Improvements in Water Closets.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Water Closets.
I, MOSES JAMES ADAMS Engineer Park Lane Works Leeds do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In the past it has been usual to flush closets from an elevated cistern, or some-
times from a cistern placed lower down upon the level of the closet, in the latter
case it has been difficult to obtain an efficient flush to the closet, to ensure which
it is necessary to deliver the contents of the cistern with great, rapidity to scour
the pan. My improvement relates to closets of this type and to the plan adopted
for quickly discharging, to the pan the water used for flushing and this I effect
by arranging a bucket or scoop within a cistern or tank, that it shall fill with
water and that when it is desired to flush the closet this bucket shall be lifted up
by handle or other means and the liquid it contains shall be raised from the
cistern or tank and delivered by a suitable outlet to the closet, and my invention
further relates to the necessary detail in connection with the closet and flushing
arrangement.
Dated this 30th day of August 1897.
M. J. ADAMS,
Park Lane Works Leeds.
I, MOSES JAMES ADAMS Engineer Park Lane Works Leeds 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:-
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In my Provisional Specification I described my invention and explained that
its principle feature was the lifting of a bucket or scoop of water from within a
cistern or tank and discharging the same to a closet and the drawings I now
furnish, will make my intention quite clear, on reference thereto it will be seen
that I shew a closet in section A, an inlet nozzle B and seat C, conveniently placed
or on the seat I have a cistern or tank or other receptacle D of any convenient
form that I now shew being oblong a division or wall E forms a sort of mouth F
or connection to lead the water to the closet by B in the shace G I arrange a
suitable water supply here shewn by ball cock H which ball cock fills up the
cistern or tank in the compartment G about to the height shewn now I desire
to discharge part of the liquid herein contained to the closet and instead of using
a valve as has frequently been done before I so fix a bucket or scoop K that it shall
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page_text: fill up with water to the same level as the water stands in G in this insance I have
shewn a hole L as the means of filling but any effective method may be adopted,
the scoop or bucket is so fixed to a spindle M that by the turning of the spindle
the bucket or scoop is raised to the position shewn by dotted lines and this turning
of the spindle I effect by a handle Ni as shewn or by other means, now it is evident
that having lifted this bucket or scoop with the water it contains the water will
flow down the mouth F as shewn by the arrows and the closet will be flushed.
Sometimes I actuate the spindle and raise the bucket or scoop by seat action a
weighted or balanced seat being so connected by a rod to the handle bar N or
other suitable arm that when the seat raises itself the flush takes place. It will
be seen that there are many uses to which this flushing arrangement can be put
such as the flushing of urinals and similar usages.
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. An arrangement of bucket or scoop which placed within a tank or cistern
enables water to be lifted out of the said tank or cistern and discharged from a
height greater than the level of water from which the bucket or scoop has taken its
supply.
2nd. The use of a scoop or bucket in a tank or receptacle the said bucket or scoop
being made to lift and discharge its liquid contents over a division or into a mouth
or hopper at a level above that of the liquid in the tank or receptacle itself.
3rd. The combination of a lifting bucket or vessel as described with a hinged
seat wherein the motion of the seat lifts the bucket or scoop and discharges the
liquid contents to a closet.
4th. The arrangement and use of a lifting bucket or scoop whether raised as
shewn or otherwise so designed that it shall lift liquid and discharge it at a level
higher than the water in the tank.
5th. The arrangement and design of the bucket and the various. parts shewn
and described or their equivalent though differing in conformity substantially the
same.
Dated this 10th dox of Contamban 1007
MOSES JAMES ADAMS,
Engineer, Park Lane Works Leeds.