Improvements in the Seats of Closets.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Seats of Closets.
I, WILLIAM MENZIES, "Golspie," Englefield Green, Surrey, Architect, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows, namely:-
The construction of the seats of closets in such a way that the seat is made
in two parts capable of detachment, so that the one portion may be readily
removed and thoroughly cleansed or disinfected. The central part which is
liable to be fouled may be made in the form of a suitably shaped ring of vul-
canized fibre or other material which will resist deterioration when being disin-
fected, the ring being fitted into a recess formed in the seat board and temporarily
fastened thereto either by springing into place or by means of horizontal pins
projecting inwards from the edge of the seat board into holes provided in the
edges of the ring or some equivalent method.
I, WILLIAM MENZIES, of "Golspie," Englefield Green, Surrey, Architect, 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 this invention is to provide means whereby the central portion
of a closet seat, that is to say the part which is adjacent to the hole or opening,
and which is most liable to be fouled, and require to be frequently cleanse or
disinfected, may be easily removed or detached from the seat for these purposes.
In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 represents a plan view of a closet seat
fitted in accordance with my invention, Figures 2 and 3 transverse sections on
lines X-X and Y-Y of Figure 1.
A is the seat which may be of wood or other suitable material hinged at B to
the stile, sill, or bearer in the usual way. D is a plate, sheet, or ring, of
vulcanized fibre, celluloid, or other suitable non-absorbent material which will
not be deteriorated by the action of urine or disinfectants, so shaped as to
completely surround and envelop all that part of the seat which is liable to be
fouled or to require to be disinfected.
The plate, sheet, or ring D is preferably recessed into the seat A as shewn,
the sides of the recesses being square or undercut as desired, and the plate may

page_text: be laid, slid, or sprung into these recesses, and may be held securely therein
by the horizontal pins or wires E which pass through holes in the seat suffi-
ciently far for their ends or points to enter holes or recesses in the edges of the
plate, sheet, or ring 1), the outer ends of such pins or wires being bent over as
shewn at F and adapted to lie in recesses formed in the outer edges of the seat A,
their extreme ends being preferably arranged to project slightly beyond the
lower corner of the seat as shewn so as to facilitate their withdrawal when
required.
Or the plate, sheet, or ring D may be held in place in any other suitable or
convenient manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
First. A closet seat with a detachable plate, sheet, or ring surrounding the hole
or opening, and adapted to be easily removed therefrom when desired, substan-
tially as described with reference to the drawings.
Second. In a closet seat the combination of a detachable plate, sheet, or ring
with means for attaching and detaching the same substantially as described and
for the purposes specified.
Dated this 24th day of July 1899.
W. MENZIES,
Per W. H. Beck,
115, Cannon Street, London, E.C., Agent.