Improvements in Urinals.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 17th Aug., 1893-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Urinals.
I, JOHN SHANKS, Junior, of Tubal Works, Barrhead, in the County of
Renfrew, North Britain, Sanitary Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows, that is to say:
My said invention has for its object to improve the construction of urinals, to
render them more cleanly, less liable to become malodorous, whilst economical in
cost and maintenance.
In carrying out my invention I largely employ glazed fireclay or earthenware
modifying the same to suit different classes of urinals.
In the case of a combined set of urinals of the ordinary public type without
upper receptacles, I provide a vertical fireclay or earthenware slab for each com-
partment, the several slabs fitting together and having the joint between each two
covered by a moulding which is formed on one edge of each slab and which may
be more or less ornamental. The front of each slab is of a recessed concave form,
and there is at the centre of the upper part an inlet for water spray the scattering
of which beyond the recess is prevented by an overhanging lip formed at the top,
and by inwardly projecting ribs formed down the sides of the recess. Or the
water may be supplied by a perforated passage or pipe at the top or in any other
convenient way. The bottom part of the slab is made with an inclined surface to
lead water to a drain or into a gutter extending along under the series of slabs,
each slab being made with a part of the gutter. Provision is made for fitting a
removable grating over the drain or gutter opening of each slab.
In the case of urinals with upper receptacles, each urinal is made of a single
glazed fireclay or earthenware slab, a recess being formed in the slab at a suitable
part for the receptacle, and a front part being formed as a projection out from the
slab. Provision is made for supplying water in the ordinary way; but instead of
the discharge from the receptacle being by a closed pipe it is by an open vertical
channel made with incurved sides and either recessed into the slab or projecting
to a greater or less extent. The drain or gutter details at the bottom of the slab
may be as in the modification first hereinbefore described.
In another modification the urinal with an upper receptacle is made of glazed
fireclay or earthenware but without a broad slab although it may be fixed to a slab
or other vertical surface. The discharge from the receptacle to the drain or gutter
at the bottom is by an open vertical channel like that herein before described, the
communication therewith being, preferably by a straight or curved slot at the back
of the receptacle, provision being made to make the cleansing water flow directly
downwards through such slot.
Dated this Seventeenth day of November 1892.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Urinals.
I, JOHN SHANKS, Junior, of Tubal Works, Barrhead, in the County of
Renfrew, North Britain, Sanitary Engineer, 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, that is to say :—
My said invention has for its object to improve the construction of urinals, to

page_text: render them more cleanly, less liable to become malodorous, whilst economical in
cost and maintenance.
In carrying out my invention I largely employ glazed fireclay or earthenware
modifying the same to suit different classes of urinals.
Examples of urinals as made with my improvements are shown on an accom-
panying sheet of explanatory drawings,
Figure, 1, thereof being a sectional front elevation, Figure, 2, a transverse
vertical section, and Figure, 3, a horizontal section of one modification.
Figure, 4, is a sectional front elevation, and Figure, 5, a horizontal section of a
second modification.
Figure, 6, is a front elevation, Figure, 7, a horizontal section, and Figure, 8; a
vertical section of a third modification.
Figures 9, 10, and 11, being, respectively, similar views of a fourth modification.
In these drawings the same reference letters are used to mark the same or like
parts wherever they are repeated.
In the case of a combined set of urinals of the ordinary public type without
upper receptacles, and such as are shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3, I provide a
vertical fireclay or earthenware slab, A, for each compartment, the several slabs
fitting together and having the joint between each two covered by a moulding, B,
which is formed on one edge of each slab and which may be more or less ornamental.
The front of each slab, A, is of a recessed concave form, and there is at the
centre of the upper part an inlet, C, for water spray the scattering of which
beyond the recess, E is prevented by an overhanging lip, D, formed at the top
and by continuations of this lip in the shape of inwardly projecting ribs formed
down the sides of the recess, E. Or the water may be supplied by a perforated
passage or pipe at the top (not shown) or in any other convenient way. The
bottom part, F, of the slab, A, is made with an inclined surface to lead water
to a drain or gutter, G, extending along under the series of slabs, each slab
being made with a part of the gutter. Provision may if desired be made for
fitting a removable grating over the drain or gutter opening, G, of each slab, A..
In the modification shown in Figures, 4, and 5, the lips or ribs, D, are formed
at the extreme edges of the top and sides of each slab, A, the top lips projecting
downwards and the side lips inwards while their outer sides are rounded off for
convenience and appearance. In this case the moulding (B) is dispensed with and
the slabs, A, are simply placed so as to butt against each other.
In the case of urinals with upper receptacles, H, as shown in Figures, 6, 7, and 8,
each urinal is made of a single glazed fireclay or earthenware slab, A, a recess, J,
being formed in the slab at a suitable part for, or to act as, the receptacle together
with a front part, K, formed as a projection out from the slab. Provision is made
for supplying water in the ordinary way; but instead of the discharge from the
receptacle, H, being by a closed pipe it is by an open vertical channel, L, made
with incurved sides, M, and either recessed into the slab, A, as shown or it might
be projecting to a greater or less extent. The drain or gutter details at the
bottom of the slab, A, may be as in the modification first herein before described.
In the modification shown in Figures 9, 10, and 11, the urinal with an upper
receptacle, H, is made of glazed fireclay or earthenware but without a broad
slab, A, although it may be fixed to a slab or other vertical surface by a flange, N,
or it might be one or more lugs, formed at its upper part for the purpose.
The discharge from the receptacle, H, to the drain or gutter (not shown) at
the bottom is by an open vertical channel L, like that hereinbefore described, the
communication therewith being preferably by a straight or it might be a curved
slot, P, at the back of the receptacle, provision being made to make the cleansing
water flow directly downwards through such slot.
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 :—

page_text: several slabs being fitted together and having the joint between each two covered
by a moulding on one edge of each slab, the slabs being formed with recesses in
their front parts having in each an inlet for water and being formed at the sides
and top with lips or ribs, the parts being constructed and arranged substantially as
and for the purposes hereinbefore described with reference to Figures, 1, 2, and 3,
of the accompanying drawings.
2. Constructing each compartment of a set of urinals out of a single slab the
several slabs abutting together and being formed with projecting lips or ribs at
the outer edges of their sides and tops, the parts being constructed and arranged
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described with reference to
Figures 4, and 5, of the accompanying drawings.
3. Constructing urinals substantially in the improved manner hereinbefore
described with reference to Figures 6, 7, and 8, of the accompanying drawings.
4. Constructing urinals substantially in the improved manner hereinbefore
described with reference to Figures, 9, 10, and 11, of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Sixteenth day of August 1893.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.