IMPROVEMENTS IN LAVATORIES
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Broadfoot, of Glasgow, in the County of
Lanark, North Britain, Plumber, Brassfounder, and Lead Merchant,
"
Sealed the 21st September 1869, and dated the 30th April 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Broadfoot at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
30th April 1869.
I, JOHN BROAD FOOT, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, Plumber, Brassfounder, and Lead Merchant, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LAVATORIES,"
to be as follows, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to lavatories, designed more particularly for
passenger ships, but also suitable for dwelling houses and other situations,
and its object is to combine convenience, usefulness, ornament, and
economy in first cost.

page_text: The Invention consists in forming a hollow support or stand for the
lavatory top or basin piece into which the used water may be allowed
to pass through a plug hole in the bottom of the basin, and which is fitted
with a tap at the bottom for withdrawing such used water periodically.
The basin piece may be of earthenware or enamelled cast iron, and
the support may be of cast iron, zinc, or other metal, or of earthenware.
The support is by preference made in the form of an ornamental
bracket, and is formed with lugs by which it can be bolted against a
bulkhead or partition. It can thus be easily fixed in position or
removed as circumstances may require, without involving the tedious
and expensive joiner's work unavoidable with ordinary wooden lavatory
fittings. A second similar ornamental hollow bracket piece may be
fixed above the lavatory for containing clean water, and provided with
a tap for supplying the basin below.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Broadfoot in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 29th October 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
BROADFOOT, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain,
Plumber, Brassfounder, and Lead Merchant, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said John Broadfoot, Her special licence that
I, the said John Broadfoot, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said John Broadfoot, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LAVATORIES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Broadfoot,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under

page_text: my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and im-
mediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Broadfoot, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement in writing, reference being had to the accom-
panying Drawings, that is to say :-
My said Invention relates to lavatories, designed more particularly for
passenger ships, but also suitable for dwelling houses and other situations,
and its object is to combine convenience, usefulness, ornament, and
economy in first cost.
And in order that my said Invention and the manner of performing
the same may be properly understood I have hereunto appended an
explanatory Drawing, representing two examples of my improved
apparatus as fitted in a ship's state room, one being shown in vertical
section and the other in front elevation.
My Invention consists in forming a hollow support or stand 1 for
the lavatory top or basin piece 2, into which the used water may be
allowed to pass through a plug hole 3 in the bottom of the basin,
and which is fitted with a tap 4 at the bottom for withdrawing such
used water periodically. The basin piece 2 may be of earthenware
or enamelled cast iron, and the support 1 may be of cast iron, zinc,
or other metal, or of earthenware. The support 1 is made in the form
of an ornamental bracket and is fixed against the bulkhead, partition,
or lining 5, by screws 6, some of which can be entered from the inside,
whilst lugs may be formed on the hollow support for others as at 7.
The lavatory can thus be easily fixed in position or removed as cir-
cumstances may require, without involving the tedious and expensive
joiner's work unavoidable with ordinary wooden lavatory fittings. A
second similar ornamental hollow bracket piece 8 is fixed above the
lavatory for containing clean water, and is fitted with a tap 9 for
supplying the basin below. The cover 10 is formed with sockets for
holding a water bottle 11 and glasses 12, whilst short towel rails 13
may be conveniently affixed at the sides.

page_text: Having thus particularly described my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, I have to state that
I do not restrict myself to the precise details herein described or
delineated, but that what I believe to be novel and original, and claim as
the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters
Patent is, the constructing and arranging of lavatories with or without
accessories in the improved manner substantially as herein-before
described.
In witness whereof, 1, the said John Broadfoot, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of October, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
Witness,
EDMUND HUNT,
Patent Agent,
Glasgow.
JOHN BROADFOOT. (L.S.)