Improvements in Flushing Tanks.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Sept., 1891-Accepted, 14th Nov., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Flushing Tanks.
I CORNELIUS HORTON of Church Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Estate Agent 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 :-
This invention consists in the following arrangement of parts forming and con-
stituting an automatic flushing tank.
I will now proceed to describe the nature of my invention reference being had
the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1. represents a sectional side clevation through the line A B.
Figure 2. represents a plan of Fig. 1.
Figure 3. represents a section of Fig. 1 on the line C D excepting that the
chain is omited and the valve n shewn raised.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
a represents a tank which may be of the size and configuration represented or
which may be of any suitable size and of any suitable configuration to suit the
size of pan, drain or other passage to be flushed. I next provide the lifting
wheel which consists of a wheel or drum, one portion of which is partitioned off
to form the air chamber c, the other portion of which forms the water chamber d
a passage is pierced through the rim of drum at e, the drum is mounted on any
suitable axle taking into ordinary bearings g and cover or the axle may be
passed through one side at j a gland being afterwards secured over the projecting
end shown in dotted lines at k; at a suitable point on periphery of drum
provide a chain hook and secure thereto a chain m I next provide the conical
valve n which would be made hollow a connecting plug o on which would be formed
the connecting eye p would be screwed into the top of the conical plug n after the
hollow conical plug n had been weighted with the required amount of shot.
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I next provide a washer which is placed to rest under the flange formed on
upper part of conical valve n. On the bottom part of the flushing tank I form an
outlet Hushing passage the upper portion of which would constitute the seat for
the valve n, the lower link of the chain would be connected to the eye p the
length of the chain being such that when the drum brotated to lift the valve n,
the point of the valve n would not be withdrawn from the passages.
The action of my improved automatic flushing tank is as follows: Water
would enter the tank a through the service pipe t and when such water rises to the
level marked at it would flow into the drum b, through the inlet slot e and
when the water so flowing filled the chamber d the weight of water in such
chamber d would cause the drum to rotate in the direction of the arrow w and
thus raise the chain hook thereby lifting the chain m and the valve n connected
thereto, thus exposing the outlet passages through which the water contained in
the tank a would pass out for flushing purposes.
When the water had so passed out the air chamber not having liquid in which
to float would cease to float, consequently the valve would drop back into the valve
seat and secure the outlet passage until the water entering the cock at t again
the l

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and the manner in which the same is performed I declare that what I
claim is
The combination of a lifting wheel, a valve and a flushing-tank in the manner
described, for the purpose described.
Dated this 10th day of September 1891.
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Cobden Buildings, Corporation Street, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicant.