Year: 1886

page_text: 445
I, JOHN SHANKS of Tubal Foundry, Barrhead in the County of Renfrew North
Britain Sanitary Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows, that is to say :-
My said Invention has for its object to simplify and cheapen the discharge and
other connections of baths, sinks, basins, and similar apparatus, to render more
convenient the application and adjustment of such connections and in some cases
to dispense with parts liable to breakage.
My improvements are applicable to baths, and other vessels of iron or other
metal and also to earthenware vessels in the case of which latter vessels the
discharge nozzles usually formed on the vessel and liable to be broken off are
dispensed with.
In carrying out my Invention I have the discharge orifice in the bottom of the
vessel provided with a flanged metal grating which is put into its place from the
inner or upper side; and the flanged mouth of the discharge pipe below is brought
up to the underside of the orifice and is fixed by one or more screws connecting it
to the grating. When a single central screw is used it may be formed on or fixed
to the grating or it may be fixed to the discharge pipe below. If a trap-beud pipe
is placed close under the discharge orifice it may be secured in a similar way; or it
may be similarly secured to the discharge pipe at any convenient part; and the
screw or screws may at the same time be arranged to serve for fixing the cleaning
door at the bottom of the trap bend. When the discharge pipe applied immediately
to the vessel requires to proceed horizontally or nearly so therefrom it or the
grating may be made with a slot to allow of its adjustment in connection with the
vertical pipe at the back or side.
The inlet connections may be of the kind usually applied by me, the overflow
passage being either arranged in connection with the vertical pipe at the back or
side, or being formed in the material of the vessel itself and so as to communicate
with the discharge pipe between the top of that pipe and the discharge orifice of
the basin,

page_text: Sinks, Basins, and similar Apparatus.
I, JOHN SHANKS, of Tubal Foundry, Barrhead, in the County of Renfrew, North
Britain, Sanitary Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement, that is to say :-
My said Invention has for its object to simplify and cheapon the discharge and
other connections of baths, sinks, basins, and similar apparatus, to render more
convenient the application and adjustment of such connections, and in some cases
to dispense with parts liable to breakage.
My improvements are applicable to baths and other vessels of iron or other
metal, and also to earthenware vessels, in the case of which latter vessels the
discharge nozzles usually formed on the vessels and liable to be broken off are
dispensed with. On an accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings various
modifications and applications of my improved connections are shown; and in
these drawings the same reference numerals are used to mark the same or like
parts wherever they are repeated.
In-carrying out iny Invention as shown in figure, 1, of the drawings, which is a
vertical section of an earthenware bath, I have the discharge orifice in the bottom
of the vessel provided with a flanged metal grating, 10, which is put into its place
from the inner or upper side; and the flanged mouth of the discharge pipe, 11,
below is brought up to the underside of the orifice and is fixed by a screw, 12,
connecting it to the grating, 10. When a single central screw is used it may be
formed on or fixed to the grating, 10, or it may be fixed to the discharge pipe, 11,
below. Where a central screw, 12, is used the pipe, 11, is formed with a bridge
across its mouth for the screw to be screwed into; two screws, 12, may however
be used the pipe, 11, being in that case made with small inwardly projecting snugs
to receive them. If a trap bend pipe, 13, is placed close under the discharge
orifice, it may be secured in a similar way; or it may be similarly secured to the
discharge pipe, 11, at any convenient part; and the screw or screws, 12, may at
the same time be arranged to serve for fixing the cleaning door, 14, at the bottom
of the trap bend, as shown in figure, 3. In figures, 1, 2, and 3, the overflow
passage, 15, is shown as formed in the same piece as the bath or vessel and as
communicating with the discharge orifice between the grating, 10, and the dis-
charge pipe, 11.
Figure, 4, is a sectional view of part of a bath fitted with a modification of my
improved discharge connections. A flanged grating piece or short tube, 10, is
entered from above into its place in the discharge orifice in the bath bottom, and is
connected by a screw, 12, to a flanged cup, 16, corresponding to the discharge
pipe, 11, or trap bend, 13, of figures, 1, 2, and 3, but which combined with the
tube, 10, dipping down into it forms a trap, the discharge being continued from it
by a pipe, 17, connected. to a nozzle at the side and just above the bottom of the
tube, 10. Figure, 5, is a vertical section showing a similar arrangement, but with

page_text: a nut or ring, 18, screwed upon the tube, 10, to fix it tightly to the bottom of the
bath or vessel, the trap cup or box, 16, below being however still secured to the
grating or bridge at the bottom of the tube by a screw, 12. This form of trap cup
or box, 16, may be turned into whatever position may be most convenient for
leading away the discharge pipe, 17. In figure, 4, the bath is shown as formed
with a recess, 19, down the middle of the end, the discharge orifice and valve
being at the bottom of the recess whilst the discharge handle, 20, is at the
top. This makes a convenient and satisfactory arrangement for various washing
vessels, and is shown in figure, 6, as adopted in a wash hand basin, it being under-
stood that the discharge connections of such basin may be like any of those
herein before described. In figure, 5, a pipe, 25, is cast on the outside of the
end, 26, of the bath the discharge orifice and valve being at the bottom of this
pipe, a series of slits or a grating, 27, allowing the water to pass from the bath into
the pipe.
Figure, 7, is a vertical section of a bath and shows two applications of my
improved mode of making connections, and figure, 8, is an inverted plan of the
connections. The discharge orifice of the bath communicates by a horizontal
branch pipe, 21, with a vertical overflow and outlet pipe, 22. In order to suit
different positions of the vertical pipe, 22, relatively to the discharge orifice of the
bath, the horizontal branch pipe, 21, is made with an elongated opening to fit
against the underside of the bath, and with a slot for the screw, 12, and a plate, 23,
is provided to cover this slot. The screw, 12, which passes down from the
grating, 10, passes through the slot in the bottom of the pipe, 21, and through the
plate, 23, and has a nut screwed on its bottom end, the parts being thereby firmly
tied together and secured. The valve, 24, consists of a well known form of
tubular or overflow valve which closes in a seat at the bottom of the vertical
pipe, 22. The valve seat is formed in the top of a flanged tube, 10, which dips
into a trap cup or box, 16, having the discharge pipe, 17, connected to its side.
The box, 16, is secured in its place by the screw or bolt, 12, connecting it to the
grating or bridge at the bottom of the tube, 10, the arrangement being the same as
that herein before described with reference to figure, 4.
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-
The making of discharge and other connections for baths, sinks, basins, and
similar apparatus substantially in the improved manner herein before described
and shown in the accompanying drawings.
1
1000
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.