Improvements in Gully Traps for House, Sink, and other Drains.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 14th July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 13th Feb., 1891-Accepted, 28th Mar., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gully Traps for House, Sink, and other Drains.
EDWARD TURNER, Painter, &c., 36, St. James' Road, and JOHN HENRY
CROKER, Joiner & Builder, 38, St. James' Road, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention is a gully trap made in two parts.
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Part No. 1 being a container for deposit, and having inside a box (to be known
as flushing box) with a loose or hinged iron grating for the purpose of flushing and
cleansing drains.
In the container there is a projection formed one and a half inches below the top
of flushing box.
Part No. 2 being a loose box or trap, (to be known as a removable trap) with
loose or hinged iron grating.
The trap can be removed instantly by which means, it enables you to remove
deposit, and by raising, or removing, iron grid of flushing box, you get to the mouth
of drain, by which means, the drains can be kept thoroughly cleansed.
This trap to be made in earthenware, iron, and all metals suitable for such.
Dated this 11th day of July 1890.
EDWARD TURNER,
36, St James' Road.
JOHN HENRY CROKER,
38, St. James' Road.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gully Traps for House, Sink, and other Drains.
We,
EDWARD TURNER, Painter, &c., of 36, St. James' Road, and JOHN HENRY
CROKER, Joiner and Builder, of 38, St. James' Road, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, 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 :-
The object of our invention is to provide for house and other drains and sewers,
a gully trap having all parts readily accessible and not liable to get out of
order.
A gully trap under our invention consists essentially of two parts-first, a container
to retain deposit formed with a flushing box or discharge way opening into the
drain or sewer;
and second, a trap fitting into the container and around the
flushing box or discharge way.
The container is made with a projection below the top of the flushing box, on
which the bottom of the trap rests, or the trap may be suspended from the top of
the container, grids are advantageously applied to the flushing box and trap.
Fig. 1 is a plan of the container and
Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical sections at right angles to each other of a gully trap
under our invention.
a, is the container usually of earthenware formed with a flushing box or discharge
way b, opening by the connection c into the drain. d'is a ledge from which the trape
is suspended so that its lower edge surrounds and is below the top of the box or
way b. f, is a grid on the box b, and g is a grid on the trap d to prevent unduly
large pieces of matter from entering the drain or sewer.

page_text: Fig. 4 is a vertical section of apparatus in which the trap d, rests on a projec-
tion, below the level of the top of the box or way b instead of being suspended
from the top of the container.
It will be evident that with gully traps constructed in accordance with our
invention there can be no leakage, all parts are easily accessible, cleaning is readily
effected, and sufficient water is always retained to effect a seal.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
A gully trap constructed substantially as herein set forth.
EDWARD TURNER.
JOHN H. CROKER.