Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1912 . or eightinches of the bottom of the tank, and be-ing covered with a wire screen about thesize of an ordinary pail. The inlet Tin the second compartment admits freshair, which passes freely over the centrepartition—spaces being left in the topof the latter for the purpose—and upthrough the soil pipe to the roof. Aconnection from this may also he madewith the outlet pipe to act as an over-flow in case of any emergency. In thecentre of the second compartment isplaced a Quinn automatic valve C, whichis caulked into a four-inch cast iron ben
Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1912 . or eightinches of the bottom of the tank, and be-ing covered with a wire screen about thesize of an ordinary pail. The inlet Tin the second compartment admits freshair, which passes freely over the centrepartition—spaces being left in the topof the latter for the purpose—and upthrough the soil pipe to the roof. Aconnection from this may also he madewith the outlet pipe to act as an over-flow in case of any emergency. In thecentre of the second compartment isplaced a Quinn automatic valve C, whichis caulked into a four-inch cast iron bendand which is securely built into the bot-tom of the tank during its top of the hub of the bend should be matter is retained until it is reduced by and most direct rout*, regardless of thebacterial action as previously explained. turn on the steam main. Some wouldThe effluent is allowed to enter the argue that, if the branch be taken off be-second compartment or dosing chamber ore making the turn, that the amount of 3 myrtle Tarni. Figure 4. through overflow F, which is turneddown as shown because of the presenceof the bulk of the organic matter in sus-pension or near the surface. When theliquid has risen in the second compart-ment to the height at which the unlock-ing float on the valve has been set, thevalve automatically opens and dischargesthe contents of that compartment into asystem of sub-surface drainage throughwhich it percolates into the surroundingearth, to be taken care of by nature asalready described. LOCATION OF BRANCH. Editor Plumber and Steamfitter.—Ifa branch from steam main to the radi-ator comes anywhere near a right angle
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