Improvements in Closets.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVIDIONAL DICITIATION.
Improvements in Closets.
I, GUSTAVE BIEBUYCK, of 19, Rue du Champ-de-Mars, Brussels, in the King-
dom of Belgium, Advocate, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
In hotels, restaurants, public lavatories, and the like, there are many objections,
more especially on hygienic grounds to the constant use of the same seat by
different persons in water and other closets.
My invention has for its object to overcome these objections which I effect by
employing moveable seats (each with an opening therein) which can be readily
worked so that a seat which has not been recently used is available for each
person using the closet.
According to my invention the pan of the closet is enclosed in a prismatic drum
mounted so as to be capable of rotation on a horizontal axis and having a seat
and opening at each side thereof. The said drum is mounted in an outside casing
the upper side of which consists of two narrow ledges leaving sufficient space
between them for the sides of the drum which is presented uppermost and which
should be sufficiently raised from the ground to form a convenient seat and to
allow of the drum clearing the ground when it is rotated. Disinfectants may be
applied to the inner faces of the side pieces or in other convenient part against
which each seat will rub after use. The drum and pan are arranged so that the
opening in the pan immediately beneath the seat and opening in the side of
the drum presented uppermost, while the outlet pipe from the pan is inclined so
as to pass out through an aperture made in the rear wall of the drum.
drum is mounted in front on a pivot extending through the front casing and
terminating in a knob or handle, by means of which the drum is rotated, and at
the back it is formed with a hollow trunnion which rests in a bearing in the back
of the casing.
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A bolt, or analogous locking device, may be employed for fixing the drum in
position and preventing movement whilst it is in use."
In using my arrangement with the old forms of basins the pan may be placed
beneath the drum in which case the back end of the said drum will be closed
like the front end and each will carry a pivot for the drum to revolve on.
My invention is not limited to the drum device described for example the
seats with openings may be made in a plane surface or in the form of an arch
which can be slidden or turned on a centre so as to bring each seat in succes-
sion into position for use.
The arrangement can be used with water, or carth, closets and with any
ordinary, or suitable flushing system.
1000

page_text: Improvements in Closets.
I, GUSTAVE BIEBUYCK, of 19, Rue du Champ-de-Mars, Brussels, in the King-
dom of Belgium, Advocate, 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: —
In hotels, restaurants, public lavatories, and the like, there are many objections,
more especially on hygienic grounds, to the constant use of the same seat by
different persons in water and other closets.
My invention has for its object to overcome these objections which I effect by
employing moveable seats (each with an opening therein) which can be readily
worked so that a seat which has not been recently used is available for each
person using the closet.
In the annexed drawing Figure 1 is a vertical section of the arrangement,
Figure 2 is a horizontal view and Figure 3 a transverse vertical section.
According to my invention the pan D of the closet is enclosed in a prismatic
drum A mounted so as to be capable of rotation on a horizontal axis and having
a seat and opening at each side thereof. The said drum is mounted in an outside
casing the upper side of which consists of two narrow ledges B having sufficient
space between them for the sides of the drum which is presented uppermost and
which should be sufficiently raised from the ground to form a convenient seat and
to allow of the drum A clearing the ground when it is rotated.
Under the ledges B, suitable materials impregnated with disinfectants may be
applied to bear against the faces of the drum. In the drawing I have shown
revolvable brushes F acted on at their ends by springs f in such a manner as to
be pressed constantly against the faces of the drum A as it is turned (Figure 3).
By making the ledges BB removable, access can be had to the brushes to impreg
nate them with phenic acid or other suitable disinfectant.
The drum A and pan D are arranged so that the opening in the pan is imme-
diately beneath the seat and opening in the side of the drum presented upper-
most while the outlet pipe from the pan is inclined so as to pass out through an
aperture made in the rear wall of the drum. The drum is mounted in front on
a pivot C, extending through the front casing and terminating in a knob or
handle C by means of which the drum is rotated, and at the back it is formed
with a hollow trunnion which rests in a bearing E in the back of the casing.
A bolt, or analogous locking device, may be employed for fixing the drum in
position and preventing movement whilst it is in use."
For example, a simple peg G (Figure 2) can be employed to be placed in an
opening in the front plate of the seat and to enter suitable openings in the end
of the drum A. On withdrawal of this peg, the drum can be turned.
In using my arrangement with the old forms of basins, the pan may be placed
beneath the drum in which case the back end of the said drum will be closed
like the front end and each will carry a pivot for the drum to revolve on.
My invention is not limited to the drum device described, for example the
seats with openings may be made in a plane surface, or in the form of an arch,
which can be slidden or turned on a centre so as to bring each seat in succes-
sion into position for use.
The arrangement can be used with water, or earth, closets and with any
ordinary, or suitable, flushing system.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is:-
1. A closet comprising a pan with an inclosing prismatic drum adapted to be

page_text: rotated about the pan and having seats and openings in its several sides substan-
tially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
2. The combination with the pan of a closet and a revolvable prismatic drum
inclosing the said pan, and having openings in its sides, of means for automati-
cally disinfecting the sides of the drum, as it is revolved, substantially as herein
before described.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.