Improvements in Urinals.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 19th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 19th Oct., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Urinals.
I, WILLIAM LEE BEARDMORE, of 7 Little Queen Street, in the City of Westminster,
Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates more particularly to the construction of urinals for the use of
females, and the object of the said invention is to prevent contact of the person with
the urinal, it being well known that in the case of females, especially, their person
has usually to come in contact with the water closet or other like appliance and that in
consequence there is danger of disease being transmitted from the person of one
user to a future user, particularly in the case of public closets or conveniences.
My improved urinal consists of a basin or pan, formed of earthenware, having a
narrow rounded rim of such form that the surface in contact with the person
reduced to very small dimensions. This rim turns over inwards to form an annular
flushing arrangement, and a suitable trap is provided at the bottom of the basin,
such trap being either formed in one with the basin or made of iron or lead and
properly connected therewith.
Annular covers are provided to fit over the top of the rim of the basin. These
covers are curved to fit the rim and are made of paper, papier-mache, or other
suitable light and cheap material. The intention being that one of these covers
shall be placed upon the basin each time it is used and be burnt or otherwise
destroyed immediately afterwards, thus ensuring a perfectly clean fresh surface for
contact with the person of each user of the urinal.
Dated this 19th day of December 1888.
AMBROSE MYALL,
21, Cockspur Street, S.W., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Urinals.
I, WILLIAM LEE BEARDMORE, of 7 Little Queen Street, in the City of Westminster,
Civil Engineer, 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 more particularly to the construction of urinals for the use of
females, and the object of the said invention is to prevent contact of the person with
the urinal, it being well known, that in the case of females especially, their person
has usually to come in contact with the water-closet or other like appliance, and
that in consequence there is danger of disease being transmitted from the person
of one user to a future user, particularly in the case of public closets or
conveniences.
In the accompanying three sheets of drawings, Fig. 1 is a plan and Fig. 2 a
sectional elevation of a urinal for females constructed in accordance with my
invention; Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views of a urinal of modified construction, and
Figs. 5 and 6 are similar views shewing a further modification.
Similar letters of reference denote similar parts throughout the drawings.
My improved urinal consists of a basin or pan A, made of earthenware, and
having a narrow rounded rim B of such form that the surface in contact with the
person of the user is reduced to very small dimensions. This rim turns over
inwards to form an annular flushing arrangement, and a suitable. trap C is provided
at the bottom of the basin. In Figs. 1 and 2 the trap is of earthenware formed in
one with the basin A, in Figs. and 4 the trap is of lead, and in Figs. 5 and 6

page_text: of iron, joined to the earthenware basin A at D. In these two latter cases a tray E,
with a waste pipe F, is provided to carry off any leakage which may occur at the
joint D, or in the event of overflow from the basin; a depression H is provided
in the flushing rim to take such overflow.
Annular covers J are provided to fit over the top of the rim B of the basin A.
These covers are curved to fit the rim, as shewn clearly in section, and are made of
paper, papier-mache, or other suitable light and cheap material. The intention being
that one of these covers shall be placed upon the basin each time it is used, and be
burnt or otherwise destroyed immediately afterwards, thus ensuring a perfectly
clean fresh surface for contact with the person of each user of the urinal, but I
wish it to be understood that the urinal may be used without the covers, if desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A urinal for the use of females, formned of a basin A and a trap C, the basin A
having a narrow rounded rim B, turned down to form an annular Hushing arrange-
ment and so shaped that the surface in contact with the person of the user is of very
small dimensions, substantially as herein set forth.
2. Annular covers J to fit over the rim of a urinal for the use of females, sub-
stantially as herein set forth.
3. The combination with a urinal for the use of females, as set forth in the first
claim, of covers J, as set forth in the preceeding claim.
4. A urinal for the use of females, constructed with a narrow rounded rim B, and
provided with covers J, substantially as herein described and shewn with reference to
Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
5. A urinal for the use of females, constructed with a narrow rounded rim B, and
provided with covers J, substantially as herein described and shewn with reference to
Figs. 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
6. A urinal for the use of females, constructed with a narrow rounded rim B, and
provided with covers J, substantially as herein described and shewn with reference to
Figs. 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 19th day of September 1889.
AMBROSE MYALL,
21, Cockspur Street, S.W., Agent for the Applicant.