A Tip-over Flushing Tank.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 5th Dec., 1889-Accepted, 11th Jan., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Tip-over Flushing Tank.
HERBERT JOHN PHILIP KIMPTON, Architect and Surveyor, 18, Motcomb Street,.
London, S.W. I do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A tip over flushing tank of the form and shape represented by accompanying
drawings-It is balanced in such a manner that when the water with which it is
fed rises to a certain height in the larger compartment, the tank turns over and
discharges its contents taking the position indicated by dotted diagram in side
elevation-The small compartment provided in the rear is then fed by the water
and when sufficiently full overbalances the apparatus again into its former position-
The effect of the shape of the larger compartment is that the water is not simply
emptied out but is shot out giving great impetus and volume to the flush.
Dated this 9th day of July 1889.
HERBERT J. P. KIMPTON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Tip-over Flushing Tank.
HERBERT JOHN PHILIP KIMPTON Architect & Surveyor 37, Stavordale Road'
Highbury, London, N. I 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 :-
A tip over flushing tank of the shape represented by plan and side elevation in
drawings left with the provisional specification. The tank is balanced in such a
manner that when the water with which it is fed rises to a certain height in the tank
the tank turns over and discharges its contents taking the position indicated by the
dotted line in side elevation. The small compartment provided in the rear is then fed
by the water and when sufficiently full overbalances the apparatus again into its
former position-The discharge from the smaller compartment serves to cleanse the
chamber in which the tank is fitted and to act as an afterflush.
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The effect of the shape of the large compartment is that the water is not simply
emptied out but is shot out giving great impetus and volume to the flush.
The tank may be manufactured of any suitable material and of any capacity and
may be hung on centres or suspended by chains or hung or suspended in any manner
that will allow of its effective working.
The fall of the tank when overbalancing may be checked at the required point
by means of buffers or any other convenient means.
The use of the tank is intended for the purpose of flushing sewers and drains and
it may also be used for the purpose of flushing Water Closets Urinals &c.
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 straight sloping bottom of the large compartment which causes at the
moment of overturning the water to shoot out and not simply empty out.
2. The method by which the large compartment is made after discharging its
contents to resume its former position by means of the small compartment in the rear
filling with water and overbalancing.
Dated this 5th day of December 1889