Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1887.
Complete Left, 19th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 3rd May, 1887.
b)
I WILLIAM JAMES MOORE of No. 1 St. Lukes Place St.. Lukes Cheltenham in the
county of Gloucester Plumber do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
The natural position for easing oneself is that adopted in a field where no Closet
exists. If the seat of a Closet could be lowered at will this position could be secured.
The same result can be obtained by elevating at will the floor whereon the feet of the
person using the closet rest. My invention secures this last named result and consists
of a stool or box which can be placed on the floor of any Water Closet and by a
system of Screws, Cogs and Levers the feet of the person using the Water Closet
can be raised by a few turns of a handle conveniently placed until the desired position
prescribed by nature is obtained. In particular referring to the plan M, N, and M, N,
are two boards parallel to one another and the same size connected by the Machinery
hereinafter described.
S, OS, is a Screw attached to the Board M, N, at the points X, and X, so that it
can turn freely about its axis X, X, without touching the board M, N, the threads of
the screw from O towards S, being from right to left and from O towards S, being
of the same pitch and from left to right.
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CP, C, and C, P, C₁ are rigid bars parallel to the plane of the board M, N, and
running on the screw S, OS, at the points P, P, which are collars with screw
threads inside of the same pitch as the pitch of the screw so that revolutions of the
screw cause the bars C, P, C, and C, P₂ C, to approach or retreat from the point O
at the same rate according to the direction in which the screw is made to revolve.
A, B, C, A, B, C A, B, C, and A, B, C, are four equal bars respectively connected
with the board 1, N, by the respective hinges A, A, A, A, and with the bars
C, P, C, and C, P, C, respectively by the hinges C₁₂ C₂ and C, respectively.
The bars A, B, C and A, B, C, are connected by the bar B, B, and the bars
A, B, C, and A, B₁ are connected by the similar bar B₂ B..
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B, D, B, D, B, D, and B. D. are four equal bars respectively connected with the
board M, N, by the respective hinges D, D, D, and D, and with the bars B, B₂ and
B, B, respectively by the hinges B, B, B, and B.
G, is a cog wheel with beveled cogs having the same axis as the axis of the screw
and G, is a cog wheel also with beveled cogs working into the cog wheel G₂ in a
plane perpendicular to its plane so that every revolution of the handle H causes the
screw to revolve.
It is therefore clear that every revolution of the handle H causes the boards M, N₁
and M, N, to approach or retreat from one another at will in a speedy and regular
way in other words the platform whereon the feet of the person using the water
closet rest can be raised or lowered at will.
Dated this 14th day of February 1887

page_text: I WILLIAM JAMES MOORE of No. 1 St. Lukes Place St. Lukes Cheltenham in the
county of Gloucester Plumber do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
The natural position for casing oneself is that adopted in the field where no Closet
exists. If the seat of a Closet could be lowered at will this position could be secured.
The same result can be obtained by elevating at will the floor whereon the feet of the
person using the closet rest My invention secures this last named result and consists
of a stool or box which can be placed on the floor of any water closet and by a system
of Screws Cogs and Levers the feet of the person using the Water Closet can be raised
by a few turns of a handle conveniently placed until the desired position prescribed by
nature is obtained. In particular referring to the drawings left with the provisional
Specification M, N, and M, N, are two boards parallel to one another and the same
size connected by the Machinery hereinafter described.
S, O S, is a screw attached to the Board M, N, at the points X, and X, so that it
can turn freely about its axis X, X, without touching the Board M, N, the threads
of the screw from O towards S, being from right to left and from O towards S, being
the same pitch and from left to right.
CP, C, and C, P, C, are rigid bars parallel to the plane of the Board M, N, and
running on the screw; so that revolutions of the screw cause the bars C, P, C₂
and C P C to approach or retreat from the point O at the same rate according to the
direction in which the screw is made to revolve.
2.
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A, B, C, A, B, C, A, B, C, and A, B, C, are four equal bars respectively connected
with the Board M, N, by the respective hinges A, A, A, and A, and with the
bars C, P, C, and C, P, C, respectively by the hinges C, CC, and C, respectively.
The bars A, B, C, and A, B, C, are connected by the bar B, B, and the bars A, B, C,
and A, B, C, are connected by the similar bar B, B, B, D, B, D, B, D, and B. D
are four equal bars respectively connected with the board M, N, by the respective
hinges D, D, D, and D. and with the bars B₁ B, and B, B, respectively by the
respective hinges B₁ B, B, and B.
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G, is a cog wheel with beveled having the same axis as the axis of the screw and
G₁ is a cog wheel also with beveled cogs working into the cog wheel G, in a plane
perpendicular to its plane so that every revolution of the handle H causes the screw
to revolve.
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It is therefore clear that every revolution of the handle H causes the boards M, N,
and M, N, to approach or retreat from one another at will in a speedy and regular
way in other words the platform whereon the feet of the person using the Water
Closet rest can be raised or lowered at will.

page_text: 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. It is the first process which has ever been suggested to enable any person whilst
sitting on an ordinary closet to elevate the floor at will to any given height and so get
into the position prescribed by nature namely that in which the thighs support the
bowels.
2. The combination of Machinery more particularly described in the drawings left
with the provisional specification as together forming one Machine is new the whole
of which I adopt as my statement of claim and the wording hereinbefore mentioned
as describing the same.