Improvements in Urinals.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 24th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 24th Dec.. 1895
Date of
on, 24th Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 24th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 24th Dec.. 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Urinals.
I THOMAS ELLIOTT of 37 John Dalton Street, Manchester in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to that class of urinal which usually consists of slabs of
slate or enamelled iron. These are most expensive to manufacture and are
impossible to repair, besides which the enamel in time becomes deteriorated by
the urine.
The object of my invention is to make a more perfectly sanitary urinal at a
smaller cost than is at present possible.
According to this invention, instead of using enamelled plates or slabs I make
use of glass slabs having by preference a roughened back which I cement to
moulded slabs of fired clay or other suitable material.
I propose to form clay mouldings with one two or more spaces or recesses by
preference in one continuous curve, each moulding forming the whole or one half,
third, or lesser vertical section of the urinal; or these mouldings may each form
only one half or part of one half or other portion of a single space, or any part
of a series of spaces where a large number of spaces are required in one lavatory
or place.
To the curved side of these mouldings I cement closely edge to edge curved
plates of glass which I prefer to form with rough or granular backs to make them
adhere firmly to the cement.
The slabs of glass are set as before stated quite close together, and will not be
deleteriously acted upon in any way by the urine.
Urinals formed according to my invention will be therefore much more durable
than those now in use and can be readily repaired in case of accidental damage.
By the use of slabs of colored glass they may be made quite ornamental with
little expense.
Dated this 23rd day of January 1896.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Urinals.
I THOMAS ELLIOTT, of 37 John Dalton Street, Manchester in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
5 manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to that place of "singl
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page_text: slate or enamelled iron. These are most expensive to manufacture and are
impossible to repair, besides which the enamel in time becomes deteriorated by
the urine.
The object of my invention is to make a more perfectly sanitary urinal at a
smaller cost than is at present possible.
According to this invention, instead of using enamelled plates or slabs I make
use of glass (preferably sheet glass) slabs having by preference a roughened back
which I cement to moulded slabs of fired-clay or other suitable material.
I propose to form clay mouldings with one or two or more spaces or recesses by
preference in one continuous curve, each moulding forming the whole or one half
third or lesser vertical section of the urinal; or these mouldings may each form
only one half or part of one half or other portion of a single space, or any part
of a series of spaces where a large number of spaces are required in one lavatory
or place.
To the curved side of these mouldings I cement closely edge to edge curved
plates of glass preferably sheet glass which I prefer to form with rough or
granular backs to make them adhere firmly to the cement.
The slabs of glass are set as before stated quite close together, and will not be
deleteriously acted upon in any way by the urine.
Urinals formed according to my invention will be therefore much more durable
than those now in use and can be readily repaired in case of accidental damage.
By the use of slabs of coloured glass they may be made quite ornamental with
little expense..
In order that my invention may if requisite be more fully understood I have
annexed hereto a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof.
Fig. 1 on the drawings is a front elevation and Fig. 2 a plan of a urinal, with
a single space, made according to my invention.
a is the glass facing as above described, b is the moulding to which the facing a
is cemented.
The moulding bis shewn as made in three sections joined at the lines A and B.
Two (or more) of these single spaced mouldings may be placed side by side as
shewn by the plan of a double urinal at Fig. 3.
Or a double urinal may be made by double spaced mouldings as seen in plan at
Fig. 4, on which the dotted lines c shew. that such mouldings may be made in
segments.
It is also preferable to make the glass covered faces of these mouldings in one
continuous curve (see Figs. 1, 3 and 4).
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 :-
A urinal formfed of moulded sections of clay or other suitable material coated
with a facing of glass, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
Dated this 23rd day of November 1896.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.