Improvements in the Construction of Cast Metal Lavatory Stands.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left. 22nd Dec. 1896-Accepted, 13th Feb., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Cast Metal Lavatory Stands.
I, GEORGE DONALD INNES, of 55 Richmond Grove West, Longsight,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Foundry Manager, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in the construction of cast metal lavatory
stands, and the object of my improvements is chiefly to adapt the friezes and
standards so that the same castings will suit several sizes of basins.
To effect this I form the corner pieces of the frieze with slots near each end so
that the front and side friezes may be contracted or lengthened as required to suit
any particular size of basin. In place of using loose corner pieces either the front
or both side friezes may have pieces cast on them with slots into which the corre
sponding side pieces or front piece would be fastened by bolts which could be
adjusted in the slots as required to suit any size of basin.
In order that the end pieces may be used to abut against flush walls or that they
may be moved away from the wall to clear a skirting board or supply or waste
pipes, I cast a slot in the frieze, or it might be in the standards, or in both parts,
to allow the standards to be set nearer to or farther from the wall as required and
then connect the side friezes to the standards by bolts which pass through
the slots.
I also propose to secure to or cast on the inside of each standard a bracket with
a slot so that a connecting rod of iron, wood, or any other suitable material can
be secured to the brackets on the standards and by means of bolts or other suitable
fastenings passing through the slots the standards can be adjusted to suit any
required width.
1st dow of February 1896
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant..
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Cast Metal Lavatory Stands.
I, GEORGE DONALD INNES, of 55 Richmond Grove West, Longsight,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Foundry Manager, 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 improvements in the construction of cast metal lavatory
stands, and the object of my improvements is chiefly to adapt the friezes and
standards so that the same castings will suit several sizes of basins.
To effect this I form the corner pieces of the frieze with slots near each end so
that the front and side friezes may be contracted or lengthened as required to suit

page_text: any particular size of basin. In place of using loose corner pieces either the
front or both side friezes may have pieces cast on them with slots into which the
corresponding side pieces or front piece would be fastened by bolts which could
be adjusted in the slots as required to suit any size of basin.
In order that the end pieces may be used to abut against flush walls or that they
may be moved away from the wall to clear a skirting board or supply or waste
pipes, I cast a slot in the frieze, or it might be in the standards, or in both parts,
to allow the standards to be set nearer to or farther from the wall as required and
then connect the side friezes to the standards by bolts which pass through
the slots.
. I also propose to secure to or cast on the inside of each standard a bracket with
a slot so that a connecting rod of iron, wood, or any other suitable material can
be secured to, the brackets on the standards and by means of bolts or other suitable
fastenings passing through the slots the standards can be adjusted to suit any
required width.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings-
Figure 1 is a front sectional elevation, Fig. 2 a side elevation, and Fig. 3 a plan
of a cast metal lavatory stand constructed according to my improvements.
Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views illustrating a mode of adjustably connecting a
loose corner piece to the front and side friezes respectively.
Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate modes of making the lavatory stands adjustable in one
direction only.
Referring first to the construction illustrated by Figs. 1 to 5,-a designates the
standards which may extend to the floor as shown or may be merely brackets
secured to the wall b. The standards a support the side friezes e to which they
are secured adjustably by means of bolts d fixed in slots as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,
and the ends of the front frieze e are adjustably connected to the side friezes c by
the loose corner pieces which are slotted and secured by bolts g as clearly shown
in the drawings and particularly in the detail views Figs. 4 and 5.
Further, the standards a are coupled by a rod h the ends of which are secured
by bolts to slotted brackets a¹ cast or separately fixed on the inside of the
standards a.
It will be obvious from the drawings and the preceding description that by this
improved construction the side friezes c and the front frieze e, as well as the rod h,
can be adjusted to accommodate a maximum or minimum or any intermediate size
of basin k.
Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate two arrangements in which I dispense with loose corner
pieces but by which I obtain an adjustment in one direction only. In Fig. 6 the
side frieze c has a slotted extension by means of which it is secured adjustably by
the bolt g to the front frieze e so that the stand can be adapted to receive basins
of different lengths but of only one width. In Fig. 7 the front frieze e has the
slotted extension by means of which it is secured adjustably by the bolt g to the
side frieze c so that in this case the stand can be adapted to receive basins of
different widths but of only one length.
Instead of the slots and bolts shown and described any other suitable means
may be employed for connecting the parts together adjustably. Again, instead
of each standard or wall bracket a and its side frieze c being made as separate
pieces connected together adjustably they may be cast together in one piece.
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. Constructing the several parts of cast metal lavatory stands in such a
manner that said parts may be secured together adjustably in any required
position to receive basins of different sizes substantially as herein set forth.
2. The combination with the side friezes e and the front frieze e, of the corner

page_text: cuing said friezes adjustably together substantially as and for
the purposes herein set forth.
3. The combination with the side friezes c, of the front frieze e connected
together adjustably in either of the modes described with reference to Figs. 6
and 7.
4. The several arrangements and combinations embodying my improvements
in the construction of cast metal lavatory stands substantially as and for the
purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 21st day of December 1896.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
17 St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for Applicant.