An Improved Arrangement of Soil, Waste, and other Pipes, and Pipes in connection with same.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 7th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 10th Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Arrangement of Soil, Waste, and other Pipes, and
Pipes in connection with same.
I, JOSEPH GEORGE OATLEY of 31 Windsor Road Holloway London N.
Architect do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
An improved arrangement of soil waste and other similar pipes and the pipes in
connection with same the object being the prevention of the flooding of the apart-
ment in which the water closet sink lavatory or other receptacle is in and caused.
by the stoppage of the soil waste or other main discharging pipe where such
main soil or other pipe receives the discharges from a number of such receptacles
which are situated on the various floors of a building. To attain this object the
water closet sink or other receptacle or the trap attached to same is connected to
the main soil or other main discharging pipe by means of a branch soil or other
Tipe to shoot down or out in any direction at any fall bend or angle made of the
required or any size shape and length of any suitable material and with suitable
joints. The junction piece on main soil or other discharging pipe to have a
removable cap for inspection and cleansing of the above branch pipe and this
junction piece and the main soil or other pipe to be of suitable size and made and
jointed in suitable material. The main pipe being continued up above roof and
connected at bottom to drains.
At the side of the main soil or other pipe there is to be fixed a similar pipe in
all respects to be called main overflow pipe and which is to be carried up at top
above roof (either independently or connected to main soil pipe above the topmost
connection to same) and carried down and connected to the drains at foot in any
suitable manner.
This main overflow pipe is to be connected at suitable points to each and all of
the branch soil or other pipes from the receptacles on all floors by means of branch
overflow pipes of suitable shape and size at the required bend angle and length
and of suitable material and jointed in a suitable manner. These branch overflow
pipes to be made and formed at such a level that one of them in the stack will act
as an overflow in the event of the main soil or other discharging pipe being blocked
or stopped by any obstruction at any point and thus prevent the flooding of the
apartment containing one of the receptacles and next to and above the obstruction.
The flooding being caused by the above stoppage and the subsequent discharging
of the water-closets or other receptacles above such apartment.
The junction pieces between the main overflow pipe and branch overflow pipes
to be similar to that to main soil or discharging pipe.
The main overflow pipe and the branch overflow pipes also act as ventilating
pipes to the branch soil or other pipes for the prevention of the syphonage of the
water in the traps under the receptacles on other floors caused by the discharge
of the contents or the emptying of fluids into the receptacle on one floor.
The above arrangements also apply to all sink lavatory basin and any other
waste outlet pipes.
Dated this Fourth day of December 1895.

page_text: J
1
An Improved Arrangement of Soil, Waste, and other Pipes, and
Pipes in connection with same.
I, JOSEPH GEORGE OATLEY, of 31 Windsor Road Holloway, London, N.,
Architect, do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 my invention is to prevent the flooding of the apartment in which
the water closet, sink, lavatory or other receptacle is fitted, caused by a stoppage
in the main discharge pipe, where there are a number of such receptacles on
different floors, one above the other, and all ḍraining into one main discharge.
pipe.
According to my invention, I provide each receptacle or its trap with an over-
flow pipe all of which are connected with a vertical overflow discharge pipe which
is in turn connected with the drain.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and
ascertained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings in which
similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, which drawings illustrate
one of the many methods of carrying out my invention.
Figs. 1 is a sectional elevation and Fig. 2 is a sectional plan illustrating a method
of fitting the pipes, to a water closet where the window is at the side.
a is the closet pan bis the soil pipe connected with the main discharge pipe c
which is provided with an inspection opening a fitted with a removable cap e
whereby the soil pipe b may be cleansed and obstructions removed. is an
overflow pipe suitably jointed to the soil pipe band connected at its outer end with
the overflow discharge pipe g which is preferably carried upwards above the roof
and connecting with the drain at its lower end. is an inspection opening in the
pipe f.
It will thus be seen that should the discharge pipe below one of a number
of closets or the like become stopped the flush water and soil from the closets
above would pass out into the overflow discharge pipe instead of percolating
through and flooding the apartment immediately above the stoppage as is now the
case.
The overflow pipes also act as ventilating pipes and also serve to prevent
syphonage of the water in the traps under the receptacles.
:
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.
1. The improved arrangement of soil waste and other pipes and pipes in
...counection therewith, substantially as described.
2. In arrangements of soil waste and other pipes the application and use of an
overflow discharge pipe, with or without the inspection openings, serving also, if
desired, as a ventilating pipe and to prevent syphonage, substantially as and for
the purpose described and illustrated by the drawings.
Dated 7th September 1996.
GEO. DOWNING,
8 Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.
GEO.
DOWNING,
8 Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.