IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STENCH-TRAPS FOR DRAINS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, CHARLES GARLICK, Builders Foreman, of 98 Grange Street Burton on Trent
in the County of Stafford do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STENCH-TRAPS FOR DRAINS to be as
follows:-
On the top of the brick cesspool with which the drain pipe is connected, I fix
an iron frame having an groove into which I drop an inner casting which forms
the trap. This casting is furnished all round with an inverted rim which fits
into the groove in the frame. On the top of this again, I place the ordinary iron
grating. Thus instead of having the trap built into and forming a part of the
brick cesspool, necessitating the aid of a bricklayer each time the trap or cesspool
have to be cleansed,-the trap, by my invention, is simply lifted out of its frame,
and, together with the cesspool, is exposed to view, cleansed or repaired and
replaced by unskilled labour.

page_text: Improvements in the Construction of Stench Traps for Drains.
I, CHARLES GARLICK, Builders Foreman of 98 Grange St. Burton on Trent,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON-
STRUCTION OF STENCH TRAPS FOR DRAINS and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement
In the top of the brick cesspool with which the drain pipe is connected, I fix an
iron frame having an L groove, into which I drop an inner casting which forms
the trap. This casting is furnished all round with an inverted 7 rim which fits
into the groove in the frame. On the top of this again I place the ordinary iron
grating. Thus instead of having the trap built into, and forming a part of the
brick cesspool necessitating the aid of a bricklayer each time the trap or cesspool
has to be cleansed,--the trap by my invention is simply lifted out of its frame and
together with the cesspool is exposed to view, cleansed or repaired, and replaced
by unskilled labour.
In the accompanying drawings Figs. I & II are sections showing the brick
cesspool A into which is built the pipe B for the purpose of carrying off the
drainage from the cesspool. On the top of the brick walls of the cesspool, is built
in a solid iron frame C having round the inner edge an L shaped groove into
which the movable trap fits. This trap marked D in the sections is made in one
piece and furnished all round with an inverted rim thus which fits into the
aforesaid groove in the frame C. On the top of this frame is placed the usual iron
grating E.
Thus instead of constructing the trap D and frame C in one piece, and built into
the brickwork, necessitating the services of a bricklayer each time the trap or
cesspool have to be cleaned out, the trap D by my Invention is simply raised from
its frame C and together with the cesspool is exposed to view, cleansed or repaired,
and replaced by unskilled labour.
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. That the trap itself can be lifted out from its frame without interfering with
the brickwork or paving.
2. That by the construction of the frame and by the method of placing the trap
and grating the joints become perfectly sound.
Dated this eleventh day of February 1886.