IMPROVEMENTS IN URINALS
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Taylor, of No. 4, Euston Grove, in the
County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN URINALS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Taylor at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
8th September 1864.
I, THOMAS TAYLOR, of No. 4, Euston Grove, in the County of Middlesex;
do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN URINALS,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in urinals. For this purpose,
in constructing a urinal consisting of a series of cells or compartments at a
railway station or other place, a hollow raised trough of the length of tho
urinal is employed. This trough at intervals in the front is formed with
projecting channels or short branch troughs of a suitable form for passing
between the legs of the users of the urinal. Upright partitions are fixed so as
to divide the urinal into a series of compartments, as heretofore, but in such
manner that there shall be one of the hollow projecting channels or branch
troughs in each compartment. Water is constantly supplied at one end of
the trough, and it flows through its whole length, and then away at a suitable
overflow or outlet at the other end of the trough.

page_text: In some cases water is introduced into the trough through the bottom in
each compartment of the urinal, and an outlet or overflow is also provided for
cach compartment.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by tho said Thomas Taylor in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
6th March 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, TпомAS
TAYLOR, of No. 4, Euston Grove, in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Thomas Taylor, Her special licencó that I, the said Thomas
Taylor, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as 1,
the said Thomas Taylor, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agreo with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, uso, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN URINALS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Thomas Taylor, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Soal Patent Offico within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Taylor, do hereby declaro
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner tho samo is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:
This Invention has for its object improvements in urinals. For this purpose,
in constructing a urinal consisting of a series of cells or compartments at a
railway station or other place, a hollow raised trough of the length of the urinal
is employed. This trough at intervals in the front is formed with projecting
channels or short branch troughs of a suitable form for passing between the

page_text: the urinal into a series or compartments us heretofore, but in such mater
that there shall be one of the hollow projecting channels or branch troughs in
each compartment; water is constantly supplied at one end of the trough,
and it flows through its whole longth, and then away at a suitable overflow or
outlet at the other end of the trough.
In some cases water is introduced into the trough through the bottom in
each compartment of the urinal, and an outlet or overflow is also provided for
each compartment.
And in order that my said Invention may be most fully understood and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto
annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a front view, Figure 2 a horizontal section, and Figure 3 a
transverse section of a urinal constructed according to my Invention.
a, a, are partitions dividing the urinal into a series of compartments, as
heretofore; these partitions may be made of slate and fixed in the usual
manner; b, b, is a trough running from end to end of the urinal; it is made
by preference in earthenware, and in sections of a length corresponding with
the width of each compartment.
One of these sections is shown separately in front, end, and plan at Figures 4.
The sections of the trough are supported on bearers c, c, built into the wall at
the back, or it may be in other convenient manner, and the sections when in
their places form ono continuous trough, there being a passage b', as is shown,
through each end of each section, and there is also a similar passage through
each of the partitions which separate two sections of the trough; the parts
are made tight by cement, or in other convenient manner. The end sections
of the trough may be made with but one passage b', or they may be like the
other sections, the end partitions a being made without any corresponding
passage;,, are projecting channels or cross troughs, one such is formed
with each section of the trough; they are intended to pass between the legs
of the users; d is a cistern, it is supplied with water by a pipe with a regulating
cock upon it, and from this cistern the water passes by a passage e, which, as
is shown, is placed at the bottom of the trough 6 at one end; f is a waste pipe
connected with the other end of the trough at the level at which it is desired
the water should stand; this arrangement for admitting and drawing off the
water ensures its properly mixing with the urine; f' is a branch of tho waste

page_text: pipo communicating with the bottom of the trough; it is to be used for
emptying the trough from time to time; there is a stop-cock on the branch pipo
for this purpose. If desired, as before mentioned, each section of the trough
may have its own supply and wasto pipes.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Taylor, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
THOMAS TAYLOR. (L.s.)