IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER CLOSETS
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Jan., 1888
Specification Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1888
I, PHILIP GENGEMBRE HUBERT, of 19 East Twenty-eighth Street, in the City of
New York, in the State of New York, United States of America, Architect, do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER CLOSETS," and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement
My invention relates to what are commonly known as wash-closets, as distinguished
from those water closets which comprise a bowl or basin, the outlet of which is closed
by a pan, forming in connection therewith a water seal. In wash-closets the contents
of the bowl or basin, after use, is commonly discharged by copius flushing with clean
water, but as this flushing water first mingles with the contents of the bowl or basin,
the water which is left in the bowl or basin after flushing, is frequently dirty or
contaminated with foul matter.
The ideal closet, or what would be theoretically the most correct one, is one in
which the foul contents or foul water in the bowl or basin, after use, is discharged
instantly with a copius flow, and in which that discharge is followed by a copius
discharge of clean Hushing water; and the object of my invention is to secure such
a method of operation in a closet.
To this end I combine with a soil or waste pipe a closet bowl or basin which has an
outlet arranged to discharge into the said soil or waste pipe, and which is mounted on
trunnions or pivoted so as to swing in a vertical plane for producing its discharge.
The closet bowl or basin comprises a partition, the lower edge of which is sealed by
the water within the bowl or basin, and forming upon one side of the partition, a
receptacle or cavity for soil, and upon the other side of the partition and behind the
soil receptacle, a reservoir or cavity for a clean flushing supply, communication between
the two being had below the said partition.
The bowl or basin, preferably upon the side of the partition which serves as a cavity
or reservoir for clean flushing water, is supplied with such water through a float-
actuated valve, and consequently each time after emptying the bowl or basin by tilting
upon its trunnions, he float drops to the bottom thereof, thereby admitting flushing
water, and is raised by said water until it finally closes the inlet valve.
The invention consists in novel combinations of parts which are hereinafter described
and pointed out in the claims.
In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a vertical section of a closet embodying
my invention; and Figure 2 is a plan thereof, the seat being removed.

page_text: Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures.
A, designates an ordinary S-trap which is here shown as arranged at the upper end
of a soil or waste pipe A', and which, in effect, constitutes a part of said soil or waste
pipe. From the bend of this trap leads a vent pipe B, which may extend to the roof
of the building, or which may be extended in any other direction so as to vent the
trap of sewer gas without its passing through the house or apartment.
C. designates the closet basin or bowl which is of somewhat peculiar forin, and
which has an outlet nozzle C, arranged opposite the end of the trap, so as to discharge
the water from the closet into the trap, and so as to permit the free tilting or swinging
movement of the closet bowl or basin. As here represented, the discharge branch or
nozzle simply enters or swings into the open end of the trap in discharging. The
closet bowl or basin which may be made of porcelain, enamelled iron, or any other
suitable material, is constructed or provided with a cross partition 6, and as here
shown, has cavities in its bottom on opposite sides of said partition. Thus the partition
forms upon one side thereof, the cavity c¹, for the soil which may be deposited within
the bowl or basin through the seat D, and upon the other side of the partition e, is a
reservoir or cavity ², which serves for the reception of fresh flushing water. The
cavities e, c, are in communication through the space c³ below the partition c, and as
the lower edge of the partition c, is scaled below the water in the basin or bowl, as
best shown in Figure 1, the foul and floating matter cannot pass the partition and
cannot leave the receptacle or cavity cl, and flow into the reservoir or cavities c³.
Formed integral with or secured to the trap A, are bridges or arches, a, forming
the bearings or seats a' for trunnions b, which are placed about midway of the length
of the basin or bowl C, and upon which said basin or bowl swings; and attached to
the rear of the basin or bowl is a handle and pull rod d, by which the basin or bowl C
may be tilted so as to bring the receptacle or cavity c¹ below the reservoir or cavity c²,
and by so tilting the basin or bowl, the whole contents of the closet, both the soiled
water and then the clean flushing water, may be discharged with a copius flow and the
bowl or basin thorougly cleaned.
E, designates an inlet pipe for fresh flushing water which is, as here represented,
controlled by a valve e, and a float e'. This pipe E is unattached to the basin or bowl
proper, but is connected with the seat D, or otherwise supported, and when by tilting
the bowl or basin it is emptied, the float el falls to the bottom thereof when said basin
or bowl is returned to its normal horizontal position, and will only rise to close the
valve e, by the gradually increasing quantity of water in the reservoir or cavity c².
From the foregoing description it will be observed that when the basin' or bowl C
is tilted by pulling up the handle d, the water in the receptaclò or cavity c¹ will
first be discharged with a rush and will be immediately followed by a still more copius
rush of clean water from the reservoir or cavity c².
I have shown the automatic float valve e as one example of means which may be
employed for automatically controlling the supply of clean water to the bowl or basin,
but any other of the well known means may be employed for this purpose.
I am aware that a water closet has been before made with a tilting soil receptacle,
and hence I do not claim such feature broadly. An essential novelty in my closet is
that the basin or bowl comprises both a soil receptacle el, and behind it a flushing
receptacle c², wherein the water remains clean and when the basin or bowl is tilted,
the soil receptacle first discharges and such discharge is immediately followed by a
copius discharge of clean water from the flushing receptacle, which flows through the
soil receptacle thoroughly rinsing and cleaning it and the trap out. The partition
serves by the extent of opening below it, to properly graduate the discharge of flushing
water.
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
1 claim, is
1. The combination with a soil or waste pipe, of a closet basin or bowl comprising,
in one structure. a soil receptacle with a discharge outlet and a Auchin

page_text: cavity arranged behind the soil receptacle and to deliver through the soil receptacle,
the closet or bowl being mounted on trunnions or pivoted to swing and discharge first
the contents of the soil receptacle or cavity and then the contents of the flushing
receptacle or cavity through the soil receptacle or cavity; substantially as herein
described.
2. The combination with the soil or waste pipe and trap A, of a basin or bowl
having an outlet arranged to discharge into the trap and provided with the partition c,
having its lower edge sealed in the water and forming in front of it the soil receptacle
or cavity and behind it the flushing reservoir or cavity, the basin or bowl being
mounted on trunnions or pivoted to swing and discharge its contents, and a water
supply pipe and valve for supplying clean water to the basin or bowl; substantially
as herein described.
3. The combination with an upwardly presented branch of the waste trap A, of the
basin or bowl mounted on trunnions and having a partition c, forming on one side
the soil receptacle c', having a discharge nozzle 0, adapted to enter the branch of the
trap, and on the other side behind the soil receptacle, the flushing reservoir c², which
communicates with the soil receptaclo through the opening c³, and the supply pipe,
and a controlling valve for delivering water to the flushing reservoir; substantially as
herein described.
Dated this 12th day of January 1888.
PHILIP GENGEMBRE HUBERT.