Urinals for Females.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 27th Nov., 1893-Accepted, 30th Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Public Urinals for Females.
I, CASIMIR VICTOR DORIOT of 72 Boulevard Magenta Paris in the Republic
of France, Contractor, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention to be as
follows :―
For some long time attempts have been made to provide for females in large
towns and cities conveniences which are at present only provided for men.
That which has retarded up to the present time the establishment of public and
free urinals for females is that the problem presents several difficulties which have
never been solved in a satisfactory manner.
Amongst these difficulties, the first refers to good manners, the second to that of
freedom from payment and, intimately connected with the first, appeared altogether
incapable of solution, in this sense, that if it were proposed to establish free urinals,
it was indispensible to employ in connection with them, to secure proper conduct,
a female attendant, charged, amongst other duties, with closing these urinals at a
certain hour of the night for reasons which will be readily understood.
Although the problem therefore appears difficult as above indicated, I believe
nevertheless that I have solved it in a very satisfactory manner, by devising urinals
provided with the following characteristics.
1. My urinal, which will occupy no more space than urinals for men, will be so
arranged that it can serve solely as a urinal.
2. I will establish a female attendant receiving a very small salary, who will be
either a newsvendor, a flower seller, &c.
3. This female attendant will be charged with watching over the cleanliness of
the urinal, with its care, from the point of view of good manners and with its closure
after the theatres close, for example.
4. With the small salary of the attendant and the price for advertising which I
intend to apply to my urinals, I shall be able to realise a fair return on the cost of
establishment and to supply towns with free urinals for females.
After the above description I desire by the present application to secure the
entire and exclusive right to the system of urinals for women which fulfils the
conditions above enumerated and which will be readily understood by the following
description aided by reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Figure 1. represents in elevation, my system of urinals for females.
Figure 2. shows in sectional plan drawn on a horizontal plane the same urinal.
Figure 3. represents a vertical section of the pan or basin separately.
Figure 4. shows separately the arrangement which I employ to prevent the
opening of the door at the side when the compartment is occupied.
As will be seen in the drawings my system of public free urinals, has externally
the form of a chalet or kiosk. It is composed of a certain number of panels a,
of marble, sheet iron, wood or other suitable material, up to a certain height and
the others of glass for example, can receive advertisements which will be lighted
up at night by gas jets in the interior of the kiosk.
In front, is arranged in the interior of the kiosk the table b for the attendant
newsvendor, flower seller &c. who can deliver the goods by the front panel c which
is open for this purpose.
This urinal has two entrances d, d, one to the right, the other to the left of
the attendant. These entrances communicate with the same lobby e divided
into two by a door farticulated at g to be capable of movement to the right or
left and afford access to one or the other of the two compartments h, h, of my
urinal

page_text: The door, which
apply for this purpose in the interior of my urinal, is
articulated at g as above stated, it is further suspended by a friction roller i whose
periphery j fits a rail k, with two inclines arranged in directions reverse to each
other as shown at Figure 4.
This arrangement has for its object to bring the door back to the middle of the
lobby after it has been moved to the right or to the left.
The articulation of the door is effected on hinges shaped with helical inclines, so
that the vertical displacements of the incline are effected squarely.
With this door, to enter in the right compartment, for example, it is necessary
to push to the left and reciprocally, as the distance, which the door leaves when at rest,
between itself and the side of the lobby is too narrow for the passage of a person.
This opening always enables the attendant to survey the urinal.
To close either or both compartments when they are occupied, I have furnished
the door with the following arrangement.
In each compartment is placed a foot board or stand m, on which the person
stands to discharge urine.
This foot board is articulated at n and is articulated at the opposite side to a
rod O, which at its upper end is articulated to a lever
P
so as to rock said lever,
which latter is articulated at q. This lever is terminated by a stop which in rising
prevents the roller i from running along the incline opposite to that of the com-
partment occupied. When the two compartments are occupied at the same time,
the roller is keyed or secured by the two stops r, so that the door cannot be moved
either to the right nor to the left, so long as the persons have not descended from
their footboards m.
In order that the occupants can only discharge urine I arrange a pan or basin **,
in front of the foot board m, which has by preference the form represented in the
drawings at Figures 2 and 3.. For this purpose this pan or basin, furnished with a
water shoot n, for cleaning, is covered by a kind of ridge roof s, which also prevents
the clothes of the females from being soaked with the water in the basin.
Lastly the said basin is prolonged under the footboard m, by a gutter t, which
communicates with a discharge conduit covered or not by a kind of trap or
strainer.
The compartments being thus arranged, when a person enters, she places herself,
without turning round on the footboard m, and, consequently faces the roof of the
basin which is hollowed out at u for greater convenience.
An indicator plate operated by connections from the door can be arranged to
indicate that such or such a compartment is or is not occupied.
The floor of each compartment inclines towards the centre so that it is parallel to
the line of suspension of the door. Where the two inclined floors meet is a
rectangular orifice to carry off the water used to clean the place.
The urinal is shut, for example, after the theatres close by means of a
corrugated or revolving shutter which rolls up in the cornice c, when the urinal is
opened.
Finally a small verandah x, placed above the front panel protects the counter of
the attendant from rain &c.
An inscription very visible and luminous during the night will indicate that the
urinal is public, free and only for the use of females.
Sometimes it is desirable to modify the shape of these urinals.
1st. When one is to be placed along a wall.
2nd. On the edge of a narrow footpath.
Figure 5. of the drawing represents in plan the arrangement of a uriual for
women when it is required to be constructed against a wall, for example.
Figure 6, shows a urinal for women such as I propose to construct for application
on a footpath for example.
As shown in the drawing, Figure 5, when my urinals are placed against a wall or
in the yard of a railway station I arrange the compartments all in a line with each
other as is the case in those provided for men.

page_text: In this case, the two central compartments a', a', are side by side, but separated
by a partition b¹.
In each wing of the urinal are arranged the two compartments c', a', to
which access is given by a single door d', arranged and operated exactly as stated
above.
With this arrangement of the compartments in line, the female attendant placed
at A, can overlook the two wings at the same time. The two doors e', e', of her
compartment shut back at the right and left as shown by the dotted line f' in the
drawing.
In order to shut the two entrances to the compartments of the wings, a screen of
several shutters or divisions may be employed which the female attendant arranges
laterally as indicated by the dotted lines g'.
This screen is made up of a certain number of plates of sheet iron, which when
the urinal is opened are arranged parallel to each other behind the attendant's
compartment.
But the two entrances E of the compartments can also be closed by means of a
shutter which rolls up in the cornice.
As shown in Figure 6, in order to have a urinal of a smaller diameter only a
single compartment is employed, the door d' of which is always immoveable when
this compartment is occupied as described above.
The place A for the attendant presents an opening at which permits of her
overlooking the urinal.
With this arrangement in order to close the urinal a lateral and concentric
shutter is employed which the attendant draws across the entrance.
When the urinal is open this shutter shuts back on the inside against the circular
enclosure.
The object of the present invention is therefore to establish conveniences for
females to serve only as urinals, but I reserve the right of applying thereto water-
closets, either in one or both of the two compartments.
It will be well understood that the shape, details, materials and dimensions of
this system of urinal may be varied at will without in any way changing the nature
of the invention.
Dated this 27th day of 1 1000
C. V. DORIOT,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Public Urinals for Females.
I, CASIMIR VICTOR DORIOT, of 72 Boulevard Magenta, Paris, in the Republic
of France, Contractor, 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 :—
For some long time attempts have been made to provide for females in large
towns and cities, conveniences which are at present only provided for men.
That which has retarded up to the present time the establishment of free public.
urinals for females is, that the problem presents several difficulties which have
never been solved in a satisfactory manner.
Amongst these difficulties, the first rests on the question of good manners; the
second, on that of freedom from payment, and, being intimately connected with
the first, appeared altogether incapable of solution in this sense, that if it were
proposed to establish free urinals, it was indispensable to employ in connection
with them, to secure proper conduct, a female attendant charged, amongst other
duties, with closing these urinals at a certain hour of the night for reasons which
will be readily understood.

page_text: Although the problem therefore appears difficult, as above indicated, I believe
nevertheless that I have solved it in a very satisfactory manner by devising urinals
having the following characteristics.
1. My urinal, which will occupy no more space than urinals for men, will be 80
arranged that it can serve solely as a urinal.
2. I will establish a female attendant receiving a very small salary, who will be
either a newsvendor, a flower seller, &c.
3. This female attendant will be charged with watching over the cleanliness of
the urinal, with its superintendence from the point of view of good mauners, and
with its closure, after the time of exit from the theatres for example.
4. With the small salary of the attendant and the price for advertising which I
intend to apply to my urinals, I shall be able to realize a fair return on the cost of
establishment and to supply towns with free urinals for females.
After the above description I desire, by the present application, to secure the
entire and exclusive right to the system of urinals for women which fulfils the
conditions above enumerated and which will be readily understood by the following
description aided by reference to the drawings accompanying my Provisional
Specification, in which :-
Fig. 1 represents, in elevation, my system of urinals for females.
Fig. 2 shows, in sectional plan drawn on a horizontal plane, the same urinal.
Fig. 3 represents a vertical section of the pan or basin separately.
Fig. 4 shows separately the arrangement which I employ to prevent the opening
of the door on the side on which the compartment is occupied.
As will be seen in the drawings, my system of free public urinal has externally
the form of a chalet or kiosk. It is composed of a certain number of panels a of
marble, sheet iron, wood or other suitable material up to a certain height, and
the others, of glass for example, can receive advertisements, which will be lighted
up at night by gas jets in the interior of the kiosk.
In front is arranged, in the interior of the kiosk, the table for the attendant
newsvendor, flower seller, &c., who can deliver the goods by the front panel c,
which is open for this purpose.
This urinal bas two entrances d d, one to the right, the other to the left of the
attendant. These entrances communicate with a common lobby e divided into two
by a door articulated at g to be capable of movement to the right or left and
afford access to one or the other of the two compartments of my urinal.
The door f, which I apply for this purpose in the interior of my urinal, is
articulated at g, as above stated; it is further suspended by a friction roller i
whose periphery j fits a rail k with two inclines arranged in directions reverse
to each other, as shown at Fig. 4.
This arrangement has for its object to bring the door back to the middle of the
lobby after it has been moved to the right or to the left.
The articulation of the door is effected on hinges shaped with helical inclines,
so that the vertical displacements of the incline are effected squarely or truly.
With this door, to enter in the right compartment, for example, it is necessary
to push it to the left and reciprocally, as the space which the door leaves free
when at rest, between itself and the side of the lobby, is too narrow for the
passage of a person. This opening always enables the attendant to survey the
urinal.
To close either or both compartments when they are occupied, I have furnished
the door with the following arrangement.
In each compartment is placed a foot-board or stand m, on which the person
stands to discharge urine. This foot-board is articulated at and is jointed at
the opposite side to a rod o, which, at its upper end, is articulated to a lever p
so as to rock said lever, which latter is articulated at 7. This lever is terminated
by a stop r, which, in rising, prevents the roller i from running along the incline
opposite to that of the compartinent occupied. When the two compartments
are occupied at the same time, the roller is keyed or secured by the two stops r,

page_text: so that the door cannot be moved either to the right or to the left, so long as
the persons have not descended from their foot-boards m.
In order that the occupants can only discharge urine, I arrange a pan or basin **
in front of the footboard m, which has by preference the form represented in the
drawings at Figs. 2 and 3. For this purpose this pan or basin, furnished with a
water shoot for cleaning, is covered by a kind of ridge roofs, which also prevents
the clothes of the females from being soaked with the water in the basin. Lastly,
the said basin is prolonged under the footboard m by a gutter t, which communicates
with a discharge conduit covered or not by a kind of trap or strainer.
The compartments being thus arranged, when a person enters, she places herself,
without turning round, on the footboard m, and consequently faces the roof of the
basin, which is hollowed out at u for greater convenience.
An indicator plate operated by connections from the door, can be arranged to
indicate that such or such a compartment is or is not occupied.
The floor of each compartment inclines towards the centre, so that it is parallel
to the line of suspension of the door. Where the two inclined floors meet is a
rectangular discharge orifice to carry off the water used in cleaning the place.
The urinal is shut, for example, after the theatres close by means of a corrugated
or revolving shutter, which rolls up in the cornice v when the urinal is opened.
Finally, a small verandah x, placed above the front panel, protects the counter of
the attendant from rain, &c.
An inscription, very visible and luminous during the night, will indicate that the
urinal is public, free and only for the use of females.
Sometimes it is desirable to modify the shape of these urinals.
1st. When one is to be placed along a wall.
2nd. When on the edge of a narrow foot-path.
Fig. 5 of the drawings represents in plan the arrangement of a urinal for women
when it is required to be constructed against a wall, for example.
Fig. 6 shows a urinal for women such as I propose to construct for application
on a foot-path, for example.
As shown in the drawings at Fig. 5, when my urinals are placed against a wall or
in the yard of a railway station, I arrange the compartments all in a line with each
other, as is the case in those provided for men. In this case the two central
compartments a' a' are side by side but separated by a partition 6. In each wing of
the urinal are arranged the two compartments c' a', to which access is given by a
single door d' arranged and operated exactly as stated above.
With this arrange-
ment of the compartments in line, the female attendant placed at A can overlook
the two wings at the same time. The two doors e'e' of her compartment shut back
at the right and left, as shown by the dotted line f' in the drawing. In order to
shut the two entrances to the compartments of the wings, a screen of several shutters
or divisions may be employed, which the female attendant arranges laterally as
indicated by the dotted lines g'. This screen is made up of a certain number of
plates of sheet iron, which, when the urinal is opened, are arranged parallel to each
other behind the attendant's compartment. But the two entrances E of the
compartments can also be closed by means of a shutter which rolls up in the
cornice.
As shown in Fig. 6, in order to have a urinal of a smaller diameter, only a single
compartment is employed, the door of which is always immovable when this
compartment is occupied, as described above. The place A for the attendant is
provided with an opening at ', which permits of her overlooking the urinal.
With this arrangement, in order to close the urinal, a lateral and concentric
shutter is employed, which the attendant draws across the entrance. When the
urinal is open, this shutter shuts back on the inside against the circular
enclosure.
The object of the present invention therefore is to establish conveniences for females
to serve only as urinals, but I reserve the right of applying thereto water-closets
either in one or both of the two compartments.

page_text: It will be well understood that the shape, details, materials and dimensions of this
system of urinal may be varied at will without in any way changing the nature of
the invention.
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 is :-
1. In public urinals for females, the general arrangement and combination of parts,
substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
2. In public urinals for females, the combination of a lobby and of a door capable
of being opened to the right or to the left as desired to permit of entrance into the
two compartments of my system of urinal, this door being arranged, combined and
suspended from a rail forming two opposite inclined surfaces, so that the door is
automatically replaced in the centre of the lobby, substantially as herein shown and
described and for the purpose stated.
3. In public urinals for females, the combination with the door, of the arrangement
shown and described which prevents the opening of the door leading into any of the
compartments in use, by means of the footboard upon which the person is obliged to
place herself when using the urinal.
4. In public urinals for females, the system of basin characterised by its
combination with a kind of roof or cover which protects the garments of the females
from the water in the basin and at the same time prevents the apparatus from being
used except as a urinal, substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 27th day of November 1902
C. V. DORIOT,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.
C. V. DORIOT,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.