IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE SUPPLY OF WATER TO WATERCLOSETS AND OTHER VESSELS
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Tylor, of Warwick Lane, Newgate Street,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE
SUPPLY OF WATER TO WATERCLOSETS AND OTHER VESSELS."
Sealed the 12th May 1859, and dated the 14th March 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Tylor at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 14th
March 1859.
I, ALFRED TYLOR, of Warwick Lane, Newgate Street, do hereby declare
5 the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGU-
LATING THE SUPPLY OF WATER TO WATERCLOSETS AND OTHER VESSELS," to be
as follows:
This Invention, has for its object improvements in apparatus for regulating
the supply of water to waterclosets and other vessels. For this purpose the
supply pipe is connected to one end of the top of a chamber, in the bottom of
which chamber there is a cylinder in which a piston works; to the other end
of the top of the chamber a pipe is connected, and it passes to the pan of the
closet or other vessel. The end of the supply pipe is closed by a valve, which
is attached to the end of one arm of a lever, the other arm of this lever is, by
preference, of a curved form, and passes through a slot in the piston rod of
the piston, which works in the cylinder below. Through the piston there are
a number of holes, and to the centre of the bottom of the piston a disc of

page_text: india-rubber is attached, which, when the piston is moved downwards, prevents
the passage of water through the holes; but when the piston is moved upwards,
permits the water to flow through freely. From the bottom of the cylinder a
small pipe passes into the chamber above, and on this pipe there is a cock, to
regulate the speed at which water may flow through the pipe. The piston rod
of the piston passes through a stuffing box in the top of the chamber, and is
attached to the weighted lever, to which the handle is ordinarily attached. By
these means when the handle is lifted the piston will be moved towards the
top of the cylinder, and the valve will be moved away from the end of the
supply pipe; the water will then flow through the chamber into the pan or
other vessel until the piston is again forced down, when the valve will be again
forced against the end of the supply pipe and the supply of water stopped.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Alfred Tylor in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
14th September 1859..
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALFRED
TYLOR, of Warwick Lane, Newgate Street, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said Alfred Tylor, Her special licence that I, the said Alfred
Tylor, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Alfred Tylor, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and . Isle of Man, an Invention for "Im-
PROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE SUPPLY OF WATER TO WATER-
CLOSETS AND OTHER VESSELS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Alfred Tylor, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly.
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alfred Tylor, 'do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per---
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:-
This Invention has for its object iniprovements in apparatus for regulating.
the supply of water to waterclosets and other vessels. For this purpose the
supply pipe is connected to one end of the top of a chamber, in the bottom of
which chamber there is a cylinder in which a piston works; to the other end.
of the top of the chamber a pipe is connected, and it passes to the pan of the
closet or other vessel. The end of the supply pipe is closed by a valve which.
is attached to the end of one arm of a lever; the other arm of this lever is, by.
preference, of a curved form, and passes through a slot in the piston rod of the
piston which works in the cylinder below. Through the piston there are a
number of holes, and to the centre of the bottom of the piston a disc of india-
rubber is attached, which, when the piston is moved downwards, prevents the
passage of water through the holes; but when the piston is imoved upwards,
permits the water to flow through freely. From the bottom of the cylinder a
small pipe passes into the chamber above, and on this pipe there is a cock, to
regulate the speed at which water may flow through the pipe. The piston rod.
of the piston passes through a stuffing box in the top of the chamber, and is
attached to the weighted lover, to which the handle is ordinarily attached. By
these means when the handle is lifted the piston will be moved towards the
top of the cylinder, and the valve will be moved away from the end of the
supply pipe, the water will then flow through the chamber into the pan
or other vessel until the piston is again forced down, when the valve will be.
again forced against the end of the supply pipe and the supply of water:
stopped.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention, I will proceed to describa
more fully the manner of performing the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a vertical section of an apparatus, constructed according to
my Invention, for regulating the supply of water to waterclosets and other
vessels. This view shows the parts of the apparatus in the position they
assume when the water is shut off from the closet or other vessel. Figure 2
is a vertical section of the apparatus, shewing the different parts in the
position they assume when the passage for the water to the closet or other
vessel is opened; Figure 3 is a plan of the apparatus with the top cover
removed; Figures 4, 5, and 6 show respectively a front view, partly in
.

page_text: section, a side view, and plan of the apparatus applied to the pan of a
watercloset. In each of the Figures the same letters of reference refer to
similar parts.
a is the supply pipe, connected by a union joint to the cover b' of the
chamber 6; in the bottom of this chamber there is a cylinder c, in which a
piston d works; to the top of the chamber 6 a pipe e is also connected, as
shown in the plan view, Figures 3 and 6, this pipe leads to the pan of the
closet or other vessel; the end of the supply pipe a, when the water is shut off
from the closet or other vessel, is closed by a valve f, attached to the end of
the arm g' of the lever g; the pin on which this lever turns is carried by the
projection 6 on the under side of the cover b' of the chamber b; the other arm
of the lever g is, by preference, of a curved form, as shown, and passes through
a slot in the piston rod d' of the piston d. Through the piston d there are a
number of holes d², and to the centre of the under side of the piston is con-
nected by the screw d³ a disc of india-rubber h; this disc, when the piston is
moved downwards, prevents the passage of water through the holes d, but
permits the water to flow through them freely when the piston is moved
upwards. From the bottom of the cylinder ca small pipe i passes into the
chamber above; on this pipe there is a cock k, for regulating the speed at
which water may flow through the pipe. The piston rod d' passes through a
stuffing box in the cover 6' of the chamber b, and is connected to a weighted
lever Z. When the apparatus is applied to a watercloset, the lever
arranged to be lifted, as shown by the dotted lines in Figure 4; when the
handle of the closet is raised by raising the lever l, the piston & will be moved
towards the top of the cylinder c, and the valve f will be moved away from
the end of the supply pipe; water will then flow through the chamber band
through the pipe e into the pan of the closet; the weighted lever I will then
commence to force the piston d downwards, and the water in the cylinder c on
the under side of the piston will then be forced through the pipe i into the
chamber b above, until the valve f is again forced against the end of the
supply pipe, when the supply of water will be stopped. The length of time
that the valve f is kept open, and in consequence the quantity of water
supplied to the closet, can be regulated by regulating the speed at which the
water in the cylinder on the under side of the piston may pass through the
pipe i into the chamber above. It will be evident that the supply of water to
wash-hand basins and other vessels may be regulated by means of apparatus
constructed in a similar manner to that above described.
is
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I make no claim to

page_text: the mechanical parts separately; but what I claim is, the combination
of apparatus herein described for regulating the supply of water to water-
closets and other vessels.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alfred Tylor, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Thirteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
ALFRED TYLOR. (L.S.)