Improvements in Water Closet Apparatus.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 21st Aug., 1991-Accepted, 24th Oct., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Water Closet Apparatus.
1 DAVID GILL of High Street, in the town of Weston-super-Mare, in the
County of Somerset, Sanitary Plumber, &c.; do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists first, in making a closet basin with a semi divided flushing
water inlet in the lower part thereof, and thereby producing a flushing current on
each side of the trapped-part of the closet, by which means its contents are-driven
out of the basin, and in combination with this I make a waterway in the rim of the
said basin, to the arm of same, for scouring the basin at the time of flushing.
The next part of my invention consists in a flushing apparatus. The flushing
pipe is bent over into a cistern in the form of a crook or syphon, and is continued
down to the floor of the apartment, at which place it is finished in the form of a
trap and below the trapped part 1 insert a branch pipe for connecting the arm of
the closet basin thereto for flushing purposes, and at a point above the trap I insert
an air pipe and carry it near or beyond the ceiling as the case may require, having
a sloping hinge valve on the top to allow the air in the said pipe to escape during
the flushing operation.
The third part of my invention consists in fixing a pneumatic apparatus in the
wall near the seat of the water closet and connect a pipe thereto and also to the
flushing pipe at a point near the cistern. The said apparatus can be used as a pull
by which the syphon can be started.
Dated this Twenty-second day of November 1890.
DAVID GILL,
Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Water Closet Apparatus.
1,DAVID GILL, of High Street, in the town of Weston-super-Mare, in the
County of Somerset, Sanitary Plumber, do hereby declare the uature 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 consist first, in making a closet basin with a semi-divided flushing
inlet in the lower part thereof thereby producing a flushing current of water on
each side of the trapped part of the closet by which means the contents are
driven out of the basin and in combination with this I make a waterway in the rim
of the basin through the arm of the same for scouring purposes.
The next part of my invention consist in a cylindrical pneumatic apparatus
baving a pipe connection and also an air escape pipe with a self-acting valve on the
top thereof, through which air is allowed to escape during the operation of flushing.
This apparatus I connect to the flushing pipe which I bend over into a cistern
from the outside thereof in the form of a crook or syphon and I carry it down to
the floor of the compartment at which place I finish it in the form of a trap or
eject, and fill it with water, and to this trap I connect the arm of the basin
thereto.
The said pneumatic apparatus may be worked by pull or otherwise by which the
air is extracted for starting the flushing syphon.
Fig. 1. is a section of the water-closet apparatus.
Fig. 2. is a front view of the divided water way.

page_text: The following is a description of the general parts.
A. is the cistern. B. the ball-valve. C. the flushing pipe. D. the basin. E. the
seat. F. the soil-pipe. G. the floor.
The other parts are as follows-a² ² (Figs. 1 and 2) is the semi-divided water-
way. is the water-way in the rim of the basin. is the cylindrical pneumatic
apparatus with pipe from same. is the air escape pipe. ² is the self acting air
valve for escape of air. is the crook or syphon to flushing pipe. is where
the flushing pipe takes the form of a trap or eject, filled with water. h. is the arm
of the basin connected to flushing pipe. . is the pull for working the pneumatic
apparatus. k. is the lever.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the Sine"is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
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1. A semi-divided water-way inlet to a closet, basin in combination with the rim
thereof for flushing, and scouring purposes.
2. Closet flushing by pneumatic action of a workable bellows or air extracting
machine acting on the flushing pipe of, a water closet, and for other similar
purposes.
All substantially as described.
Dated his Ninataanth I
in 1901