IMPROVEMENTS IN APPA- BATUS FOR ECONOMIZING AND REGULATING THE FLOW AND PASSAGE OF FLUIDS FOR FLUSHING WATERCLOSETS
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Anderson, of Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Brassfounder, for the Invention of."IMPROVEMENTS IN APPA-
BATUS FOR ECONOMIZING AND REGULATING THE FLOW AND PASSAGE OF FLUIDS
FOR FLUSHING WATERCLOSETS."
Sealed the 2nd April 1861, and dated the 9th October 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Robert Anderson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th
October 1860.
I, ROBERT ANDERSON, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Brass-
founder, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR ECONOMIZING AND REGULATING THE FLOW AND PASSAGE OF
FLUIDS FOR FLUSHING WATER CLOSETS," to be as follows:-
My Invention has for its object economizing and regulating the flow and
passage of fluids used for flushing waterclosets, and relates more particularly
to that class in which a small or intermediate cistern is used.
In large towns, where a saving of water is desirable, the apparatuses in use
admit of being left partly open or flowing, consequently great waste occurs.
The arrangement herein-after described can be operated by any of the methods
at present in use, such as the pressure seat or hand lift, and prevents waste by
a self-acting stoppage of the flow, when the pressure is removed or the hand
lift left at freedom.

page_text: I prefer making the cistern of a shape having length, so that the float will
have sufficient leverage for opening and shutting the supply tap. This tap is
fitted through the side of the cistern, and is operated in the usual manner by
the float above referred to. The tap supports on a joint or pivot the operating
balance, the one end of which passes over or through a slot or opening in the
cistern, and communicates with the seat or hand pull, the other end is jointed
with or coupled to three parts; the one nearest to the centre joint or pivot
consists of a guide which passes round the float lever, the use being to shut
the supply tap when flushing, thus preventing more than the quantity con-
tained in the cistern from being used; the next in order from the centre joint
or pivot is the discharge valve or flushing outlet arrangement, which is formed
of a tube fitted with a properly ground valve to fit into a seating in the bottom
of the cistern; the tube serves also as an overflow pipe; the third in order
from the centre joint or pivot is a balance weight fitted at or near to the end,
and sufficiently heavy to close the valve.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Robert Anderson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
8th April 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ROBERT
ANDERSON, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Brassfounder, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-fourth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Robert Anderson, Her special licence that I, the said Robert Anderson, my exc-
cutors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Robert Anderson,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and
no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
ECONOMIZING AND REGULATING THE FLOW AND PASSAGE OF FLUIDS FOR FLUSHING'
WATERCLOSETS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Robert
Anderson, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly

page_text: describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Robert Anderson, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say):-
My Invention has for its object economizing and regulating the flow and
passage of fluids used for flushing waterclosets, and relates more particularly,
to that class in which a small or intermediate cistern is used.
In large towns, where a saving of water is desirable, the apparatuses in use
admit of being left partly open or flowing, consequently great waste occurs.
The arrangement herein-after described can be operated by any of the methods
at present in use, such as the pressure seat or hand lift, and prevents waste by
a self-acting stoppage of the flow when the pressure is removed or the hand
lift left at freedom.
:
I prefer making the cistern of a shape having length, so that the float will
have sufficient leverage for opening and shutting the supply tap. This tap is
fitted through the side of the cistern, and is operated in the usual manner by
the float above referred to. The tap supports on a joint or pivot the operating
balance, the one end of which passes over or through a slot or opening in the
cistern, and communicates with the seat or hand pull, the other end is jointed
with or coupled to three parts; the one nearest to the centre joint or pivot
consists of a guide which passes round the float lever, the use being to shut the
supply tap when flushing, thus preventing more than the quantity contained
in the cistern from being used; the next in order from the centre joint or
pivot is the discharge valve or flushing outlet arrangement, which is formed of
a tube fitted with a properly ground valve to fit into a seating in the bottom of
the cistern; the tube serves also as an overflow pipe; the third in order from
the centre joint or pivot is a balance weight fitted at or near to the end, and
sufficiently heavy to close the valve.
My improvements will be more clearly understood, reference being had to
the Sheet of Drawings accompanying this, and to the letters marked thereon.
Fig. 1 represents a sectional elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan view, with the lid
or cover removed.
a shews the cistern; b, the float; c, the tap supporting the operating balance
lever d; e, the guide; f, the discharge valve attached to and forming part of
the overflow pipe g; h, the balance weight. The Drawings shew the outlet or

page_text: flushing valve closed and the supply tap partly opení, but it will be seen that in
the event of the lever d being depressed by a moveable seat or other con-
trivance, the valve f will be opened to allow the Blushing fluid to pass. The
guide e keeps the supply tap shut whilst flushing by lifting the float 1, and the
water in the cistern is the only quantity that can be used at one time. The
apparatus is therefore entirely beyond the control of the party using the closet,
inasmuch as before any further supply than the quantity of flushing fluid con;
tained in the cistern can be obtained, the hand lift, pull, pressure seat or other
arrangement must be released, to allow the float to fall and turn on the
supply tap.
Having now described the nature and particulars of my said Invention, and
the mode of operation, I would have it distinctly understood that I do not con-
fine myself to the precise details laid down, as such may be variously altered
and modified without departing from the nature of my improvements; but I
claim as my Invention, and which to the best of my knowledge and belief have
not been hitherto used within the realm, the construction and arrangement of
apparatus berein-before described, operating in the manner and for the pur-
poses set forth and illustrated in the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Robert Anderson, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Signed in the presence of
ROBERT ANDERSON. (L.S.)
JOHN THOMSON KING,
Patent Agent,
4, Clayton Square,
Liverpool.