AN IMPROVED DISINFECTING AND DEODORISING APPARATUS FOR WATER CLOSETS AND OTHER CLOSETS
Year: 1885

page_text: Closets and other Places.
I JOHN MORCOMBE BROMLY BAKER of 12 Sloane Terrace Sloane Street in the
County of Middlesex Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention
for "AN IMPROVED DISINFECTING AND DEODORISING APPARATUS FOR WATER
CLOSETS AND OTHER CLOSETS " to be as follows:-
:-
According to this invention as applied to water closets I fit inside the pan near
one side of the spreader so as to come under that part of the seat which projects
over the pan a receptacle preferably of a V shape in section or of such shape as to
fit the form of the pan and such receptacle I charge with any suitable disinfectant,.
but not a fluid disinfectant and at the lower part of the said receptacle I tit a
sponge or other suitable porous material so as to communicate with the interior of
the receptacle or instead of such porous material, I may have any arrangement
which will allow some of the water from the spreader to come into contact with
the disinfectant and thus draw a small quantity into the pan when the plug is
pulled up.
For other places than closets it is simply necessary to place the apparatus so
that a portion of the water may come in contact with the disinfectant as above.
Dated this eighteenth day of April 1885

page_text: An Improved Disinfecting and Deodorising Apparatus for Water
Closets and other Places.
I JOHN MORCOMBE BROMLY BAKER of 12 Sloane Terrace Sloane Street in the
County of Middlesex Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
According to this said invention as applied to water closets I fit inside the pan
near one side of the spreader so as to come under that part of the seat which
projects over the pan a receptacle preferably of a V shape in section or of such
shape as to fit the form of the pan and such receptacle I charge with any suitable
disinfectant but not a fluid disinfectant and at the lower part of the said receptacle
1 fit a sponge or other suitable porous material so as to communicate with the
interior of the receptacle or instead of such porous material I may have any
arrangement which will allow some of the water from the spreader to come into
contact with the disinfectant and thus draw a small quantity into the pan when
the plug is pulled up.
For other places than closets it is simply necessary to place the apparatus so that
a portion of the water may come in contact with the disinfectant as above.
And in order to explain my said invention more fully I will now proceed to
describe the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawing in which
Figure 1 shews plan view of my improved apparatus detached.
Figure 2. Elevation of same.
Figure 3. Shews my apparatus as it would appear fitted in the pan of a closet.
Figure 4 shews section of same when fitted.
At each of the above figures similar letters are employed to denote the same
parts.
a shews pan of closet, b my disinfector, c spring clip for holding same, & seat of
closet, e spreader, f capsule screwed on apparatus, fi neck of apparatus provided
with thread for screwing on capsule f, projections for clip c to take hold of as
shewn at fig. 4-h shews nipple and h' shews gauze cap over same or the nipple /
may be made perforated with a number of small holes if made of a suitable material
such as porcelain.
The action is as follows:-
The apparatus constructed as above is charged with a disinfectant such as per
manganate of potash in crystals, by unscrewing the capsule f, it is then fitted in
the pan of a closet for example, by simply pushing the spring c between the seat d
and pan a as shewn at Figure 4 and upon the pan being flushed the water will
impinge against the nipple and thus become charged with the disinfectant as shewa
at figure 3. Where a spreader is not used the disinfector would be fixed near the
inlet of the flush water to the pan so that it may impinge against the nipple h.
The above apparatus may be made of any suitable material in the drawing it is
shewn as being in glass,

page_text: In conclusion I would remark that I do not wish to limit myself to the precise
details hereinbefore described and shewn in the drawing as the same may be varied
without departing from the principle of my said invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
A disinfector or deodorising apparatus fitted to a closet urinal sink or other place
where a disinfectant is desirable consisting of a receptacle containing a disinfectant,
being perforated at its lower end and fitted in the pan of a closet or urinal or other
place so that the flush water may impinge against such perforated part substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.