US116086A - Improvement in water-supply attachments to wash-basins - Google Patents

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F. NORBOE.

Improvement in Water Supply Attachmente to Wash-Basins. l No. 116086.

Patented .lune 20,1871.

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FREDERICK NORBOE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,086, cla-ted June 20, 1871.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK NoRBon, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Supply Attachments to Wash-Basins and Water-Closets; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enalolev others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in Which- Figure l is' a side elevation of an ordinary wash-basin with my improvement attached thereto, a portion of which is cut through the center, showing its interior position 5 and Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse central section of the same, showing those parts which are at the left-hand of the\line w .fr drawn across Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several iigures of the drawing.

The object of my invention is to provide an attachment to wash-basins and water-closets, by the use of which the required supply of water may be readily supplied to and discharged from the bowl; and to this end it consists in a reservoir or supply-pipe communicating with the bowl, and to which the pipe from the hydrant or other water-supply is connected; also, in providing said pipe with a double-actin g faucet, so arranged as to allow the water from the hydrant to enter said reservoir or supplypipe through the same when closed, or when opened to cut oil' the supply of water from the hydrant and allow the water contained within the reservoir or .supply-pipe to enter the bowl; and also, in the detailed construction of the valve employedwithin the discharge-pipe ofthe bowl, whereby the water may be retained or discharged.

In the drawing,A is the case or frame, within which the bowl Al is secured. Afxed to the rear side of said case, near the lower surface of the bowl, is a pipe, B, which communicates with the hydrant or other main water-supply in the ordinary manner. The end of said pipe, near the case, is bent upward vertically, and is so arranged as to extend abovethebowl, as shown at D, thus forming a reservoir, C, into which the water from the hydrant passes. Firmly secured to said pipe, and communicating with the same at a point near the reservoir, is a pipe, E, which is bent upward in a suitable lnanner to pass through the side of the bowl near its upper edge. The said pipes are provided, near their intersection point, with a vertical cylinder, F, the cavity of which communicates with the cavity of the pipes, and within which cylinder is secured the faucet-stopper G, which is so arranged as to admit of a free-and-easy vertical movement. Within said stopper, and passing through the same, are apertures, d and e, which are so arranged as to communicate alternately with the cavity of the respective pipes as the stopper is raised or lowered. Affxed to the upper extremity of said stopper, above the cylinder, is an arm, f, to which is attached a spiral spring, H, extending downward to or below the lower end of the cylinder, and is firmly secured to the inner side of the case, by which means the stopper is secured firmly in a closed position. Also, attached to the outer end of said arm is a rope, J which extendsupward to and around a shivewheel, K, pivoted to the inner side of the case; thence downward to or near the lower side of the case, and is connected to a treadle, L, which is pivoted to the case at or near its rear side, and extends forward through the front walls ofthe same. Thus, as said treadle is forced downward, the stopper is raised, which brings the solid portion thereof across the cavity of pipe B, closing the same, and bringing opening e in communication with the cavity of pipe E, by which means the water contained in thev reservoir is discharged, through said opening and pipe, into the bowl, and, as the power is removed from the treadle, the stopper is forced downward by the action of spring H, which closes pipe E by the solid of the stopper, and opens pipe B, by which means the reservoir is again filled. Afxed upon the lower extremity of the bowl is an adjustable sleeve,

M, within the lower end of which is fitted the discharge-pipe N. Firmly secured to the front side of the case is a horizontal arm,m,through the end of which the discharge-pipe N passes, ,and to whichis hinged an arm, n, through Which the lower end of sleeve M passes. Afxed to and around the lower end or extremity ofthe bowl, above und resting,` upon the sleeve, is n. spiral spring, O, which is so arrnnged ns to secure said sleeve against znm n. Firinly secured Within the sleeve is u vulve, P, which comes in Contact with and rests upon the upper end 0f discharge-pipe N, by which means the nnter is retained Within the bow] when desired. Attached to the outer end oi" said urn] n is n rope., J, which extends upwnrd to und around a shim-wheel, KI, secured to the @over of the ense; thence downward to the trendle. Thus, as said treadle is forced downwznd, the vulve is raised from the end of the discharge-pum, and the Water Contnined Within the bowl is discharged therefrom around und under the Valve through said pipe.

11 Lose Having thus described the nature and object of lnyinvention. what I claim as new, and

YVitnesses N. C, GRIDLEY, N. H. SHERBURNE.

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