IMPROVEMENTS IN REGULATING THE SUPPLY OF WATER FOR WATER CLOSETS
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Humphery, of Brighton, Sussex,
Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN REGULATING THE
SUPPLY OF WATER FOR WATER CLOSETS."
Sealed the 14th January 1854, and dated the 14th July 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Humphery
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 14th July 1853.
I, GEORGE HUMPHERY, of Brighton, Sussex, Engineer, do hereby
3 declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN REGULA-
TING THE SUPPLY OF WATER FOR WATER CLOSETS" to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of an improved supply box for constant
service water closets. Figs. 1, and 2, represent the box with one end
and side removed, showing the valves, &c. partly in section. A, A, is
the box; B, B, the eduction valve to the soil pan; C, C, the induction
from the main or cistern to the box D, D; and F, F, are levers keyed
on the spindle K; E, E, the large quadrant, also keyed on the spindle,
and working into the small quadrant H, H, keyed on the valve spindle,
and which is partly in section; G, G, the connecting rod for valve B, B.

page_text: This principle dispenses with the use of ball cocks in the supply cistern.
I do not confine myself to the precise details as shown in the accom-
panying Drawing, but substantially the above is a description of my
Invention.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Humphery in the Great Seal Patent
Office, on the 14th January 1854..
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
GEORGE HUMPHREY, of Brighton, Sussex, Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of July, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the six-
teenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said George Humphrey, Her special
licence that I, the said George Humphrey, my executors, administra-
tors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said George 'Humphrey,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN REGULATING THE SUPPLY OF WATER FOR WATER
CLOSETS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
George Humphrey, by an instrument in writing under my hand
and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Humphrey, 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

page_text: in and by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawings
hereunto annexed, that is to say:
My Invention consists of an improved supply box for admitting a
certain quantity of water to the pan of water closets, and of mechanical
arrangements for effecting the object. The box may be attached direct
to the service, pipe where there is a constant supply, or communicate
with a cistern where the supply is intermittant..
Fig. 1, on the Drawings hereunto annexed represents an elevation of the
supply box, one end of the outer case or box being removed for the pur-
pose of shewing the internal arrangement. Fig. 2, is a front view partly
in section, and with the side removed. A, A, is the case or box; B, B,
the induction pipe, by which the water enters the box from the service
pipe or cistern; C, C, is the eduction pipe, which conveys the water to
the soil pan of the closet; E, is the inlet valve; F, the outlet valve; on
the spindle of the valve E, is keyed the quadrant G, the teeth of which,
are in gear with those of the upper quadrant H. The top of the valve
F, is connected by a pin to the connecting rod I, which is secured to a
lever K, keyed to a spindle L; the quadrant H, is also keyed to the
spindle I, so that its motion actuates both valves. One end of the
spindle L, works in a boss cast on the side of the box A'; the other end
is carried through a stuffing box M, screwed into the opposite side of
the box A; on the outer end of the spindle L, is keyed a lever N, to
which is attached the rod and handle for actuating the valves. When
the lever N, is lifted the induction passage is shut, and the eduction
valve raised, and the quantity of water the box contains discharged into
the soil pan. As both valves are never open at one and the same time,
the lever N, must regain its original position before the box can be
refilled. J, is a cork or other float-vent valve for admitting and allow-
ing the air to escape. Fig. 3, represents a longitudinal section of a
supply box similar in principle to the foregoing, but modified in detail.
In this arrangement the quadrants G, H, Figs. 1, 2, are dispensed
with, the valves being connected by a rod, and acting in such manner
that when the eduction valve is opened by lifting or depressing a
handle the induction valve closes, as described with reference to
Figs. 1, 2. O, is a connecting rod attached to the induction and

page_text: and eduction valves. Upon the depressing the lever P, the connecting
rod is raised, which opens the eduction valve and closes the induction
passage Q; the water contained in the box flows through the eduction
passage R, to the soil pan of the closet. The pressure of the spring S,
upon the nut T, screwed upon the rod, causes the eduction valve to
close when the lever P, is released, and at the same time opens the
induction passage Q, by which the box is again filled with water. Thus,
whatever the capacity of the supply box may be, that quantity of water
and no more will be discharged into the soil pan of the closet every
time the valves are actuated. U, is a float valve for the admission and
emission of air, as before described.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
in which the same may be practically carried into effect, I wish it to
be understood that I do not confine myself to the preciso arrangement
of details as described and shown herein; neither do I claim the various
parts when taken separately. But what I claim as being new, and my
Invention, is the construction or mechanical arrangement of an appa-
ratus termed a "supply box," for regulating the supply of water to
water closets so that no water can enter the supply box until the
eduction valve is closed, thus preventing waste of water, and avoiding
the use of ball cocks, as described and shown.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Humphrey, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of January,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
fifty-four.
GEORGE HUMPHREY. (L.s.)