An Improved Automatic Apparatus for Dry Closets and Water.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1887
Complete Left, 14th Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 20th Apr., 1888
An Improved Automatic Apparatus for Dry Closets and Water.
Closets.
JOSEPH EASBY 161 Spring Vale Road Sheffield in the County of York Whitesmith
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention of an Improved Automatic Apparatus for Dry Closets & Water.
Closets is for distributing ashes, earth, or any other disinfecting material on the soil
every time the closet is used, as for its object the prevention of any unpleasant smell.
In carring out my Invention for Dry closets I fix at the back of the wall behind
the seat the apparatus which consists of a zinc frame with two doors on axles, on
one end of each axle I fix a lever, which is attached to two other levers to
each of which is attached a chain which comes down to the back of the
closet seat, and fastened to the cover, which has a hole in the middle,
thus forming the seat, works on a pair of hinges placed at the front of
the seat, and is raised a little at the back. When this seat is pressed down the
action of the levers opens the top door and closes the bottom one, so that the ashes,
earth, or any other disinfecting material which is placed in the hopper fixed above
the apparatus fills up the space between the two doors.
When the pressure is
removed the top door closes, by means of a weight fixed to a lever, and the bottom
one opens, and lets the contents, which are guided by a spout which just comes
under the seat, on the soil below, thus preventing it giving rise to any disagreeable
smell.
For water closets the levers are attached to screw down, or plug taps instead of
doors with a water tight vessel between, the levers are attached to the seat as in
the dry closets when the pressure is applied to the seat the action of the levers opens
the tap of the cistern & closes the tap of the vessel below the cistern when the
pressure is removed the weight connected to the top lever closes the tap, and a
weight fixed to the bottom lever opens the bottom tap, and lets the water run and
wash the soil away.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Automatic Apparatus for Dry Closets and Water
Closets.
I, JOSEPH EASBY of 161 Spring Vale Road Sheffield in the County of York,
Whitesmith 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 :-
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My invention of an Improved Automatic Apparatus for dry closets and water
closets" is for distributing ashes, earth or any other disinfecting material on the
soil or excrement every time the closet is used, as for its object the prevention of an
unpleasant smell. In carrying out my invention I construct the apparatus by
preference of zinc and brass, but any other suitable materials may be used. I fix
the apparatus at the back of the wall behind the seat or any other suitable place.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings Fig. 1 an end elevation Fig. 2 a front
elevation show the arrangement of my apparatus. There is a hopper A which is filled
with ashes earth or any other disinfecting material; this earth is kept in the hopper
by means of a door B to the axle of which is fixed a weight E at the end of a lever,
below the door is another door C to the axle end of this lever is attached another
lever G by means of a chain, which passes thro' the wall into the closet & is
fastened to the back of the seat by a chain. To the end of the lever H is attached
a chain to which is attached another lever I which passes thro' the wall and is
fastened to the back of the seat by means of a chain. This apparatus is intended
to work in connection with my patent for "Automatically closing the aperture in
Closet seats" "No. 1940%" or it may be used independently.
When it is used in
connection with the above mentioned patent, the seat of which would he raised a few
inches at the back, by means of weights and have the hinges placed at the front. To the
back of this raised seat is fastened the chain "K" which is fastened to the levers I
& G, the levers and doors are so arranged that when the seat is not in use, that is,
when it is raised, the door B is closed and the door C is opened. When pressure is
put on the seat it lowers, pulls down the chain K and so lifts the weight F by
means of the lever G thereby closing the door C. At the same time the chain K
lifts up the weight E by means of the lever I so opening the door B which allows
the earth in the hopper A to fall on the closed door C, the earth is helped down by
the chain L fastened to the door and the top of the hopper, when the pressure is
removed from the seat the weights underneath lift it up, which slackens the chain K
thereby the door B is closed by the balance weight E and the door is opened by the
weight F and lets the earth, which is guided by the shoot D onto the excrement
beneath the seat. The handle M is fixed to the chain K so that it can be worked by
hand when not required to work automatically: This apparatus is fixed at the back
of the wall behind the closet by means of an iron strap round the top of the hopper
and thro' the wall and by the brackets N ; the lever M and chain K are on the

page_text: inside of the wall. For water-closets the levers are attached to screw down or plug
taps, instead of doors with a water tight vessel between them, the levers are attached
to the seat as in the dry closets, when the pressure is applied to the seat the action
of the levers opens the taps of the cistern and closes the tap of the vessel below,
when the pressure is removed the weight E closes the top tap, and the weight F
opens the bottom tap and lets the water run and wash the excrement away.
Having now particulary 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―
Improvements in apparatus as herein described and drawn, applicable to
ordinary dry closets and water closets for the purposes herein specified.
In witness whereof 1 the said Joseph Easby have hereunto set my hand and seal,
this twelth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and eighty eight.