and other like Sanitary Appliances.
Year: 1887

page_text: and other like Sanitary Appliances.
I GEORGE PRICE, of Swadlincote, in the County of Derby, Manager of Works,
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:-
My invention has reference to water closets, privies, urinals, and other like sanitary
appliances such, for example, as slop receivers and its main object is to arrange these
appliances and their connections with the sewer or drain, or with a trap communicating
therewith in such manner that the soil or other material shall not after leaving the
basin or receiver come in contact with the sides or surface of such connections but
shall have a clear fall direct into the water at the bottom of the trap. Consequently the
sides or inner surface of the connections do not become soiled.
The chief features of the invention are: first, the provision below the basin or
receiver of a vertical pipe of a larger diameter than the outlet from the said basin or
receiver; secondly, the formation of a sharp edge around the outlet of the basin to
cause a clear fall of the soil into and through the said vertical pipe; and thirdly, the
combination with the basin or receiver and with the vertical pipe of a trap which,
from the point of its connection with the said vertical pipe down to the water
line, is vertical and parallel-sided so as to form a full continuation of the said vertical
pipe and thereby allow the soil to fall clear into the water without contact with the
sides.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a longitudinal section of a closet or
privy constructed according to my invention, together with the trap used in connection
therewith. Figure 2 is a plan.
a is the basin, which may be of any desired or suitable shape and will be placed at
such angle with respect to the trap as will suit the circumstances of each particular
case; it is narrowed at the bottom or outlet and this outlet is formed with a sharp
edge for the purpose already described. c is the vertical pipe; it is formed in a
piece with the basin and is of larger diameter than the outlet with which it is

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concentric. The pipe c is preferably made of such length as to correspond at bottom
with the floor line. d is a trap to which the pipe c is connected as shown. This trap
is in communication at e with the house service or otherwise while the outlet fis in
communication with the sewer or drain. Should the height of the closet be such as to
prevent the pipe c being connected directly with the trap d one or more other vertical
pipes of equal diameter may be placed between them the whole being properly
connected together. The part of the trap d from the point of its connection with the
pipe c down to the water line is vertical and parallel-sided as already described and for
the purpose explained, the trap is then narrowed as quickly as practicable to the bore
or diameter of its flow-outlet.
I have not shown any means whereby the basin can be flushed but it will be readily
understood that any of the ordinary means, such as a flushing rim in connection with a
water supply can be applied thereto. It will also be readily understood that a
ventilating pipe may be fitted, if required, on the outlet side or on the inlet side
of the trap or on both; also that an ordinary access to the trap can be
provided, such "access" being either in the trap itself or in the pipe to which its outlet
is connected.
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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, in respect of water closets, privies, urinals and other like sanitary
appliances, is :-
1. The combination with the basin or receiver of a closet or other like sanitary
appliance, of a vertical pipe of larger diameter than the outlet of the said basin or
receiver, substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. The formation of a sharp edge around the outlet of a basin or receiver with
which is combined a vertical pipe of larger diameter than the said outlet, substantially
as and for the purpose described.
3. The combination with a basin or receiver and with a vertical pipe below the same
as described, of a trap which is vertical and parallel-sided from the point of its
connection with the said vertical pipe down to the water line, substantially as and for
the purpose set forth.
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