Improvements in Hinges.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Dec., 1892
• Complete Specification Left, 27th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 27th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hinges.
I, CHARLES DARRAH, of the firm of Baxendale & Co., Miller Street,
Manchester, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to
be as follows:-
My invention relates to hinges employed, say, for the seats and lids of water
closets and the like where considerable strain at times comes on the hinge and tends
to tear it away from the wood and my invention has for its object to so construct
the hinge as to afford a more secure hold than heretofore on the parts to be hinged
together.
In accordance with my invention I form each half of the hinge with what I will
call duplex leaves or plates so as to fit against two separate faces of the parts to be
hinged together. Ordinarily the leaves will be at right angles to each other and
the wood work is introduced into the angle so formed and is secured by two sets of
screws crossing each other and a much firmer hold on the wood is thus obtained by
the hinge.
Dated this 14th day of December 1892.
JOHN G. WILSON & Co.,
Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hinges.
I, CHARLES DARRAH of Miller Street, Manchester, Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
My invention relates to hinges, say, for the seats and lids of water closets and
the like where considerable strain at times comes on the hinge and tends to tear it
away from the wood and my invention has for its object to so construct the hinge
as to afford a more secure hold than heretofore.
In accordance with my invention I form each half of the hinge with what I will
call duplex leaves or plates so as to fit against two separate faces of the parts to be
hinged together. Ordinarily the leaves will be at right angles to each other and
the wood work is introduced into the angle so formed and is secured by two sets of
screws crossing each other and a much firmer hold on the wood is thus obtained by
the hinge.
On the accompanying drawing
Figs. 1, 2 and 3 illustrate my improved hinge from various points of view and
Fig. 4 is a transverse section shewing its application to parts requiring to be hinged
together.
In describing my improved hinge as applied to a closet seat or lid, A is the
fixed or stationary portion of the seat or lid and B the loose portion. In practice
it is found that if the lid or seat when closed or lowered is not properly supported
a leverage sets up and the weight of the lid or seat itself or any additional weight
tends to tear the ordinary hinge away from the fixed portion and with it part of
the wood.
To obviate this I form the hinge as shewn in the drawing with duplex leaves or
plates C, D, which are ordinarily at right angles to each other and fit against two
faces of the parts to be hinged together as illustrated. The plates or leaves are

page_text: each provided with counter sunk holes E to receive screws F screwing into the
wood work at right angles to each other.
In this way the hinge is more effectually secured to the wood and the risk of its
being torn away from the wood is greatly obviated, the hinge possessing double
holding power. The angle or shape of the duplex leaves may be varied to suit
different purposes. The two halves of the hinge are secured together by the hinge
pin G in the ordinary inanner.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
A hinge for water closet seats or lids and the like having duplex leaves or
plates C, D, substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and
illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 25th day of April 1893.
JOHN G. WILSON & Co.,
Agents.