Improvements in the Method of and Means for Emptying Street Gullies or Stench Traps and the like Receptacles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 14th Dec., 1893-Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Means for Emptying Street
Gullies or Stench Traps and the like Receptacles.
I, JAMES HIGHAM, of 14, Thomson Street, Stockport, in the County of
Chester, Ironmoulder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Heretofore street gullies or stench traps and the like receptacles have been
constructed so as to necessitate the emptying of the sludge by means of a scoop or
ladle which is a very troublesome and slow operation, or they have been formed
with an inner removable receptacle for holding and removing the sludge, which
street gullies or stench traps are very expensive in construction.
My invention has for its object to remedy such defects and provide a method of
and means whereby any kind of street gully, stench trap or the like receptacle can
be emptied more conveniently and expeditiously and consists in the use and
application for the said purpose of a portable pump of suitable construction.
The suction or valve end of this portable pump I render readily removable
preferably by hinging it to the barrel of the pump and locking it in position by
a pin or cotter.
The type of valve I preferably use is a lid valve, hinged to the removable
suction end of the pump, so as to enable to draw the sludge into the pump barrel
quickly, whilst the removal of the suction end facilitates a ready discharge of the
sludge from the barrel.
Dated this 13th day of March 1893.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Means for Emptying Street
Gullies or Stench Traps and the like Receptacles.
I, JAMES HIGHAM, of 14, Thomson Street, Stockport, in the County of
Chester, Ironmoulder, 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 :—
Heretofore street gullies or stench traps and the like receptacles have been
constructed so as to necessitate the emptying of the sludge by means of a scoop or
ladle, which is a very troublesome and slow operation, or the same have been
formed with an inner removable receptacle for holding and removing the sludge and
thus are very expensive in construction.
My invention has for its object to remedy such defects and provide a method of
and means whereby any kind of street gully, stench trap or the like receptacle can
be emptied more conveniently and expeditiously.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a side view and Fig. 2 a longitudinal section of my improved means for
emptying street gullies or stench traps and the like receptacles.
Fig. 3 is a vertical section of a stench trap with the said means applied,

page_text: In carrying out my invention the improvements consist in the use and application
for the said purpose of a portable pump A of suitable construction which is placed
into the street gulley or stench trap B to be emptied, as shown in Fig. 3. The
suction or valve end a of the portable pump A I render readily removably
preferably by hinging it to the barrel b of the pump and locking it in position by a
pin or cotter c, see Fig. 1, placed into a hole formed in a projection d, on the valve
end a adapted to pass through a lug e formed on the respective end of the barrel b;
or the valve or suction end may be locked in position and opened from the upper
end of the barrel 6 by means of a rod f, see Fig. 2, arranged to partially rotate in
lugs e on the side of the barrel b, the lower end of the rod f being formed with a
nose which is moved over the valve or suction end a or clear of it as may be
desired see dotted lines. When the pin or cotter c or nose f¹ is removed the valve
or suction end a is permitted to drop into position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2,
and thus discharge the contents of the pump.
The type of valve preferably use is a lid valve a' hinged to the removable
suction end a of the pump A, so as to enable to draw the sludge into the pump
barrel quickly, whilst the removal of the suction end facilitates a ready discharge
of the sludge from the barrel b.
The upper end of the pump A I form with handles 9 so as to allow of placing it
in position in the street gully or stench trap B and removing it therefrom, and the
lower end with legs h to facilitate suction.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim, is―
1st. The method of emptying street gullies stench traps or similar receptacles,
consisting in the use of a portable pump placed into the said gulley or trap, into
which pump the sludge is drawn and thereby removed, substantially as set forth.
2nd. A pump for emptying street gullies and stench traps, as specified in the
preceding claim, the suction or valve end a of which is rendered removable,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 13th day of December 1893.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.