Improved Means of Securing Closet Seats to Basins, and of Securing Pedestal Closets to the Floor or other Support.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, Sth May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 7th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 14th Mar., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
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Improved Means of Securing Closet Seats to Basins, and of Securing
Pedestal Closets to the Floor or other Support.
I, BENJAMIN ROBINSON of Church Gresley in the County of Derby,
Earthenware Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide ready means of securing the seats of
closets to their basins and also of securing pedestal closets to the floor or other
support.
For the purpose of securing a closet seat to its basin I form three or other
suitable number of dovetail or undercut recesses in the top of the rim of the basın
and preferably at equal distances apart and I insert in these recesses corresponding
dovetails or pieces of wood, brass or other suitable material. I then secure the
seat to the basin by means of these dovetail pieces. This can be conveniently
effected by screws or the like passed through the seat into the said pieces, but
I prefer to make the connection by forming dovetail or undercut recesses in the
underside of the seat and employing double dovetail pieces one dovetail of each of
which fits into the corresponding recess in the basin and the other into the
corresponding recess in the seat; the seat and basin are thus secured together
without the use of screws on the like.
For the purpose of securing pedestal closets to the floor or other support I form
dovetail or undercut recesses in the under, face of the foot of the pedestal and
other recesses in the floor or support and I secure the foot to the floor by double
dovetail pieces similar to those above described inserted into the dovetails of the
foot and floor.
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J. C. MEWBURN & ELLIS,
55 and 56 Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
Improved Means of Securing Closet Seats to Basins, and of Securing
Pedestal Closets to the Floor or other Support.
I, BENJAMIN ROBINSON of Church Gresley in the County of Derby,
Earthenware Manufacturer, 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.-
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The object of my invention is to provide ready means of securing the seats of
closets to then basins and also of securing pedestal closets to the floor on other
support
For the purpose of securing a closet seat to its baen I form three or other
emitable number of dovetail or undercut recesses in the top of the rim of the basin
aud preferably at equal distances apart and I insert in these recesses corresponding
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dovetails or pieces of wood, brass or other suitable material. I then secure the
seat to the basin by means of these dovetail pieces. This can be conveniently
effected by screws of the like passed through the seat tuto the said pieces, but
I prefer to make the connection by forming dovetail or undercut recesses in the
underside of the scat and employing double dovetail pieces one dovetail of each of
which fits into the corresponding recess in the basin and the other into the
corresponding recess in the seat, the seat and basin are thus secured together
without the use of screws or the like.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a side elevation and Figure 2 a plan
with part of the seat broken away of a closet basin and seat, the sent being secured
to the basin by single dovetail pieces and screws.
Figure 3 18 a side elevation of a closet basin and seat in which the seat is secured
by means of double dovetail pieces.
Figure 4 is a view of the underside of the seat shown in Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a view of one of the double dovetail pieces.
Coro are
Referring now to Figures 1 and 2, a is the basin and b the sent.
dovetail o undercut recesses in the top of the rim of the basin. Four of these
recesses are shown but the number may be varied. d d d d are dovetail pieces of
wood, brass or other material inserted in the satd recesses. The seat is
secured to the basin by screws e e passed though the seat into the dovetail
pieces d d.
Referring now to Figures 3, 4 and 5 the basin a has dovetail or undercut
recesses c c formed in the top of the rim as in Figure 1 and there are also
corresponding dovetail or undercut recesses formed in the underside of the
Erat b. In order to secure the seat it is placed upon the run of the basin with its
recesses ff above the recesses o c; the double dovetail pieces d d are then pushed
into the recesses the upper dovetail of each piece fitting into a rocess of the seat
and the lower dovetail into the corresponding recess of the basin run.
double dovetail pieces thus secure the sent to the basiu without the use of screws
or the like.
The
For the purpose of securing pedestal closets to the floor or other support I form
dovetail or undercut recesses in the un let face of the foot of the pedestal and
other recesses in the floor or support and I secure the foot to the floor by double
dovetail pieces similar to those above described inserted into the dovetails of the
foot and floor.
This part of my invention is represented in Figures 6 and 7. Figure 6 being a
side elevation of a pedestal closet and its floor or support, the latter being shown
partly in section, and Figure 7 a section on the line -x of Figure 6.
a 13 the
pedestal and b the foot of saine and c the floor or support dd are dovetail or
undercut recesses in the under face of the foot bande e are corresponding dovetail
or undercut recesses in the floor c. ff are continuations of the dovetail recesses
in the floor to allow of the dovetail pieces being lowered to tho required line.
ggare double dovetail pieces which are pushed into the dovetail recesses in the
pedestal foot b and in the floor ce and thereby secure the pedestal to the floor.
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Having now 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
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1. The manufacture of closet basins with dovetail or undercut recesses in the top
of the m to receive dovetail pieces for securing the seat, substantially as herein-
before described.
2 The securing of closet seats to basins by inserting dovetail pieces into
dovetail recesses in the top of the basin rim and then attaching the sent to the
dovetail pieces by screws or the like, substantially as hetembefore described.
3 The securing of closet seats to basins by inserting double dosetail pieces into
dovetail recesses formed respectively in the top of the basin rim and in the under-
side of the seat, substantially as herembefore described.

page_text: 4. The manufacture of pedestal closets with dovetail or undercut recesses in the
under face of the pedestal foot to receive dovetail pieces for securing, the
pedestal to the floor or other support substantially as hereinbefore described.
5. The securing of pedestal closets to the floor or other support by inserting
double dovetail pieces into dovetail recesses formed respectively in the under face
of the pedestal foot and in the floor or support, substantially aB hereinbefore
described.
Dated this 7th day of February 1896.
J. C. MEWBURN & ELLIS,
55 and 56 Chancery Lane, Loudon, Chartered Patent Agents.