Improvements in Water Closet Basins and Appliances connected therewith.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 11th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 14th Mar., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Water Closet Basins and Appliances connected
therewith.
We, HENRY STEPHENSON, and FREDERICK STEPHENSON, trading as Henry
Stephenson and Son, of Huncoat Sanitary Tube and Fireclay Works, Accrington,
in the County of Lancaster, Sanitary Pipe Makers, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction and manufacture of
basins of water closets, the object being to prevent large or foreign bodies passing
from the basin into the trap, whereby the latter might be choked or blocked, and
the improvements are specially applicable to.slop or wash water-closets such as are
built to cottage houses, for the reason that the traps of such closets are often
found choked with foreign bodies and large articles, which through ignorance or
folly have been thrown into the closet basin. The invention consists of the
combination of a basin having supporting brackets carrying a dish or false bottoin.
which prevents large articles passing to the trap, but which can readily be removed
if it is desired to inspect the trap.
According to this invention, we employ a closet basin constructed as ordinary,
but near the bottom of the basin are moulded or fixed three or more brackets,
which serve to support a dish or concave disc slightly less in size than the interior
of the basin, so that when placed in position in such basin, there is an open space
left all round between the edge of the dish and the basin.
The dish contains a little water to prevent soil sticking thereto, and when
flushed, the soil or excreta is driven off the dish into the basin and trap, passing
through the space between the dish and basiu.
Dated this 12th.day of November 1895.
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BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Water Closet Basins and Appliances connected
therewith.
We, HENRY STEPHENSON, and Frederick StepHENSON, trading as Henry
Stephenson and Son, of Huncoat Sanitary Tube and Fireclay Works, near
Accrington, in the County of Lancaster, Sanitary Pipe Makers, 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in the construction and manufacture of
basins of clean water closets, or slop or waste water closets, the object being to
prevent large or foreign bodies passing from the basin into the trap, whereby the
latter might be choked or blocked, and the improvements are especially applicable
to slop or waste water closets such as are built to cottage houses, for the reason that
the traps of such closets are often found choked with foreign bodies and large
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page_text: articles, which through ignorance or folly, have been thrown into the closet basin,
or dropped in through accident. The invention consists of the combination of a
basin having supporting brackets carrying a dish or false bottom, either fast or
loose, which prevents large articles passing to the trap.
It is preferable to have this dish or false bottom loose, so as to be easily
removable if it is desired to inspect the trap.
Such being the nature and object of the said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, in
which
Fig. is a plan view of the improved closet basin and false bottom.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the false bottom removed from the closet basin.
Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of a closet basin and false bottom.
According to this invention, we employ a closet basin 1 constructed as ordinary,
but near the bottom of the basin, or below the flush inlet pipe 2, are moulded or
fixed three or more brackets 3. 3, which serve to support a dish or concave plate 4,
slightly less in size than the interior of the basin 1, so that when the dish or plate 4
is placed in position in the basin 1, there is an open space 5 left all or part way
round, between the edge of the dish 4 and the basin 1.
The concave dish 4 always retain a little water to prevent soil sticking thereto,
and when flushed by water coming through the pipe 2, the soil or excreta is driven
off the concave dish 4, and passing through the space 5 between the dish 4 and
basin 1, is carried into the basin 1, and so to the ordinary trap below sanie.
The notch 6 in the dish 4 being passed under the lip 7 formed in the basin i,
prevents the dish
being tipped up or moved by the weight of excreta falling
.onto it.
We prefer to make the dish 4 the shape shewn in Fig. 1, i.e., with the opening
or space 5 between the dish 4 and the basin 1, directly opposite to the inlet flush
pipa 2, so that the water passing from such pipe, throws its whole weight onto the
dish and drives all excreta atraight to and through the space 5, and the dish 4 is
kept clean.
It will be seen that the dish 4 can readily be removed by hand for cleaning or
other purpose, and as easily replaced.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
A closet basin having supporting lugs or brackets carrying a loose or fast dish,
and leaving a space between the outer edge of the dish and the interior of the
closet basin, as and for the purpose herein described, and substantially as illustrated
by Figs. 1 and 3 of the annexed drawings.
Dated this 10th da
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LOUD CWY UI GOZUNTY TONI).
HENRY STEPHENSON,
FREDERICK STEPHENSON,
By their Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.