Improvements in Urinals for Invalids Use.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Urinals for Invalids Use.
We, JOIN EDWARD JOSEPH BAXTER, of Phoenix and Bell Works, Hanley, in
the County of Stafford, Manufacturer, and ALBERT BROOKES VOBE TAFFS, of
60, Josephine Avenue, Brixton, in the County of London, Druggist, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows::
Our invention relates to vessels to be used for the reception of the urine of
invalids and comprises improvements in the construction thereof which render
them safer and more convenient to manipulate.
As hitherto constructed these vessels have required very careful handling in
order to avoid the occasional spilling of part of the contents when removing them
after use and our invention is intended to avoid this liability..
According to our invention we construct these vessels, both those for male and
for female use, outwardly of the same or nearly the same shape as is usual, and we
make them with an inward tubular extension the neck of the vessel reaching
to or near to about the centre or some convenient distance within the internal
cavity.
In order to obviate the difficulty which would otherwise arise in emptying the
contents from such vessels we construct them with an outlet at any convenient
part which outlet we provide means for closing, generally a screw plug, or a
stopper secured by a screw cap, and either ground in or fitted with a washer, or
such opening may be otherwise closed as may be convenient.
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JOHN EDWARD JOSEPH BAXTER,
ALBERT BROOKS VOBE TAFFS,
Improvements in Urinals for Invalids Use.
We, JOHN EDWARD JOSEPH BAXTER, of Phoenix and Bell Works, Hanley, in
the County of Stafford, Manufacturer, and ALBERT BROOKES-VOBE TAFFS, of
60, Josephine Avenue, Brixton, in the County of London, Druggist, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
Our invention relates to vessels to be used for the reception of the urine of
invalids and comprises improvements in the construction thereof which render
them safer and more convenient to manipulate.
As hitherto constructed these vessels have required very careful handling in

page_text: order to avoid the occasional spilling of part of the contents when removing them
after use and our invention is intended to avoid this liability.
According to our invention we construct these vessels, both those for male and
for female use, outwardly of the same or nearly the same shape as is usual, and we
make them with an inward tubular extension the neck of the vessel reaching
to or near to about the centre or some convenient distance within the internal
cavity.
In order to obviate the difficulty which would otherwise arise in emptying the
contents from such vessels we construct them with an outlet at any convenient
part which outlet we provide means for closing, generally a screw plug, or a
stopper secured by a screw cap, and either ground in or fitted with a washer, or
such opening may be otherwise closed as may be convenient.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings Fig. 1, is an elevation of a urinal,
constructed according to our invention, for the use of females. Fig. 2, is a
section of the same. Fig. 3, is a section of a similar urinal for the use of males.
, is the cavity for the reception of the fluid; b, is an inwardly projecting
tubular extension of the neck which serves to prevent the accidental return of the
fluid when it has once passed into the cavity.a. c is an opening fitted with a
stopper for the purpose of emptying the vessel after use. The orifice and
stopper may be of any convenient construction, either screw or otherwise, but in
consequence of the nature of the fluid to be dealt with it is desirable to avoid
any surface complications in which dirt might accumulate, hence we prefer a
smooth necked orifice and plain plug or cork.
Urinals constructed according to our invention not only prevent any danger of
the contents being accidentally spilled but also afford special facilities for
cleansing and sterilizing by reason of the two openings admitting of a stream being
passed directly through.
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. The improved urinals, male and female, hereinbefore described.
2. Urinals with an inward tubular extension of the neck which serves to prevent
the return of the fluid which has passed into the interior cavity, and with a closed
orifice for emptying the vessel, substantially as hereinbefore described.
3. The improvements in urinals for preventing the accidental escape of the
contents substantially as hereinbefore described and shown in the drawings.
Dated the Eleventh day of September. 1899.