Improvements in or connected with Water and Slop Closets.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left. 17th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 18th Feb., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Water and Slop Closets.
I, SAMUEL STEVENS HELLYER of 21 Newcastle Street, in the County of
London, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention has for its object to provide a water or slop closet which is cheaply
made compact and firmly fixable, so as to project from a wall and leave the floor
space underneath it free and accessible so that the closet and its surroundings can
be kept clean with ease. According to my invention I form, in one with the basin
of the closet, a projection, or projections which is, or are, of a length to allow of
being built into a wall sufficiently deeply to give a firin hold and of a thickness
sufficient to afford the requisite strength. The material should be such as will not
be liable to fracture when the weight of the person is upon the closet
Suitable
materials are fire-clay or iron, but I do not limit myself to those materials. The
said projection is, or projections are, preferably roughened or formed with ribs, or
grooves, or the like, to give a firm hold when it is, or they are, built into the wall.
The trap of the closet, or the ontlet pipe therefrom, inay pass through, or along,
the wall, either at the back, or at one of the sides, and may constitute a further
means of firmly securing the basin of the closet to the wall without attachment to
the floor.
Dated this 22nd day of April 1892
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Water and Slop Closets.
I, SAMUEL STEVENS HELLYER of 21 Newcastle Street in the County of
London, 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 :-
My invention has for its object to provide a water or slop closet which is cheaply
made, compact and firmly fixable so as to project from a wall and leave the floor
space underneath it free and accessible so that the closet and it surroundings can
be kept clean with ease.
According to my invention I form in one with the basin of the closet, a projection
or projections which is or are of a length to allow of being built into or fixed or
secured to a wall so as to give a firm hold and of a thickness sufficient to afford the
requisite strength. The material of which the closet basin and projection or pro-
jections are made should be such as will not be liable to fracture when the weight
of the person is upon the closet. Suitable materials are fire clay, or iron, but I do
not limit myself to those materials. The said projection is, or projections are,
preferably roughened, or formed with ribs, grooves perforations or the like to give
a firm hold when it is or they are built into the wall.
The trap of the closet or the outlet pipe therefrom may pass through or along
the wall, either at the back or at one of the sides, and may constitute a further
means of firmly securing the basin of the closet to the wall without attachment to
the floor.

page_text: If preferred the joint of the closet to the outlet pipe or trap may be inwards
of the wall so that leakage therein can be readily detected.
Figure 1 is a side elevation and Figure 2 is a plan of a water closet constructed
according to my invention.
A is the closet basin having formed in one therewith a projection B extending
from the back of the basin and provided at C with a socket for the reception of
the flushing water supply pipe D the socket C being in communication with the
flushing rim E of the closet. The projection B is made of such thickness and
length as to afford, when built into or secured to the wall F, sufficient strength to
bear the weight of a person on the basin A. and this may be supplemented by stay
bars if desired. The projection B may be made flush with the flushing rim E or
above or below it but in order to provide additional strength I prefer to make the
back portion of the closet have a bearing against the wall F as shewn at G. To
retain the projection firmly in a wall it may be roughened or provided with grooves,
or recesses, or a recess, as shewn at a (for example) to form a bond for the cement,
or the like, when it is built into the wall a perforation or perforations, may be
used for the insertion of a bolt or bolts, H is the outlet from the closet which
outlet may pass through an opening in the wall as shewn or it may be built into or
rest against the face of the wall or be secured thereto, in any convenient way so
as to afford additional support to the closet if so desired and the outlet pipe may
he arranged so that its joint with the outlet of the closet is built into the wall or
is inwards of the wall and then any leakage therein can be readily dectected.
In the latter case it may be desirable to support the closet so that it projects
farther into the apartment for which purpose iron or other bearers can be built
into the wall to receive between them the projection or projections of the closet.
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 water closet or slop closet having a projection or projections formed in one
with the basin and such as can be firmly built into or secured to a wall and afford
the requisite strength to support the weight of a person on the closet without
liability to fracture and without support from the Hoor substantially as herein-
before described.
Dated this 17th day of January 1802
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C., Agents.