Improvements in Street Gullies, Street Orderlies, and other Receptacles for Receiving Drainage and Refuse, and Sweepings from Streets and Carriageways.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Oct., 1890-Accepted, 22nd Nov., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Street Gullies, Street Orderlies, and other
Receptacles for Receiving Drainage and Refuse, and Sweepings
from Streets and Carriageways.
We WILLIAM BENJAMIN GEORGE BENNETT and JOSEPH JEFFREY BENNETT of
Cranleigh Portswood in the Town and County of Southampton Civil Engineers 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:
Our invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in street gullies
street orderlies and other receptacles for receiving the drainage and refuse and
sweepings from streets and carriageways and our said improvements consist in
constructing and arranging the said receptacles essentially as hereinafter described the
objects of our said improvements being to facilitate the emptying and cleansing of
the said receptacles and to avoid nuisance arising therefrom.
We will describe our invention with reference to the accompanying drawing which
illustrates a street gully arranged according to our invention in a pit below the level
of the street paving.
In Figure 1 of the said drawing the gully and a portion of the paving of the street
are shown in plan and a portion of the pit in which the gully is arranged is shown in
section. In Figure 2 of the said drawing the gully and pit are shown in vertical
section and a portion of the street paving is shown in elevation.
In the following description the several parts of the said drawing are referred to
by the letters and figures marked thereon. The same letters and figures of reference
indicate the same parts in both figures of the drawing.
a is a portion of the foot pavement of the street. is a portion of the pavement of
the gutter or channel of the adjacent roadway or carriageway. The receptacle for
receiving the drainage and refuse and sweepings of the street consists of a vessel e
provided with arms c'e' by which it is secured to a shaft d capable of turning in
bearings e¹ e¹ e² the bearings ele¹ being formed on or carried by a frame secured at
the mouth of a pit g in which the vessel c is supported and the bearing 2 being
arranged below the level of the foot pavement a. h is a weight carried by an arm i
secured to the said shaft d which weight counterbalances the said vessel c and works
in a pit formed below the foot pavement a. k is a grid or grating supported by the
frame which grid or grating confines the vessel c in its place in the pit g. i is the
The vessel is or may be
passage by which liquid passes from the pit to the sewer.
perforated to allow of the passage of water therefrom to the sewer.
When it is required to empty the vessel c the grid or grating k is removed and the
said vessel is raised from the pit 9 to the position indicated by broken lines in Figure 2
when the matter contained in the said vessel falls therefrom onto the surface of the
road pavement or into a removable receiver placed in a suitable position. The said
vessel is then washed out and returned to the pit g and the grid k is replaced.
The weight may be sufficiently heavy and secured at such a point on the arın i
as to counterbalance the vessel c only or to counterbalance or overbalance both the
said vessel and its contents when fully charged. In the latter case the said vessel
(which is confined in the pit g solely by the weight of the grid k) rises from the
pit g to the position indicated in broken lines in Figure 2 and discharges its contents
automatically immediately the said grid is removed.
The pit g may be formed of concrete as shown in the accompanying drawing or of
brickwork or of earthenware or other suitable material.
The vessel c may be formed of metal as shown in the accompanying drawing or it
may be of earthenware or other suitable material.

page_text: In some cases we use a bag of fibrous material as the receptacle for the drainage
and refuse and sweepings instead of the vessel c such bag being connected at its
upper part by any convenient means to a frame of metal secured to the rocking
shaft d in the manner hereinbefore described with reference to the vessel c.
In applying our invention to street orderlies and other receptacles for the drainage
and refuse and sweepings of streets we construct and arrange such receptacles
essentially as herein before described with reference to gullies."
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
First A receptacle for receiving drainage and refuse and sweepings from streets
and carriageways consisting essentially of a vessel so supported and arranged as to
be capable of being retained in position below the surface of the street or carriageway
for receiving drainage and refuse and sweepings therefrom and of rising or being
raised above the said surface when released and of tilting or turning while rising or
being raised so that the contents of the said vessel are discharged on or above the
said surface.
Secondly-Arrangements whereby a receptacle for receiving drainage and refuse
and sweepings from streets and carriageways is capable of being supported below the
surface of the street or carriageway in position for receiving the drainage and refuse
and sweepings therefrom and of being raised above the said surface and of so tilting or
turning while being raised as to cause the contents of the said receptacle when raised
to be discharged or deposited on or above the said surface.
Thirdly-A receptacle for receiving drainage and refuse and sweepings from
streets and carriageways consisting of a vessel mounted in a pit below the surface of
the street or carriageway and so supported by a rocking shaft and counterbalanced as
to rise or be capable of being raised from the pit when not confined therein and to
tilt or turn while rising or being raised whereby the contents of the said vessel are
discharged or deposited on or above the said surface.
Fourthly-The improvements in receptacles for receiving drainage and refuse and
sweepings from streets and carriageways hereinbefore described and illustrated in
Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawing.
Fifthly A receptacle for receiving drainage and refuse and sweepings from streets
and carriageways consisting of a bag of fibrous material mounted and arranged
substantially as hereinb-fore described and claimed with reference to the vessel
marked c in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 17th day of October 1890
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicants.