Improvements in Valve Apparatus of Washhand Basins, Baths, and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 1st May, 1893-Accepted, 8th July, 1893
TRUVIDIONAL DI MIFICATION.
Improvements in Valve Apparatus of Washhand Basins, Baths,
and the like.
I, JOHN SHANKS, of Tubal Works, Barrhead, in the County of Renfrew, North
Britain, Sanitary Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows, that is to say :-
My said invention comprises improvements designed to render the valve
apparatus of wash hand basins, baths, and the like, more compact and sightly, and
generally more convenient, and more easily kept clean and in order.
In carrying out my invention I arrange the discharge valve below the grating
which covers the outlet from the basin or bath, the grating being a separate piece
secured by screwing into its place, or by separate screws, or it may be loose so as
to be easily removable for cleaning. A vertical rod with a handle at its upper end
and which passes down through a hole preferably in the centre of the grating,
serves for moving the discharge valve which valve may be arranged to open by
lifting or by lowering or by turning round. preference being given to a valve
closing down upon a conical seat at a suitable distance below the grating. The
inlet water supply valve or valves are arranged with their nozzles placed and
shaped to deliver all or some of the water directly downwards towards the discharge
outlet, so that the outlet may be thoroughly rinsed, whilst at the same time some
of the water may be delivered round the sides of the basin or bath so that the
entire surface may be thoroughly cleaned. The inlet supply valve or valves with
their discharge nozzles may be made in one piece and fitted separately to the basin
or bath, or the discharge nozzles leading from the supply valve or valves may be
made in a piece with the basin or bath. The overflow outlet is arranged out of
sight under a projecting part up through which the discharge valve rod passes, the
Baid outlet being into a vertical passage the upper end of which is open or can be
uncovered for cleaning. The bottom of the vertical overflow passage is continued
in a curved form in a flanged piece formed also with part of the main discharge
passage, such piece having the waste pipe attached to it, and making a single joint
with the bottom of the basin or bath.
My present improvements are applicable to basins of various forms, I however
prefer to apply them to a basin made with a recess at the back, the back being, at
the sides of the recess, either inclined in plan or parallel to the front. In the case
of a bath the valve details are preferably arranged at one end of the bath.
Dated this Fifth day of August 1892.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Valve Apparatus of Washhand Basins, Baths,
and the like.
I; JOHN SHANKS, of Tubal Works, Barrhead, in the County of Renfrew, North
Britain, 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, that is to say :-
My said invention comprises improvements designed to render the valve apparatus
of washhand basins, baths, and the like, more compact and sightly, and generally
more convenient, and more easily kept clean and in order.
In carrying out my invention I arrange the discharge valve on the end of a

page_text: vertical rod passing down through and below a grating which covers the outlet
from the basin or bath the grating being a separate piece secured by screwing into
its place or by separate screws or it may be loose so as to be easily removable for
cleaning. The inlet water supply valve or valves are arranged with their nozzles
placed and shaped to deliver the water either all towards the outlet or also partly
round the sides of the basin or bath, the valve or valves being made either in a
piece with the discharge nozzles or the nozzles may be in a piece with the basin or
bath. The overflow outlet is arranged under a projecting part of the basin or bath
and being into a vertical passage the bottom of which is continued in a curved form
in a flanged piece communicating with the main discharge passage, and making a
single joint with the bottom of the basin or bath.
And in order that ny said invention and the manner of performing the same may
be properly understood I hereunto append a sheet of explanatory drawings to be
hereinafter referred to and showing my improvements.
Figure, 1, of the drawings is a sectional elevation showing a part of my improve-
ments.
Figure, 2, is a plan, and
Figures, 3, and, 4, are vertical sections as at right angles to each other showing
one example of washhand basin as made with my improvements.
Figure, 5, is a perspective view, and
Figure, 6, a vertical section showing a second example of washhand basin.
Figure, 7, is a transverse vertical section showing a bath as made with my
improvements.
In these drawings the same reference letters are used to mark the same or like
parts wherever they are repeated.
As shown in the drawings I arrange the discharge valve, A, below the grating, B,
which covers the outlet from the basin, C, or bath, D, the grating, B, being a
separate piece secured in its place in any convenient way, as for example, by a
bayonet joint, F, (Figure 1) so as to be easily removable for cleaning. In Figure, 7,
it is shown raised on the valve rod, E, which passes loosely through it. By pulling
up the valve rod, E, sufficiently both the valve, A, and the grating, B, can be lifted
up so as to give easy access to the discharge passage for cleaning. The grating, B,
being above the valve is necessarily larger than one can be if below it, and can be
made with larger openings, offering much less obstruction to the outflowing water
than an ordinary grating. The valve rod, E, has a handle, G, at its upper end and
the rod, E, passing down through a hole in the centre of the grating, B, serves for
moving the discharge valve, A, fixed on its lower end, which valve closes down
upon a conical seat, H, at a suitable distance below the grating, B. The discharge
valve, A, may, if desired, be arranged to open by lowering or by turning round.
The inlet water supply valve or valves, J, are arranged with their nozzles, K,
placed and shaped to deliver all or some of the water directly downwards or towards
the discharge outlet, as shown in Figures, 5, 6, and, 7, so that the outlet may be
thoroughly rinsed; whilst at the same time some of the water may be delivered
round the sides of the basin, C, as shown in Figures, 3, and, 4, so that the entire
surface may be thoroughly cleaned. The inlet supply valve or valves, J, with their
discharge nozzles or orifices, K, may be made in one piece and fitted separately to
the basin or bath as shown in Figure, 7, or the discharge nozzles or orifices, K, of
the delivery passages leading from the supply valve or valves, J, may be made in a
piece with the basin or bath. The overflow outlet, L, is arranged out of sight
under a projecting part, M, up through which the discharge valve rod, E, passes
the said outlet, L, being into a vertical passage, N, the upper end of which is open
(or can be uncovered) for cleaning. The bottom of the vertical overflow passage, N,
is continued in a curved form in a flanged piece, P, surrounding and leading into
the main discharge passage, Q, such piece making a single joint with the bottom of
the basin or bath.
My present improvements are applicable to basins of various forms, I however
prefer to apply them to a basin made with a recess underneath the projecting

page_text: part, M, at the back, the back being, at the sides, R, of the recess, either inclined
in plan (Figure, 2) or parallel (Figure, 5) to the front, S. In the case of a bath, D,
the valve details are preferably arranged at one end of the bath.
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. In valve apparatus of washhand basins, baths, and the like, fixing the discharge
valve on the end of a rod which passes down through and below a grating, this
grating covering the outlet and being easily removable substantially as and for the
purposes herein before described.
2. In valve apparatus of wash hand basins, baths, and the like, inlet supply valves
made either in a piece with the delivery nozzles or passages or having these nozzles or
passages formed in a piece with the basin or bath, the nozzles or delivering passages
being shaped to deliver the water either all towards the outlet or also partly round
the sides of the basin or bath substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore
described.
3. In valve apparatus of wash hand basins, baths, and the like, arranging an over-
flow outlet under a projecting part of the basin or bath and communicating with a
vertical passage the bottom of which is continued in a curved form in a flanged
piece leading to and surrounding the main discharge passage, such piece making a
single joint with the bottom of the basin or bath substantially as and for the
purposes herein before described.
Dated this Twenty-ninth day of April 1893.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent,
Per pro David Ferguson.