Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd June, 1896-Accepted, 25th July, 1896
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I, TANKMAR EISFELD of 200 Goerkingkstrasse, Groningen, Prussia, Doctor of
Medicine, 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 :-
This invention relates to a bed pan which is suitable for use by adults, and in a
reduced form for children, in the latter case it is provided with a lid or cover of
special construction.
The bed pan is shown in perspective view at Figs. 1 and 2 of the annexed sheet.
of drawings.
The bed pan consists of a curved box-rest a made sufficiently strong to prevent
its bending and of a pan b for receiving the excrement. This pan can be closed:
by a cover c which is capable of being raised and also of being adjustably held in
position at any desired angle to suit the lengths of the patient's legs, by means of
lugs d, d', at its lower edge.
At the upper edge of the lid is a soft roller g on which the patient can rest his.
legs and two projections e which prevent the legs slipping side ways.
To the hooks, at both sides of the device, india rubber cloth is secured to-
prevent matter splashing out of the pan and on to the bed.
For children, during their first few years of life, the lid c is also capable of being
additionally supported by means of supports k which have pieces of sheet metal.
secured to them instead of the india rubber pieces h.
The device can be used for all gynecological and obstetrical purposes, when
administering injections, for emptying the bladder or the bowels, &c. It is
exceedingly clean as any excrementitious matter splashing on to the lid is guided.
back into the pan by the ledge g¹.
All the parts are removable.
The horizontal position of the pan b is ensured by the legs resting on the lid c
whilst backward sliding is hindered by the curved form of the part a so that the
operator can readily manipulate the apparatus.
The pan and its lid can be thoroughly sterilized by boiling.
The form of the pan is such that a sterilizing box for gynecological instruments..
can be readily contained within it.
The sterilizing is effected by boiling in a solution or soda upon a fire or a spirit.
lamp or in a water bath.
Instead of a sheet metal box a, a curved sheet of metal may be used as a resting-
or bearing surface.
The box a may be provided with a safety valve i for reducing the pressure due-
to the boiling operation whilst sterilizing.
The surface of the box may also be provided with supporting springs.
The lid c and sides can be made all in one piece, in which case it will require to.
be placed in a slant position like a waggon awning.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
ion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
consider novel and desire to claim is :-
1. The combination, in a bed pan, of a box-rest a with a pan b for the reception.

page_text: of excrementitious matter and a lid c which is adjustable to any angle to suit
the length of the patient's legs, substantially as hereinbefore described with
reference to the drawings annexed.
2. In combination, the box-rest a, the pan b, the lid c and projections e made on
the edge of the lid for preventing the legs slipping sideways, substantially as
hereinbefore described and shown on the drawings annexed.
3. In combination, the box rest a, the pan b, the lid c, and side pieces h for
preventing matter splashing out of the pan and on to the bed, substantially as
hereinbefore described with reference to the drawings annexed.
Dated this 22nd day of June 1896.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70 Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.