IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS AND ARRANGEMENTS OF LAVATORIES, BATHS, AND URINALS, PARTS OF WHICH ARE APPLICABLE FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Smeaton, of Newcastle Street, in tho
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County of Middlesex, Plumber, and William Henry Tylor, of No. 2,
Newgate Street, in the City of London, Brassfounder, for the Inven-
tion of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS AND ARRANGEMENTS OF LAVATORIES,
BATHS, AND URINALS, PARTS OF WHICH ARE APPLICABLE FOR OTHER
PURPOSES."
Sealed the 4th September 1874, and dated the 25th March 1874.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Smeaton and
William Henry Tylor at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 25th March 1874.
We, WILLIAM SMEATON, of Newcastle Street, in the County of
Middlesex, Plumber, and WILLIAM HENRY TYLOR, of No. 2, New-
gate Street, in the City of London, Brassfounder, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS AND ARRANGE-
MENTS OF LAVATORIES, BATHS, AND URINALS, PARTS OF WHICH ARE APPLICABLE
FOR OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the simplification and rendering
more convenient of lavatories, baths, and urinals, and improving and

page_text: rendering more convenient the water supply of the same is attained, as
well as enabling one or more of them to be combined in one apparatus if
desired, and arranging the urinal part in such a manner as to allow of
its being put out of sight when not in use, whereby it may be combined
with one or both of the other apparatus.
In carrying out that part of our Invention, which relates to the water
supply of lavatories and baths, we employ one or more inlet and one or
more waste or outlet valves or openings, which we arrange in such a
manner as to enable each and all of them to be controlled by one
actuating handle or part, or when preferred by two or more, and we
cause this actuating handle or part to be attached to, connected with, or
form part of an inclined horizontal or vertical spindle or part, which
transmits the motion given to this handle or actuating part by means of
a lever or levers, crank or cranks, cam or cams, or other convenient
equivalent to the valve or valves controlling the aperture it is desired to
operate, and a dial or plate so marked at the proper positions of the
handle as to show which opening will be controlled by the actuating.
handle when placed at that point enables the apparatus to be readily and
conveniently worked, and this same arrangement may be used where it
is desired to control several openings by the action of one actuating part
or handle.
In that part of our Invention which relates to the water supply of
urinals we arrange the inlet and outlet passages of the basin or receptaclo
so that the outlet or waste pipe, tube, or passage passes down through
the inlet or supply pipë, tube, or passage conveying the water to cleanse
the basin or receptacle, and thence may be led away where desired.
This outlet pipe is closed at the top end, and by means of an elbow or
connection attached to or connected therewith, and passing out through
the side of the supply or inlet pipe is attached to or connected with the
urinal.
The supply pipe, tube, or passage which conducts the water to the
basin or receptacle surrounds the outlet pipe, tube, or passage, and at the
Tower end fits into a socket furnished with a stuffing box or arrangement
to prevent leakage, and is provided with ground in or closely fitted
bearing surfaces to enable it to rotate or partially rotate without allowing
the water to escape. Round the lower end of this pipe or tube, which
fits into the socket, one or more holes, slots, or openings is or are provided

page_text: or formed so as to let the water from the chamber or part of the socket
into which it is received from the supply or service pipe enter the space
between the inlet and waste outlet pipes, and so pass up to the basin.
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The socket in which the bottom end of the inlet pipe or tube works is
made a fixture so as to form the bottom hinge or pivot on which the
arrangement hercin-before described rotates or partially rotates whenever
the urinal basin or receptacle is moved out for use or turned in.
The upper end of the inlet or supply pipe or tube which surrounds
the waste outlet forms a socket or receptacle to receive the arm or part
attached to or connected with the urinal basin or receptacle which
conveys the water for distribution to the interior of the urinal basin, and
the water passes into the arm or part through a nozzle or suitable opening
at the upper part of the outside pipe or tube, the junction being packed
or made tight in any suitable or convenient manner.
The water is caused to pass to the inlet pipe or tube by means of a
valve controlling the inlet to the socket, which valve is caused to operate
by the act of drawing out or moving the urinal basin or receptacle,
suitable means, such as a lever, chain, crank, cam, or other well known
arrangement being provided in connection with the basin or receptacle
by means of which the movement causes the valve to operate.
When the lavatory and urinal are combined we form and arrange the
case or portion to which the same are attached in such a manner as
to admit of a sink being contained therein when desired as well as
the lavatory basin and urinal, and we also arrange the water supply to
the apparatus so as to allow by means of valves, connections, and
actuating parts water either hot or cold or both to be drawn off into a
pail; cwer, or other vessel without passing into or through to the lavatory
basin.
The valve controlling the admission of the water to the urinal basin
may be of the self-closing or waste-preventing kind, so arranged as not
to allow more than the required quantity of water to pass, whether the
urinal basin be returned to its place or left out.
We arrange the urinal basin on the door of the apparatus so that when
the door is closed it is out of sight in the case or body of the apparatus,
and on opening the door the basin comes into position, and the water is
turned on through the valve being operated by the opening of the door."

page_text: Where preferred the urinal may be made to slide in and out like a
drawer, and operate the valve on the water inlet by the same operation,
or it
may
turn or swing out from the apparatus in the same manner as a
door hung on hinges if found more suitable or convenient.
In order that more convenience in use and freedom from obstruction
of the slab and parts over the lavatory basin and around it arising from
the water supply inlets and parts as usually arranged may be obtained
we arrange the supply inlet or inlets so that it or they shall not project
over the basin or other part of the apparatus, except when the water is
being run into the basin, and that on the required amount having passed
it or they shall retreat or withdraw to their normal position. We effect
this by arranging the inlet or inlets with a short length of pipe or tube
sliding telescopically, and provided with suitable guides, or by means of
a flexible tube or other similar arrangement, which by connections,'
levers, or other convenient arrangement actuated by the supply knob
or handle of basin causes the same to take its required position over
the basin or withdraw therefrom in accordance with the movement
given to the knob, or the inlet or supply may be.arranged, if preferred,
so that it can be drawn out or pushed in by the hand.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, 2
filed by the said William Smeaton and William Henry Tylor in
the Great Seal Patent Office on the 25th September 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
SMEATON, of Newcastle Street, in the County of Middlesex, Plumber,
and WILLIAM HENRY TYLOR, of 2, Newgate Street, in the City of 2
London, Brassfounder, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give 3
and grant unto us, the said William Smeaton and William Henry Tylor,
Her special license that we the said William Smeaton and William Henry
Tylor, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we,
the said William Smeaton and William Henry Tylor, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with and no others, 3

page_text: 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 APParatus
› AND ARRANGEMENTS OF LAVATORIES, BATHS, AND URINALS, PARTS OF WHICH ARE
APPLICABLE FOR OTHER PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that we, the said William Smeaton and William Henry Tylor, our
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our
or their hands and seals, or under the hand and seal of one of us or
them, 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 William Smeaton, for myself
and on behalf of the said William Henry Tylor, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof (that is to say) :-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus and
arrangements of lavatorics, baths, and urinals, parts of which are
applicable for other purposes, whereby the simplification and rendering.
more convenient of lavatories, baths, and urinals, and improving and
rendering more convenient the water supply of the same are obtained,
as well as enabling one or more of them to be combined in one
apparatus if desired, and arranging the urinal part in such a manner as
to allow of its being put out of sight when not in use, whereby it may
be combined with one or both of the other apparatus.
In carrying out that part of our Invention which relates to the water
supply of lavatories and baths we employ one or more inlet and one or
more waste or outlet valves or openings which we arrange in such a
manner as to enable each and all of them to be controlled by one
actuating handle or part, or where preferred by two or more, and wo
cause this actuating handle or part to be attached to, connected with, or
form part of an inclined, horizontal, or vertical spindle or part, which
transmits the motion given to this handle or actuating part by means of
a lover or levers, crank or cranks, çam or cams, or other convenienţ

page_text: equivalent to the valve or valves controlling the aperture it is desired to
operate, and a dial or plate so marked at the proper positions of the
handle as to show which opening will be controlled by the actuating
handle when placed at that point enables the apparatus to be readily
and conveniently worked, and this same arrangement may be used
where it is desired to control several openings by the action of one
actuating part or handle. We also arrange our baths so as to combino
the douche, shower, spray, and plunge baths, both hot and cold, in ono
apparatus, providing a knob or handle for controlling each, which is
connected with the valve or apparatus controlling cach inlet, whereby
either may be used separately, or all or part of the same in combination.
This arrangement of apparatus combining all of the plans named may be
arranged as shewn in Fig. 1, Sheet 1, or one or more as desired may be
combined in one apparatus. When desired all the inlets may be arranged
so as to be operated by one handle, or one handle may be used to control
each inlet separately, and another to actuate the combination or part of
the same at once.
We arrange our lavatories where desired to have one handle for
operating the inlets for the hot and cold water and the waste outlet
somewhat in the manner shewn in the skeleton lavatory, Fig. 1, Sheet 2,
the woodwork or casing being removed so as to show the interior
arrangements and combine a small douche and spray with the basin,
which may be actuated as shown by separate handles or arranged so as
to be operated by one handle only if desired. The inlet for hot and cold
water is arranged so as to slide in and out and project over the basin
when admitting the hot or cold water, and to slide back clear of the
basin when the proper or desired quantity has been obtained, and this
arrangement may be carried out in the manner herein-after specified
and shewn in the accompanying Drawings. We also provide a quick
waste, an overflow, and a trap on the waste, as herein-after shewn and
described.
We also arrange our lavatory so as to combine with the usual arrange-
ments a foot pan and a bidet pan arranged with telescopic tubes so as
to admit of being drawn in and out or swung out if preferred, and we
arrange the same so as to be combined in one apparatus forming a
handsome piece of furniture, as shown in Fig. Sheet 2, or the same
may be fitted up as a fixture in a recess or bath room. If desired the
urinal may be combined with the other arrangements. Where desired
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page_text: the bidet pan only may be combined with the washing arrangements, as
shown in Fig. 3, Sheet 2, and if desired the urinal may be applied as in
the former case..
In that part of our Invention which relates to the water supply of
urinals we arrange the inlet and outlet passages of the basin or receptacle
so that the outlet or waste pipe, tube, or passage passes down through tho,
inlet or supply pipe, tube, or passage conveying the water to cleanse the.
basin or receptacle, and thence may be led away where desired. This
outlet pipe is closed at the top end, and by means of an elbow or con-.
nection attached to or connected therewith and passing out through the
side of the supply or inlet pipe is attached to or connected with the
urinal.
The supply pipe, tube, or passage which conducts the water to tho
basin or receptacle surrounds the outlet pipe, tube, or passage, and at tho
lower end fits into a socket furnished with a stuffing box or arrangement
to prevent leakage, and is provided with ground-in or closely-fitted
bearing surfaces to enable it to rotate or partially rotate without allowing
the water to escape. Round the lower end of this pipe or tube, which
fits into the socket, one or more holes, slots, or openings is or are pro-
vided or formed so as to let the water from the chamber or part of the
socket into which it is received from the supply or service pipe, enter the
space between the inlet and waste outlet pipes, and so pass up to the
basin.
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The socket in which the bottom end of the inlet pipe or tube works is,
made a fixture, so as to form the bottom hinge or pivot on which the
arrangement herein-before described rotates or partially rotates whenever
the urinal basin or receptacle is moved out for use or turned in.
The upper end of the inlet or supply pipe or tube which surrounds the
waste outlet forms a socket or receptacle to receive the arm or part
attached to or connected with the urinal basin or receptacle which con
veys the water for distribution to the interior of the urinal. basin, and
the water passes into the arm or part through a nozzle or suitable opening
at the upper part of the outside pipe or tube, the junction being packed
or made tight in any suitable or convenient manner.,
The water is caused to pass to the inlet pipe or tube by means of a
valve controlling the inlet to the socket, which valve is caused to operate
by the act of drawing out or moving the urinal basin or receptacle,

page_text: suitable means, such as a lever, chain, crank, 'cam, or other well-known
arrangement, being provided in connection with the basin or receptacle,
by means of which the movement causes the valve to operate, and this
valve may be of the waste-preventing kind.
the
When the lavatory and urinal are combined we form and arrange
case or portion to which the same are attached in such a manner as to
admit of a sink being contained therein when desired as well as the
lavatory basin and urinal, and we also arrange the water supply to the
apparatus so as to allow by means of valves, connections, and actuating
parts water, either hot or cold, or both, to be drawn off into a pail, ewer,
or other vessel, without passing into or through the lavatory basin.
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The valve controlling the admission of the water to the urinal basin
may be of the self-closing or waste-preventing kind, so arranged as not
to allow more than the required quantity of water to pass whether the
urinal basin be returned to its place or left out.
We arrange the urinal basin on the door of the apparatus, so that when
the door is closed it is out of sight in the case or body of the apparatus,
and on opening the door the basin comes into position, and the water is
turned on through the valve being operated by the opening of the door.
Where preferred the urinal may be made to slide in and out like a
drawer, and operate the valve on the water inlet by the same operation,
or it may turn or swing out from the apparatus in the same manner as a
door hung on hinges if found more suitable or convenient.
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In order that more convenience in use and freedom from obstruction
of the slab and parts over the lavatory basin and around it, arising from
the water supply inlets and parts as usually arranged, may be obtained,
we arrange the supply inlet or inlets so that it or they shall not project
over the basin or other part of the apparatus except when the water is
being run into the basin, and that on the required amount having passed
it or they shall retreat or withdraw to their normal position. We effect
this by arranging the inlet or inlets with a short length of pipe or tube
sliding telescopically and provided with suitable guides, or by means of a
flexible tube or other similar arrangement, which by connections, levers,
weights, springs, or other convenient arrangement actuated by the
supply knob or handle of the basin; causes the same to take its required
position over the basin or withdraw therefrom in accordance with the

page_text: Smeaton & Tylor & Improvements in Lavatories; Bains, &c.
movement given to the knob, or the inlet or supply may be arranged if
preferred so that it can be drawn out or pushed in by the hand. -
Fig. 1, Sheet 1, is a perspective view of one of our improved bath
apparatus, in which hot and cold water are supplied, and in which douche,.
shower, spray, and plunge baths are combined.
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the inlet parts of the apparatus
shewing a manner in which the same may be arranged.
Fig. 3 is a plan of the same, shewing the inlet and the part which
distributes or conducts the water to the openings round that end of the
bath.
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Fig. 4 shews in perspective a mode of combining spray, shower, and
douche baths without a plunge bath, but the same may be applied to
existing baths if desired.
Fig. 5 is a front view of our improved watercloset arranged so that
the seat and
can be removed without taking the woodwork to
picces in case anything is required to be done to the pipes òr other parts
of the apparatus. This arrangement may be fitted in a recess or made
to stand out in a room as desired.
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Fig. 6 shews in detail on an enlarged scale a mode of connecting
the actuating knob or handle a with the valve 6 which admits the
water.
In Fig. 1 the two handles k, k, on the left side of the apparatus show
how the inlet valves and handles for operating the same may be applied;
and those shewn may be used, one for actuating the shower bath, and
the other the outlet or waste if desired, and b is a cupboard or recess for
warming the towels provided with bars or .hooks on to which they may
be suspended.
In Figure 2 a represents the inlet for the water from the valves to the
parts b, which conduct or distribute the water to the parts c which
enclose the outlets. These parts c may be formed of sheet copper, zinc,
or other suitable metal or material, or combination of the same, formed
or arranged so as to make channels or passages to lead the water to each
row of openings, and soldered or otherwise firmly attached to the bath
so as to prevent leakage. These parts c may be arranged in groups as
5 shown, or consist of any suitable or desired number, and be arranged so

page_text: that each group is controlled by a separate actuating part, or if preferred
a single handle or actuating part may operate the whole, or such handle-
may be used in addition to the other arrangement.::
In Fig. 3 the inlet a and conductor 6 are shewn and one of the upper'
water passages c, so that the manner in which the same are placed in 5
the bath may be seen.
In Fig. 4a is the outlet from the bath to the waste or dirty water;
and the trap with which or any suitable modification all the baths and
apparatus herein described are fitted.
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Fig. 5 shows the. watercloset arrangement herein-before described 1
opened so as to allow access to the interior, the being hinged to
the scat, or if preferred made to slide in a groove so as to admit of being,
readily removed and replaced.
In Fig. 6 the valve for controlling the water supply may be of the
diaphragm, or any suitable kind, or else of the waste preventing class so 1
as to admit of being regulated and adjusted to pass the desired or
required quantity..
Fig. 1, Sheet 2, shews in perspective, the external casing being
removed, our combination and arrangement of lavatory where the hot,
cold, and waste inlets are controlled by means of one handle or actuating 2
part, as herein-before described, and which the moveable inlet hercin-
before described is applied. a, a, are the hot and cold inlet valves
which may be of the self-closing kind controlled or actuated by tho
handle or part c, as herein-before described. b, the moveable inlet
which is caused to project over the basin when the supply is turned on, 2
and to withdraw so soon as the supply is turned off; d is the waste
outlet, the valve controlling which is actuated by the handle c, as
herein-before described, and on which the trap e is placed; ƒ is the
shower bath which with the jet or douche is controlled by the
handles g. 9.
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Fig. 2. shews in perspective one of our arrangements of lavatory in
which a bidet pan and foot pan are combined with the ordinary lavatory
apparatus, a being the washing basin; b, the foot pan; and c, the bidet
pan; both drawn out ready for use and fitted so as to draw or slide in and.
out, the inlet and waste pipes or passages being arranged as shewn in 3
Fig. 5, or on a modification of the same so as to allow of their being

page_text: casily applied to act in the required manner. d, d, d, are drawers for
soap, towels, or other accessorics.
Fig. 3 shews also in perspective our arrangement of lavatory and
bidet pan, the pan being shewn drawn out ready for usc, as in Fig. 2,
e being the sliding inlet and outlet pipe or passage.
Fig. 4 shews in longitudinal section our mode of arranging the
moveable inlet. a is the moveable part consisting of a tube provided
with a piston c which moves water-tight in the larger tube 6 in
which the apertures d, d, for the passage of the water are formed,
and in this moveable tube the aperture or apertures X, X, for the
passage of the water to the outlet orifice are formed. A guide rod e is
provided to cause the tube a to move in and out without turning;
rotating, or partially rotating in b, and a stuffing box for its equivalent
is provided, as shewn, to prevent leakage. A weight or weights is, arc,
or may be provided and attached to or connected with the part a,
so that on moving the handle c, Fig. 1, to open the inlet the weight
or weights which draw out the moveable tube a shall come into
operation and cause it to project, and on moving the handle to close the
inlet the opposite weight or weights shall cause the tube a to draw back;
if preferred a spring or springs of vulcanized india-rubber, stecl, or
other suitable material or a combination of the same may be employed
in place of the weight or weights.
Fig. 5 shews in vertical and longitudinal section our arrangement of
inlet and waste outlet passage or passages as applied to the sliding or
drawing in-and-out arrangement of foot and bidet pan, it consists of an
upright tube or pipe a enclosing another pipe which is of a less
diameter. In or to this inside tube or pipe a horizontal pipe e is
attached, and in this tube or pipe e another tube or pipe c is arranged so
as to slide in and out. In the vertical inner tube the seat for wasto
valve d is formed and also the inlet pipe b¹ to supply pan.
The outer vertical pipe a is an overflow pipe which is connected with
waste pipe by means of openings i, i, under seat of waste valve d.
.
The action of this arrangement is as follows:-On pulling knob of
inlet valve, shewn in Fig. 2, which may be done before or after pulling
out bidet pan, the water flows from 6 (Fig. 5) through cinto bidet pan c²,
Fig. 2. The waste valve d and stuffing box prevent the water from

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escaping or passing down waste pipe, and on pulling the knob or handle
of waste which is connected with the valve d is caused to rise off its
seat and allow the water to pass down the waste pipe.g.
Figs. 6 and 7 shew two arrangements of traps or trapping boxes which
may be applied to the apparatus herein-before referred to.
Fig. 1, Sheet 3, shews in perspective with the door open an arrange-
ment of our lavatory, urinal, and sink combined, as herein-before
described. a is the lavatóry basin; b, the urinal; c, c, the two handles,
one controlling the hot and the other the cold water inlets, so that a
supply of the same may be obtained without passing them into or
through the basin;. d, the sink; e, the part containing the inlet to the
urinal and waste outlet from the same and the basin as hercin-before
described; the handles for hot and cold supply to and waste from the
lavatory basin; g, waste from basin into urinal or into sink, which may
be so arranged, or if preferred, as herein-after described. The basin of
the lavatory is provided with an overflow and quick waste. The
action of opening the door causes to flow through the action of the
door on the valve by means of a lever or levers or other suitable con-
nection attached to or connected with the door actuating the valve, and
the act of closing the door may cause the said connections to close the
valve, whilst, if preferred, they may be caused to actuate a self-closing
valve which shuts of itself when the .quantity for which it is adjusted
has passed.
Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the arrangement of inlet and waste of
urinal shewn in Fig. 1, drawn on an enlarged scale, so as to shew the
parts and arrangement, and enable the same to be readily understood.
is the supply inlet to the urinal b, the water from which passes through
the apertures i, i, as shown by the arrows, into the space c between d
and e, whence it passes through the apertures c' into and up the pipe f
and so into the urinal. g is the outlet from urinal connected with the
pipe d which leads to the trap at the bottom; h is the stuffing box or
other equivalent arrangement for making a tight joint and preventing
leakage. The lower ends of the pipes or tubes d and e are connected
and arranged so as to enable a ground-in joint to be formed on the part
below i, i.
Fig. 3 is a vertical section, also on an enlarged scale, of another
want for the annuler and wanda sudlate
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to urinals for public places, and which may be actuated by the door, tho:
treadle, or by knobs or handles, or by the operation of moving out the
urinal, as hercin-before described.. a, supply inlet; b, supply inlet to
urinal; c, apertures for admitting the water to the space between d and e.
The stuffing box or its equivalent is shewn at h, and the ground-in
surface, as in Fig. 2, below the apertures c. The pipe g may be used as
a waste, outlet from the lavatory basin, or as a supply pipe to a closet
basin or other use. The valve on the inlet may be actuated in any
convenient or suitable manner. The arrows shew the direction or passage
of the water.
Fig. 4 shews also in vertical section, also on an enlarged scale;
another arrangement of inlet and outlet, in which the use of a stuffing
box is done away with by the employment of a ground-in seat and part
to move in the same, which are kept in contact by a screwed nut or
other suitable or convenient means. a, the supply inlet; b, the supply
inlet to urinal; c, aperture or passage in the part e', which coincides
with a similar aperture opposite the supply inlet a when the passage to
the urinal is open; d, the inner tube, passage, or pipe, which may be
used as a supply pipe to a closet or a waste from a lavatory basin; d¹, tho
space between d and e¹, into which the water enters on its way to the
inlet or urinal 6; e, the fixed part to which the supply pipe is connected
at the inlet a, and which is made slightly conical, so as to allow the
part e¹ to move therein without leakage, and enable the same to be kept
tight by screwing up or tightening the nut or other arrangement
employed for this purpose, as shewn in the Drawing; g, the outlet from
lavatory basin, which may also be used to supply a closet, or any other
desired use.
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Fig. 5 is an elevation, and Fig. 6, a plan of an arrangement of
shower bath, or supply for shampooing purposes, which we propose for
employment where a regular shower bath is not provided, and which
may be used with an ordinary bath, or where desired. a is the handle
for holding the apparatus; b, b, the inlets to which the hot and cold
water supply tubes or pipes may be attached or connected; c, the
chamber into which the supply is admitted, and in which the outlet
passage is formed, which outlet passage is so arranged by means of disc
or other suitable. valves, or by means of openings on the outlet pipe
coinciding with one or both of the inlets, as to allow of the passage of
cither hot or cold water, or both together, by turning the nut d con-

page_text: nected therewith, which allows the same to pass out by the outlet e.
In Fig. 6f represents an index or hand, which by its position on the
quadrant or dial 9 enables the charactor of the supply to be casily
regulated.
* When employed in conjunction with flexible tubes attached to or
connected with the inlets b, b, great freedom in the use of the apparatus
will be obtained, which will only be limited by the length of the tubes
employed in connection with the inlets.
If preferred this apparatus may be arranged with an inlet tube or
pipe placed within the other, the water flowing to the chamber c through
the inner tube and in the space formed between the two, so as to enable
the handle to be formed out of the inlet part of the apparatus, whilst
the supply tubes or pipes are attached or connected to the other ends of
the tubes which may: be forked or branched out so as to enable this to be
readily done.
Having now described our said Invention of improvements in appa-
ratus and arrangements of lavatories, baths, and urinals, parts of which
are applicable for other purposes, and the manner in which the same is
to or may be performed or brought into practical effect, we desire to
have it understood that we do not confine or restrict ourselves to the
precise details and modifications shewn in the accompanying threo
Sheets of Drawings, as the same may be varied or modified without
departing from the nature of our said Invention; but we do not claim
making baths, lavatories or urinals, or the use of inlet pipes or waste
outlet pipes, or valves or cocks for controlling the same, as these have
been used before; nor do we claim the use of plunge, spray, shower, or
douche baths, nor the supplying of the same with hot or cold water or
both combined, as these are not new, nor do we claim the use of knobs or
handles for actuating the supply inlets or waste outlets of such baths,
lavatories, or urinals, nor the use of one actuating handle for operating
the same as these are not novel; but what we do claim as of our Inven-
tion and desire to have protected by Letters Patent is,—
First. The combination and arrangements of bath apparatus hercin-
before described and illustrated by Figs. 1 to 5, in Sheet 1, and in Fig. 6
in the same Sheet.
Second. The arrangement of watercloset, shown in Fig. 5, Sheet 1,
as herein-before described, whereby greater facility is afforded for access
to the working parts without taking the apparatus to picces.

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Third. The arrangement and combination of lavatory apparatus
whereby the inlets and outlets for the water supply of the same are
controlled by one actuating part, and the inlet aperture advances over
and retreats from the basin, as herein-before described, and illustrated
in Fig. 1, Sheet 2, and Fig. 4 in the same Sheet.
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Fourth. The arrangement and combination of lavatory apparatus
with bidet pan and foot pan, and the telescopic or flexible supply and
outlet tubes to the same, acting in the manner and for the purposes
herein-before described and specified, and illustrated in Figs. 2 to 3, and
Figs. 5 to 6, of Sheet 2.
Fifth. The combination and arrangements of lavatory, sink, and
urinal, and the water supply and waste outlets of the same, the arrange-
ments of inlet and outlet passages, whereby the urinal can be fitted, so
as to move out and retreat back when not in use, for the purposes and in
the manner herein-before described and specified, and illustrated in Figs.
1 to 4, in Sheet 3.
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bath
Sixth. The arrangement of apparatus for the shower or spray
which is also applicable for shampooing in the manner and for the
purposes herein-before described and specified, and illustrated in Figs 1
to 4, in Sheet 3.
Lastly. The various combinations, arrangements, and modifications,
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