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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
THOMAS H. PARKER, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.
CLOSET-FLUSHING MECHANISM.
995,555. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 20, 1911.
Application filed September 21, 1910. Serial No. 583,004.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, THOMAS H. PARKER, a
citizen of the United States, residing at
Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of
5 Texas, have invented certain new and useful
Improvements in Closet-Flushing Mecha-
nisms, of which the following is a specifi-
cation.
My invention relates to new and useful
10 improvements in closet flushing mechanisms.
In devices of this character now in use
the water reservoir employed is constantly
full except immediately after the closet has
been flushed. This is objectionable in cold
15 weather, since the water thus allowed to
stand is apt to freeze, causing the reservoir
to burst.
It is therefore the object of the present
invention to provide a closet flushing mecha-
20 nism in which the reservoir will not remain
constantly full of water, it being filled im-
mediately before .the closet is flushed, and
the water inlet being closed automatically
during the flushing.
25 A further object of the invention is to pro-
vide a device of the character described
that will be strong, durable, simple and effi-
cient, and comparatively easy to construct,
and also one the various parts of which will
30 not be likely to get out of working order.
With these and various other objects in
view, my invention has relation to certain
novel features of construction and operation,
an example of which is described in the fol-
35 lowing specification and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings, wherein:
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the herein
described invention mounted upon a wall
and showing the connections from the water
40 reservoir to a closet. In this view the full
lines indicate the parts of the mechanism in
the positions which they will occupy when
the water inlet valve is open, and the same
parts are indicated in dotted lines in the po-
45 sitions which they will occupy when said
valve is closed. Fig. 2 is a front view of
the same, the connections to the closet being
omitted. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view
taken on the line x-x of Fig. 1, full lines
50 being employed to indicate parts of themechanism in their normal position, and the
same parts being indicated in dotted lines
in the positions which they occupy when the
closet is being flushed.
Referring now more particularly to the
drawings wherein like numerals of refer-
ence designate similar parts in all the fig-
ures, the numeral 1 denotes a vessel pivotally
mounted within a casing 2 upon rocker arms
3 extending laterally from each side of the
vessel, and journaled in the sides of the
casing 2.
In its normal position the vessel 1 is
slightly inclined from the vertical, a bracket
4 being mounted upon the casing to hold
the vessel at the desired inclination. A fur-
ther means is provided to maintain the
vessel at this inclination consisting of a
weight 5 suspended from a cord 6 exterior
to the casing, said cord passing over a sheave
7 through the wall of the casing and at-
taching to the rim of the vessel 1 above the
bracket 4. The weight 5 is sufficient to hold
the vessel 1 in its normal position until said
vessel is almost full of water. The weight
of the water will then cause the vessel to
turn over upon its pivotal supports occupy-
ing the position illustrated by the dotted
lines, and discharging its contents into a
reservoir 8. From this reservoir the water
will escape through a pipe 9 to the closet 10.
A water inlet chamber 11 is provided -in
the upper portion of the casing 2, said cham-
ber being provided with a. discharge outlet
12 directly above the vessel 1. A water pipe
13 discharges into the chamber 11, said pipe
having connection with the city mains. The
outlet of this pipe is normally closed by a
valve 14 carried upon one extremity of a
rod 15. The other extremity of said rod is
mounted in one of the casing walls, and the
partition 16 furnishes a further support for
said rod. The rod is provided with a pro-
jecting pin 17, the extremity of which con-
tacts with a vertically inclined surface 18.
A spring 19 coiled upon the rod 15 serves to
hold the pin 17 in constant contact with the
surface 18. When the valve 14 is open, as
shown in Fig. 3, the pin 17 will bear against
the upper portion of the surface 18, but55
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Parker, Thomas H. Closet-Flushing Mechanism., patent, June 20, 1911; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513913/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.