Closets, Urinals, and the like.
Year: 1884

page_text: Closets, Urinals, and the like.
I, HENRY WAINWRIGHT of 8 and 10 Alfred Street Leeds in the County of
York, Lead and Glass Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING WATER TO WATER CLOSETS,
URINALS AND THE LIKE," to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to an improved method of supplying and regulating the
quantity of water for flushing the pans of water closets, urinals and the like.
The object being simplicity of construction and non-liability to get out of order
and for preventing the waste of water. The service cistern as usual is divided by
a partition into two compartments which for distinction I will call first and second
compartments, the first being supplied in the ordinary way by means of a ball-
cock. In the second compartment at the bottom thereof is placed the flush valve,
the axis of which is vertical, this is lifted for flushing by means of a weigh lever,
weighted at that end which is over said valve, to counterbalanco a handle and its
connections for actuating the same. The upper end of a rod or valve spindle is
connected by a pin or otherwise to the weighted end of said lever the lower end of
said spindle being attached to the valve in such wise that it is capable of partial
movement vertically before lifting the valve. In order that the water in the first
compartment may pass to the second compartment in which is located the flush
valve, I place on that side of the partition in the first compartment a flap or clack
valve the seat of which is in an angular position, this valve is of sufficient weight
to cause it to close automatically and is provided with an arm projecting through
the seat into the second compartment, the end of this arm when the flush valve is
closed, is depressed by the action of a collar or its equivalent on the spindle of the
flush valve and thus opens the flap or clack valve and forms a communication
between the two compartments through which the water flows until it is the same
level in both. It will be obvious that when one valve is open the other is closed,
but by the partial movement of the valve rod or spindle above referred to, that
before raising the flush valve, the flap or clack valve by reason of the collar on tho
spindle during its upward movement is removed from contact with the projecting
arm of said flap or clack valve which immediately closes and prevents more water
flowing from the first to the second compartment, so that only the quantity which
has previously flowed into the second compartment is available for flushing, thus
preventing what would constitute a continuous flow of flushing water.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Supplying Water to Water-
closets, Urinals, and the like.
I, HENRY WAINWRIGHT, of 8, and 10 Alfred Street, Leeds, in the County of
York, Lead and Glass Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING WATER TO WATER CLOSETS
URINALS AND THE LIKE" 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 method of supplying and regulating the
quantity of water for flushing the pans of water closets urinals and the like. The
object being simplicity of construction, non-liability to get out of order and the
prevention of the waste of water. The service cistern as usual is divided by a
partition into two compartments which for distinction I will call first and second
compartments, the first being supplied in the ordinary way by means of a ball-
cock. In the second compartment at the bottom thereof is placed the flush valve,
the axis of which is vertical. This valve is lifted for flushing by means of a weigh
lever, weighted at that end which is over said valve, which counterbalances a
handle and its connections by which it is actuated, and also opens a valve as
hereinafter referred to. The upper end of a rod or valve spindle is connected by a
pin or otherwise to the weighted end of said lever, the lower end of said spindle
being attached to the flushing valve in such wise that it is capable of movement
vertically before lifting the valve.
In order that the water in the first compartment may pass to the second
compartment in which is located the flush valve, I place on that side of the
partition in the first compartment a flap or clack valve the seat of which is in an
angular position. This valve is of sufficient weight to cause it to close auto-
matically and is provided with an arm projecting through the seat into the second
compartment.
The end of this arm, when the flush valve is closed, is depressed by the action
of a collar or its equivalent on the spindle of the flush valve and thus opens the
flap or clack valve and forms a communication between the two compartments
through which the water flows until it is the same level in both. It will be
obvious that when one valve is open the other is closed. It will also be seen that
before the flush valve is raised the partial movement of the valve rod or spindle
above referred to, allows the clack valve to close and cut off communication
between the first and second compartments, this change takes place as soon as the
collar on the spindle is raised out of contact with the projecting arm of said clack
valve.
Only the quantity which has previously flowed into the second compartment is
available for flushing and thus waste is prevented, and there is no continuous flow
of water for flushing, no matter how long the flushing valve is kept open.
In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1. is a longitudinal sectional elevation,
Fig. 2, a partial cross section, Fig. 3. a complete cross section, and Fig. 4, a plan.
a, is the first compartment of the cistern, supplied automatically in the usual

page_text: manner by a ball cock b, and its float c, d, is the second compartment, e, the
partition between them, f, is the flushing valve, to which is attached the weight f1,
actuated when required by means of a chain or rod g, lever h, and rod i, provided
with a nut j, at its lower end, and is capable of a vertical movement in a recess
in the weight f1, to a certain extent before lifting the said valve f.
The rod i, is held in its lower position by the weighted lever h, and being
provided with a collar il, or its equivalent at a suitable part for pressing upon
the arm k 1, of a flap or clack valve k, while in such lowest position as shewn in
Fig. 2, the flush valve f, is closed and the valve k is open, water is supplied through
said valve k, from the first to the second compartment d, until it is at the same
level in both, the quantity in both compartments being regulated by the float c, of
the ball-cock b, it follows that on the clack valve k being closed by the vertical
upward movement of the rod i, as previously referred to and as shewn in Fig. 3,
and the flush valve f, open, only the quantity contained in the second compartment
can be used for one flushing, thus preventing waste. On completion of the above
operation, the flushing valve is allowed to close, the rod i, is by the action of the
weighted lever h, returned to its former lowest position, the collar i¹, again opens
the valve k, and the second compartment d, is again supplied ready for another
flushing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim in apparatus for supplying water to water closets and the like, is
The means substantially as described and shewn for actuating the flap or clack
valve k, which admits water to the flushing tank.
Dated this 3rd day of September 1885.
Witness,
THO E. CRAVEN, C.E.,
Fellow Inst. Patent Agents,
24, Victoria Chambers, Leeds.
HENRY WAINWRIGHT,