Improvements in or connected with Pedestal Water Closets.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 15th May, 1893-Accepted, 17th June, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Pedestal Water Closets.
We, EDWARD WILLIAM QUIRK, of 1 Temple Court, Foreign Correspondent,
and JAMES SHARP of 31 Islington, Plumber, both of Liverpool in the County of
Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In pedestal water closet seats as hitherto constructed, there is nothing to assist
an invalid in rising or to prevent him falling sideways in case of a sudden attack
of illness. This defect has hitherto prevented many persons having water closets
of this class in their houses.
Our invention has partly for its object to provide water closets, and more
especially pedestal water closets, with means to assist the user in rising from the
seat. While providing this improvement, the invention retains all the advantages
peculiar to water closets of this class. The invention is a further development of
our improvements in water closets, two of which improvements are set forth in our
previous Patent No. 17752 of 1891, and in Design registration No. 188319.
In carrying our invention into effect, we provide, at each side of the seat, a hand
rail or arm of any suitable construction to assist the user to rise or prevent him
falling sideways in case of sudden attack of illness. The plan which we prefer is
to form a horizontal frame at the back of which is the seat cover and at each side
a hand rail or arm. To this frame is hinged the water closet seat, which seat, in
its normal position, rests upon the frame. The meeting edges of the cover and seat
are grooved or rabbetted, so that, when the cover is closed down, its surface and
that of the seat lie flush. The whole frame supported by upright brackets or
pedestals, having short brackets at a right angle at the back, which stand upon the
floor, one on each side of the water closet pan and in no way secured to the wall.
The pan can easily be cleaned without removing the frame and brackets, but these
latter can very easily be removed by undoing the fastenings, such as screws, which
retain them in situation.
Datel L
101 1
1000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Pedestal Water Closets.
We, EDWARD WILLIAM QUIRK of 1, Temple Court, Foreign Correspondent
and JAMES SHARP of 31, Islington, Plumber, both of Liverpool in the County
of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertainel
in and by the following statement :-
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In pedestal water closet seats as hitherto constructed, there is nothing to assist
an invalid in rising or to prevent him falling sideways in case of a sudden attack of
illness. This defect has hitherto prevented many persons having water closets of
this class in their houses.
Our invention has partly for its object to provide water closets, and more
especially pedestal water closets, with means to assist the user in rising from
the seat.
While providing this improvement, the invention retains all the
advantages peculiar to water closets of this class. The invention is a further
development of our improvements in water closets, two of which improvements are

page_text: set forth in our previous Patent No. 17752 of 1891, and in Design registration
No. 188319.
In carrying our invention into effect, we provide, at each side of the seat, a hand
rail or arm of any suitable construction to assist the user to rise or prevent him
falling sideways in case of sudden attack of illness.
The manner in which we prefer to carry out our invention will be understood by
reference to the accompanying drawings, in which ―
Figure 1 is a front view of our improved pedestal water closet:
Figure 2, a perspective view of the same: and
Figure 3, a front view with seat thrown back.
Referring to these figures, A is a horizontal frame, at the back of which is the
seat cover B, and at each side a hand rail or arm C. To this frame A is hinged
the water closet seat D, which seat, in its normal position, rests upon the frame A.
The meeting edges of the cover and seat are grooved or rabbetted at d, so that,
when the cover is closed down, its surface and that of the seat lie flush. The
groove preferably stops short of the front of the seat, so as not to spoil the
continuity of the front edge. The whole frame is supported by upright brackets
or pedestals E, having short brackets at a right angle at the back, both top and
bottom, to secure rigidity the top brackets being secured to frame of seat those at
bottom resting on floor one each side of pan thus avoiding necessity of seat being
secured to the wall. The pan can easily be cleaned without removing the frame
and brackets, but these latter can very easily be removed by undoing the fastenings,
such as screws, which retain them in situation. The hand rail or arm C may be of
any desired shape.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The improvement in pedestal or other water closets, which consists in pro-
viding them with a hand rail or arm of any suitable construction at each side of
the seat substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. The general combined arrangement or construction of parts substantially as
set forth.
3. The special arrangement of upright pedestals E and short bracket at right
angles for carrying the seat substantially as described.
Dated this 15th day of May 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Patent Agents, of Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, and London,
Agents for the Applicants.