Closet Apparatus.
Year: 1885

page_text: Closet Apparatus.
I WILLIAM DUNDAS SCOTT-MONCRIEFF, Engineer, of 86, Newman Street, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of iny Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF WATER CLOSET APPARATUS,"
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
This Invention relates to certain improvements in or applicable to the con-
struction of water closet apparatus, and its special object is to improve the
conformation and arrangement of parts thereof, and to combine them in such an
improved manner, substantially as hereinafter described, as to allow of the parts
being better and more easily fitted together and taken apart, aud to facilitate access
thereto for any necessary repairs.
The present Invention has especial reference to an improved method of seating
the neck or outlet of the pan or basin within a casting which surmounts the lead
box or receptacle receiving the soil froin the basin without the use of any putty or
cement, to an improved formation and arrangement of the valve by which the said
outlet is ordinarily closed, and to the manufacture in a single casting of the seating
for the neck of the basin and of the bearings for carrying the said valve and the
lever by which it is operated; when such parts are made combined and operated
in the improved method herein described.
The present improvements are illustrated on the accompanying drawings, in
which Fig. 1, represents a plan view of that part of the apparatus to which the
improvements more particularly appertain; Figs. 2, represent sectional detail views
thereof; and Fig. 3, represents in sectional elevation the application of the present
Invention.
In accordance with the present improvements, a single casting, 1, is formed to
receive the neck or outlet, 2, of the basin, 3, and to carry the valve, 4, by which
the said outlet is controlled. The part, 5, of the casting which receives the neck of
the basin, is recessed or formed as a seating therefor, and is made with a central
outlet opening, 6, of a diameter corresponding with that of the outlet from the
basin, vide Fig. 3, and with a surrounding annular collar, 7, which is screwed
externally, and has its upper edge, 8, made of a conical formation inclining towards
the said seating.
Before fitting the neck of the basin within this seating, the neck has placed
around it, a metallic ring, 9, which is internally screwed to correspond with the

page_text: screw thread formed externally of the annular collar, 7, on the casting, and is
formed with an inner projecting rim, 10;-an elastic and impervious ring, 11, made
of india rubber or other suitable material; and a metallic wasber, 12, which is
placed under the rim, 10, of the ring, 9, and between it and the said elastic
ring, 11.
Upon the neck of the basin as thus adapted with the said rings, 9, 11, 12, being
inserted within the collar, 7, of the casting, and rested upon its seating, 5, the
rubber ring, 11, rests upon the conical edge, 8, of its collar, lying between it and
the washer, 12, under the inner projecting rim, 10, of the metallic ring, 9, which,
upon being screwed down, compresses the rubber ring around the neck of the basin,
and the latter upon its seating, as represented in Fig. 3, and as the ring, 9, thus
encloses all parts forming the connection, it ensures a perfectly tight joint and the
fixing of the neck, 2, of the basin concentric with the outlet opening 6, in the
casting, 1.
The purpose of utility of the metal washer, 12, which rests upon the rubber
ring, 11, is to allow of the outer metal ring, 9, being easily turned, and of the
rubber ring, 11, being thereby compressed without any rubbing contact between
these parts; and for the purpose of providing an improved and convenient means
of turning the fastening ring, 9, and of securing the parts in position with the
greatest ease and facility, this ring is cast formed or provided with one or more
recesses, or recessed parts, 13, into which a tommy or other tool of like character
can be inserted for turning the ring.
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Immediately under the seating, 5, the casting, 1, is recessed, as at, 14, for the
reception of the said valve, and is formed with opposite bearings, 15, or with a
stufting box, 16, so situated as to carry the spindle, 17, of the valve, 4, and to admit
of its being closed immediately opposite and against the outlet, 6, from the closet.
The valve plate, 4, is made with an annular recess for the reception of an elastic
ring, 20, affording an elastic seating for a valve or face plate, 21, which is retained
to the plate, 4, by means of a screw, 22, or equivalent means.
The valve, 4, may
be operated in the usual way, and by the usual or equivalent connections, and the
flexible seating, 20, being closed against the flange of the outlet opening, 6, from
the said seating, effects a perfect closure of the opening, and prevents any escape
of the water trapping the basin, and any escape of foul air from below the basin.
Provision is afforded in the casting by means of a lower surrounding flange 23,
formed with through holes, 24, or by like means for bedding it upon and securing
it to the top of the receptacle, 25, for receiving the soil, and at, 26, for carrying the
lever, 27, by which the valve is operated.
The above described improved combination of parts, considered as a whole,
affords considerable facilities in fitting the parts together; provides a much better
means of properly fitting the basin than by the use of putty or cement as hitherto
used; allows of the parts being readily disconnected at any time without the usual
liability of breaking or damaging the basin, and facilitates repairs, and allows of a
new valve being fitted without disconnecting the basin, as has hitherto been
necessary when the spindle of the valve has been carried by the lead or other
receptacle or box receiving the soil from the basin.
The overflow outlet, 18, from the basin, is preferably formed with vertical or
straight outer sides, and with an open top, 28, which may be closed by a removable
lid, and which permits of ready access to its interior, and this improved formation
allows of the overflow outlet being made in one piece with the basin with greater
facility than heretofore, and the overflow outlets, 19, are preferably inclined or
formed so as to catch and deflect part of the flush of water into the outlet, 18.
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
1. The herein before described improved method and means of connecting the
neck or outlet of a water closet pan or basin with a lead box or receptacle for

page_text: receiving the contents thereof; the same consisting in the use in combination, of
the casting, 1, the ring, 9, the elastic washer 11, and the ring, 12, when such parts
are adapted, formed and operated in the improved manner herein before described.
2. The use in combination with such parts when thus adapted and combined, of
the valve plate, 4, fitted with an elastic seating, 20, retained by a face plate, 21,
controlling the outlet from the pan, 3, into the receptacle, 25.
3. The formation of the pan or basin with an overflow outlet formed with
vertical or straight sides and with an open top substantially as hereinbefore
described.
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.