USRE6616E - Improvement in water-closets - Google Patents

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l. 6. JENNINGS.

Water-Closet.

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Water-Closet. No. 6,616. Rgissued Aug. 24, 1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

., JOSIAH GEORGE JENNINGS, OF PALACE WHARF, STANGATE, ENGLAND.

I IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-CLOSETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 137,082, dated March 25, 1873 reissue No. 6,616, dated August 24, 1875; application filed July 14, 1515. 7

' vented anew and useful Improvement in Water-Closets, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in

which- Figurelrepresents a longitudinal section in the plane 1 1, Fig. 2. Fig. 2is a plan, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a vertical section in the plane 2 2, Figs. 1 and 2.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to certain improvements in water-closets, in which the pan discharges itself, by a side opening, into the upright limb of a siphon-trap, the valve-seat being formed of a ring of glass, clay, or other noncorrosive material, secured in the upright limb of the siphon-trap. Said valve has an overflowpassage formed through it, and its handle passes up through a cap fitted on the upper end of the upright limb of the siphon-trap. The water-supply valve is carried onabracket, which fits on and against the upper end of the siphon-limb, immediately under the cap, which serves to secure it in its place, and the valve is arranged in such a manner as to be opened by raising a lever, which is lifted with the handle of the discharge-valve. A retarding piston connected with the supply-valve serves to regulate the quantity of water admitted to the pan whenever the handle is raised. The brackct is made in a trough-like form, so that if the supply-valve should leak at any time, the water so escaping is conducted at once into the trap. The upright siphon-limb is provided with a socket for the reception of the pan.

In the drawing, the letter b designates the pan of my water-closet, which communicates, by a passage, 1) with the upright limb of a siphon-trap, a. The communication between the pan and the siphon is controlled by a valve, 01, whichis made inthe form of atube or hollow cylinder, and to the lower edge of which is secured a ring, 01', of vulcanized india-rubber or other suitable packing material. In the siphon is situated a ring, 0, of earthenware, glass, or other non corrosive material, which is dropped down into a shoulder, h in the ascending limb of said trap, and-fixed in position by suitable cement. V

The valve (1, by its own weight, presses the flexible ring (1 against the seat 0, and so makes a tight joint, and allows the water to accumulate in the pan 1) until'i't flows over the top of the hollow-cylinder valve d.

The siphon a is, by preference, castin iron; but it may be of lead or other material. It is formed so as to stand firmly on the floor of the closet through which the descending limb a of the trap passes, and by cement, or in other convenient manner, it is securely jointed to the said pipe. On the ascending limb of the piston is formed a socket, a into which the discharge-nozzle of the pan 1) fits, and is secured by cement. A screw, a Fig. 1, serves to assist in the adjustment of the pan in position before the cement is put in. v

In the interior of the cylindrical valve 11 is secured a cross bar, 0, to which the rod 6 is fastened by a nut, and on the upper end of this rod is the handle 0 so that, by raising this handle, the valve is 'lifted and thepan is discharged. The sapply of water to the closet is obtained by avalve so arranged as to discharge, each timeit is opened, a regulated quantity of water into the pan before it is again able to close. The supply-pipe h connects, by a screw-union, to a chamber, g, containing the valve f. The pressure of the water tends to keep the valve closed, but it is assisted in doing so by a weight, '5, at the end of the lever i. This lever turns on the fulcrum 6*, secured in lugs which project from the valve-chamber g, and its outer end enters a slot in the stem of the valve f, which, when the apparatus is at rest, it thus tends to lift. When the handle e is raised, however, the nibs 6 6 on the crossbar estrike the lever z, and then the water flows past the valve f, and through-the pipe is,

into the pan b. At the same time that the' valve f is opened the piston f on the upper end of the valve-stem is drawn down. This piston, by a cupped leather, is fitted to the valve chamber, and, as the same descends, small valves f f in it open, and allow the water to pass into the upper part of the valvechamber. The valves f* are formed of vulcanized india rubber disks, which are attached wh s, k ewemlt, i met es sequ nwofthe imklghfi y y to thetop of the piston by screws, and coverholes d i led throu t w elwate w eh thus enters the upper part of-the'valve-chamber prevents the supply-valve from closing immediately the handle 0 is released, for, $116 valves f then closing, the water can only espe th ou h 1th minut press-se l, and t quires some time to do this, during'which time" the supply-valve f remains open. Thepassage l is provided with a small -'regulatingtap, *1. z The valve-chamber g and the apparatus connected therewith are supported by a east-iron" 'fl fifi imfwllieh=Ili$- Qt iI t @th siden the oendinglimb of the siphon. A t;;the,hottom b l is stepped into a groove, a", and at the top-1t is retained by a tap fixed on by a tap-screw." E ie-l d prewa 01 1 2395! seemed in .sosit em b mean o "mews- I, semws tac o th per end of the ascending 'lim'b iof t v train, anda soztesuidethe a er d sent the tapas which may take plaee to, s hstlfitielly n th ananne set forth- 2. The combination of a retarding-pistomf', and a graduated channel, I, with the supply- Yalveiandwith :the ;;pan of awater closet,

whereby the quantity of water admitted to the pan may be regulated substantially as de- Lllhefiiphqh-txzap a,-with'a side opening or socket, a,'in the ascending limb thereof, to which a pan, b, is -a dapt ed, substantially as set forth.

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