IMPROVEMENTS IN COMBINED DRY-CLOSETS OR WATER-CLOSETS AND ASHES BINS, AND IN SINK TRAPS
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to David Hutchison, of the Oak Foundry Company, of
Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN COMBINED DRY-CLOSETS OR WATER-CLOSETS AND ASHES
BINS, AND IN SINK TRAPS,"
Sealed the 21st May 1880, in pursuance of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, and
dated the 14th November 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said David Hutchison at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th November 1879.
DAVID HUTCHISON, of the Oak Foundry Company, of Glasgow, in the County
of Lanark, North Britain. "IMPROVEMENTS IN COMBINED DRY-CLOSETS OR WATER-
CLOSETS AND ASHES BINS, AND IN SINK TRAPS."
This Invention comprises improved arrangements of sanatory apparatus for
dealing with certain domestic wastes, and applicable in connection with public
works, railway stations, streets, and other places.
One improved arrangement comprised in the Invention consists of a castiron
structure having two distinct compartments fitted with dry-closet or water-closet
apparatus for adults and children respectively, the floors of these compartments
being raised and accessible by separate sets of steps. Between the steps and
beneath the closet apparatus a bin or compartment for ashes and similar refuse
or wastes is constructed, and it is an important feature of this bin that its bottom
is inclined, the lowest part being at the back or inner end from which the bottom
rises with either a straight or curved incline up to the level of the opening. The
bottom edge of the bin opening is sufficiently raised to allow of a truck or other
receptacle being placed conveniently for receiving the contents of the bin when
these are being removed, and the inclination of the bottom of the bin renders the
complete clearing out of the bin very easy.
In a second combined arrangement suitable where more horizontal space is
available, and where it is desirable to have a comparatively large ashes bin, the
ashes bin made with the inclined bottom as hereinbefore described occupies the
middle of the structure, and has a distinct compartment on each side of it. These
compartments may respectively contain dry-closet or water-closet apparatus for
Din 11

page_text: adults and children, or there may be in either or each of the compartments two or
more stalls with urinals or dry-closet or water-closet apparatus.
In connection with the herein before described arrangements the necessary drains
are fitted with an improved sink trap. This trap comprises a box formed with a
central short discharge pipe leading into the drain, and made with its upper end
projecting up inside the box. The upper end of the discharge pipe is covered by
a hemispherical cap or inverted cup, which is hung from the centre of the main
cover of the box. The main cover is hinged to one side of the top of the box, and
when shut is held down by means of the cap inside, this cap being formed with a
catch, which engages with a projection on the top of the discharge pipe. The
holes for the entrance of water liquid are by preference formed in the central part
of the main cover, which is of a convex form, whilst an annular concavity is formed
round it to catch some of the mud that might otherwise pass through the holes.
This improved sink trap is applicable in various situations.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, and
of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, filed by the said David Hutchison in
the Great Seal Patent Office on the 21st May 1880.
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DAVID HUTCHISON, of the Oak Foundry Company, of Glasgow, in the County
of Lanark, North Britain. IMPROVEMENTS IN COMBINED DRY-CLOSETS OR WATER-
CLOSETS AND ASHES BINS, AND IN SINK TRAPS."
My said Invention comprises improved arrangements of sanitary apparatus for
dealing with certain domestic wastes, and applicable in connection with public
works, railway stations, streets, and other places.
One improved arrangement comprised in the Invention consists of a castiron
structure having two distinct compartments fitted with dry-closet or water-closet
apparatus for adults and children respectively, the floors of these compartments
being raised and accessible by separate sets of steps. Between the steps and
beneath the closet apparatus a bin or compartment for ashes and similar refuse or
wastes is constructed, and it is an important feature of this bin that its bottom is
inclined, the lowest part being at the back or inner end, from which the bottom
rises with either a straight or curved incline up to the level of the opening. The
bottom edge of the bin opening is sufficiently raised to allow of a truck or other
receptacle being placed conveniently for receiving the contents of the bin when
these are being removed, and the inclination of the bottom of the bin renders the
complete clearing out of the bin very easy.
In a second combined arrangement suitable where more horizontal space is
available, and where it is desirable to have a comparatively large ashes bio, the
ashes bin made with the inclined bottom as hereinbefore described, occupies the
middle of the structure, and has a distinct compartment on each side of it. These
compartments may respectively contain dry-closet or water-closet apparatus for

page_text: adults and children, or there may be in either or each of the compartments two or
more stalls with urinals or dry-closet or water-closet apparatus.
In connection with the hereinbefore described arrangements the necessary drains
are fitted with an improved sink trap. This trap comprises a box formed with a
central short discharge pipe leading into the drain, and made with its upper end.
projecting up inside the box. The upper end of the discharge pipe is covered by a.
hemispherical cap or inverted cup, which is hung from the centre of the main cover
of the box. The main cover is hunged to one side of the top of the box, and when
shut is held down by means of a catch. The holes for the entrance of water or
liquid are by preference formed in the central part of the main cover, which is of a
convex form, whilst an annular concavity is formed round it to catch some of the
mud that might otherwise pass through the holes. This improved sink trap is
applicable in various situations.
And in order that my said Invention and the manner of performing the same.
may be properly understood, I hereunto append a Sheet of explanatory Drawings
to be hereinafter referred to, and representing sanitary apparatus as made with my
improvements. In these Drawings the same reference numerals are used to mark.
the same or like parts wherever they are repeated.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of my improved arrangements, Figure 21
being a horizontal section. This arrangement comprises a castiron structure 1
placed for convenience against a wall, or it may be placed in any other suitable
position. It has two distinct compartments 2, 3, fitted with dry-closet or water--
closet apparatus 4, 5, for adults and children respectively, the floor of these com-
partiments 2, 3, being raised and accessible by separate sets of steps 6, 7. Hinged.
doors 8, 9, are provided at the lower part of the compartments 2, 3, to give access
to the receptacles. Between the steps and beneath the closet apparatus a bin or
compartment 11 for ashes and similar refuse or wastes is constructed, and it is an
important feature of this bin 11 that its bottom is inclined, the lowest part being
at the back or inner end, from which the bottom rises with a straight incline up to
the level of the opening. The bottom edge 12 of the bin opening is sufficiently
raised to allow of a truck or other receptacle being placed conveniently for receiving
the contents of the bin when these are being removed, and the inclination of the
bottom of the bin 11 renders the complete clearing out of the bin very easy. The
bin 11 projects outwards slightly beyond the front of the castiron structure 1,
which has a corresponding projection formed on its roof to protect the bin from
rain.
Ashes bins, which are not necessarily attached to or in connection with water-
closet or other apparatus, may be advantageously made with the improved inclined
form of bottom.
Figure 3 is a front elevation, and Figure 4 a horizontal section of a second
combined arrangement suitable for places where more horizontal space is available,
and where it is desirable to have a comparatively large ashes bin. The ashes bin
11, made with the inclined bottom as herein before described, occupies the middle
of the structure 1, and has a distinct compartment 2, 3, on each side of it. The
compartments 2, 3, may respectively contain dry-closet or water-closet apparatus
4, 5, for adults and children, with urinals 13 at convenient corners, or there may
be in either or each of the compartments 2, 3, two or more stalls with urinals or
dry-closet or water-closet apparatus. Figure 5 is a transverse vertical section
taken through the ashes bin 11, and shows the inclined bottom of the bin, whilst
Figure 6 is a similar section of one of the compartments 2, 3.
My improved sink trap is shown in vertical section in Figure 7. This trap
comprises a box 14 formed with a central short discharge pipe 15 leading into the
drain, and made with its upper end projecting up inside the box 14. The upper
end of the discharge pipe 15 is covered by a hemispherical cap or inverted cup 16,
which is connected to the main cover 17 of the box 14. The inain cover is hinged
to one side 18 of the top of the box 14, and when shut is held down by means of
a hooked catch, which engages with the upper part of a tumbler catch 19 centered

page_text: on a spindle at the side of the box 14. The catch can be released by means of a
rod or pin inserted through a hole in the main cover 17 over the tumbler catch 19,
the rod or pin pushing the upper part of the tumbler catch 19 clear of the catch
on the main cover. The holes for the entrance of water or liquid are formed in
the central part 20 of the main cover 17, which is of a convex form, whilst an
annular concavity 21 is formed round it to catch some of the mud that might
otherwise pass through the holes. This improved sink trap is applicable in various
situations, such, for example, as courts, washhouses, and the like, and also for jaw-
boxes and other water apparatus.
Having now particularly described my said Invention, and the manner of per-
forming the same, I have to state that I do not restrict myself to the precise
details herein described or delineated, but that what I believe to be novel and
original, and claim as the Invention secured to me by and in terms of the herein-
before in part recited Letters Patent is,-
1. The combination or arrangement of dry-closets or water-closets and ashes
bins, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figures 1 and 2 of
the accompanying Drawings.
2. The forming of the bottom of an ashes bin with a straight or curved incline,
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
3. The combination or arrangement of dry-closets or water-closets or urinals
with an ashes bin, substantially as herein before described with reference to Figures 3,
4, 5, and 6 of the accompanying Drawings.
4. The improved sink trap, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference
to Figure 7 of the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said David Hutchison, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Seventeenth day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty.
DAVID HUTCHISON. (L.S.)