Improved Bed Pan.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Mar., 1895-Accepted, 13'h 4pr., 1895
Improved Bed Pan.
I, MOSES SAMUEL DIAMOND, Manufacturer, of 409 Fourth Avenue, New
York City, in the County and State of New York, United States of America,
do hereby declare the nature of my 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 improvement in bed pans, and it has for its object to
provide a means whereby the bed pan may be rendered exceedingly comfortable
to the patient, and which may be constructed of a minimum of thickness at its
tapered or forward end, and principally to provide a means whereby the bed pan
may be expeditiously and conveniently cleansed, and whereby also said pan may be
rendered very light yet durable and economic in construction.
The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several
parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this
Specification, in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding
parts in both the views.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved bed pan; aud
Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section, through the same, illustrating, in
dotted lines, the door open for the purpose of cleaning.
In carrying out the invention, the body A of the bed pan is given the usual
shape, except that at its forward end A it is considerably reduced in thickness
over the china or other forms of bed pans heretofore constructed. The pan is
preferably made of zinc, or a similar material, whereby it is both durable and light,
and it is provided with the usual opening 10 in its upper concaved face.
At the rear of the body a tubular handle 11 is located, which handle is made to
extend upwardly and rearwardly at more or less of an acute angle to the body, its
downward inclination being exceedingly decided. At the forward end of the pan
au opening 12 is made in the bottom, extending a predetermined distance rearward,
the opening commencing at the forward edgo; and this opening is normally closed
through the medium of a door 13 capable of dropping downward, the said door
being of such length as to extend preferably beyond the forward edge of the body
of the pan, as shown in the drawings; and being preferably provided at both ends
and at its forward side with upwardly and inwardly ourved flanges, adapted to
hold in place a sealing covering 14, constructed preferably of rubber, and so placed
upon the door that it will arch upward from the body of the latter, as is best
shewn in Figure 2.
A keeper 15 is located upon the forward edge of the pan, preferably made in
the shape of an angular tapering bar of yoke-like construction, and made from one
piece of material, whereby the said keeper by being hinged or pivoted upon the
front edge of the body may be thrown upward to permit the door to drop, as
shewn in dotted lines in Figure 2; or may be made to engage with the outwardly-
extending forward edge of the door and hold the latter in its upper position and in
sealing contact with the margin of the opening 12 in the bottom of the pan.
It will be observed that by constructing the pau in the manner above set forth,
namely of sheet metal, and likewise providing it with the door 13, by placing the
bandle 11 under a tap, or by pouring water into the said handle and opening tho
door, the pan may be not only expeditiously but thoroughly cleansed, and likewise

page_text: may be thoroughly aired. It is, further, obvious that when making the pan of
sheet metal, the nose or forward end thereof may be so reduced in thickness as not
to inconvenience a patient when the pan is being placed in position, or when the
pan is in use, and the exceeding lightness of the pan will euable one, even though
possessed of but little strength, to carry it from place to place, and successfully
place it in position.
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 bed pan provided with an opening adapted to be closed by a trap door, the
opening and door being located at the lower forward portion of the pan,
substantially as shewn and described.
2. A bed pan provided with an opening in the lower portion of its forward end,
a door adapted to normally cover the said opening, and a keeper whereby the door
will be held in sealing contact with the walls of the said opening, as and for the
purpose specified.
3. As an improved article of manufacture, a bed pan having an inclined upper
surface and provided with an opening at its bottom at the extreme forward end
and with a door for closing the said opening, as and for the purpose specified.
4. As an improved article of manufacture, a bed pan having an inclined upper
surface and provided with an opening in its bottom at the extreme forward end, a
door hinged to the bottom at the rear edge of the opening therein, and means for
locking the said door closed, substantially as described.
5. In a bed pan, the combination, with the body having an inclined upper
surface and provided with an opening in its bottom at the extreme forward ond, of
a door hinged to the bottom at the rear edge of the opening thereof, and a yoke-
shaped keeper hinged to the forward edge of the body of the opening and engaging
the door to hold it closed substantially as described.
6. In a bed pan, the combination, with a body having an inclined upper surface
and provided with an opening in its bottom at the extreme forward ond, of a door
hinged to the bottom at the rear edge of the opening thereof, an arched sealing
cover secured to the upper surface of the door, and a keeper hinged to the forward
edge of the pan and engaging the said door, substantially as described.
7. A bed pan, the same comprising a body having au inclined upper surface and
provided with an opening therein on the bottom at its closed or forward edge, a
hinged door adapted to seal the said opening and capable of uncovering the same,
a hinged keeper whoreby the door is held in sealing position, and a tubular handle
located at the rear of the body, substantially as shewn and described.
8. A bed pan constructed, substantially as herein shewn and described.
Dated this 2nd day of March 1905
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.