Improvements relating to Dry-closets for Supplying Deodorants or the like thereto.
Year: 1892

page_text: [Date of Application, 20th Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 13th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 12th Nov., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION..
Improvements relating to Dry-closets for Supplying Deodorants or
the like thereto.
I, CARL FISCHER, of No. 91 Schwachhäuser Chaussee, Bremen, in the Empire
of Germany, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object an arrangement for use in connection with earth
closets which will act accurately at each sprinkling of the deodorant or the like,
and simultaneously shake up the material to be sprinkled remaining in the reservoir
in such a way that any agglomeration of the same cannot take place.
The arrangement consists of a vertically adjustable box shaped slide which leads
into a shaft connected above with the supply or reservoir, and opening below into
the shute leading to the pail or its equivalent and which may be actuated by means
of a handle or by the seat. The box or case forming the slide is preferably
rectangular in section and has at top a pointed cover. Immediately below the
cover there are openings at both sides of the box or case which, on the rise of the
slide, extend over the upper edge of the before mentioned shaft so that a certain
quantity of the sprinkling material, lying above the shaft, may drop into the slide
through the side openings. The slide has a bottom sloping from the back down-
ward to the front, and immediately over the same there is an opening in the front
wall which, when the slide is raised, is kept closed by the front wall of the shaft,
but on the sinking of the slide passes below the lower edge of the front wall of the
shaft, so that then the sprinkling material slides out in consequence of the inclined
bottom, and falls into the sprinkling channel. The upper side openings of the slide
are closed by the side walls of the shaft when the slide is lowered, so that in this
position no sprinkling material can fall into the slide and thus each time only a
given amount is distributed.
On the rise of the slide; the sprinkling material resting thereon is pushed
upwards by the pointed cover, whilst on the lowering of the slide it again falls
down, so that the mass undergoes a suitable shaking up.
A push bar is attached to the bottom of the slide, and is connected with a link
bar oscillating on a pin. One arm of this bar is extended beyond the pin outwards
toward the front part of the closet, and this prolonged arm is connected with a rod
projecting through the seat so that when this latter (that is, the rod) is pressed
down, the aforesaid slide is raised in such a way that its side openings pass beyond
the upper edge of the shaft, and thus the sprinkling material falls through both
side openings into the slide.
As the front opening is placed lower down in the slide, it is then shut off by the
front wall of the shaft, and the sprinkling material can not fall out of the slide, as
before mentioned.
If the operating rod be then released, the slide descends, both by its own weight
and that of the superincumbent sprinkling material, until at last the front opening
of the slide emerges below the lower edge of the front wall of the shaft, so that
then the sprinkling material contained in the slide may slide down over the inclined
bottom and fall into the sprinkling channel or shute. The upper openings of the
slide are,
in the meantime, closed by the side walls of the shaft in such a way that
during the sprinkling, no further material can pass from the supply or reservoir
into the slide. Thus each time an exactly limited amount is distributed.
It is apparent, without any further explanation, that the movement of the slide
may also be produced by means of the closet cover, or by means of a movable seat.
In such a case, it is only necessary to connect the cover or seat with the oscillating

page_text: link bar by means of a draw bar which engages with the lever in front of or behind
its centre pin. By this means, the elevation of the slide results automatically from
the opening of the lid, or the pressing down of the seat, and the descent of the
slide from the closing of the lid or raising of the seat. The closet door could also
be employed for actuating the slide.
Dated this 19th day of February 1892.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Per John Hayes,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Dry-closets for Supplying Deodorants or
the like thereto.
I, CARL FISCHER of No. 91 Schwachhäuser Chaussee, Bremen, in the Empire
of Germany, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
n and by the following statement :-
This invention has for its object an arrangement for use in connection with earth
closets which will act accurately at each sprinkling of the deodorant or the like,
and simultaneously shake up the material to be sprinkled remaining in the reservoir
in such a way that any agglomeration of the same cannot take place.
The arrangement consists of a vertically adjustable box-shaped slide which leads
into a shaft connected above with the supply or reservoir, and opening below into
the shute leading to the pail or its equivalent, and which may be actuated by means
of a handle or by the seat. The box or case forming the slide is preferably
rectangular in section and has at top a pointed cover. Immediately below the
cover there are openings at both sides of the box or case, which, on the rise of the
slide, extend over the upper edge of the before mentioned shaft, so that a certain
quantity of the sprinkling material, lying above the shaft, may drop into the slide
through the side openings. The slide has a bottom sloping from the back down-
ward to the front, and immediately over the same there is an opening in the front
wall which, when the slide is raised, is kept closed by the front wall of the shaft,
but, on the sinking of the slide, passes below the lower edge of the front wall of
the shaft, so that then the sprinkling material slides out in consequence of the
inclined bottom, and falls into the sprinkling channel. The upper side openings of
the slide are closed by the side walls of the shaft when the slide is lowered, so that,
in this position, no sprinkling material can fall into the slide and thus each time
only a given amount is distributed.
On the rise of the slide, the sprinkling material resting thereon is pushed
upwards by the pointed cover, whilst, on the lowering of the slide, it again falls
down, so that the mass undergoes a suitable shaking up.
On the accompanying drawing, a dry closet arranged in this manner is shown in
Figures 1 and 2 in two vertical sections at right angles to one another with the
slide lowered.
and
Figures 3 and 4 show two vertical sections when the slide is raised.
Figure 5 is a horizontal section at the level of the upper openings of the slide:
Figure 6 is a perspective view.
The magazine a opens at the bottom into the shaft b to which the sprinkling
shute c is attached. The box-shaped slide d travels in the shaft b, and has a
pointed cover at the top, and immediately below the same in each of the side walls
an opening e, and a bottom / sloping downwards to the front. Immediately over
the lowest point of the bottom, a slit g is made in the front wall.
A push bar his attached to the bottom of the slide, and is connected with a link

page_text: bar oscillating on a pin i. One arm of this bar is extended beyond the pin i
outwards toward the front part of the closet, and this extension is connected with a
rod projecting through the seat so that, when this latter (that is, the rod) is
pressed down, the aforesaid slide is raised in such a way that its side openings
pass beyond the upper edge of the shaft b, and thus the sprinkling material falls
through both side openings e into the slide, Figures 3 and 4.
e
As the front opening g is placed lower down in the slide, it is then shut off by
the front wall of the shaft b, see Figure 4, and the sprinkling material cannot fall
out of the slide.
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If the operating rod / be then released, the slide descends, both by its own
weight and that of the superincumbent sprinkling material, until at last the front
opening g of the slide emerges below the lower edge of the front wall of the shaft b,
Figures 1 and 2, so that then the sprinkling material contained in the slide may
slide down over the inclined bottom and fall into the sprinkling channel or shute.
The upper openings e of the slide are, in the meantime, closed by the side walls of
the shaft b in such a way that, during the sprinkling, no further material can pass
from the reservoir or magazine into the slide. Thus each time an exactly limited
amount is distributed.
It is apparent, without any further explanation, that the movement of the slide
may also be produced by means of the closet cover, or by means of a movable seat.
In such a case, it is only necessary to connect the cover or seat with the oscillating
link bark by means of a draw bar which engages with the lever in front of or
behind its centre pin i. By this means, the slide is raised automatically by the
opening of the lid, or the pressing down of the seat, and the descent of the slide is
caused by the closing of the lid or raising of the seat. The closet door could also
be employed for actuating the slide.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A dry closet in which the deodorant or sprinkling material is collected by a box-
shaped slide d having openings e at the sides and enclosed in a shaft b attached to
the reservoir or magazine, and which deodorant or sprinkling material can then be
distributed by means of a discharge opening arranged above the lowest part of the
inclined bottom f, which opening, when the slide is raised, will be closed by the
wall of the shaft, and, when the slide is lowered, will project below the lower edge
of the aforesaid wall of the shaft, the upper filling openings e being meanwhile
closed to the reservoir, when the slide is lowered, by the walls of the shaft.
Dated this 12th day of October 1892.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.