IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DEODORIZING AND DISINFECTING PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick James Austin of Merton Cottage Bath Road
Hounslow in the County of Middlesex Sanitary Engineer for an Invention
of IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DEODORIZING AND DISINFECTING
PURPOSES.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick James Austin at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th November 1882.
FREDERICK JAMES AUSTIN of Merton Cottage Bath Road Hounslow in the
County of Middlesex Sanitary Engineer " IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
DEODORIZING AND DISINFECTING PURPOSES
My invention relates to improvements in apparatus for deodorizing and disin-
fecting purposes and is applicable to water closets water waste preventers sinks and
drains and other similar sanitary appliances My improved apparatus is such as to
secure its being conveniently and inexpensively fitted to and to discharge auto-
matically into the sanitary appliances aforesaid disinfecting and deodorizing
fluid without the necessity of a complicated system of cranks or levers which forms
essential features of many of the disinfecting apparatus now in use.
1 employ an antiseptic cistern of any suitable material but by preference con-
structed of copper for holding disinfecting fluid which cistern may be of any
convenient form and size to fit to the position in which it is to be used. Within
the antiseptic cistern is fixed a cylinder to the base of which and communicating
with it is attached a pipe in the usual form in such apparatus to discharge the
deodorizing or disinfecting fluid into the closet pan or other sanitary appliance as
the case may be. Within the cylinder is a weighty plummet raised or lowered by
a chain. Where the apparatus is attached to a waste-preventer this plummet is
fastened to the lever of such waste preventer so tightly as to have the plummet
always raised until the waste-preventer chain is pulled-On this chain being
pulled the plummet descends by its own weight and forces the. charge of disinfecting
fluid through the pipe into the waste-preventer, closet pan or other sanitary
appliance as desired-The foregoing mode of fixing and operating my apparatus is

page_text: applicable also to a combined water-waste preventer and antiseptic cistern as
above described and herein called the antiseptic water waste-preventer." If the
antiseptic cistern is placed beneath the water closet seat, the plummet chain or rod
itself is attached to the lever or handle rod of the closet by a bracket where
necessary and thereby raising the plummet when the closet handle is raised and
allowing it to fall by its own weight when the handle is released thus sending a
charge of disinfecting fluid into the closet pan when the water bas ceased
flowing.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Frederick James Austin in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
12th May 1883.
FREDERICK JAMES AUSTIN formerly of Merton Cottage Bath Road Hounslow
in the County of Middlesex now of N° 50 Paultons Square Chelsea in the same
County Sanitary Engineer "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DEODORIZING AND
DISINFECTING PURPOSES
"
My invention relates to improvements in apparatus for deodorizing and disin-
fecting purposes and is applicable to water closets, cisterns, water waste preventers
sinks drains and other similar sanitary appliances, my improved apparatus is such
as to secure its being conveniently and inexpensively fitted to, and to discharge
automatically into the sanitary appliances aforesaid disinfecting and deodorizing
fluid without the necessity of a complicated system of cranks or levers which fortn
essential features of many of the disinfecting apparatus now in use.
I now proceed to describe my said invention and for that purpose refer to the
drawings hereto annexed. I employ an antiseptic cistern by preference constructed
of copper for holding disinfecting fluid which cistern may be of any convenient
form and size to fit it to the position in which it is to be used. Figure 1 shews
in section my improved apparatus. Within the antiseptic cistern A is fixed the
cylinder E to the base of and opening into which is attached a pipe F in the usual
form to discharge the deodorizing or disinfecting fluid into the closet pan or other
sanitary appliance.-Within cylinder E is a weighty plummet C which is raised
or lowered by the chain D. When the apparatus is attached to a waste preventer
(as in figures 4 and 5) the plummet C is fastened to the lever of the waste
preventer by a rod or chain so as to have such plummet always raised until the
waste preventer chain is pulled. On this chain being pulled the plummet C
descends and forces the charge of disinfecting fluid through pipe F into the waste
preventer closet pan or other sanitary appliance as desired. The mode of fixing
and operating my apparatus as now described is applicable also to a combined
water waste preventer and antiseptic cistern herein called "the antiseptic Water
waste preventer" If the antiseptic cistern is placed beneath the Water closet seat

page_text: the plummet chain or rod itself is attached to the lever or handle rod of the closet
by a bracket where necessary thereby raising the plummet when the closet handle
is raised and allowing it to fall by its own weight when the handle is released thus
sending a charge of disinfecting fluid into the closet pan when the water has
ceased flowing Practically the same result could be effected where necessary by
attaching the chain D by means of cranks or other mechanical appliances to the
Door of the closet whereby the plummet could be raised or lowered by the opening
or shutting of the door.
Figure 2 of the Drawings shows the chain D attached to the Closet handle rod
and Figure 3 shews it attached to the ordinary closet lever the pipe F in
Figures 2 and 3 leading into the closet pan and in figures 4 and 5 into the water
waste preventer.
The advantages of my Invention are simplicity of construction reliability of
action and applicability to any description of water closet, urinal, drain or sink.
Having thus described my said Invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, I desire to state that what I claim is the improvements in apparatus
for deodorizing and disinfecting purposes, substantially as herein before described or
any mere modification thereof. In witness whereof I the said Frederick James
Austin have hereunto set my hand and seal this eleventh day of May 1883.
FE. J. AUSTIN (L.S.)