AN IMPROVED SANITARY APPLIANCE FOR 3) CHILDREN AND OTHERS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVIDIONAL
SPECIFICATION.
We EDWIN HENRY BOOTH of Preston in the County of Lancaster Merchant
and FREDERICK NATHANIEL DYER of Macclesfield in the County of Chester
Professor of languages, do hereby declare the nature of our invention for
AN IMPROVED SANITARY APPLIANCE FOR
3)
CHILDREN AND OTHERS to be as
follows:-
The object of our invention is to provide a sanitary appliance for receiving the
urine and fœces from children, invalids and other persons and at the same time to
keep the person perfectly dry.
The invention consists principally of a hollow spoon shaped receptacle made of a
suitable form to fit and enclose the parts and composed of a suitable soft pliable
waterproof material and provided with a ventilating device which will admit air
but will not allow of the emission of any fluids. This receptacle is also provided
with a vessel to which it is connected by a short neck or tube fitted with a self
acting valve which will allow of the passage from the receptacle thereinto of any
fluid or semi fluid matter but not of the return thereof and is both air and fluid
tight.
All the parts are so made that they can be easily taken asunder for cleansing
purposes and readily put together again.
This appliance can be either attached to an ordinary napkin, or it can be applied
to the person and then covered by a napkin secured in the usual manner.
Dated thio 15th day of Ontaban 1001
GEORGE DAVIES,
Agent for the Applicants,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
We EDWIN HENRY BOOTH of Preston in the County of Lancaster Merchant
and FREDERICK NATHANIEL DYER of Macclesfield in the County of Chester
Professor of Languages do hereby declare the nature of our invention for
"AN IMPROVED SANITARY APPLIANCE FOR CHILDREN AND OTHERS" 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 our invention is to provide a convenient ventilated sanitary
appliance for receiving the, urine and fæces from children, invalids and other
persons and at the same time to keep the person perfectly dry, thereby preventing
excoriation or irritation of the skin and other inconveniences.
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The invention consists principally of a hollow spoon (which we call the " scutum "
and the "obturator") and of a suitable form to fit and enclose the parts and made
of a soft pliable waterproof material and, provided with ventilating openings which
from their situation will admit air but will not allow of the emission of any fluids
thereby.
This receptacle is also provided with a bag or vessel to which it is connected as
hereinafter explained and is fitted with self acting valves which will allow of the
passage therefrom into the vessel of any fluid, or semi-fluid matter, but not of the
return thereof and is both air and fluid tight.
The parts of the appliance are so made that they can be easily taken asunder
and turned inside out for cleansing purposes and readily put together again.
Such being the nature and object of our said invention we will now proceed to
describe in detail the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or
carried into practical effect and in order that the same may be clearly understood
we have annexed hereunto a sheet of drawings. illustrative thereof, and have
marked the same, with Figs and letters of reference corresponding with those in
the following explanation thereof.
The drawing represents for the sake of illustration the improved sanitary
appliance as, constructed for the reception of the urinary discharge only, but the
additional arrangement for receiving the foeces will be fully described also.
Fig. 1. is a longitudinal section and Fig. 2. a plan view of the appliance com-
plete. Figs 3 and 4 are longitudinal and transverse sections of the scutum drawn
full size for a child and Fig. 5. shows the method. of combining the same with a
napkin.
a, a is the waterproof bag or vessel.to hold the urine and fæces and b, b is the
scutum. The bag a, a is made with a central oval aperture edged with a strip c, c of
elastic india rubber which can be distended in order to remove and replace the
scutum, but will collapse again and fit close round the neck of the scutum b, b and
thus hold it in place.
The scutum is made of a. curved or conical form to facilitate the flow of the
urine, or the fall of the foecal matter into the bag or vessel a, a and to prevent the
return of either through the apertures in whatever. position the wearer may be.
Round the exterior aperture of the scutum is a soft continuous pad d, d in which
are made two or more notches or apertures e, e to allow of ventilation and the
escape of perspirable matter, and to prevent the scutum from irritating the skin
and to keep the same more securely in place.
The ventilating apertures may if desired be prolonged by suitably placed tubes.
For urinary purposes the scutum b, 6 forms an elliptical hollow truncated cone,
the smaller end towards the body and the larger end extending into the bag or

page_text: vessel a, a and being closed by an obturator f, f of suitable material furnished with
apertures fitted with valves g, g (preferably of the flap form as shown) for the
passage of the urine into the bag or vessel a, a and its secure retention therein; or
the scutum may have the same diameter from end to end because the pressure of
the body and legs will throw the sides and ends into somewhat of the desired form,
but this is however a less advantageous shape of scutum than that shown on the
drawing and above described, whereby the discharged fluid flows down a steep
declivity and an equally steep declivity opposes its return through the scutum,
even should the obturator f,f be dispensed with, and we would here remark that
when the appliance is to be worn in an erect or sitting posture, and the bag is
made of a sufficient capacity not to become filled, the obturator will not be
absolutely necessary.
The scutum b, b may be either fixed in the aperture of the bag a, a or remov-
able, in which latter case (which is preferable) it is fitted in the aperture of the
bag and securely held therein by a strip or edging of soft india rubber which fits
round the neck formed between the scutum and the pad d, d; or the orifice of the
bag may be strengthened and shaped into the form of a scutum and act as such;
but in this case as also when the scutum is fixed permanently the obturator f, f
must either. be suppressed or be made removable at will, because it is essential
for purposes of cleanliness, that the bag and scutum should be readily turned
inside out.
This part of the appliance is also suitable for the use of menstruating women.
The posterior scutum is constructed on the same principle but deepened and
enlarged and modified to allow the foeces to fall from the body and to oppose on all
sides, and in all postures of the wearer a steep acclivity against their escape,
Where cheapness is requisite the two scuta may be combined in a figure 8 shaped
scutum, and one bag receive all the solid and fluid dejections but this rude form
must be worn only in an erect or sitting position.
The urinary and foecal appliances may be worn separately or together and they
are to be kept in place by a suitable arrangement of bands or straps, or by means
of an ordinary napkin.
.
We prefer however, especially for infants to combine the appliance with a napkin
in the manner shown at Fig. 5. A slit or opening is made in the napkin from h
to h and a pocket is formed therein by stitching as shown by the dotted line i, i-
An oval or elliptical aperture or perforation is also made in the napkin at k, k to
allow of the projection through the same of the continuous pad d, d.
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
First. The improved sanitary appliance substantially as hereinbefore described
and represented by the annexed drawings consisting of a water and air proof bag
or vessel in combination with a ventilated scutum or receptacle so formed and
constructed as to oppose a steep acclivity against the return of the discharged
matter in whatever posture the wearer may be both the bag and the scutum being
readily removable and reversible.
Secondly we claim the combination with such a sanitary appliance of a napkin
perforated and stitched substantially in the manner hereinbefore described.
GEORGE DAVIES,
Agent for the Applicants,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.