Improvements in Water Closets and Fittings connected therewith.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 13th July, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 8th Apr., 1899-Accepted, 2nd June, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Water Closets and Fittings connected therewith.
SAMUEL HENRY ADAMS, 7, Old Queen Street, Westminster, London, Sanitary
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My improvements consist in the general construction and arrangement of the
pans and fittings. In multiple closets I connect together any required number
of pans I place a plug at outlet to drain, and arrange that this plug and the
valve which delivers the flush to the pans shall be brought into action simul-
taneously a strong scour to the drain resulting with the simplest possible mechanism.
A modification of this arrangement is also used by me with single pans, or I may
use the lever arrangement with its actuating rod to valve (which
place within
the flush pipe), without the outgo valve to closet. I prefer to fix the main flushing
valve at such a height that water is left in the tank, this water being drawn off
as an afterflush by a syphon placed for the purpose.
Dated this Twelfth day of July 1898.
Improvements in Water Closets and Fittings connected therewith.
SAMUEL HENRY ADAMS, Hydraulic Engineer, Cumbrae, Park Avenue, Harrogate,
late of 7, Old Queen Street, Westminster, S.W., 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 improvements consist in the general construction and arrangement of the
pans and the fittings. In one form of multiple closets I connect together any
required number of pans. I place a plug at outlet to drain and arrange that this
plug and the valve which delivers the flush to the pans shall be brought into
action simultaneously, a strong scour to the drain with the simplest possible
mechanism resulting. A modification of this arrangement is also used by me with
single pans or I may use the lever arrangement, which I prefer to place in the
flush pipe above. I prefer that the main flushing valve shall be set at a desired
height from tank bottom and that the water thus left behind shall be withdrawn
by a syphon placed for the purpose and brought into operation by the passage
of water from my valve. The drawings attached shew such an arrangement as
described, where A is a flush tank B is a valve delivering water to flush pipe C,
and so to horizontal pipe D, to the closet connections E and scouring pipe F.
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a syphon pipe which delivers the water left after discharge of valve as an after
flush to the closet pans N, N. The lever H actuates the valves L and B, which
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page_text: are in connection with the rod P, which works in tube Q and flush pipe C, through
stuffing box J. At K is a standing overflow forming a part of the plug L.
At R is a button or catch attached to rod P, at M, is the exit to drain_through
which when valves are raised the contents of closets pass. The overflow K retains
water in the closets to level of S. In operation the valves being down the
closets will be full to level of S, the rod P, being raised by lever H, the plug L
to which this rod is attached will be lifted and allow the passage through M, of
the contents of the closets. The rod being still further raised, the button R
will come in contact with the valve B which in turn will be raised allowing the
entry of water to flush pipes C, D, E & F, the stuffing box J, preventing the
passage of water in the direction of the outgo.
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 is:-
1st. The use of two valves upon one rod or chain so placed that they are operated
by one lever or similar mechanism all in combination when used for the purposes
of my invention.
2nd. The use of a flush tank so placed above a multiple closet that the valves
controlling flush tank and closet outgo being in one line are manipulated by the
same mechanism.
3rd. The general arrangement and design of apparatus shewn by drawings and
described though differing from yet substantially the same and for the same
purpose.