, and
at the same time not interfere with the free descent of the valve and its
attachments.
We also arrange both valves so as to prevent the inlet and outlet being
open or partially open together, and causing waste, by providing a disc
plate or reciprocating or revolving portion or part or parts attached to
or in connection with the inlet valve spindles, which on operating either
inlet is caused to project over, enter into, or otherwise lock or prevent
the opening of the waste outlet during the time either inlet is open, and
on closing the inlet valve the said part or parts goes or go out of action
so soon as the inlet is closed, and leaves the outlet valve free and ready
to be operated.
We also arrange push-in valves or taps so as to close with the stream
without shock or tremor, and also that they may be readily made and
easily put together. For this purpose we form the body of the valve or
tap with an internal and external screwed part, and cause the part con-
taining the valve which controls the outlet to enter the internal screwed
part and be screwed into its place. We make the outlet in the form of a
cylinder or tube containing the valve which closes or opens the same,
and form one or more openings or passages to allow the water to enter
and pass to the outlet orifice. In this cylinder or tube we place a
partition or division having a hole in the same, through which the spindle
passes to which the valve and cup leather or piston for retarding the
closing of the valve by the resistance of the water in the cylinder or
tube are attached, and we form and arrange the valve so that in passing
to its seat it shuts off or closes the opening or openings or passages
which admit the water to the cylinder or tube and outlet, and with the
aid of the piston or cup leather enable it to close without shock.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Alfred Tylor and Joseph John Tylor in the Great
· Seal Patent Office on the 22nd July 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, ALFRED
TYLOR and JOSEPH JOHN TYLOR, of No. 2, Newgate Street, in the City
of London, Brassfounders, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of January, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto us, the said Alfred Tylor and Joseph John Tylor, Her
special licence that we, the said Alfred Tylor and Joseph John Tylor, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said
Alfred Tylor and Joseph John Tylor, our 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
CONTAINING, MEASURING, CONTROLLING, REGULATING, AND ARRESTING THE SUPPLY
OF LIQUIDS AND FLUIDS AND PREVENTING WASTE," upon the condition (amongst
others) that we, the said Alfred Tylor and Joseph John Tylor, our
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, 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 we, the said Alfred Tylor and Joseph John
Tylor, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement and accompanying six
Sheets of Drawings with letters of reférence marked thereon:-
This Invention has for its object "Improvements in Apparatus and
Arrangements for Containing, Measuring, Controlling, Regulating, and
Arresting the Supply of Liquids and Fluids, and Preventing Waste,"

page_text: whereby a cheaper and more durable apparatus for containing the water
used for waterclosets may be obtained and arranged so as to prevent
waste whilst at the same time the pan, hopper, or receptacle of the
closet is always supplied with water, whether the supply cistern is
emptied or only partially emptied, also in the various fittings and parts
used therein or therewith whereby they are made more efficient and
whereby also the parts used in connection with the measuring and
supply of liquids and fluids may be made more convenient in use and
prevent the waste of liquids and fluids as herein specified.
In order to prevent or at least diminish as much as possible the
corrosion and derangement of the separate supply cisterns or vessels for
containing water employed for waterclosets, which so frequently arise
when they are made of iron or other corrodible material or materials,
we make the same of porcelain, stoneware, earthenware, or other suitable
plastic material or materials, or of a combination of the same, and glaze
or otherwise render them impervious to water, or we make them of glass,
asphalte, bitumen, or waterproof material or materials, or of a com-
bination of the same, combined when necessary with any suitable fibrous
material or materials such as felt, paper, linen, cotton, jute, hemp, hair,
or such substance or substances as have this character; or we may use
wire or metal netting, cloth, or other similar combinations or suitable
material or materials, which may be embedded or enclosed in the same
in order to give strength to the whole and cause the said cisterns or
vessels to maintain their form when manufactured.
The shell or body of the inlet or ball or float valve or cock controlling
the inlet of the water supply to the cistern may be formed on the
cistern itself, and out of the materials herein-before described for
making cisterns, but the plug or part controlling the waterway should
be of an elastic or fibrous material to keep tight without friction or
wear.
In arranging cisterns to prevent waste we control the admission of
water by means of a ball or float valve, cock, or tap, and form the said
cisterns in what we term our No. 1 arrangement with three or more
divisions, partitions, or chambers communicating with one or more or
each of them by means of a tube or tubes, pipe or pipes, passage or
passages, or other suitable opening or openings, which are (or some of
them) controlled by three or more valves connected with or operated by

page_text: the actuating part or parts which act so that the inlet to and outlet from
the delivery parts of the cistern will not be open or partially open
together, and so retain a portion of the water in the sealing division or
divisions, or chamber or chambers, whereby on working the actuating
parts the water shall be caused to pass into the pan, hopper, or receptacle,
and on the release of the same a seal or smaller quantity shall be
discharged into the pan, hopper, or receptacle, without having to wait
until the whole of the contents is discharged, whereby the pan, hopper,
or receptacle, will always receive a second quantity of water whenever
the actuating part is operated however little may be or has been allowed
to pass out of the cistern during the first operation. This arrangement
may be applied to iron or other metal cisterns as well as to those mado
of the material or materials herein-before specified.
Fig. 1, Sheet 1, shews in longitudinal sectional elevation a modification
of our No. 1 arrangement of waste preventing, flushing, and sealing
cistern with three divisions or chambers and valves and passages by
means of which it is not necessary to wait until the whole of the
contents of the flushing division or compartment is discharged to get
the seal or second quantity of water; A, A, is the cistern; B, the
flushing compartment or division; C, the sealing or second discharge
chamber or compartment; D, the receiving chamber from inlet in which
the ball or float works; E, the flushing valve; E³, inlet valvo to sealing
chamber; E, sealing valve; E³, valve controlling supply inlet to
flushing chamber or compartment, the water passing through tho
passage F (shewn by the dotted lines in the plan, Fig. 1ª, which with
the other passage are or may be formed in the part attached to the
bottom of the cistern as shewn and up into the flushing compartment or
chamber B through the inlet F controlled by the valve E³; G is the
actuating connection; H, the outlet; and I, the ball or float valve and
lever.
Fig. 1 is a plan of Fig. 1 shewing the valves, and the passages herein-
before described are shewn by the dotted lines, like parts being shewn
by similar letters of reference.
The action of this arrangement is as follows:-On operating the
actuating connection G the valves E* and E³ close and E and E¹ open,
the flush passing through the opening controlled by the valve E
to the pan, hopper, or receptacle, at the same time water enters O
through the openings controlled by E', on letting go of G the valves E

page_text: and E' close and E and E³ open, allowing the seal or after flush to
escape from C to the outlet H at the same time that the water passes
to the flushing chamber or compartment B through the passage and
opening F controlled by E.
In what wo term our No. 2 arrangement of waste preventing cistern
for sealing the pan, hopper, or receptacle after the flush is given (which
is a different arrangement to No. 1) we employ an air-tight vessel,
chamber, part, or receptacle provided with an aperture or apertures in
the lower part of the same which may be covered with perforated metal
or other suitable material or materials, or combination of the same, and
round the said aperture or apertures we place india-rubber, leather,
canvas, or other suitable material or materials or combination of the
same in order to make a tight joint, and this vessel, chamber, part, or
receptaclo is placed in the cistern in a division, partition, or chamber, or
is placed between or provided with a suitablo guide or guides, which
may be formed in or attached to the said cistern or form part of or
be connected with the said vessel or chamber, or the parts connected
or in connection therewith. The said vessel, chamber, part, or receptacle
is also provided with an air valve or valves so arranged that the
actuating part which causes the water to pass from the cistern when
it is operated is let go, the same causes the valve or valves to open, and
when the actuating part or connection is operated the valve or valves
closes or close by its or their own weight or by that of the part or parts
in connection therewith.
The action of this arrangement is as follows:-On operating the
actuating part or connection the air valve or valves on the air-tight
vessel, chamber, part, or receptacle closes or close, and the said vessel
rises off its seat, opens the outlet, and allows the water to pass during the
time that the actuating part or connection is kept up or in operation; the
water flows gradually into the said vessel or chamber and causes it to
sink gradually on to its seat, and close the outlet orifice of the cistern.
As long as the actuating part or connection is kept up or in operation,
no further supply of water can pass, but on releasing the said actuating
part the air valve or valves in the air-tight vessel, chamber, or part
opens or open, and the water contained in the said vessel flows into the
pan, hopper, or receptacle, and seals or traps the same, leaving the vessel
empty and ready to perform a similar operation on the next occasion the
actuating part or connection is operated. The vessel or chamber is kept

page_text: on its seat by its own weight or that of the actuating parts or con-
nections thereof, or by the combination of part or all of the same.
Fig. 2 shews in vertical longitudinal section an arrangement of our
No. 2 waste preventing, flushing, and sealing cistern, in which we
employ a separate detached covered receptacle or chamber to form the
valve, and contains the sealing water. A, A, the cistern; B, the
detached chamber or receptacle for containing the sealing water; O the
weight to keep down the chamber B; D, D, guides to maintain the
vertical rise and fall of B; E and E¹, valves controlling the inlet to and
outlet from B; H, the outlet; I, the ball or float valve and lever. The
cover is not shown on the cistern in this Drawing.
The action of this arrangement is as follows:-On operating the
actuating connection G, the weight C is raised off the chamber B, and
the valve E is closed at the same time that E¹ is opened, the part B
being empty and relieved from the weight C rises and opens the
outlet H to the pan, hopper, or receptacle, allowing the water to flow at
the same time that B is filling gradually through the opening controlled
by E', until it sinks on to its seat and closes the outlet H. So long as
the actuating connection is not released no more water can pass from
the cistern, B being retained on its seat by its weight and closing the
outlet, but on releasing the actuating connection E¹ closes and E opens,
discharging the contents of B through H, the weight C retaining B on
its seat ready for use on the next occasion.
Fig. 2 shews in vertical longitudinal section another modification of
our No. 2 cistern, in which the detached chamber or receptacle B is open
at the top, and in which the weight C is placed inside on the bottom,
the action being similar to that of Fig. 2. Like parts are denoted by
similar letters of reference.
Fig. 2 shews a plan of Figure 2ª, in which like parts are denoted by
similar letters of reference.
In our No. 3 arrangement of waste preventing cisterns, which differs
from the arrangements Nos. 1 and 2, we modify the cistern known as
Guest and Chrimes, 73, N. T., by closing the small weeping hole com-
municating with the outlet pipe to the pan, hopper, or receptacle, and
apply instead a small pipe, tube, or passage, controlled by a valve in a
connection with the actuating arrangement, which allows the water to
pass or closes the outlet at the proper times when the closet is in use.

page_text: Fig. 3 shews in vertical longitudinal section our modification of the
cistern known as Guest & Ohrimes, 73, N. T. in which the seal is
obtained from the additional part part O and valve E³.
The action is as follows:-On pulling G the valves E¹ and E³ close,
and E opens, causing the flush to pass into the additional part C, and at
the same time through the raised outlet (which is a modification of the
stand pipe, shewn in Fig. 4, Sheet 2, of Patent 2948, of 1871) until it
flows over the raised outlet H. On releasing G the valves E¹ and Eª
open and allow B to fill and C to empty, the contents of C forming the
seal or after flush.
Fig. 3 shews in longitudinal vertical section an arrangement or
modification of waste preventing cistern with one valve to give the flush
and seal, shewing an arrangement of outlet and connection between
valve and weeping hole when made of earthenware or other similar
material as herein-before specified. A, A, the cistern with box C made
in one piece; B, flushing compartment; C, sealing compartment; D, the
connection arranged as shewn to connect B with C, and C with the
outlet H; E, the valve; F, weeping hole; G, actuating connection;
H, outlet; I, ball or float and lever.
The action is as follows:-On operating G the valve E, which is one
of our Patent self-closing submerged "waste not" valves, or a suitable
modification of the same, opens and allows the contents of B to pass into
C, where it rises until it flows over the top of D into the outlet, and
allows the seal to be retained in that part of C, which is below the top
of D, whence it passes through the weeping hole F and gives the seal.
The part D is made as shewn so as to pass into the bottom of the cistern,
and to make a tight joint on the seal box C, which may be done by a
fly nut or in any other convenient manner.
Fig. 3 shews in vertical longitudinal section another modification of
waste preventing flush and seal cistern, in which one valve is used to
give the flush and seal. A, A, the cistern; B, flushing and sealing
compartment; C, part or arrangement for giving seal; D, tail or part of
O; E, valve.
The action of this arrangement is as follows:-On operating G the
self-acting tumbler and shifting weight C are raised, opening or starting
the valve E, which is one of our Patent submerged self-closing "waste

page_text: not" valves, or suitable modification of the same, at the same time
allowing the shifting weight to pass towards D, and the tail D to descend
to the top or fulcrum F. On releasing G the part C and valve piston
fall, and the shifting weight runs to the opposite end, resting on F¹,
raising the tail D to the upper end of the guide, and giving a second
short lift or start to the actuating piston or part of E, sufficient to give
the seal, a small valve opening upwards being provided in the piston of
E to allow it to descend to its normal position before the second lift
giving the seal takes place.
In our No. 4 arrangement of waste-preventing cisterns, which differs
from Nos. 1, 2, and 3, we employ vertical divisions or partitions
extending from the bottom of the cistern to the upper edge of the same,
whereby the cistern is so divided as to form separate chambers or
receptacles to act as flushing, trapping, and ball or float valve chambers
or receptacles, and by means of valves with lost motion and levers in
connection with the actuating arrangement enable the required action to
be produced without waste.
The action of this arrangement is as follows:-On operating the
actuating arrangement the valve controlling the outlet to the closet is
opened, and the inlet valve from the ball chamber or compartment
closed, the water in the flushing chamber passing into the pan, hopper,
or receptacle, and by this same action the outlet valve of the trapping
box is closed, and the inlet from the supply or ball or float chamber to
the trapping box is opened, causing the same to fill ready for sealing.
On the release of the actuating arrangement the outlet valve of the
flushing chamber is closed, and that of the trapping box opened, the
water flowing out and sealing the pan, hopper, or receptacle, whilst the
other chambers or receptacles fill ready for use on the next occasion the
closet is used. The ball or float and valve controlling the inlet are free
to act as required without being controlled by any mechanical connection
with the actuating part.
Fig. 1, Sheet 2, shews in vertical longitudinal section an arrange-
ment of our No. 4 waste preventing cistern herein-before described.
A, A, cistern; B, flushing compartment or division; C, that for con-
taining the trapping or sealing water; D, the compartment in which
the ball works; E, E³, E³, E³, valves; F, passage connecting the outlet;
G, actuating connection; H, outlet; I, inlet..

page_text: The action of this arrangement is as follows:-On operating G the
valves E and E¹ open, and E and E³ close, the water passing from B
through the openings controlled by E to the outlet H, at the same time C
fills through the opening controlled by E¹; on releasing G the valves E
and E close, and E and E³ open, the water passing from C through the
opening controlled by E³ to the outlet H, sealing or trapping the pan,
and the compartment B then filling through E³.
Fig. 1 is a plan, and Fig. 1' a section across at inlet end of the
cistern;
like parts being shewn by similar letters of reference.
Fig. 2 shews in vertical longitudinal section an arrangement of our
No. 5 waste preventing cistern herein-before described. A, A, cistern;
B, flushing compartment or division; C, scaling or trapping com-
partment; D, compartment in which the ball or float works; E, E³, E³,
valves; F, passages controlled by the same; H, outlet; I, inlet.
The action of this arrangement is as follows:-On operating G the
valves E and E³ close and E opens, the water flowing into C and rising
to flow over the raised outlet to H. On releasing G the valve E closes
and E and E' open, the water passing through E³, and the passage F to
the outlet H, and B fills through the opening or passage controlled by
Es, and as it fills the ball opens the inlet to fill D.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, like parts being shewn by similar letters
of reference. In place of the longitudinal partition or division shewn in
the plan the cross partition or division may be carried across to the other
side, so as to dispense with the longitudinal one, and the same action will
be produced by connecting the inlet with D by a pipe or tube extending
from the outlet of the inlet valve through the cross partition into D, as
shewn by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.
Fig. 3 shews in vertical section an arrangement of flushing and sealing
box for placing in existing or other cisterns unprovided with such
arrangement, or for use in those cases where such arrangement is
preferred. A, A, the box, which may be of a square, round, or other
suitable or convenient form, and of the desired or required capacity;
B, the part containing the flushing water; C, part containing the sealing
water; D, inlet entrance and weight controlled by the valve Es; E, the
valve controlling the outlet; F, diaphragm by means of which the
flexibility required to take up the lost, motion in E, and so open the
.

page_text: valve E, whilst the valve E³ is closed is obtained; G, actuating con-
nection; H, outlet; I, weeping hole; K, air pipe.
The action of this arrangement is as follows:-On operating G the
valve E' rises up to its seat, and closes the inlet before any movement is
given to E, and as the pull continues the diaphragm F rises also, and by 5
its flexibility enables the lost motion in E to be taken up, and the valve
raised so as to open the outlet H; the water in B passes to H, a portion
splashing or passing over the raised outlet into C. On releasing G the
valve E falls on to its seat, and E³ drops, also opening the inlet, whilst
the retained water in O passes gradually through the weeping hole I into 1
the inlet H, and so gives the seal or trap.
Fig. 3 shews an arrangement of Fig. 3 adapted to a cistern for
flushing and sealing purposes, like parts being shewn by similar letters
of reference. In this arrangement the pipe from the inlet to the pipe
containing the ball or float is used as shewn by the dotted lines in 1
Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a vertical section of another modification of a similar apparatus,
like parts being shewn by similar letters of reference.
Fig. 5 is a vertical section of another modification of this apparatus.
A, A, is the box; B, the part containing the valve; D, the inlet; 2
E³, valve controlling the inlet; E, valve controlling the outlet.
The action is as follows:-On operating G the valve E³ rises and
closes the inlet before moving E, through lost time being allowed in E
for this purpose, and as the pull on the chain or connection with E
continues E is raised off its seat, opening the outlet, it being impossible 2
for inlet and outlet to be open at the same time. On releasing G
the valve E closes and E³ opens, and the box fills ready for the next
operation. The sealing or trapping box C, shewn in Fig. 3, can be
applied, if desired.
The valve E' is formed so as to surround and slide up over the inlet 3
(which is a modification of the hollow spindle shewn in Fig. 9, Sheet 4,
of Patent 2948 of 1871), being suitably guided for this purpose, and also
to close it in the bore by the raised central part, which may be entirely
formed of india-rubber or other elastic or suitable material or materials
passing into or entering the same..
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page_text: For use in the cisterns and to avoid the use of ground-in taps or cocks
we may sometimes employ the tap or cock with the elastic plug, the
shell or body forming part of the cistern, and formed of the same
material or materials as the cisterns; or we may modify the plan and
5 arrangement of compound lever ball or float valve shewn and described
at page 195 of volume 33 of the Mechanics' Magazine for 1840, so as
to be more convenient in fitting up and taking to pieces, by leaving out
the spring and ratchet or quadrant into which the spring fits or works,
so as to keep the valve open and arrange the hinged valve somewhat in
the manner shewn in Patent 14,091 of 1852, and also at page 422 of the
32d. volume of the Mechanics' Magazine for 1840, where the power of
the ball or float is increased by one lever acting on the other by means
of a connecting link attached to or connecting the same, but we leave
the lever of the ball or float free to descend or rise without being attached
to or connected with the hinged valve and lever, whereby the chattering
or jumping of the valve on its seat is prevented.
Fig. 6, Sheet 2, shews our modification and arrangement of the valve
above described. A, A, shell or body, containing inlet and valve seat,
and in which the hinged valve B works; B, hinged valve connected
with or attached to the short lever C, which is actuated by the ball or
float lever D; D, the ball or float lever which acts on the short lever C;
I, the inlet; H, the outlet.
Fig. 7 shews in vertical longitudinal section an arrangement of ball
or float valve which acts or works with an increasing leverage or power
to close the valve as the water rises in the cistern. A, A, shell or body;
B, valve and spindle; C, guide in which the spindle B works; D, short
lever for closing the valve when operated by the ball or float lever E,
and which passes through a slot in the same; E, the ball or float lever,
which acts on D to open or close the valve B; I, inlet; H, outlet.
Fig. 8 shews in plan an arrangement of ball or float valve, in which a
screwed spindle or part is operated by the ball or float lever, so as to
open or close the valve. A, A, shell or body; B, valve; C, screwed
part on spindle; D, short lever, in connection with or attached to the
ball or float lever;'E, ball or float lever; I, inlet; H, outlet.
As shewn in the Drawing the valve B closes with the stream, but if
preferred, may be arranged to close against it.

page_text: This arrangement of valve is peculiarly suitable for high pressures and
large supply inlets.
Fig. 8° is an external elevation of Fig. 8, like parts being shewn by
similar letters of reference.
In that part of our Invention which relates to measuring water we 5
place the meter or meters, which may be that patented by Alfred Tylor
in Patent No. 1411 of 1870, or that patented in Patent No. 1391 of
1872, by Francis George Fleury in conjunction with Alfred Tylor, or the
improved meter shewn in Patent No. 907 granted to Alfred Tylor in
1873, or any other suitable meter on a smaller pipe, tube, or passage, 1
which is attached to, connected with, or forms part of the larger pipe,
tube, or passage through which the main body of the water to be
measured flows; and this small pipe, tube, or passage opens at each end
into the larger pipe, tube, or passage, and between the meter or meters
and the larger pipe, tube, or passage, or in the latter as most suitable or 1
convenient, we place a valve or valves to act as a regulator, and to
assist in causing the meter or meters to regulate correctly.
Fig. 1, Sheet 3, shews part in longitudinal vertical section and part
in elevation our arrangement, in which the meter or meters is or are
placed on or connected with a smaller pipe or pipes, tube or tubes, a
passage or passages in conjunction with a self-adjusting valve, as
herein-before described.
A, A, is a section of the chamber, short pipe passage, tube or part
connected with the main or pipe A¹, in which the valve B opening
upwards, and the pipe C, which forms the inlet to by-pass are placed;
C¹ by-pass, to which meter is attached or connected, and on which the
dirt box or strainer F is placed; D, meter; E, end of by-pass entering
main, which may be formed as shewn, or of the form indicated by the
dotted lines, so as to form a break if necessary; G, the adjustable break
on meter, as described in Specification No. 1411 of 1871.
The action of this arrangement is as follows:-The valve B rises or
falls to its seat in accordance with the pressure or velocity of flow of
the water through the same and the outlet or passage which it controls,
the valve being solid or having one or more apertures in it, as shewn,
the object of the valve being that the quantity of water which passes
through the small meter on the by-pass shall bear a constant relation to
the quantity of water passing through the large pipe, tube, or passage,

page_text: so that the indications on the small meter may always give by inference
a correct record of the quantity passing through the main pipe. This
constant proportion or relation between the flows in the two pipes we
obtain by means of increasing or decreasing the areas of the water
passages on the main or by-pass by the employment of a cock or cocks,
valve or valves, ferrule or ferrules, cone or cones, or other suitable
means of enabling the current in the smaller pipe to be reduced more
rapidly, or the speed of the current in the larger pipe to be decreased or
increased at any particular point, as may be found necessary.
Fig. 2 shews in vertical section an arrangement of meter applicable
to our by-pass arrangement, in which the self-adjusting valve B and
adjustable break or breaks are applied, as herein-before described in
reference to Fig. 1. A, A, caso or body containing the moving or
working parts; B, the self-adjusting valve; C, the spiral moving part
on which the water acts to operate the indicating apparatus, which wo
make of ebonite, vulcanite, or other suitable material, and below which
and to or in connection with is placed the self-adjusting valve B, as
described in Fig. 1; D, D, adjustable breaks, which may be of any or
all of the kinds described in Patent 1411 of 1871, herein-before alluded
to; E, adjustable inlet valve for regulating the quantity or the moving
part C in comparison with the velocity of the two flows; (this valve
may also be arranged to be self-adjusting if desired); G, inlet; H,
outlet.
The action of the self-adjusting valve B, and rising moving part C;
is similar to that described in Patent 1391 of 1872.
We may sometimes employ two or more of the small pipes, tubes, or
passages with their meter and valve or valves in connection with the
larger pipe, tube, or passage where such arrangement is preferred or
considered more convenient.
In arranging submerged self-closing waste-not valves for use in
cisterns we modify the submerged waste-not valves shewn in Patent
No. 2292 of 1872 granted to Mr. Alfred Tylor, andin the Patent No. 2838
of 1872 granted to Philip John Davies, and form and arrange the parts
in such a manner as to reduce as much as possible the chance of derange-
ment of the working and actuating parts from dirt, foulness, or other
matter being allowed to accumulate in the cistern or to enter the same
and so impede or diminish their satisfactory working.

page_text: For this purpose in one arrangement we employ the moveable
actuating cylinder or socket shewn in the Patent submerged waste-no
valves in Patent 2292 granted to Alfred Tylor in 1872, and in Paten
No. 2838 of 1872 granted to Philip John Davies, in which we form one
or more single or double inclined planes or slots extending from the
lower edge up to the top, or nearly so, and cut quite through the
moveable actuating cylinder or socket and dispense with the use of the
fixed cylinder or socket in which the working parts controlling the outlet
are placed.
For the part controlling the outlet we employ the rotating meter valve
with resisting projections or blades as shewn in Patent No. 391 of 1872
granted to Francis George Fleury in conjunction with Alfred Tylor, but
in this case we do not use the passages formed in the lower portion of
the same, and on or to the top of the said valve wo attach a spindle or
part formed with a cross bar or piece at its upper end which fits loosely
in and passes freely up and down the single or double inclined plane or
planes, slot or slots, formed in the moveable actuating cylinder or socket,
so that when the said moveable actuating cylinder or socket is raised it
may lift up the valve with it and open the outlet, and on the upward
movement ceasing the valve gradually descends and rotates on the
inclined plane or planes, slot or slots, in the moveable actuating cylinder
or socket the area of the projections or blades on the valves which act
against the water and the inclination of the inclined plane or planes, slot
or slots, in which the cross picce on the end of the valve spindle works,
regulating the time of the descent in conjunction with the height of lift
of the valve, and so enabling the quantity of water it is desired to pass
to be regulated, and preventing the valve being left or kept down by
keeping the actuating part or parts in action. This moveable actuating
cylinder or socket may be caused to work in a suitable guide or guides,
so as to prevent it turning round or moving sideways, and confine it to
a vertical upward and downward movement, or the spindle on or attached
to the valve may be guided instead, but allowed to rotate or partially
rotate in its upward and downward movement if desired, and stops may
be provided to prevent the actuating part or parts being raised too high,
or to regulate or limit the height to which the same shall be raised and
the quantity of water to be passed.
Where preferred the cylinder or socket may be attached to the valve

page_text: inclined plane or planes, slot or slots, is attached or formed, provided
with a swivel or other means for allowing the part to rotate as the valve
descends where this movement is desired, or the part may be arranged
to rise and fall vertically without rotating, and the valve and cylinder or
socket caused to rotate or partially rotate as they are lifted from and
fall down to their seat. In this case also a suitable guide or guides for
the actuating part, or for the cylinder or socket formed on or attached
to the valve, or for both, may be provided if desired.
The actuating parts may be provided with weights or otherwise so
arranged as to ensure their return to their normal position ready for
operating the valve immediately the actuating part ceases to be operated
or is released.
In order to prevent the release of the actuating arrangement, causing
the valve to close before the quantity of water for which it is adjusted
has passed, when such arrangement is required or preferred, we make
allowance for this by enabling the actuating part to descend to its normal
position without coming in contact with the valve or its attachments,
whereby having opened the valve or raised it to the extent of its upward
movement or travel, sufficient clearance is provided to allow the actuating
part to return to the position it occupied previous to use, and at the
same time not interfere with the free descent of the valve and its
attachments.
Fig. 1, Sheet 4, shows in elevation a modification of our submerged
self-closing "waste-not" valve for use in cisterns, with double inclined
slotted or grooved cylinder or socket used for actuating as herein-before
described, and the valve fitted with the resisting blades or fans for regu-
lating the speed of rotation and also assisting in the regulation of the
quantity of water to be passed. A, the valve; B, B, the resisting blades
or fans; C, the rod and cross piece attached to the valve, by means of
which the valve is actuated, the position of the same or its continuation
inside the cylinder or socket being shewn by the dotted lines; D,
actuating cylinder or socket with the double inclined slots or grooves, as
herein-before described; E, bridge or part formed on, in, or connected to
or with the actuating cylinder or socket D, and to which the swivel F or
its equivalents and actuating connection G are attached or connected.
The action of this arrangement is as follows:-On operating the
actuating connection G the cylinder or socket D is caused to rise, and
take with it the cross piece connected to the valve A, raising the valvo

page_text: through the resistance of the cross piece and inclined slots or grooves in
D, and open the outlet. The cross piece attached to the valve then
slides down the inclined slots at a speed proportionate to the angle of
the inclines and the resistance afforded by the blades or fans to the
rotation, the water passing both during the rising and falling of the
valve A, whilst the quantity of water to be passed is regulated by
the herein-before described two means,, added to the height of the lift
permitted to the valve in operating G.
Fig. 2 shews in elevation a modification of our arrangement of sub-.
merged self-closing "waste-not" valve, herein-before described, in which
the cylinder or socket, with its double inclines or slots and resisting
blades, is attached to or connected with the valve A, and the cross
piece is used for actuating when operated by the connection G. The
guides H, H, herein-before described, are also shewn as an illustration of
one mode, in which the same may be arranged so as to guide the rise
and fall of the parts, and keep them in their proper positions when
being raised and when falling. These guides or a modification of them
may be readily arranged to suit Figs. 1, 2, and 3. The action of this
modification is similar to that of Fig. 1, just described, and similar parts
are denoted by like letters of reference.
Fig. 3 shews in elevation a further modification of our submerged self-
closing "waste-not" valves, as herein-before described, arranged for the
purposes and with the object herein-before described.
In this arrange-
ment we form as an equivalent for the cylinder or socket with its double
inclines or slots the parts shewn at D out of two, four, or more lengths
of stout wire, which we shape as a hollow cylinder or socket, the wires
and the spaces between them giving the necessary facilities for the
working of the cross piece, the continuation or part attached to tho
cross piece passing down through the interior of the hollow cylinder or
socket.
In the Figure the hollow cylinder or socket is shewn as formed of two
lengths of wire, and these are firmly attached at the top to a piece of
metal E, to which the swivel F, connected with or attached to the
actuating connection G, is attached or connected, and at the bottom tho
ends of the wires are firmly attached or connected to another piece, on
or to which the resisting blades or fans B, B, may be formed or con-
nected, a hole or passage being left in the same to allow of the part C,

page_text: carrying the cross piece, passing freely up and down. A small amount
of lost motion may be provided between the valve and the part carrying
the cross piece, so as to give greater freedom of motion.
If preferred, weights may be attached to or connected with the
cross head, cylinder, or socket when the same are used for
actuating A.
If preferred, the parts or hollow cylinder or socket D and the resisting
blades B may be attached to or form part of the valve A, or the blades
may be attached to A in place of D, as shewn, the other arrangements
remaining the same, and the cross piece be connected with G and used
for actuating, in a similar manner to the valve shewn in Fig. 2, and the
guides shewn in that Figure, or a modification of them may be used with
this arrangement for a similar end if desired.
The arrangement shewn in Fig. 3 or any modification of the same,
when used for the purposes herein-before described, will give greater
freedom from the effects of deposit or sediment on the working parts or
surfaces, and diminish any liability to sticking, whilst the action is the
same, secured by the inclined slotted cylinder or socket.
The length of the cylinder or socket, the number of turns of the wires,
the incline or angle which the said wires form with the horizontal, and
the number of wires out of which the same is formed may be varied
according to the requirements of the case, but an even number, such as
two, four, or six wires will be found to give the most satisfactory results
and open to fewer objections than an uneven number, although, if pre-
ferred, an uneven number may be used.
Fig. 4 shews in longitudinal and vertical section part of a service
cistern formed of earthenware, stoneware, glass, or other plastic or
suitable material, or of the other materials as herein-before described and
specified, in which the shell or body of the inlet cock or tap, which is
actuated by the ball or float and lever, forms part of and is or may be
made out of the same material and at the same time as the cistern itself,
and to which is fitted the elastic or flexible plug hercin-before described,
which said cistern is suitable for use with the valves 1, 2, and 3, or
modifications of the same.
Fig. 5 is a plan of the same, like parts being shown by similar letters
of reference. A, A, is the cistern; B, the shell or body of the cock or

page_text: tap formed out of the material and forming part of the cistern; C, the
elastic or flexible plug; D, the ball or float lever.
Figs. 6 and 7 are a section and elevation of one mode of forming the
elastic or flexible plug of the cock or tap herein-before described, like
parts being shewn by similar letters of reference. A, A, skeleton or
frame of plug, which may be of brass or other suitable metal formed as
shewn; B, water way; C, C, elastic or flexible material forming plug;
D and D', washers or parts for compressing the elastic or flexible
material C, C, and keeping it in its place. D is formed as a fly nut, as
shewn by the dotted lines, so as to keep the plug in its place with the
required amount of tightness.
Figs. 8 and 9 are a plan and section on line A, B, of Fig. 9 of a modifi-
cation of the plug when Tuck's elastic packing or other similar material
or packing is used. The material or materials employed in making or
forming the elastic or flexible plug may be shaped or moulded so as to
form two halves, an upper one and a lower one, each half being provided
with a slot or notch to pass over and enclose the passage or water way
formed in the skeleton or body of the plug, but leaving the passage or
water way clear or open, one half passing down over the spindle and the
other passing up over the bottom one and meeting or joining at or near
the top, bottom, or the middle of the passage or water way, and if desired
or preferred the junction may be smeared with india-rubber solution or
any cement or glue that will stand the action of heat and moisture
before screwing up or together the parts forming the elastic or flexible
plug so as to make a tight joint and prevent leakage.
The plug may be so arranged that the elastic or flexible packing or
material may be tightened up or swelled out on the skeleton or body of
the plug by the screw washers D and D', or the plug may be arranged
so that it may be tightened in the shell or body by the cap or gland
which keeps down the packing round the upper end of the spindle A,
where such arrangement is used, or both may be used in combination as
the means of effecting this end.
If preferred the skeleton or body of the plug may be placed in a
mould and the elastic fibrous or flexible material or combination of the
same employed in forming the plug moulded round the same so as to
form a solid mass, which may be fitted or adjusted in the shell or body

page_text: by all or any of the means or their equivalents, as herein-before de-
scribed.
We also arrange bath valves so as to prevent the inlet and outlet being
open or partially open together and causing waste by providing a disc
plate or reciprocating or revolving portion or part or parts attached to or
in connection with the inlet valve spindles, which on operating either
inlet is caused to project over, enter into, or otherwise lock or prevent
the opening of the waste outlet during the time either inlet is open,
and on closing the inlet valve the said part or parts goes or go out of
action so soon as the inlet is closed, and leaves the outlet valve free and
ready to be operated.
We may sometimes employ a cylinder, chamber, or receptacle in con-
nection with the submerged self-closing waste-not valves which may
be fitted with a piston or pistons or diaphrgm or diaphragms or a com-
bination of the same, which may be operated by the exhaustion or
compression of air, or water, or both, to actuate the valve when the
means employed for letting on or shutting off the water is used and
caused to act on the same; or the cylinder, chamber, or receptacle may
be formed of elastic material or materials, and by its expansion or con-
|traction, according to the system employed, cause the valve to operate
as was alluded to in Patent, No. 2292 of 1872.
In order to obviate or at least reduce the trouble and annoyance
which are found to exist when metal valves, cocks, or taps are used for
controlling the hot-water supply of baths, which although the proper
amount of lap on the plug is provided, are found to get leaky from the
tap becoming useless through wear and corrosion or abrasion. We
substitute for such cocks or taps the elastic or flexible plug formed of
vulcanized india-rubber or other similar elastic material, fibrous material,
or other suitable material or combination of the same, as herein-before
described, working in the metal or other shell or body of the cock or
tap and provided with a proper passage or passages for the water supply
to pass. By this means we prevent any abrasion of the metal, and the
elasticity or flexibility of the plug keeps it up to the face of the metal
or other material out of which the shell or body of the cock or tap is
formed, whilst when after long usage it requires replacing the same can
be readily done. The plug can be easily tightened so as to prevent
leakage by screwing down the gland or cap on the packing, and the

page_text: motion of the plug rubs, wipes off, or clears away any dirt or rust when
an iron shell or body is used; and this clastic feature of the plug will
be found of great utility when the shell or body of the cock or tap is
made of glass, earthenware, or other similar material, the same keeping
it tight and enabling it to fill up or make good any little unevenness or
irregularity in the shell.
The elastic or flexible plug will also be found useful for ball or float
cocks or taps and especially for hot water and steam cocks, as there
need not be so tight a fit in the shell as required with a metal plug
working on metal; and this will enable the ball cocks or taps to work
much easier and be more readily subject to the action of the ball or
float. In the bath arrangements it enables a quarter turn to open the
water way, the way in the plug being larger than that in the shell so
that there is less liability of the way in the plug becoming choked or
clogged with dirt.
Fig. 1, Sheet 5, is a front elevation of a modification of our improved
arrangement of supply and waste valves for use in baths or other cases
when inlets and outlets are required to be arranged so that they cannot
be open or partially open together; Fig. 2 is a plan of the same; and
Fig. 3, a section or view across on the line of the waste outlet, like parts
being shewn by similar letters of reference.
Fig. 4 is an enlarged elevation of the locking arrangement attached to
or connected with the waste valve and its connections; and Fig. 5 is a
sectional plan of the same with the parts in the position when the waste
is open; A, A, inlet or supply valves and knobs; B, waste and knob;
C, curved inlet to bath.
In Figs. 4 and 5 a represents the feather or frame which locks the
inlet valves and contains 6, the catch or part connected with or attached
to the spindle of the waste which is turned to the position shewn in
Fig. 5, to hold open the waste and retain the inlet valves locked.
The action of this arrangement is similar to that shewn and described
in Patent 907 of 1873.
We also arrange push-in valves for taps so as to close with the stream
without shock or tremor and also that they may be readily made and
easily put together. For this purpose we form the body of the valve or
tap with an internal and external screwed part and cause the part con-

page_text: taining the valve which controls the outlet to enter the internal screwed
part and be screwed into its place; we make the outlet in form of a
cylinder or tube containing the valve which closes and opens the same
and form one or more openings or passages to allow the water to enter
and pass to the outlet orifice. In this cylinder or tube we place a
partition or division having a hole in the same through which the
spindle passes, to which the valve and cup leather or piston for retarding
the closing of the valve by the resistance of the water in the cylinder or
tube are attached, and we form and arrange the valve so that in passing
to its seat it shuts off or closes the opening or openings or passages
which admit the water to the cylinder or tube and outlet, and with tho
aid of the piston or cup leather enable it to close without shock.
.
Fig. 1, Sheet 6, is a longitudinal vertical section of an arrangement of
our push-in valve as herein-before described; A, A, shell or body ; B, valvo
controlling the outlet; C, fixed cylinder or socket in which the valve B
and cup leather or piston E on end of valvo spindle works; D, partition
or division in cylinder or socket through which valve spindle passes;
F, apertures or inlets in cylinder; G, inlet; H, actuating lever; I, outlet;
K, spring.
The action of this arrangement is as follows:-On actuating H the
valve B moves off its seat and opens the outlet, the water passing
through the apertures F, and at the same time passing into the interior
of the cylinder or socket; on releasing H the pressure behind E pushes B
towards its seat, but its forward movement is resisted by the water
between E and D; before the valve reaches its seat it has passed over the
apertures F and closed the inlet, shutting off the passage of the water
without shock or tremor and being gradually drawn on to its seat by
means of the spring K.
Fig. 2 is a similar arrangement but with E omitted and the cylinder
or socket reduced in length, like parts being shewn by similar letters of
reference.
Fig. 3 shows part in section and part in elevation another arrange-
ment of push-in valve which closes without shock or tremor adapted for
building in or placing against a wall or house or a brick wall for general
use; A, A, case or body containing actuating apparatus and outlet; B,
valve, one of our "waste not" bib-valves, as shewn, being very con-
venient; C, arrangement of levers for actuating valve; D, inlet on.

page_text: Drawings, as the same may be varied or modified without departing
from the nature of our said Invention, nor do we claim as new and as
of our Invention the use of service cisterns arranged to prevent waste,
nor the arranging of cisterns to give the flush and seal or second
discharge of water, nor the use of valves or trapping boxes in connection
with service cisterns or boxes, nor the use of compound levers for ball
or float valves or cocks, either opening with or against the stream, as
these have been used before, nor do we claim the use of meters for
measuring water, nor the use of cocks, taps, or valves for controlling,
regulating, and arresting the supply of water to or from baths, as these
are not novel, nor do we claim the use of push-in valves or means of
regulating or adjusting the flow of water in pipes, as these are not new,
but what we do claim as of our Invention and desire to have protected
by Letters Patent is,―
First. The manufacture of service cisterns of the materials, and in
the manner herein-before described and specified, and for the purposes
specified.
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Second. The arrangements and fittings of service cisterns and flushing
and sealing apparatus for placing in cisterns, and the mode of arranging
the connection between the flushing and trapping compartments
of service cisterns, substantially in the manner and for the purposes
herein-before described, illustrated, and specified.
Third. The modifications and arrangements of compound lever and
other ball or float valves, substantially as herein-before described,
illustrated, and specified, and for the purposes specified.
Fourth. The arrangement of meters on a by-pass provided with the
self-adjusting or regulating valve, and also the adjustable valve and
breaks for regulating the moving parts, and the material or materials
for forming the moving parts, substantially as herein-before described,
or illustrated, and specified, and for the purposes specified.
Fifth. The modifications and arrangements of submerged self-closing
"waste-not" valves for use in service and other cisterns, the employment
of the cylinder or socket with single or double inclines or slots in the
same for operating the valve, and the use of the wire spiral cylinder or
wire inclines as the equivalent of the slotted cylinder with the inclines
or any modification of the same, substantially as herein-before described,
illustrated, and specified, and for the purposes specified.

page_text: Sixth. Constructing and arranging flexible or elastic plugs for cocks
or taps for controlling the hot water supply of baths, or for use with
steam or heated liquids or fluids of the materials, and as herein-before
specified, and arranging the same, so as to be made of Tuck's elastic
packing or other similar or fibrous material, substantially as herein
described, illustrated, and specified, and for the purposes specified.
Seventh. The arrangement of apparatus for controlling the water
supply and waste of baths, and the application of the elastic or flexible
plug to the parts controlling the same, substantially as herein-before
described, illustrated, and specified.
Eighth. The arrangements and modifications of push-in valves, the
arrangement and modifications of the regulating socket or connection for
diminishing the pressure and quantity of liquid or fluid at an outlet or
inlet, or in a pipe or passage, substantially as herein-before described,
illustrated, and specified, and for the purposes specified.
Lastly. The various arrangements and modifications of apparatus for
containing, measuring, controlling, regulating, and arresting the supply
of liquids and fluids, substantially as herein-before described, illustrated,
and specified, and for the purposes specified.
In witness whereof, we, the said Alfred Tylor and Joseph John 2
Tylor, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-
second day of July, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.
ALFRED TYLOR.
(L.S.)
JOSEPH JOHN TYLOR. (L.S.)