Year: 1898

page_text: We, LA SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME DES USINES DU PIED-SELLE, of Fumay, (Ardennes), in
the Republic of France, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
:-
Heretofore it has been usual to attach the fixed parts of the flap-seats of water
closets in such a manner that they are not readily detachable and so that they
cover the space between the wall and the back of the pan; this space being
variable for each installation, each of the said fixed parts must necessarily be
made to measure.
In certain cases, the pans are provided, at the back, with a prolongation upon
which the fixed parts of the flap-seat are secured; this arrangement increases
the cost of the pan and necessitates the employment of special patterns.
To overcome these inconveniences an improved method of fixing or attaching
the seats of water-closets has been devised, and constitutes the subject of the
present invention.
The said invention consists in the application to ordinary water-closet pans
of a flap-seat of which the back or fixed part is of a standard or predetermined
size and is secured by means of clamps or collars to the delivery-pipe for convey-
ing the flushing-water to the pan.
In the accompanying drawing is illustrated, by way of example only, one form
of the said invention.
Figure 1 shows, in side elevation, a water-closet pan provided with a flap-seat
and constructed according to the said invention.
Figures 2 and 3 show the same in plan and rear elevation respectively.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawing.
As seen in the drawing, the fixed part a of the Hap-seat rests on the back of
the pan c and is secured to the water delivery-pipe by means of two half-collars
or clamps e. These collars e are secured to the fixed part a of the seat by bolts h
provided with nuts f and back-nuts g.
The parts are assembled or erected in the following manner:- -When the
caoutchouc joint-cone has been placed on the water delivery-pipe d, this cone is
surrounded by the clamps or half-collars e which have a diameter slightly greater
than that of the said pipe so as to permit of the said cone being firmly clamped
thereon.

page_text: The bolts h being put in place with their nuts and back-nuts, together with
the fixed part a of the seat, the nuts and back-nuts are screwed tightly home after
having first adjusted the height of the fixed part a so that it rests on the back
edge of the pan. By this means a perfectly rigid support or bed is obtained for
the said part a.
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If desired the underside of the fixed part and of the flap, as well as the inside
of the clamps or half-collars, can be furnished with studs or lined with caoutchouc
or other suitable yielding material.
We can, if desired, somewhat vary, the forms, dimensions, details and materials
employed in our improved method of fixing the-seats of water-closets, without
departing from the nature of our said invention.
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D. YOUNG & Co, onm
11 and 12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
'Agents for the Applicants."
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Attaching Seats to Water-closet Pans.
LA SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME DES USINES DU PIED SELLE, of Fumay, (Ardennes), in
the Republic of France, 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:-
Heretofore it has been usual to attach the fixed parts of the flap-seats of water-
closets in such a manner that they are not readily detachable and so that they
cover the space between the wall and the back of the pan; this space, being
variable for each installation, each of the said fixed parts must necessarily be
made to measure to fit, each situation.
'
In certain cases, the pans are provided at the back, with a prolongation upon
which the fixed parts of the flap-seat are secured; this arrangement increases
the cost of the pan and necessitates the employment of special patterns.
To overcome these inconveniences an improved method of fixing or attaching
the seats of water-closets has been devised, and constitutes the subject of the
present invention.
The said invention consists in the application to ordinary water-closet pans
of a flap-seat of which the back or fixed part is of a standard or predetermined
size and is secured by means of clamps or collars to the delivery-pipe for convey-
ing the flushing-water to the pan.
In the drawing accompanying our Provisional Application is illustrated, by
way of example only, one form of the said invention.
Figure 1 shows, in side elevation, a water-closet pan provided with a flap-seat
and constructed according to the said invention.
Figures 2 and 3 show the same in plan and rear elevation respectively.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawing.
As seen in the drawing, the fixed part a of the flap-seat rests on the back of
the pan c and is secured to the water delivery-pipe v by means of two half-collars
or clamps e. These collars c are secured to the fixed part a of the seat by bolts h
provided with nuts f and back-nuts g.
The parts are assembled or erected in the following manner:-When the
caoutchouc joint-cone has been placed on the water delivery-pipe d, this cone is
surrounded by the clamps or half-collars e which have a diameter slightly greater

page_text: than that of the said pipe so as to permit of the said cone being tightly clamped
thereon.
The bolts being put in place with their nuts and back-nuts, together with
the fixed part a of the seat, the nuts and back-nuts are screwed tightly home after
having first adjusted the height of the fixed part so that it rests on the back
edge of the pan. By this means a perfectly rigid support or bed is obtained for
the said part a.
If desired the underside of the fixed part and the flap, as well as the inside
of the clamps or half-collars, can be furnished with studs or lined with caoutchouc
or other suitable yielding material.
We can, if desired, somewhat vary the forms, dimensions, details and materials
employed in our improved method of fixing the seats of water-closets, without
departing from the nature of our said invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is;-
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The improved method of securing flap-seats of water-closets, consisting in the
application to the ordinary water-closet pans of fixed parts secured by means of
clamping collars to the water delivery-pipe substantially as herein before described
with reference to the drawing and for the purposes specified.
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D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 and 12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.