Year: 1886

page_text: We, WILLIAM HENRY TYLOR and WALTER BROWN HARVEY DRAYSON, both of
2 Newgate Street, in the City of London, Brass Founders do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates more especially to the joints whereby closet-basins are
connected to the outlet boxes, or pipes, but is also applicable to the water con-
nections of closet-basins, urinals, lavatories, slop sinks, baths, and to joints
generally. Joints, of the kind specially referred to above, are usually made by
cementing the lower part of the basin into the socket of the outlet box, but this is
unsatisfactory especially when the closets are intended for export, as the cement is
liable to become loose and disintegrated during transit. Other means have been
employed, but, so far as I am aware, have not been satisfactory on account of their
more or less costly and complicated character.
In Joints constructed according to this present invention, I employ a self
adjusting split metallic ring of an angular, or other suitable section, and so arranged
within the socket of the valve collar of the outlet box of a closet, for example, that
it may be caused to close circumferentially on to a ring of indiarubber, or other
suitable compressible material, on the lower part of the basin when pressure is put
upon the outer circumference of the said metallic ring by means of any con-
venient number of radial set screws tapped into the before mentioned metal socket,
the ring of indiarubber or other compressible material being thereby compressed
circumferentially against the basin and the socket or inside flange of the valve
collar, so as to form a tight joint between the same. The parts, of the basin
and socket forming the joint, may be grooved, inclined, or otherwise shaped as
desired or required. Instead of one continuous split metallic ring, I sometimes
form the ring of one or more pieces, or of a number of segments, which may be
closed circumferentially on to the indiarubber, or other compressible ring, in a
similar manner to that herein before described. Instead of the metallic ring being
arranged to act circumferentially upon the indiarubber, or other compressible ring,
it may be placed over the same and be made of such a depth that when the basin
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page_text: is pressed down into the socket of the outlet box so that its lower end bears
against the bottom of the said socket, the said indiarubber, or other compressible
ring, is squeezed down by the metallic ring and expands laterally so as to make
an airtight joint round the junction of the basin with the socket of the outlet box.
If now, while the basin is held down in that position, the beforementioned radial
set screws are screwed up against the metallic ring, the basin will be retained in
its position in the said socket by the pressure of the indiarubber round it, and the
aforesaid watertight or airtight joint will be maintained. If preferred, the separate
metallic ring may be dispensed with in the case last described and instead thereof
the lower outer edge of the basin may be formed with a groove or rebate into
which the indiarubber, or other compressible ring, is placed so that the upper
side of the said groove or rebate presses on the india-rubber ring when the basin
is pressed down into the socket, and in this case the radial set screws, when
screwed up, will bear against the lower part or neck of the basin so as to hold it
in place.

page_text: We, WILLIAM HENRY TYLOR, and WALTER BROWN HARVEY DRAYSON, both of
No. 2 Newgate Street, in the City of London, Brass founders, do hereby declare
the nature of the said invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement,
reference being had to the accompanying sheet of Drawings and to the letters and
Figures marked thereon, that is to say -
This invention relates more especially to the joints whereby earthenware closet
basins are connected to their metallic outlet boxes or pipes; but it is also applicable
to the water connections of closet basins, urinals, lavatories, slop sinks, and baths.
Joints, of the kind specially referred to above, are usually made by cementing
the lower, or outlet part, of the basin, into the socket of the outlet box, but this is
unsatisfactory, especially when the closets are intended for export, as the cement
is liable to become loose and disintegrated during transit. Other means have been
employed, but, so far as we are aware, they have not been satisfactory on account
of their more or less costly and complicated character.
In joints constructed according to our present invention, we employ a self-
adjusting split metallic ring A, (see Figure 1 of the Drawings), of an angular, or
other suitable, section, and so arranged within the socket B of the outlet box of a
closet, for example, (see Figure 2) that it may be caused to close circumferentially
on to a ring of indiarubber, or other suitable compressible material C, on the lower
or outlet part D of the basin D¹, when pressure is put upon the outer circum-
ference of the said metallic ring A by means of any convenient number of radial
Bet screws E tapped into the beforementioned metal socket B, the ring of india-
rubber or other compressible material C being thereby compressed circumferentially
against the side of the outlet pipe of the basin and the side of the inside flange F
of the valve collar or outlet box, so as to form an air and watertight joint between
the same.
Instead of one continuous split metallic ring, as shown in Figure 1, we sometimes
form the ring of one or more pieces, or of a number of segments (as shown in
Figure 3), which segments may be closed circumferentially on to the indiarubber
or other compressible ring in a manner similar to that above described in reference
to the continuous split ring, Figure 1.
Figures 4 and 5 show modifications in which the ring of indiarubber or other
compressible material C is interposed between the bottom of the basin outlet D
and the bottom of the socket B, the metallic ring A pressing the upwardly
projecting edge, or lip, of the indiarubber C against the side of the outlet D of the
basin under the action of the set screws E, the basin and the ring A being pressed
downwards in the socket B by the action of the set screws E on the inclined
surface of the metallic ring A which in its turn acts upon the conical outlet B, and

page_text: an air and watertight joint between the bottom of the basin outlet D and the
bottom of the socket B is thereby produced.
Instead of the metallic ring being arranged to act circumferentially upon the
indiarubber, or other compressible ring, it may be placed over the same, and be
made of such a depth that when the basin outlet D is pressed down into the
socket B of the outlet box so that its lower end bears against the bottom of the
said socket, the said indiarubber, or other compressible ring, C is squeezed down
by the metallic ring A which bears at its upper edge against the body of the
basin D¹, as shown, and expands laterally so as to make an air and watertight joint
round the junction of the basin with the socket of the outlet box (see Figures 6,
7, 8 and 9).
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If now, while the basin is held down in that position, the beforementioned
radial set screws E are screwed up against the metallic ring A, the basin will be
retained in its position in the socket B by the pressure of the indiarubber, or
other compressible material, round it, and by the angular or conical form of the
-ring-A-and-outlet-D-preventing-either from-passing the ends-of-the-set-screws E.
When the metallic ring is intended to act upon the indiarubber or other com-
pressible ring in the manner last above described, and as shown in Figures 6, 7, 8
and 9, it need not in some cases be split, but may be left as a completo cylinder or
cone. Figures 10 and 11 show modifications of the last described arrangements
in which the indiarubber or other compressible ring is placed between the bottom.
of the outlet D and the bottom of the socket B, instead of between the sides of
the said outlet and socket. -
In Figure 12, the metallic ring is dispensed with, the set screws E being made to
bear directly against the side of the basin outlet D.
In place of employing the metallic ring, the lower outer edge of the basin
outlet D may be formed with a groove or rebate (as shown in Figure 13) into which
the indiarubber or other compressible ring C is placed, so that the upper side of the
said groove or rebate presses on the said indiarubber ring when the basin is pressed
down into the socket B, and in this case, the radial set screws E, when screwed up,
will bear against the lower part, or neck, of the basin, so as to hold it in place, as
in Figure 12. If preferred, a metallic ring, or segments of a ring, similar to those
described in reference to Figures 1 to 11, may be interposed between the part D
and the set screws E in the arrangements illustrated in Figures 12 and 13, or
other suitable washers or plates may be interposed to prevent injury to the
earthenware by the points of the set screws.
The parts of the basin and socket forming the joint may be grooved to receive
the indiarubber, or other compressible material, as shown in Figures 5, 7 and 11,
for example; and they may be inclined, or otherwise shaped, as desired, or required.
The set screws E may be placed square with the socket B as shown in Figures 2,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 13, or at an angle thereto as shown in Figures 9 and 12, as
may be most suitable, or convenient.
It will be readily understood that although the above description and relative
drawings specially refer to the application of the invention to the joints for
connecting water closet basins to their outlet boxes or pipes, the invention is
equally applicable to the water connections of earthenware closet basins, urinals,
lavatories, slop sinks and baths with their metallic boxes or pipes.
Similar letters of reference relate to like parts in all the Figures of the Drawing.
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Having now particularly, described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is :-
First The construction of air and watertight joints for connecting earthenware
closet basins, urinals, lavatories, slop sinks and baths to their metallic boxes or
pipes with rings of indiarubber, or other compressible material, forced into and
held in position against or between the parts to be joined or connected by means of

page_text: metallic rings, or of segments of metallic rings, acted on by set screws, as herein-
before described, and illustrated in Figures 1 to 11 inclusive of the Drawings
hereto annexed.
Second-The construction of air and watertight joints for connecting closet
basins, urinals, lavatories, slop sinks and baths to their metallic boxes or pipes with
rings of indiarubber, or other compressible material, placed between the parts to be
joined, such parts being held or pressed together with the said indiarubber, or
other compressible material, between then, by set screws arranged and acting with
or without the intervention of a metallic ring, or segments of a metallic ring,
as hereinbefore described, and illustrated in Figures 12 and 13 of the Drawings
hereto annexed.