An Inspection and Cleansing Junction for Drains, Sewers, and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 10th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 28th Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Inspection and Cleansing Junction for Drains, Sewers, and
the like.
EDWIN CODLING Guardian Building 3 Cross Street Manchester Civil and
Sanitary Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My improvement consists of a junction, either in one or more parts, so constructed
that a rod can be passed into either lengths of the drain or sewer, for the purpose
of cleansing or inspection. Guides may be placed inside to deflect a cleansing or
inspecting rod, into the drain or sewer, in the direction required, or the guides may
be dispensed with.
Dated this 3rd of February 1806
COMPLETE SPEC
ION.
An Inspection and Cleansing Junction for Drains, Sewers, and
the like.
1, EDWIN CODLING, of Guardian Buildings, 3 Cross Street, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Civil and Sanitary Engineer, 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 :-
My invention relates to an improved inspection and cleansing junction or eye for.
drains, sewers and the like and my improvement consists of a junction or eye
provided with guides and so constructed that a cleaning rod can be inserted and by
means of the guides can be passed into either length of the drain or sewer for the
purpose of cleansing and inspection.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings-
Figure 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 a vertical section of an inspection and
cleansing junction or eye made according to my invention.
Figures 3 and 4 are sectional plans of two different constructions to suit different
angles.
In Figs. 1 and 2,-a designates the earthenware or other junction pipe forming
part of the drain or sewer and which is formed with a seating a¹ to receive a
cover b.
The cover b which is cemented to the pipe a has guides c moulded or otherwise
formed inside it and is socketed on the upper side to receive the vertical pipe d
which is continued upward to the ground level which may be any distance say from
twelve to twenty feet above.
As will be clearly seen from the drawings the drain can be easily examined and
any obstruction therein removed by inserting a bamboo or other flexible cleaning
rode which is passed from the ground level down the vertical shaft d and is

page_text: deflected by one of the two guides.e into that length of the drain or sewer where it
is required.
In this manner and by this construction of an eye or junction pipe with internal
guides access can be readily and simply obtained to any portion of a drain or sewer
and thereby the necessity of constructing expensive manholes or inspection chambers
is obviated.
In Fig. 3 the construction is precisely the same except that the junction pipe is
curved to suit the particular angle at which two parts of the same drain or sewer
meet. The drawing shows the bend to be at a right angle but it will be obvious
that the junction pipe may be curved to suit any required angle.
In Fig. 4 the junction pipe is shown formed with a branch to receive another
drain and it will be understood that this branch may be formed' at any required
angle to the main drain.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. An inspection and cleansing junction or eye for drains, sewers and the like,
said junction having, internal guides by which the cleaning rod can be turned or
deflected in the direction desired substantially as and for the purposes herein set
forth.
2. In combination, the junction pipe a, the cover b and the guides c substantially
as and for the purposes described with reference to the accompanying.drawing.
Dated this 7th day of September 1896.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
17 St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for Applicant.