An Improved Conduit or Appliance for the use of Invalids.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 19th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 21st Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Conduit or Appliance for the use of Invalids.
We, MATTHEW BUTCHER, of 40 Noble Street, Hendon, Sunderland, in the
County of Durham, Insurance Agent and WILLIAM BUTCHER, of Wood Cottage,
Princess Street, Middleton, West Hartlepool, in the said County of Durham,
Greengrocer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our intention. relates to the improved construction of an apparatus for use by
invalids in bed, when requiring to pass water.
The said apparatus consists of a suitably formed device to receive the water, a
pipe or conduit to convey the water therefrom to a utensil, and a device for
suspending the apparatus.
The device for receiving the water, consists of a funnel shaped vessel closed at
the top, with the exception of an aperture in the centre provided with a short
inwardly projecting tube. The conduit consists of a sufficient length of rubber or
other suitable flexible tube, attached at one end to the base of the said receptacle
and provided at the other end with a suitable nozzle to deliver the water.
The suspending device consists of a light horizontal bar, provided at each end
with a ring or loop through which the aforesaid tube is passed. To the centre of
the said bar a hook is hinged, having a long straight piece which can be pushed
under the mattress or bedding, thereby supporting the tube in suitable position
with the nozzle end hanging over, or in any convenient utensil. To the upper edge
of the funnel shaped receptacle aforesaid, a ring is attached, enabling the said
receptacle to be hung on the aforesaid hook so that the whole apparatus, when not
in use, is bung entirely outside the bed.
When required to be used, it is merely necessary to unhook the receptacle and
draw it into the bed.
The inwardly projecting tube aforesaid in the mouth of the receptacle, acts as a
trap, to prevent the escape of water therefrom into the bed. The said receptacle
as above described is adapted for male use, for female use the form is suitably
modified:
Dated this 5th day of April 1893.
AMBROSE MYALL,
21, Cockspur Street, London, S.W., Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Conduit or Appliance for the use of Invalids.
We, MATTHEW BUTOHER, of 40 Noble Street, Hendon, Sunderland, in the
County of Durham, Lusurance Agent, and WILLIAM BUTCHER, of Wood
Cottage, Princess Street, Middleton, West Hartlepool, in the said County of
Durham, Greengrocer, 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:-
Our invention relates to the improved construction of an apparatus for use by
invalids in bed; when requiring to pass water:
The said apparatus consists of a suitably formed device to receive the water, a
pipe or conduit to convey the water therefrom to a utensil, and a device for
suspending the-apparatus.

page_text: In the accompanying two sheets of drawings, which form part of this
Specification, and in which similar letters refer to similar parts throughout;
Fig. 1, is a side elevation of a device for receiving the water, adapted for
male use.
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Fig. 2, is a longitudinal section of the same, through the lines a a in
Figs. 3 and 4.
Fig. 3, is an end elevation of same, looking at the smaller end, and
Fig. 4, is an end elevation, looking at the larger end.
Fig. 5, is an elevation of the suspending device, with part of the conduit
attached.
Fig. 6, is a part plan of Fig. 5, and
Fig. 7, is an elevation of part of the suspending device, at right angles to
Fig. 5.
Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11 are corresponding views to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, of a device
for receiving the water, adapted for female use.
The device for receiving the water, shewn in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, consists of a
funnel shaped vessel A, closed at the larger end, with the exception of a central
aperture B, provided with a short inwardly projecting tube, or flange C. This
tube, or flange may be formed separately and affixed in place by solder or other
suitable means, or may be formed by turning in the edge of the aperture B, as
shewn in Fig. 2.
The conduit consists of a sufficient length of rubber or other suitable tube D,
one end being slipped over a nozzle E at the end of the vessel A, while the other
end is provided, if desired, with any suitable form of nozzle (not shewn in the
drawing) to deliver the water. F is a ring attached to the edge of the vessel A
to enable it to be hung on any convenient support when not in use, as for instance
to a clip hook on the bottom sheet of the bed.
The suspending device shewn in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 consists of a disc or plate H,
adapted to rest upon the frame J and slats K of the bedstead underneath the
mattress. L is a rod depending vertically from the said disc and furnished at its
lower end with a tube or carrier M to receive the conduit D. A ring N is carried
by a light rod P affixed to the tube M and supports the conduit in a suitable
position with its delivery end, or nozzle, hanging over or in any convenient
receptacle, or utensil. To prevent the conduit slipping through the carrier, and to
hold it at any required position therein, a rubber ring Q is provided, embracing the
conduit with sufficient friction, and attached to the carrier by a light chain or
cord R.
A hook may be attached to any convenient part of the carrier M'upon which
the receptacle A may be hung by its ring F, so that the whole apparatus may be
suspended outside or under the bed, and out of sight, if so desired, when not
in use.
When required to be employed, it is only necessary to unhook the receptacle and
draw it into the bed.
The inwardly projecting tube or flange C, acts as a trap to prevent the escape of
water into the bed.
The receptacle for female use, shewn in Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11 is of similar
construction to that shewn in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, consisting of a funnel-shaped
vessel A, having a central aperture B at the larger end, provided with an inwardly
projecting tube or flauge C, a nozzle E and a ring F, but in this case the receptacle
is of oval instead of circular form, the aperture B is larger and also of oval form,
while the mouth is curved, as shewn clearly in Figs. 8 and 9 to adapt it to its
required purpose.
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In place of the suspending device shewn in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 a light horizontal
bar may be employed, provided at each end with a ring or loop through which the
conduit D is passed.
To the centre of the said bar a hook is hinged, having a long straight piece

page_text: which can be pushed under the mattress or bedding, while the ring F can be hung
on the aforesaid hook.
The receptacle A may be formed of china or earthenware, enamelled metal,
papier mache, vulcanised substances, or any other suitable material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim, is :
1. In an apparatus of the class described, a funnel-shaped receptacle A, with
orifice B and inwardly projecting tube or flange C, in combination with a flexible
conduit D, substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. In an apparatus of the class described, a funnel-shaped receptacle A, with
orifice B and inwardly projecting tube or flange C, in combination with a flexible
conduit D, and means for supporting said conduit substantially as and for the
purpose described.
3. An apparatus of the class described, consisting of the combination of a funnel-
shaped receptacle A, with orifice B and inwardly projecting tube or flange C, a
flexible conduit D, and a suspending device formed of a plate H, rod L, tube M, a
fixed ring N and an elastic adjusting ring Q, substantially as and for the purpose
described.
Dated this 19th day of September 1893.
AMBROSE MYALL,
2, Lancaster Place, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.