Improvements in Waterclosets.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 28th June, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Mar., 1891-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Waterclosets.
I, JOHN SHANKS, Junior, of Tubal Works, Barrhead, in the County of Renfrew,
North Britain, Sanitary Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows, that is to say :-
My said invention relates to waterclosets of the kind in which the seat is hinged
at the back so that it can be turned up for any purpose; and it has for object to
provide the underside of the seat with an improved device which will not only
prevent rattle or noise when closing the seat, but will also prevent leakage from
the run of the basin between the underside of the scat and the parts below.
In carrying out my invention according to one modification I fix to the under-
side of the seat a strip of rubber of a convex cross section and of a curved form in
plan, so as to extend across the front of the basin rim when the seat is closed down.
This rubber strip may be attached by means of plugs formed on it and fixed in
holes in the scat; or it may be made with lips to be held by metal strips fixed to
the seat by screws; or it may be fixed by screws passed through it, recesses being
formed to receive the heads of the screws. Instead of the rubber strip being
curved in plan it may be straight or of other suitable form, provided it is made to
extend sufficiently across the front of the basin. And instead of the strip being of
rubber it may be of leather or other suitable compressible material.
Dated this Twenty-seventh day of June 1890.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Waterclosets.
I, JOHN SHANKS, Junior, of Tubal Works, Barrhead, in the County of Renfrew,
North Britain, Sanitary Engineer, 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, that is to say :-
My said invention relates to waterclosets of the kind in which the seat is hinged
at the back so that it can be turned up for any purpose; and it has for its object to
provide the under side of the seat with an improved device which will not only
prevent rattle or noise when closing the seat, but will also prevent leakage from
the rim of the basin between the under side of the seat and the parts below.
In carrying out my invention according to one modification I fix to the under
side of the seat a strip of rubber of a convex cross section and of a curved form in
plan, so as to extend across the front of the basin rim when the seat is closed down.
This rubber strip may be attached by means of plugs formed on it and fixed in
holes in the seat; or it may be made with lips to be held by metal strips fixed to the
seat by screws, or it may be fixed by screws passed through it recesses being formed
to receive the heads of the screws. Instead of the rubber strip being curved in
plan it may be straight or of other suitable form, provided it is made to extend
sufficiently across the front of the basin. And instead of the strip being of rubber
may be of leather or other suitable compressible material.
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And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing the same
may be properly understood I hereunto append a sheet of explanatory drawings
to be hereinafter referred to and showing two simple modifications of my improve-
ments.

page_text: Figure, 1, on the accompanying sheet of drawings is a vertical section and
Figure, 2, is an inverted plan of a watercloset seat showing one modification.
Figure, 3, is a vertical section of the front part of the seat showing the same
modification but drawn to a larger scale and Figure, 4, is a similar view showing a
second modification. In these drawings the same reference letters are used to mark
the same or like parts wherever they are repeated.
In the modification shown in Figures 1, 2, and, 3, of the drawings, I fix to the
under side of the watercloset seat, W, a strip of rubber, R, of a convex cross
section and of a curved form in plan so as to extend across the front of the basin
rim (not shown) when the seat, W, is closed down. This rubber strip, R is made
with lips, L, and is attached to the seat, W, by metal strips, M, which are placed
on the lips, L, and fixed to the seat, W, by screws, S.
In the modification shown in Figure, 4, the metal strips (M) are dispensed with
and the strip of rubber, R, is attached to the seat, W, by screws, S, passed through
it, recesses being formed to receive the heads of the screws, S.
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 :-
:-
In waterclosets, fixing to the under side of the front part of the seat a strip of
rubber, leather, or other suitable compressible material, substantially as and for the
purposes hereinbefore described.
Dated this Twenty first dov of March 1891
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.