Improvements in the Construction of Urinals.
Year: 1888

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Urinals.
I, JOHN PHILLIPS, of Dorney House, Disraeli Road, Putney, in the County of
Surrey, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
This Invention relates to the construction of lipped basins placed at intervals along
the side or sides of an open or. a covered channel for receiving and carrying away
urine. As the urine is voided into the lipped basins, a current of water, running
along the channel and partly into and out of the lipped basins, carries away the urine
into openings round the side of a hollow metal plug standing, near the end of the
channel, in a metal washer let into the head of a pipe which descends into a syphon-
trap overflowing into a drain.. The open or covered channel, and the lipped basins,
are made of stoneware, earthenware, iron, stone, or other material; of suitable sizes
and shapes; and in lengths equal to the length of each urinal. The spaces occupied
by the urinals are divided by slabs of slate, stone, or other material; and in the slabs
near the back holes are cut for the channel to pass through them; and to be fastened
to them by notches at the top, or by flanges and bolts at the bottom and sides. The
ends of the lengths may be made with butt-joints, with spigot and faucet joints, or
with flange-joints, the flanges being placed back from the ends for admitting the
slab divisions between them. The joints of either kind when put together are made
watertight with putty, red-lead, or any hard setting cement. The lengths throughout
are bedded on a stone or brick wall, which may be plastered with cement, or faced
with slate or stone slabs, glazed tiles, or glazed bricks. The back of the urinals,
above the channel, may also be similarly plastered, or similarly faced with slabs, tiles.
or bricks. The lengths of channel at the extreme left and right hand urinals are
made with stopped ends. Through one end a metal pipe, with a regulating stop-cock
thereon, discharges water into the channel with a full or steady flow, or with a flush
by the head or pressure of the water in the pipe; while near the other end the urine
and water discharge through the openings in the hollow plug, and down the pipe
therefrom into the drain, as before mentioned. By occasionally lifting the hollow

page_text: plug out of its seat, and turning the stop-cock full bore, the lipped basins and the
channel are easily emptied and flushed. The water may also he supplied, and the
flushing may also be done, automatically or otherwise, by a suitable pipe brought
down from a cistern overhead. When required, ranges of lipped basins placed back
to back along the sides of an open or a covered channel may be easily constructed
in the middle of a room, yard, area, street, or other place. By the arrangement and
construction of urinals as hereinbefore described the lipped basins and the channels
throughout are kept sweet and clean and neither water nor expenses are wasted, as
at present, by supplying and flushing each urinal separately with water.
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Dated this 15th day of March 1888.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Urinals.
I, JOHN PHILLIPS, of 'Dorney House, Disraeli Road, Putney, in the County of
Surrey, 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 :-
This Invention relates to the construction of projecting lipped basins placed at
intervals along the side or sides of an open or a covered channel or trough for
receiving and carrying away urine. As the urine is voided into the lipped basins, a
current of water running into the upper end of and along the channel or trough, and
partly into and out of the lipped basins, carries away the urine over the brim, or
through openings round the sides, of a movable hollow plug, of iron, brass, or glazed
stoneware, standing in an iron, brass. or glazed stoneware washer or seat let into the
bottom near the lower end of the channel or trough, and discharging into the head
of a pipe which descends into a syphon-trap overflowing into a drain. The open or
covered channel or trough and the lipped basins are made of glazed stoneware,
earthenware, or iron, or of stone or other material; and of suitable sizes, shapes, and
lengths. The channel or trough is divided, by slabs of slate, stone, iron, or other
material, into suitable compartments for voiding urine into the projecting lipped
basins; and in the slabs, near the back thereof, holes are cut for the channel or
trough lengths to pass through them; and to be fastened to them by notches at the
top, or by flanges and bolts at the bottom and sides. The ends of the channel or
trough lengths may be made with butt-joints, spigot and faucet joints, or flange joints.
The Hanges are placed back from the ends of the joints for admitting the slab divisions
between them for bolting the whole together. The joints of either kind when put

page_text: together are made water-tight with red-lead putty, Portland cement, or any other
hard-setting cement. The several channel or trough lengths are bedded in Portland
cement on a stone or brick wall with a slight fall. The wall may be faced with
Portland Cement, slate or stone slabs, or glazed tiles or bricks. The back of the
urinal compartments. above the channel or trough may also be similarly faced with
cement, slabs, tiles, or bricks. The extreme lengths of the channel or trough are
made with stopped ends. Through the upper end a metal pipe, with a regulating
stop-cock thereon, discharges water into the channel or trough with a small, steady,
or full flow. or with a flush by the head or pressure of water in the pipe. Near the
lower end the urine and water discharge over the brim, or through openings round
the sides, of the movable hollow plug, and down the pipe therefrom into the drain, as
before mentioned. By occasionally lifting the hollow plug out of its seat, or partly
turning the same in its seat so as to open a port leading through the hollow plug and
its seat into the channel or trough, and turning the stop-cock on the water-supply pipe
full bore, the lipped basins and the channel or trough are emptied of the water and
urine therein, and also flushed and cleansed. The water may be supplied, and the
flushing effected automatically or otherwise, by a suitable pipe, with a regulating
stop-cock thereon, brought down from a cistern overhead. When required ranges of
lipped basins may be placed back to back along both sides of an open or a covered
channel or trough, and bedded in cement on a stone or brick wall faced as before.
described. By the arrangement and construction of urinals, with the water supply to
and from the same as above described, the lipped basins and the channels or troughs
throughout are maintained in a sweet and clean condition with a much less consumption
of water than has hitherto been used.
I now proceed to describe, with reference to the appended explanatory sheet of
drawings, the manner in which my Invention is or may be carried out in practice.
Fig. 1 is a plan, Fig. 2 a longitudinal section on the dotted line A, A, and Fig. 3 a
transverse section on the dotted line B, B, of a urinal placed in a main street or road.
Along the urinal at each side I build a wall, and upon the wall I bed lengths of
glazed stoneware, which form a channel or trough marked C, with a projecting lipped
basin, marked D, in front of each length. The screens E at the ends of the lengths
divide each channel C into suitable compartments for voiding urine into the lipped
basins D. A current of water is supplied into the upper end of each channel C by a
metal pipe F, with an accessible regulating stop-cock thereon J; and the water, as
well as the urine voided into the lipped basins D, constantly discharge from the lower
end of each channel C over the brim, or through openings round the sides, of a
movable hollow plug G, which communicates, by one or more lengths of pipe H, with
a syphon-trap overflowing into a drain. Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan, and Fig. 5 an
enlarged longitudinal section, of the upper and lower lengths of the channel C,
showing the water-supply pipe F, the hollow plug G, and the discharge pipe H.
When the hollow plug G is lifted out of its seat, and the stop-cock J is turned on
full bore, the lipped basins D and the channel C are emptied, flushed, and cleansed.
Fig. 6 is an enlarged transverse section of the channel and the projecting lipped
basin D, and shews in elevation the lower part of a screen division E. Figs. 7 and 8
are a further enlarged section and plan of the hollow plug G standing in its washer
or seat K, which is fitted and cemented into the discharge pipe H.
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 as novel and original in the same is :-
1. The construction of projecting lipped basins, of glazed stoneware, earthenware,
or iron, placed at intervals along the side or sides of an open or a covered channel or
trough, of glazed stoneware, earthenware, or iron, for receiving and carrying away
urine.
2. The supply of water from an overhead cistern or otherwise to the channel or
trough at the upper end thereof by a metal pipe with an accessible regulating stop-
cock thereon; and the discharge of water and urine from the said channel or trough,

page_text: near the lower end thereof, over the brim, or through openings round the sides, of a
movable hollow plug, of iron, brass, or glazed stoneware, standing in an iron, brass,
or glazed stoneware washer or seating let into the bottom of the channel or trough,
and discharging into the head of a pipe descending into a syphon-trap overflowing
into a drain.
3. The formation of a constant and regulated current of water running along the
channel or trough with projecting lipped basins on the side or sides thereof so that
as urine is voided into the lipped basins it at once mixes with and is carried away by
the passing current of water; and thus the channel or trough and lipped basins are
always maintained sweet and clean with a small consumption of water.
DL: 141.
hon 1900
JOHN PHILLIPS.