An Improved Combined Water Closet and Sink.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Aug., 1896
Complete Specification Left 20th Oct. 1896-Accented 5th Don 1808
An Improved Combined Water Closet and Sink.
We, SAMUEL HENRY DIBBLE and JOHN DIBBLE trading in co-partnership
as Samuel Dibble and Son of No. 30 Ledsam Street City of Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Builders do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates as hereinafter described to an improved combined water
closet and sink and has for its object to provide a simple and effective arrangement
whereby the basin of a water closet may be connected to an ordinary sink, the said
basin being constantly flushed and cleansed by the water flowing from the sink
without the aid of an ordinary flushing cistern. In frosty weather the freezing of
the connecting pipes will be entirely obviated owing to hot water being frequently
poured down the sink.
In carrying our invention into practice we provide an ordinary sink and exactly
underneath we place a stoneware receptacle which may or may not be the same
size as the sink, inside the said receptacle we attach a tilt-basin working on pivots
and so arranged that when full it tilts over and discharges its contents into the
said receptacle. The sink is connected to the basin by means of a syphon pipe.
The bottom of the receptacle under the sink aforesaid being inclined terminates
into an ordinary syphon trap which has an outlet in the closet basin.
It will be apparent that a closet basin arranged and combined with a sink will
be constantly flushed and cleansed by the water passing from the sink, and in
frosty weather the water lying in the pipes and closet basin will not freeze owing
to hot water frequently running from the sink.
We connect a pipe with the ordinary rain water cistern and terminate the same
into the closet basin in such a manner that the same may be used for a ventilating
pipe when no water is passing down the same.
We provide the receptacle under the sink with a suitable door by which access
may be had to the syphon trap and other parts of the apparatus.
Our invention may be applied to any form of water closet either in-door or
out-door and may also be combined or connected with a bath or lavatory or to both.
Our invention may be modified in any detail as may be necessary to carry the
same into effect without departing from the nature thereof.
Dated this 14th day of August 1896.
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicants.
Sink.
We SAMUEL HENRY DIBBLE and JOHN DIBBLE, trading in co-partnership
as Samuel Dibble & Son of No. 30 Ledsam Street, in the City of Birmingham in
the County of Warwick, Builders, 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 :-
This invention relates to an improved combined water closet and sink and has

page_text: for its object to provide a simple and effective arrangement whereby the basin of
the water closet may be constantly flushed and cleansed by the water flowing from
an ordinary sink without the aid of a separate flushing cistern. In frosty weather
the freezing of the connecting pipes will be entirely obviated owing to hot water
being frequently poured down the sink.
In carrying our invention into practice we provide an ordinary sink and
immediately underneath we place a receptacle of stoneware or other suitable
material which may or may not be the same size as the sink; inside the said
receptacle we attach a basin working on pivots or trunnions or otherwise
constructed so as to be capable of being tilted and so arranged that when full it
tilts over and discharges its contents into the said receptacle. The sink is
connected to the basin by means of a simple outlet pipe. The bottom of the
receptacle under the sink is inclined and terminates in an ordinary siphon trap
which has an outlet into the closet basin. The importance of having this siphon
trap so situated as to discharge directly into the closet basin is very great, as it
enables our invention to be applied to any kind of sink, irrespective of whether the
latter has a trap or not. The position of the trap is such as to completely prevent
the escape of any sewer gas or effluvia to the sink or to any part behind the trap.
In cases where the sink is some distance from the closet basin it will be seen that
this is of considerable importance. A further advantage of placing the trap in
such a position is that it can be made in one piece with the closet basin and a
considerable saving in the cost is thus effected. It will be apparent that a closet
basin arranged and combined with a sink will be constantly flushed and cleansed
by the water passing from the sink and in frosty weather the water lying in the
pipes and closet basin will not freeze as hot water is frequently running from the
sink.
As an additional means of flushing and ventilating we cause the overflow pipe
from the ordinary rain water cistern to discharge directly into the closet hasin.
We provide the receptacle under the sink with a suitable door by which access
may he had to the siphon trap and other parts of the apparatus.
Our invention may be applied to any form of water closet either indoor or
outdoor and may also be combined or connected with a bath or lavatory or with
both.
Our invention may be modified in any detail as may be necessary to carry the
same into effect without departing from the nature thereof.
The nature of our invention will be more clearly understood from the accom-
panying drawings, the same letters of reference indicating similar parts throughout.
Figure 1 is a vertical section and Figure 2 a plan of our improved combined sink
and water closet, the sink being removed in Figure 2.
Figure 3 shows a section of the closet pan.
A represents an ordinary stoneware sink provided with an outlet B. D is &
receptacle underneath the sink made preferably in stoneware, though we may make
it of galvanized sheet iron, or steel, or cast iron. E represents a tilt basin pivoted
on the trunnions F F, working in hearings, or otherwise arranged so as to be
capable of tilting.
This basin we may make of stoneware or galvanized iron or steel. e, e, are
stops or buffers for the basin E, made of some soft material. G is the outlet
pipe of the receptacle D to which is connected the siphon trap I by means of the
joint H. The siphon trap I and the closet basin M can be made in one picce of
stoneware or earthenware or other suitable material of the particular configuration
shown in the section in Figure 1. The closet pan is provided with the circular
passage J shewn also in Figure 3, this passage being the outlet of the siphon trap I
which conducts the water from the basin E to the closet pan M. When the tilt
basin E becomes full of water flowing from the sink A it takes the position shewn
in dotted lines and precipitates its contents into or near the outlet pipe of the
receptacle D with such force as to thoroughly flush the closet pan M. The siphon
trap effectually prevents any sewer gases or effluvia from passing back to the sink.

page_text: K represents a second circular passage formed in the said closet pan to which is
connected the pipe L for carrying down the overflow of a water cistern or it may
be connected to the ordinary rain water pipe. This affords an important additional
means of cleansing or flushing the closet pan while it at the same time acts as a
ventilating shaft. The closet pan terminating abruptly in the siphon trap N
prevents the accumulation of any solid matter in the pan.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said'
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. The combination of a sink and water closet basin and of a tilt basin enclosed
in a receptacle with an outlet terminating in a siphon trap adapted to cleanse or
flush the closet pan with water discharged from the sink and prevent any escape
of sewer gas or effluvia towards the sink substantially as described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
2. The combination of a sink and water closet basin and siphon with an overflow
water pipe and ventilating shaft substantially as described and illustrated and for
the purpose set forth.
Dated thin 17th day of Antohen 1906
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicants.