Improvements in and in connection with Receptacles for Receiving Drainage and Refuse from Streets and Carriageways.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 26th June, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 15th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 39th Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Receptacles for Receiving
Drainage and Refuse from Streets and Carriageways.
1 WILLIAM BENJAMIN GEORGE BENNETT of Cranleigh Portswood in the
Town and County of Southampton Civil Engineer do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the invention for which Letters Patent No. 16535 dated
the 11th day of October 1890 were granted jointly to myself and Joseph Jeffrey
Bennett and consists essentially of apparatus or arrangements for effecting by
hydraulic power the raising of drainage and refuse receptacles such as are described
in the Specification of the said Letters Patent and the discharge of the contents of
the said receptacles.
According to one arrangement embodying my said invention I joint the refuse
receptacle to the upper end of a plunger mounted and capable of working vertically
in a barrel or cylinder sunk in the roadway. For the purpose of raising and
lowering the said receptacle as required 1 provide for admission of water under
pressure from the street mains or other convenient source of supply to the said
barrel or cylinder and for the escape of water therefrom by means of a pipe
furnished with a two way cock. For the purpose of effecting the discharge of the
contents of the refuse receptacle when raised I connect a chain or cord to the upper
part thereof and to a part of the barrel or cylinder or other fixed point. I also
provide for the flushing or cleansing of the receptacle after the discharge of its
contents by means of water from the street mains or other source of supply the flow
of which water is controlled by a cork.
The said arrangement is worked and acts as follows:-
When it is required to remove refuse which has collected in the receptacle water
is admitted to the barrel or cylinder whereby the plunger is caused to rise carrying
with it the refuse receptacle which when sufficiently raised is by means of the chain
or cord referred to tilted or caused to turn on the joint by which it is connected to
the said plunger. When the contents of the said receptacle have been thus dis-
charged it is lowered by allowing the water to escape from the barrel or cylinder
and is then cleansed by being flushed out with water.
All the parts of the apparatus are below the level of the footway and roadway
and are suitably covered.
Dated the 26th dow of L
1001
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Receptacles for Receiving
Drainage and Refuse from Streets and Carriageways.
1 WILLIAM BENJAMIN GEORGE BENNETT of Cranleigh Portswood in the
Town and County of Southampton Civil Engineer do hereby declare the nature 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 relates to the invention for which Letters Patent No. 16535 dated
the 11th day of October 1890 were granted jointly to myself and Joseph Jeffrey
Bennett and consists essentially of apparatus or arrangements for effecting by
hydraulic power the raising of drainage and refuse receptacles such as are described

page_text: in the Specification of the said Letters i atent and the discharge of the contents of
the said receptacles.
According to one arrangement embodying my said invention I joint the refuse
receptacle to the upper end of a plunger mounted and capable of working vertically
in a barrel or cylinder sunk in the roadway. For the purpose of raising and
lowering the said receptacle as required I provide for admission of water under
pressure from the street mains or other convenient source of supply to the said
barrel or cylinder and for the escape of water therefrom by means of pipes connected
to a two way cock. For the purpose of effecting the discharge of the contents of
the refuse receptacle when raised connect a chain or cord to the upper part
thereof and to a part of the barrel or cylinder or other fixed point. I also provide
for the flushing or cleansing of the receptacle after the discharge of its contents by
means of water from the street mains or other source of supply the flow of which
water is controlled by a cock.
The said arrangement is worked and acts as follows:-
When it is required to remove refuse which has collected in the receptacle water
is admitted to the barrel or cylinder whereby the plunger is caused to rise carrying
with it the refuse receptacle which when sufficiently raised is by means of the chain
or cord referred to tilted or caused to turn on the joint by which it is connected to
the said plunger. When the contents of the said receptacle have been thus dis-
charged it is lowered by allowing the water to escape from the barrel or cylinder
and is then cleansed by being flushed out with water.
All the parts of the apparatus are below the level of the footway and roadway
and are suitably covered."
I will further describe my said invention with reference to the accompanying
drawings
Figure 1 of which represents the arrangement hereinbefore described partly in
elevation and partly in section.
Figure 2 is a plan of the gully vessel or refuse receptacle and
Figure 3 is a plan of the cover of the gully and of the cover of the pit in which
the cocks are arranged.
In the following description the parts of the drawings are referred to by the
letters and figures marked thereon.
a is the refuse receptacle in one side of which are formed holes for the escape of
water entering the said receptacle the said holes being shielded by a screen the
object of which is to prevent the escape of solid matter through the said holes.
bis the plunger or ram. c is the barrel or cylinder in which the said plunger or
ram works. d is a two way cock by which water is admitted to the barrel c and
allowed to escape therefrom. f is the pipe by which water passes to and from the
said barrel the said pipe being connected to the said barrel at g. is a nozzle
constituting the second outlet of the said cock. is the cock by which water for
flushing is admitted to the gully when required a flexible pipe (not shown in the
drawings) being connected to the outlet of the said cock for the purpose of directing
the water issuing therefrom as required. is a pit provided for convenience of
access to the said cocks. is a chamber into which water entering the receptacle a
and escaping therefrom through the holes hereinbefore referred to passes on its
way to the sewer with which the chamber is connected by a suitably trapped
passage not shown in the drawings. is the cover of the said chamber which cover
consists of a grid similar to those ordinarily applied to street gullies.
cover of the pitj which (as shown in the drawings) is formed below the footway of
the street.
m is the
In order to provide for tilting of the receptacle a as and when required it is
jointed at n to a cradle o secured to or formed on the head of the plunger b and a
cord or chain (not shown in the drawings) is connected at one end to an eye p on
the receptacle a and at the other end to an eye 7 on the barrel c the said cord or
chain being of such length that the receptacle a is caused to turn on the joint n when
the ram is near the end of its upward stroke. The said cord or chain may

page_text: however be dispensed with the receptacle a being provided with a lug r to facilitate
the tilting of the said receptacle by hand if desired. s is an eye formed on the said
receptacle a to which a cord or chain may be connected or with which a hook may
be engaged for the purpose of returning the receptacle « to its receiving position
after its contents have been discharged.
The positions of the ram b and the receptacle a when raised by the admission
of water under pressure to the barrel care indicated in broken lines in Figure 1.
In order thus to raise the said parts a and b the cock d is turned so as to cause the
water from the main to pass through the pipe finto the barrel c. In order to
permit of escape of the water from the barrel c when it is required to lower the
receptacle a the said cock d is turned so as to cut off communication with the
water main and to open communication between the pipe and nozzle h. The said
water then escapes from the said nozzle h into the chamber k and thence into the
sewer.
Where the pressure of water in the mains is insufficient to raise the ram b and
the receptacle a carried by it I arrange a force pump in the pit and connect it
as required to the water supply and to the barrel c in order to admit of the water
being forced into the said barrel as required by hand power.
In some cases I arrange for the passage of the refuse matter from the pits of two
or more gullies of ordinary construction into one receptacle mounted and worked
as hereinbefore described. In such cases I disconnect the said ordinary gullies
from the sewer and connect them by means of pipes or culverts with the chamber k
which connect with the sewer by means of a trapped passage as herein before
described, and I make the receptacle a of sufficient size to contain the matters
passing from the said pipes or culverts and mount the said receptacle at such a
distance below the outlets of the said pipes or culverts that the matters issuing
from them will pass into the said receptacle.
Where desired the apparatus hereinbefore described may be worked by means
of air instead of water. In places where mains conveying air under pressure are
laid in the roadways (as is now the case in some towns) the required supply of air
may be obtained by so connecting the said apparatus with such mains that air
therefrom may be admitted to the cylinder c as and when required in the manner
hereinbefore described with respect to water. Where such provision for the supply
of air does not exist or where it is not desired to make use of it air may be forced
into the said cylinder by means of a pump or other suitable air forcing apparatus
similarly connected to the said cylinder.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
Lion and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it to be understood
that my invention is not restricted to the precise details hereinbefore described as
considerable variation may be made therein without departing from the nature of
my invention but I declare that what I claim is :-
The improvements hereinbefore described in and in connection with such
receptacles for receiving drainage and refuse from streets and carriageways as arc
mounted in pits below the surface of the road or pavement and are capable of
being raised above the said surface for the purpose of discharging their contents
that is to say arrangements admitting of the raising of such receptacles being
effected by hydraulic power.
Dated the 15th day of December 1891
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.