its in or connected with Street and other Gully Traps.
Year: 1898

page_text: its in or connected with Street and other Gully Traps.
We, EDWIN WARD, of 37, Cranbury Avenue, Southampton, in the County of
Southampton, Plumber, and CHARLES TOMS, of 42, Cranbury Avenue, Southamp-
ton aforesaid, Master Mariner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
:-
This invention has reference to gully traps, and more particularly to street or
rainfall gullies, and relates to that type of apparatus known as
"lift-out traps"
wherein the trapping part or parts is or are adapted to be removed, whenever
required, so as to enable a loose mud box. (when used) to be removed with its
contents, or to enable the gully to be ridded of all sediment, and solid matters
that have been deposited in it.
According to this invention we provide a means, or device in connection with
the grating or grating frame of the gully by which the gully not only is trapped,
when the device is in position, in the gully, or the dirt, or mud box, and the
gully or box has liquid in it, but a seal is effected when the gully or dirt box
is empty or without liquid, also when the device is removed for cleaning the
gully, or removing the mud box for emptying; the seal is preserved for reuse.
In one form of this means or device it may consist of a funnel, or shoot having
a gutter or like liquid. trap or holder formed by extending one side of the
shoot under the mouth in the form of a gutter, the other side of the shoot being
brought down so as to dip into this gutter, and so form a seal when there is
liquid in the trap.
To enable the liquid to be retained in the shoot trap when the shoot is removed
from the gully body we provide inside the shoot, and above the gutter, a lip, or
bent flange which will hold the liquid when the shoot is removed, and laid on its
side. On the other side of the shoot, and on the outside thereof we provide a
lip or flange just above the overflow lip of the gutter, so as to prevent splashing
when the shoot is discharging.
The shoot is also provided with a handle on the side opposite to the trap by
which the shoot is always removed in the right position to save the sealing liquid.
In the gully body we provide a loose mud box, having a handle, or handles
by which it can be removed from the gully, or cesspit, and emptied into a cart
or other receptacle.
On the underside of the grating, or frame flange we provide a groove, which
takes on to a rim or ridge formed on the upper edge of the gully body, this joint
if desired may be provided with a suitable packing such as rubber or hemp.
Our invention provides a seal for the gully after it has been emptied, and
thus stops the bad smells which arise from empty gullies.

page_text: The invention is applicable to different kinds of gullies whether of rectangular,
round, oval, or of other form.
Dated this 14th day of June 1898
F. J. CHEESBROUGH, Fel. Chart. Inst.P.A.,
Grant & Maddison's Union Bank Buildings,
Canute Road, Southampton, Applicants' Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Street and other Gully Traps.
We, EDWIN WARD, of 37, Cranbury Avenue, Southampton, in the County of
Southampton, Plumber, and CHARLES TOMS, of 42, Cranbury Avenue, Southamp-
ton aforesaid, Master Mariner, 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: -
"
This invention has reference to gully traps, and more particularly to street, or
rainfall gullies, and relates to that type of apparatus known as
lift-out traps,"
wherein the trapping part, or parts, is, or are adapted to be removed whenever
required, so as to enable a loose mud box (when used) to be removed with its
contents, or to enable the gully to be ridded of all sediment, and solid matters
that have been deposited in it.
According to this invention we provide a means, or device in connection with
the grating, or grating frame of the gully by which the gully not only is trapped
when the device is in position in the gully, or the dirt or mud box, and the
gully, or box has liquid in it, but a seal is effected when the gully or dirt box
is empty, or without liquid, also when the device is removed for cleaning the
gully, or removing the mud box for emptying, the seal is preserved for reuse.
In one form of this means, or device, it may consist of a funnel, or shoot having
a gutter or like liquid trap, or holder, formed by extending one side of the
shoot under the mouth in the form of a gutter, the other side of the shoot being
brought down so as to dip into this gutter, and so form a seal when there is
liquid in the trap.
To enable the liquid to be retained in the shoot trap when the shoot is removed
from the gully body we provide inside the shoot, and above the gutter, a lip, or
bent flange, which will hold the liquid when the shoot is removed, and laid on its
side. On the other side of the shoot, and on the outside thereof, we provide a
lip, or flange, just above the overflow lip of the gutter, so as to prevent splashing
when the shoot is discharging.
The shoot is also provided with a handle on the side opposite to the trap by
which the shoot is always removed in the right position to save the sealing liquid.
In the gully body we provide a loose mud box, having a handle, or handles
by which it can be removed from the gully, or cesspit, and emptied into a cart
or other receptacle.
On the underside of the grating, or frame flange, we provide a groove which
takes on to a rim or ridge formed on the upper edge of the gully body, this joint
if desired may be provided with a suitable packing, such as rubber or hemp.
Our improved gully trap involving the construction, and adapted to act as
described is shewn in the accompanying drawings.

page_text: Figure 1 is a sectional end elevation snewing a me-one trapped gy
to this invention.
Figure 2 is a side elevation shewn partly in section, and,
Figure 3 is a plan of the gully trap.
Figure 4 shows the lift out trap removed from the gully.
In the different views, the same letters, and figures of reference are used to
denote the same parts. (
Referring to the drawings, a designates generally the body of the gully;
6 is the outlet pipe thereof to which the drain for conveying away the liquids
from the gully is connected; this pipe b may branch from the top of the gully a
if desired. c is the lift-out trap embodying the main feature of our invention;
d is the upper main inlet grid of the gully consisting of an ordinary rim or
frame with lateral bars, the rim of which fits in the socket a formed in the lift-
out trap c, and f is the lift-out mud box which rests in the gully a on the
brackets f, and into which the lift-out trap c dips; f2 are handles by which
the mud box is lifted out of the gully. The level of the liquid in the gully is
governed by the level of the lip of the top of the mud box when the mud box
is full of liquid.
The lift-out trap consists of a funnel, or shoot chaving a gutter or liquid
holder c formed by extending one side of the shoot under the mouth of the funnel,
the part being brought down so as to dip into the gutter c¹, to form a scal
when there is liquid in the gutter c¹, inside the shoot and above the gutter cl
there is a bent flange which holds the liquid when the lift-out trap, or shoot c
is removed from the gully a, and laid on its side, is a lip, or flange on the
side of the shoot e just above the overflow lip of the gutter to prevent splash-
ing when the shoot c is discharging; c is a handle by which the lift-out trap
or shoot c is removed in a position to save the sealing liquid.
The object of the lift-out trap c is, that it provides a seal to the gully when
the box f is empty, that is without liquid, and when the lift-out trap is removed
from the gully to take out the mud box for emptying, a certain amount of liquid
is retained in the lift-out trap c, sufficient to provide a seal when the trap is
replaced in the gully a (sec Figure 4).
On the underside of the flange i of the lift-out trap c, which acts as the grating
frame, there is a groove ¹ which takes on to a rim 2 formed on the upper edge
of the gully body a, and makes joint therewith, this joint may be packed with
rubber or other suitable packing.
Our invention provides a seal for the gully after it has been emptied, and
prevents sewer gas from escaping, and stops the bad smells which arise from
empty gullies.
The invention is applicable to different kinds of gullies whether of rectangular,
round, oval or of other form, and the gully and parts can be made of any
suitable material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. The combination in a gully trap of a body a having an outlet b, a mud
box f, a lift-out trap or funnel c having a grid d and by which the entrance, or
mouth of the gully a is sealed, or trapped, and the prevention of escape of sewer
gas effected, substantially as set forth, and shown in the drawings.
2. A lift-out trap for street, and other gully traps comprising a shoot c, a
gutter c, by which the seal is made, and a flange by which the sealing liquid
is retained for reuse when the lift-out trap is removed from the gully trap, sub-
stantially as set forth, and shown in the drawings.
3. In a lift-out trap for street, and other gully traps, a groove ¹ formed on

page_text: the flange i, and a rim 22 formed on the body a, or the reverse, by which a joint
is made between the flange i, and the body a, substantially as set forth, and shown
in the drawings.
Dated this 12th day of December 1898.
FREDERICK J. CHEESBROUGH, Fel. Chart. Inst. P.A.,
Grant & Maddison's Bank Buildings,
Canute Road, Southampton, Applicants' Agent.