US712012A - Water-closet coupling. - Google Patents

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. INVENTORS No. 7l2,0| 2. Patented Oct. 28, I902.

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'W ATER GLO'SET COUPLING.

(Application filed May 22, 1902.)

(No Modal.)

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UNITED STATES PATE T EDMOND C. SMITH, OF SAUGATUCK, AND CYRUS L. MEADE, JR, OF VVEST- PORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS TO THE SANITARY COUPLING COM- PANY, OF SAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF DELAWVARE.

WATER-CLOSET COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,012, dated October 28, 1902.

Application filed May 22, 1902. Serial No. 108,503. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern.-

Beit known that we, EDMOND 0. SMITH, residing at Saugatuck, and CYRUS L. MEADE, Jr. residing at Westport, county of Fairfield,

State of Connecticut, citizens of the United States, have invented a new and useful Water- Closet Coupling, (Case A,) of which the following is a specificatiom This invention relates to certain improvements in couplings for water-closets, and has for its object to provide a coupling between a soil-pipe and a ceramic bowl which shall be thoroughly sanitary, as the escape of sewergas is made impossible, of few parts, whichare relatively inexpensive and easily put together and thoroughly durable, as the bowl is not attached to the floor, but to a metal base, so that all difficulty in setting up and danger of breakage owing to unevenness of floors and their swelling, shrinkage, or settling is avoided.

It is an essential feature of this invention that we produce a water-closet coupling in which the soil-pipe is secured to and suspend- 2 5 ed from a metal base and without connection either with the floor or the bowl.

WVith the above and other objects in view the invention consistsin certain constructions and in certain parts, improvements, and combina'tions which will be hereinafter described and then specifically pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which like characters 5 of reference indicate the same parts, the figure is a sectional view illustrating the mode in which we have carried the principle of our invention into effect.

A denotes a ceramic water-closet bowl hav- 4o ing a flange 10; B, a metal base having an upper flange 11 corresponding with flangelO upon the bowl, and a lower flange 12, which rests upon the floor C; D, a two-part clamp adapted to engage flanges 10 and 11 and secure the bowl to the base, and E is a soilpipe whose upper end is flanged over, as at 13, as a means of rigidly securing it to the base.

The base Bis made in two parts, which are denoted, respectively, by 18 and 19. The

lower part (indicated by 19) is provided with an internal shoulder 20 and above said shoulder with a female thread 21, and the upper part (indicated by 18) is provided with a depending collar 22,.having a male thread corresponding with the female thread on part 19. As the bowl is not attached to the base until after the latter is in position, it is obvious that the lower end of the collar may be turned down upon the flange of the soil-pipe just as tightly as may be required to insure a perfectly tight joint. Thenthe bowlis set upon the base, packing 15 being interposed, and said partsare secured togetherby a clamp D.

In setting up a water-closet Where our novel coupling is used the soil-pipe is passed up through the floor, the metal base placed over the soil-pipe and secured in place, then the upper end of the soil-pipe is flanged over either upon an internal shoulder on the base or over the top of thebase, so as to secure it thereto, and then the bowl is placed in position on the base and secured there by a twopart clamp engaging flanges on the base and bowl, respectively, as clearly shown in the drawing, packing, as a gasket, being always used between the bowl and the base.

We do not claim herein a closet-coupling comprising a soil-pipe having a flange for securing it in place, a metal base for attachment to the floor and having a recess to receive the flange, and a ceramic bowl resting upon and secured to the base and having its weight supported thereby, as the same forms the subjectmatter of our application Serial No. 108,504, filed concurrently herewith.

Having thus described our invention, we claim 1. In a coupling of the character described, the combination of a metal base formed of two interlocking members having an annular space between them, of a soil-pipe having a flange fitting in said space and engaged by said interlocking members, and a bowl supported by said base.

2. In a coupling of the character described, the combination of a metal base formed of two interlocking members, one of which is provided with an internal shoulder, of a soilpipe having a flange resting on said shoulder and interposed between meeting faces of said locking members, and a bowl supported by said base.

3. In a coupling of the character described, the combination of a lower member having an internal shoulder, an upper clamping member, a soil-pipe having a flange resting on said shoulder and engaged by said clamping member, and a bowl supported by said clamping member.

4. In a coupling of the character described the combination with a metal base consisting of a part 19 adapted for attachment to a floor and having an internal shoulder and a female thread and a part 18 having a depending collar threaded to engage the other part, of a soilpipe flanged externally to secure it to the shoulder and gripped between said shoulder and collar, a bowl resting upon the base, and a clamp by which the bowl is secured to the base.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

EDMOND O. SMITH. CYRUS L. MEADE, JR.

WVitnesses:

A. M. Woos'rER, S. W. ATHERTON.

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