Improvements in the Construction of Utensils for Disinfecting and similar Purposes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 6th Apr., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Utensils for Disinfecting and
similar Purposes.
I, HUGH TAYLOR, of Avenue House, Wroxham, in the County of Norfolk,
Physician and Surgeon, 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 :-
This invention relates to the construction of a pan to be used for retaining a
disinfectant or other matter with which it is desired to treat the air within a bed, that
is to say between the bed or lower clothing thereof and the upper clothing, and
round about any person within said bed, the said pan having a cover and a device
for upholding the upper clothes so as to provide a free space about said pan and
immediately over the cover thereof whereby the air may come in contact with the
disinfectant or other matter with which the pan has been charged or with the
fumes, gases or other emanations therefrom.
The improved pan for this purpose may be shaped as shown in the accompanying
drawing in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of said pan with its cover showing the
clothes upholder or peg in section, and Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of
these parts.
The pan a is made with a circular recess b in the centre of the bottom, this
recess being preferably formed by raising an annular ridge c which forms within it
the said recess as illustrated. This recess is intended to receive the lower end
of the peg d. The pan has also a lipe for the convenient emptying of the
disinfectant or other matter therefrom after use, and it is provided also with the
handle f
This handle is generally and most conveniently made of the shape shown in the
drawings and it is then placed diametrically opposite the lip or spout e, but in
place of this handle I may use a straight handle, solid or hollow, and projecting
from the side of the pan at such a point that the radius of the handle and the radius
of the lip are at right angles.
The cover g which is slightly domed is perforated with holes arranged in any
suitable way, and it is made to rest upon the flange i and within the rim of the
pan. This cover g which is made preferably with a depending flange g around
it near its edge, is provided with the central knob k in one piece therewith and
perforated for the passage of the peg d. The peg d is provided with an enlargement
at m above the knob to assist in steadying the peg and on the upper end of the
peg is screwed or otherwise fixed or made the disk n which is intended to bear
against the underside of the upper clothes when the pan is in the bed.
The pan and its cover are preferably made of earthenware or the like, the peg
with its disk being preferably of wood.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 1
claim is:
1. A pan having a recess in the base in combination with a perforated cover and
a peg adapted to pass through the cover and engage in said recess said peg having
an enlargement above the cover, the whole substantially as herein described and
for the purpose set forth.

page_text: 2. The pan with its cover and peg adapted for the purpose described the said
having a lip e and a handle arranged with regard to the lip as hereinbefore set
pan
forth.
Dated this 4th day of March 1895.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.,
Agents for Applicant.