Improvements in and relating to Wash-stands or Cupboards.
Year: 1892

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Wash-stands or Cupboards.
I, MICHEL PANAGIOTI VASSILIOU, of Metelin, Turkish Asia, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
same.
My invention relates to wash stands or cupboards and has more particularly for
its object to obviate the transport of the basin either for filling or for emptying the
For this purpose I employ an arrangement enabling the basin to be filled
and emptied automatically. In order that the apparatus, when not in use, may be
concealed from view I place it in a cupboar l, one of the doors of which opens to
allow the passage of the basin. I provide also for the opening of two semi-
cylindrical panels having towels suspended in them, these towels being visible only
during the operation of the apparatus.
When the basin is brought to the outside of the cupboard the water flows into it,
and when it is moved back into the interior of the cupboard the doors and panels
are automatically closed again, while the basin is emptied.
In carrying my invention into practice I provide a cupboard in the interior of
which my whole system is arranged. This system comprises a supply reservoir
the lower part of which is furnished with a pipe connected by a cock to an outflow
nozzle.
The opening and closing movements of this cock are effected by the aid of a
crank or handle preferably through the medium of two bevel pinions and a shaft, or
say by the aid of a sector or a handle secured directly upon the said shaft. The
cock is connected with the basin by means of a rod which has a cap pierced with
an orifice. The basin is held between this cap and a socket having slid into it the
end of an outflow pipe also pierced with an orifice. Upon the socket is fixed a
pulley or a gear wheel which through the medium of a chain or belt communicates
motion to pulleys or pinions mounted upon the axes of the semi-cylindrical panels
having at their upper part each a pivot and a hook. A receptacle placed at the
bottom of the cupboard receives the waste water.
By acting upon the crank or handle when the apparatus is at rest movement is
imparted to the bevel pinious which by means of the said shaft compel the plug of
the cock to present its orifice opposite to that of the pipe coming from the supply
reservoir. During this time the basin connected by the said rod to the plug of the
coci is caused to take part in this movement as are also the panels by means of
the above-mentioned transmitting gear.
By acting again upon the crank or handle the inverse movement takes place, the
basin passes into the cupboard and the panels turn back, and as the discharge
orifices are now placed opposite to each other the basin is emptied.
I may vary the forms and dimensions of my apparatus and employ in its con-
struction any suitable materials without departing from the nature of my invention.
Dated this 21st day of December 1892.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Wash-stands or Cupboards.
I MICHEL PANAGIOTI VASSILIOu, of Mételin, Turkey in Asia, Engineer, 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 an improved washhand stand or cabinet with an
automatically movable basin which can be filled and emptied without moving the
basin.
To attain this the invention consists of apparatus permitting an automatic filling
and emptying of the basin and when not in use the apparatus is hidden from sight
by being arranged in a kind of cabinet of which one part opens in order to allow
access to the basin and provided with two semi-cylindrical panels in which the
towels are hung up, and which latter are only visible when the apparatus is used.
When the basin is brought forward for use in-flowing of water takes place and
when this basin is again. put back in the interior, the doors and panels close
automatically and emptying takes place.
For a better understanding of the nature of this invention, I have illustrated it
in the annexed drawing which shows a method of realizing the subject of the
invention.
Figs. 1 and 8 represent in elevation a front view of the apparatus closed.
Fig. 2 is a vertical section of Fig. 1 showing the basin and the different
apparatus.
Fig. 3 is a horizontal section corresponding to the position of the basin in Fig. 2
during use.
Fig. 4 shows the basin separately.
Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the semi-cylindrical panels for receiving the
towels.
Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the emptying contrivance during refilling of the
basin. Fig. 7 the position of the same when emptying.
Fig. 9 is a side view of the wash-hand-stand cabinet as represented in Fig. 8.
Fig. 10 is a plan view of the same.
Fig. 12 illustrates the mechanism which acts on the basin.
Fig. 13 shows the rackbar by the aid of which movement is imparted to the
other appliances of the wash-hand-stand.
Fig. 14 is a sectional view of the cap for emptying.
As seen in the drawings (Figs. 1 to 7, the apparatus consists of a kind of cabinet a
inside of which the whole of my improved system is arranged, and comprises a
feeding reservoir & the under part of which is provided with a pipe c connected
with a cock d having a spout e. The opening and closing of this cock d is obtained
by the aid of the handle preferably by the medium of two bevelled wheels g on a
shaft h, or for instance by a sector or handle directly arranged on the shaft or
rod h.
The cock d is firmly attached to the basin i by means of a bar k carrying a cap
provided with an orifice m.. The basini is kept between this cap and a counter
piece n in which latter a conduit pipe with orifice m¹ is provided. On the piece n
à disk or gear is fixed which in connection with a chain or endless belt transmits
movement to the pulleys or pinions a mounted on the shafts t of the semi cylindrical
panels u each of the latter carrying at its upper part an axle v and a hook r. A
receiver y placed in the bottom of the cabinet a serves to receive the waste
water.
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It will be understood that, when the apparatus is at rest, and subsequently the
handle is actuated, this movement is transmitted through the wheels which

page_text: latter by means of the shaft or rod
to communicate with that of the pipe c.
thus force the cock d to turn its orifice so as
During this time the basin i which by means of the bark is connected with the
seat of the cock follows the same movement, also the cylinders u by the aid of
the wheel I the chain and the pulleys s.
As shown in Fig. 6 the emptying orifices m m' during the time elapsed from
beginning the first actuation of the handle, are brought out of communication with
each other, but by actuating the handle a second time the basin goes back into the
cabinet frame, the cylinders return and the orifices m and m' communicate with
each other and emptying takes place.
In the modification illustrated in Figs. 8 to 14 a rack bar E, Fig. 13, engaging
with a toothed wheel C on the plug of the cock d works the said cock (Figs. 9
and 12) in place of the handle f and causes the basin (Figs. 9, 10 and 12) to
revolve on its vertical axis and come forth, when the handle D of the rack E is
drawn laterally (Fig. 8).
The plug of the cock d is prolonged and the connecting rod k is made like a
double headed key, the upper head engaging with the said plug of the cock and
the lower head receiving the rod of the emptying cup (Figs. 13 and 14).
Emptying is effected in the same way as in the apparatus shown in Figs. 1 to 7
but takes place twice, that is to say first by the orifice N while the basin is fully
brought out and the washing of the hands is progressing, and secondly by the
orifice M when the washing is done and the basin is entirely returned to the case.
If emptying the water while washing is not desired, it suffices to turn the basin i
slightly to the one side or the other, when the orifice M will be displaced sufficiently
to no longer coincide with the orifice m'. Filling of the reservoir and taking
away the dirty water can be effected in any way desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improved wash-hand-stand presenting when out of use, the shape of a
cabinet or cupboard and containing in it at the top a water supply reservoir b, the
latter having in its bottom a conduit provided with a cock d leading into a basin i
placed beneath the cock, said cock actuated by a handle f in connection with
bevelled or mitre wheel gearing on the shaft h or its equivalent and connected to
the basin, in such a way that the basin automatically fills and empties itself when
in use, all substantially as described and illustrated and for the purpose set
forth.
Dated this 21st dor of October 1802
R. HADDAN,
Of the Firm of Herbert Haddan & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.