New or Improved System of and Apparatus for Disinfecting Water Closets, Urinals, and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 18th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 31st Oct.,
1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved System of and Apparatus for Disinfecting
Water Closets, Urinals, and the like.
I HENRY TOM GARDNER of Compton Villa, Victoria Road, Cirencester in the
County of Gloster, Sanitary Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object to utilize a portion of the water passing through
the flushing pipes of water closets, urinals, and the like during flushing to effect the
discharge of disenfectant into the flushing pipe.
The apparatus 1 employ for this purpose, when fluid disenfectant is used, consists of
a tubular or other suitably shaped receptacle closed at its upper end by a screw plug
or the like and having its open lower end connected to one end of a pipe or tube
formed in one or more parts and communicating at its opposite end with the interior
of the flushing pipe.
This connecting pipe or conduit is fitted at its upper end with a grid or strainer
and contains a second or auxiliary pipe or passage having one end thereof extending
into the flushing pipe and so shaped that part of the water passing through the latter
during flushing will pass up said second pipe and escape from the opposite end
thereof.
Within the tubular or other receptacle is supported a closed vessel containing the
disenfectant and from the bottom of which extend two pipes both communicating with
the interior thereof, one at or near the bottom and the other near the top.
The lower ends of these two pipes project into a pivoted dish to such an extent that
when said dish has been filled with disenfectant seals the ends of both pipes and so
prevents air entering and disenfectant escaping.
This dish is so constructed and arranged that it will be tilted by water
escaping from that pipe through which it is conducted from the flushing pipe during
flashing, and the disenfectant so discharged into the flushing pipe when the dish of
water by a counterweigh or the like will again assume its horizontal position and
receive a fresh supply of disenfectant.
In employing apparatus as above described with a solid disenfectant the inner
receptacle and the pivoted dish are dispensed with and the outer receptacle of which
the grid or strainer forms a bottom utilized as the disenfectant contained whilst the
upper end of the tube of the tube or passage through which water is conducted from
the flushing pipe is extended upwards nearly to the top of said receptacle so that the
water escaping therefrom must pass through the disenfectant and disolve a portion
thereof before it can re-enter the flushing pipe.
When found more desirable the connection for conducting the water from and to
the flushing pipe may be independent and the above described apparatus modified
without departing from the principal features of my invention as will be well
understood.
Dated this 18th day of December 1895.

page_text: New or Improved System of and Apparatus for Disinfecting
Water 'Closets, Urinals, and the like.
I, HENRY TOM GARDNER of Compton Villa, Victoria Road, Cirencester in the
County of Gloucester, Sanitary Engineer, 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':-
My invention has for its object to utilize a portion of the water passing through
the flushing pipes of water closets, urinals and the like during flushing to effect
the discharge of disenfectant into the flushing pipe. The apparatus 1 employ for
this purpose where fluid disenfectants are used consists of a tubular or other suitably
shaped receptacle closed at its upper end by a screw stopper or the like and having
its lower open end connected to one end of a pipe or tube formed in one or more
parts and communicating at its opposite end with the interior of the flushing pipe.
This connecting pipe or conduit is fitted at its upper end with a grid or strainer
and contains a second or auxiliary pipe or passage having one end thereof extending
into the flushing pipe and so shaped that part of the water passing through the
latter during flushing will pass up said second pipe and escape through the opposite
end thereof.
Within the tubular or other receptacle is supported a closed vessel containing
the disenfectant and from the bottom of which extend two pipes both communicating
with the interior thereof one at or near the bottom and the other near the top.
The lower ends of these two pipes project into a pivoted dish to such an extent
that when said dish has been filled with disenfectant through one pipe the disenfectant
in said dish seals the ends of both pipes and so prevents air entering and fürther
disenfectant escaping from the container.
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This dish is so constructed and arranged that it will be tilted by water escaping
from that pipe through which it is conducted from the flushing pipe during flushing,
and the disenfectant so discharged into the flushing pipe, when the dish, operated
by its counterweight will again assume its horizontal position and receive a fresh
supply of disenfectant.
When desired instead of governing the supply of disenfectant' by a pivoted dish™
and two pipes leading to it as above described this may be effected by a plug:
fitting an outlet in the bottom of the disenfectant container and carried by a pivoted
counterweighted rod operated by the water escaping' from the flush pipe during
flushing similarly to the pivoted dish.
In employing apparatus as above described with solid disenfectant, the inner
receptacle and the pivoted dish or plug are dispensed' with and the outer vessel
of which the grid or strainer forms a bottom, utilized as the disenfectant receiver
whilst the upper end of the tube or passage through which water is conducted
from the flush pipe is extended upwards nearly to the top of said receptacle so
that the water escaping therefrom must pass through the diseñfectant and dissolve
a portion thereof before it can re-enter the flush pipe.
In order that my invention may be better understood and carried into practical
effect I will describe the same by the aid of the accompanying drawings of
which
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of my apparatus for use with fluid disenfectants.
Fig. 2. a similar view of apparatus for use with dry disenfectant and
Fig. 3. a similar view of the modified form of apparatus for use with fluid
disenfectants.
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page_text: Referring now-
vto Fig. 1 the-apparatus consists ofa: curved pipera connected by
a screw joint b to a branch pipe c leading into the flush pipod. This pipe a carries.
on its upper end a closed receptacle e of glass or othen, material in which is mounted
on flanges el or otherwise a second inner closed receptacle of glass or other
material containing the disenfectant, and having projecting from the bottom thereof
two pipes g g' communicating with the interior thereof, the first at or near its
bottom and the second near its top..
The lower ends of these two pipes project into a dish h pivoted to the bottom
of the receptacle e and counterweighted so that when the dish has been filled with
disenfectant escaping through the pipe g. the disenfectant in the dish seals the ends
of the pipes gg and so prevents air entering through g¹ and consequently
disenfectant escaping through g.
Into the dish also projects the upper end of a pipe / formed in one or more
pieces, the opposite end of which projects into the flush pipe d and is so shaped
that during flushing water will be forced through it and discharged into the dish
thereby tilting the latter and discharging its contents through a strainer m and
flap n situated at the opposite ends of the pipe a into the flush pipe after which
the dish will be returned to its original position by its counterweight and recharged
with disenfectant.
The arrangement shewn in Fig. 2. is the same as that above described in reference
to Fig. 1 except that the inner vessel and parts connected thereto may be dispensed
with and the outer vessel used as the disenfectant container whilst the tube lis
carried upwards nearly to the top of said container as shewn in full lines or only
a short distance as shewn in dotted lines as desired so that the water discharged
therethrough is forced to pass through the disenfectant dissolving a portion thereof
before it can escape through the strainer m which in this case constitutes the bottom
of the disenfectant container, and through the pipe a into the flush pipe.
In the modified apparatus for fluid disenfectant shown in Fig. 3. the arrangement
is the same as that shewn in Fig. 1. except that the inner vessel is open at the
top and instead of using a counterbalanced dish and two pipes for governing the
supply of disenfectant this is effected by a pivoted rod o which is normally so held
by an adjustable counterweight p on one end of it so that a plug r on its opposite
end closes an outlet in the bottom of the disenfectant container. This rod is
operated by the water escaping from the pipe being projected onto that end
carrying the plug so that during flushing the outlet in the bottom of the disenfectant
container will be opened and the desired quantity of disenfectant allowed to escape
into the flush pipe.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. Apparatus for disenfecting water closets, urinals and the like in which fluid
disenfectant is discharged through a branch pips into the flush pipe from a vessel,
the parts governing the supply from which are operated by water conducted through
an auxiliary pipe from the flush pipe during flushing.
2. Apparatus for disenfecting water closets, urinals and the like with liquid
disenfectant substantially as described in reference to and illustrated by Fig. 1 of
the accompanying drawing.
3. Apparatus for disenfecting water closets, urinals and the like with liquid
disenfectant substantially as described in reference to and illustrated by Fig. 3 of
the accompanying drawings.
4. Apparatus for disenfecting water closets, urinals and the like in which a portion
of solid disenfectant contained in a vessel communicating with the interior of the
flush pipe is dissolved and conveyed into the latter by water conveyed from said
flush pipe into the disenfectant container.
5. Apparatus for disenfecting water closets, urinals and the like with solid

page_text: disenfectant substantially as described in reference to and illustrated by Fig. 2. of
the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 17th day of September 1896.
H. TOM
GARDNER,
By F. J. Bingham, his Agent.