A Combined Slop-pail and Commode.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 29th Sept., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Slop-pail and Commode.
I, THOMAS JAMES SHAW, of 24, John Street, Hanley, in the County of
Stafford, Potter, 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 to a novel combination of slop-pail and commode and is
illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my combined slop-pail and commode with the
seat shut down in position for use:
Figure 2 is a similar view with the seat raised to allow of the removal of the
commode; and,
Figure 3 is a vertical section with the seat removed.
Similar letters in all the figures indicate similar parts.
In carrying out my invention I make use of a vessel a of any suitable shape such
as round, square or elliptical in horizontal section but which I prefer to make round
as shewn in the drawings. This vessel as hereinafter described is designed to serve
when required as a slop-pail for which purpose it is provided with a handle b. The
rim c of the pail is formed or provided with two recesses d, d made diametrically
opposite each other. e is an annular shoulder or flange level with the bottom of the
recesses d, d.
f is a second vessel (which I call the commode) adapted to be placed inside the
vessel a forming the pail; 9, 9 are lugs on the vessel f adapted to enter the recesses d,
and h an annular shoulder which rests upon the flange e thus affording a firm seating
for the commode when placed in the pail. The commode f is advantageously
furnished with a handle i to facilitate its being lifted out of the pail; or if required
the handle could be dispensed with, in which case the lugs g, g could be used for
lifting the commode. The top edge of the commode is made with an annular
groove to receive the flange k on the cover l.
m is a flat hoop or ring secured to the rim c of the pail by a hinge n and serves,
when let down into the position shewn in Figure 1, as a seat for a person using the
commode. Or instead of binging the said seat to the pail it can be made indepen-
dent thereof and be provided with a groove on its underside fitting over a corre-
spondingly shaped rim on the pail.
By this arrangement of combined slop-pail and commode it will be obvious that,
when the vessel is placed within the pail a and the seat m is let down or placed
in position as shewn in Figure 1 and the cover removed, the apparatus can be
used as a commode. Also that if the seat m be raised into the position shewn in
Figure 2 (or removed) and the vessel be lifted out of the vessel a the latter can
be used as a slop-pail.
Besides forming a useful and cleanly addition to a toilet or bedroom suite my
combined slop-pail and commode is particularly adapted for use in sick rooms,
hospitals and like places especially if it be, made of earthenware, porcelain or
the like. It can, however, if required, be made of wood, enamelled iron or other
suitable material.
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 combined slop-pail and commode consisting essentially of two vessels adapted

page_text: hoop which can serve as a seat and the inner vessel with a suitable cover substan-
tially as, and for the purpose, set forth.
2. A vessel adapted to be used as a slop-pail and having a seat such as m and
provided with recesses and an annular shoulder for receiving a second vessel or
commode as herein before described and illustrated in the drawings.
3. A vessel serving as a commode and provided with lugs adapted to pass into
recesses in a slop-pail and a shoulder for resting upon the annular shoulder in the
slop-pail, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
4. The improved combined slop-pail and commode hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 25th day of August 1894.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.