Improvements in Flushing Apparatus for Sanitary and other purposes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Oct., 1899
Complete Specification Left. 27th July, 1900-Accepted. 8th Sept.. 1900
IMOVISIONAL DIUIFICATION.
Improvements in Flushing Apparatus for Sanitary and other
purposes.
We, ALFRED MALE, Plumber, The Mount, Heswall, Cheshire, and JOSEPH
HODGSON, Plumber, Tower Hill Heswall, Cheshire do hereby declare the naturo
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of improvements in flushing apparatus for sanitary
and other purposes.
In carrying out our invention, we provide a vessel into which the water supply
flows, through a suitable outlet. This vessel is provided with a float or floats
which operate valves for closing the seatings formed in the vessel or cistern.
The action is as follows: When the vessel is filling, the float will rise, and when
the required amount of water has entered the vessel, an aperture is closed in the
vessel which thus prevents the further escape of air, and the water will continue
to enter, thus compressing the air remaining in the vessel until the pressure is
balanced, when the entrance of the water will cease. A suitable lever is provided
which operates a valve which opens the outlet, and may at same time close the
inlet.
As the water passes away from the outlet, the float will fall with the water,
thus causing the valve aforesaid to open the outlet, and the air is free to enter
the cistern. It will be seen that various modified arrangements of the cistern
may be made. It may if desired, be divided into two or more compartments for
giving a reserved flush as the case may be, but the essential feature of the in-
vention is the closing of outlets so arranged that the rise of the liquid in the
cistern will close the outlets through the medium of valves and floats, and so
preventing the further entrance of liquid when the pressure has been balanced.
Dated this 12th day of January 1900:
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Flushing Apparatus for Sanitary and other
purposes.
We, ALFRED MALE, Plumber, The Mount, Heswall, Cheshire, and JOSEPHI
HODGSON Plumber, Tower Hill, Heswall, Cheshire, do hereby declare the nature
cf this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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Our invention has for its object improvements in flushing apparatus for sanitary
and other purposes by which in the case of W.C. cisterns we obviate the use of
ball taps which are liable to become out of order and frequently require adjust-

page_text: ment thus rendering an over flow necessary which in the case of our improve-
ment is dispensed with.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood and easily carried into
practice we have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which we have
illustrated our improvement applied to various forms of W.C. cisterns and from
which its application to other flushing apparatus will be readily understood.
Figure 1 is a section through a cistern suitable for flushing W.C. pans, shewn
during the action of filling.
Figure 2 is a similar section to Figure 1 but shewing the application of the
invention to a divided cistern.
Figure 3 is also a similar section to Figure 1 but shewing the application of
the invention to a syphon cistern.
Figure 4 is a reverse elevation of syphon.
In carrying our invention into effect we provide the air tight cistern or other
vessel K into which the water flows through the supply inlet B, the outlet C being
arranged at the bottom of the cistern with a valve D and rods and with
levers d d for opening and closing same by means of the handle L the lever d
being weighted at for assisting to close the valve D after it has been opened
by means of the handle L. The cistern or vessel is also provided at the top with
the valve a which is closed on the seatings a² by the float A. The action is
as follows: When the vessel K is filling the float A rises until the required
amount of water has entered the vessel upon which the aperture a³ is closed by
the valve a thus preventing the further escape of air after which the water
continues to enter and compresses the air remaining in the vessel until the
pressure is balanced upon which the entrance of the water ceases.
Upon the opening of the valve 1) and as the water passes through the outlet C
the float A falls with the water thus causing the valve a¹ to open and the air
to enter the cistern.
We do not confine ourselves to the exact form of valve a² shewn as we may
rary this without departing from our invention while the amount of water
required in the cistern may be regulated by adjusting the position of the valve a¹
with regard to the float A.
It will be seen that various modified arrangements of the cistern may be made
as for instance it may be divided into two compartments as shewn by Figure 2
by which means a reserve flush may be obtained by the additional valve M which
is connected with the red 76 so that when the valve D is opened the valve M
is closed until such time as the valve D is again opened.
In the application of our invention to syphon cisterns the syphon P is closed
by the valve D which is provided with floats N attached to the rods for closing
the valve by means of the rising water the weight in this case being provided
to balance the lever pull 5.
A packing ring or other air tight arrangement is provided at K where the
water valve operating rod passes through the cistern.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
The flushing apparatus for sanitary and other purposes characterized by an
air tight vessel with water supply inlet and flushing outlet in combination with
an air valve operated by a float substantially as and for the purpose herein set
forth..
Total +1: CAL
T
1000
LEWIS WM. GOOLD,
Agent for Applicants, 5, Corporation Street, Birmingham.