An In- PROVEMENT ON WATERCLOSETS
Year: 1824

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY™
MARRIOTT, of Fleet Street, in the City of London, Ironmonger, send greeting.
WHEREAS his present most Excellent Majesty King George the Fourth,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Fourteenth day of October, in the fifth year of His reign,
did; for Himself, His heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Henry Marriott, His especial licence, that I, the said Henry Marriott, my
exors, admors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry Marriott, my
exors, adilors, and assigns, should at any time agree with and no others, from
time to time and at all times during the term of years therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend within England,
Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "An In-
PROVEMENT ON WATERCLOSETS;" in which said Letters Patent there is
contained a proviso obliging me, the said Henry Marriott, by an instrument
in writing under my hand and seal, particularly to describe and ascertain the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
and to cause the same to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within two calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said in
pärt récited Letters Patent (as in and by the same) reference being thereunto
had, will more fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Henry Marriott, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, are particularly described
and ascertained in and by the Drawing hereunto annexed, and the following
description thereof (that is to say):-
The principle upon which my improved watercloset is constructed is herein-
after described. Fig. 1 represents this article complete and fitted into a case,
which may be finished off to any form or design at pleasure. A is the lid or
cover thercon open. B, the basin with the valve C shut. D is the piston rod
of the pump G. E, the sliding rod which acts upon the inclined plane or
lever F of the valve C. When used raise the rods D, E (as shown at Fig. 3);
E causes the valve C to empty itself into the pail or receiver L by releasing
the lever whilst D fills by suction through the valve K the pump G from
the cistern H in which it is enclosed; then press down the two rods D, E,
together, (as shewn at Fig. 2). E closes the valve C, whilst D forces through
the pipe I a sufficient supply of water to cleanse the bason B and to fill the
valve C, thereby rendering it air-tight. B the bason is fitted into a frame
which drops into a water rim M on the top of the pail L, and makes that also
air-tight. N is a connecting rod from D to E. O is a valve in the pipe I to
make the pump G air-tight, whilst in the act of suction. The mouth of the
pipe I is covered over in front, and a slit underneath it to throw the water
with force to those parts only where it is required. P is the cock or carriage
upon which the inclined plane or lover F works with a joint. Q is the leather
piston of the pump G. R is the lid of the cistern H, shewn open at Fig. 1.
Although I have here clearly described all the detached parts of this my
Invention as a whole, yet I wish it clearly to be understood that the only
part which I claim as being entirely new is the principle of the sliding rod E
acting upon the lever or inclined plane F, so as to open and shut the valve C,
and for the combination of all the before-mentioned parts. The peculiar
advantages of this Invention consists in the great convenience of having an
article of this description so completely portable as to be easily moved from
room to room, consoquently rendering it an indispensible article of domestic
economy. For sick chambers they must necessarily supersede all previous
Inventions for the like purpose. For the use of hotels, inns, boarding houses,
private and public establishments of every description they are undeniable, as
also for ships' cabins; in fact in every situation it becomes an article of general
utility. Its principal improvement and advantage over other articles for a
similar purpose consists in its having at all times a reservoir or supply of

page_text: water in the bason, and consequently obviating the objection which exists
against such as have not that great advantage.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Marriott, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of December, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty-four.