An Improved Sanitary Appliance.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Feb., 1891-Accepted, 21st Mar., 1891
An Improved Sanitary Appliance.
I, ISAIAH WALLWORK, of 86, Hope Strect, Hurst, near Ashton-under-Lyne,
in the County of Lancaster, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an improved sanitary appliance to be used in connection
with privies and is intended to be employed as a substitute for the parts employed
in what is known as the "pail system wherein a movable "pail" is placed
beneath the seat board, above a drain, the "pail" being provided with perforations
for the escape of urine or other liquids into the drain, so that the "pail" can be
removed and the solid contents emptied out at intervals.
The principal object of my invention is to dispense with, the use of the sheet iron
pails" and to obtain the same result in a simpler and more economical manner.
The nature of my said invention and the manner in which the same is to be
performed or carried into practical effect will be readily understood on reference
to the sheet of drawings hereunto annexed and the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1. is a plan view and Fig. 2 a section of my improved sanitary appliance.
The invention consists principally of a frame of malleable cast iron formed of
two levers à and a ring which is fixed close beneath the seat board over the
drain one end of the levers being provided with holes through which passes a
pin or rod ax forming a hinge and the other ends are flat and rest upon a rod a¹
brickwork or other suitable support.
The upper face of the ring is provided with pegs or pins e projecting upwards.
The seat board (not shown on Fig. 1) is hinged at the back (or at one side) so
that it can be raised up, and when lowered into its place will rest upon the
frame abholes or recesses being provided in the underside of the seat board to
receive the pegs or pins c. e is a bag, or "excreta pocket," made of an inexpensive
woven material such as hemp, jute, or other suitable low priced fibre, or material
sufficiently strong to retain the solid matters and woven open so as to allow the
liquids to drain quickly through leaving the solid portion almost dry in the bag.
The bag e shown on the drawings is simply a piece of tubular woven jute fabric
with one end tied and kept distended by means of a loose wooden hoop/
The seat board being raised the bag or "excreta pocket" e is fixed in the mouth
of the ring and suspended on the pegs or pins c by means of its upper edge, and
the seat board d being lowered into its place will hold it firmly in position on the
pins c
When it is desired to empty the solid contents the seat board is raised on its
hinges and the bag or "excreta pocket with its dry solid contents may be with-
drawn and thrown bodily into the cart or other receptacle and removed to the
"tip or other place; and a fresh bag or excreta-pocket" being secured to the
ring, the seat board d is turned down into its place.
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I would here remark that although the principal obiect of my invention is to
dispense with the "pails" altogether it will be obvious that my improved "excreta
pocket" may also be used with advantage where the "pail system" is already in
use as a movable lining to the pails, the bag being held in its place by a ring
(similar to 6) hinged to the top of the "pail" so that the latter may always remain
in its place thereby saving the labor of lifting and emptying the metal pails as well
as wear and tear of the latter which will consequently be more durable.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim i
The improved sanitary appliance consisting mainly of a hinged frame or ring,
supporting a bag or pocket of inexpensive woven material substantially as and
for the purposes herein before described, and illustrated by the drawings annexed.
Dated this 19th day of February 1891.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.