Improvements in Seats for Water Closets.
Year: 1896

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Date of Application, 29th Feb., 1898
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Seats for Water Closets.
We, FREDERICK SHARP of 73 New Lees Street, Hurst near Ashton-under-Lyne
in the County of Lancaster, Cabinet Maker and JAMES EDWARD LEIGH of
99 Bentinck Street Ashton-under-Lyne in the County of Lancaster, French
Polisher do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in seats for water closets, and has for its
object the construction of a simple form of hinged seat which will not allow the
cover to fall back against the wall or fittings and will not allow the seat to fall
entirely against the cover when the pan without the seat is in use.
Our said invention consists of a back rail with thicker pieces clamped at each
end, fastened so that the ends project over the front edge of the rail. The ends of
clamped pieces are cut out to receive the cover. The seat is cut out to fit between
the above mentioned ends of clamped pieces, and to the back of the scent is attached
a roller with metal ferrules at each end to give strength. In each end of roller is
screwed a metal screw, sunk at the head to form socket. The seat is hinged to the
back portion as above mentioned by metal screws partially threaded with plain
ends screwed through clamped pieces so that the plain ends go into the sockets in
screws at each end of roller. The cover is cut out and hinged in a similar manner
without the roller. The sockoted screws being placed a sufficient distance from
the back edge of cover so that the under portion will strike the roller when the
cover is raised. The cover is concaved at the point whero it strikes the roller so
that with the geometrical construction of this portion of the seat and cover, the
cover when raised is prevented from coming in contact with the wall or fittings by
concaved portion of cover striking the roller, and the seat froin going against the
cover except immediately in front of roller and in front of concaved portion of
cover. We may fasten strips of india-rubber or other suitable material in or near
concaved portion of cover to act as buffers when the seat is raised. In the
construction of seats without covers the back rail and clamped pieces will be a
little higher than seat so that the scat will stop by coming in contact with rail
instead of cover as in double seats.
Dated this 28th day of February 1896.
FREDERICK SHARP,
JAMES EDWARD LEIGH,
Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Seats for Water Closets.
We FREDERICK SHARP of 73 New Lees Street, Hurst, near Ashton-under-Lyne
in the County of Lancaster, Cabinet Maker, and JAMES EDWARD LEIGU of
99 Bentinck Street Ashton-under-Lyne in the County of Lancaster French Polisher
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:
Our invention relates to improvements in seats for water closets, and has for its
object the construction of a simple form of hinged seat, which will not allow the

page_text: cover to fall back against the wall or fittings and will not allow the sent to fall
entirely against the cover when the pan without the seat is in use.
In order that our invention may be clearly rendered reference may be had to
the accompanying sheets of drawings, in which
Fig. 1, is an external plan view,
Fig. 2, a sectional view of seat and cover raised,
Fig. 3, a sectional view of seat and cover closed,
Fig. 4, a view with cover removed,
Fig. 5, a side view of doublo.scat,
Fig. 6 an external plan view of single seat,
Fig. 7 a sectional view of seat raised,
Fig. 8 a sectional view of seat closed,
Fig. 9 a side view of seat, and
Fig. 10 a perspective view of double seat.
Similar letters of reference are used to indicate like parts in all views.
In constructing seats for water closets according to our invention we employ a
back rail a, Fig. 1, with thicker pieces b, clamped at each end, fastened so that the
ends project over the front edge of the rail, the ends of clamped piecos b, are cut
out to receive the cover c, the seat d, Fig. 4, is cut out to fit between the clamped
pieces, b, and to the back of the seat d, Fig. 4, is attached a roller e, with metal
ferrules, at each end to give strength. In each end of roller c, is screwed a metal
screw, sunk at the head to form socket. The seat d, Fig. 4, is hinged to the
back portion b, and a, by metal screws h, Fig. 5, partially threaded with plain ends
screwed through clamped pieces, b, so that the plain ends go into the sockets in
screws, at each end of roller c. The cover c, Fig. 1, is cut out and hinged in a
similar manner without roller. The socketed screws g, being placed a sufficient
distance from the back edge of cover c, Fig. 2 and 3 so that the under portion will
strike the roller e, when the cover c, is raised.
The cover c, Fig. 2, and 3, is concaved at the point where it strikes the rollere,
so that with the geometrical construction of the sent d, and cover c, the cover c,
when raised is prevented from coming in contact with the wall or fittings by
concaved portion of cover c, striking the roller e, and the seat d, from going
against the cover c, except immediately in front of roller e, and in front of concaved
portion of cover c. We may fasten strips of india rubber or other suitable
material in or near concaved portion of cover, to act as buffers when the seat is
raised.
In the construction of seats without covers which is a modification of double seat,
we employ a back rnil a, and clamped pieces b, Fig. 6, the back rail a and clamped
pieces b, will be a little higher than seat d, so that the seat d, will stop by coming
in contact with rail a, iustend of cover as in double seats. Enlarged drawings of
ferrules and scrows are shown, and being an eud and side view of ferrules,
haud ja side nud end view of screw with plain end and g and k sectional and end
view of socketed screws.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven
Lion, we declare that what we claim is, that our invention has the following
advantages.
A closet seat, the combination of parts whereby the cover is prevented from
falling against the wall or fittings and the seat from falling entirely against the
cover, substantially as horein described, with reference to the appended sheets of
drawings.
Dated this 27th day of October 1896.
FREDERICK SHARP,
JAMES EDWARD LEIGH,.
Applicants.