Improvements in and relating to Cupboards for Toilet Utensils.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 28th Oct., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Cupboards for Toilet Utensils.
I, CARL EMIL WENDT of 10 Zossoner Street, Berlin in the German Empire,
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 :-
This invention relates to cupboards or receptacles for containing toilet utensils
and its object is to so construct them that the utensils when not in use are out of
sight but may easily be brought forward into a convenient position for use when
desired, and at the same time leave the interior free for other uses.
The accompanying drawings illustrate modifications in the forms of cupboards
constructed according to this invention, but in each case the principle is the same,
the utensils or part of them being attached to a moveable side or wall of the
cupboard so that in the two extreme positions of this moveable wall or door the
utensils are either contained and hidden within the cupboard or are displayed
and ready for use.
Referring to the drawings Figures 1 to 1 illustrate one form of cupboard in
which all the necessary washing utensils are attached to the door. For instance
the water reservoir. a the wash-bowl and the slop-pail c are attached to the
door d.
This door is pivoted on the vertical axis e so that it can rotate through
180 degrees and thus expose or conceal the utensils by one turn. If the dimensions
of the utensils are such that they are contained within a circle struck from the
pivot e with a radius equal to half the width of the door, then the door may be
pivoted in its centre and rotated without the utensils touching the sides of the
cupboard or receptacle. If however, as illustrated the utensils are of larger
dimensions, then one of the sides of the cupboard must also be moveable to permit
their passage. As shewn in Figures 1 1 and 1 the side fis moveable and is
displaced upon the rotation of the door d. The inner side of the wall may be
utilised for carrying a towel or any other desired article or articles.
In the modifications illustrated by Figures 2 and 2B the washing bowl 6 and the
slop pail e are attached to the door as before but the water reservoir a is secured
to the back of the cupboard and is immoveable. In this case it is of course
necessary that an elastic connection or moveable joint be made between the reservoir
and the bowl, such as the indiarubber pipe g. A similar connection is also used
between the slop pail and the bowl when, as is shewn in Figures 2^ and 2°
both the reservoir and the slop pail are secured to the back of the apparatus. An
advantage of this form of construction is that less weight is moved when the door
is rotated.
In some cases it may be possible to dispense with both the reservoir and the pail
and connect the bowl directly to the water pipe and to the drain or other place
where the waste water may be allowed to run direct. This arrangement is
illustrated in Figures 34 and 3B. Connection with the service pipe is made by the
branch and with the drain or sewer by the branch ', the vertical pipes to which
they are connected by the moveable joints i and i acting as the pivots on which the
door d rotates.
It is not in every case necessary for the pivot or hinge upon which the door
rotates to pass directly into the body of the cupboard. Figures 44 to 4" illustrate
modifications in which the door d carrying the wash bowl a is hinged or connected
to the back of the receptacle by the arm or link i pivoted at e. Figures 4 and 4"
illustrate respectively the bowl in its concealed and in its exposed position;

page_text: Figures 4 and 4" shew two of the intermediate positions assumed during the
rotation.
Figures 5 and 5 respectively illustrate in its two extreme positions a bowl or
other utensil the dimensions of which are contained within the circumference of a
circle struck from the pivot upon which the door rotates the radius being equal to
half the width of the door. In this case the side walls may be fixtures.
Figures 6 to 6 represent in its different positions, a door connected to the
cupboard by the double armed link i..
Figures 7 and 7 shew a form in which the pivot is at one edge of the door d.
The two figures shew respectively the closed and open positions. As a further
modification the pivot e may be placed in the side of the receptacle so that when
the door is opened part of the side m moves with it.
Many other forms of cupboard may be constructed without departing from the
spirit of my invention, but in each case the door or moveable side supporting the
utensil or utensils is arranged to move upon a vertical pivot. A great advantage
is thus obtained over those previous forms in which the bowl has been raised and
lowered, both in case of manipulation and in freedom from shaking and spilling.
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
claim is―
1. A cupboard or receptacle for toilet utensils in which one or more of the
utensils is attached or secured to a door or side capable of rotation upon a
vertical pivot, constructed and arranged substantially as described and as illustrated
by the accompanying drawings.
2. In a cupboard or receptacle in which toilet utensils are carried by a vertically
rotating door, a hinged or moveable side operated by the passage of the utensils
substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and as illustrated by
the accompanying drawings.
3. A cupboard or receptacle for toilet utensils constructed arranged and
operated substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated by the accom-
panying drawings.
Dated this 12th day of September A.D. 1893.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.