Improvements in or connected with Water Closet Bowls.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 28th Mar., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Water Closet Bowls.
I, LEWIS MILLER RUMSEY, of Spring Park, Hennepin County, State of
Minnesota, one of the United States of North America, 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 relates to an improved formation of bowl, the object being to
provide a simple, and neat manner of connecting the seat to the bowl.
Heretofore it has been customary to attach the hinging seats to the wall in rear
of the bowl. Subsequently the rear of the closet bowl was extended and a piece
of wood similar to the closet seat was bolted to the extension so as to permit the
seat to be hinged thereto. This arrangement, however, has been found to be very
objectionable as the wood rots, especially around the bolts and makes harbour for
water bugs or other insects. It is the object of my invention to overcome these
objections, and I accomplish the said object by forming an integral extension on
the bowl, and countersinking therein a hinge attaching strip for the hinge. The
hinge attaching strip is countersunk by forming a recess in the upper surface of the
extension, and inserting the block so that it will be held therein securely, as for
example by means of an undercut or dovetail formation of the recess and block.
Figure I is a side elevation, illustrative of my invention.
Fig. II is a top or plan view.
Referring to the drawings: 1 represents a bowl, which is preferably made of
porcelain, and which may be of any desired or approved formation. 2 represents
the seat and 3 the cover. At the rear of the bowl, and formed integral therewith,
is a projection 4, extending above the rim 5 of the bowl. In this projection is
secured a box 6 of wood or other suitable material, to which the hinges 7 of the
lid 2 and cover 3 are secured, by means of screws or other fastenings 8.
I prefer
to dovetail the block 6 into the projection 4, as shown in Fig. I, but I do not desire
to be limited to this manner of setting the block into and securing it to the
projection.
9 represents rubber or other elastic strips located between the block 6 and the
walls of the recess that receive the block, their function being to permit the expan-
sion of the block without breaking the bowl, and to permit the shrinkage of the
block without the latter becoming loose, as the strips will expand sufficiently to
take up the shrinkage of the block.
The upper surface of the projection 4 is preferably on line with, or approxi-
mately on line with the upper surface of the seat, so that the members of the
hinges that are secured to the block 6 project horizontally from their pintles.
By recessing the block into the bowl it is held in place without the use of bolts
or other fastenings which disfigure and weaken the bowl.
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 :-
1. A water closet bowl formed with an integral rear projection, a hinge attaching
block countersunk therein, a seat for said bowl and hinges attaching the seat to
said hinge strip, all in combination substantially as set forth.
2. The combination of a bowl having a recess in its upper surface, a block
located in said recess and held therein, a seat, and hinges connecting said seat to-
said block, substantially as set forth.

page_text: 3. The combination of a bowl, a block set into the bowl, elastic strips between
said block and the walls of the recess in the bowl which receives the block, a seat,
and hinges connecting the seat to said block, substantially as set forth.
4. The combination of a bowl having a projection at its rear, a block dovetailed
into said projection, elastic strips located between said block and the walls of the
recess that receives the block, a seat, and hinges connecting the seat to the block,
substantially as set forth.
Dated this 27th day of January 1896.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.