Improvements in or connected with Urinals.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 21st Nov., 1892-Accepted, 31st Dec., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Urinals.
I, WILLIAM GARDNER of 183 Duke Street Liverpool in the County of
Lancaster Plumber do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
When urinals are being used, many individuals are often not careful to pass the
whole of their urine into the basin, and the consequence is that a part of the
discharge falls sometimes onto the rim thereof, from whence it trickles down
the underside of the basin to the back, where a part of the solid contents are
generally deposited, causing in time an unpleasant smell as it is difficult to clean
the back from the accumulations of solid matter.
Now the object of the present invention is to prevent any urine which may
not find its way into the basin from trickling down the outside thereof to the
back.
This I accomplish by forming the basin with a nose or lip instead of, or in
addition to, the usual rounded rim. This nose or lip is applied in the front of the
basin or any other suitable position, and is a peculiar shape, the object being to
intercept any liquid which may flow down the outside of the basin and cause it to
drop onto the ground or floor, whence it passes away to the drain or if any solid
matter accumulates it can be very easily removed without any difficulty.
Dated this 19th day of February 1892.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Urinals.
1, WILLIAM GARDNER of 183 Duke Street, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, Plumber, 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 :—
When urinals are being used many individuals are often not careful to pass the
whole of their urine into the basin and the consequence is that a part of the
discharge falls sometimes onto the rim thereof, from whence it trickles down
the underside of the basin to the back, where a part of the solid contents are
generally deposited, causing in time an unpleasant smell as it is difficult to clean
the back from the accumulations of solid matter.
Now the object of the present invention is to prevent any urine which may not
find its way into the basin from trickling down the outside thereof to the back.
This I accomplish by forming the basin with a nose or lip instead of, or in
addition to, the usual rounded rim. This nose or lip is applied in the front and
sides of the basin or any other suitable position, and is of any shape, such as
curved, straight or gutter shaped, the object being to intercept any liquid which
may flow down the outside of the basin and cause it to drop onto the ground or
floor, whence it passes away to the drain, or if any solid matter accumulates it can
be _very easily removed without any difficulty.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved urinal basin, and
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page_text: In these figures A is the urinal basin, B the usual rounded rim, and C the nose
or lip for intercepting the liquid. Any liquid flowing down the outside of the
basin, drips off the end of the lip C onto the floor and it is impossible for it to trickle
down the underside of the basin to the wall D.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I would have it understood
that I do not limit the same to any particular shape or configuration of the lip C,
but I declare that what I claim is :-
The improvement in urinal basins which consists in forming them at or near the
front and sides thereof with a nose or lip of any suitable shape adapted to prevent
any urine which may not find its way into the basin from trickling down the outside
to the back, substantially as described.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, and London, Patent Agents.