US832463A - Means for facilitating the cleaning of street catch-basins. - Google Patents

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PATENTED OCT. 2, 1906.

E STREET CATCH BASINS.

E W. H. ENGELBREGHT. MEANS FOR FAOILITATING THE CLEANING 0 ATPLICATION FILED SEPT.19, 1905.

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` UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM I-I. ENGELBREOHT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MEANS FOR FACILITATING THE CLEANING. OF STREET CATCH-BASINS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2, 1906.

Application filed September 19, 1905. Serial No. 279.197.

l'o t/ whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. ENGEL- u BRECHT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, Prince Bay, borough of Richmond, in the county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Means for Facilitating the Cleaning of Street Catch Basins, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to devices or means for facilitating the cleaning of street catchbasins; and it consists, substantially, in the details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more particularly described, and pointed out in the claims.

The invention has reference more especially to devices or means for facilitating the cleaning of street catch-basins of that type in which practically a Siphon-pipe is employed the shorter leg of which extends within the catch-basin from one side of the latter and the longer leg of which extends underground to and in communication with the usual sewer-main of the street, into which water and other accumulations from the catch-basin are discharged on reaching a certain level within the latter. Ordinarily, as is well known, whenever it is desired to clean a street catch-basin it is necessary for the operator in most instances to empty the catch-basin of its contents by dipping out the contents in bucketfuls and carrying the same to some other basin, (the one nearest by of course,) into which it is discharged to be conveyed therefrom to the sewer-main by the Siphon-pipe thereof, as ordinarily takes place with each catch-basin of the system whenever the contents rise above a determinate level or height.

The cleaning of street catch-basins in the manner above suggested is both laborious and expensive, besides being attended with other disadvantages and objections, all of which it is one of the principal objects ofthe present invention to overcome.

A further obj ect of the invention is to provide a device or means for the purpose mentioned which is simple in construction and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, besides being effective and reliable in use and possessing the capacity for long and repeated service.

The above and additional objects are attained by means substantially such as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional view illustrating an ordinary street catch-basin and main, together with a Siphon-pipe between the two, substantially of the form or construction as now employed in many instances, and Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating a Siphon-pipe between the catch-basin and main embodying my improvements.

Before proceeding with a more detailed description it may be stated that in the form of my improvements herein shown I employ a Siphon-pipe, preferably leading from each sewer-basin of a system to the streetmain thereof, having special means at its shorter leg whereby water and silt or other soft accumulations within the basin may be dipped up and delivered-to said Siphon-pipe to be conducted to the sewer-main, thereby obviating the necessity for carrying or otherwise conveying such accumulations to any other basin of the system, as will presently be explained.

Reference being had to the drawings by the designating characters thereon, 1 repre- `sents a street catch-basin of ordinary construction, access to which is had through an opening 2 at the top, closed by a suitable lid or cover 3. As shown in Fig. 1, there is a siphonpipe 4, of the type hitherto employed, between the sewer-basin and the sewer-main 5, it being understood that the shorter leg 6 of said Siphon-pipe extends within the catchbasin from one side at a suitable height of the latter so as to carry off or convey water and other accumulations to the main 5 whenever the same reaches a predetermined height or level Within the basin.

In Fig. 2 is shown a Siphon-pipe 7 embodying my improvements, the shorter leg 8 of which is preferably enlarged or formed with a bulge 9, and the interior of said leg is divided by a curved partition 10, which is substantially concentric with the lower side 11 of said shorter leg, this construction resulting in the formation of an upper channel 12 and a lower channel 13 within said shorter leg of the Siphon-pipe, both of said channels leading to and being in communication with the longer leg of the Siphon-pipe at 14. The channel 13 ordinarily performs all of the functions of the shorter leg of the Siphon-pipe shown in Fig. 1 whenever the water or other accumulations within the catch-basin IOO IIO

reach the height or level within the latter to be siphoned off in the ordinary manner.

The shorter leg of the Siphon-pipe of my improvements is provided with a receiver or funnel 15, which is vertically disposed upon said leg and has communication with the channel 12, as shown, so that whenever the accumulations within the catch-basin are to be dipped out in the manner hereinbefore eX- plained they may be poured into said receiver or -funnel 15, and upon reaching the proper level therein it is apparent that they will be conveyed or carried to the main 5 by the said longer leg 7 of the Siphon-pipe. After the catch-basin has been emptied of the accumulations therein a quantity of water is poured into the receiver or funnel 15, as indicated at 16, and this water on reaching the proper level forms a trap by which there can be no possible escape of sewer-gas to the interior of the catch-basin which may find its way from the main 5 through the siphonpipe in a manner understood and known to be exceedingly undesirable and frequently attended with danger to life, more especially on the opening up of the catch-basin by the operator for the purpose of `cleaning the same.

It is ythought from the foregoing that the construction and operation of my improvements Will be fully understood and also that the same will be seen to possess decided advantages in many ways.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patenty l 1. The combination with a catch-basin, and a main, of a communicating Siphon-pipe between the two, the shorter leg of said pipe extending within the basin and divided by a partition into two channels communicating with the longer leg of the Siphon-pipe, the

shorter leg of the pipe being provided with al receiver communicating with one of said channels for receiving the water taken from the basin when cleaning the latter, the receiver being adapted to permanently contain a quantity of water to form a trap.

2. The combination with a catch-basin and a main, of a communicating Siphon-pipe between the two, the shorter leg thereof eX- tending within the basin and provided with means in communication with the longer leg ofthe Siphon-pipe for receiving the water taken from the basin when cleaning the latter, said means adapted to permanently contain a quantity of water to form a trap for reventing sewer-gas from passing into the asm.

3. A Siphon-pipe for street catch-basins, the shorter legl of which is provided with a curved partition substantially concentric with the lower side of said shorter leg and dividing said leg into an upper and a lower channel each communicating with the longer leg of the pipe said shorter leg of the pipe being also provided with a receiver comprising a funnel leading to the. upper channel.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscibing witnesses.

WILLIAM H. ENGELBRECHT.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM LA FORGE, RICHARD LAFORGE.

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