A NEW (OR IMPROVED) URINAL APPARATUS TO BE USED BY TRAVELLERS, INVALIDS, AND OTHERS
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Oscar Gilsow, 21, Heron Road, Brixton, London, S.E., in
the County of Surrey, for the Invention of." A NEW (OR IMPROVED) URINAL
APPARATUS TO BE USED BY TRAVELLERS, INVALIDS, AND OTHERS.”
"
Sealed the 5th August 1879, and dated the 10th February 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Oscar Gilsow at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th February 1879.
OSCAR GILSOW, 21, Heron Road, Brixton, London, S.E., in the County of Surrey.
"A NEW (OR IMPROVED) URINAL APPARATUS TO BE USED BY TRAVELLERS, INVALIDS,
AND OTHERS."
This improved traveller's, invalid's, or night convenience is an apparatus designed
and intended for the reception of urine in emergencies, such as travelling, sickness,
or at nights, and is made of waterproof silk, gutta percha, or any other waterproof
material. It is so constructed as to fit, cover, and to enclose completely the sexual
organ of the human body, both male and female; from there it is divided and
continued along both legs separately to the feet, ending there in a pointed screw
tap. The internal arrangements of the apparatus consist of a combination of pipes
joined together from the top, where it receives the urine, down to the knees, where
the several pipes converge into one pipe to allow the bending of the knees, either for
sitting or walking; from the knees downwards to the feet it is again continued
into more than one pipe, and which merge near the end, that is, the feet, again into
one pipe, this pipe constituting the outlet for the urine by the pointed screw tap.
The apparatus is fastened and upheld to the body by straps leading from the front
and back to a waistband, and again by other straps situated above the knees,
immedeately below the knees, and finally at the ending on the feet, to keep the
apparatus secure to the legs. The apparatus can be made any size, according to the
figure of the intending wearer, and this also rules the number of pipes which con-
stitute the apparatus. The pipes together prevent the bulging out of the apparatus
to prevent detection, when charged with urine, by others.

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the said Oscar Gilsow in the Great-Seal-Patent Office-on-the-9th-August-
1879.
OSCAR GILSOW,-21,-Heron-Road, Brixton, London, S.E., in the County of Surrey.
"A-NEW-(OR-IMPROVED) URINAL. APPARATUS TO BE USED BY TRAVELLERS, INVALIDS,
AND OTHERS."
This improved urinal apparatus is designed-and-intended-for-the-reception-of-
urine in emergencies, such as travelling, sickness, or at nights, and is made of water-
proof silk, gutta-percha, or any other waterproof material. The top part of the
apparatus may be adapted for male or female, and will consequently differ in shape.
It is so constructed as to fit, cover, and enclose completely the sexual organ of the
person using it; from the bottom of this part it is divided into two, and continued
along both legs separately to the feet, the extreme ends being provided with a screw
or other tap. The internal arrangements of the apparatus consist of a combination
of pipes joined together from the top, where it receives the urine, down to the knees,
where the several pipes converge into one pipe to allow the bending of the knees;
either for sitting or walking; from the knees downwards to the feet it is again
divided into two or more pipes, which merge near the end, that is; the feet; again
into one pipe, this pipe constituting the outlet for the urine; and being provided
with the screw or other tap above mentioned. The apparatus is fastened and upheld
to the body by straps attached to a waist band, and also by other straps situated
above the knees, below the knees; and near the feet. These latter straps serve to
secure the apparatus to the legs. The apparatus may be made of any size, according
to the figure of the wearer, which will also govern the number of pipes into which
the apparatus is divided: The dividing the apparatus into a number of pipes
prevents its bulging out; and therefore detection by other persons when it is
charged.
But in order that my Invention may be more clearly, understood, I will proceed
to describe the same by the aid of the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, in which
Fig. 1 shows a front view of the apparatus for a male attached to the waist band,
and Fig. 2 shows a side view; in both of these views the apparatus is shown
charged or distended. Figs. 3 and 4 show front and side views of the top part of
the apparatus intended for the use of females. Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; and 11 show
respectively cross sections through a, b; c,d; e, f; gh; ; k,l and m, n:
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A is the waist band, to which the apparatus is attached by means of the straps
B, B. C is the top part of the apparatus intended for the use of a male; and which
part is adapted to fit, cover, and completely enclose the sexual organ. D, in Figs. 3
and 4, is the same part adapted for the use of a female. In Fig. 1 the right hand
part E, which extends down the leg, is shown in elevation, and the, left hand part
El is shown in section. F-is-an-india-rubber-or-other-tube-split-at-the-bottom, each
end of which enters into the top part of one of the pieces E, E¹, which extend down
the legs. The two extremities of this tube F may be provided with an india rubber
or other valve G, having a cork float H attached thereto for preventing the urine
returning into the top part of the apparatus when charged. I, I, show the parts
where the leg pieces E, E¹, are attached together by cement, gutta-percha, or by
any other suitable means for dividing the said leg pieces E, E¹, into two or more
pipes at the parts above and below the knees. J shows the seam at the edges of
the leg pieces E, E¹, which is made by fastening together the two sides or sections
of material of which the apparatus is composed by means of gutta-perchá of other
suitable material. K, K, show the pipes into which the leg pieces E, E¹, are divided.
L, L, are the straps fastened to the apparatus above and below the knees for
attaching the same to the legs. M, M, are screw or other taps fitted at the extre-
mities of the leg pieces E, E¹, for the outlet of the urine. N, N, are pieces of water-
proof material hanging over these taps to cover them. Straps may be attached to

page_text: the lower extremities of the leg pieces E, E¹, to fasten them to the ancles. O, O, are
rings fixed to the lower extremities of the leg pieces E, E¹, by which they are hung
upon spring hooks P, P, attached at the parts which are near the knees. When the
apparatus is empty the two sides or sections of material of which the leg pieces
E, E, are made will lay flat against one another.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of carrying
the same into effect, I would have it understood that what I consider to be new and
therefore claim as my Invention is,―
First. The general construction of the improved urinal apparatus, substantially as
herein described, and shown in the Drawings.
Second. The use and construction of the improved urinal apparatus, having two
pieces extending one down each leg for containing the urine, substantially as herein
described, and shown in the Drawings.
Third. Dividing each of the pieces extending down the legs into two or more
pipes for preventing the unnecessary bulging out of these pieces when charged or
distended, substantially as herein described, and shown in the Drawings:
In witness whereof, I, the said Oscar Gilsow, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Ninth day of August, in the year of our Lord 1879.