IMPROVEMENTS IN BATH AND OTHER APPARATUS FOR THE CONTROL OF WATER AND PREVENTING WASTE THEREOF.
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Chandler, of 17, Cottage Grove, Mile
End Road, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BATH AND OTHER APPARATUS FOR THE CONTROL OF
WATER AND PREVENTING WASTE THEREOF.
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Sealed the 7th January 1873, and dated the 11th July 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Chandler at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th July 1872.
I, JAMES CHANDLER, of 17, Cottage Grove, Mile End Road, in the
County of Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BATH AND OTHER APPARATUS FOR THE
CONTROL OF WATER AND PREVENTING WASTE THEREOF," to be as follows:-
The first part of my improvements relates to apparatus for controling
the water supply to baths and similar purposes, as follows:-There are
already a variety of cocks and valves more or less faulty for the above
purpose, some on the cone plug and others on the screw down principle.

page_text: Now my improvements relate to that kind of apparatus by which two
or more water ways or ports cannot be opened at the same time, or by
which water can run out of the bath while water is flowing in, and is
constructed as follows, viz., a cylinder or barrel with waterways or ports
round the circumference of the same, leading to or connected to the bath
or vessel, into which cylinder or barrel is fitted one, two, or more
pistons, and the same connected together in such a manner and at such
distances in relation to the waterways or ports round the circumference
of the cylinder or barrel that by a screw or other means they can be
brought into such positions as to allow either hot or cold water to pass
through the apparatus into the bath or similar vessel or empty the same,
but so that they cannot mingle, or that either hot, cold, or waste water
can flow out of the bath or vessel at the same time any water is flowing
in. Besides the several pistons spoken of I form the end piston into a
flat valve, which can be screwed against the seat or waterway or port
through which the cold water supply enters the apparatus and thus
doubly secures the impossibility of breakages as regards the cold water
Now my improvements relate to that kind of apparatus by which two
or more water ways or ports cannot be opened at the same time, or by
which water can run out of the bath while water is flowing in, and is
constructed as follows, viz., a cylinder or barrel with waterways or ports
round the circumference of the same, leading to or connected to the bath
or vessel, into which cylinder or barrel is fitted one, two, or more
pistons, and the same connected together in such a manner and at such
distances in relation to the waterways or ports round the circumference
of the cylinder or barrel that by a screw or other means they can be
brought into such positions as to allow either hot or cold water to pass
through the apparatus into the bath or similar vessel or empty the same,
but so that they cannot mingle, or that either hot, cold, or waste water
can flow out of the bath or vessel at the same time any water is flowing
in. Besides the several pistons spoken of I form the end piston into a
flat valve, which can be screwed against the seat or waterway or port
through which the cold water supply enters the apparatus and thus
doubly secures the impossibility of breakages as regards the cold water
supply.
This apparatus is intended for use where both hot and cold water is
required to a bath, or for use where either hot or cold water only is
required, both of which is on the same principal and construction, but
more or less costly.
In connection with this apparatus I have an index, by which a person
can tell whether hot or cold water is flowing into the bath or other
vessel, or water flowing out of same, constructed as follows:-Attached
to the screw or other motion by which the apparatus is worked is a
pinion which gears into a circular index plate, and on the face of which
plate the words "hot," " cold," "waste," and "all shut" is casted or
engraved. Then by moving the handle by which the apparatus is worked
the index plate revolves and enables a person to adjust the apparatus to
a pointer into that position which it may be the pleasure of the person
to set it to.
I desire not to be confined to this particular construction of index, but
to be at liberty to apply any other which may be equally effective.
The second part of my improvements relates to self-closing valve
apparatus, and consists of a valve actuated on by a combination of levers
on the compound principal. The first lever is attached to the spindle or

page_text: handle by which the apparatus is worked, and the second lever is
attached to the valve, both of of which levers are connected by a rod or
link, and all of which (except the nob or part by which the apparatus is
worked) is enclosed in a metal case. The water from the source of
supply passes through the valve into the metal case, and from thence
through a nozzle formed on the said case into any vessel required to be
filled.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Chandler in the Great Seal Patent Office.
on the 11th January 1873.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, James
CHANDLER, of 17, Cottage Grove, Mile End Road, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of July, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said James Chandler, Her special licence
that I, the said James Chandler, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said James Chandler, my
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
BATH AND OTHER APPARATUS FOR THE CONTROL OF WATER AND PREVENTING WASTE
THEREOF," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said James
Chandler, 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Chandler, 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 thereof, reference being had to the Drawings
hereunto annexed, that is to say :—
The first part of my improvements relates to apparatus for controlling
the water supply to baths and similar purposes, as follows:-There are
already a variety of cocks and valves more or less faulty, for the above
purpose, some on the cone plug and others on the screw down principle.
Now my improvements relate to that kind of apparatus by which two
or more waterways or ports. cannot be opened at the same time, or by
which water can run out of the bath while water is flowing in, and
constructed as follows, viz., a cylinder or barrel with water ways or ports
round the circumference of the same, leading to or connected to the bath
or vessel, into which cylinder or barrel is fitted one, two, or more pistons,
and the same connected together in such a manner and at such distances
in relation to the waterways or ports round the circumference of the
cylinder barrel that by a screw or other means they can be brought
into such positions as to allow either hot or cold water to pass through
the apparatus into the bath or similar vessel, or empty the same, but so
that they cannot mingle, or that either hot, cold, or waste water can
flow out of the bath or vessel at the same time any water is flowing in.
Besides the several pistons spoken of I form the end piston into a flat
valve, which can be screwed against the seat or waterway or port
through which the cold water supply enters the apparatus and thus
doubly secures the impossibility of leakages as regards the cold water
supply.
This apparatus is intended for use where both hot and cold water are
required to a bath or for use where either hot or cold water only is
required, both of which methods are on the same principle and con-
struction, but more or less costly.
In connection with this apparatus I have an index by which a person
can tell whether hot or cold water is flowing into the bath or other
vessel, or water flowing out of same, constructed as follows:-Attached
to the screw or other motion by which the apparatus is worked is a
pinion which gears into a circular index plate, and on the face of which
plate the words hot, cold, waste, and all shut are cast or engraved. Then
by moving the handle by which the apparatus is worked the index plate

page_text: revolves, and enables a person to adjust the apparatus by a pointer into
that position which it may be the pleasure of the person to set
it to.
I desire not to be confined to this particular construction of index,
but to be at liberty to apply any other which may be equally
effective.
In order that my Invention may be fully understood I now proceed'
to describe the same with reference to the several Figures on the accom-
panying Sheet of Drawings.
Figure 1 is a section of the apparatus described as the first part of my
Invention suitable for a hot water bath, Figure 2 a section of the
apparatus suitable for only hot or only cold water bath, and Figure 3 a
view shewing general arrangement of the same, and also shewing the
method of connecting the apparatus to the bath and the index.
A is a barrel or cylinder; B the various pistons fitting the same and
connected together; C is a screw by which the pistons are worked up and
down to the various positions necessary to give the required supply of
water to the bath or to empty the same; Dis the inlet for the cold water
supply, and E the hot water supply; Fis the outlet of the apparatus
through which both the hot and cold water passes from the inlets
D and E, which water passes through the small holes G; H is the inlet to
the apparatus through which the waste from the bath enters the same
and passes through the small holes I and thence away through the
outlet J; and it will be observed that the pistons B and the water
passages or small holes G, H, and I are so arranged that when the
pistons B are adjusted by the screw C to the various positions, neither
the hot, cold, or waste water can mingle nor can any water flow into the
bath at the same time water is running out of the same, hence the
prévention of waste; K is a valve seating of leather or any other suitable
material against which the top piston presses and effectually shuts off
the cold water supply, in addition to two of the pistons, when the
apparatus is "set" to waste or empty the bath. The apparatus, as
shewn in section, is in that position which will allow cold water only
to flow into the bath, and I wish it to be distinctly understood that
when the apparatus is set to waste no dirty water can remain in any of
the pipes nor any part of the apparatus. L, Figure 3, is a plug which is
not absolutely necessary in this apparatus, inasmuch as there can be no
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page_text: dirty water flow back into the bath according to this Invention ;
M, Figure 3, is the index, and N the handle to work the apparatus.
The second part of my improvements relates to self-closing valve
apparatus, and consists of a valve actuated on by a combination of levers
on the compound principle. The first lever is attached to the spindle or
handle by which the apparatus is worked, and the second lever is
attached to the valve, both of which levers are connected by a rod or
link, and all of which (except the knob or part by which the apparatus is
worked) is enclosed in a metal case. The water from the source of
supply passes through the valve into the metal case, and from thence
through a nozzle formed on the said case into any vessel required to be
filled.
Figure 4 is a section of an apparatus constructed according thereto;
Figure 5 represents it placed over a sink; Figure 6 shows it attached to a
flat post and connected to a water main; Figure 7 shows it in connection
with a round stand post; and Figure 8 represents it built in a wall.
A is the valve; B, C, D, and the knob or handle F represents the
compound lever principle by which the valve A is opened against the
pressure of water entering the apparatus at G; H is the metal case into
which the water first flows through the valve A and from thence flows
out of the nozzle I. This apparatus is intended for use in sinks, courts,
and alleys, and similar places where water may be required.
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Having now described and illustrated my Invention, I would observe
in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original, and therefore
claim as my Invention is the general construction and arrangements of:
apparatus and the application of the same to the purposes set forth for
controlling the water supply and preventing waste thereof.
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In witness whereof, I, the said James Chandler, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Tenth day of January One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-three.