AN IMPROVED SYPHON WATER WASTE PREVENTER
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Mar., 1887
Complete Left, 9th Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 9th Dec., 1887
I MILTON SYER of 36 Rye Lane Peckham, in the County of Surrey Merchant do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED SYPHON WATER WASTE
PREVENTER to be as follows:-
In a cistern of any desired capacity I fit an upright tube, which I shall call the
Syphon tube. Surrounding this tube I fit two or more annular or most convenient
shaped wells the purpose of which is to retain water. Over the Syphon tube I place
a cap dipping into the first well, then another cap over the first and dipping into the
second well, and if I should provide three wells or more, so there would be caps.
Now supposing I make two wells, then I have two caps dipping in these wells and
over all another cap worked by means of a lever and pull. All these caps I sometimes
attach to each other and lift then together, but sometimes I do not. The object of
these wells and caps is to form double or triple air traps to hold back securely a large
quantity of water. The action, is on the cap or caps being raised a partial vacuuin
is formed, and the atmospheric pressure acting on the surface of water, drives the air
and water out of the traps and the Syphon is thus started.
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page_text: 1 MILTON SYER of 36 Rye Lane, Peckham in the County of Surrey 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 :-
In a cistern of any desired capacity I fit an upright tube, which I shall call the
Syphon tube. Surrounding this tube I fit two or more annular or most convenient
shaped wells the purpose of which is to retain water. Over the syphon tube I place
a cap dipping into the first well, then another cap over the first and dipping into the
second well, and if should provide three wells or more, so there would be caps.
Now supposing I make two wells, then I have two caps dipping into these wells, and
over all another cap worked by means of a lever and pull. All these caps I some-
times attach to each other and lift them together, but sometimes I do not. The object
of these wells and caps is to form double or triple air traps to hold back securely a
large quantity of water. The action is, on the cap or caps being raised, a partial
vacuum is formed and the atmospheric pressure acting on the surface of water, drives
the air and water out of the traps and the Syphon is thus started.
Fig. 1. shows sectional elevation of the Syphon. A. A. A. are the three caps,
C. C. the two wells into which the caps dip. The dotted outline B. B. represents a
cover working over the caps A. A. A. and is sometimes used to start the syphon,
acting as an air valve in conjunction with escape holes at D. When this cover B. B.
is used the caps A. A. A are made fixtures.
The dotted lines E. E. represent the caps A. A. A detached from one another.
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 :
1st. The three or more caps A. A. A. in conjunction with the wells C. C. substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.
2nd. My improved water waste preventer arranged and actuated substantially as
set forth.
Dated this 8th day of November 1887.