US1143946A - Water-escape for buildings. - Google Patents

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S. S. COVERT.

WATER ESCAPE FOR BUILDINGS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5. 1914.

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WATER-ESCAPE FOR BUILDINGS.

Application filed September 5, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, STANLEY S. CovnR'r, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Montclair, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in l/Vater-Escapes for Buildings, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide improved means to be installed in buildings for draining water from the surface of the floors, such as when the floors are flooded during a fire, for washing purposes, and the like.

In carrying out my invention I provide a section or fitting adapted to be installed in a floor and connected in a line of piping in the building, said section or fitting being provided with ports adapted to be located close to the floor surface, and within such section or fitting I insert a pipe from a floor above, the lower end of said pipe extending below the lower edges of said ports providing a space between such part of the pipe and said section or fitting, whereby water passing through such pipe from above will flow through such section or fitting without spilling through such ports, and will serve to aid in drawing water through such ports, said ports also serving for the escape of water from the adjacent floor. The lower end of said section or fitting is connected with a pipe either leading to a similar fitting in the floor below or to an outlet for the water leading to the exterior of the building or elsewhere, as desired.

My invention further comprises novel details of improvement and combinations of parts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein,

Figure 1 is a vertical section illustrating my improvements installed in a floor, and Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2, 2, in Fig. 1.

The numeral 1 indicates my improved section or fitting which is shown hollow and having an opening 1 at its upper end adapted to receive a pipe 2 from a floor above, which section or fitting is provided with any desired number of ports 3. The lower end of section or fitting 1 is adapted to tightly receive a pipe 2, as by screw threads at 4, and when the sections 1 are fitted to several floors, one above the other, the pipe 2 from Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1915.

Serial No. 860,312.

one section or fitting leads to the opening 1 of the fitting below, and so on down through the building to the outlet of such pipes. The lower end of section or fitting 1 is shown reduced and tapering at 1 to receive the lower pipe, while the section thereabove is sufliciently large to provide a space therein around the lower end of the pipe depending thereinto. The sections or fitt1ngs 1 may be placed in the floor 5 of the building when the floor is set, and extending above and below the floor, and said section or fitting is shown provided with an external flange or web 6 that is buried in the floor, which serves to aid in supporting the section or fitting in the floor, and to aid in preventing the passage of water around the fitting. Braces 7 may be provided uniting the flange 6 with the section or fitting 1 serving to strengthen the parts, and to this end the section 1 with the flange or web 6 and brace 7 may be cast integral in a single piece of metal. lVhile the lowermost pipe 2 may be connected to any suitable outlet for the water, I have shown the same connected to an elbow 8 communicating by a pipe 9 through a side wall 10 of the building, and having a valve 11 hinged at the outer end of pipe 9, as upon a casting 12 fitted upon the outer end of said pipe, said valve preventing the ingress of cold air, but being adapted to open upon slight pressure of Water from above for the outflow of such water.

In installing my improvements in a building, the sections or fittings 1 are placed in the floor 5, one below the other, in such position that the ports 3 may be slightly below or substantially flush with the upper surface of the floor and extending thereabove with the flanges 6 buried in the floor as shown, and the upper end of each pipe is connected at 1 with the lower end of the corresponding upper section or fitting and led into the opening 1 of the lower section or fitting, but with sufiicient looseness to provide for contraction and expanding of the parts. IVhen a floor is flooded, as during a fire, and when the floor is being washed, the water will pass through the ports 3 of the section or fitting and will thus drain the floor, and when water from above flows through a section or fitting 1, said water will be carried below the corresponding ports 3 to prevent the water from spilling or passing through such ports upon such floor, and such water flowing through such section or fitting will also serve to increase the low of water that may accumulate on a fioor around the ports of such section or fitting.

My improvements may be installed in lines of piping in various places throughout buildings, so that the pipes may extend in a vertical direction and receive water from the fioors, which water may flow down in a straight line to the lower outlet pipe, without the necessity of using elbows and lateral piping upon floors for carrying the water from floor drains to a distant stand pipe.

Changes may be made in the details of construction and arrangement of parts set forth, as the same may be varied, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having now described my invention what I claim is 1. The combination of a hollow section or fitting adapted to be installed in a floor, and provided with one or more ports extending above and adapted to register with the upper surface of the floor, combined with a-pipe extending loosely into the upper end of the section or fitting opposed to said port or ports at a distance therefrom, said pipe terminating within the fitting below said ports and a pipe leading from the lower part of said section or fitting.

2. The combination of a hollow section or fitting adapted to be installed in a floor, and provided with one or more ports extending above and adapted to register with the upper surface of the floor, combined with a pipe extending loosely into the upper end of the section or fitting opposed to said port or ports at a distance therefrom, providing a space between the fitting and pipe opposed to said ports, said pipe terminating wlthin said section or fitting below said port or ports, and a pipe leading from the lower part of said section or fitting.

3. The combination of a hollow section or fitting adapted to be installed in a floor, and provided with one or more ports extending above and adapted to register with the upper surface of the floor, combined with a pipe extending into the upper end of the section or fitting opposed to said port or ports at a distance therefrom, the lower portion of said section or fitting being reduced in diameter, and a second pipe leading from said reduced portion of said section or fitting, said pipe at its upper end being spaced from the first named pipe.

4. The combination of a hollow section or fitting adapted to be installed in a floor, and provided with one or more ports adapted to register with the upper surface of the floor, combined with a pipe extending loosely into the upper end of the section or fitting opposed to said port or ports at a distance therefrom, said pipe terminating within said section or fitting below said ports, and a pipe leading from the lower part of said section or fitting, said section or fitting having a laterally disposed flange embedded in the floor.

5. The combination of a hollow section or fitting adapted to be installed in a floor, and provided with one or more ports adapted to register with the upper surface of the floor, combined with a pipe extending into the upper end of the section or fitting opposed to said port or ports at a distance therefrom, a pipe leading from the lower part of said section or fitting, a. laterally disposed pipe connected with the last named pipe and lead ing through a wall below said section or fitting, and a valve pivotally carried upon the outer end of the lateral pipe to deliver water without said wall.

6. A section or fitting of the character described having an inwardly disposed upper portion provided with an opening to receive a pipe and having one or more openings in its side wall, the lower portion of said section or fitting being reduced and downwardly tapering.

Signed at lVeld, in the county of Franklin and State of Maine, this first day of September, A. D. 1914:.

STANLEY S. COVERT.

Witnesses:

HENRY WV. BRAGG, ELMER P. ME'roALF.

O'opies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

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