Improvements in Ventilating Commodes, Dry Closets, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 4th May, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 30th Jan., 1895-Accepted, 9th Mar., 1805
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ventilating Commodes, Dry Closets, and the like.
I, EDWARD LESLIE, of Paterson, County of Passaic and State of New Jersey,
U.S.A., Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be as
follows:-
The object of my present invention is to provide a simple method and means for
deodorizing commodes, dry closets out houses or other excretion receptacles where
sewer connections are impracticable, of simple and durable construction and great
in efficiency.
The invention consists in the improved method of deodorizing commodes, out
houses etc., and also in the improved commode, in the arrangement of such means
and devices that a permanent circulation is produced in, and all fetid odors are
exhausted from and out of the said commode; it further consists in the combination
and arrangements of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter more fully described
and finally embodied in the clauses of the claims.
For illustration I have shown in the accompanying drawings a commode con-
structed to answer the above described purpose; in said drawings in which like
letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures:
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved commode, the lid being opened
and Fig. 2 an enlarged transverse section through the same, the lid being closed
down.
In said drawings a represents a receptacle provided with a securely fastened
top band the hinged seat c having the opening d. The lid e hinged as at o is
provided approximately at its center with a downwardly extending tube fregistering
with and adapted to enter into and through the opening d of seat c, and is by
At or near the
preference arranged in a strengthening block g, as clearly shown.
inner end of the fixed top b is arranged a partition plate or wall h, extending
downwards to within a short distance of the bottom of the receptacle, and thus
provides in said receptacle separate chambers in and communicating with each
other through the opening i.
A tube or pipe k penetrates the top b (being the top of chamber m) and is
connected in any desired manner with the chimney or with any other convenient
source of exhaust.
A pail or receptacle n is placed within the chamber p and below the opening d
of seat c.
In operation the air contained in the chamber m is exhausted through the tube
or pipe into the chimney, thus reducing the atmospheric pressure in the said
chamber m and also in the communicating chamber p, causing an inflow of air
through tube f. The said current will strike the surface of the contents of the pai
and combined or mixed with the odors of the same will then pass up and over the
edge of said pail and through the opening i into the chamber m, from where it is
exhausted again through tube or pipe k into the chimney. The circulation is
indicated by the arrows in Fig. 2. of the drawings.
To insure a perfect circulation the upper edge of the pail must be considerably
above the opening i.
It is manifest, that the same method of deodorizing may be applied to other
excretion receptacles, and that it is immaterial where and how the exhaust.
chamber m is arranged and constructed.

page_text: Therefore I do not intend to limit myself to the precise construction shown and
described, as various alterations can be made without changing the scope of my
invention.
Dated this 4th day of May 1801
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ventilating Commodes, Dry Closets, and the like.
I, EDWARD LESLIE, of 152 Market Street, Paterson, County of Passaic and
State of New Jersey, U.S.A., Gentleman, do bereby declare the nature of my
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of my present invention is to provide an odorless commode for sick
rooms, hospitals and in general for such places where sewer connections are
impracticable, of simple and durable construction and efficient in operation.
The invention consists in the improved odorless commode and in the combination
and arrangement of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter more fully described
and finally embodied in the clauses of the claims.
In the drawings filed with the Provisional Specification in which like letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures: Figure 1 is a perspective
view of my improved commode, the lid being opened, and Figure 2 an enlarged
transverse section through the same, the lid being closed down.
In said drawings a represents a receptacle provided with a securely fastened top b
and the hinged seat c having the opening d. The lid e hinged as at o is provided
approximately at its center with a downwardly extending tube registering with
and adapted to enter into and through the opening d of seat c, and is by preference
arranged in a strengthening block 9, as clearly shown. At or near the inner end
of the fixed top is arranged a partition plate or wall h, extending downward to
within a short distance of the bottom of the receptacle, and thus provides in said
receptacle separate chambers m and p communicating with each other through the
opening . A tube or pipe k penetrates the top b (being the top of chamber m) and
is connected in any desired manner with the chimney or with any other convenient
source of exhaust.
A pail or receptacle » is placed within the chamber p and below the opening d
of seat c.
In operation the air contained in the chamber m is exhausted through the tube
or pipe k into the chimney, thus reducing the atmospheric pressure in the said
chamber m and also in the communicating chamber p, causing an inflow of air
through tube. The said current will strike the surface of the contents of the pail
and combined or mixed with the odors of the same will then pass up and over the
edge of said pail and through the opening i into the chamber m, from where it is
exhausted again through tube or pipe k into the chimney. The circulation is
indicated by the arrows in Figure 2. of the drawings.
To insure a perfect circulation the upper edge of the pail must be considerably
above the opening i.
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 :-
1. In a commode or other excretion receptacle, the combination with the hinged
seat, of a lid arranged on said seat and hinged to the receptacle, a tube in said lid
and extending through said seat into the said receptacle, a partition arranged in

page_text: the receptacle and extending downward to about the bottom thereof and an exhaust
communicating with the interior of the receptacle through the opening left between
its bottom and the partition, all said parts, substantially as and for the purposes
described.
2. The combination with the commode or other excretion receptacle, of a
partition plate dividing said receptacle into two compartments communicating with
each other at or near the bottom of said partition plate, a seat hinged to said
receptacle, a hinged lid arranged on one of said compartments, and on top of
said hinged seat, a tube arranged in said lid and extending downward into
said receptacle, a fixed top arranged on the other compartment, a tube or pipe
connecting the latter with an exhaust, and a pail or receptacle placed in the coin-
partment having the hinged lid, all said parts being so arranged that the upper
edge of the pail in the receptacle is above the opening in the partition or wall,
substantially as and for the purposes described.
Dated this 30th day of January 1895.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.