Improvements in Den Fans and the nike.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Den Fans and the nike.
MARY ANN SLATTER Nurse 22 St. Philips Street Leckhampton Cheltenham
Gloucestershire I do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
A receptacle for the use of invalids confined to bed made in enamelled iron
or earthenware in Horse Shoe shape or other & fitted with rim inside to carry
inflated rubber tube.
Outside fitted with Handle for outlet the Handle to contain a vessel filled with
a Disinfectant worked by a valve into the receptacle & which will act as a dis-
fecting vessel for room. The receptacle to be filled with an inflated rubber tube
fitted with air valve & also fitted with a cover.
Dated this Kirat dow of Tohm 1907
Improvements in Bed Pans and the like.
I, MARY ANN SLATTER, of 22 St. Phillips Street, Leckhampton, Cheltenham,
Gloucester, Married Woman, 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:-
My invention relates to a receptacle for the use of invalids confined to bed which
receptacle may be made either of enamelled iron or earthenware, of horseshoe or
other shape; and fitted with a hollow handle serving as an outlet. According to
my invention I form such receptacle with a grooved rim and fit the latter with
an inflated rubber tube or cushion which may be provided with a suitable cover
or otherwise strengthened and fitted with an air valve.
In the hollow handle I place a vessel or hollow stopper filled with disinfectant
and provided with a valve or stopper in its bottom to enable the disinfectant-to
be discharged into the receptacle, such hollow stopper or vessel may also serve as
a disinfecting vessel for the room.
My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is
a plan of a bed pan showing the rim for receiving the air tube or cushion. Fig. 2
is a longitudinal section of the bed pan showing the air cushion in position and
Fig. 3 is a plan of the air cushion separately.
a is the body of the bed pan, b is the outlet tube or arm which is shaped to
receive a plug or stopper c.
This plug
or stopper is preferably made of china

page_text: or earthenware and hollow whilst in order to make it air tight I use in connection
therewith an India rubber ring or washer d placed around the same immediately
below the head thereof.
This hollow stopper or vessel is provided with an aperture in its bottom which
may be fitted with a stopper as shown or with any suitable kind of valve to
enable the contents to be discharged into the pan when required.
Surrounding the opening in the pan is a grooved or hollow rim a¹ of suitable
depth and width to receive the air tube or cushion e which latter is made in any
well known manner and is provided with an air valve e¹ and bands ³ ³ preferably
of India rubber.
In placing and securing the air tube or cushion in position, the bands e³ ³ are
passed underneath the pan and the air valve e' is passed through a hole a³
formed in the grooved or hollow rim a¹.
..
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is: :-
1. A bed pan or the like formed with a grooved or hollow rim and fitted with an
air inflated tubular cushion located in said rim, substantially as herein set forth.
2. In a bed pan or the like the combination of a grooved or hollow rim around
the opening therein, an air inflated tubular cushion located in said rim a hole in
the rim through which the air valve of the cushion is passed and bands attached
to the air cushion to pass underneath the pan substantially as herein set forth.
3. In a bed pan or the like the combination of a grooved or hollow rim surround-
ing the opening therein, an air inflated tubular cushion, provided with an air
valve and located on said rim, and an outlet tube or arm fitted with a hollow
stopper provided with a valve or stopper substantially as herein set forth.
Dated Ontoh on 1907
HARRIS & MILLS,
23 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.