Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 10th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 17th Aug., 1888
We, GEORGE THOMAS RICK, of 19 Chandos Road, Stratford, Essex, Coppersmith,
and GEORGE JOHNSON RANSON, of 18 Union Road, South Hackney, London, E.
Publisher do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to improvements in house, or slop, pails and has for its object
the provision of means whereby the same may be rendered applicable for use as an
ordinary house, or slop, pail or as a night commode when so required the upper part
of the pail being constructed so as to prevent the escape of any effluvia from the pail
when it is used as a commode or when, as a slop pail, it may contain offensive
matter.
To accomplish the objects of this invention we form around the top of the pail an
annular channel into which the hoop, or ring, of the lid dips. This channel is formed
by rivetting or otherwise securing a concentric strip of metal, suitably bent for the
purpose, to the upper portion of the pail, the depth of the strip being such that its
edge shall come slightly below the level of the top of the pail so that when water is
poured into the channel, or should the pail he tilted, any overflow shall run into the
pail and not down the outside.
If now the lid is placed, in situ, the hoop, or ring, will dip into the channel and the
water therein will seal air-tight the opening between the pail and lid thus preventing
the escape of any effluvia from the pail.
To allow of the pail being used as a commode it is provided with a second lid
suitably formed and having an opening which admits of its being used as a seat. This
lid or seat is preferably covered on its outer surface with any soft fabric, such as
carpet, or other non-conductor of heat, and is so constructed as to rest on the outer
rim of the pail when in use, and to lie upon the ordinary lid when not in use, the
handle of the ordinary lid protruding through the opening.

page_text: It will be understood that the second lid, or cover, may if desired be provided with
a hoop, or ring, to dip into the water channel and that its opening may also be pro-
vided with a water channel into which the hoop, or ring, of a smaller lid, of a size to
fit the opening, may dip so as to seal air tight tho pail without having to substitute the
ordinary lid for the cover.
We, GEORGE THOMAS RICK, of 19 Chandos Road, Stratford, Essex, Coppersmith,
and GEORGE JOHNSON RANSON, of 18 Union Road, South Hackney, London, E.
Publisher, 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 improvements in house, or slop, pails, and has for its object
the provision of means whereby the same may be rendered applicable for use as an
ordinary house, or slop, pail, or as a night commode when so required, the upper part
of the pail being so constructed as to prevent the escape of any effluvia from the pail
when it is used as a commode, or when as a slop pail, it may contain offensive
matter..
To accomplish the objects of this invention we form around the top of, and inside,
the pail an annular channel into which the hoop, or ring, of the lid dips. This channel
is formed by rivetting or otherwise securing a concentric strip of metal, suitably bent
for the purpose, to the upper portion of the pail, the depth of the strip being such that
its edge shall come slightly below the level of the top of the pail so that when water is
poured into the channel, or should the pail be tilted, any overflow shall run into the
pail and not down the outside.
If now the lid is placed in situ, the hoop, or ring, will dip into the channel and the
water therein will seal airtight the opening between the pail and lid thus preventing
the escape of any effluvia from the pail.
To allow of the pail being used as a commode it is provided with a second lid
suitably formed and having an opening which admits of its being used as a seat. This
lid, or seat, is preferably covered on its outer surface with any soft fabric, such as
carpet, and is so constructed as to rest on the outer rim of the pail when in use, and

page_text: to lie upon the ordinary lid when not in use, the handle of the ordinary lid protruding
through the opening.
This second lid or cover may be, if desired, provided with a hoop, or ring, to dip
into the water channel, its opening in this case being also provided with a water
channel into which the hoop, or ring, of a smaller lid, of a size to fit the opening.
would dip, so sealing air tight the pail without having to substitute the ordinary
lid for the cover.
Having thus set forth the nature of our invention we will now proceed to more
particularly describe the same by reference to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 shows the pail in elevation with the annular channel C formed by suitably
securing the concentric strip of metal A slightly below the top of the pail E which is
otherwise of ordinary construction.
Figure 2 shows the pail with the cover or seat B in place, whilo Figure 3 shows
the pail with the ordinary lid D in place and above, and resting on it, the cover B.
Figure 4 shows in detail and to an enlarged scale the method of constructing the
water channel and lid, Figure 5 representing on the same scale the cover, or seat, B
with its separate smaller lid G.
The metallic strip A, Fig. 4, suitably bent and formed, is secured to the pail E,
either by rivetting or otherwise, so as to leave the annular channel C. Into this
channel the hoop, or ring, a of the lid dips, and it is therefore only necessary to
deep a sufficient depth of water in the channel to maintain an air tight seal between
the pail and lid.
As shown at Figure 5 the cover or seat B may be so formed as to provide a water
channel c around its opening into which the hoop, or ring, d, of the small lid G
projects. In this case the cover B is also formed with a hoop, or ring a¹, of the
same diameter and depth as the hoop, or ring, a, of the lid b, so that it may project
into the water channel C and so form an air tight seal to the pail.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :
First. The hereinbefore described method of constructing a pail and its lid and the
application to the pail of the cover, or seat B, so as to allow of the pail being used as
an ordinary house, or slop, pail or as a night commode.
Second. The modified method of constructing the cover, or seat, B, and its application
to the pail in the manner substantially as hereinbefore described.
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F. SEATON SNOWDON,
Agent for the Applicants.