Improvements in Hospital Sinks or Washing and Slop Closets."
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 6th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 11th Dec., 1897.
"Improvements in Hospital Sinks or Washing and Slop Closets."
I, JOHN SHANKS, of Tubal Works, Barrhead, in the County of Renfrew, North
Britain, Sanitary Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows, that is to say :-
My said Invention has for its object an improved construction of sink or washing
and slop closet for hospital use.
The improved apparatus in form somewhat resembles a pedestal water closet having
a siphon or trap bend discharge, the basin being however by preference made with
its upper part inclining upwards towards the back. Within the basin there is
arranged a bracket or carrier preferably of metal coated with vulcanite or enamel and
adapted to receive in an inverted position for washing out a bed pan or urine bottle
of any of the usual forms; and heneath the bracket there is fixed a jet nozzle and
perforated disk or rose for the projection of water from a water supply pipe up into
the bed pan or bottle. The basin is also provided with a perforated slotted or open
rim supplied from a siphonal or other flushing apparatus in an overhead cistern, for
cleaning out the basin, the flushing apparatus being automatically intermittent or
made to operate by means of a handle, or a push button, or compressible air ball or
water ball or other appliance. The carrying bracket is fitted so that it can be turned
up, when slops are to be emptied into the basin. In connection with, the apparatus
hot and cold water supply pipes are arranged with valves or taps for directing the hot
or cold water or both into the basin; and additional taps may also be provided for
drawing off hot or cold water into separate vessels, the valves being workable by means
of handles or of foot levers. And there is also provided a shelf on which freshly
washed bed pans or the like can be placed for draining, the shelf being shaped to
lead the water into the basin.
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16 Improvements in Hospital Sinks or Washing and Slop Closets."
I, JOHN SHANKS, of Tubal works, Barrhead, in the County of Renfrew, North
Britain, Sanitary 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:-that is to say :-
'
My said Invention has for its object an improved construction of sink or washing.
and slop closet suitable for hospital use and otherwise.
The Invention comprises an improved combination and arrangement of parts the
most important feature of which is the provision of a vessel somewhat resembling
pedestal water closet made with a siphon or trap bend discharge, and having.
Price 8d1
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page_text: combined with it. a bracket or carrier capable of being turned up or otherwise moved
out of the way, and adapted to receive a bed pan or urine bottle in an inverted or
other convenient position, there being beneath or fixed to the bracket a jet nozzle
and perforated disk or rose supplied with water from pipes which are arranged in
any suitable way.
And in order that iny said Invention and the manner of performing the same may
be properly understood I hereunto append a sheet of explanatory drawings, to be
hereinafter referred to, and showing three modifications of apparatus as made
according to my Invention.
Figure, 1, of the drawings is a vertical section of one modification. Figures, 2,
and 3, are perspective views respectively of a second and third modification the
former being shown with the carrier bracket turned up out of the way while the
latter has a part of the basin broken away to show its carrier in position for use.
these drawings the same reference letters are used to mark the same or like parts
wherever they are repeated.
In
The improved apparatus in form somewhat resembles a pedestal water closet
having a siphon or trap bend discharge, the basin, A, being however by preference
made with its upper part inclining upwards towards the back. Within the basin, A,
there is arranged a bracket or carrier, B, preferably of metal coated with vulcanite or
enamel and adapted to receive, in an inverted position for being washed out, a bed
pan, C, (indicated by dotted lines in figure, 1) or a urine bottle. The bracket or
carrier, B, may be fixed in various ways; for example it may be hinged to a pair of
small brackets, D, within the basin, A, as shown in Figure, 1, or to a hinge piece, E,
on a water inlet pipe, G, at the back upper part of the basin as shown in
figures, 2, and 3; and in each case it is capable of being turned from its position
within the basin up out of the way as shown in figure, 2. Beneath the bracket or
carrier, B, there are, as shown in figure, 1, a jet nozzle, H, and a perforated disk or
rose, J, fixed in any convenient way to the interior of the basin, and fed through a
a pipe or passage, K, and water-supply pipe, L; or the jet nozzle, H, and rose, J,
may be formed in a piece with the carrier, B, as shown in figures, 2, and 3, being fed
through a pipe, M, forming part of the carrier. The nozzle, H, and rose, J, are
provided to project water up into the bed pan, C, or urine bottle. The basin, A, is
also provided with a perforated, slotted, or open rim, N, supplied from a siphonal or
other flushing apparatus, in an overhead cistern, P, for cleaning out the basin, the
flushing apparatus being either automatically intermittent or made to operate by
means of a compressible air ball or water ball, Q, or it might be a handle or a push
button, or other appliance, When slops are to be emptied into the basin, A, or
when the basin is to be used as an ordinary closet (for which purpose a removable
seat piece, R, is provided) the carrier, B, is turned up out of the way.
Cold water only may be supplied to the roses, J, as shown in figures, 1, and 2,
through pipes, L.; or as shown in figure, 3, hot and cold water-supply pipes, L, may
be arranged with valves or taps for directing the hot or cold water or both into the
basiu, A; and additional taps, S, may also be provided for drawing off hot or cold
water into separate vessels, the valves being workable by means of foot levers, T, or
handles. And there may also be provided a shelf on which freshly washed bed pans
or the like can be placed for draining, the shelf being shaped to lead the water into
the basin.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the improved sink or
washing and slop closet substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
2. An improved sink or washing and alop closet, comprising a closet-like vessel
having combined with it a hinged bracket or carrier adapted to receive a bed pan or
urine bottle or the like there being beneath or fixed to the bracket a jet nozzle with

page_text: or without a perforated disk or rose supplied with water suitably arranged
substantially as herein before described.
Dd thin cah of November 1907