IMPROVEMENTS IN FITTING AND 'MOUNTING CHAMBER UTENSILS
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Bernard Scalé, of Peckham, in the County of Surrey,
Cabinet Maker, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN FITTING AND
'MOUNTING CHAMBER UTENSILS."
Sealed the 27th December 1864, and dated the 31st October 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Bernard Scalé at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 31st October
1864.
I, BERNARD SCALE, of Peckham, in the County of Surrey, Cabinet Maker,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FITTING AND MOUNTING CHAMBER UTENSILS," to be as follows:-
My improvements in fitting and mounting chamber utensils consist in
forming a stand on which to place a chamber, in order that it may be at a
convenient licight for sitting down while using it; instead of actually sitting on
the chamber I provide a suitable seat having an oval or other opening, below
which the chamber utensil is placed. I prefer to enclose the utensil within the
stand, and make it of an oval form of a size that will conveniently enclose the
utensil; the stand is provided with a door for the purpose of. removing or
introducing the utensil; and is mounted on castors for the convenience of moving
it from place to place. I provide a cover for the seat opening which may bu
stuffed and covered, and will serve for a small ottoman, being about the height
of an ordinary chair. The chamber pedestal or stand so made is convenient
for ordinary use for invalids and ladies generally, more especially for elderly or
heavy persons, and being of small area ladies' dresses pass readily over it, and
they are not incommoded thereby in using it. A round, square, oblong, or other

page_text: form may be adopted; but I prefer a polygonal form for the body with an oval
top, the polygonal form of the body approximating to that of the oval top. The
chamber utensil may be of oval form to suit the oval opening in the seat, or an
ordinary chamber utensil may be adopted; it is simply placed on a shelf, and
held close up against the under part of the seat, and may be removed at
pleasure by opening the door.
Fig. 1 represents an elevation of the stand or fitting for a chamber utensil
with cover a complete, and as for a small ottoman; Fig. 2 a like view with
cover a removed; Fig. 8 is a plan of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 a plan of Fig. 2,
but with the door 6 thrown open for placing or removing the chamber c, which
is shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1, 2, and 4. d, d, is the enclosing cupboard
or stand of mahogany or other suitable material, with seat e, having an opening
f, and the chamber c placed immediately beneath supported on a shelf,
9. The
whole is somewhat similar to an ordinary pot cupboard, but of lower elevation,
and instead of the chamber c being removed for use, the person using it sits
down on the seat e.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Bernard Scalé in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
29th April 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, BERNARD
SCALE, of Peckham, in the County of Surrey, Cabinet Maker, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Bernard Scalé, Her special licence that I, the said Bernard Scalé, my execu-
tors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Bernard Scalé, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FITTING AND MOUNTING
CHAMBER UTENSILS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Bernard
Scalé, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be

page_text: performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Bernard Scalé, do hereby declare the.
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the Sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):
My improvements in mounting and fitting chamber utensils consist in
forming a stand on which to place a chamber in order that it may be at a
convenient height for sitting down upon while using it. There is besides no
danger of breaking the utensils, as is sometimes the case with heavy persons
sitting on the utensil itself. Instead of actually sitting on the chamber utensil
I provide a suitable seat having an oval or other opening, below. which the
chamber utensil is placed. I prefer to enclose the utensil within the stand,
and make it of an oval form of a size that it will. conveniently. enclose the
utensil; the stand is provided with a door for the purpose of removing or
introducing the utensil, and may be mounted on castors for the convenience
of moving it from place to place. I provide a cover for the seat opening, which
may be stuffed and covered, and will serve for a small ottoman, being about the
height of an ordinary seat. The chamber pedestal or stand so made is convenient'
for ordinary use for invalids and ladies generally, more especially for elderly
or heavy persons, and being of small area ladies' dresses pass.readily over.it,
they are not incommoded thereby, and it may be used with the same facility as
the utensil is in ordinary (that is to say, without the stand), but with much
greater convenience, comfort, and safety. A round, square, oblong, or other
form may be adopted; but I prefer a polygonal form for the body with an oval.
top, the polygonal form of the body approximating to that of the oval topT The
chamber utensil may be of oval form to suit the oval opening in the seat, or an
ordinary chamber utensil may be used; it is simply placed on a shelf, and is
thereby sustained or held close up against the under part of the seat, and may
be removed for emptying by opening the door.
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page_text: a, a, is the body of an enclosed cupboard of mahogany or other suitable
material, having a pedestal b, b, mounted on castors c, c, for the convenience of
moving it about, while mis the seat with an opening d, d, on which a person
sits while using the utensil; c, e, is the movable cover applied to cover and
hide the opening, which may be used as a seat or ottoman; four pegs f,f; are
fixed in the cover e, which are received in the opening d, d, and keep the
cover in position when closed. The body a is represented of a polygonal form,
but may be round, oval, square, or otherwise; it is preferably of mahogany,
French polished, as also the other parts, except the cushion g of the scat which
if nicely finished gives the whole. an agreeable appearance. The door h
embraces four of the sides or faces, as seen in Fig. 4; it is hung on hinges, and
fastens with a bolt i; k is the chamber utensil, which in this case is oval and
agrees somewhat with the form of the stand and opening d, it may, however, be
round as in ordinary, but should be properly adapted to the opening d; it is
placed on a shelf 1, and so held close up under seat m; stops p, p, scen dotted
in Fig. 4, are disposed so as to keep the utensil kiit position, which also
facilitates disposing it in proper positions. When the utensil k is placed in
position the door h is closed and fastened by the bolt i; r, r, are two hand
holes (one on either side),. for lifting and moving the article if required.
Instead of placing the utensil k in an enclosed stand it may be an open stand,
but adapted for its reception and to afford the advantages herein-before
described. The utensil itself may be of other shape, and with or without one
or more handles. The stand may of course be made and used without any lid
or cover, but the addition of a cover renders it available as a seat, besides
enclosing and hiding the chamber utensil. In order to prevent the ammonia
arising discoloring the under side of the cover, or impregnating and scenting
it, I sometimes line or coat it on the under side with porcelain or other
material unattackable by the vapour arising. The whole of the stand may be
further lined or formed of metal for a like object.
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In witness whereof, I, the said Bernard Scalé, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thouand cight hundred and sixty-five.