A manual of hygiene and sanitation . Wash-out water-closet. (Parkes.) Dececo siphon closet. (Parkbs.) Wash-out closets retain considerable water in the bowl,and are emptied by a strong flush of water from the flush-ing rim. They are simple, do not readily get out of order,and are much in favor at the present time. As they area modification of the short-hopper closet, so is the siphoncloset a modification of the wash-out variety. In the siphon closet the contents of the bowl and trapare lifted out by siphonic action, and then the bowl andtrap are refilled, as in the case of wash-out closets, by
A manual of hygiene and sanitation . Wash-out water-closet. (Parkes.) Dececo siphon closet. (Parkbs.) Wash-out closets retain considerable water in the bowl,and are emptied by a strong flush of water from the flush-ing rim. They are simple, do not readily get out of order,and are much in favor at the present time. As they area modification of the short-hopper closet, so is the siphoncloset a modification of the wash-out variety. In the siphon closet the contents of the bowl and trapare lifted out by siphonic action, and then the bowl andtrap are refilled, as in the case of wash-out closets, by anafter-flush. In the Dececo closet—a siphon closet—useis made of the principle involved in the Field flush-tank. WASH-OUT AND SIPHON CLOSETS. 385 Hopper, wash-out, and siphon closets should be sup-plied from water-closet cisterns, which should give a cer- FiG. 79. Sanitas siphon closet. (Harrington.) tain and sufficient volume of water with only a shortpull on the chain. The bowl and trap should also beautomatically refilled f
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