Improvements in or connected with the Constant Service Water Supply System.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, ora sept., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 3rd June. 1896-Accepted, 4th July, 1896
Date of Application, 3rd Sept., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 3rd June. 1896-Accepted, 4th July, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with the Constant Service Water
Supply System.
I, RUSSELL MAIN TALBOT of 117 Bow Road in the County of Middlesex,
Medical Officer of Health to the Poplar Board of Works for the District of Bow
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention relates to improvements in or connected with the constant service
water supply system.
The recent failure of the water supply in the East End has clearly shown the
inefficiency of the constant service, and the necessity for providing a remedy for
what might under those conditions prove dangerous to health.
Now the object of the present invention is to provide a simple but sanitary
arrangement, whereby in the event of the constant supply becoming intermittent
from any cause the householder can fall back upon a reserve store of water, whilst
at the same time by reason of its peculiar construction the reservoir will be self-
cleansing and will be sealed from polluting gases, and extraneous matter.
In carrying the invention into effect the service pipe is fitted with a branch
terminating in a tap or valve to give the usual constant supply; and between the
closet cistern and the interception or constant supply pipe is located a cistern or
reservoir of peculiar construction and of small capacity, say for example ten
gallons, and which is connected with the service pipe and is fitted with a ball
valve of ordinary construction.
This cistern or more properly reservoir, is formed of earthenware or other suit-
able material and is of an ovoid or acorn shape, or it might be in the shape of
an inverted cone, whilst at its lowest point it is connected with a pipe terminating
in a draw-off tap.
At its top this cistern is furnished with a removeable lid or cover so that the
cistern or reservoir may be readily cleansed when desired, and this cover is formed
with a double lip or shaped rim which embraces the top edge of the cistern, and
the inner part of which is immersed in the water when at its maximum level so as
to form a water seal and thereby exclude polluting gases and extraneous matter.
The cistern or reservoir is upon its interior highly glazed and by reason of its
peculiar conformation it will be next to impossible for any matter which may be
precipitated or settle to lodge upon the sides, but the same will be directed towards
the outlet pipe, so that upon the tap being opened it will be at once discovered that
the passage is stopped or the matter will thereby be cleansed or in other words, the
cistern is self-cleansing.
The device herein before described is not intended for general use, but as a
reservoir to be used only in the case of the constant supply from any cause
temporarily failing, so that a house may not be altogether deprived of its water
supply, but inasmuch as the cistern is intended to be of very small capacity it will
be evident that if desired the interception pipe might be dispensed with, and the
ordinary supply might be drawn from the reservoir, thus causing the whole of
the supply to pass therethrough, whilst by reason of the peculiar conformation
of the reservoir the ordinary objections to the use of a cistern will be removed.
Dated this 3rd day of September 1895
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
27 Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.

page_text: Improvements in or connected with the Constant Service Water
Supply System.
I, RUSSELL MAIN TALBOT of 117 Bow Road in the County of Middlesex,.
Medical Officer of Health to the Poplar Board of Works for the District of Bow,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The invention relates to improvements in or connected with the constant service
water supply system.
"
The recent failure of the water supply in the East End of London has clearly
shown the inefficiency and unreliability of the "constant" service system, and the
necessity for providing a remedy for what might under existing conditions prove
dangerous to health.
Now the object of the present invention is to provide a simple but sanitary
arrangement whereby in the event of the constant supply becoming intermittent
from any cause the consumer can fall back upon a reserve store of water, whilst at
the same time by reason of its peculiar construction the reservoir will be self-
cleansing and will be sealed from pollution.
In carrying the invention into effect the service pipe is fitted with a branch
terminating in a tap or valve to give the usual constant supply and between the
closet cistern, and the interception or constant supply pipe, or in other convenient
position is located a cistern or reservoir of peculiar construction and of suitable
capacity say for example sixteen gallons, and which is connected with the service
pipe and is fitted with a ball valve of ordinary construction.
This cistern or reservoir is formed of earthenware or other suitable material,
and is of an ovoid or acorn shape, or it might be in the shape of an inverted cone,
whilst at its lowest point it is provided with an opening connected with a pipe
terminating in a draw-off tap.
At its top this cistern is furnished with a removeable lid, or cover, so that the
cistern or reservoir, may be readily inspected when desired and this cover is formed
with a double lip or shaped rim which embraces the top edge of the cistern, and
the inner part of which is immersed in the water when the latter is at its maximum
level so as to form a water seal, protecting the contents from pollution.
The cistern or reservoir is upon its interior highly glazed and by reason of its
peculiar conformation it will be practically impossible for any matter which may
be held in suspension upon becoming precipitated or settled, to lodge upon the sides
and foul the cistern, but the same will be directed towards the outlet pipe, so that
upon the tap being opened, the deposited matter will be at once carried away, or in
other words the cistern is self-cleansing.
And in order that the said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect, I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully
to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a building fitted with an apparatus
constructed according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line 1-1 of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a detail view of the joint employed to connect the branch of the

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view showing the joint connecting the draw-off pipe.
Figure 5 is a sectional view of a cistern of modified construction.
In the several figures in which like parts are indicated by similar letters of
reference, Figures 3 and 4 are drawn to an increased scale with respect to the
other figures of the drawings.
Referring to Figures 1 to 4 a represents the wall of the building, represents.
the ordinary service pipe which is connected with the closet flushing cistern' and'
is provided with a branch 62 furnished with the usual tap 63 located over a sink a¹
and adapted to give the usual constant supply.
Between the closet cistern b' and the interception or constant supply pipe or-
branch, or it might be in other convenient position is located a cistern or
reservoir c of peculiar construction and of small capacity say for example sixteen
gallons and this cistern which is loosely mounted in a circular opening formed in.
a bracket a' from the wall a and securely held in position by means of a metal
strip a bolted to the wall a is connected with the service pipe 6 by a branch 64,.
whilst it is fitted with a ball valve of ordinary construction, and an overflow
pipe ct.
This cistern c or more properly reservoir is formed of earthenware or it might be
of other suitable material as hereinafter described, and it is of an ovoid or acorn
shape, or it might be in the shape of an inverted cone as will be readily understood,
whilst at its lowest point it is connected with a pipe terminating in a draw-off
tape located over the sink a¹.
The pipes and care, as represented at Figures 3 and 4 each connected with
the cistern c by means of a short length c passing through an opening in the
cistern c and at its inner end flanged to take an abutment thereagainst and at
its outer end threaded to receive a nut 8 which is screwed thereon and up.
against the cistern c, a washer * being interposed between the parts in order to
make a tight joint, and the pipes and are connected with these short lengths c²
by means of an ordinary wiped joint, or by a screw connection or otherwise.
At its top this cistern c is furnished with a removeable lid or cover c¹ so that the
cistern or reservoir c may be readily cleansed when desired, and this cover c¹ is.
formed with a double lip or shaped rim c² which embraces the top edge of the
cistern, and the inner part of which is immersed in the water when at its maximum
level as indicated in the drawings so as to form a water seal, and thereby protect.
the contents of the reservoir from pollution.
The cistern or reservoir which in the example given at Figures 1 and 2 is
assumed to be formed of pottery ware, is upon its interior highly glazed and by
reason of its peculiar conformation it will be next to impossible for any matter
which may become precipitated or settled to lodge upon the sides, but the same-
will be directed towards the outlet pipe or draw-off so that upon the tap or
valve e being opened the matter will thereby be carried away, or in other words
the cistern c is self-cleansing.
In the example given at Figure 5 the cistern or reservoir c is assumed to be
formed of galvanised iron or the like, and the flange or lip 2 to the lid c¹ is formed
by rivetting a flange thereto to fit upon the interior thereof, the rivetted flange.
being of such a depth as to enter the water at its maximum level and be sealed
thereby but it will be obvious that the reservoir might be formed of any other
suitable material.
The device herein before described is primarily not intended for general use but
as a reservoir to be used only in the case of the constant supply from any cause
temporarily failing, so that a house may not altogether be deprived of its water
supply, but inasmuch as the cistern c is generally intended to be of small capacity
it will be evident that the interception pipe 6 might be dispensed with, and the
ordinary supply might be drawn from the cistern or reservoir e throughithe draw-off
pipe and tap c, thus causing the whole of the supply to pass through the

page_text: reservoir c, whilst by reason of the peculiar conformation of the cistern c the
ordinary objections to the use of a cistern will be removed.
Although the acorn forin bereinbefore shown and described for the cistern c is
that which is preferred it will be evident that the same may be of other tapered
form without departing from the spirit of the invention.
Whilst the invention is primarily designed to be employed in connection with
the constant service system it will be understood that the reservoir may be usefully
employed in other situations.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
1 claim is :-
1. In combination with a water supply system in which there is a constant
service, an ovoid or conical reservoir, a pipe connecting the reservoir with the
service pipe, a ball valve located within the reservoir and controlling the supply,
an overflow pipe from the reservoir and a tap controlled draw-off pipe connected
with its lowest point, substantially as herein shown and described.
2. In combination with the service pipe of a water supply system an ovoid or
conical reservoir of earthenware, glass, enamelled iron or other suitable material,.
provided with a removeable lid formed with a depending lip or flange adapted to
enter the water of the reservoir and form a seal therewith substantially as herein
shown and described.
Dated this 3rd day of June 1896.
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
27. Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.