A COMBINED DRY EARTH CLOSET, CINDER SIEVE, RUBBISH SCREEN, DUST BIN, AND Box FOR THE STORAGE OF DRY EARTH
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Green, of Ipswich, in the County of
Suffolk, for the Invention of "A COMBINED DRY EARTH CLOSET, CINDER
SIEVE, RUBBISH SCREEN, DUST BIN, AND Box FOR THE STORAGE OF DRY
EARTH."
Sealed the 19th January 1875, and dated the 6th October 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Green at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th October 1874.
I, GEORGE GREEN, of Ipswich, in the County of Suffolk, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "A COMBINED DRY EARTH
CLOSET, CINDER SIEVE, RUBBISH SCREEN, DUST BIN, AND BOX FOR THE STORAGE OF
DRY EARTH," to be as follows:-
:-
The object of the Invention is to construct in a simple and cheap
manner a combined dry earth closet, cinder sieve, rubbish screen, dust
bin, and dry earth box, which may be portable or fixed, as may be

page_text: desired, which is not liable to get out of order, and which will admit of
the ready removal of the soil at any time.
For a portable apparatus I preferably form it of wood, zinc, or gal-
vanised iron, and make a foundation or support therefor of sleepers or
timbers of any suitable shape and dimensions, which may be mounted
on wheels or otherwise, as desired. On these sleepers or timbers I erect
the combined parts or apparatus herein-before mentioned, which may be
of any shape desired.
The closet is formed in the usual manner with one or more seats, and
under the closet is a moveable box, pan, tray, or drawer to receive the
soil, which may be removed through a door on the outside of the closet.
At the back of the closet, or it may be at the side, is a moveable cinder
sieve, which is pivotted at one end on a stud, whilst it is capable of
being agitated by means of a lever fixed on an axis either inside or out-
side the closet.
The dust from the sieve falls-on to an inclined plate or shoot, which
delivers the dust into the soil box or pan. At any suitable part, either
at the back or side of the closet, is fixed a rubbish screen and a dry.
earth box, and over the entire is a roof of any suitable material so con-
structed as to keep the various parts perfectly dry.
The dry earth box and rubbish screen are capable of removal to
permit of the removal of the rubbish from the apparatus.
I preferably form the roof of zinc or galvanised iron with the edges on
three sides turned up to form a gutter, and so arranged as to deliver the
rain water at one corner.
If desired my Invention may be applied to existing closets, whether
of wood, brick, stone, or other materials.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors;
give and grant unto me, the said George Green, Her special licence
that I, the said George Green, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said George Green, 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 "A COMBINED DRY
EARTH CLOSET, CINDER SIEVE, RUBBISH SCREEN, DUST BIN, AND BOX FOR THE STORAGE
OF DRY EARTH," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
George Green, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, 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 George Green, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawings here-
unto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that
is to say:
The object of the Invention is to construct in a simple and cheap
manner a combined dry earth closet, cinder sieve, rubbish screen, dust
bin, and dry earth box, which may be portable or fixed, as may be desired,
which is not liable to get out of order, and which will admit of the
ready removal of the soil at any time.
In the accompanying Drawings Figure 1 represents a sectional
elevation, and Figure 2, a sectional plan of a dry earth closet, cinder
sieve, rubbish screen, dust bin, and box for the storage of dry earth.
arranged according to my Invention.
For a portable apparatus I preferably form it of wood, zinc, or gal-
vanised iron, and make a foundation or support therefor of sleepers or

page_text: timbers a of any suitable shape and dimensions, which may be mounted
on wheels or otherwise, as desired. On these sleepers or timbers I erect:
the combined parts or apparatus herein-before mentioned, which may be:
of any shape desired.
The closet is formed in the usual manner with one or more seats b,.
and under the closet is a moveable box, pan, tray, or drawer x to receive
the soil, which may be removed through a door c on the outside of the
closet. At the back of the closet (or it may be at the side) is a moveable.
cinder sieve d, which may be pivotted at one end or side on a stud or-
hinge, whilst it is capable of being agitated by means of a lever e fixed 1
on an axis e'; either inside or outside the closet.
The dust from this sieve d falls on to an inclined plate or shoot fi
which delivers the dust into the soil box or pan. At any suitable part,
either at the back, as shown in the Drawings, or it may be at the side
of the closet, is fixed a rubbish screen 9 and a dry earth box h, and over ]
the entire is a roof i of any suitable material, so constructed as to keep
the various parts perfectly dry.
The dry earth box h and rubbish screen 9 may be capable of removal
to permit of the removal of the rubbish from the apparatus, as described.
in my Provisional Specification, or they may be fixed as shown in the: 2
Drawings, and be provided with doors g¹, h', to afford access to the
screen 9 and dry earth box h.
I preferably form the roof i of zinc or galvanized iron with the edges.
on three sides turned up to form a gutter, and so arranged as to deliver
the rain water at one corner.
If desired my Invention may be applied to existing closets, whether
of wood, brick, stone, or other materials..
2
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the mode:
in which I carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that I.
do not claim the various details herein shown, and described separately 3
considered; but what I claim is,—
The general combination and arrangement of parts forming a dry
earth closet, cinder [sieve, rubbish screen, dust, bin,, and box for the..
storage of dry earth, substantially as herein shewn and described.
I also claim the mode of mounting and operating the sieve din con- 3
nection with a dry closet in manner substantially as herein shown and
described,

page_text: And I also claim the arrangement of a rubbish screen 9 and dry earth
box h in combination with a dry closet in manner substantially as herein
shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Green, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fifth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.