Identifier: vannostrandseng271882newy (find matches)
Title: Van Nostrand's engineering magazine
Year: 1879 (1870s)
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Subjects: Engineering
Publisher: (New York : D. Van Nostrand)
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d to illustrate any manu-facturers special make ; they merely rep-resent the various types of closets. A shows the pan closet, flushed by avalve, supplied directly from the risingmain, its bowl being closed by a pan,held in place by the counterweight, thecloset outlet being trapped by a large D-trap under the floor. B is an illustration of a valve closet,with cistern flush, the bowl having im-proved flushing rim and a special trappedoverflow pipe, and being closed by a flapvalve held in place by the counterweight;the container is provided with an escapepipe for foul gases, and the S-trap under 472 VAST NOSTEANDS ENGINEERING MAGAZINE. the floor has a vent pipe attached to pre-vent the loss of its water by siphonage. C is a plunger closet with improvedflushing rim bowl, supplied with waterfrom a cistern, the outlet of the closet by more or less complicated machinery,the three following types are free fromany movable parts. D is a long flushing rim hopper havingan S-trap under the floor.
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being on one side and closed by a plungerworking in a chamber and to be operatedby knob and pull. The trap is abovethe floor and provided with a hub to at-tach a vent pipe. While these three closets are operated E is a short flushing rim hopper withS-trap above the floor. F is a washout closet, holding waterin the basin, which also serves as a trap. Fig. 5 shows the general characteristicsof a trough closet (latrine). B0U8E DB S 1 \ LGE \N l> - \M T \\:\ Ill M BING. PAN 0LO8BTS. To this class of closetfl belong thePhiladelphia valve closet, the Bartholo-set, Harrisons u Empire. Oarrfl M Monitor closet, thebeth pan closet, Dnderhays pant. Banners closet, Craigies cka closet, Craigies Century- oand many others. The name waive closet is an improp-er one. and leads to confounding these with those ^( the second type : name is derived from the usual air fr«»m the container. The contents of the howl or pan are discharged bytilting the pan by means of a lever,while a flush is simultaneou

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