Improvements in or Additions to Urinals or Urinal Ranges.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 16th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 12th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 27th Feb., 1897
Improvements in or Additions to Urinals or Urinal Ranges.
1, THOMAS WILLIAM TWYFORD, of Cliffe Vale Pottery, Hauley, in the
County of Stafford, Manufacturing Sanitary Potter, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has relation principally to that class of urinals in which flushing
tanks are employed and my invention has for one of its objects, an arrangement
for regulating the temperature of the water within the said glazed cisterns or
flushing tanks; for another object, the utilization of such urinals as advertising
media; and for another object, to conceal the sparge pipes of a urinal from
view.
In carrying out my improvements in connection with a urinal in which the
stalls are arranged in a circle, or which may be hexagonal, octagonal, square or of
any other suitable design, the pedestal or cap supporting the glazed flushing cistern
may be hollow and its sides pierced with openings of any suitable design whilst
located within the inside of the said urinal is a burner which may be both for
illuminating advertisements or trade or other announcements displayed upon the
said openings and also for playing upon the underside of a plate of-good-heat-
conducting material forming the base of the flushing tank. When no heat is
required but only light, then electric illuminant may be employed in lieu of a
burner and where no light is required but ouly heat, then I may use a well known
heating arrangement.
By employing heat under base of the flushing cistern the water is always kept
at a temperature above freezing point.
In addition to insertion of panels in the urinals, I may also insert them in other
positions of the apparatus for attaining the same object. Provision is also made
for gaining access to the interiors of the urinals and hollow parts for lighting the
burners, cleaning and other purposes.
When the stalls are placed back to back, the caps or copings, which have lips
forwardly overhanging the slabs, are channelled or recessed within which the
sparge pipes leading from the supply pipes lying within the space between the
back-to-back slabs, run, so that the water issuing from them is directed at the backs
of the lips or eaves of the copings, and hence hidden sparge pipes.
Dad thin 15th day of Mev 1896
THOMAS WILLIAM TWYFORD,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Additions to Urinals or Urinal Ranges.
I, THOMAS WILLIAM TWYFORD of Cliffe Vale Pottery, Hanley, in the
County of Stafford, Manufacturing Sanitary Potter, 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 :-
This invention has relation, in the one part, to urinals and has for one of its
objects, to conceal the sparge pipes of the urinal from view; and in another part
to urinals in which glazed flushing tanks are employed, and having for one of its
objects an arrangement for regulating the temperature of the water within the
said flushing tank or cistern, and for another object, the utilization of such urinals
as advertising media.
According to one form of the first part of my invention, in which the stalls of
the urinal are placed back to back, the caps or copings, which have lips forwardly
overhanging the slabs, have channels or recesses within which the sparge pipes
leading from the water supply pipes lying in the spaces between the said back-to-
back stall slabs, run, so that the water issuing from them is directed in jets against
the backs of the overhanging lips or caves of the coping or cap, hence hidden
sparge pipes.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents an hexagonal urinal, partly
in vertical section and partly in elevation and with the sectional parts showing how
the sparge pipes are concealed from view, according to the aforesaid first part of
my invention.
Figure 2 represents a topside plan of the same with a part in horizontal section,
showing the dispositions of the concealed sparge pipes relative to the slabs or
stalls.
Figure 3 is a complete side elevation of the said urinal and Figure 4 is a
complete topside plan of the same.
Figure 5 is a side elevation of the assembled sparge pipes separately and
Figure 6 is a plan of the same.
The hexagonal urinal consists of a series of upright slabs or stalls a, with the
outer presented sides a¹, concaved, and forming, when placed back to back, a series
of stalls, resting upon a base or floor a², with treads a, and drainages a, a, coming
between the wings of the stalls, whose joints are covered up by pillar facings a.
Resting upon the tops of the upright slabs a, is a cap or coping a', with its outer
boundary edges formed into hollow eaves or rims a³, between the inside over-
hanging walls of which and channels a³, directed or formed along the top front
edges a¹ of the said slabs, sparge pipes b, run.
c is a pedestal, supported from the middle of the range and terminated by a
glazed flushing tank d.
The sparge pipes b, which follow the contour of the stalls, and are concealed
from view by the overhanging edges or sides of the cap, have fitted to them
radiating branches 6' connected to a central supply . Instead of the outer edges
of the upper terminations of the slabs being channelled for the reception of the
sparge pipes they may be made plain, with the sparge pipes running between the
top edges of the slabs and the overhanging edges of the coping.
In carrying out the other parts of my improvements in connection with a urinal
in which the stalls are arranged in a circle, or which may be hexagonal, octagonal,
square or of any other suitable design, and surmounted by a flushing tank, the
pedestal or cap supporting the said glazed flushing cistern may be hollow and its
sides pierced with openings of any suitable design whilst located within the inside
of the said pedestal is a burner which may be both for illuminating advertisements

page_text: or trade or other announcements displayed upon the said openings and also for
playing upon the underside of a plate of good-heat-conducting material forming
the base of the flushing tank. When no heat is required but only light, then
electric illuminant may be employed in lieu of a burner and where no light is
required but only heat, then I may use any well known heating arrangement.
By employing heat under base of the flushing cistern the water is always kept
at a temperature above freezing point.
In addition to the insertion of panels in the urinals, I may also insert them in
other positions in the apparatus for attaining the same object. Provision is also
made for gaining access to the interiors of the urinals and hollow parts for lighting
the burners, cleaning and other purposes.
Figure 7 represents a hexagonal urinal arranged for the display of advertising
matter or the like, and also fitted with means for keeping the water in the flushing
tank at a temperature sufficient to prevent the freezing of the water in inclement
weather.
a are upright slabs forming the stalls, resting upon a base a', and terminated by
a coping or cap a', supporting a pedestal c, whose walls or sides are pierced with
openings c', enclosed by glazings c, upon which advertisements or announcements
such as e, may be printed, and ventilated, if necessary by holes c', through which
any moisture collecting within the interior of the pedestal may escape.
9 is a gas burner or burners, supplied with gas by a suitable pipe, and having
above it a copper or other metal plate h, let within the bottom of the glazed
flushing tank d, terminating the pedestal, and upon which a small flame from the
said gas burner, plays and keeps the water in the tank always at a temperature
sufficient to prevent freezing in inclement weather, as aforesaid.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First. In urinals, concealing the sparge pipes from view by locating the same
between the upper edges of the stalls or slabs and overhanging edges or lips of
the coping or cap, substantially as described and set forth.
Secondly. In urinals, concealing the sparge pipes from view by locating or
running the same within channels or recesses formed around the upper edges or
upper parts of the stalls or slabs and overhung by the depending edges or lips of
the coping or cap, substantially as described and set forth.
Thirdly. In urinals in which flushing tanks or cisterns are employed, providing
the pedestal or equivalent support for the cistern or tank with glazed openings for
the display of illuminated or other advertisements, announcements or the like,
substantially as described and set forth.
Fourthly. In urinals in which flushing cisterns or tanks are employed, the arrange-
ment or means for regulating the temperature of the water in such cisterns,
substantially as and for the purpose described and set forth.
Dated this 11th day of December 1896.
THOMAS WILLIAM TWYFORD,
By. Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
THOMAS WILLIAM TWYFORD,
By. Henry Skerrett,
24 Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.