Year: 1897

page_text: I, PHILIP BRIGHT, of 2, Newgate Street, in the City of London, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to that kind of urinal which consists of one or more
upright semi-cylindrical compartments or stalls usually made of earthenware,
but sometimes of other material, provided with bases or floors sloping downward
from back to front so as to deliver the flushing water and other liquid into a gutter
or channel running along in front of the stall or stalls and communicating with
the drain.
Heretofore the base or floor of each of the stalls has, so far as I am aware,
terminated in a short length of pipe forming a channel to lead the liquid to the
aforesaid gutter; that is to say the channel leading from the base or floor of the
stall to the gutter has been covered over; and in order to make good the general
flooring up to the front of the stalls, or a little further back than the front, it
has been customary to employ slate or tiles cemented in position, the gutter itself
being generally covered with a grating to allow water or other liquid deposited on
the Hoor outside the stalls to escape into the gutter. In this arrangement when
it is desired to cleanse the channel between the base or floor of the stall and the
gutter it can only be done by passing a suitable instrument such as a flexible
brush for example through the short length of pipe forming the channel, either
from the gutter end or from the stall end thereof; and as the interior of the pipe
or channel is quite out of sight there is no certainty that the cleansing has been
properly effected.
The object of the present invention is to provide means whereby the cleansing.
of the channel leading from the stall to the gutter can be more easily effected than
heretofore, and with the certainty that it has been properly done. For this purpose
I make the base or floor of the stall as a perfectly open uncovered channel that is
to say without any pipe or other passage covered at the top in such a way that the
inside of the channel cannot be seen, or only seen with difficulty. This open
channel is carried forward to the gutter so as to deliver the liquid directly into
the latter and over the gutter and over the said open channel I place a metallic
or other suitable grating which can be raised up on a hinge or removed altogether
when it is required to cleanse the channel and gutter. It will be understood that
when the aforesaid grating is raised or removed the whole of the channel and
the corresponding part of the gutter are exposed to view, and the surfaces may, be
cleaned without difficulty with ordinary brushes or other well known means.
The channel between the stall and the gutter may be made the full width of the
stall, or it may be made narrower than the stall, but in that case it is desirable to

page_text: shape the sides of the channel so that they favour the passage of liquid to the
gutter and offer surfaces which are easily cleaned.
Dated this 17th day of September 1907
Improvements in Urinals.
I, PHILIP BRIGHT, of 2, Newgate Street, in the City of London, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
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This invention relates to that kind of urinal which consists of one or more
jupright semi-cylindrical compartments or stalls usually made of earthenware,
but sometimes of other material, provided with bases or floors sloping downward
from back to front so as to deliver the flushing water and other liquid into a gutter
or channel running along in front of the stall or stalls and communicating with
the drain,
Heretofore the base or floor of each of the stalls has, so far as I am aware,
terminated in a short length of pipe forming a channel to lead the liquid to the
aforesaid gutter; that is to say the channel leading from the base or floor of the
stall to the gutter has been covered over; and in order to make good the general
flooring up to the front of the stalls, or a little further back than the front, it
has been customary to employ slate or tiles cemented in position, the gutter itself
being generally covered with a grating to allow water or other liquid deposited on
the floor outside the stalls to escape into the gutter. In this arrangement when
it is desired to cleanse the channel between the base or floor of the stall and the
gutter it can only be done by passing a suitable instrument, such as a flexible
Brush for example, through the short length of pipe forming the channel, either
from the gutter end or from the stall end thereof; and as the interior of the pipe
or channel is quite out of sight there is no certainty that the cleansing has been
properly effected.
The object of the present invention is to provide means whereby the cleansing
of the channel leading from the stall to the gutter can be more easily effected than
heretofore, and with the certainty that it has been properly done. For this purpose
I make the part of the base or floor of the stall which leads to the gutter as a
perfectly open, uncovered channel, that is to say without any pipe or other
passage covered at the top in such a way that the inside of the channel cannot be
seen, or only seen with difficulty. This open channel is carried forward to the
gutter so as to deliver the liquid directly into the latter; and over the gutter and
over the said open channel I place a metallic or other suitable grating which can
be raised up on a hinge, or removed altogether, when it is required to cleanse the
channel and gutter. It will be understood that when the aforesaid grating is
raised or removed the whole of the channel and the corresponding part of the
gutter are exposed to view, and the surfaces may be cleaned without difficulty with
ordinary brushes or other well known means.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings Figure 1 is a sectional elevation, taken
on the line X-X of Figure 2, of one compartment or stall of a urinal constructed
in accordance with my invention, Figure 2 a sectional elevation taken on the
line Y-Y of Figure 1, and Figure 3 a plan.
1

page_text: A is the semi-cylindrical or other somewhat similarly shaped body of the com-
partment or stall constructed in the usual way of earthenware or other suitable
material. B is the base or floor of the compartment or stall sloping downwards as
usual from back to front, C the gutter or channel receiving the flushing water
and other liquid from the base or floor B and conducting them to the drain D.
E is the aforesaid channel perfectly open and uncovered at the top, leading from
the base or floor 13 to the gutter C, and which open, uncovered channel takes the
place, as aforesaid, of the covered over or pipe-like channel heretofore in use.
Fis the metallic or other suitable grating adapted to lic over, not only the
gutter C as heretofore, but also the aforesaid open uncovered channel E. This
grating may be made in one piece as shown in the drawings, and be hinged, as
at G for example, to a curb or frame H, or it may be adapted to be removed
altogether, or if preferred it may be fixed permanently in position. On the the
grating may be made in two or more pieces, one to cover the gutter C, and another
piece, or other pieces, to cover the open channel E, or otherwise as may be found
convenient or desirable. It will be seen that the back part of the grating F, which
may be provided with india-rubber buffers F¹, rests at its sides on projecting
supports I formed at the lower part of the jambs A¹ of the body A of the compart-
ment or stalls.
It will now be readily understood that when it is desired to clean the channel E
it is only necessary to raise or remove the grating F, and the whole surface of the
said channel can then be seen, readily got at, and cleaned with an ordinary brush
or broom. Or, if the grating is fixed permanently the surfaces of the channel
may be cleaned by passing a suitable cleansing instrument between the bars of
the grating.
The channel E may be made the full width of the compartment or stall, or
it may be made narrower than the compartment or stall; but in all cases it is
desirable to shape the sides of the channel so that they favour the passage of liquid
to the gutter C, and offer surfaces which are easily cleaned.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
First. The improvement in urinals of the kind herein referred to, which consists
in making the channel between the base or floor of the compartment or stall and
the gutter open and uncovered at the top, instead of closed as heretofore, sub-
stantially as described.
Second. In urinals constructed with an open channel between the base or floor
of the compartment or stall and the gutter the combination with such open
channel of a grating extending backwards over such channel, substantially as
described.
Dated this 17th davit Lam 1000