A Combined Portable Tip Lavatory Basin and Frame.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Sept., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 9th June, 1896-Accepted, 11th July, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Portable Tip Lavatory Basin and Frame.
I, WILLIAM ALGERNON EDE-CLENDINNEN, of No. 54 Elphin Grove
Hawthorn, near Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Clerk, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention has been devised for the purpose of providing a cheap and
convenient tip lavatory basin and frame principally for use in connection with
lomestic baths, although it may be used in connection with any other vessel
suitable for the reception of slops.
According to my invention I provide an ordinary tip basin, made of some com-
paratively cheap material such as enamelled iron which I mount on trunnions
slightly out of centre, working in bearings on a suitable frame provided with means
for supporting a handle or flauge of said basin, and so only allowing it to tip in
one direction. Said frame is also constructed so as to admit of its being slid or
moved along the top of the bath or bath frame, and provided with guides on its
undersurface, which cause it to move squarely and evenly.
It will be obvious that my improved combined tip basin and frame may be
supported above any convenient vessel for the reception of the slops, and when
supported on a bath frame as herein before mentioned may be slid along it into any
position desired, that is to say it may first he slid toward the end of the bath,
at which the tap or other water supply is located, and then if desired, moved into
a more convenient position for use, after which the basin is simply "tipped" in the
usual manner, and the contents emptied into the bath.
If desired may of course provide dishes or other receptacles for
and the like on said frame.
soap,
brushes
Doted this Highth day of August One thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
A Combined Portable Tip Lavatory Basin and Frame.
1, WILLIAM ALGERNON EDE-CLENDINNEN, of No. 54 Elphin Grove,
Hawthorn near Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Clerk, 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 has been devised for the purpose of providing a cheap and
convenient tip basin and frame principally for use in connection with domestic
baths, although may be used in connection with any other vessel suitable for the
reception of slops.
According to my invention I provide an ordinary tip basin made of some
comparatively cheap material such as enamelled iron which I mount slightly out
of centre on trunnions working in bearings on a suitable frame provided with
means for supporting a handle or flange of said basin, and so only allowing it to
tip in one direction. Said frame is also constructed so as to admit of its being slid

page_text: or moved along the top of the bath or bath frame, and provided with guides on its
undersurface, which cause it to move squarely and evenly.
It will be obvious that my improved combined tip basin and frame may be
supported above any convenient vessel for the reception of the slops, and when
supported on a bath frame as heretofore mentioned may be slid along it into any
position desired, that is to say, may first be slid toward the end of the bath, at
which the tap or other water supply is located, and then if desired, moved into a
more convenient position for use, after which the basin is simply "tipped" in the
usual manner and the contents emptied into the bath.
If desired I may of course provide dishes or other receptacles for soap, brushes
and the like on said frame.
Referring now to my drawings:
Figure 1 is a perspective view, and
Figure 2 a transverse section on line 2-2 Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a plan of a modification, and
Figure 4 a perspective view of my invention as applied to a bath.
A represents an ordinary tip basin, mounted slightly out of centre on trunnions a
working in bearings a¹ on the frame B B', provided with means, such as bb' for
supporting a handle or flange of said basin and so only allowing it to tip in one
direction.
The parts B of the frame are extended below the other parts of said frame and
act as guides, which may fit against the inner sides of the bath frame, so that when
said combined tip basin and frame is slid along the top of the bath as desired, it is
caused to move squarely and evenly, as shewn in Figure 4.
CC (Figure 3) represent dishes or other receptacles for soap, brushes and the
like, the frame being boarded in as shewn, instead of being in skeleton as illustrated
in the other figures, and the part of said boarding adjoining the basin on one
side of the trunnions acting as a support or stop, to prevent the basin tipping in
that direction, whilst the corresponding part of the boarding, adjoining the basin
on the opposite side of said trunuions is cut slightly away in order to provide a
clearance space in which the basin may tip only in that direction.
It will be obvious that the shape of the frame may be varied without departing
from my invention.
If required a short length of pipe D (Figure 1) may be attached to the ordinary
tap (by means of a "Royle" union as indicated at d and a short length of chain d¹)
in order to conduct the water into the basin in cases where it is impossible or
inconvenient to move the basin into position under the tap.
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 :-
The herein described combined portable tip basin and frame consisting of the
parts constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes specified aud
as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Fifth day of May One thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.
W. A. EDE-CLENDINNEN.
Abel & Imray,
Agents for the Applicant.