IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DRAINING STABLES
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Hyde, of Kirkby, in the County of Leicester,
Groom, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DRAINING
STABLES."
Sealed the 27th September 1860, and dated the 12th June 1860..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Robert Hyde at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th
June 1860.
I, ROBERT HYDE, of Kirkby, in the County of Leicester, Groom, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
DRAINING STABLES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a peculiar construction and arrangement of trap
drain for draining stables, whereby a free and entirely unimpeded thoroughfare
for the drainage is provided, whilst at the same time the rising of effluvia from
the drain is prevented.
According to this Invention it is proposed to employ a suitable box or drain
pot, which is let into the stable floor flush therewith, and is connected to a
syphon or S pipe, which forms the trap and drain pipe leading to the sewer.
These parts may be constructed either in one piece or separately, and composed
of earthenware or cast iron. A perforated plate in lieu of the ordinary grating
is fitted on to the top of the drain box or pot, and in places where water is not
laid on, or when the fall is not great, an inner or finer perforated plate is

page_text: introduced into the bottom of the box or pot at the mouth of the syphon pipe,
for the purpose of preventing the entrance of chaff and small refuse matter
into the pipe. The upper perforated plate has cross channels or grooves cast
in its surface to afford a better foothold to the horses, and prevent them from
slipping. For the facility of flushing these drain traps I propose to connect a
service pipe to the side of each of the boxes or pots, a cock being provided by
which water may be turned on, and the whole series of stable drains flushed
simultaneously.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Robert Hyde in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
12th December 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ROBERT
HYDE, of Kirkby, in the County of Leicester, Groom, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Robert Hyde, Her special license that I, the said Robert Hyde,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Robert Hyde, my executors, administrators, or assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain (and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "Iм-
PROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DRAINING STABLES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Robert Hyde, by an instrument in writing under my
hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Robert Hyde, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, and to the
letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:-
My said Invention relates to a peculiar construction and arrangement of

page_text: trap drain for draining stables and similar places, whereby a free and entirely
unimpeded thoroughfare for the drainage is provided, whilst at the same time
the rising of effluvia from the drain is prevented.
According to this Invention, it is proposed to employ a suitable box or drain
pot, which is let into the stablefloor flush therewith, and is connected to a
syphon or S pipe, which forms the trap and drain pipe leading to the sewer.
The box or pot and S pipe may be constructed either in one piece or separately,
and composed of earthenware or cast iron. A perforated plate in lieu of the
ordinary grating is fitted on to the top of the drain box or pot, and in places
where water is not laid on, or when the fall is not great, an inner and finer
perforated plate may be introduced into the bottom of the box or pot at the
mouth of the syphon pipe for the purpose of preventing the entrance of chaff
and small refuse matter into the pipe. The upper perforated plate has cross
channels or grooves cast in its surface to afford a better foothold to the horses,
and prevent them from slipping. For the facility of flushing these drain traps I
propose to connect a service pipe to the side of each of the boxes or pots, a cock
being provided by which water may be turned on, and the whole series of drains
flushed simultaneously.
And in order that my said Invention may be fully understood, I shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose I shall
refer to the several Figures on the Sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed, the
same letters of reference indicating corresponding parts in both Figures.
Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section of my improved stable
drain; and Figure 2 is a plan of the same, showing the perforated and grooved
metal plate which forms the cover of the drain box or pot.
A is the drain box or pot, which is represented as cast in one piece with the
S pipe or syphon trap B, although it may be made in a separate piece, and
connected in the usual manner to the trap; C is the top plate or cover pro-
vided with holes to allow the drainage to pass through, and having cross
grooves or channels cast in it, so as to form a better foothold for the horses.
If desired, a smaller or finer perforated plate or grating may be inserted at a,
(but in most cases this will not be found necessary) to prevent the entrance of
chaff and other refuse into the drain; D is an inlet for the water used in
flushing the trap, each separate trap being connected by a branch with a
service pipe provided with a stop cock, so that on opening the cock the whole
of the boxes and traps may be flushed and thoroughly cleansed simultaneously.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried
into effect, I would observe in conclusion, that what I consider to be novel and

page_text: original, and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-
before in part recited Letters Patent, is,→
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First, the combination of the drain box or pot A, and metal plate or cover C
with an S pipe or syphon tap, and appliances for flushing the same, in the
manner and for the purpose herein-before described and illustrated by my
Drawings.
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Second, the peculiar construction of perforated and cross grooved or chan-
nelled plate or cover C for stable drains, as herein-before described and
illustrated by my Drawings...
In witness whereof,,I; the said Robert Hyde, have to this my Specification
set my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of December, One thousand
eight hundred and sixty.
ROBERT HYDE. (L.S.)