Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 5th May, 1886.
Complete Left, 7th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 8th Mar., 1887.
I, WALTER MACFARLANE of Saracen Foundry, Possilpark, Glasgow, in the County
of Lanark, North Britain, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention
to be as follows:-
My Invention has for its object to provide a simple means for retaining a sufficient
quantity of fresh water at the part immediately below the scat and at the same time
preventing splashing of the water whilst enabling a small quantity of water to
efficiently scour or flush the closet the arrangement being such that the feces deposit
themselves in deep water For this purpose I provide a trough or receptacle shallow
at the part immediately beneath the seat and deepening as it recedes from that part so
that there is formed at one or both sides or at front and back (or either of them) of
the said part immediately beneath the seat a deep receptacle or deep receptacles down
into which the forces deposit themselves.
J. HENRY JOHNSON,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the said Walter Macfarlane.

page_text: I WALTER MACFARLANE of Saracen Foundry, Possilpark, Glasgow in the County
of Lanark North Britain 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 :-
My Invention has for its object to provide a simple means for retaining a sufficient
quantity of fresh water at the part immediately below the seat and at the same time
preventing splashing of the water whilst enabling a small quantity of water to
efficiently scour or flush the closet the arrangement being such that the forces deposit
themselves in deep water. For this purpose I provide a trough or receptacle shallow
at the part immediately beneath the seat or place where solid matter falls and deepening
as it recedes from that part so that there is formed at one or both sides or at front and
back (or either of them) of the said part immediately beneath the seat a deep receptacle
or deep receptacles down into which the feces deposit themselves.
And in order that my Invention may be properly understood I will describe with
reference to the accompanying drawings manners in which the same may be performed.
Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section and Figure 2 is a transverse vertical
section of a trough constructed according to my Invention. The said trough may be
of any suitable length. A is the shallow part beneath the seat and B is the deeper
part. Cis the level of the water. Figure 3 shews in transverse vertical section a
form in which the shallow part A. beneath the seat deepens into the parts B and B² on
both sides. In this Figure also the level of the water is indicated at C.
It will be understood that the deeper portion or portions may be situated at front or
back or at either side of the place where solid matter falls or in other suitable position
or in more than one such position for the purposes described.
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
In or for water closets a trough or receptacle shallow at the part beneath the seat or
where solid matter falls and deepening into one or more channels or depositing places
substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated by the
examples given in the accompanying drawings.
WALTER MACFARLANE.