Improvements in or connected with Urinals.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 11th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 14th Dec., 1895
Improvements in or connected with Urinals.
1 CHARLES OSWALD HAAS of 2 Langham Place, in the County of London,
Bookseller and Publisher, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to prevent the objectional splashing of water
and urine over the boots and legs of persons using urinals of the ordinary
construction.
Up to the present time persons have sought to attain this object by means of
lipped urinal basins and grids for the user to stand on both of which methods are
unsatisfactory, the former on account of cost and the latter as being ineffective.
I attain my object by providing guards for the feet and if desired for the lower
portion of the legs of the user of a urinal of the ordinary construction.
Now according to this invention I provide suitably shaped guards of metal,
earthenware or other suitable material which may be attached to the partitions
between the stalls.
These guards which may be of any suitable size and shape are attached to or
formed integral with straps by means of which they may be secured to the
partitions between the stalls by screws or bolts.
For example the guards may be formed of metal or other suitable material
in the shape of one half of a hollow hemisphere having the diameter downwards
and the concave portion towards the user of the urinal these portions of hemispheres
may be connected to or formed in one with a strap or strip of any suitable material
by means of which they may be secured to the stall.
Or the guards may be sections of hollow cylinders set on end with the concavity
towards the user.
According to another method of carrying out my invention, I provide a plate of
metal or earthenware preferably the latter and oblong in shape the ends of which
are turned up and over to form a guard for the boots and legs of the person using
the urinal or the guards may be connected together by a bar or strip.
These guards are placed inside the stall or compartment of the urinal and are.
easily removed for cleansing purposes.
According to a modification of this method of carrying out the invention the
guards are formed integral with a plate having a slot therein which slot receives
the piece of slate or other material forming the partition between two adjacent
stalls.
In building new urinals the plate and guards may form the floor of the stall.
I prefer when adapting my invention to existing urinals to corrugate the plate
or to form feet on the underside thereof to allow of cleansing the urinal with water
(without removing the guards) at intervals during the day in this case the guards
need only be removed once a day for thoroughly washing them and the urinal with
a hose or other convenient apparatus.
Dated this 11th day of January 1895
T. E. HALFORD,
11 Furnival Street, London, E.C., Agent for Applicant.

page_text: I CHARLES OSWALD HAAS of 2 Langham Place in the County of London,
Bookseller and Publisher, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to prevent the objectional splashing of water
and urine over the boots and legs of persons using urinals of the ordinary
construction.
Up to the present time persons have sought to attain this object by means of
lipped urinal basins and grids for the user to stand on both of which methods are
unsatisfactory the former on account of cost and the latter as being ineffective.
I attain my object by providing guards for the feet and if desired for the lower
portion of the legs of the user of a urinal of the ordinary construction.
Now according to this invention I provide suitably shaped guards of metal
earthenware or other suitable material which may be attached to the partitions
between the stalls.
These guards which may be of any suitable size and shape are attached to or
formed integral with straps by means of which they may be secured to the
partitions between the stalls by screws or bolts. For example the guards may be
formed of metal or other suitable material in the shape of one half of a hollow
hemisphere having the diameter downwards and the concave portion towards the
user of the urinal these portions of hemispheres may be connected to or formed
in one with a strap or strip of any suitable material by means of which they may
be secured to the stall.
Or the guards may be sections of hollow cylinders set ou end with the concavity
towards the user.
According to another method of carrying out my invention I provide a plate of
metal or earthenware preferably the latter and oblong in shape the ends of which
are turned up and over to form a guard for the boots and legs of the person using
the urinal or the guards may be connected together by a bar or strip.
These guards are placed inside the stall or compartments of the urinal and are
easily removed for cleansing purposes.
According to a modification of this method of carrying out the invention the
guards are formed integral with a plate having a slot therein which slot receives
the piece of slate or other material forming the partition between two adjacent
stalls.
In building new urinals the plate and guards may form the floor of the stall.
1 prefer when adapting my invention to existing urinals to corrugate the plate or
to form feet on the underside thereof to allow of cleansing the urinal with water
(without removing the guards) at intervals during the day in this case the guards
need only be removed once a day for the thoroughly washing them and the urinal
with a hose or other convenient apparatus.
And in order that my said invention may be fully understood I will proceed to
explain the same with reference to the accompanying sheets of drawing in which :-
Fig. 1 represents front view of a portion of one stall or compartment of a urinal
fitted with guards constructed according to this invention.
Fig. 2 is side view of same.
Fig. 3 is plan of same.
Fig. 4 is front view of a partition of a urinal, fitted with a modified form of
guards also constructed according to this invention.

page_text: Fig. 7 is front view of a portion of one stall of a urinal fitted with guards
constructed according to this invention.
Fig. 8 is side view of same.
Fig. 9 is plan of same.
Fig. 10 is front view of one portion of a urinal with a modified form of guard
attached.
Fig. 11 is side view of same.
Fig. 12 is plan of same.
The same letters denote the same parts in all the figs.
a a are the partitions between the stalls bbbb guards of sheet metal or other
suitable material. Each guard is shaped as one half of a hollow hemisphere having
the diameter downwards or approximating to this shape as shewn at Figs. 1, 2,
and 3 of the accompanying drawings.
The guards bbbb are attached to or formed integral with a strap c and are
secured to the partitions a a by means of bolts d passing through the strap a. Or
the guards bb may be attached to or formed in one with a plate or slab which rests
on the floor of the stall instead of being secured to the partition.
The guards are large enough to cover the feet and lower part of the legs of
persons using the urinal and prevents splashing of water and urine over the feet and
legs of the said persons.
Or the guards may be made in the form of sections of hollow cylinders set on end
with the concavity towards the user as shewn by Figs. 4, 5 and 6 where a is the
partition & the guards as before the guards being secured to the partitions by
bolts and nuts as shewn as ff.
The guards shewn at Figs. 7, 8 and 9 consist of a corrugated plate of metal or
other suitable material y turned upwards and again downwards forming arches 11
the front portion of the guards may be cut away as shewn by dotted lines in Fig. 9
if desired. The corrugations in the plate 9 allow of the upper and undersides of
the said plate being washed by means of a hose without removing it from the
stall.
The guards shewn at Figs. 10, 11 & 12 are similar to those last described but the
portion of the plate is continued down to the bottom of the stall. On the plate h
is a slot to admit the partition a.
In applying my invention to new urinals the plates gh may form the floor or part
of the floor of a stall or the guards may be made integral with the partitions.
For instance if the urinal is made of cast iron the guards may be cast on the
floors of the stalls or be cast in one with the partitions. The guards may be made
of any suitable material such as earthenware cast or wrought iron or enamelled iron
for instance.
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. Guards for the feet and legs of the users of urinals consisting of portions of
hemispheres or approximate hemispheres of any suitable material attached to the
partitions between the stalls substantially as hereinbefore specified and shewn by
Figs. 1 2 & 3 of the accompanying drawings.
2. The modification of the above substantially as hereinbefore specified and
shewn by Figs. 4 5 & 6 of the accompanying drawings.
3. Guards for the feet and legs of the users of urinals consisting of two arched
portions or arches connected by a plate or slab g h preferably corrugated
substantially as herein before specified and shewn by the accompanying drawings.
4. Constructing urinals with guards substantially as hereinbefore specified formed
in one with the floor or partitions for the purpose stated.

page_text: 5. The construction of guards for the feet and legs of the users of urinals
substantially as herein before specified and shewn by the accompanying drawings..
Dated this 11th day of October 1895.
T. E. HALFORD,
11 Furnival Street, Holborn, E.C., Agent for Applicant.