A Combined Gulley and Ventilator.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Gulley and Ventilator.
I, JOHN EDWIN PLACE, Director of Joseph Place & Sons, Limited, of Darwen,
in the County of Lancaster, Sanitary Tube and Fire-brick Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to combine a gulley trap, leading from the down-
spout of a building and communicating with the main drain, and a ventilating
pipe or box which is built into the wall of the building, in such a way that the inlet
for the fall pipe or down spout shall not stand in front of the ventilator opening nor
in anyway prevent it from performing its work in an efficient manner.
For this purpose I construct a gulley trap of the form known as a P-trap, and
below the socket which receives the bottom end of the downspout and on the
opposite side to the exit of the drain I provide a branch which curves upwards and
is made with a socket to receive the ventilating pipe or box.
This branch is not opposite to or in a line with the sewer connection but is bent
on one side, so that whilst the gulley and fall pipe are outside the wall of the
building the ventilating pipe or box can be built up in the wall not directly behind
but at one side of the fall pipe, so that the latter does not stand in front of the
ventilator opening, and this combined gulley and ventilator thus forms an efficient
means of ventilating the trap.
In some cases I propose to form this combination in two parts, one consisting of
the sockets for the ventilator and fall pipe and provided with a short spigot fitting
into the socket of the trap, which may be of the ordinary form, and by this means
the socket for the ventilator may be fixed at any angle at either side of the socket
for the fall pipe.
I, JOHN EDWIN PLACE, Director of Joseph Place & Sons, Limited, of Darwen,
in the County of Lancaster, Sanitary Tube and Fire-brick Manufacturer, 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 combine a gulley-trap, leading from the down
spout of a building and communicating with the main drain, and a ventilating

page_text: pipe which is built into the wall of a building, in such a way that the inlet for
the fall-pipe or down-spout shall not stand in front of the ventilator opening nor
in any way prevent it from performing its work in an efficient manner.
The manner in which my said invention is to be performed or carried into
practical effect will be readily understood on reference to the drawings hereunto
annexed and the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1 on the drawings is a side elevation, Fig. 2 a front elevation, and Fig. 3
a plan view, and Fig. 4 is a vertical section of a modification thereof hereinafter
more particularly referred to.
For the purposes of my invention I construct a gulley trap a of the form known
as a P-trap, and below the socket a¹ which receives the bottom end of the down-
spout and on the opposite side to the exit to the drain I provide a branch a*
which curves upwards and is made with a socket to receive the ventilating pipe or
box c.
This branch a is not opposite to or in a line with the sewer connection, but is
bent on one side as is shown, so that whilst the gulley a and fall-pipe b are outside
of the wall of the building, the ventilating pipe or box c can be built up in the
wall, not directly behind, but at one side of the fall-pipe b (see Figs. 2 and 3) so
that the latter does not stand in front of the ventilator opening and this combined
gulley and ventilator thus forms an efficient means of ventilating the trap a.
In some cases I propose to form this combination in two parts (as shown in
section at Fig. 4) one a** consisting in the sockets for the ventilator and fall-pipe
and provided with a small spigot fitting into the socket al of the trap, which may
then be of the ordinary form, and by this means the socket for the ventilator may
be fixed at any angle, and at either side of the socket a¹ for the fall-pipe.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
The improved construction of a combined gulley and ventilator so that the fall-
pipe does not obstruct the ventilator opening as hereinbefore described and illus-
trated by the drawings annexed.
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ted his TOLD Max AL CENTIMETA
LOND
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.