IMPROVEMENTS IN DISINFECTING APPARATUS
Year: 1886

page_text: I JOHN MONAY RIMINGTON 4 Picton Place Newcastle on Tyne do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN DISINFECTING APPARATUS and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention consists of the following arrangement of parts forming and
constituting a disinfecting apparatus, which I will now proceed to describe with
reference to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 represents a front elevation of an oval shaped receptacle.
Figure 2 is a plan of figure 1.
Figure 3 represents a side elevation of a receptacle with inlet and outlet
disinfectant pipes connected to an outlet water pipe, the water pipe being shown
in section.
Figure 4 is a plan of figure 3.
Figure 5 is an enlarged detail view of a portion of the outlet and inlet disin-
fectant pipes, connected to the cap and broken off near the said cap; this view is
shown partly in section and partly in elevation.
Figure 6 is an enlarged view of inlet and outlet pipes broken off to specially
show the tapered plug connection and the screwed coupling this view is shown
partly in section and partly in elevation.
Figure 7 is a broken enlarged front elevation showing the slit or mouth of
inlet pipe.
Figure 8 is a transverse section of inlet and outlet pipes, similar to the part-
section shown at figure 6 exclusive of the collar.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
a is a water receptacle which may be of any convenient size and of any
convenient shape.
bis a disinfectant receptacle.
c is the cap of the disinfectant receptacle.
d is the inlet pipe. e is the outlet pipe. f is the nozel end of inlet pipe.
g and g are the slits or mouths formed in the inlet tube. is the tapered

page_text: coupling-plug. j is the coupling nut is the passage provided in the oval shaped
receptacle to receive the cap c.
7 is the passage provided in the receptacle 6 to
receive the cap c, mis the filling inlet of receptacle b, n is the cap for m,
filling inlet of oval shaped receptacle figure I, p is the cap for o, q is the collar
provided on the outer surface of inlet pipe.
o is the
On refering to the enlarged details illustrated at figures 5, 6, 7, 8 it will be
observed that the outlet passage or pipe e is entirely distinct from the larger or
inlet pipe d and that the smaller or outlet pipe e is fixed concentrically within the
larger inlet pipe d.
In using the disinfecting apparatus I should charge the receptacle 6 or 6¹ through
either of the openings k, l, m, o with permangunate of potass or other suitable
disinfectant and then fill up the said receptacle with water; the cap c soldered or
otherwise secured to the inlet pipe d (as shown at t) would be screwed into the
passage provided to receive it, the coupling plug / would be connected to the nut う
as illustrated at figure 6 the apparatus would then be complete ready to connect to
a water receptacle.
I take the apparatus and connect it to a tank or to the discharge pipe of a tank
or to any ordinary service pipe through which water is conveyed, the attachment
is made by soldering or otherwise fastening and securing the plug h to the tank or
discharge pipe or ordinary service pipe as illustrated at figure 3. The action of the
apparatus is as follows.
When the apparatus is connected to a tank it will be inactive while the water in
the tank is in a state of rest, but whenever the water in the tank is set in motion
in in the direction of the arrow a portion of the flowing water will pass through
the slit or mouth g and enter the inlet pipe d, whence it will be conveyed into
the receptacle b the receptacle b being allready full, it follows as a necessity that a
portion of the contents of the receptacle must escape to admit the incoming water;
the escaping portion impregnated with permangunate of potass or other disinfectant
passes through the outlet pipe e discharging through the end f into the tank, where
it mingles with and disinfects the contents of the said tank; the disinfected water
in the tank could then be conveyed to the pan of a water closet or urinal or other
place needing a supply of disinfected water.
In using the apparatus for disinfecting closets and urinals I prefer to connect it
to the discharge pipe of cistern immediately under the tank in view of every person
who uses the closet or urinal so that it can be quickly removed when exhausted,
ready for recharging with disinfectant; when so fixed the current of water would
be in the direction of the arrow and the action of the apparatus would be as
herein before described excepting that the disinfectant would be discharged through
the end outlet f of the pipe e into the water flowing through the discharge pipe
whence it would flow into the pan of water closet or urinal. In some cases I can
where desired fix the apparatus under the seat or at and on any part of the
discharge pipe (which may be formed or curved into any desired shape) the current
of water may then be in the direction of the arrow & or in the direction of the
arrow if in the direction of the arrow s a portion of the flowing water will pass
through the slit g' instead of through the mouth g The apparatus can also be
connected to any ordinary service pipe through which water passes and can be used
for disinfecting the water passing through the said service pipe, for use in baths or
for washing or for any other purpose where a supply of disinfected water is
required In either case the action of the flowing water on one or other of the
mouths g or g¹ produces a similar result viz the forcing of water through one of
the said mouths into the inlet pipe d and the subsequent forcing of a portion of the
disolved disinfectand in the receptacle through the outlet pipe e at the end f.
The distinctive feature of the invention is that whether the water passes through
the mouth or through the mouth g¹ it immediately enters the one inlet pipe d
and in both cases the outflow from the receptacle must be through the one outlet.
pipe e.

page_text: I prefer in some cases to make the inlet pipe d to terminate as indicated at w
figures 3 and 5 and the outlet pipe e to terminate at v figures 3 and 5 in other case;
I prefer to make the inlet pipe to terminate as indicated at w figure 3 and the
outlet pipe to terminate as indicated at x figure 3.
In some cases I prefer to use the circular shaped receptacle shown at b figures 3
in other cases I prefer to use the oval shaped receptacle shown at figures 1 and 2 ;
when using the oval receptacle, the cap c with the pipes attached to it would be
screwed into the passage k.
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
1st A disinfecting apparatus for the purpose of using in connection with water
closets and urinals to disinfect the said water closets and urinals; as illustrated
and described.
2nd A disinfecting apparatus for the purpose of using in connection with a tank
or other water receptacle to disinfect the contents of the tank or other water
receptacle; as illustrated and described.
3rd A disinfecting apparatus for the purpose of using in connection with an
ordinary water service pipe to disinfect the water flowing through the said pipe; as
illustrated and described. .
4th In a disinfecting apparatus the combination of the inlet pipe d and the
outlet pipe e in conjunction with the mouths g and g¹ and the outlet f of pipe e as
illustrated and described.
5th In a disinfecting apparatus an oval shaped receptacle provided with a shield
shaped name plate and two or more inlets.
6th In a disinfecting apparatus a disinfectant receptacle with two or more inlets.
Dated this t
1005
JOHN MCNAY RIMINGTON.
Per Alf. Wm Turner,
Agent.