IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER-WASTE PREVENTERS
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Francis George Fleury, of 24, Merrick Square,
Southwark, in the County of Surrey, Engineer, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER-WASTE PREVENTERS.”
Sealed the 4th October 1870, and dated the 11th June 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Francis George Fleury
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 11th June 1870.
I, FRANCIS GEORGE FLEURY, of 24, Merrick Square, Southwark, in
the County of Surrey, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER-WASTE PREVENTERS," to be as
follows:-
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This Invention has for its object improvements in water-waste
preventers. In order to regulate the quantity of water withdrawn from
a reservoir, receptacle, or main so as to prevent waste, I use a valve,
which rests on a suitable seat surrounding the orifice or passage through
which the water flows. The valve, which is suitably guided when
necessary, and may be weighted more or less to suit the pressure of the

page_text: water passing through the apparatus, is formed or provided with a spindle
or plunger, which fits easily within a corresponding socket. This socket
is adjustable by a lever or handle. When the socket is at its lowest point
water enters it by the narrow annular space between its inner surface
and the outer surface of the lower part of the valve spindle or plunger.
By raising the socket by means of its lever or handle the spindle or
plunger is raised in consequence of the water being unable to escape
freely from the interior of the socket, and as the valve rises with its
spindle water from the reservoir or main is allowed to pass through the
apparatus until the weight of the valve and spindle, by displacing the
water from the socket gradually lowers the valve and so closes the
water passage.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Francis George Fleury in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 8th October 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FRANCIS
GEORGE FLEURY, of 24, Merrick Square, Southwark, in the County of
Surrey, Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of June, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-third
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Francis George Fleury, Her special licence, that I,
the said Francis George Fleury, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Francis George Fleury, my executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER-
WASTE PREVENTERS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Francis George Fleury, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and

page_text: cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Francis George Fleury, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, that is to say :-
This Invention has for its object improvements in water-waste pre-
venters. In order to regulate the quantity of water withdrawn from a
reservoir, receptacle, or main so as to prevent waste, I use a valve which
rests on a suitable seat surrounding the orifice or passage through which
the water flows. The valve, which is suitably guided when necessary,
and may be weighted more or less to suit the pressure of the water
passing through the apparatus, is formed or provided with a spindle
or plunger, which fits easily within a corresponding socket. This socket
is adjustable by a lever or handle. When the socket is at its lowest
point water enters it by the narrow annular space between its inner
surface and the outer surface of the lower part of the valve spindle
or plunger. By raising the socket by means of its lever or handle
the spindle or plunger is raised in consequence of the water being
unable to escape freely from the interior of the socket, and as the
valve rises with its spindle water from the reservoir or main is
allowed to pass through the apparatus until the weight of the valve and
spindle by displacing the water from the socket gradually lowers the
valve and so closes the water passage. Such being the nature of my
Invention I will now proceed to more particularly describe the manner of
performing the same, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings
in all the Figures of which corresponding parts are marked with the
same letters of reference.
Figure 1 is a vertical section of a waste preventing tap or cock
having my improvements applied thereto, and Figure 2 is a front ele-
vation of the same.
a is the aperture by which water enters the cast-iron body 6 of the tap
or cock from the reservoir, receptacle, or main; c, the gun metal valve
which is formed like a screw, the under part of its head being recessed
to receive the india-rubber, leather, or other washer or packing material
c. The valve c rests on a gun metal seat d, which is formed in one
picce with the ring d' whose rim & rests upon a corresponding ledge 6',

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cast with the body of the tap or cock. The screw of the valve c is
tapped into a corresponding recess formed in the gun metal spindle or
plunger e. The lower part of the spindle or plunger e is made truly
cylindrical. It fits easily within the corresponding adjustable gun metal
socket fas shewn. This socket in its turn fits easily and is capable of
vertical movement within a corresponding cylindrical chamber formed
in the lower part of the body 6 of the tap or cock. The lower end of
the socket fis provided with a rib or projection formed with a slot f¹,
which receives and is actuated by the end of a pin g situated eccen-
trically on the spindle g' of the lever or handle g. The spindle g¹ is
formed with a turned collar g³, which fits, as shewn, into a corresponding
recess formed in the body b and a suitable gland is provided which is
placed in position on the spindle g¹ before the lever or handle g³ is rivetted
A leather collar or other packing is interposed at x between the
collar and gland h. By unscrewing the latter, the lever or handle
with its spindle and collar and the pin g can be readily withdrawn
from the body of the tap or cock. The body is provided with a
cover which can be unscrewed by hand when it is desired to examine
the valve. The action of the apparatus is as follows:-In Figure 1 the
socket fis at its lowest point, and is supposed to be full of water which
has entered it by the narrow annular space between its inner surface
and the outer surface of the lower part of the valve spindle or plunger e,
the upper part of the interior of the socket f being recessed, as shewn, to
facilitate the entry of the water. On now turning the lever or handle g²
so as to move the pin 7 (in the direction shewn by the semicircular
red line in Figure 1) into the position y the socket f will be raised and
with it (in consequence of the water being unable to escape freely
from the interior of the socket) the spindle or plunger e will be raised
also. As the valve c rises with its spindle e water from the reservoir
or main entering the tap or cock by the aperture a will be allowed to
pass down through the annular opening between the valve and its
seat and out by the spout a¹ until the weight of the valve c and
spindle e by displacing the water from the socket f gradually lowers
the valve whose stem is made taper to guide the valve on to its
seat so that it closes the water passage. The annular space between
the spindle or plunger e and the inner surface of the socket f amounts
only to that which is due to what is known by engineers as an easy
fit. Figure 3 is a vertical section shewing the application of my
Invention to a regulating waste preventer for waterolosets. Figure 4

page_text: a front elevation of the same with its lower part in section. Figure 5 a
longitudinal section through the line A, B, of Figure 3. Figure 6 a
plan of the apparatus; and Figure 7 a side view of the regulator. In
this arrangement the body 6 is composed of gun metal or brass in several
parts as will be readily understood from the Drawings, so that portions
of it can be made of gun metal or brass tubing. The water on entering
at a passes into an annular space z situated between the inner surface of
the upper part of the body b and the outer surface of a regulator i,
through whose openings the water has to pass so as to regulate the
flow according to the pressure. The interior of the body b is formed
with projections 6* against which the regulator fits accurately and by
which its openings are adjusted. The cover 6' forms a gland between
which and the rim of the regulator suitable packing is interposed. The
regulator i is turned by means of a key fitting on to its square shaped
boss. The valve cis situated within the lower part of the regulator and
is of the same construction as that already described with reference to
Figures 1 and 2, the socket f in the present case being made of tube for
the sake of cheapness, has its lower end closed by means of lead ƒ*, as
shewn, which also ensures its falling when required, and instead of being
provided with a slot it is raised by one end of an arm or lever k whose
other end is fixed on to a spindle g¹ passing through a gland h in the
lower part of the body b. Motion is given to the spindle by means of a
lever which is keyed on to it in the usual manner. The action of the valve
and socket arrangement is similar to that of the arrangement shewn in
Figures 1 and 2. Figure 8 is a front elevation to a reduced scale of a
stand pipe having my improvements applied thereto, and Figure 9 is an
elevation at right angles to the foregoing. The body b is a casting similar
to but larger than the body b, shewn in Figures 1 and 2. It has cast
with it an outlet chamber 63 on to whose top the stand pipe is fitted.
The arrangement of the water-waste preventing apparatus is precisely
similar to that shewn in Figures 1 and 2, excepting as to dimensions and
the mode of raising the socket fand valve c. This is done in the
present case by one end of a lever k of the first order, whose other end
is actuated by a rod ¹, which passes up through the stand pipe and
receives motion from a pin placed eccentrically upon the spindle of a
handle g³, situated in a suitable casting in the upper part of the stand
pipe as will be readily understood by an engineer. The cover U¹ is
formed with a nut, as shewn, to receive a key for unscrewing it.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner

page_text: of performing the same, I desire to remark that I do not limit or confine
myself to the precise arrangements or details illustrated in the accom-
panying Drawings as the same admit of being modified without departing
from the nature of my Invention, with reference to which I claim, as
being new, the constructing water-waste preventers with valves, having
spindles or plungers arranged to operate in combination with adjustable
sockets substantially as described for the purposes specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Francis George Fleury, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Seventh day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.
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Witness,
W. LLOYD WISE,
Patent Agent,
London, W.C.
FRANCIS. G. FLEURY. (L.S.)