A NEW AND IMPROVED REVOLVING CLOSET AND ASH PAN TO BE USED THERE- WITH.
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Richardson, of Raglan Place, West Hartle-
pool, in the County of Durham, Landowner, for the Invention of
" A NEW AND IMPROVED REVOLVING CLOSET AND ASH PAN TO BE USED THERE-
WITH.
"
Sealed the 20th January 1874, and dated the 25th July 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Richardson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
25th July 1873.
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I, JOHN RICHARDSON, of Raglan Place, West Hartlepool, in the
County of Durham, Landowner, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "A NEW AND IMPROVED REVOLVING CLOSET AND ASH PAN TO
BE USED THEREWITH," to be as follows:-
It consists of a circular revolving pan of from three to five or more
feet diameter and of any required depth, with a part projecting about
twenty inches and of the width of about eighteen inches. This extends
under closet seat, the above to be made of metal, iron, or other suitable
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page_text: material. The pan is placed on a pedestal, which is bolted securely to a
foundation stone, with shaft extending to any necessary height. When
the pan requires to be emptied it is moved round on the shaft to clear
the closet seat. It is then raised by blocks or other power to the eleva-
tion required. A catch underneath keeping the pan in a level position
is then loosened, and the shaft being hinged below the bottom of pan
is moved over with pan to any required angle to tip contents into
dust cart, the part under seat forming a spout. The top of pan will
have a covering of iron or other material made in two parts, with proper
ventilation, and door to admit dust..
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Richardson in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 23rd January 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
RICHARDSON, of Raglan Place, West Hartlepool, in the County of
Durham, Landowner, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said John Richardson, Her special licence that
I, the said John Richardson, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said John Richardson, 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 "A NEW AND IMPROVED REVOLVING CLOSET AND
ASH PAN TO BE. USED THEREWITH," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said John Richardson, my executors or administrators, 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,

page_text: calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
⠀ NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Richardson, 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 statement, and accompanying Drawings, that is to say :-
The object of this Invention is to supersede privies and dust pits, and
to facilitate the removal of their contents, and prevent the escape of all
noxious and offensive effluvium or matter. This is effected by the con-
struction of a circular receptacle of iron or other metal or material from
3 to 5 or more feet in diameter and of any desired depth.
One part
terminates in a projection or spout of about 20 inches in length and 18
inches in width, which reaches under the seat of the closet, and so forms
the pan.
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In the interior and centre of the circular part a metal cylinder or tube
is fixed and extends a little above it. Passing through this cylinder is a
vertical shaft of any desired height, at the summit of which are pullies
and cords, whose ends are firmly secured to the upper portion of the
cylindrical tube.
The receptacle rests on a hinged pedestal, bolted to a stone secured in
the ground.
When it is desired to remove the contents of the closet or ash pan the
receptacle is first turned round on the shaft so that the spout clears the
seat of the closet. It is then raised by the pullies and cords to the
elevation required, a catch beneath the receptacle for keeping it in a
level position being previously loosened, and the shaft being hinged at
the base admits of raising the receptacle to the required angle so as to
tip its contents into a dust cart. The projecting portion forming the
spout facilitates the discharge of the contents. The top of this receptacle.
is or may be provided with a lid of metal or other substance made in
two parts, and properly ventilated, and furnished with a door for the
admission of dust.
The accompanying Drawings illustrate an apparatus embodying the
principles of my Invention. A is the metal receptacle; B, the spout
thereto; C, the cylindrical tube fixed in the centre; D, the vertical
shaft; E, E, the pullies; F, F, the cords; G, the hinged pedestal and
support to the receptacle when in situ.

page_text: Having thus described my Invention, what. I claim and desire to
secure by Letters Patent is the revolving receptacle or pan A, capable of
being raised and lowered on the shaft D, in the manner and for the
purposes precisely as herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Richardson, have hereunto set 5
my hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of January, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.
Witness,
A. C. HENDERSON,
Patent Agent,
JOHN RICHARDSON. (L.s.)
6, Southampton Buildings,
Holborn.