Improvements in Ships' Waterclosets

... 9442. Shanks, J., Burnside, R.., and McInnes, T. M. April 27. Ship closets.-A centrifugal or other rotary pump D, driven by an electromotor E, discharges closets situated at or below the water line, into an exit B' fitted with a check valve B<2>. The non-concussive supply valve G, Fig. 2, is actuated by the armature lever H of an electromagnet J in the circuit. On switching on the current for the pump, the lever is pulled down upon the spindle G<1> of the valve, which is thus opened, and the basin flushed.