IMPROVE MENTS IN WATERCLOSETS
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Ingleton, of Glasgow, in the County of
Lanark, North Britain, Plumber, for the Invention of "IMPROVE
MENTS IN WATERCLOSETS."
Sealed the 3rd May 1870, and dated the 10th November 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Ingleton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th November 1869.
I, JAMES INGLETON, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, Plumber, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WATERCLOSETS," to be as follows, that is to say :-
This Invention has for its object the constructing of waterclosets in a
simple and improved manner, and so as to receive their water supply
directly from the service pipe without the intervention of a cistern, but
at the same time so as to economise water whilst securing an efficient
flushing action.

page_text: In one modification the main discharge valve is a slightly conical one
working vertically and fixed directly to the handle rod. The main
discharge passage from the basin enters the valve space in an inclined
direction at the side, and immediately above the valve space there is a
compartment containing a float connected to the end of the lever of the
water supply cock, which is by preference of the kind closing with the
pressure. From the float compartment an outlet in the form of an
inverted siphon leads into the main discharge passage at as high a part
of the latter as can be conveniently arranged, so that when the main
valve is opened the water from the float compartment contributes along
with the water in the basin to the flushing action. The top of the float
compartment is closely covered, but an air passage is provided in com-
munication with the internal space under the basin, whilst an overflow
passage is arranged at the side.
In another modification the ordinary pan valve is used, but is covered
on both sides with vulcanised rubber as a preservative against the rapid
corrosion to which ordinary pans are liable. The lever by which the
pan valve is worked has attached to it a chain or cord which is wound
round a pulley on the spindle of the water supply tap, which is of the
kind opening and closing by screwing. This spindle has on it a second
pulley, a cord or chain, from which passes down to a regulator consisting
of bellows formed of a cylindrical band of vulcanised rubber fixed to the
edges of two discs, the upper one of which is weighted. A valve opening
inwards is provided to admit air when the closet handle is raised and the
tap opened, and a small tap for its gradual expulsion by the weighted
disc after, the handle has been let go. With this arrangement the water
tap closes slowly after the main discharge valve is closed, and so causes
the requisite additional supply of water to be retained in the basin.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Ingleton in the Great Seal Patent Office on 30
the 6th May 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
INGLETON, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain, Plumber,
send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said James Ingleton, Her special licence that
I, the said James Ingleton, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said James Ingleton, my executors, adminis-
trators, 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, excrcise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER-
CLOSETS, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said James
Ingleton, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, 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 I, the said James Ingleton, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement in writing, reference being had to the
accompanying Drawings, that is to say:―
My said Invention has for its object the constructing of waterclosets
in a simple and improved manner, and so as to receive their water
supply directly from the service pipe or branch from the main without
the intervention of a cistern, but at the same time so as to economise
water whilst securing an efficient flushing action.
And in order that my said Invention and the manner of performing
the same may be properly understood, I have hereunto appended a Sheet
of explanatory Drawings to be hercin-after referred to, and representing
two modifications of watercloset apparatus embodying my improvements.
In one modification, which is shown in vertical section in Figure 1 of
the Drawings, the main discharge valve 1 is a slightly conical one made
by preference of vulcanised rubber of the section shown, that is to say,
with the part which fits to the conical seat in the form of a tapered flange
or lip projecting downwards and open below so as to be flexible. This

page_text: valve 1 works vertically, being fixed directly upon the handle rod 2, and
having fixed on it a cast-iron block 3, which acts as a weight to insure
the valves closing when the handle is let go, and which is shaped so that
paper or other matter may not rest on the top of it, The main discharge
passage 1 from the basin 5 enters the valve space in an inclined direction
at the side and at a level above that of the valve space, but (as I now
prefer it) at the opposite side of the apparatus there is a compartment 6
containing a float 7 connected to the end of the lever 8 of the water
supply cock 9, which is by preference of the kind closing with tho
pressure. From the float compartment 6 an outlet 10 leads into the
main discharge passage 4 at as high a part of the latter as can be con
veniently arranged, so that when the main valve 2 is opened the water
from the float compartment 6 contributes along with the water in the
basin 5 to the flushing action. In some cases the top of the float
compartment 6 may be closely covered, an air passage being provided
in communication with the internal space 11 under the basin 5. An
overflow passage 12 is arranged at the side of the float compartment 6
and leads by a trap bend pipe 13 to the main discharge outlet 14 below
the valve 1. A small branch pipe 15 is led from the side of the basin
into the overflow passage 12, and every time when the basin is flushed a
little fresh water finds its way by this pipe into the overflow passage and
prevents the water therein from becoming stagnant or drying up.
In another modification, which is shown in vertical section in Figure 2,
the ordinary pan valve 16 is used, but is covered on both sides withi
vulcanised rubber as a preservative against the rapid corrosion to which
ordinary pans are liable. The lever 17 by which the pan valve 16 is
worked has attached to it a chain 18, which is wound round a pulley 19
on the spindle of the water supply tap, which is of the kind opening and
closing by screwing, but which in the view delineated is hid by the
pulley 19. From the same pulley 19, or from a second pulley on the
same spindle, a cord or chain 18 passes down to a regulator 20,
consisting of bellows formed of a cylindrical band of vulcanised rubber
fixed to the edges of two discs, a lower fixed one 21, and an upper
movable and weighted one 22. A valve 23 opening inwards is provided
to admit air when the closet handle rod 2 is raised and the water tap
opened, and a small tap 24 for its gradual expulsion by the weighted
disc 22 after the handle has been let go. With this arrangement the
water tap closes slowly after the main discharge valve is closed, and so

page_text: causes the requisite additional supply of water to be retained in the
basin,
Having thus particularly described my said Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I have to state that I do not
restrict myself to the precise details herein described or delineated, but
that what I believe to be novel and original, and claim as the Invention
secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the
combining together of watercloset apparatus in the improved manner
substantially as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Ingleton, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy.
Witness,
EDMUND HUNT,
Patent Agent,
Glasgow.
JAMES INGLETON. (L.s.)