US105217A - Improvement in water-closet valvular apparatus - Google Patents

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JOHN KEANE, 0E NEW- YonK, AssieNon To HIMsELE AND GEORGE n.

BROWN, OF MILBROOK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 105,217, dated July 12, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-ODDSET VALVULAR APPARATUS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same -b-- I To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JOHN KEANE, of the city,

county, and State of. New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Water-closet Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this speciiication.

' This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for governing the flow ofwater to and from the basins of water-closets, having more especial reference to a water-closet apparatus for which Letters Patent were granted me, bearing date the 25th of May, 1869, and numbered 90,453; and

The invention' consists in the supply-valve, and in the manner in which it is operated and governed, and in the combination of parts as hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawing-A Figure l represents a vertical section of the apparatus through ythe line a: :c of g. 2.

Figure 2 is a top or plan View.

Figure 3 is a detailed view of the sliding device for opening and closing the pan.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the bed-plate of the apparatus upon which the operating parts aresupported.

B isthe lever which is attached to the stern of the supply-valve.

C represents the supply-valve.

D is the supply-pipe.

E is the discharge-pipe, both'of which are connected with the shell of the valve.

The valve O is double acting, and .oscillates so as to altemately open and close the pipes E D. *It is operated by means of its stem, and `its faces close the lwater-pipes as it is oscillated by the action of the ever.

li is the valve-chamber.

G is the valve-stem.

H is a retarding cylinder, the piston I of which is connected with-the lever by the rod J. The cylinder H contains liquid of any suitable kind, which liquid, as the piston descends, is forced through the small channel K, and discharged above the piston.

L is a cockby which the iiow of liquid from beneath the piston is regulated.

M is a weight on the lever.

N is a slotted stand on the bed A.

`O lis a slide which works in the slot I of' the stand.

Q is a catch or button under which the end 1t oi the lever catches when that end of the lever is dcpressed, as seen in iig. 1.

S is a spiral spring which bears upward against the lever with a constant pressure, but its principal duty is to steady the downward motion of the lever and prevent concussion. l

Near the end of the lever, T represents a socket which receives theend of an upright rod. Upon the upper end of this rod the seat of the water-closet bears, so that the weight of a person using the ,closet or sitting 011 the seat will depress the shut endj of the lever, or bring it into the position seen in fig.- lv.-l This action catches the vend 1t under the button Q, and closes the supply-pipe D. The liquid in the retarding cylinder H has returned by its own gravity tothe. lower part of the cylinder beneath the piston.

The pan or valve beneath the seat is closed, and

the apparatus remains in this position as long as the person using the closet remains on'tlie seat.

.When the person rises from the scat, the long end of the lever begins to descend and the short end to NVhen the slide O has been raised by the short end of the lever a certain distance, the end R slips 'from the button Q, and the pan or valve, which had been dropped at the commencement of the movement, is closed by the descent of the slide. After this, the wash continues until the valve closes the pipe E, when the apparatus is at rest.

By the arrangement shown, the apparatus is entirely automatic in itsiaetion, or is operated by the weight of the person onthe seat.

I do not conne myself strictly to an automatic ap paratus, that is,.to an apparatus where the pan or valve beneath the seat or at the bottom of the hop per is opened and closed by the action of the level',

but I design to embrace and combine other essential features of my invention in any form of water-closet apparatus which I may find advisable.

'lhe double-acting oscillating valve() I esteem a new and essential feature of such apparatus. By its use I am enabled to dispense with one lever, and to otherwise greatly simplify my patented apparatus, and, consequently, to lessen the expense.

The advantages secured by these improvements must be obvious to all who are acquainted with the subject.

Having thus described my invent-ion,

I claim as,new and desire to secure -by Letters Patent-n 1. In Acombination with an inlet-pipe, D, and outlet-pipe E, the Valve O, constructed and 'arranged to operate within the chamber F, substantially as dewith the valve G, spring S, and lever B, provided scribed, for the purpose specified. with the socket .1, and engaging with the tripping de 2. lhe combination ofthe lever B, valve C, and vice Q O, each of said.l parts being`construeted and tripping device Q O, substantially as herein shown all arranged as set forth.

aud described. J OHN KEANE.

3. The combination of the retarding cylinder H with the valve C, and lever for operating the lat-ter, Witnesses:

substantially as described. GEO. W. MABEE,

4. The combination of the rctarding cylinder H l a ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

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