Refuse and are Deposited.
Year: 1885

page_text: Refuse of Houses and Buildings are Deposited.
I, JAMES ATTRIDGE of 40 Campden Street, Kensington, Middlesex, Whitesmith
do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF
"
to be
CAPS OR RECEIVERS TO BE ATTACHED TO SHOOTS THROUGH WHICH ASHES, DUST
AND OTHER DOMESTIC REFUSE OF HOUSES AND BUILDINGS ARE DEPOSITED
as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to provide a cap or receptacle which can be fitted
by joints to the mouth of a shoot and which when open receives the refuse, the
shoot being at this time shut off by a flap or tail piece to prevent back draught.
When the receptacle is closed, any escape of foul smell from the shoot or shaft is
obviated the meeting edges or other part of the cap being packed with rubber or
other yielding material.
For the purpose of this invention I hinge or otherwise joint a receptacle having
a flap or tail piece within a chamber forming the shoot. The receptacle is so
fitted in the shoot that when open said shoot is shut off by the said flap or tail
piece to prevent back draught from the shaft while ashes dust or other refuse is
being thrown into the receptacle the tail piece taking against a ledge or stop on
the wall of the shoot.
When it is desired to close the receptacle it is moved by means of a ring, a
flange on the receptacle coming against india rubber or other suitable packing.
The ring is held by a catch bolt to keep the receptacle closed and is provided with
a tongue for the purpose of raising the catch when the door is to be opened. The
whole may then be completely enclosed by means of an external door hinged to
the front of the shoot.
The exterior bottom of the shoot may be provided with a web or webs or may
be flat and the shoot surrounded with a flange or otherwise suitable shaped to fit
into the wall and be in direct communication with the shaft.
Dated this 27th day of Mo 100%
H. GARDNER,
Agent for the said J. Attridge.

page_text: Improved Construction of Caps or Receivers to be Attached to
Shoots, through which Ashes, Dust, and other Domestic
Refuse of Houses and Buildings are Deposited.
I JAMES ATTRIDGE of 40 Campden Street, Kensington, Middlesex, Whitesmith
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:—
The object of this invention is to provide a cap or receptacle which can be fitted
by joints to the mouth of a shoot and which when open receives the refuse, the
shoot being at this time shut off by a flap or tail piece to prevent back draught.
When the receptacle is closed, any escape of foul smell from the shoot or shaft is
obviated the meeting edges or other part of the cap being packed with rubber or
other yielding material.
For the purpose of this invention, which will be understood by reference to
Figures 1 and 2 of the annexed drawings I hinge or otherwise joint a receptacle A
having a flap or tail piece B within the chamber C forming the shoot. The
receptacle A is so fitted in the shoot C that when open said shoot is shut off by
the said flap or tail piece B to prevent back draught from the shaft D see Figure 3
while ashes, dust or other refuse is being thrown into the receptacle A.
Figure 2 shows the receptacle A open the tail piece B thereof taking against a
ledge or stop E on the wall of the shoot C as more particularly seen in the top
apparatus at Figure 3. When it is desired to close the receptacle it is thrown by
means of the ring F to the position shown at Figure 1, a flange G on the receptacle
coming against india rubber or other suitable packing H. The ring F is held by
the catch bolt I to keep the receptacle closed. The ring F is provided with a
tongue for the purpose of raising the catch I when the door A is to be opened.
The whole may then be completely enclosed by means of an external door J hinged
to the front of the shoot C.
The exterior bottom of the shoot C may be provided with a web or webs K or
may be flat and the shoot C surrounded with a flange K' or otherwise suitable
shaped to fit into the wall L and be in direct communication with the shaft D.
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
1. The apparatus shown at Figures 1 and 2 of the annexed drawings and its
application to or in connection with a shaft common to any number of said
apparatus as herein set forth for the purpose described.
2. The improved construction of caps or receivers to be attached to shoots
through which ashes, dust, and other domestic refuse of houses and buildings are
deposited substantially as hereinbefore described and shown on the annexed
diawings.