IMPROVEMENTS IN URINALS
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick John Jeffery, of the Firm of J. and W.
Jeffery & Co., of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, General
Drapers and Cabinet Makers, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
URINALS."
Sealed the 31st March 1868, and dated the 2nd October 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick John Jeffery
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
2nd October 1867.
I, FREDERICK JOHN JEPPERY, of the Firm of J. & W. Jeffery & Co., of
Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, General Drapers and Cabinet
Makers, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN URINALS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists, first, in supporting the urinal proper or vessel on or
by binges, trunnions, or their mechanical equivalents, so that it can be folded
up when out of use, and made to lay flush with the wall, washstand, or other
structure in which it is fitted, and practically be invisible, presenting only its
side or back, which can be ornamented in any desired manner. To bring it,
the said urinal or vessel, into position for use, it is simply necessary to fold it
down, when it or a portion of it projects outwards, the mouth being uppermost.
At the back of the urinal or vessel a pan or pipe is fitted to receive and
convey away the "soil."
Second. In combining with urinals supported according to the first part of
my Invention a water-supply pipe with a valve or tap thereon, so that the

page_text: folding down into position for use shall open the valve or tap and allow water
to flow, and the folding up close off such flow.
And, third. In making urinals constructed according to the first, or both
the first and second part of my Invention, self-acting and closing, for this
purpose I form a receptacle at the back of the urinal or vessel into which
the liquids flow. When these reach a certain weight the projecting part
is overbalanced, the contents discharged at the back, and the flow of water
shut off.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Frederick John Jeffery in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 2nd April 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FREDERICK
JOHN JEFFERY, of the Firm of J. and W. Jeffery and Co., of Liverpool, in
the County of Lancaster, General Drapers and Cabinet Makers, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Second day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirty-first year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Frederick John Jeffery, Her special license that I, the said
Frederick John Jeffery, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the' said Frederick John Jeffery, 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 URINALS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Frederick John Jeffery, my executors or administra-
tors, 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 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 Frederick John Jeffery, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following

page_text: statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying Sheet of illus-
trative Drawings, and to the figures and letters thereon, that is to say :-
My Invention consists, first, in supporting the urinal proper on or by binges
or trunnions, or their mechanical equivalents, so that it can be folded up
when out of use and made to lay flush with the wall, washstand, or other
structure in which it is fitted and practically be invisible, presenting only its
side or back, which can be ornamented in any desired manner. To bring it,
the said urinal proper, into position for use it is simply necessary to fold it
down, when it or a portion of it projects outwards, the mouth being upper-
most. At the back of the said urinal proper a pan or pipe is fitted to receive
and convey away the "soil.".
Second. In combining with urinals supported according to the first part of
my Invention, a water supply pipe with a valve or tap therein, so that the
folding down into position for use shall open the valvo or tap and allow water
to flow and the folding up close off such flow.
And, third, in making urinals constructed according to the first, or both
the first and second parts of my Invention, self-emptying and closing. For
this purpose I form a receptacle at the back of the urinal proper into which
the liquids flow; when these reach a certain weight the projecting part is
overbalanced, the contents discharged at the back, and, the flow of water
shut off.
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The first part of my Invention, as applied to a street. urinal with six com-
partments, is illustrated by. Fig. 1, a horizontal section at the lino A, B, of
Fig. 2, and Fig. 2 a vertical transverse section of a portion of the said urinal.
a are the urinals; these are fitted or provided with trunnions 6, which rest on
bearings formed in the vertical frame pieces; c, d, soil receiver or well;
e, separating pieces. Bearings for 6 may be attached to c if considered
advisable or found convenient. The position in which the urinals rest when
folded down ready for use is shown in Fig. 2, and by dotted lines in one com-.
partment in Fig. 1, the back of a being adapted to rest on the surface of the
opening in c; the other urinals a are shown. folded up closing the openings
The advantages secured by constructing urinals according to this part
of my Invention are (a) they are simple, neat, and inexpensive; (b) when
not being used they prevent the diffusion of offensive vapours and from
tho soil receiver or well.
in c.
gases
The second part of my Invention, as applied to say a billiard room lavatory,
and such as can be conveniently fitted up in a corner or angle where two walls
mect, is illustrated by Figs. 3 and 4. Fig. 3 is a front elevation, and Fig. 4
a vertical transverse section of urinal, frame or support and urinal, the latter

page_text: folded up out of use. f is the frame or support; this is placed against and
parallel to the wall g; h, the urinal proper carried on bearings i, one of which
is attached to f, and the other, it being the plug of an ordinary water tap,
fitted on the water supply pipe j, or if desired, two taps and water supply pipes
could be provided. kis a perforated pipe led from j around h, so as to secure
effective flushing or cleansing of h; 1 is the soil receiver with conducting
pipe ¹. When h is folded up in the position shewn on the Drawings the flow
of water is shut off, but when folded down for use the aperture in the plug is
brought opposite the water in 9, and a free passage is left, so that during the
time is being used, and so long as it is folded down the flow of water
continues. The advantages secured by this part of my Invention, in addition
to those mentioned in connection with the above first part, are (a), there is
certainty of flushing at all times; and (b), the soil is necessarily so diluted,
that even at the time the urinal is in use no appreciable offensive gases or
vapours are dissipated into the atmosphere.
The third part of my Invention, as applied to a cabinet wash stand, is
illustrated by the remaining Figures, not previously referred to, on the Sheet
of Drawings. Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudiual section, Fig. 6 a vertical
transverse section, Fig. 7 a view in perspective of the combined cabinet
closed, and Fig. 8 a section of the tap and water supply and flushing pipes.
In these views m is the frame or body of the cabinet with hinged lid n; o, wash
basin with soil pipe p; 9, sliding towel rack;. r, urinal supported as in Figs.
3 and 4, on a tap fitted in the water supply pipe t; here, however, the tap is
of the bracket kind, that is to say, the distributing pipes which moves
with r is fitted with a hollow plug &* which operates in the seating attached
on the end of t; u is the flushing perforated pipe supplied through s. In this
construction r is not open at the back, but is closed or formed with an inter-
cepting pieco v; the object, with the basin form shewn, being to retain or
collect the liquid until the weight thereof in the basin part at the back causes
it to tip and empty itself into the receptacle w provided with soil pipe ; this
soil pipe encircles the soil pipe p, and by both being formed with a syphon
trap and p, terminated as shewn, water allowed to flow down p will, by suction,
draw away completely any soil remaining in the annular space of w. It will
be obvious that without a water flushing supply, in which case trunnions such
as are shown in Figs. 1 and 2 could be used, such urinals will empty them-
selves as soon as the weight of soil therein is sufficient to cause them to tip.
The advantages secured by this third part of my Invention, in addition to
those mentioned in connection with the first and second parts, are (a) it is
impossible to waste water by leaving the urinal folded down; (b) they save

page_text: labour by being self-closing, and (c) they cannot present an unsightly appear.
ance by being open for any great length of time, especially when used with
the flushing supply of water, and that is the most complete arrangement.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and particularized
the same by the details which I prefer to employ, I would have it understood
that I do not confine myself to the exact form, position, and arrangement of
the parts shewn on the Drawings, neither do I confine myself to any particular
form of trunnions, as hinges and joints of various kinds can be used, so also
can different constructions of taps or cocks and means for operating them
by the motion of the urinal. What I claim is,-
I. Supporting urinals so that they can be folded or moved up and down,
substantially in the manner herein set forth under the above first part, and as
illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2 of the Drawings hereunto annexed.
II. The combination with urinals capable of being folded or moved up and
down of a water supply which is turned on and off, substantially in the manner
herein set forth under the above second part, and as illustrated by Figs. 3
and 4 of the Drawings hereunto annexed.
III. Constructing urinals capable of being folded or moved up and down,
both when provided with a supply of water for flushing and without such
supply of water, so that they are rendered self-emptying and closing, substan-
tially as described in the above third part, and illustrated by Figs. 5, 6, 7,
and 8 of the Drawings hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick John Jeffery, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Thirty-first day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
FREDERICK JOHN JEFFERY. (L.S.)
In the presence of
JOHN T. KING,
Patent Agent,
Liverpool.