Improvements in Sanitary or Commode Pails and like Receptacles, and in Lids therefor.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Aug., 1834
Complete Specification Left, 27th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 16th Feb., 1895
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Sanitary or Commode Pails and like Receptacles,
and in Lids therefor.
I, VALBORG EMMILIE POPPENS, of Meat Market Hotel, Victoria Street,
North Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Married Woman, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to sanitary receptacles used in commodes, or separately as
pails or pots and in the lids therefor, and comprises combinations with the aforesaid
vessels and their lids of arrangements whereby a quantity of material having
disinfectant or deodorant properties may be stored in such improved vessels and
lids, and subsequently be ejected in suitable portions as required into the interior of
the receptacle aforesaid whilst the latter is closed. With the pail or the like
I combine disinfectant or deodorant in liquid form, whilst with the lid I combine it
in solid form in a suitably powdered or granular state.
The lid is made hollow, with an external orifice, closed by a screw cap or other
means, through which orifice the powdered disinfectant may be introduced. The
under side of the lid has any desired number of radially arranged slots or openings
of suitable length, and meeting preferably in the centre. Thus there may be four
slots which crossing each other would resemble the sign of plus (+). A spindle
arranged so that it cannot revolve, is inserted centrally and vertically through
bearings in the lid, and a spiral spring inserted between the head or the upper end
of the spindle and the top of the lid. To the lower end of the spindle is attached
a series of radially extending arms triangular in cross section, with apex uppermost
and so arranged that there is one arm for each slot in the under side of the lid, each
arm completely closing its said slot, at all times except when the knob or handle is
depressed thus compressing the spring. It will be obvious that according as the
knob, and consequently the arms are depressed more or less so will the slots be
opened to a greater or less extent whilst clogging which would occur in the use of
perforations of some kinds, is not possible. The sloping sides of the arms cause
the material which runs from the slots when the knob is depressed to scatter as
it falls.
Adverting to the pail or pot I attach around or partly around the upper edge of
the same a hollow vessel adapted to receive a supply of liquid disinfectant or
deodorant, through an orifice which may be tightly closed as by a screw cap.
With this vessel I combine exteriorly a pump or rubber ball or the like for
throwing a spray, and projecting into the interior of the pail or chamber, I arrange
a nozzle, in communication with the disinfectant so that the spray may thus be
thrown into the sanitary vessel, whilst the lid is on. The nozzle is adapted to be
unscrewed when desired, so as to leave the interior of the pail like an ordinary one
when the opening for the nozzle has been closed by any suitable plug. This pail
may have a handle to be used as a slop pail, or it may have additions as a wooden
seat rim if desired. It may be made in any suitable material, such as enamelled
iron, sheet metal, earthenware or of a combination of suitable materials. It is
applicable in various sizes from the smallest of bedroom sanitary utensils upwards.
My improved lid might be used in combination with receptacles as at present in

page_text: use, or my improved receptacle might be used in combination with other lids than
that aforesaid.
Dated this 7th At 1204
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.
Improvements in Sanitary or Commode Pails and like Receptacles,
and in Lids therefor.
I, VALBORG EMMILIE POPPENS, of Meat Market Hotel, Victoria Street,
North Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Married Woman, 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 sanitary receptacles used in commodes, or separately as
pails or pots or bed pans and in lids therefor, and comprises combinations with the
aforesaid vessels and their lids of arrangements whereby a quantity of material
having disinfectant or deodorant or medical properties may be stored in such
improved vessels and lids, and subsequently be ejected in suitable portions as
required. When the receptacle is used with a lid, the latter may be closed whilst
the material is being ejected into such receptacle. With the pail or the like
I combine any desired liquid such as a disinfectant or deodorant or medical
preparation, whilst with the lid I combine any desired solid in a suitably powdered
or granular state. The ejection of liquid direct into the receptacle I accomplish
by spraying. This is of greater benefit than if the liquid were ejected in a simple
stream, because the air in the pail itself then becomes saturated with disinfectant
particles, and bad odors are thus effectually destroyed. The liquid so combined
with the pail is adapted however to be forced or syringed elsewhere than
directly into the pail, and in such case it may be ejected as a stream if desired.
My invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings in which
Figure 1 represents a view of an improved pail with lid slightly raised parts
being broken away to show the interior.
Figure 2 shows in vertical middle section a chamber utensil as improved by me.
Figure 3 shows in vertical middle section part of a pail, combined with a
removable internal rim having a chamber for deodorant or other liquid.
Figure 4 shows the handle and radial arms which I combine with the lid.
Figure 5 represents a plan view of the lid from beneath with the handle and
radial arms removed showing the slots for the passage of disinfectant, deodorant, or
other material.
Figure 6 shows a modified form of the vessel in Figure 2 as used with an
ordinary enema syringe.
Figure 7 shows a bed pan having my improved seating rim adapted to contain
liquid for any of the aforesaid purposes.
The lid A is made hollow, with an external orifice closed by a screw cap B or
other means, through which orifice the powdered disinfectant may be introduced.
The under side D of the lid has any desired number of narrow radially arranged
slots or openings E of suitable length, and meeting preferably in the centre. Thus
there may be four slots which crossing each other would resemble the sign of
plus (+). A spindle F arranged so that it cannot revolve is inserted centrally and
vertically through closely fitting bearings or openings X X in the top and bottom
of the lid, and a spiral spring G is inserted between C the head or upper end of
the spindle, and the top of the lid. To the lower end of the spindle is attached a
series of radially extending arms H, triangular in cross section, with their apices
uppermost and so arranged that there is one arm for each slot in the under side of

page_text: the lid, each arm completely closing its said slot, as shown in Figure 1 at all times
except when the knob or haudle C is depressed thus compressing the spring. It
will be obvious that according as the knob and consequently the arms are
depressed more or less, so will the slots E be opened to a greater or less extent,
whilst clogging, which would occur in the use of small perforations, is not possible.
The sloping sides L of the arms are so made in order to cause the material which
runs from the slots when the knob is depressed to scatter as it falls, and also to
produce the aforesaid gradual opening and closing of the slots.
Adverting to the pail M shown in Figure 1 1 attach around or partly around the
upper edge of the same a hollow vessel S adapted to receive a supply of any
desired liquid such as a disinfectant, deodorant or medical preparation, through an
orifice which may be tightly closed as by a screw cap P. With this vessel
I combine exteriorly a pump, rubber ball, syringe or the like Q for ejecting the
liquid either as a spray or otherwise as the case may require. Projecting into the
interior of the pail or chamber, I arrange any suitable Hexible or other tube K in
communication with the disinfectant in such manner that a spray may be thrown
into the sanitary vessel from the tube nozzle (if desired whilst the lid is on) by
operating the pump or ball Q. The tube K may be adapted to be unscrewed
when desired, so as to leave the interior of the pail like an ordinary one when the
opening W for the nozzle has been closed by any suitable plug.
In these drawings I do not show any tubing inside the chamber S, N or R (see
Figures 1, 2 and 3) as such may be variously arranged in well-known ways to
enable the liquid to be suitably ejected. In some cases there will be no tubes
within said chambers, as will be explained with reference to Figures 6 and 7.
Referring to Figure 2 it will be observed that it is a chamber utensil Z of
earthenware and that the material is so formed at the top as to provide a broader
seat rim than usual, in combination with a permanent annular interior chamber N
for receiving liquid through the orifice P which is normally kept closed.
I usually combine with N means for ejecting the liquid from N into Z as
compression ball Q and tube K, the latter being in some cases of earthenware and
permanent. Any other kind of tube may be attached to enable the discharge of
liquid to be otherwise directed, than direct into the vessel M or Z; thus for
example a tube might be used suitable for injections, and this combination is
extremely convenient owing to the manner in which the closed reservoir N, S or R
(which may be much larger proportionally to the pail or pot than is shown in the
various drawings) is combined with the receptacle M or Z. When an ordinary
injection syringe as shown in Figure 6 is available, a pail or pot may be used
having in combination with the seat thereof a plain chamber for liquid, said
chamber not having parts as K or Q, (or if having them not using them whilst the
said enema syringe is being used). The feed end of the syringe pipe may be
inserted through the aperture P. In Figure 6 the chamber N may have but one
opening as P into which the feed end of the syringe pipe may be inserted, and
by which opening the chamber N may also be filled or emptied. In some cases
I provide as a means of allowing the liquid from the chamber N, S or R to
flow out into the interior of the receptacle any ordinary tap or cock as V in
Figure 7.
The pail as shown in Figure 1 may have a handle and be used as a slop pail
instead of being used in commodes only, or may have additions, as a seat rim, if
desired.
In Figure I fit into a common pot or pail M having no opening as W a
removable circular hollow vessel R which may rest on brackets T or other support
such as the interior of the sloping sides of the pail itself.
The (preferably flattened) top of the vessel R serves as a seat rim. This
vessel R is provided with means for filling it with liquid as at U, which is an
orifice normally kept tightly closed. U may be so arranged that the vessel R can
be filled without removal, but in the case shown the vessel R would require to be
taken out and inverted in order to be filled. With the removable vessel R

page_text: I usually combine liquid ejection apparatus as Q, with outlet K, making no
aperture such as W, Figure 1, in the vessel M.
Instead of brackets as T Figure 3 there may be hooks or other suitable
attachments for temporarily combining R and M, and enabling R to sustain such
weights as may be reasonably put upon it.
My aforesaid improvements are applicable to various sizes of utensils and
various shapes. In the case of slipper bed pans, they may be so constructed on the
top as to form a permanent partly or wholly annular or elliptical chamber N
(Figure 7). Said chamber is not horizontal. My improved lid might be used in
combination with receptacles not having my improvements, or receptacles having
any of my improvements may be used either without lids, or in combination with
lids of other descriptions than are herein described.
My improvements may be made using any suitable material, such as enamelled
iron, sheet metal, earthenware or a combination of suitable materials.
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 sanitary pail as M having a hollow vessel or enclosed space as S under the
rim of said pail, and parts P, K, W, and Q all in combination as shown in Figure 1
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. A sanitary vessel as Z having about its rim a hollow enclosed space, and parts
as P, K, and Q all in combination as shown in Figure 2 substantially as and for
the purposes set forth.
3. A sanitary vessel as Z having about its rim a hollow enclosed space, and an
opening for access to such space, all in combination as shown in Figure 6
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
4. In combination with the upper edge of a pail, a removable hollow vessel as R,
having parts as U, K, Q the upper surface of R being adapted to form a seat as
shown in Figure 3 substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
5. In combination with a sanitary vessel, a hollow enclosed space within or about
the sides or rim of said vessel, means for filling said space with liquid, and means
for discharging said liquid into the vessel or otherwise as a spray or as a stream
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
6. A sanitary vessel having an enclosed hollow space about its rim, and means
for filling and emptying said space as P, V, in Figure 7 substantially as and for
the purposes set forth.
7. In combination with a lid for sanitary vessels, a hollow space within said lid,
an opening as B for filling, and slots as E for discharging material from the same,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
8. In combination with a lid for sanitary vessels having discharge slots on the
under side, a spindle having a head as C, a spring as G, and arms on said spindle
adapted to close or open said discharge slots substantially as and for the purposes
set forth.
9. In combination with a spindle as F, radial arms at the base thereof, said arms
being wedge shaped with their apices uppermost as shown in Figure 4 substantially
as and for the purposes set forth.
10. The combination with a sanitary pail of my improved lid as herein described
substantially-as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 27th day of December 1894.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.