Improvements in Apparatus for Flushing Water Closets and Urinals and for other like Purposes.
Year: 1888

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Flushing Water Closets and Urinals
and for other like Purposes.
I JOSEPH BREEDEN of New Mill Works Fazeley Street Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to
bo as follows :-
My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in or addition to
apparatus for flushing. The said improvements are especially applicable to the
flushing apparatus described in the provisional specification filed by me on the
24th day of December 1887 No. 17733. By the use of the improvements or
additions constituting my present invention a second and small flushing of the pan
or basin of the water closet urinal or other place is effected after the principal
flushing has terminated.
I use in the cistern of the flushing apparatus the hollow cylinder the disc or piston
working in it and the syphon having a flattened bend together with the ball cock as
described in the said provisional specification but in addition to the parts enumerated
I use a second or supplementary and smaller cylinder and piston and a small syphon
and appliances connected therewith for effecting a second and small flushing of the pan
or article after the principal flushing has ceased.
The long branch of the small syphon opens into the long branch of the larger
and principal syphon in connection with the water closet or other place and tho
small cylinder and its syphon are situated within a partition situated at one side
of the principal cistern. This partition is of less height than the principal cistern
and constitutes a small flushing cistern for holding the water for effecting the second
or supplementary flushing.
The piston rod of the piston in the second and small cylinder is connected to the
long arm of a lever the centro or fulcrum of which is fixed on the top of the large or
principal cylinder. The end of the long arm of this lever is furnished with a ball or
float which falls as the level of the water in the principal cistern falls. The float lever
after the principal cistern has been emptied for the primary flushing is operated upon
automatically for setting up the small after or supplementary flush of water in the

page_text: following manner. The short arm of the float lever is situated over the larger
cylinder to which the principal syphon is connected and the quadrant of the quadrant
lever by which the piston in the larger cylinder is raised for effecting the principal
flushing carries near its bottom a short horizontal rod and an anti friction roller which
overhang the short arm of the float lever so that as the quadrant lever is loosed after
the principal flushing operation its quadrant descends and bearing upon the short arm
of the float lever depresses that arm and raises the long arm and with the latter
arm the piston in the small cylinder and the small or supplementary flushing
operation is set up.
The action of the parts is as follows:-
By the pulling down of the quadrant lever by a chain attached to it the piston in
the large cylinder is raised and the flushing operation takes place as described in the
provisional specification before referred to the pulling down of the quadrant lever
lifting its quadrant from the short arm of the float lever. As the level of the water
in the principal cistern sinks the long arm of the float lever is depressed and the small
piston descends in its cylinder the short arm of the float lever at the same time rising.
On the flushing operation ending the inner or supplementary cistern is left filled with
water and the small piston jointed to the float lever is at the bottom of its cylinder
and the parts are ready for the small flushing operation. This is effected on the
loosing of the chain of the quadrant lever. As the quadrant descends it forces down
the short arm of the float lever and raises its long arm and the latter arm lifts the
small piston to the top of its cylinder. The small syphon is thereby brought into
action and the water in the small cistern is discharged through it into the principal
syphon and the small or supplementary flushing of the pan or other article is effected.
The principal and small cisterns are now automatically refilled by the ball cock when
the operations described may be repeated.
Although the combination or arrangement of parts constituting my present
invention may be most conveniently used in connection with my prior invention
yet I wish it to be understood that my present invention may be used in connection
with other flushing apparatus.
Dated this 13th day of March 1888.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Flushing Water Closets and Urinals
and for other like Purposes.
I JOSEPH BREEDEN of New Mill Works, Fazeley Street, Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in or additions
to apparatus for flushing. The said improvements are especially applicable to
the flushing apparatus described in the provisional and complete specifications
filed in respect of my application for Letters Patent dated 24th December 1887
No. 17,733. By the use of the improvements or additions constituting my present
invention a second and small flushing of the pan or basin of the water closet
urinal or other place is effected after the principal flushing has terminated.
1 use in the cistern of the flushing apparatus the hollow cylinder, the disc or
piston working in it and the syphon having a flattened bend together with the
ball cock as described in the said provisional and complete specifications, but in
addition to the parts enumerated I use a second or supplementary and smaller
cylinder and piston and a small syphon and appliances connected therewith for
effecting a second and small flushing of the pan or article after the principal
flushing has ceased. The long branch of the small syphon opens into the long
branch of the larger and principal syphon in connection with the water closet or
other place and the small cylinder and its syphon are situated within a partition
situated at one side of the principal cistern. This partition is of less height than
the principal cistern and constitutes a small flushing cistern for holding the water
for effecting the second or supplementary flushing.
The piston rod of the piston in the second and small cylinder is connected to
the long arm of a lever the centre or fulcrum of which is fixed on the top of the
large or principal cylinder. The end of the long arm of this lever is furnished
with a ball or float which falls as the level of the water in the principal cistern falls.
The float lever after the principal cistern has been emptied for the primary flushing
is operated upon automatically for setting up the small after or supplementary flush
of water in the following manner. The short arm of the float lever is situated over
the larger cylinder to which the principal syphon is connected and the quadrant of
the quadrant lever by which the piston in the larger cylinder is raised for effecting the
principal Alushing carries near its bottom a short horizontal rod and an anti-friction
roller which overhang the short arm of the float lever so that as the quadrant lever is
loosed after the principal flushing operation its quadrant descends and bearing upon the
short arm of the float lever depresses that arm and raises the long arm and with the
latter arm the piston in the small cylinder and the small or supplementary flushing
operation is set up.
The action of the parts is as follows:-By the pulling down of the quadrant lever
by a chain attached to it the piston in the large cylinder is raised and the flushing

page_text: operation takes place as described in the provisional and complete specifications before
referred to, the pulling down of the quadrant lever lifting its quadrant from the short
arm of the float lever. As the level of the water in the principal cistern sinks the
long arm of the float lever is depressed and the small piston descends in its cylinder
the short arm of the float lever at the same time rising. On the flushing operation
ending the inner or supplementary cistern is left filled with water and the small piston
jointed to the float lever is near the bottom of its cylinder and the parts are ready for
the small flushing operation. This is effected on the loosing of the chain of the quadrant
lever. As the quadrant descends it forces down the short arm of the float lever and
raises its long arm and the latter arm lifts-the small piston to the top of its cylinder.
The small syphon is thereby brought into action and the water in the small cistern is
discharged through it into the principal syphon or into the down pipe and the small
or supplementary flushing of the pan or other article is effected. The principal and
small cisterns are now automatically refilled by the ball cock when the operations
described may be repeated.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawing the
manner in which my invention is to be performed.
In
Figures 1 and 2 represent vertical longitudinal sections of a flushing apparatus
constructed according to my present invention for producing a second or small flushing
after the principal Hushing operation and Figure 3 is a plan of the same.
Figures 1 and 3 the apparatus is represented ready for the two flushing operations
and in Figure 2 the parts are represented in the positions which they respectively
occupy after the principal flushing has been performed and the apparatus is ready for
effecting the second or small flushing of the pan or basin.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in Figures 1, 2 and 3.
a is the principal flushing cistern containing the hollow cylinder bin which the
loose fitting disc or piston e works the piston rod d of the said disc or piston being
connected by the link e with the quadrant head of the lever f the other arm of which
is provided with the ordinary pull down chain and handle for working the apparatus ;
I is the syphon the short branch or leg g of which opens into the top of the
cylinder b. The bend of the two legs or branches of the syphon is flattened and the
long leg or branch opens into the down pipe i in connection with the closet or place
to be flushed; k is the ball cock in the principal cistern a for automatically filling it.
The parts I have explained are constructed and have the action described in the
specifications hereinbefore referred to.
I will now explain the parts constituting my present invention. At one side of the
principal cisterna I form a partition / constituting a small flushing cistern for holding
the water for effecting the second or supplementary flushing. The said small flushing
cistern is of less height than the principal cistern a (see Figures 1 and 2) and is
filled on the filling of the principal cistern but on the emptying of the principal
cistern by the syphon appliances b, c, d, g, h the water is left in the said small flushing
cistern as seen in Figure 2.
In the said small flushing cistern is a second and smaller cylinder m and disc or
piston n and connected with and suspending the small cylinder m is the small
syphon p, the short leg p of which opens into the cylinder m near its top and the
long leg 7 of which passes into and down the long leg or branch of the larger and
principal syphon into the down pipe i. The piston rods of the piston n in the second
and small cylinder m is connected through the link s² with the long arm of a
lever t, the centre or fulcrum 3 of which is fixed on the top of the large
or principal cylinder 6 (see Figure 3). The end of the long arm of the lever is
furnished witli a ball or float which falls as the level of the water in the principal
cistern a falls as seen in Figure 2. The short arm 2 of the float lever t, is curved
and is situated over the principal cylinder and the quadrant of the quadrant lever f
by which the piston c is raised for effecting the principal flushing carries near its
bottom a short arm and an anti-friction roller u which roller overhangs the short
arm of the float lover so that as the quadrant lever is loosed after the principal
flushing operation, the quadrant descends and bearing on the short arm 2 of the float

page_text: lever depresses that arm and raises the long arın t; the latter arm is thereby made
to lift the piston n in the small cylinder m as represented in Figure 1.
The action of the parts is as follows:-
The parts being in the positions represented in Figure 1 the apparatus is ready for
the two flushing operations, both the cisterns a and being filled with water. It will
be seen that the quadrant lover is in its depressed position and the long arm t of
the float lever is in its raised position, the disc or piston c in the principal cylinder b
being at the bottom of its cylinder and the disc or piston n in the small or
supplementary cylinder m being at the top of its cylinder. On pulling down the
quadrant lever by the chains attached to it the quadrant is removed from tho short
arm 2 of the lever t, t2 and the piston c in the large cylinder is raised as represented
in Figure 2 and the principal flushing operation is performed in the manner described
in the specifications herein before referred to.
By the changed position of the quadrant lever the long arm t of the float lever is
now free to fall and as the level of the water in the principal cistern a sinks by the
flushing operation the said long arm of the float lever is depressed and the small
piston n descends in its cylinder m, the short arm t² of the float lever at the same
time rising. The parts have now the respective positions represented in Figure 2.
On the principal flushing operation ending the inner small cistern is left filled
with water and the parts are ready for effecting the supplementary or small flushing
operation.
This is effected on the loosing of the chain of the quadrant lever f. As the
quadrant of the said lever f descends it forces down the curved short arm 2 of the
float levert and raises its long arm thereby lifting the small piston n to the top of
its cylinder as represented in Figure 1. The small syphon p is thereby brought
into action and the water in the small cistern is discharged through the said
syphon into the down pipe i and the small supplementary flushing of the pan or
other article is effected.
After the supplementary flushing the principal and small cisterns a and 7 are
automatically refilled by the ball cock when the apparatus is again ready to repeat
the operations described.
Although the combination or arrangement of parts constituting my present
invention may be most conveniently used in connection with my prior invention
hereinbefore referred to and shown in the accompanying Drawing yet I wish it to
be understood that my present invention may be used in connection with other
flushing apparatus.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my Invention
and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that I claim
as my invention of Improvements in apparatus for flushing water closets and
urinals and for other like purposes":
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The addition to or combination with the principal flushing apparatus of the cistern
of the appliances constructed and operating substantially as hereinbefore described.
and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing for automatically effecting a second or
supplementary small flushing after the principal flushing has terminated, the said
appliances for effecting the second or supplementary small flushing consisting of a
small cistern situated in and filled from the principal cistern, a second syphon
appliance for setting up the syphon action and a float lever operated by the descent of
the pull down quadrant lever of the principal flushing apparatus substantially as
described and illustrated.