IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING WATER TO WASH BASINS, AND FOR FLUSHING WATERCLOSETS AND URINALS
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Heyworth, of the City of Manchester,
Plumber and Sanitary Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING WATER TO WASH BASINS, AND FOR FLUSHING
WATERCLOSETS AND URINALS."
Sealed the 11th August 1871, and dated the 23rd February 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Robert Heyworth at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
23rd February 1871.
I, ROBERT HEYWORTH, of the City of Manchester, Plumber and
Sanitary Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING WATER TO WASH BASINS, AND
FOR FLUSHING WATERCLOSETS AND URINALS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the construction of an apparatus for
supplying water to wash basins and other similar receptacles, and for
flushing waterclosets and urinals without the possibility of waste of

page_text: water taking place by ensuring only a certain quantity being drawn off
each time the handle is actuated.
Now this Invention consists of a cistern or reservoir divided by
preference into three compartments, one connected to a water supply by
the ordinary ball cock which supplies the necessary quantity of water to
such compartment; the second compartment is arranged so that the
water which enters it through a small hole from the first compartment
may be caused to overflow or be lifted bodily into the third compartment
which is in communication with the wash basin or other similar
receptacle, or with the watercloset or urinal. The overflowing or lifting
of the water from the second to the third compartment being performed
either by means of a block which may be caused to descend into the
water contained in the second compartment and thus to displace it, or
by a piston being fitted in such compartment to lift the water, or by a
scoop being mounted horizontally in such compartment, and caused to
tilt over when required by being connected to the actuating lever or
handle.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by tho said Robert Heyworth in the Great Scal Patent Offico
on the 23rd August 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ROBERT
HEYWORTH, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Plumber and Sanitary Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of February, in the 2
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the
thirty-fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs, and successors,
give and grant unto me, tho said Robert Heyworth, Her special licence
that I, the said Robert Heyworth, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Robert Heyworth, my executors, 3
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, usc, cxcrcise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the

page_text: Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING WATER TO WASH BASINS, AND FOR FLUSHING WATER-
CLOSETS AND URINALS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Robert Heyworth, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and scals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said In-
vention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, 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 Robert Heyworth, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
bo performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
:-
This Invention has for its object the construction of an apparatus for
supplying water to wash basins and other similar receptacles, and for
flushing waterclosets and urinals without the possibility of waste of
water taking place by ensuring only a certain quantity being drawn off
cach time the handle is actuated.
Now this Invention consists of a cistern or reservoir divided by
preference into three compartments; onc connected to a water supply by
the ordinary ball cock which supplies the necessary quantity of water to
such compartment; the second compartment is arranged so that the
water which enters it through a small hole from the first compartment
may be caused to overflow or be lifted bodily into the third compartment
which is in communication with the wash basin or other similar
receptacle, or with the waterclosets or urinal. The overflowing or
lifting of the water from the second to the third compartment being
performed either by means of a block which may be caused to descend
into the water contained in the second compartment, and thus to
displace it, or by a piston being fitted in such compartment to lift the
water, or by a scoop being mounted horizontally in such compartment
and caused to tilt over when required by being connected to the
actuating lever or handle.
In order that this my said Invention may be the more readily scen
and understood, I have hereunto annexed a Drawing illustrating two
modifications of my Invention, drawn to a scale of about quarter size.

page_text: Similar letters marked on the Drawings and hercin-after mentioned are
used to denote similar parts throughout the several views.
Fig. 1 is a side viow, Fig. 2 a plan, and Fig. 3 is a side sectional view
of one modification of my improved apparatus suitable for flushing
waterclosets or urinals, or supplying basins; and Fig. 4 is an end sectional
view of Fig. 1 through the line a-b.
Fig. 5 is a side sectional view, and Fig. 6 a plan of another modi-
fication or arrangement of my improved apparatus more particularly
adapted for Bushing waterclosets.
In Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, A is a cistern or reservoir divided into three
compartments or divisions B, C, and D, by the partitions E and F, which
rise up about halfway inside the apparatus, the partition E separating
the compartments or divisions B, C, and D, whilst the partition F
divides the compartments C and D. G is the supply pipe for supplying
the compartment B with water from any convenient source, such
supply being regulated in height by the ordinary ball cock H, and
prevented rising too far by the overflow pipe I. The compartment C is
supplied with water from the compartment B through the small holo or
aperture J, which permits the water to rise to the same height in both
compartments. K is a pipe or connection leading to the urinal or
watercloset requiring to be flushed, or to the basin or other receptacle to
be supplied. L is a scoop hinged or pivoted on one side to the side of
the cistern, and on the other to the partition E, and arranged to descend
into the water contained in the compartment C, which slowly enters
such scoop through the small hole or aperture M. This scoop is con-
nected by the link N to one end of the actuating lever O working in the
lugs P, P, on the top of the cistern, and a wire or cord Q is attached to
the other extremity of such lever.
The action of this apparatus is as follows:-The cord or wire Q being
connected to the footboard of the urinal or to the handle or lever of the
watcrcloset or basin upon being pulled down causes the scoop L to rise
upwards out of the water in the compartment C to the position indicated
by the dotted lines in Fig. 3, when the water contained in it will empty
itself altogether into the compartment D, from whence it will escape
down the pipe K, and thus flush the watercloset or urinal, or supply the
basin or other receptacle. The cord being now let go the scoop L will
slowly descend again by its own weight into the compartment C as it

page_text: gradually becomes filled with water through the small hole M. It will
thus be seen that some time must elapse corresponding with the size of
the small hole or aperture M before any more water can bo drawn off,
and that it is only the contents of the scoop L that can be used at one
time. Instead of the scoop La solid block may be connected to the
link N, and be caused to descend into the compartment C, and thus
displace or cause the contents to overflow into the compartment D, or a
piston or plunger may be connected to the link N, and be fitted to work
in the compartment C, and thus to lift the water bodily, and cause it to
overflow into the compartment D for the same purpose, the compart-
ment O gradually becoming filled again through the hole or aperture J.
When the scoop L is employed it is not essential that it should work in
a separate compartment, as it may be arranged to work in the same
compartment as the ball cock, and thus the cistern would only need to
be divided into two compartments.
In the modification represented by Figs. 5 and 6 the compartments
are differently arranged, but the mode of working is the same as that
described in reference to Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, the scoop R working in a
central compartment S, as illustrated, and being constructed larger so as
to lift a greater quantity of water at one operation, the central compart-
ment S being divided from the compartment T containing the ball
cock U by the partition or division V, which has a small hole or
aperture W to allow the water to rise to the same height in both com-
partments, the scoop becoming gradually filled through the small hole
or aperture X, and emptying its contents when in the position indicated
by the dotted lines in Fig. 5 into the compartment Y, which is provided
with a pipe or connection Z leading to the watercloset or urinal requiring
to be flushed, or to the basin or other receptacle to be supplied with
water.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
my said Invention, together with the best methods with which I am
acquainted for carrying the same into practical effect, I wish it to be
understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details, relativo
proportions or dimensions of the several parts of the apparatus illustrated
on the accompanying Drawing, as the same may be considerably varied
without departing from the Invention; but what I claim is, the use and
application of a scoop, block, piston, or plunger working in a cistern

page_text: internally divided into compartments to prevent waste, and to ensure
only a certain quantity of water being drawn off at a time, as and for
the purposes hicrein-before described and illustrated on the accompanying
Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Robert Heyworth, have hereunto 5
set my hand and scal, this Twenty-first day of August, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
Witness,
JOHN G. WILSON,
Patent Agent,
71, Market Street,
Manchester.
ROBERT HEYWORTH. (L.s.)