A Combination Toilet or Slop Pail and Bidet.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 11th Jan., 1896 Accepted, 15th Feb., 1896
IRUVIDIONAL STELLD
A Combination Toilet or Slop Pail and Bidet.
EDWARD STEBBING Gentleman 38 Great Russell Street London W.C. do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
This invention consists of a combination of a toilet pail, or slop pail, with a
bidet.
The upper part or lid of the toilet pail is constructed with an appliance by which
the hole, through which the water usually passes into the pail, can be blocked when
desired. A basin is thus formed which being supported on the pail at a convenient
height and being of suitable form can be used as a bidet; the water after use being
allowed to fall into the pail. The shape, form, & size of the whole utensil are
such as to make it equally convenient and suitable for either a toilet pail or a
bidet.
Dated this 11th day of Anzil 1905
A COM
I, EDWARD STEBBING, of 38 Great. Russell Street, in the County of London,.
Gentleman, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to provide an improved toilet or slop pail which
when desired can likewise be used as a bidet.
My improved toilet or slop pail is so constructed that it can be readily arranged
to form a bidet and returned to its former or normal condition by merely turning
or adjusting a screw plug or valve as hereinafter. described, or by the insertion or
removal of any other convenient plug or stopper.
The accompanying drawing illustrates one form of my invention.
Figure 1 being a plan, and
Figure 2 an elevation partly in section showing my improved combination toilet
or slop pail and bidet.
Figures 3, 4 and 5 are matters of detail.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawing.
A is the pail which may be formed of porcelain, earthenware, metal or other
suitable material, and is preferably of an elongated or oval form in transverse
section and tapering more or less to its lower extremity. B is the lid, tray or basin
fitting into the said pail, and forming a sink into which the slops or waste water are
usually poured, which latter runs or passes through suitable holes or apertures B¹, B¹
formed in a small well or pocket B³, to the pail beneath. C is a plug or valve
which normally acts as a guard or shield over the said well B and apertures Bl
and also as a knob or handle to enable the said lid tray or basin to be lifted but
which, when the pail is intended to be used as a bidet, can be screwed down so as
to prevent any water that may be placed in the basin B from passing to the said

page_text: well and apertures and running out of the. latter. The plug or valve C is
preferably fitted with an indiarubber or other suitable washer or ring C' so as to
facilitate the formation of a fluid-tight joint. In case however that I find it
preferable to employ another form of plug 1 may do away with the well or
pocket B so that the basin B is left with a simple hole at its bottom which may be
closed by any suitable plug or stopper when required for use as a bidet. A special
form which I might prefer to employ would be double ended as shown in Figure 3.
When this plug is required to completely block the hole it is inserted by the end E.
The section in this case is shown in Figure 4. When however the utensil is in use
as a toilet pail and the hole must not be blocked the plug is inserted by the other
end H and the section of this being as shown in Figure 5 the water readily passes
through. The plug is by this arrangément kept ready to hand and is not likely to
be lost.
It will be seen that the basin or tray B is formed of sufficient depth to serve,
when required, as a bidet and is moreover readily removable from the pail, being
held in position therein by a rim B which engages with, or rests upon, the upper
edge of the pail A. The rim B³ is preferably rounded so as to admit of a person
using the article as a bidet sitting thereon, and it overhangs or projects for a
suitable distance inwardly so as to form a slop-top and prevent or diminish the
splashing or spilling of the water over the edge thereof during use.
It will be seen that my improved pail forms a very convenient combination
article, and can be easily converted from a toilet or slop pail into a bidet or
vice teṛ:û.
Having new 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 toilet or slop pail so constructed, that it can be employed either as a slop
sink or as a bidet substantially as set forth.
2. In a combination toilet or slop pail and bidet a lid, tray or basin provided with
oue or more apertures such as B', preferably formed in a well or pocket B2 and a
plug or valve C acting either as a guard or shield or as a stopper substantially as
set forth.
3. In a combination toilet or slop pail and bidet a lid, tray or basin provided
with a stopper substantially as described with reference to Figures 3, 4 and 5 of the
accompanying drawing.
4. A combined toilet or slop pail and bidet,constructed substantially as described
with reference to Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 11th day of January 1896.
A. F. SPOONER,
124 Chancery Lane, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.