AN IMPROVED DISINFECTING AND DEODORISING APPARATUS FOR WATER CLOSETS AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOHN MORCOMBE BROMLEY BAKER of 5 Southampton Buildings in the County
of Middlesex Engineer do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for AN
IMPROVED DISINFECTING AND DEODORISING APPARATUS FOR WATER CLOSETS AND
OTHER PURPOSES, to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to improvements on a former invention for which Letters
patent were granted to me dated the 2nd July 1872 and numbered 1996 for
apparatus for injecting a certain quantity of disinfecting or deodorising fluid into
the pan of a water closet or other place and the present improvements consists in
simplifying the said apparatus.
According to my present invention I employ a receptacle of cylindrical or other
form to hold the disinfecting or deodorising fluid and to the bottom of same I fix
or form a small cylinder in which I adapt a piston which need only work loosely
therein the rod of said piston extends through the cover of said receptacle. In
connection with the aforesaid cylinder is a pipe which extends upwards also
through the cover of receptacle. 1 fit a spiral spring to the said piston or piston
rod so as to move the piston to top of cylinder as hereafter described and
supposing the apparatus to be applied to a closet for example I fit to the rod that
actuates the plug arrangement a small rod or projection so as to come over the
piston rod aforesaid the apparatus being fitted under the seat of the closet and the
pipe in connection with the aforesaid cylinder communicating with the interior of
the pan. The action is as follows:-
Upon pulling up the plug the piston and piston rod will rise by the force of the
spiral spring and upon depressing the plug handle or releasing same the aforesaid
small rod or projection will push down the piston rod and piston and consequently
force the fluid up the pipe that is in connection with cylinder, into the pan.
Dated this 31st day of March 1884.

page_text: I, JOHN MORCOMbe Bromley BakER of 5, Southampton Buildings in the County
of Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of AN IMPROVED DISINFECTING
AND DEODORIZING APPARATUS FOR WATER CLOSETS AND OTHER PURPOSES and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relatos to improvements on a former invention for which Letters
Patent were granted to me, dated the 2nd July 1872 and numbered 1996, for
apparatus for injecting a certain quantity of disinfecting or deodorizing fluid into
the pan of a water closet or other place and the present improvements consist in
simplifying the said apparatus.
And in order to explain my said invention more fully I will now proceed to
best of drawings
Figure 1 shews vertical section of an apparatus ready to be fitted to a closet
actuated by a spring. Figure 2 similar view actuated by a weight. Figure 3
shews elevation of apparatus without lever and actuated as hereafter described.
The same letters denote the same parts on all views A shews the receptacle to
hold the disinfecting or deodorizing fluid preferably made of stoneware and
mounted on a stand B-C shews a small cylinder in which is adapted a piston D.
E is the piston rod passing through the cover of the receptacle A and having a
hole g at its upper end for the lever H to pass through. I is a standard to which
the lever H is pivotted. K is a pipe communicating from the small cylinder C to
the pan of the closet or other place where it is desired to inject the fluid.
In some closets the lever II is dispensed with and the projection P on the plug
rod works on the top of piston rod direct as aforesaid.
The action is as follows:-Supposing the apparatus to be fitted under the seat
of a closet it is so fitted that the rod of the plug may work direct on the piston
and in cases where a lever is used the same may be suitably fixed to one of the
existing levers of the closet so that when the plug is let down it shall push down
the piston D and thus force the fluid contained in cylinder C up the pipe K into
the pan of the closet and when the plug is pulled up the piston will either be
forced up by the spring M shewn at Figure 1 or drawn up by the weight N shewn
at Figure 2-the fluid entering the cylinder C at the opening O-The said spring
or weight may be used to depress the piston instead of raising same as aforesaid―
With reference to Figure 3. P is a projection on the plug rod coming over the
piston rod E so as to actuate it as follows. In this view the apparatus is shown
fitted to a closet-The plug being drawn up the piston E is forced up by the
spring M and upon releasing or pressing down the plug handle the projection P
will force the piston down thereby forcing the fluid up the pipe K into the pan R-
S shews the seat of closet.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be perforined I declare that what

page_text: I claim as my invention is apparatus constructed an arranged as above described
and represented whereby a given quantity of disinfecting or deodorizing fluid may
be injected and caused to mix with the flushing water in a closet pan or other
place substantially as set forth.