Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 12th Aug., 1897-Accepted, 16th Oct., 1897
1, HENRY CLAY, of 7, Grant Street, in the City of Liverpool, Plumber, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to urinals which are applicable more particularly for the use
of females.
So far as I am aware there does not exist at the present time any arrangement or
apparatus adapted for use by females purely as a urinal. The employment of a
water closet for this purpose is open to grave sanitary objections, namely, the sent
must be used by each person, the front of the basin becomes greatly furred and very
foul and in the act of inicturition the accumulated filth on the basin front is liable
to be splashed back onto the person, and, as most plumbers are aware, where a water
closet is largely used by females, as in public places, restaurants, and the like, the front
or apron of the closet, which is hidden by woodwork, becomes very foul and
insanitary.
To obviate these objections I construct a vessel or apparatus adapted for use solely
as a urinal for females.
Such a vessel is, approximately, boat-shaped and mounted upon a pedestal in such
a manner that the user may stand over it. The vessel is provided with a suitable
flushing rim, and the latter may be supplied by flushing hors disposed around the
rim. An outlet is formed in the bottom of the vessel which may communicate with
a leaden trap reaching to the floor or thereabouts: or the trap may be formed in one
with the vessel and be brought up the outside of the latter so as to provide for a
quantity of water remaining in the vessel. The sides of the vessel may be indented
in the centre, where the limbs of the user are disposed. In some cases the rim of the
vessel may be bevelled inwardly.
Any suitable flushing cistern may be employed with the urinal above described,
and I may connect the chain lever thereof to a rocking board or treadle disposed at
each side of the urinal and depressed by the weight of the person using the latter.

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I, HENRY CLAY, of 32, Cleveland Square, in the City of Liverpool, formerly of
7, Grant Street, in the said city, Plumber and Dealer in Sanitary Ware, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to he particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to urinals for females' use.
So far as I am aware, urinals capable of being flushed and having a connection with
a drain, have never, before the present invention, been proposed for or adapted to the
use of females. It is the present practice of females to use water closets as urinals,
and to this practice there are grave objections, namely the seat is sat upon, and in
restaurants, railway stations, and other public places, the seats of water closets-
constantly used as urinals by females-are liable to become foul and form vehicles
of disease. It is within the knowledge of all who are acquainted with sanitary fittings
that in water closets which are frequently used by females, the front of the basin and
the apron become thickly furred and unwholesome, and as these parts are
frequently out of sight there consequently arises a prolific source of stench and
danger to health.
The above objections are entirely obviated by the employment of a vessel or device
which is constructed to form, purely and simply, a ladies' urinal, and it is to such a
device that the present invention refers, and which will now be described.
The vessel which forms the urine receiver is, approximately, boat-shaped, that is to
say it is longer than it is broad and has raised ends, and is mounted upon or forms
part of a pedestal or bracket, or is otherwise mounted at such a height that a female
may conveniently stand astride it. The urine receiver has a flushing horn and a
flushing rim, the latter being bevelled inwardly, and may be indented at the sides to
provide space for the user's limbs. The outlet is led from the bottom or side of the
receiver and may be trapped in any suitable manner.
In the drawing hereto annexed are illustrated several different forms of ladies'
urinals according to this invention, which I will now describe.
a is the urine
Figure 1 is an elevation and Figure 2 a plan of a ladies' urinal.
receiver, b the flushing horn, c the flushing rim, d the outlet, and e the supporting
pedestal. I prefer to bevel the inner surface of the rim c so that it forms an apex
at c', whereby any drops of urine which may fall on the rim will not lodge there but
will drain into the receiver. The receiver may be indented as shewn in dotted lines
in Figure 2, to provide more space for the limbs.
In Figures 3 and 4 the outlet d is led from the centre of the receiver, and is then
brought upwardly at d to form a water seal or trap.
In Figures 5 and 6 the outlet d is led from the centre of the receiver straight down
through the floor. Several of this form of urinal may be mounted on a horizontal
waste or drain pipe having the necessary fall, and each urinal in such a series of
urinals may be isolated from its neighbours by a partition or apartment.
In the act of micturition a female stands astride the receiver, without sitting upon
it. The narrow and elongated form of the receiver allows of this being done without
any part of the urinal coming in contact with the person, whilst the raised ends of
the receiver prevent the escape of urine.
With the urinals herein above described any suitable form of flushing cistern may
be employed, and be operated by the ordinary chain-pull or by means of a treadle or
hinged board upon which the user steps.

page_text: 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 I
claim is :-
As a urinal for females' use, a narrow and elongated vessel with raised ends,
provided with means for flushing the same, and an outlet, forming a urine receiver,
said receiver being carried by a pedestal, or otherwise, so that a female in the act of
micturition may conveniently stand astride it, substantially as described.
J. A. COUBROUGH,
Registered Patent Agent (Qual. by Exam.),
10 St. George's Crescent, Liverpool, Agent for the Applicant.