US903836A

US903836A - Mechanical waste.

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Publication number: US903836A
Application number: US36253507A
Authority: US
Inventors: George Herbert Burleigh
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1907-03-15
Filing date: 1907-03-15
Publication date: 1908-11-17
Anticipated expiration: 1925-11-17

Description

Gr. H. BURLEIGH. MECHANICAL WASTE.

APPLIUATIQN FILED MAB.15, 1907.

Patented Nov. 17,1908.

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GEORGE HERBERT BURLEIGH, OF `TERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

MECHANICAL WASTE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov."1'7,1908.

Application led March 15, 1907. ASerial No. 362,535.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, GEORGE HERBERT BUR- LEIGH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Wastes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates more particularly to wastes for basins; and the main object of the invention is to provide simple and efficient means whereby the water within the basin or receptacle may be held therein from beneath and at a point immediately adjacent to the discharge; which is so constructed that it will not easily get out of order, and in which the parts may be readily assembled or the valve or stopper and parts connected therewith quickly removed so that the parts may be readily cleaned; which provides for a proper and direct discharge for the water or waste, and which is thoroughly sanitary in its arrangement.

A further obj ect of the invention is to provide simple means whereby the valve or stopper may be quickly and effectively locked in position to sustain the water within the basin bowl, and to provide a simple and efficient straining or protecting device immediately over the valve.

The invention will be hereinafter more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this speciiication, and will then be pointed out in the claims at the end of the description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section, partly broken away and partly in elevati-on, of one form of device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail plan of the cappiece of the strainer or protecting means. Fig. 3 is a detail elevation of the locking ferrule. Fig. 4 is an inverted plan of the device shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the handle for operating the stopper or valve; and Fig. 6 is a detail fragmentary view of the upper end of the operating rod which connects with the handle.

The basin bowl or other receptacle 10 may be of the usual or of any preferred construction, and in the bottom of the bowl is a discharge opening 11 and beneath the discharge opening is a part 12 which connects with the usual overow of the basin, the latter eX- tending from the upper part thereof on the outside of the basin bowl in the usual way. The discharge opening 11 of the basin has a recessed portion in which is adapted to rest the flange of a thimble 13. This thimble has openings 14, so as to communicate with the discharge and the interior of the part 12, so that water from the overflow may pass to the interior of said thimble. lThe upper end of the thimble 13 is provided with a valve seat 15, and has openings 16 in which are adapted to t pins or projections 17 attached to or formed as a part of the cap-piece 18. This cap-piece 18 and the ange of the thimble 13 form a strainer and protecting means, and said cap-piece comprises a ring portion 19 and radially projecting arms 2O on each of which is one of the pins or projections 16, so that the latter may have their ends spread and serve as rivets to rigidly fasten the cappiece 17 to said thimble. The lower end of the thimble 13 is screw threaded, and fitting the threads is a coupling 21. Between the coupling 21 and the part 12 of the bowl are washers 22, between which is clamped a bracket 23, so that a tight joint may be provided at this point. A pipe 24 is held to the coupling 21 and this pipe is held at its lower end to a trap 25. The trap 25 has a packing gland or nut 26 to form a tight joint with the pipe 24 and is adapted to be adjustable thereon, and said trap is provided with the usual discharge 27 and vent connection 28.

As a means for holding the water within the bowl or to permit the same to be discharged therefrom, T provide a valve or stopperl 29 which is adapted to engage the valve seat 15, which is arranged immediately adjacent to the discharge opening. The valve 29 is provided with a pendent sleeve 30, and is rigidly secured by a pin or otherwise to a vertically movable rod 31. The rod 31 is inclosed by a tube or pipe 32, which has its upper end entering the sleeve of the valve or stopper 29, and has its lower end secured to a cap nut 33, which is held by threads or otherwise. in the lower portion of the trap 25. The nut 33 is provided with an opening in which is a suitable packing 34, and this packing is adapted to be forced around the rod 31 by a sleeve nut or gland 35, and on the nut 34 is a suitable handle 36 by which the said nut 33 may be quickly removed from the trap 25, so that the stopper or valve 29, tube 32, and rod 31 may be quickly removed in case it is desired connected to a vertically movable handle 42.

ferrule has a flange portion or head 47 and to clean the interior of the trap or discharge I connections. The rod 31 and stopper or valve 29 connected therewith is vertically movable through the trap 25 by any suitable mechanism. As shown the rod 31 is forked at its lower end and is connected to a lever 37 which is pivoted at 38 to a supporting rod 39. lThis rod or standard 39 is adjustably held in the bracket 28, and at its upper end is screw threaded and provided with thumb nuts 40 on opposite sides of the bracket, so as to be rigidly and adjustably held thereto, said bracket being of spring or other material to permit it to yield if necessary for a purpose to be presently described.

To operate the lever 37 and lock the valve 29 against its seat, a rod 41 has one end connected to the lever 37, and its other end This handle 42 may have a knob 43 or other means at one end to permit it to be readily grasped, and its lower end is provided with a socket in which the upper end of the rod 41 is adapted to fit. The upper end of the rod 41 is provided with a washer 44, and above the washer is a nut 45 both of which are adapted to fit within the socket of the handle and when the latter is spun or forced over as shown will hold the end of the rod securely to said handle but will permit the handle to rotate on the end of said rod. The handle 42 is guided in a locking ferrule 46 which passes through an opening in the flange or other part of the basin, and said a threaded stem portion 49 on which is a nut 50, which is adapted to rigidly clamp andv hold the ferrule to the basin. The ferrule 4G has its lower end spiral shaped, as at 51, and has a vertical slot 52 in which is adapted to slide a projection or pin 53 carried by the operating handle. The upper end of the slot is L-shaped, and as will be seen when the handle is pulled upward so that the pin will slide in the slot until it reaches the upper end thereof, the said handle may be given a partial rotary movement to cause the pin to enter the L-shaped portion of the slot, in which position the handle will be suspended and will hold the valve or stopper 29 away from its seat. By reversing the movement of the handle so that the pin 53 will enter the vertical part of the slot 52 and the handle forced downward, the rod 41, the lever 87 and the rod 31 will force the valve to its seat. By giving a rotary movement to the handle, the pin 53 may be made to travel along` the spiral part or cam surface of the ferrule 46, so as to rigidly lock the valve 29 against the seat 15, the bracket 23 yielding sufficiently to permit this movement. If desired the handle may be given a complete rotation until the pin 53 is again in a position to enter the slot 52.

The nut 50 may have two lugs 54 depending therefrom, and on the operating rod 41 is a collar A spring 56 has one end thereof secured to the lugs 54 and the other end held to the collar This sprino' surrounds the rod 41 and normally tends to keep the valve or stopper 29 unseated. lllhen the handle is moved so that the pin 53 is disengaged from the end of the ferrule and is in alinement with the slot 52, the said spring will force the rod 41 upward.- By keeping the valve 29 normally unseated perfect drainage of the bowl is obtained, and the spring further serves toV prevent the valve being held toits seat in case the handle 42 is accidentally forced downward, but it is to be understood that this spring 56 may be dispensed with if desired.

From the foregoing it will be seen that simple and effective means is provided whereby the water may be held within a bowl or other receptacle at a point immediately adjacent to the point of discharge, that a stopper or valve is provided which moves downward so that a strainer or other means may be provided at the discharge opening, that simple means is provided whereby the valve or other parts connected therewith may be quickly removed to clean the device, and that simple and effective means is provided for locking the valve away from or against the valve seat.

.Hai/'ing thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination with a receptacle having overflow and discharge openings, a lower projecting part immediately beneath the discharge opening, and a connection between the overflow opening and said projecting part, of a thimble projecting downwardly through the projecting part of the receptacle and communicating with the same beneath the discharge opening to permit the waste of the overflow to pass from said projecting part into the interior of the thimble, said thimble being supported in the discharge opening and provided with a seat arranged face downward adjacent to the discharge opening, a strainer secured to the thimble over the valve seat, a vertically movable valve adapted to engage the seat in its upward movement and to be released therefrom to discharge the waste from the receptacle during its downward movement and provided with a downwardly extending tubular part, a coupling secured to the lower end of the thimble, a pipe connected to the coupling, a trap adjustably held to the pipe and provided with vent and discharge connections, a valve rod passing upwardly through the trap and connected at one end to the valve, a tube surrounding the rod and entering the tubular part of the valve at its upper end, a cap-nut secured to the trap to which the tube is held, means for preventing leakage through the cap-nut, and means for operating the valve rod.

2. rlhe combination with a receptacle having overiiow and discharge openings, a lower projecting part immediately beneath the discharge opening, and a connection between the overflow opening and said proj ecting part, of a thimble projecting downwardly through the projecting part of the receptacle and communicating with the same beneath the discharge opening to permit the waste of the overflow to pass from said projecting part into the interior of the thimble, said thimble being supported in the discharge opening and provided with a seat adjacent to t-he discharge opening, a strainer secured to the thimble over the valve seat, a vertically movable valve adapted to engage the seat, a trap adjustably held to the thimble, a valve rod passing upwardly through the trap and connected at one end to the valve, and means for operating the valve rod.

3. The combination with a receptacle having overflow and discharge openings, a lower projecting part immediately beneath the discharge opening, and a connection between the overliow opening and said projecting part, of a thimble projecting downwardly through the projecting part of the receptacle and communicating with the same beneath the discharge opening to permit the waste of the overiiow to pass from said projecting part into the interior of the thimble, said thimble being held in the discharge opening and provided with a seat arranged face downward adjacent to the discharge opening, a vertically movable valve adapted to engage the seat in its upward movement and to be released therefrom to discharge the waste from the receptacle'during its downward movement, a valve rod connected at one end to the valve, and means for operating the valve rod.

el. The combination with a receptacle having a discharge opening and a lower projecting part immediately beneath the discharge opening, of a thimble projecting downwardly through the projecting part of the receptacle and communicating with the same beneath the discharge opening, said thimble being supported in the discharge opening and provided with a seat arranged face downward adjacent to the discharge opening, a strainer secured to the thimble over the valve seat, a vertically movable valve adapted to engage the seat in its upward movement and to be released therefrom to discharge the waste from the receptacle during its downward movement, a trap supported by the thimble, a valve rod passing upwardly through the trap and connected at one end to the valve, a lever connected to the valve rod, a supporting rod, a yielding bracket, a vertically movable rod, and

means for operating the rod and locking the same in either a raised or lowered position so as to positively hold the valve away from or against its seat.

The combination with a receptacle having a. discharge opening, of a thimble supported in the discharge opening, said thimble being provided with a valve seat, a vertically movable valve adapted to engage the seat, a trap supported by the thimble, a valve rod passing' upwardly through the trap and connected at one end to the valve, a lever connected at one end to the valve rod, a supporting rod, a bracket connected to the supporting rod, a vertically movable rod connected to the other end of the lever, and means for operating the last-mentioned rod and locking the same in either a raised or lowered position so as to positively hold the valve away from or against its seat.

6. rllhe combination with a thimble provided with a valve seat arranged face downward adjacent to the discharge opening, a strainer secured to the thimble over the valve seat, a vertically movable valve adapted to engage the seat in its upward movement and to be released therefrom to discharge the waste from the receptacle during its downward movement and provided with a downwardly extending tubular part, a coupling secured to the lower end of the thimble, a pipe connected to the coupling, a trap supported by the thimble, a valve rod passing upwardly through the trap and connected at one end to the valve, a lever connected to the valve rod, a supporting rod, a yielding bracket, a vertically movable rod, and means for operating the rod and locking the same in either a raised or lowered position so as to positively hold the valve away from or against its seat.

7. The combination with a receptacle having a discharge opening, a thimble arranged in the discharge opening and projecting downward from the receptacle and having` a valve seat in the upper part thereof adjacent to the discharge, a valve or stopper movable within the thimble and adapted to engage the valve seat to sustain the water within the receptacle, a trap adj ustably held to the thimble, a rod vertically movable through the trap, and connected to the valve, means for operating the rod, and a cap uut iitting the trap and adapted to permit the removal of the valve and connections through said trap.

8. The combination with a thimble having a valve seat in the upper part thereof, of a trap having a discharge and vent connection adjustably attached to the thimble and rigidly held thereto, a rod secured at one end to the valve, a tube surrounding the rod, a cap nut secured to the trap to which the tube is held, means for rotating the nut to quickly remove the same together with the valve connections from within the trap and thimble, and means for vertically moving the rod.

9. The combination with a valve or stopper adapted to sustain the water within a receptacle, of a rod arranged beneath the receptacle to which the valve it attached, a yielding bracket connected to the receptacle, a lever, a supporting rod to which the lever is pivoted and which is adj ustably held to the bracket, and means for operating the lever and locking the valve away from or against its seat.

10. The combination with a receptacle having a discharge opening, of a valve or stopper adapted to sustain the water within the receptacle, a valve rod arranged beneath the receptacle to which the valve is attached, a lever, a yieldingly held supporting rod to which the lever is pivoted, and means for operating the lever and locking the valve away from or against its seat.

11. The combination with a receptacle having a discharge opening, of a valve or stopper adapted to sustain the water within the receptacle, a rod arranged beneath the receptacle to which the valve is attached, a yielding bracket connected to the receptacle, a lever, a supporting rod to which the lever is pivoted and which is adjustably heldY to the bracket, and means for operating the lever to move the valve away from or against its seat.

12. The combination with a valve and a valve seat therefor, of a ferrule securely fastened to a part of the receptacle and having a slot therein and a spirally formed lower end, and a pin adapted to travel in the slot to engage the spirally formed end of the ferrnle to hold the valve against or away from its seat.

13. The combination with a thimble having a valve seat, of a valve movable in the thiinble and adapted to engage the valve seat, a trap suspended from the thimble, a valve rod vertically movable through the trap, a yielding bracket, a lever attached to the valve rod, a supporting rod to which the lever is pivoted and which is held at one end to the yielding bracket, an operating rod connected to the lever, a handle connected to the end of the rod, said handle being provided with a pin, a terrnle forming a guide for the handle and having a screw-threaded stem or sleeve portion, said stem or sleeve portion being provided with a vertically arranged L-shaped slot and a spirally formed lower end by which the valve may be looked either' against or away from its seat.

14. The combination with a thimble having a valve seat, of a valve movable in the thimble and adapted to engage the valve seat, a trap suspended from the thimble, a

valve rod vertically movable through the trap, a bracket, a lever attached to the valve rod, a supporting rod to which the lever is pivoted and which is held at one end to the bracket, an operat-ing rod connected to the lever, a handle connected to the end ot the rod, said handle being provided with a pin, a ferrule forming a guide for the handle and having a stem or sleeve portion, said stem or sleeve portion being provided with a vertically arranged L-shaped slot and a spirally formed lower end by which the valve may be locked either against or away from its seat.

15. he combination with a receptacle having a discharge opening, of a valve, means for positively moving the valve to close or open the discharge and to lock the valve in either position, and a sp'ring tending normally to move the valve to open the discharge.

16. The combination with a receptacle having a discharge opening, of a valve, an operating rod and connections between said rod and the valve to move the latter to open or close the discharge, a ferrule, a nut securing the errnle to the receptacle, a handle secured to the rod and guided in the errule, a collar secured to the rod, said nut having lugs thereon, and a spring secured at one end to the lugs and at its other end to the collar and tending normally to move the valve to open the discharge.

17. The combination with a basin having a discharge opening, of a valve movable downward to discharge-the water, a lever, means connecting the lever to the valve, a rod connected to one end of the lever, a handle rotatably held on the rod and adapted to force the valve to its seat, and a spring tending normally to force the rod in a direction to open the valve.

18. The combination with a basin having a discharge opening, of a valve movable downward to discharge the water, a rod connected to the valve, a lever connected at one end to the rod, a vertically movable rod connected to the other end of the lever, a handle supported on the basin and rotatably connected to the last-mentioned rod, and a spring located adjacent to the handle away from the valve and tending normally to raise the last-mentioned'rod and yto force the valve away from its seat.

This specification signed and witnessed this thirteenth day of March A. D. 1907.

GEORGE HERBERT BURLEIGH. lWitnesses:

JOHN J. lIooNEY, J AMES K. MURPHY.