Improvements in Sanitary Protecting Covers for Oloset Seats, and in Blocks Composed of a Number of such Covers, and from which such Covers can be Detached.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 19th May, 1897-Accepted, 26th June, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Sanitary Protecting Covers for Oloset Seats, and
in Blocks Composed of a Number of such Covers, and from
which such Covers can be Detached.
I LOUIS CONRADI, Junior, of 6 Reichsstrasse, Barmen, Rhenish Prussia, in
the Empire of Germany, Architect, 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 and accompanying drawings:-
My said invention relates to coverings for closet seats, and is particularly
applicable for use for the closets of hotels, offices, and other public buildings and
institutions, which can under my invention, be maintained in the most sanitary and
cleanly condition to comply with the most fastidious requirements. My invention
consists in providing the seats of closets with a covering of paper, woven material
or the like, capable of being detached when required from a block composed of a
number of such protecting covers. In carrying my invention into effect I provide
a number of sheets of paper or other material formed into a block, each sheet or
The
protecting cover being capable of being torn off or detached from the block.
object of my invention is to utilise this block to obtain a supply of sheets or
coverings to cover the seat of the closet.
The protecting covers may be either formed with the usual opening corresponding
in size and shape to the opening of the closet seat or be formed with a contrivance
which facilitates the placing into position of the cover upon the closet seat, and
provides security against the cover being torn, but which is however principally
intended to secure the automatic adjustment of the cover upon the closet seat and
the ready removal of the same after use by the flushing of the pan.
And in order that my said invention may be more fully understood I will now
refer to the accompanying two sheets of drawings.
On Sheet 1
Fig. 1 is a plan view of a protecting cover for closet seats.
Fig. 2 shows a block composed of a number of sheets of paper, woven material
or the like.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of another block and a closet the seat of which
is provided with a protecting cover which has been detached from the block.
On Sheet 2
Figs. 1 to 6 show in plan, and section on the lines x-xx-x¹ and x³-x³, three
different designs of protecting covers provided with curved strips.
Figs. 7 and 8 are perspective views of blocks and closets, the seats of which are
provided with covers formed with curved strips.
The block is composed of any suitable number of covers or sheets a of paper,
woven material or the like, formed with an opening o, connected together at one or
more edges by means of glue, stitching or any other convenient means, so that the
covers may be easily torn away in single sheets from the block when required.
For the purpose of strengthening the cover and securing the ready and automatic
disposal of the same after use, each cover u as indicated in Figs. 1 to 8 is provided
with one or more lengths or strips 6 running in one or both directions across the
opening o.
When placed upon the seat of the closet the strips 6 curve or hang downwards

page_text: within the closet pan and against the walls thereof as shown in Figs. 7 and 8.
'The curved strips b serve in themselves to adjust the cover a in the correct
position upon the closet seat, and provide for the automatic disposal of the cover a
after using the closet, immediately upon flushing the pan. This is effected by the
action of the water flush upon the curved strips b assisted also by the weight of
excreta, so that the whole is swept down the soil pipe with the rush of water. The
shape or design of the cover and the application of the blocks must be adapted to
the shape of the room and according to the system of the closets.
In closets provided behind with an uninterrupted wall the arrangement shown in
Fig. 8 is very applicable.
The block of protecting covers a is in this case suspended at i upon a plate or
carrier formed of paste board, wood, tin or the like to which is secured a guide
rod s.
A cover having been detached from the block it can be slid down the guide
rods and easily placed in position upon the closet seat. The tongue through
which the guide rods passes, is made of very thin paper and perforated so that it
is easily torn off from the cover after use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is.
1. A protecting cover for closet seats formed with an opening o and composed of
paper, woven material or the like substantially as described and shown.
2. A protecting cover according to Claim 1 provided with downwardly projecting
strips b for the purpose of effecting the automatic adjustment of the cover upon
the closet seat and the disposal of the same on flushing the pan in the manner and
substantially as described and shown.
3. A block composed of any suitable number of protecting covers according to
Claim 1 or 2 secured together by means of cement, stitching or the like so as to be
each easily detachable for the purposes and substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 18th day of May 1897.