Improvements in Earth Closets.
Year: 1895

page_text: Improvements in Earth
Closets.
1, FRIEDRICH WILHELM RIMA, of 356, Ludwigstrasse, Hemelingen near
Bremen, in the German Empire, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to earth closets and has for object to ensure efficiency in
the working of such closets.
According to my invention I arrange behind the visible back of the closet a
chamber or receptacle which is suspended on pivots placed to one side of the centre
line of the receptacle so that the latter hangs to one side when the closet is not in
use. The lower part of this receptacle which contains the earth or like material
is funnel shaped and opened at the lower end. A shoot is placed under the
receptacle and empties into the vessel or pan and is provided at its upper end with
two plates arranged stepwise and opposite one another, that is to say, they are
secured to opposite sides of the shoot one above the other and project beyond the
centre line of the same.
When the receptacle is in its position of rest its funnel shaped opening lies
directly over the top plate so that the latter closes the opening of the receptacle.
When the receptacle is moved the opening of the same comes to lie over the lower
plate so that a portion of the earth or like material can fall onto the said plate.
One side of the receptacle is extended beyond the opening of the same as far as
the lower plate which is preferably curved to the arc of a circle having its centre
at the pivot on which the receptacle is suspended.
A vertical rod is attached to a hook on the side of the receptacle and is also
connected to one end of a pivoted lever. A second rod extends from the other
end of this lever up to the front of the seat which is hinged at the back and is
kept somewhat raised by the said rod.
When the closet is used the seat is pressed down thereby causing the second rod
to press on the end of the lever which raises the rod attached to the hook on the
chamber so that the chamber swings from its position of rest and earth falls from
the receptacle onto the lower plate. If now the seat be relieved of pressure the
receptacle returns, by reason of its own weight, to its original position and the
lengthened side of the receptacle pushes the material on the plate into the shoot
wbence it finds its ways into the vessel or pan. If desired two rods (one on each
side of the seat) and also two levers can be used so that the seat is not supported
at one side ouly. The second lever is then connected to the vertical rod by means
of a strut.
I sometimes use a modification of my invention in which the earth_distributing
In this case,
device is controlled by the lid of the closet instead of by the seat.
the lid is provided with an arın having a slot in which works a pin fixed to a pivoted
lever. The lower end of this lever is connected to the vertical rod which operates
the earth containing chamber in the manner herein before described.
Instead of suspending the receptacle on pivots it can be supported or hung on
borizontal rods so that it can be displaced laterally or otherwise to cause it to
deposit the earth or like material on the lower plate.
The receptacle is shaken by its movements and the material it contains is thereby
prevented from adhering together or to the sides of the receptacle.

page_text: If desired the plates in the shoot can be provided with slots near the edges by
which they are fixed to the side of the shoot, through which slots the material left
behind on these plates can fall when the receptacle moves back. The receptacle
can be made of any suitable material but preferably of sheet metal as this has the
advantage that the earth or like material is more easily prevented from adhering
to the walls of the receptacle.
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Dated this 29th day of March 1895.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4 South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Earth Closets.
1, FRIEDRICH WILHELM RIMA, of 356, Ludwigstrasse, Hemelingen near
Bremen, in the German Empire, 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 relates to earth closets and has for object to ensure efficiency in
the working of such closets.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a vertical section through the centre of the closet:
Figure 2 is a section on the line a-ß of Figure 1:
Figure 3 is a plan of the closet :
Figures 4, 5 and 6 are views, corresponding to Figures 1, 2 and 3, of a
modification.
According to my invention I arrange behind the visible back a of the closet a
chamber or receptacle which is suspended on pivots c, e placed to one side of the
centre line of the receptacle so that the latter hangs to one side when the closet is
not in use.
The lower part of this receptacle 6 which contains the earth or like
material is funnel shaped and open at d'at the lower end. A shoot f is placed
under the receptacle and empties into the vessel or pan g and is provided at its
upper end with two plates h and i arranged stepwise and opposite one another, that
is to say, they are secured to opposite sides of the shoot one above the other and
project beyond the centre line of the same.
When the receptacle is in its position of rest (as shewn in full lines in Figure 2)
its funnel shaped opening d lies directly over the top plate h so that the latter
closes the opening of the receptacle. When the receptacle is moved the opening
of the samne comes to lie over the lower plate i so that a portion of the earth or
like material can fall onto the said plate i. One side b' of the receptacle is extended
beyond the opening d of the same as far as the lower plate i which is preferably
curved to the arc of a circle having its centre at the pivot c on which the receptacle
is suspended.
A vertical rod is attached to a hook k on the side of the receptacle and is also
connected to one end m¹ of a lever m², m² pivoted at n. A second rod p extends
from the other end m³ of this lever m³, m² up to the front of the seat q which is
hinged at the back at r and is kept somewhat raised by the said red p.
When the closet is used the seat is pressed down thereby causing the rod p to
press on the end m² of the lever m³, m² which raises the rod attached to the hook
on the chamber so that the latter swings from its position of rest shewn in full
lines in Figure 2 to that shewn in dotted lines in the same figure and earth falls
from the receptacle onto the lower plate i. If now, the seat be relieved of pressure
the receptacle 6 returns, by reason of its own weight, to its original position and
the lengthened side 6 of the receptacle pushes the material on the plate i into the

page_text: vessel or pan g. If desired two rods p
two levers m¹, m² can be used so that the
The second lever is then connected to the
shoot f whence it finds its way into the
(one on each side of the seat) and also
seat is not supported at one side only.
vertical rod by means of a strut 1.
I sometimes use the modification of my invention shewn in Figures 4, 5 and 6 in-
which the earth distributing device is controlled by the lids of the closet instead
of by the seat q. In this case the lids is provided with an arm u having a slot t
in which works a pin t¹ fixed to a lever m³, m pivoted at n¹, n'. The lower end m
of this lever m³, m is connected to the vertical rod / which operates the earth.
containing chamber in the manner herein before described.
Instead of suspending the receptacle on pivots it can be supported or hung on
horizontal rods so that it can be displaced laterally or otherwise to cause it to.
deposit the earth or like material on the lower plate i.
The receptacle is shaken by its movements and the material it contains is
thereby prevented from adhering together or to the sides of the receptacle.
If desired the plates h and i in the shoot can be provided with slots near the
edges by which they are fixed to the side of the shoot through which slots the
material left behind on these plates can fall when the receptacle moves back..
The receptacle can be made of any suitable material but preferably of sheet metal
as this has the advantage that the earth or like material is more easily prevented
from adhering to the walls of the receptacle.
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:-
1. An earth closet the movable earth containing chamber (b) of which is
arranged above two plates (i and h) placed opposite one another, and one side of
the chamber being lengthened to meet the lower plate (i) whilst the opposite side.
of the chamber only reaches to the upper plate (h) so that when the chamber is
moved in one direction the earth or like material falls on to the lower plate (i) and
when moved in the other direction the lengthened side pushes the earth into the-
shoot substantially as described.
2. The improved earth closets hereinbefore described and illustrated in.
Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, 5, 6 respectively of the drawings.
Dated the 27th day of December 1895.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.