Improvements in or relating to Jars or Receptacles applicable for Use as Commode Jars, Tobacco Jars, and other Purposes where the Lids are Required to be Held Tightly on their Seats.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Aug., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 27th May, 1899-Accepted, 1st July, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Jars or Receptacles applicable for
Use as Commode Jars, Tobacco Jars, and other Purposes where
the Lids are Required to be Held Tightly on their Seats.
I, FREDERICK HANCOCK, of Elgin House, Stoke-on-Trent, in the County of
Stafford, Earthenware Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows;-
This invention relates to jars and receptacles applicable for use as commode
jars and other purposes where the lids are required to be held tightly on their
seats. The invention as applied to night commodes is especially designed to
prevent the exhalation of fetid odours and may be used with great advantage
for patients in cases of typhoid and other fevers.
In carrying the invention into effect as applied to commodes, night stools, bed
pans or the like, I provide an earthenware jar or vessel of any suitable shape for
receiving the 'fæces, and an earthenware lid with an indiarubber seating
washer adapted to close the jar or vessel in an airtight manner. This lid is held
firmly on its seat by pressure applied by means of a rotatable frame with radial
arms pivotted on top of lid. The extremities of these arms engage in short
grooves on the inside of the neck of the jar, the grooves having each a notch to
allow of the ends of the frame arms on the lid being withdrawn when it is
required to open the jar.
The plan I prefer for pivotting the frame aforesaid on the lid is as follows;-
I provide a pin having a tee head and the earthenware lid with a central hole
or socket, of about the same diameter as the diameter of the pin but with side
grooves to receive the arms of the tee-head of the pin. The bottom of the hole
or socket however is enlarged in-diameter so that by passing the tee-head of
the pin into the hole the arms of the tee-head will be passed in through the
grooves and then turning the pin a quarter turn so that the tee-head shall not
coincide with the grooves, the pin will be locked in place in the lid. A little
solder can then be dropped into the hole to keep the pin in place permanently.
On the pin I place a rotatable sleeve screwed on the outside and on to this sleeve
I screw the frame with the radial arms. In order therefore to close the jar or
vessel and make a stench tight joint, the lid is placed on its seat and the radial
arms and the frame rotated so as to engage in the ledges or grooves on the inside
of the neck. By turning the screw in one direction by means of a milled head
fixed to the end of the screw the frame will be raised, and the ends of the radial
arms made to abut firmly against the top of the grooves, thus pressing down
the lid on to its seat and closing the jar in an airtight manner. A rotation of
the milled head in the reverse direction releases the arms from abutting against
the grooves. I chamfer the neck of the vessel at one point so as to more easily
decant the contents, this chamfer being placed just short of two of the grooves
with a view to preventing the contents of the vessel from lodging in the grooves
when emptying, thus giving a clear outlet free from any obstruction. This is
a very important feature, as otherwise the excreta would lodge in the grooves

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when emptying and cause much difficulty in cleaning. The rubber seating ring
is placed in a groove in the neck and may be fastened in place by screws.
jar may be provided with a handle, the pivots to which the handle is pivotted
having tee-heads fixed in the jar by the same method as the pivot pin of frame
aforesaid.
In the case of bed-pans, the wedge-shaped part of these utensils which is thrust
foremost under the body of the invalid has hitherto been made hollow, and forms
a cavity where the contents of the vessel are very apt to lodge and cause much
difficulty in cleaning. By my arrangement however I cut off this cavity in the
wedge-shaped part from the main part, by forming a partition inside the utensil.
The wedge-shaped part while being hollow for lightness' sake is provided with a
small hole through which air can escape in the process of manufacture.
As applied to tobacco jars and other vessels where the lids require to be held
firmly on their seats, my invention will be obvious without further description.
Dated this 26th day of August 1898.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Jars or Receptacles applicable for
Use as Commode Jars, Tobacco Jars, and other Purposes where
the Lids are Required to be Held Tightly on their Seats.
I, FREDERICK HANCOCK, of Elgin House, Stoke-on-Trent, in the County of
Stafford, Earthenware Manufacturer, 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; -
This invention relates to jars and receptacles applicable for use as commode
jars and other purposes where the lids are required to be held tightly on their
seats. The invention as applied to night commodes is especially designed to
prevent the exhalation of fetid odours and may be used with great advantage
for patients in cases of typhoid and other fevers.
The invention will be understood from the following description, reference
being had to the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is a cross section of a commode jar with the lid lifted;
Figure 2, a similar view with the lid closed;
Figure 3, a plan view thereof;
Figure 4, an enlarged detail view in section showing the manner of pivoting
the rotatable frame D on to the lid;
Figure 5, an underneath plan thereof;
Figure 6, a vertical section of a bed pan with the lid removed;
Figure 7, a perspective view thereof.
manner.
Referring to Figures 1-5 inclusive, I provide an earthenware jar or vessel A
of any suitable shape for receiving the fæces and an earthenware lid B with
indiarubber seating washer C adapted to close the jar or vessel in an airtight
This lid is held firmly on its seat by pressure applied by means of a
rotatable frame 1) with radial arms pivoted at d on top of lid. The extremities
of these arms engage in short grooves E on the inside of the neck of the jar A,
the grooves each having a vertical notch e to allow of the ends of the frame
arms on the lid being withdrawn when it is required to open the jar.

page_text: The plan I prefer for pivoting the frame aforesaid on the lid is as follows:-
I provide a pin 1 screwed at one end to receive a nut G, which nut enters a
recess or socket H formed in the earthenware lid B and when screwed home
locks the pin in place in the lid, a filling of cement being afterwards inserted
in the space left in the socket H. On the pin I place a rotatable sleeve J
threaded on the outside, and on to this sleeve I screw a frame 1 with the radial
armis. In order therefore to close the jar or vessel and make a stench tight joint,
the lid B is placed on its seat K and the radial arms and the frame rotated so as
to engage in the vertical grooves E on the inside of the neck. By turning the
screw in one direction by means of the milled head L fixed on the end of the
screw F, the frame D will be raised and the ends of the radial arms made to abut
firmly against the top of the grooves E, thus pressing down the lid on to its seat
and closing the jar in an airtight manner.
The rotation of the milled head L
in the reverse direction releases the arms from abutting against the grooves.
I chamfer the neck of the vessel at M so as to enable the user to more easily
decant the contents, this chamfer being placed just short of two of the grooves E
to prevent the contents of the vessel from lodging in the grooves when emptying,
thus giving a clear outlet free from any obstruction. This is an important
feature, or otherwise the excreta would lodge in the grooves when emptying and
cause much difficulty in cleaning.
The rubber seating ring C is placed in a groove in the neck and may be
fastened by elasticity or any other suitable means.
The jar may be provided with a handle N, the pivots to which the handle is
pivoted being fixed in the jar by the same method as the pivot pin F of the
frame aforesaid.
In the case of bed pans, the wedge-shaped part 0 of these utensils which is
thrust foremost under the body of the invalid has hitherto been made hollow
and forms a cavity where the contents of the vessel are very apt to lodge and cause
much difficulty in cleaning. By my arrangement, as shown in Figures 6 and 7,
I cut off this cavity in the wedge shaped part from the main part P by forming
a partition Q inside the vessel, the wedge shaped part being made hollow for
lightness' sake, is provided with a small hole from which air can escape in the
process of manufacture. The arrangement for making a stench-tight joint
between the lid and the bed pan is of course similar to that already described
for commode jars.
As applied to tobacco jars and other vessels where the lids require to be held
firmly on their seats, my invention will be obvious without further description.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is;
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1. The combination with receptacles for use as commode jars, tobacco jars,
bed pans and other purposes, where the lids are required to be held tightly on
their seats, of a rotatable frame with radial arms pivoted to the top of the lid
of such receptacles, the extremities of the radial arms being adapted to engage
in grooves on the inside of the neck of the receptacle, and means whereby the
lid is pressed down air-tight on to its seat to close the receptacle, substantially
as set forth.
2. The combination with the receptacle. A having grooves Ee of a lid fitted
with a pin F, a screwed sleeve J surrounding pin and provided with a head or
handle L, and a rotatable frame 1 working on the screwed sleeve, whereby on
rotating the latter, in one direction the frame D whose arms are adapted to
engage in the grooves Ec is raised to force the ends of the arms against the edges
of the grooves, and so press down the lid on to its seat or on rotating it in the
other direction the said frame is lowered to release the lid and enable it to be
removed, substantially as set forth.

page_text: 3. A bed pan having the wedge shaped part which is thrust foremost under
the body of the invalid formed hollow, but separated from the main part or bowl
by a partition inside the utensil, whereby there is no liability of the contents
lodging in the hollow wedge shaped part and so to cause difficulty in cleaning.
Dated this 26th day of May 1899.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Patent Agents, of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London.