Improvements in or relating
Year: 1899

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Improvements in or relating
I, LEONARD LUMSDEN GRIMWADE, of Fjaerlands, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent,
in the County of Stafford, Earthenware Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is intended to prevent contagion from infectious diseases by
providing means for the effectual removal from hospitals or other places of the
excreta of patients in hermetically sealed vessels for the purpose of conveyance to
crematoriums or destructors, so as to prevent effluvia escaping therefrom either
in the sick room or during transit.
I form a lid or cover to a bed pan with an india rubber cushion around the
underside of the edge of the cover to fit on a ledge formed around the aperture
in said pan; immediately above this ledge and around the aperture in the pan I
form a groove in which to place the ends of a metal tripod or a spring tripod,
the said ends being passed through slots in the upper edge of the groove; stops
are placed in the groove at a certain distance from the aforesaid slots, the groove
tapering from the slots to the stops. When the cover is put on the pan and the
tripod or the spring dropped through the slots and turned as far as the slots
will permit, the vessel will be hermetically sealed, as the incline of the upper
edge of the groove causes the cover to be pressed tightly on to the ledge upon which
the cover rests. The tripod is secured to the lid in such a manner that it will have
sufficient play to permit of it being turned round as far as the stops, but may if
required be detached from the cover, or may be permanently secured to the
cover; the aforesaid tripod or spring may when preferred be further secured
The lip or nose of the pan is
by a thumb screw in the centre of the cover.
hollowed out sufficiently for a person to obtain a firm hold and prevent any
chance of the pan slipping from the hands of the person carrying it.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
rents for the Applicant, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.
Improvements in or relating to Bed Pans.
I, LEONARD LUMSDEN GRIMWADE, of Fjaerlands, Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent,
in the County of Stafford. Earthenware Manufacturer. 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 is intended to prevent contagion from infectious diseases by

page_text: providing means for the effectual removal from hospitals or other places of the
excreta of patients in hermetically sealed vessels for the purpose of conveyance to
crematoriums or destructors so as to prevent effluvia escaping therefrom either
in the sick room or during transit.
In the accompanying drawing to which I hereinafter refer Fig. 1 is a side
view and Fig. 2 a plan of my improved bed pan with cover removed. Fig. 3 is
a longitudinal section of pan and cover the latter being shown raised for clearer
illustration, Fig. 4 is a plan of pan and cover and Fig. 5 is a perspective view
of the pan only.
In these views similar letters refer to similar parts.
I form inclined grooves as b immediately above the ordinary ledge c in the
aperture of the pan upon which the lid or cover rests. A vertical slot d is formed
on the inner side of the upper edge of the pan at the commencement of each
inclined groove, through which to pass the ends of a metal tripod as e.
The afore-
said inclined grooves are stopped or terminate at any preferred distance from
the slots, the grooves tapering from the slots to within about one inch of the
stops. The tripod may be formed either of wrought metal and adjustably attached
to the cover as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 or may be made of spring steel in the form
shown in Fig. 6.
When the cover is put on and the ends of either of the tripods before named
dropped through the slots and turned as far as the slots will permit, the decline
in the slots will cause the vessel to be hermetically sealed, as the slope of the
upper edge of the groove causes the cover to be pressed tightly on to the ledge
upon which the cover rests with the india rubber ring f intervening. The lip
or nose a of the pan is recessed as at for the purpose of obtaining a firm hold
and prevent any chance of the pan slipping from the hands of the person
carrying it.
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:-
In a bed pan such as is employed in sick rooms, hospitals and other similar
places inclined grooves formed on the inner side of the upper edge of the pan
immediately above the ordinary ledge in the aperture of the pan upon which the
lid or cover rests, said inclined grooves having vertical slots at their commence-
ment and stopped or terminating at any preferred distance therefrom substantially
as and for the purpose herein before described.
2. In a bed pan such as herein before named the nose formed with a recess as
and for the purpose described.
Dated this 9th day of February 1900.