IMPROVEMENTS ON TOILET APPARATUS FOR SHIPS AND SEA- GOING VESSELS
Year: 1883

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LETTERS PATENT to Herbert John Haddan, of Kensington, Middlesex for an
Invention of IMPROVEMENTS ON TOILET APPARATUS FOR SHIPS AND SEA-
GOING VESSELS A communication to him from abroad by Darius Wellington
of Boston, State of Massachusetts, United States of América
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Herbert John Haddan at tlie
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st January 1883.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of Kousington, Middlesex IMPROVEMENTS ON
communicated to me
TOILET APPARATUS FOR SHIPS AND SEAGOING VESSELS
from abroad by Darius Wellington, of Boston, State of Massachusetts, United
States of America
This invention relates to an improved toilet apparatus for ships and seagoing
vessels, the object being to provide a self-leveling wash bowl for use in the cabins,
and state rooms of such vessels, whereby all liability of spilling its contents caused
by the motion of the vessel is avoided.
The invention consists, mainly, in the wash bowl supported on a ball and socket
joint aud adapted to maintain a perfectly level position at all times, independent
of the rolling or pitching of the ship. It also consists in the combination with
such bowl of a weighted frame or counterpoise suspended to and beneath the bowl
and adapted to support a waste jar, whereby the bowl and jar together will be
constantly maintained in a level position, without liability of spilling their
contents. Also in combination with a self leveling bowl of a ships toilet, of means
for conveying the waste water directly from the bowl to the exterior of the cabin,
and further in the construction with such bowl, of a mirror and a hinged water
tank capable of being turned down to form a toilet table, all of which will be
hereinafter, moro fully described.
In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a plan or top view of the improved toilet for ships
and seagoing vessels. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, partly in section,
on the line A B of Fig. 1-Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line C D of
Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a plan view illustrating a modification of the invention.
Like letters of reference are used to designate the same parts throughout the
several views.
Referring to the above mentioned drawings, the letter a designates a wash bowl
having a removable plug or stopper a' fitting into the upper end of the outlet
coupling "a"! for the usual purpose. This outlet coupling a" has a water tight

page_text: connection with the bottom of the bowl by means of a nut b, which is screwed on
the outside of the coupling, and has a suitable packing ring c interposed between
it and the bottom of the bowl. The lower end of the coupling a projects below
the underside of the nut b and is convexed to fit a concave recess d in the end of
a bracket & that may be attached, either directly to the wall or other part of the
cabin, as desired, the latter arrangement, as shown in the drawings, being deemed
preferable.
It will be seen that by this construction the wash bowl a is supported by a ball
and socket joint, in such a manner as to be capable of oscillating freely in any
direction and is thereby kept in a vertical position without regard to the rolling 1
and pitching of the ship.
The bowl is kept upright by a counterpoise consisting of one or more weighted
arms b¹ made in one piece with the nut b, the weight 6" at the ends of the
conveying arms being so shaped as to form a base on which the waste jar F may be
supported so as to keep said jar at all times vertical and thereby prevent slopping 1
of its contents.
Through the front of the bracket d and extending down from the bottom of the
.concave recess d is formed a tubular opening d which forms a continuation of the
outlet in the coupling a" and allows the waste water from the bowl a, to enter the
waste jar F beneath.
If it is thought desirable to arrange a waste pipe for conveying water directly
from the cabin, without using the bowl F, it can be readily accomplished by making
the bracket d as shown in Fig. 3. In this case the bracket will be provided with
a branch waste pipe d'" leading from the outlet d" to a reservoir e cast in one
piece with the bracket and having an outlet pipe e' projecting up through the
centre of the reservoir and forming a stench trap in connection with a hood f¹
attached to the removable cover f.
The lower end of the pipe c¹ when not in use is provided with a plug e" that
: must be removed if a waste pipe is attached for conveying the waste water directly
from the cabin, the plug e" being then inserted into the lower end of the pipe di
to prevent the passage of water to the waste jar. By this construction all odour
coming up through the waste pipe or pipes is effectually prevented from entering
the cabin or other place in which the toilet apparatus is set. Owing to this
construction, also, any articles accidentally dropped into the bowl and discharged
therefrom through its outlet a" will be retained by the reservoir c or lower
plugged end of the pipe d" whence they may be readily removed without
subjecting the waste pipes to danger of becoming clogged.
The weighted base or support bu is preferably made of such a form, on the top,
as to project up into and fit a recess in the under side of the waste jar F, thereby
leaving no projecting shelves or ledges to catch anything that may be spilled on
the side of the jar. Above the bowl a and hinged to the frame E, is a water
tank g preferably of a flat rectangular form, and having a faucet g' in its lower end,
which faucet projects ower the bowl for the purpose of allowing water to be drawn
thereto. The tank g is hinged in such a manner that it may be turned down to
the portion shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3. in which position it forms a table on
which toilet articles
The tank g is filled while in this latter position through an opening g" which is
provided with a suitable stopper g; the inlet opening g" being formed by a
tube g extending nearly across the tank so as to prevent the water from forcing
the stopper out while the water is being tossed about in the tank by the movement
of the ship. When the hinged tank is turned down as described it rests and is
supported on brackets h h, secured to the frame E, or to the wall of the cabin.
These brackets are provided with suitable shelves having perforations in which the
tumbler i or soap disk k may be placed so as to be held from falling. The tank g
when returned to its upright position is secured by means of suitable catches or
buttons or other convenient fastening. It is obvious that the surface may be
ornamented in any appropriate manner so as to impart a neat finished appearance
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page_text: Back of the tank 7 and preferably arranged so as to slide up and down in suitable
guides in the frame E is a mirror m which is just the right height to allow a person
seated in front to arrange her toilet thereby, when the tank is turned down as
before described. If desired the frame E, may be furnished with one or more
cloth hooks nn, as shown. In the modification shown in Fig. 4 the mirror m is
provided with a sliding guide piece m², firmly secured to the back of the mirror
which slides in a slot in the frame E, and the guide piece and mirror are held in
any desired position by the friction of a spring m" against the back of the
supporting frame.
Having thus described this invention, what I claim is:
1. In a toilet apparatus for ships, a wash bowl supported on a ball and socket
joint and adapted to maintain a level position at all times independent of the ship's
movement, substantially as described
2. In a ships toilet the combination with a washbowl having an outlet coupling
supported in a ball and socket joint, of a weight or counterpoise connected with
said coupling substantially as described.
3. In a ship's toilet, the combination with a wash bowl having an outlet
coupling supported in a ball and socket joint, of a nut secured to said coupling and
having weighted arms adapted to form a support for a waste jar, whereby the bowl
and jar will be maintained constantly in a level position independently of the
ships movements and without liability of spilling their contents, substantially as
described,
4. In a ships toilet the combination of a bracket, waste pipes and stench trap
supported thereby, a self leveling bowl having an outlet coupling supported in said
bracket by an universal joint and communicating with the waste pipe, and a
counterpoise connected to the lower portion of the bowl and extending below said
bracket, substantially as described.
5. In a ships toilet, the combination with a self-leveling bowl of a waste pipe or
pipes, connected therewith and adapted to convey its contents away from a cabin
or stateroom substantially as described.
6. In a ships toilet, a watertank hinged to a suitable support and adapted to bo
turned down to form a table substantially as described.
7. In a ships toilet tho combination with a self-leveling bowl of a water-tank
hinged to a suitable support above said bowl and adapted to be turned down over
the same to form a toilet table, substantially as described.
8. In a ships toilet, the combination with a suitable frame supporting a
water tank and a self-leveling wash bowl, of a sliding mirror, substantially as
described.
9. In a ships toilet, the combination of a self leveling wash bowl a hinged water
tank located above the cover and adapted to be turned down to form a table, and
a vertically sliding mirror provided with means whereby it may be adjusted and
held at any desired height substantially as described.
10. In a ships toilet the combination of a self leveling bowl provided with a
counterpoise a waste jar supported on said counterpoise, a flat rectangular water
tank hinged to a support above the wash bowl and adapted to be turned down to
form a table, and a vertically sliding mirror arranged in a frame at the rear of the
tank substantially as described.
In witness whereof I, the said Herbert John Haddan have hereunto set my
hand and seal this first day of January AD) 1883