Improvements in Basin Clamps.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Basin Clamps.
We, GEORGE MATTHEW WILLMENT (Plumber) and ROSALIE HOFMEYER (In-
ventor), residing respectively at 236 West 23rd Street, and 143 West 16th Street;
and 143 West 16th Street, in the City of New York, County of New York, and
State of New York, United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to stationary wash basins, bowls and similar devices;
and the object thereof is to provide improved means for connecting such bowls or
basins with marble slabs, tables or similar supports; and with this, and other
objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrange-
ment of parts hereinafter described.
In the practice of our invention, we provide the bowl or basin with an annular
outwardly directed flange or rim, and we form in the slab or table at pre-determined
points around the central opening therein, in which the bowl or basin is placed,
cavities or recesses which are cut out so as to render the inner portions thereof,
larger than the opening or passage thereinto, and secured in each of said openings
is a screw threaded bolt, said bolts being secured in place by means of cement
or in any desired manner.
Mounted on each of said bolts is a yoke-shaped attachment through the head of
which the bolt passes, and said heads are provided on their outer surfaces with
transverse ratchet teeth, or said yokes may be tubular in form, and provided with
closed ends or heads in which the rachet teeth will be formed, and mounted on
said bolts, are plates having oblong slots formed therein, through which the bolts
pass, and said plates are provided on their inner surfaces with transverse ratchet
teeth which are adapted to engage with the teeth formed on the yoke-shaped
attachment.
The bolts are also provided with washers and nuts or burrs by which said
washers are firmly clamped or pressed upon said plates, and the inner ends of said
plates are provided with curved or segmental heads which are adapted to press
upon said annular flange or rim, and to securely hold the bowl or basin in position.
The said plates are securely clamped to the yoke shaped or tubular attachment
by means of said nuts or burrs, and the ratchet teeth formed on said plates and said
attachment prevent the same from sliding in either direction and thus the plates
or the curved or segmental heads formed thereon, are caused to clamp and
securely hold the bowl or basin in connection with the slab.
The bowl or basin is provided with the usual bottom in the centre of which is
formed an opening through which the contents of the bowl or basin may be dis-
charged, and by means of our improved connecting device, the bowl or basin may
be securely connected with the table or slab without danger of breaking either
of said parts.
1
1 1007
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lan London. W.C Agents.

page_text: Imрrоvетели D DábIII сташро,
WE GEORGE MATTHEW WILLMENT (Plumber) and ROSALE ROSALIE HOFMEYER
(Inventor), both residing at 236 W. 23rd Street and 143 W. 16th Street, New
York, in the County of New York and State of New York, United States of
America, 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 stationary wash basins, bowls, and similar devices,
and the object thereof, is to provide improved means for connecting such bowls
or basins, with marble slabs, tables or similar supports; and with this and other
objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrange-
ment of parts, hereinafter described and claimed.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, in which :-
Fig. 1 is a bottom plan view of a bowl or basin connected with a marble slab
or similar support, by means of our improved connecting device; and,
Fig 2, a partial section on the line 2, 2, of Fig. 1.
In the drawing forming part of this specification, we have shown at 5 an ordinary
marble slab, table or support, and at 6, a bowl or basin connected therewith.
The bowl or basin 5, is provided with an annular outwardly directed flange
or rim 7, and in practice we form in the slab or table 5, at predetermined points
around the central opening therein cavities or recesses 8, which are cut out so as
to render the inner portions thereof, larger than the opening or passage thereinto,
and secured in each of said openings, is a acrew threaded bolt 9, said bolts being
secured in place by means of cement as shown at 10, or in any desired manner.
Mounted on each of said bolts, is a yoke shaped attachment 11, through the head
of which the bolt passes, and said heads are provided on their outer surfaces with
transverse ratchet teeth 12, as already shown in Fig. 2, or said yoke may be tubular
in form, and provided with a closed end or head in which the ratchet teeth 12,
are formed, and mounted on said bolts, are plates 13, having oblong slots 14,
formed therein, through which the bolts 9 pass, and said plates are provided on
their inner surfaces with transverse ratchet teeth 15, which are adapted to engage
with the teeth 12, formed on the attachment 11.
The bolts 9, are also provided with washers 16, and nuts or burrs 17, by which
said washers are firmly clamped to or pressed upon the plates 13, and the inner
ends of said plates are provided with curved or segmental heads 18, which are
adapted to press upon the annular flange or rim 7, and to securely hold the bowl
or basin in position.
It will be understood that the plates 13, are securely clasped to the yoke shaped
or tubular attachment 11, by means of the nuts or burrs 17, and the ratchet teeth
formed on said plates, and said attachment prevent the same from slipping in either
direction, and thus said plates, or the curved or segmental heads 18, formed thereon,
and caused to clamp and securely hold the bowl or basin in connection with the
slab 5.
The bowl er basin 6, is provided with the usual bettem plate 19, in the centre
of which is formed an opening 20, through which the contents of the bowl or
basin may be discharged, and by means of my improved connecting devices, the
bcwl or basin may be securely connected with the table or slab 5, without danger
of breaking either of said parts; and it is evident that changes in and modifica-

page_text: tions of the construction herein described may be made without departing from the
spirit of our invention or sacrificing its advantages.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1. The herein described means for connecting a bowl or basin with a marble or
other slab, or table which consists of a bolt which is fixed in the bottom portion of
said slab or table, an attachment mounted on said bolt, and provided with a cros
head having transverse ratchet teeth formed therein, and a plate having a longi-
tudinal slot through which said bolt passes, said plate being provided on its under
side with ratchet teeth which engage with those formed in the attachment, and
said plate being held in place by a nut or burr, and being provided with a head
which presses on an annular flange or rim formed on the bowl or basin, substan-
tially as shown and described.
2. The herein described means for securing a bowl or basin to a marble or other
slab, or table, which consists of a number of bolts, secured in said slab, around
the central opening formed therein, an attachment mounted on each of sand bolts
provided with a cross head having ratchet teeth formed in the outer surface thereof,
and a plate mounted on each of said bolts, and provided with transverse ratchet
teeth which are adapted to engage with those formed in the attachment, said plates
being also provided with curved or segmental heads which are adapted to bear
upon an annular flange or rim formed on the bowl or basin, and said bolts being
each provided with a washer and a nut or burr, substantially as shown and
described.
3. The herein described means for securing a bowl or basin to a marble or other
slab or table, which consists of a number of balts in the bottom of said slab around
the central opening formed therein, an attachment mounted on each of said bolts,
a plate provided with a longitudinal slot also mounted on each of said bolts, said
plate being provided with a curved or segmental head adapted to bear upon an
annular flange or rim formed by the bowl or basin, and means for clamping said
plate and said attachment, together on said bolt, substantially as shown and
described.
Dated this 25th day of October 1897.