AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE OVERFLOW PIPES OF BATHS, WASH-HAND BASINS, AND OTHER VESSELS
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Josiah George Jennings, of Great Charlotte Street,
Blackfriars Road, in the County of Surrey, for the Invention of "AN
IMPROVEMENT IN THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE OVERFLOW PIPES OF BATHS,
WASH-HAND BASINS, AND OTHER VESSELS."
Sealed the 22rd May 1856, and dated the 10th December 1855.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Josiah George Jennings.
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th December 1855.
I, JOSIAH GEORGE JENNINGS, of Great Charlotte Street, Blackfriars Road,
in the County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention
for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE OVERFLOW PIPES OF BATHS,
WASH-HAND BASINS, AND OTHER VESSELS," to be as follows:-
It is well known that much injury is often caused by the water in baths;
wash-hand basins,, and other vessels overflowing by reason of the taps or cocks
being left turned on. Now, my improvement consists in applying a syphon
pipe to the overflow openings or passages of a bath, also of a wash-hand basin,
and also of any other vessels subject to like consequences of leaving the tap
open; for which purpose I prefer, that in place of the overflow opening or
openings of any such vessel being at the highest level at which it is desired
the water should stand therein, as heretofore, that the overflow opening. or
openings should, be lower down in such vessel, and I apply thereto at the.
outside of the vessel a syphon pipe, the bend or elbow. of which rises to the
height of the highest level it is desired the water should rise to in the vessel.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Josiah George Jennings in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 10th June 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSIAH
GEORGE JENNINGS, of Great Charlotte Street, Blackfriars Road, in the County
of Surrey, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the nineteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Josiah George Jennings, Her special licence that I, the said Josiah
George Jennings, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Josiah George Jennings, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter 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 "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE OVERFLOW PIPES OF BATHS,
WASH-HAND BASINS, AND OTHER VESSELS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Josiah George Jennings, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument' in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, 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 Josiah George Jennings, 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 thereof, that is to say :-
It is well known that much injury is often caused by the water in baths,
wash-hand basins, and other vessels overflowing by reason of the taps or cocks
being left turned on. Now; my improvement consists in applying a syphon pipe
to the overflow. openings of passages of a bath, also of a wash-hand basin, and
also of any other vessel subject to like consequences of leaving the tap open;
for which purpose I prefér; that in place of the overflow opening or openings
of any such vessel being at the highest level at which it' is desired the water
should stand therein, ás heretofore, that the overflow 'opening or openings
should be lower down in such vessel, and I apply thereto at the outside of the

page_text: vessel a syphon pipe, the bend or elbow of which rises to the height of the
highest level it is desired the water should rise to in the vessel.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention, I will proceed to describe
more fully the manner of performing the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
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Figure 1 shows a vertical section, and Figure 2 a plan, of a wash-hand basin
constructed according to my Invention. a, a, are the overflow openings,
which communicate by the pipe or passage a' around the bottom of the basin
with the pipe or passage 6 on the outside of the basin, which is bent at b¹ to
form a syphon for the water to flow off, when it has risen to the height of the
highest level it is intended it should rise to in the basin. Figure 3 shows a
section of part of a bath or other vessel having a syphon pipe applied thereto,
similar to that just described.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I do not confine
myself to the precise details herein shown and described; but what I claim is,
the application of a syphon pipe to the overflow openings or passages of baths,
wash-hand basins, or other vessels, as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Josiah George Jennings, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
Witness,
J. G. TONGUE.
JOSIAH GEORGE JENNINGS. (L.S.)