IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIPS' WATER CLOSETS
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Lambert, of Short Street, New Cut,
Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, Brass Founder, for the Inven-
tion of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIPS' WATER CLOSETS."
Sealed the 7th April 1854, and dated the 7th October 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Lambert
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 7th October 1853.
I, THOMAS LAMBERT, of Short Street, New Cut, Lambeth, in the
County of Surrey, Brass Founder, do hereby declare the nature of my
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIPS' WATER CLOSETS" to be as
follows:-
The object of this Invention is to construct ships' water closets in
such manner as to prevent or reduce the splashing over of the water in
the basin by the motion of the ship. And the Invention consists of
constructing the basin in two parts; the upper part, and that which
comes near the seat, is conical or hopper formed, and the under basin,
with its valve or pan, may be of any of the ordinary forms, with suit-
able apparatus for moving the valve or pan and for supplying water,
which supply of water, is caused to pass into the upper hopper or cone-

page_text: shaped part of the basin: By this arrangement, when by reason of
movement of the ships, the water in the lower basin is caused to move
or splash, it will, in place of being thrown or splashed on to the seat,
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters-Patent,
filed by the said.Thomas Lambert in the Great Seal Patent Office
. on the 7th April 1854. "
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
THOMAS LAMBERT, of Short Street, New Cut, Lambeth, in the County
of Surrey, Brass Founder, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most-Excellent-Majesty-Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters, Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of October, in the year.
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the seven-
teenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Thomas Lambert, Her special licence
that I, the said Thomas Lambert, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Thomas-Lambert, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN. SHIPS WATER CLOSETS," upon the condition (amongst others), that I.
the said Thomas Lambert, by an instrument in writing under my hand
and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the.
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within. six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Lambert,-do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in aud
by the following statement-thereof (that is to say):

page_text: The object of this "Invention. is to construct ships water closets in
such manner as to prevent.or.reduce the splashing over of the water,in
the basin by the motion of the ship. And, the Invention consists of
constructing the basin in two parts.. the upper part, and that which
comes near the seat, is conical or. hopper formed, and the under basin,
with its valve or pan, may be of any of the ordinary forms; with suit-
able apparatus for. moving the valve or pan and for supplying, water,
which supply of water is caused to pass into the upper hopper or:cones
shaped part of the basin. By this arrangement, when by reason of
movement of the ship the water in the lower basin is caused to move
or splash, it will, in place of being thrown or splashed, on to, the
the seat,
simply.come between the upper and under parts of the basin.
Having thus stated the nature of my said Invention, I will proceed,
to describe the manner of performing the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
The Drawing shows so much of the section of a water closet and of
a. basin constructed according to my Invention- as will enable me to-
describe the same. a, a, is the lower basin, which may be made
similar to an ordinary water closet basin, is the upper part of
the basin, which may be either made in one piece with the basin a,
or separate therefrom. This upper part of the basin is of a hopper
or conical form, as shewn. By this arrangement there will be a space
all round the outer surface of the part b, which is closed at the upper
part of the basin in the manner shewn, or by having the parts a, and b,
in one piece. Hence when by the motion of the ship or vessel in
which such a water closet is fixed the water in the basin a, is agitated,
splashed, and thrown about within the basin a, the water will be pre-
vented passing out of the basin a, on to the seat of the closet by
reason of the part b, of the basin. The supply of water to' wash out
the basin a, and b, and to supply the basin a, above the pan or valve.
is introduced into and distributed in the upper part of the basin b, in
the ordinary manner, and it descends into the lower basin a. I would
remark that the form of the upper part b, of the basin may be varied,
so long as its shape will enable it to act, to prevent the water in the

page_text: lower basin being splashed or thrown out of that basin a, on to or
over the seat.. I have not thought it necessary to shew a complete
ship's water closet, as the parts not shewn form no part of my Inven-
tion, and they are well understood.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
of performing the same, I would have it understood that what I claim
is, the combination of the parts a, and b, in constructing ships' water
closets.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Lambert, have hereunto-
set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of March, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
Witness,
B. GOBEY,
4, Old Square,
Lincoln's Inn.
THO LAMBERT. (L.S.)