CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN BASINS FOR WATERCLOSETS
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henri Adrien Bonneville, of the British and
Foreign Patent Offices, 18, Rue de. la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris,
France, and 6, Piccadilly, in the County of Middlesex, Patent
Agent, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN BASINS FOR
WATERCLOSETS."-A communication from Jabez Burns, residing at
New York, Manufacturer, Charles Stanton Higgins and William
Burd Higgins, both residing at Brooklyn, New York, Manufacturers,
both of the United States of America.
Scaled the 9th October 1874, and dated the 13th April 1874.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Henri Adrien Bonneville
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and
Declaration, on the 13th April 1874, pursuant to the 9th Section
of the Patent Law.Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRI
ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Foreign Patent Offices, 18, Ruc
de la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, France, and 6, Piccadilly, in the County
of Middlesex, Patent Agent, send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BASINS FOR WATERCLOSETS," communicated to me by Jabez Burns,
a person resident at New York, Manufacturer, Charles Stanton Higgins,
and William Burd Higgins, two persons resident at Brooklyn, New
York, Manufacturers, both of the United States of America, and have
petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto me, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for the same, and made solemn
Declaration that it is a communication.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, do hereby
declare that the following Complete Specification, under my hand and
seal, fully describes and ascertains the nature of the Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, reference being had
to the accompanying Drawings, and to the figures and letters marked
thereon, that is to say :-..
This Invention consists in the arrangement of a pocket or receptacle
in the basin of a watercloset, said pocket being intended for the reception
of soap or other disinfecting material and situated in the course of the
water injected into the basin, in such a manner that the water before
it passes through the basin takes up a portion of the disinfecting
material, and thereby the bad odor is destroyed and at the same time
the receptacle retains the disinfecting material and prevents it from
clogging up the discharge opening or openings of the basin.
This Invention is illustrated in the accompanying Drawings, in which
Figure 1 represents a transverse section of this Invention; Figure 2 is
a sectional plan of the same.
Similar letters indicate corresponding
parts.
In the Drawings the letter A designates the basin of a watercloset,
which may be made in the form represented in the Drawings, or in the
form generally used for urinals. The water which is used for washing
out the basin is injected through a pipe B, and in the interior of the
basin is arranged a pocket or receptacle C which is intended for the
reception of a piece D of soap or other disinfecting material, said pocket
is so situated that the water admitted by the pipe B has to sweep over
the disinfecting material contained in the same, while at the same time
the pocket is open, so that it does not interfere with the free passage
of the water through the basin.

page_text: For basins of urinals the position of the pocket will be changed to
correspond to the position of the water supply openings, and the pocket
may be firmly secured to the basin, or it may be attached thereto by
hooks or other suitable means.
If the pocket is made as shown in the Drawing it may be provided
with a stopper E in one end, so that the water admitted through the
pipe B is compelled to pass out at the opposite end, and if desired; the
shell of the pocket may be perforated with more or less small holes to
increase the disinfecting effect of the water and of the disinfecting
material.
The water on passing through the pocket sweeps over the disinfecting
material and it takes up a quantity of it, so that by the solution thus
injected into the basin the bad odor liable to arise from said basin under
certain circumstances is counteracted and destroyed.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, and the
manner of carrying it into effect, I claim and wish to secure by the said
Royal Letters Patent, the arrangement of a pocket C for the reception
of soap or other disinfecting material in the basin A of a watercloset,
substantially in the manner herein shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, have
hereto set my hand and seal, this Fourth day of April, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.