Year: 1886

page_text: I GEORGE JAMES Frederick Tate, of 219 Brixton Road, in the county of Surrey,
Engineer, lo horoby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the construction and application to closets and commodes of
a lid or cover whereby a charge of carbon or other suitable deodorizing powder or dry
earth or ashes is automatically distributed over the excreta and urine by the action of
closing the said lid or cover.
For this purpose I construct the lid or cover in the form of a box or chamber in
which I arrange one or moro inclined passages opening at one end into the box or
chamber and at the other end (when the lid or cover is closed) into the pan or the like
of the closet or commode in such a manner that (the box or chamber being supplied
with carbon or the like) when the lid or cover is opened a quantity of the carbon or
the like will enter the said passages and will, on the lid or cover being closed, descend
through the passages into the pan or other receptacle on to the excreta and urine
which will thereby he deodorized. The said passages will then form a communication
between the interior of the said pan or other receptacle and the interior of the lid or
cover and by this means the nauseous effluvia or foul gases which may emanate from
the contents of the closet or commode will enter the lid or cover and will by contact
with the contents thereof be deodorized and rendered innocuous.
A packing is provided preferably of india rubber so mado that it can rest upon the
inner margin of the seat-hole or preferably it can fit round the edge of the seat-hole.
By this means finely divided powder, which is so necessary for perfect deodorization
can be employed as the said powder will be thereby prevented from becoming deposited
on the seat of the closet or commode.
An opening closed by a suitable stopper or cover is provided in the lid or cover for
the introduction therein of the carbon or the like.
I provide a suitable folding or loose stop or cover which I apply to the passages,
channels or holes through which the carbon is distributed into the pan or the like
when the commode or closet is not required for use, or when the chamber is to be
filled with carbon or the like.
Dated the 17th day of November 1886.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in and Applicable to Closets and Commodes.
I, GEORGE JAMES FREDERICK TATE, of 219, Brixton Road, in the county of Surrey,
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 :-
My invention relates to the construction and application to closets and commodes of
a lid or cover whereby a charge of carbon or other suitable deodorizing powder or dry
earth or ashes is automatically distributed over the excreta and urine by the action of
closing the said lid or cover.
For this purpose I construct the lid or cover in the form of a box or chamber in
which 1 arrange one or more inclined passages opening at one end into the box or
chamber and at the other end (when the lid or cover is closed) into the pan or the like
of the closet or commode in such a manner that (the box or chamber being supplied
with carbon or the like) when the lid or cover is opened a quantity of the carbon or
the like will enter the said passages and will, on the lid or cover being closed, descend
through the passages into the pan or other receptacle on to the excrota and urine
which will thereby be deodorized. The said passages will then form a communication
between the interior of the said pan or other receptacle and the interior of the lid or
cover and by this means the nauseous effluvin or foul gases which may emanate from
the contents of the closet or commode will enter the lid or cover and will, by contact
with the contents thereof, be deodorized and rendered innocuous.
A packing is provided preferably of india rubber so made that it can rest upon the
inner margin of the seat-hole, or, preferably it can fit round the edge of the scat-hole.
By this means finely divided powder, which is so necessary for perfect deodorization
can be employed as the said powder will be thereby prevented from becoming deposited
on the seat of the closet or commode.
An opening closed by a suitable stopper or cover is provided in the lid or cover for
the introduction therein of the carbon or the like.
I provide a suitable folding or loose stop or cover which I apply to the passages,
channels or holes through which the carbon is distributed into the pan or the like,
when the commode or closet is not required for use, or when the chamber is to be
filled with carbon or the like.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawings in which figures 1 and 2, are
respectively a sido elevation and a front elevation of a commode with my improve-
ments applied thereto, the commode being shewn closed; figure 3 is a front elevation
of the same shewing my lid or cover raised and the door of the commode open;
figure is a vertical section of the commode with the lid or cover in its open position
and figure 5 is a similar view with the lid or cover in its closed position; figures G
and 7 are respectively a front elevation and a side elevation of the removeable pail or
pan of the commode; figures 8 and 9 are respectively a front elevation and a plan of

page_text: an alternative form of such pail or pan; figure 10 is a section of a portion of my lid
or cover shewing the stopper or cover applied thereto which is employed when the
commode is not required for use or during the time the box lid or chamber thereof is
being charged with carbon or the like. Similar letters of reference indicate similar
parts throughout the drawings.
a, is the lid or cover which is constructed as shewn in the form of a box or chamber ;
b, b, are the inclined passages preferably lined with zinc and opening at one end into
the box or chamber a, and at the other end (when the lid or cover a, is closed down
upon the scat c, as shewn in figure 5), into the pan m, of the commode; d, represents
the carbon or other equivalent deodorizing powder or dry carth or ashes contained in
the box or chamber af, is the india-rubber or equivalent packing which is so secured
by means of a rim or flange g to the bottom of the lid or chamber a, that, when such
lid or chamber is closed down upon the seat c, the said packing rests upon the inner
margin of the seat-hole h, (figure 4) or it can fit round and against the edge of such
seat-hole h, in the manner shewn at figure 5.
The herein before described lid or chamber a, is secured to the seat c, by hinges i,
and is shaped so as to incline backwards in the manner shewn in figure 4, when in its
open position; e, is the stopper serving to close the opening provided in the lid or
cover for the introduction therein of the carbon or the like; u, figure 10, represents
the loose stop or cover which I apply to the discharge orifices of the channels or
passages b, so as to temporarily close the same when the commode is not required for
use or when the chamber a, is being filled or re-charged with carbon or the like,
thereby preventing the powder from passing out through the passages b, into the
chamber in which the commode is placed.
The seat c, is advantageously supported upon a wooden or equivalent structure, which
is provided with a hinged door k, and is provided with a platform l. This platform,
supports the pan or pail m, which is retained in its proper position heneath the seat-
hole h, (figure 4) by means of stops n, and can be withdrawn by means of a knob o,
and handle p. In order to allow the pan or pail m, to be withdrawn while the lid or
cover a, is in its closed position and at the same time to ensure that the mouth of the
pan or pailm, shall fit in an approximately air-tight manner against the underside of
the scat a, I cut away a portion of the top edgo at the rear part of such pan (as shewn
at a', figures 4 and 5) and provide a strip g, of india-rubber or equivalent packing
which is so secured upon a bracket r, that the pan or pail m, when in position in the
commodo, rests against the packing 9, and thereby at this part prevents the escape of
any effluvia arising from the contents of the pail m. The pail m, hereinbefore referred
to, is conveniently constructed of wood the interior of which is or may be coated with
pitch or tar; instead however, of employing a pan or pail constructed of wood as
horeinbefore described and shown at figures 3 to 7 I may use an enamelled iron or
equivalent pan of the forin shown at figures 8 and 9. This form of pan is preferably
provided with handles s, and is supported beneath the seat c, by a flange t, on the pan
which rests upon slides provided for such purpose.
By this construction the lid or chamber a, being closed, if it be raised into the
position in which it is shewn at figures 3 and 4 (as it would be by a person requiring to
use the cominode) a quantity of the carbon d, (or its equivalent) will fall down past the
inner mouths of the passages b, b, as shewn in figure 4, and when the said lid is again
closed down upon the seat c, as shewn in figure 5, the quantity of carbon which had
fallen into position over and into the passages b, will fall down through the same and
be distributed over the contents of the pan or pail m, in the manner shewn at figure 5,
the said contents being thereby deodorized.
Any nauseous effluvia or foul guses which may afterwards cinanate from the
contents of the pail m, will in rising enter the chamber a, through the passages b, and
coming in contact with the deodorizing material in the said chamber will as herein-
before mentioned be deodorized and rendered innocuous.
When it is required to re-charge the chamber a, it is only necessary, the lid or
cover a, being raised as shewn in figure 5, to remove the stopper e, and to cover the
outer ends of the passages b, by means of the stopper or cover u, and the deodorizing

page_text: powder can then be introduced through the hole from which the stopper e, has been
removed.
Although I have described and shewn my improved lid or cover provided with two
passages for the deodorizing material it will be obvious that in some cases one, three
or more of such passages can be employed.
my
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
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1. The manufacture and use of lids or covers to be applied to closets and commodes
and constructed of a box or chamber having one or more internal inclined passages
arranged in such a manner that when the lid or cover is closed a quantity of the
contents will be automatically distributed over the contents of the closet or commode
substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The combination with a lid or cover such as is herein described for closets and
commodes of the improved arrangement of packing for preventing the powder con-
tained in the lid or cover from becoming deposited on the seat of the closet or
commode substantially as herein-before described and represented in the accompanying
drawing.
3. The improved lid or cover for closets and commodes hereinbefore described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
4. The improved commode herein before described and represented in the accom-
panying drawing.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.