US550460A

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Publication number: US550460A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1895-11-26
Anticipated expiration: 1912-11-26

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. VALVE APPARATUS FOR BAsINs..

Patented Nov. 26, 1.8.95.

ANDREI! a GRAHAM PHOTO LmlQwASmNG'I (No ModeL) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

J. SHANKS. VALVE APPARATUS FOR BASINS.

No. 550,460. Patented Nov. 26, 1895.

ANDREW B.GRAHAM. PHOTO-HMO. WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SI-IANKS, OF BARRHEAD, SCOTLAND.

VALVE APPARATUS FOR BASINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 550,460, dated November 26, 1895. Application filed January 3, 1895. Serial No. 533,716. (No model.) Patented in England August 6, 1892, No. 14,246.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN SHANKS, sanitary engineer, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Tubal \Norks, Barrhead, in thecounty of Renfrew, Scotland, have invented an Improvement in Valve Apparatus for Basins, Baths, and the Like, of which the following is a specification, and for which I have obtained Letters Patent in Great Britain, No. 14,246, dated August 6, 1892.

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 inven tion I arrange the discharge-valve on the end of a 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 toward the outlet or also partly around 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.

In order that my 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 improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan, and Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical sections as at right angles to each other,

'water than an ordinary grating.

showing a bath as made with my improvements.

In the 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 0 or bath D, the grating B being a separate piece secured in its place in any convenient wayas, for example, by a bayonet-joint F, Fig. 1so as to be easily removable for cleaning. In Fig. 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 The valverod E has a handle G at its upper end, and the rod E, passing down through a hole in the center of the grating B, serves for moving the discharge-valve A, fixed on its lower end, which valve closes down upon a conical seat II at a suitable distance below the grating B.

The discharge-valve A may, if desired, be arranged to open by lowering or by turning around.

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 downward or toward the dischargeoutlet, as shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7, so that 1 the outlet may be thoroughly rinsed, while at the same time some of the water may be delivered around the sides of the basin 0, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, so that the entire surface may be thoroughly cleaned. supply valve or valves J ,with their discharge nozzles or orifices K, maybe made in one piece and fitted separately to the basin or bath, as shown in Fig. 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 avertical passage N, the up- The inlet per end of which is open (or can be uncovered) for cleaning. The bottom of the vertical overflowpassage 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 presentimprov'ements are applicable to basins of various forms. I, however, prefer to apply them to a basin made with a recess underneath the projecting part M at the back, 1 the back being at the sides B of the recess 1 either inclined in plan, Fig. 2, or parallel, Fig. 5, to the front 6. In the ease of a bath D the 'valve details are preferably arranged at one end of the bath. I

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is 1. The discharge or waste pipe in a bath or basin having a valve seat below its cylindrical upper end, in combination with a valve closing upon the seat, a rod passing up from the valve and terminating with a handle, a grating having a central opening through which the said rod passes and a cylindrical flange loosely fitting the upper end of the Waste pipe, and bayonet catches for holding the grating in position and allowing for its easy removal together with the valve, sub

stantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the basin having a vertical overflow outlet and a lateral inlet below the edge of such basin, of a hollow flanged connection between the bottom opening in the basin and the said vertical outlet and a flanged tube having a lateral inlet and passing through the bottom opening and through the flanged connection and a nut to clamp the parts in position, substantially as specified.

Signed by me this 17th day of December,

JOHN SIIANKS. Witnesses:

' BAIRD GRANDISON,

NATHAN M. VALLANCE.