Improvements in Lavatories.
Year: 1886

page_text: This Specification was, upon the 3rd day of August 1888, amended under
Sections 18 to 21 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act, 1883.
Date of Application, 6th May, 1886
Complete Specification Left, 5th Feb., 1887
Complete Specification Accepted, 8th Mar., 1887
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Lavatories.
I JAMES GEORGE STIDDER, of 50 Southwark Bridge Road, in the County of
Surrey, Sanitary Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be
as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide a strong and convenient Lavatory, for use,
principally in schools and other places where fittings are liable to be roughly handled.
The different parts are so arranged-that-the-basins-may either be fitted singly, or a
number of basins may be fitted together in a range; and all the pipes and other fittings
are fixed in such a manner as to render them very easy of access, in case of stoppage,
or repairs.
The slab is preferably made of slate or marble, and to it is bolted a strong earthen-
ware or enamelled iron wash basin, perforated at the bottom for the discharge. At
the underside of the same; and fixed thereto by set screws, is a short piece of cast iron
pipe, terminating with a flanged end, which is bolted to a cast iron vertical cylinder,
recessed into the slab at the top and having a similarly flanged end. On the bottom
of this cylinder is bolted an outlet piece, made of brass or other suitable material,
which forms the seating for a long hollow plug, also of brass, fixed inside the before
mentioned cylinder.
The top of this plug is brought to a convenient height in the cylinder, corresponding
with the required level of water in the basin, and, being hollow, it acts as an overflow
to the basin, only allowing the water to rise to a certain level, beyond which it flows
away down the waste pipe.
The plug is raised, for discharging the basin, by means of a handle and rod, working
in a guide plate, fixed to the top of the slab.
The slab is carried on wrought iron bars, running the entire length of the same,
which bars are secured to cast iron standards fixed between each basin. These
standards are provided with slotted holes, through which are bolted cast iron brackets
to carry the waste pipe. The waste pipe is of cast iron, and is provided with junction
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page_text: to take the brass outlet pieces of the several basins, and secured to them with set
screws; it is supported on the cast iron brackets before mentioned, and, by means of
the slotted holes in the standards, the proper fall is given to it.
At the end of the waste pipe, opposite to the outlet, a cast iron plug is provided, by
removing which the pipe can be immediately cleared of any obstruction.
The cast iron standards have also two projections or ledges at the back for the hot
and cold supply pipes to rest upon.
The supply of water to the basins is obtained through Stidder's Patent. High pressure
valves fixed to the slab.

page_text: I, JAMES GEORGE STIDDER of 50 Southwark Bridge Road, in the County of
Surrey, Sanitary Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
The object of my invention is to provide a strong and convenient Lavatory intended
principally for use in Schools and other places where fittings are liable to the roughly
handled.
The several parts are so arranged that the basins may either be fitted singly or a
number of basins may be fitted together in a range; and all the pipes and other
fittings are fixed in such a manner as to render them very easy of access, in case of
stoppage, or repairs being required.
The slab is preferably made of slate or marble, and to it is bolted a strong earthen-
ware or enamelled iron wash basin, perforated at the bottom for the discharge. At
the underside of the same, and fixed thereto by set screws, is a short piece of cast iron
pipe, terminating with a flanged end, which is bolted to a cast iron vertical cylinder.
The upper flange of this cylinder is recessed into or fixed flush with the slab at the
top, and has a similarly flanged end at the bottom. To this lower flange is bolted an
outlet piece, made of brass or other suitable material, which forms the seating for a
long hollow plug, also of brass, fixed inside the before mentioned cylinder.
The top of this plug is brought to a convenient height in the cylinder corresponding
with the required level of water in the basin, and, being hollow, it acts as an overflow
to the basin, only allowing the water to rise to a certain level, beyond which it flows
away down the waste pipe.
The plug is raised, for discharging the basin, by means of a handle and rod, working
in a guide plate, fixed to the top of the slab.
The slab is carried on wrought iron bars, running the entire length of the same,
which bars are secured to cast iron standards fixed between each basin. These
standards are provided with slotted holes, through which are bolted cast iron brackets
to carry the waste pipe. The waste pipe is of cast iron, and is provided with junctions
to take the brass outlet pieces of the several basins and secured to them with set
screws; it is supported on the cast iron brackets before mentioned, and by means of
the slotted holes in the standards, the proper fall is given to it.
At the end of the waste pipe, opposite to the outlet, a cast iron plug is provided, by
removing which the pipe can be immediately cleared of any
obstruction.
The cast iron standards have also two projections or ledges at the back for the hot
and cold supply pipes to rest upon.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts.

page_text: Fig. 1, is a perspective view, shewing two wash basins and a slop sink, arranged
in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section through one of
the basins.
a a is a slab formed of slate, marble, enamelled cast iron, or other suitable material.
bb are two wash basins formed of pottery or enamelled cast iron, and fixed in
position by clamps and bolts or lugs and bolts. c is a perforated outlet for the water.
d is a funnel-mouthed metal shoe, which receives the waste water from the perforated
outlet and is connected to the basin by screws w. e is a vertical cast iron cylinder
or pipe, with flanged ends and junction ; the flanged ends being used for holting to
the slab a and seating h, and the junction connecting it with the shoe d, and so
arranged that a good fall is provided towards the discharge. g is a metallic discharge
and overflow plug, the lower end of which is ground into the seating h. This plug is
hollow, and has an opening at the top so as to act as an over flow, pipe, when resting
h is
on its seat, and as a discharge plug when lifted by the handle or pull-up knob p.
the flanged seating for the plug g, bolted to the lower flange of the cylinder e, and
forming an outlet and connection to the socket of the discharge pipe k. This pipe k
discharges the waste water into the trap or drain. The socket a is fastened to the
seating by set screws, as shewn in Fig. 2 is an adjustable bracket, carrying the
lischarge pipe k, and forming a ready means of adjusting the same to the required
fall, by fixing the bracket at any suitable height with respect to the slot m, by means
of a bolt and nut. nn are standards for supporting the lavatory and its appurtenances,
braced together by wrought iron bars y y running the whole length of the lavatory.
o o are the hot and cold water service pipes, carried in provisions in the brackets.
à guide plate for the rod of the knob p to work through, the plate q being bolted to the
is a socketed iron bend fitted to the discharge pipe k, and directing the waste
over a gully into a drain, if required. ss are supply valves to the basins made in
accordance with former Letters Patent granted to me, No. 79179. t is a stopper for
the slop sink u,
the stopper being made in accordance with those described in the same
Letters Patent No. 79170.
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 :-
:
slab a.
9 is
1. The manufacture and use of lavatories, fitted with a cast iron pipe d, united to
the basin by set screws w, for conveying the waste to the discharge pipe k, through the
valve seating h, closed by the tubular valve g, substantially as hereinbefore described
and shewn on the drawings.
2. In Invatories of the description-aforesaid, the application and use of the tubular
plug-g, fitted-as-an overflow pipe, capable of being raised by the handle-and-rod-p
working in the guide plate-7, substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn on the
drawings.
3.2. In lavatories of the description aforesaid, the method of supporting and regulating
the height and inclination of the brackets 1, by means of the slotted support m, sub-
stantially as hereinbefore described and shewn on the drawings.
4.3. The general construction and arrangement of the several and respective parts
and the combination of any two or more of them, constituting my improvements in
lavatories, substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn on the drawings.

page_text: Date of Application, 6th May, 1886.
Complete Left, 5th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 8th Mar., 1887.
I JAMES GEORGE STIDDER, of 50 Southwark Bridge Road, in the County of
Surrey, Sanitary Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be
as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide a strong and convenient Lavatory, for use,
principally in schools and other places where fittings are liable to be roughly handled.
The different parts are so arranged that the basins may either be fitted singly, or a
number of basins may be fitted together in a range; and all the pipes and other fittings
are fixed in such a manner as to render them very easy of access, in case of stoppage,
or repairs.
The slab is preferably made of slate or marble, and to it is bolted a strong earthen-
ware or enamelled iron wash basin, perforated at the bottom for the discharge. At
the underside of the same, and fixed thereto by set screws, is a short piece of cast iron
pipe, terminating with a flanged end, which is bolted to a cast iron vertical cylinder,
recessed into the slab at the top and having a similarly flanged end. On the bottom
of this cylinder is bolted an outlet piece, made of brass or other suitable material,
which forms the seating for a long hollow plug, also of brass, fixed inside the before
mentioned cylinder.
The top of this plug is brought to a convenient height in the cylinder, corresponding
with the required level of water in the basin, and, being hollow, it acts as an overflow
to the basin, only allowing the water to rise to a certain level, beyond which it flows
away down the waste pipe.
The plug is raised, for discharging the basin, by means of a handle and rod, working
in a guide plate, fixed to the top of the slab.
The slab is carried on wrought iron bars, running the entire length of the same,
which bars are secured to cast iron standards fixed between each basin. These
standards are provided with slotted holes, through which are bolted cast iron brackets
to carry the waste pipe. The waste pipe is of cast iron, and is provided with junctions

page_text: to take the brass outlet pieces of the several basins, and secured to them with set
screws; it is supported on the cast iron brackets before mentioned, and, by means of
the slotted holes in the standards, the proper fall is given to it.
At the end of the waste pipe, opposite to the outlet, a cast iron plug is provided,. by
removing which the pipe can be immediately cleared of any obstruction.
The cast iron standards have also two projections or ledges at the back for the hot
and cold supply pipes to rest upon.
The supply of water to the basins is obtained through Stidder's Patent High pressure
valves fixed to the slab.

page_text: I, JAMES GEORGE STIDDER of 50 Southwark Bridge Road, in the County of
Surrey, Sanitary Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is to provide a strong and convenient Lavatory intended
principally for use in Schools and other places where fittings are liable to the roughly
handled.
The several parts are so arranged that the basins may either be fitted singly or a
number of basins may be fitted together in a range; and all the pipes and other
fittings are fixed in such a manner as to render them very easy of access, in case of
stoppage, or repairs being required.
The slab is preferably made of slate or marble, and to it is bolted a strong earthen-
ware or enamelled iron wash basin, perforated at the bottom for the discharge. At
the underside of the same, and fixed thereto by set screws, is a short piece of cast iron
pipe, terminating with a flanged end, which is bolted to a cast iron vertical cylinder.
The upper flange of this cylinder is recessed into or fixed flush with the slab at the
top, and has a similarly flanged end at the bottom. To this lower flange is bolted an
outlet piece, made of brass or other suitable material, which forms the seating for a
long hollow plug, also of brass, fixed inside the before mentioned cylinder.
The top of this plug is brought to a convenient height in the cylinder corresponding
with the required level of water in the basin, and, being hollow, it acts as an overflow
to the basin, only allowing the water to rise to a certain level, beyond which it flows
away down the waste pipe.
The plug is raised, for discharging the basin, by means of a handle and rod, working
in a guide plate, fixed to the top of the slab.
The slab is carried on wrought iron bars, running the entire length of the same,
which bars are secured to cast iron standards fixed between each basin. These
standards are provided with slotted holes, through which are bolted cast iron brackets
to carry the waste pipe. The waste pipe is of cast iron, and is provided with junctions
to take the brass outlet pieces of the several basins and secured to them with set
screws; it is supported on the cast iron brackets before mentioned, and by means of
the slotted holes in the standards, the proper fall is given to it.
At the end of the waste pipe, opposite to the outlet, a cast iron plug is provided, by
removing which the pipe can be immediately cleared of any obstruction.
The cast iron standards have also two projections or ledges at the back for the hot
and cold supply pipes to rest upon.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts.

page_text: Fig. 1, is a perspective view, shewing two wash basins and a slop sink, árranged
in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section through one of
the basins.
a a is a slab formed of slate, marble, enamelled cast iron, or other suitable material.
bb are two wash basins formed of pottery or enamelled cast iron, and fixed in
position by clamps and bolts or lugs and bolts. c is a perforated outlet for the water.
d is a funnel-mouthed metal shoe, which receives the waste water from the perforated
outlet c,
and is connected to the basin by screws w. e is a vertical cast iron cylinder
or pipe, with flanged ends and junction; the flanged ends being used for bolting to
the slab a and seating h, and the junction connecting it with the shoe d, and so
arranged that a good fall is provided towards the discharge. g is a metallic discharge
and overflow plug, the lower end of which is ground into the seating h. This plug is
hollow, and has an opening at the top so as to act as an over flow, pipe, when resting
on its seat, and as a discharge plug when lifted by the handle or pull-up knob p. h is
the flanged seating for the plug g, bolted to the lower flange of the cylinder e and
forming an outlet and connection to the socket a of the discharge pipe k. This pipe k
discharges the waste water into the trap or drain. The socket is fastened to the
seating by set screws, as shewn in Fig. 2 7 is an adjustable bracket, carrying the
discharge pipe k, and forming a ready means of adjusting the same to the required
fall, by fixing the bracket at any suitable height with respect to the slot m, by means
of a bolt and nut. nn are standards for supporting the lavatory and its appurtenances,
braced together by wrought iron bars y y running the whole length of the lavatory.
oo are the hot and cold water service pipes, carried in provisions in the brackets.
a guide plate for the rod of tho knob to work through, the plate 7 being bolted to the
slab a.
is a socketed iron bend fitted to the discharge pipe k, and directing the waste
over a gully into a drain, if required. ss are supply valves to the basins made in
accordance with former Letters Patent granted to me, No. 7917°. t is a stopper for
the slop sink, the stopper being made in accordance with those described in the same,
Letters Patent No. 7917.
is
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 :-
:-
1. The manufacture and use of lavatories, fitted with a cast iron pipe d, united to
the basin by set screws wc, for conveying the waste to the discharge pipe k, through the
valve seating h, closed by the tubular valve g, substantially as herein before described
and shewn on the drawings.
P
2. In lavatories of the description aforesaid, the application and use of the tubular
plug g, fitted as an overflow pipe, capable of being raised by the handle and rod
working in the guide plate q, substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn on the
drawings.
3. In lavatories of the description aforesaid, the method of supporting and regulating
the height and inclination of the brackets 7, by means of the slotted support m, sub-
stantially as hereinbefore described and shewn on the drawings.
4. The general construction and arrangement of the several and respective parts,
and the combination of any two or more of them, constituting my improvements in
lavatories, substantially as herein before described and shewn on the drawings.
GEO. DOWNING,
Agent for Applicant.