IMPROVEMENTS IN WATERCLOSETS FOR SHIPS
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Carl Pieper, Civil Engineer and Patent Agent, resident
at 109-110, Gneisenaustrasse, Berlin, S.W., Prussia, for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WATERCLOSETS FOR SHIPS." A communication to him
by Rudolph Henneberg and Alexander Herzberg, Engineers, both of Berlin,
Расія
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Carl Pioper at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th November 1881.
CARL PIEPER, Civil Engineer and Patent Agent, resident at 109-110,
Gneisenaustrasse, Berlin, S.W., Prussia. "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER-CLOSETS FOR
SHIPS." A communication from Rudolph Henneberg and Alexander Herzberg,
Engineers, both of Berlin, Prussia.
This Invention relates to a water-closet for ships, and the improvements consist
in the means applied for securely closing the discharge-pipe, for flushing the basin,
for discharging the contents of the latter into the sea in case the closet is below
the water-line, and for operating the various parts with facility.
When the closet is placed above the water-line the arrangement is as follows:-
The communication between the basin and the discharge-pipe which opens out
through the side of the vessel may be established and cut off by means of a cock,
the plug of which can be turned by a handle projecting through the rear part of
the seat. In a line with this cock is placed the cock of the flushing-pipe which
conducts water from an overhead-reservoir to the basin, and the plug of the latter
cock is so connected with the plug of the discharge-cock, that both cocks will bo
opened or closed simultaneously. Moreover, means are provided for by which a
small quantity of water is admitted to the basin every time the closet is to be
used. These consist in a second pipe leading from the said reservoir to the basin,
of a cock or a valve fitted thereto, and of a movable closet-floor which is so con-
nected with the cock or valve through the medium of levers and chains or other
suitable mechanical parts, that the weight of the person entering into the closet
will depress the floor (or a part thereof), and cause the said cock or valve to be
opened for a very short time, and then to be closed again.
In case the closet is placed near or below the water-line, the contents of the
basin are allowed to flow off through the discharge-cock into a small chamber,
whence they are forced out into the sea by a pump. This pump is operated by
the same handle which works the discharge-cock and the flushing-cock. The said
chamber may be provided with a ventilating-pipe.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Carl Pieper in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 26th May 1882.
CARL PIEPER, Civil Engineer and Patent Agent, resident at 109-110,
Gneisenaustrasse, Berlin, S.W., Prussia. "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER-CLOSETS FOR
SHIPS." A communication by Rudolph Henneberg and Alexander Herzberg, both
of Berlin, Prussia.
This Invention relates to water-closets for ships, and the improvements consist
in the means applied for securely closing the discharge-pipe for flushing the basin,
for discharging the contents of the latter into the sea in case the closet is below or
near the water-line, and for operating the various parts with facility.
A closet placed above the water-line and arranged according to this Invention
is shown by Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying two Sheets of Drawings in two
sectional elevations taken at a right angle to each other.
e is the seat of the closet; a, the basin; t, the discharge-pipe leading from the
basin downward, and opening out through the side of the vessel into the sea. Tho
cominunication between the basin and the pipe t may be established and cut off by
means of a cock b, the plug of which can be turned by the lever d provided with a
knob or handle w, and projecting through the rear part of the seat.
At the lower
end of the pipe there should be a valve v. is a reservoir or tank from which
water is conducted to the basin by the pipe 8. In this pipe a cock c is inserted,
the plug of which is so connected with the plug of 6 (either in the manner shown
in the Drawing, or in any other suitable way), that both cocks will be opened and
closed simultaneously. From the tank r another pipe q leads to the basin a, or as
shown in the Drawing into the pipes at a point between the cock c and the basin.
This pipe q is kept closed at the top by a valve p, or a cock if preferred (see Fig. 3),
connected by a chain n with one end of the levor m, which is linked with its
other end to the lever l. The opposite end of this lever is acted upon by a vertical
swinging-rod h pivoted to the underside of the board f forming the top of a step or
a part of the closet-floor, and binged at f¹.
The parts thus arranged operate as follows:-
When a person enters into the closet and treads on the board or floor-part f, he
will by his weight depress f. in consequence whereof the rod acting on the
lever causes the valve p to be opened. But the bar and the end of lever / are
so arranged that h will slip off the latter as f comes down completely, and this
disengagement of h and allows the valve p to close again. The said valve thus
opens only for a moment, but this suffices for the passage of a small quantity of
water into the basin and into the neck of the cock, for the purpose of wetting
them, and of preventing fecal matter from adhering thereto. The closet having
been used, the lever d, which while the cocks b and c are closed, has the position
shown in Fig. 2 in dotted lines is turned to the right; the cocks are thereby
opened, water rushes through a into the basin, and flushes the contents of the same
through the cock b into the pipe t, by which they are conducted into the sea.
lever is then turned again to the left for reclosing the cocks. As soon as the
board is relieved of pressure from above, it is returned to its top position by the
spring or springs g, while the rod h assisted by the weight h' resumes its normal
position in respect to the lever 1, to be again ready for operation when required.
u is a ventilating-tube extending to an aperture in the ship's side, as far as possible
above the water-line.
The
A closet placed below the water-line is represented by Figs. 3 and 4 in sectional
elevations, analogous to those shown by Figs. 1 and 2, while Fig. 5 is a plan with
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page_text: The closet as described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2 is in this case provided
with a chamber placed below the cock 6 and a pump x, the piston of which y is
worked from the hand-lever d by means of the link d' and the arms and k¹ fixed
on the shaft i. When the cocks b and c are opened, the contents of the basin are
flushed into the chambers. By the following motion of the lever d to the right
and to the left, the piston y is moved up and down, whereby the contents of the
chamber are forced through the pipe t into the sea. In all other respects the
apparatus acts in the same manner as the one described first. The ventilating-
pipe u is attached to the chamber =.
Having thus described the nature and object of this Invention, and the manner
in which it is to be carried out, as communicated to me by my correspondents, I
hereby claim as new and important features of the same,-
1. In a water-closet for ships, the basin a, cock b, discharge-pipe t, flushing-pipe 8
supplied with water from a tank r or other source, and provided with a cock c
which is opened and closed simultaneously with the cock b, by the hand-lever d,
in combination with the arrangement for automatically discharging a small quantity
of water into basin a before its being used, and consisting of the movable floor-part
or board f, pipe q, valve or cock p, and self-disengaging gear by which the valve or
cock P
is worked from the board or floor-part f, substantially as and for the
purpose described.
2. In combination with the water-closet as claimed in Claim No. 1, the pump ×,
the piston of which y is worked from the hand-lever d, and which discharges the
contents of the closet by the pipe t into the sea, substantially as herein before
described, and for the purpose specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Carl Pieper, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Twentieth day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty two.
CADI DIEDER
CARL
CADI DIEDER