IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER CLOSETS AND APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1884

page_text: I HENRY SUTCLIFFE of the firm of Messieurs Wright Sutcliffe and Son, Sanitary
Engineers and Brass Founders, of Adelaide St Works, Halifax in the County of
York, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER
CLOSETS AND APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH" to be as follows:-
In the manufacture of water closets and apparatus connected therewith as
aforesaid. I construct the trap and bowl or basin with an extended chamber, on
the same level as top and bottom of the said bowl or basin. The chamber is so
constructed as to receive a suitable tipping or swinging vessel or tank, which is
supplied from a cistern provided with (what I prefer to call) a skeleton valve for
the rapid discharge of water into the said tank or vessel which when full
immediately discharges itself with full force in one, volume into the said bowl or
basin thereby perfectly cleansing the said bowl or basin.
I also construct the said trap and bowl or basin as aforesaid, to work with a ball
cock or cocks, which are so fixed in said chamber and so constructed as to wash the
bowl or basin, and supply the vessel or tank at the same time, which when full,
and the handle of closet is lifted the whole quantity of water in the vessel or tank
is discharged with full force in one volume into the said bowl or basin, thereby
perfectly cleansing the said bowl or basin.
Another construction is to supply the aforesaid bowl or basin with extended
chamber, by a continuous stream of water.
Another construction is to supply the aforesaid bowl or basin with extended
chamber, with water obtained from the roofs of buildings, which at the time of
heavy rains will thoroughly cleanse the drains.
Dated this 8th day of January 1884.
HENRY SUTCLIFFE,
Applicant.

page_text: I, HENRY SUTCLIFFE, of the firm of Messieurs Wright Sutcliffe and Son, Sanitary
Engineers and Brass Founders, of Adelaid Street Works, Halifax, in the County of
York, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER
CLOSETS AND APPARATUS CONNECTED THERE WITH," and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :—
My Invention has reference to the construction of water closet basins; and in
apparatus connected therewith. In order that my improvements may be more fully
understood reference is made to the accompanying sheet of drawings illustrative
thereof, wherein Fig 1. is section of basin and water cistern having my improve-
ments applied thereto. A is the basin which is extended on one side at B so as to
form a chamber, the bottom of which is open and in communication with the bottom
of the basin. Within this extended chamber I place a vessel C, hinged out of centre,
so that when the said vessel gets full of water, the weight thereof will cause it to
overbalance, as shewn in dotted line, by which means the whole body of water
contained therein will be thrown into the basin in such manner as to flush it, and
this is repeated so long as the valve in the water cistern remains open. By this
means the flushing of the basin is much better accomplished than by a stream of
water running down a pipe. The valve D which I employ in the cistern E is that
commonly called a "Norwich "valve, and my improvements therein consist in
making the conical part a skeleton in form, in contradistinction to being solid as is
now the case, whereby the area for the outlet of water is enlarged, consequently a
rapid discharge of water from the cistern is obtained. The valve in the drawing is
shown to be open, having the valve b removed off the seat c. An enlarged view of
this skeleton valve is shewn in Fig 2. In order to close the ball tap every time
the valve b is opened, I employ an arrangement of compound levers and rods,
consisting of the usual weighted lever G, which when operated moves the cranked
arm H carrying the lever I, one end of which is attached to the top of the
"Norwich" valve D and the other end connected to a rod J which supports the
ball rod K employed for opening and closing the admission water tap. It will be
understood that when the wire L is drawn downward, that the valve will be
immediately raised, and in the upward movement of the lever I the rod J will
be raised and in so doing the ball rod will be lifted and the tap closed thereby, by
which means the supply will be cut off and waste of water prevented. The opposite
movement of the wire L will reverse the action of the levers H and I and the valve
will be closed and the tap reopened.
The tilting vessel C may be supplied with a continuous stream of water, by
means of a tap as shewn at M so that the said vessel can overbalance every time it
is full, so long as the tap is open; rain water from the fall pipe may also be
conducted to the vessel C as shewn in Fig 3, or the vessel may be supplied with
water from a ball cock fixed within the chamber.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is,
Firstly. The formation of a water closet basin with an extended chamber B in
manner and for purposes set forth.
Secondly. The use and employment of the tilting vessel C when employed in
connection with water closet basins for purposes substantially as herein shewn and
described.

page_text: Thirdly. The employment of a "Norwich" valve having a skeleton part a formed
in manner and for purposes substantially as set forth.
Fourthly. The employment of the compound lever and rods I, J, and K for
closing the ball cock, when the outlet valve is opened, in manner as shewn and
described.
Dated this 7th den of 1001