US908277A - Flushing apparatus. - Google Patents

Description

L 3.1mm am. s. HELLER.

nimma APPARATUS.

H AIPLIOATIDN II-LBD APB. 3, 1908. i908;2'77. Patented 1380.29, 1908.

Y d, j

/8 ftv @1,29%

www

v mechanism l apparatus as applied for use.

UNITED STATES PEN lllillCE.

ANSNV S. KLINE AND PHARES S. BELLE-R, OF ALLENTOWN. PENNSYLVANIA.

rLUsHING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed. prl 3, 1908. Serial No. 424,991.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

"To all whom it may concern.

of Lehigh and `State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in .Flushing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in flushing apparatus for closet bowls and the like, the object of the'invention being to provide a comparatively simple and inexpensive `construction ot apparatus of this character in which provision is made for the supply of Water to the stora e tank through a relatively small feed pipe and :for the compression ofair in the upper portion of the tank .in an eliicientmanner for the discharge of the water with the required force; and a further object is to provide a novel mannerof connecting the parts by which they are adapted to be readily and conveniently assembled and disassembled, and to provide a.

simple `and eihcient type of discharge valve and means for operating, the same.

The invention consists oi the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully, described and claimed, 'reference being had'tothe accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a sideelevation of the dushing Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail vertical sect-ion on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral l designates the inclosing casing of the apparatus, which is suitably supported above the rear end of the bowl 2 and is closed at its top by a fixed head 3 and at its bottom by a removable head 4.

Disposed within the casing, which is preferably or' rectangular. form, is the storage tank 5,which preferably comprises a cylinder open at each end, the lower end of said cylinder being closed by the head 4 which is formed with a groove 6 in which the lower is a series of tie-bolts l0 rthreaded at their upper and lower ends for the reception of clamping and retaining nuts l1, bearing upon the outer faces of the respective heads toclamp/the same in position. It will be observed that the head 4 closes the lower end of both the casing and cylinder, and that upon disconnecting the bolts 10 the aforesaid Vpartis may be quickly *l convenient-ly disassembled for repairs or-other purposes.

Opening at its upper end into the bottom of the supply tank through the head 4 is a watersupply pipe l2 through whichwater from the service system is automatically fed to the tank, said pipe being provided with a controlling valve 13 by which the rlow of water may be regulated or cut od whenever desired. As the tank 5 is entirely closed against the discharge of air, it Vwill be understood that the column of water contained therein will compress the confined air into the upper portion thereof, so as to provide for the discharge of the water with a desired degree otiorce into the bowl 2. This construction permits of the use of a feed pipe 12 ot comparatively small diameter without impairing the ei'ectiveness or the feed supply. Y

The bottom head 4 is formed upen its upper face with a boss V14 serving as a valve seat, and is provided with a series of discharge openings 15 extending through said scat and grouped around a central threaded opening 16. On the underside of the head is also formed an internally threaded flange 17 forming a coupling receiving the upper externally threaded end of the discharge pipe 18 leading to the bowl. The outlets 15 are controlled by an upwardly opening disk valve 19 carrying a packing washer 20 of rubber or other suitable material to rest snugly against the seat 14 when the-valve is closed. From the valve depends a rod or stem 21 projecting downward into the discharge pipe through a guide tube or sleeve 22 threaded at its upper end in the opening 16.

The discharge pipe is formed at one side below the tube 22 with a threaded opening 23' closed by a bearing plug or stopper 24, and from the opposite side of the pipe projects a bearing sleeve 25 provided at its outer end with a packing cap 26. A shaft 27 is journaled in the sleeve 25 and provided iio ing reduced and extending across the interior or Lne discharge pipe and Journaled 1n the plug zd. 'lne body portion of the 'shaft 'disk which is arranged below the lower y end of the stem 2l.

in practice, it will be understood that the discharge valve 19 will be automatically Iclosed by the pressure of the column of water thereonand by turning the shaft 27 through the medium of the lever 28 the cam 30 will be rotated to lift the stern and thereby open the valve for the outflow of Water to and through the discharge pipe to the bowl. When the lever 28 is released, it will return to normal position by its own gravity, thus retracting the cam disk 'and permitting the valve to be closed by the pressure of the water.

From the foregoing description', the operation of the apparatus will be readily understood, and it will be seen that a simple and eifect-ive type of apparatus of this character is provided for flushing the bowl 2 with the desired force and automatically cutting off the flow of vwater as soon as the operating lever is released. The inode in which the valve may be removed will be apparent from the description of the construction of the coperating parts of the apparatus, and it will be seen that upon the removal of the plug 24 and detachment of the lever 28, which may be secured in any preferred manner to the outer end of the shaft 27, said shaft together with the cani may be slid longitudinally through the opening 23 and thus removed in a convenient manner.

Havingfthus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is I. In a lflushing apparatus, the combination of a casing open at its lower end, a,

storage tank within the casing open at both.

ends, a headclosing the upper end of `the storage tank, a headv closing the lower ends of both the casing` and tank, bolts detachably connecting said heads, and supply and discharge mechanism connected with the lower head.

2. ln a flushing apparatus, a storage tank provided in its bottom with a threaded opening and a group. of outlets surroundmay be imparted to the valve. v

3. ln a flushing aparatus, a storage tank provided with an outlet, a discharge pipe communicating therewith, said pipe being provided at one side with a bearing sleeve and at its opposite side with an opening, a-

bearing plug closing said opening, a valve controlling the outlet and having a stem Iextending into the discharge pipe, a trans stem, whereby upward opening movement verse shaft journaled in the bearing sleeve and plug and provided with a stop limiting its movement in the direction of said sleeve, and a cam disk on said shaft bearin' against the lower end of the valve stem, sai shaft and applied parts being removable longitudinally through said opening upon the disconnection of the bearing plug.

In testimony whereof we aiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ANSON S. KLINE. PHARES S. HELLER. Witnesses:

Emilie E. FEHNEL, Mounts H. YERGER.

Images