An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Deodorising and Disinfecting Water-closets, Urinals, Sinks, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 30th July, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Jan., 1895-Accepted, 9th Mar., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Deodorising and
Disinfecting Water-closets, Urinals, Sinks, and the like.
I JOHN MORCOMBE BROMLEY BAKER of 48 Stockwell Park Crescent in the
County of London, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to a simple and efficient method of and apparatus for
deodorising and disinfecting water-closets, urinals, sinks and the like, and consists
in taking any suitable disinfectant and compressing it into a cake, and this
compressed disinfectant I place in a case open at top; and the said case is
made so as to fit in the pan of a water-closet for example in such a way that
when the water-closet is flushed the water shall enter the top of the aforesaid
case and wash out a portion of its contents so as to deodorise or disinfect the
closet.
The compressed disinfectant I pack in tin-foil or other suitable covering in order
to keep it air-tight or nearly so; a portion of which covering is removed when
the disinfectant is placed in the case for use, so that the water may act on the
disinfectant.
Dated this 30th day of July 1891
BROWNE & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.
An Improved Method of and Apparatus for Deodorising and
Disinfecting Water-closets, Urinals, Sinks, and the like.
I JOHN MORCOMBE BROMLEY BAKER, of 48 Stockwell Park Crescent in the
County of London, Gentleman, 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 relates to a simple and efficient method of, and apparatus for
deodorising and disinfecting water-closets, urinals, sinks and the like, and consists
in taking any suitable disinfectant and compressing it into a cake, and this
compressed disinfectant I place in a case open at top. The said case is made so as
to fit into the pan of a water-closet for example, in such a way that when the
water-closet is flushed, the water shall enter the top of the aforesaid case and wash
out a portion of its contents so as to deodorise and disinfect the closet.
The compressed disinfectant I pack in foil, in order to keep it air-tight or
nearly so, and a portion of such covering is removed when the disinfectant is
placed in the case for use.
And in order that my invention may be more clearly understood, I will now
refer to the drawing accompanying this Specification, in which
Fig. 1 shews a front elevation of my apparatus detached and drawn to an
enlarged scale,
Fig. 2 represents a perspective view shewing the interior of closet-pan fitted
with my improved apparatus.
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page_text: ig. 5 snews section through line A B Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 shews a detail hereafter referred to.
The same letters denote the same parts in all the views.
a shews the pan of closet, b shews seat of same, c shews receptacle to contain the
compressed disinfectant, d flat piece of metal connected to the receptacle c.
To
the upper end of the piece d 1 fix a chain e and to the other end of said chain e
I connect a wedge f. The receptacle c may be made of metal or other suitable
material, but if made of metal I nickel or otherwise protect same, so as to prevent
corrosion.
The disinfectant may be composed of permanganate of potash.
In order to fit the apparatus constructed as above to the pan of a closet I first
bend the piece d in the form of a hook, and then insert it sideways between the
pan a and the seat 6 (there being sufficient space between the seat and the top of
the pan to allow of the piece d being inserted), I then insert the wedge between
the seat band the piece d so as to hold the apparatus in position.
The
It will be seen on reference to Fig. 2 that the flushing water i impinges on the
top of the receptacle c, a portion of the water entering the same, through the slot h
in the cover of the receptacle c. This cover is shewn detached at Fig. 4.
flushing water washes out the water remaining in the apparatus from the previous
flushing (which is already charged with disinfectant) into the pan a, as shewn by
the thicker dotted lines k, leaving the receptacle e charged ready for the next
Hushing, and so on.
On reference to Fig. 3 it will be seen how the apparatus fits into the pan a as
above described.
When it is desired to apply my invention to urinals the apparatus is fitted by
any suitable means in such a way that the flushing water will wash out the water
in the apparatus, which is already charged with disinfectant, as above described in
the application of my invention to water-closets.
Although I have described and shewn the apparatus fitted at the back of the
pan, of course it may be fitted at any other part, so long as the flushing water can
act as above described.
Instead of having a separate apparatus, I may have the receptacle c formed in
one with the pan.
The compressed cake of disinfectant I enclose in foil and when required for use
I remove a small portion of such foil from the bottom of the cake, so that the
cake may only be acted upon by the flushing water at the exposed portion.
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. In the method of and apparatus for deodorising and disinfecting water-closets,
urinals, sinks and the like, the use of a receptacle for containing a soluble
compressed disinfectant fitted in the pan of the water-closet or in a urinal in such
a way that the flushing water may wash a portion of such disinfectant out each
time the closet is flushed for the purposes described.
2. In the method of and apparatus for deodorising and disinfecting water-closets,
urinals, sinks and the like, the use of a receptacle for containing a compressed
disinfectant (enclosed in foil), and having a small portion of the said disinfectant
exposed to be acted upon by the flushing water for the purposes described.
3. The method of and apparatus for deodorising and disinfecting water-closets,
urinals, sinks and the like, substantially as herein before described and represented
on the accompanying drawing
BROWNE & Co.,
9, Warwick Court, London, Agents for the Applicant.