Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 17th July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 7th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 3rd July, 1897
We, MAX ALBRECHT, Ironmonger, and EDMUND NÖBEL, Locksmith, both of Zürich,
in the Republic of Switzerland, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows-
This invention has for its object to provide a seat for water closets wherein the
part of the seat which the person sits on forms a roller covered with non-porous
material in such a manner that each time the closet has been used the said roller will
be turned half a revolution and its lower surface will be scraped and cleansed with
water which prevents contagion.
Fig. 1 of annexed drawing is a vertical section, Fig. 2 a side view and Fig. 3 a plan
of our improved water closet.
The basin a we form straight in front, as shown in Fig 3, to suit the employment
of the roller b which is mounted in suitable bearings e upon the hinged seat d.
Below the roller b, is let in a rubber strip g, which is adapted to press against and
clean the roller b; the lower part of this roller is also washed by the flush of water
in the channels a² which latter communicate with the inlet nozzle a¹, the wet part
of the roller when being turned, will be dried sufficiently in moving against the said
strip.
By preference we form the roller 6 (Fig. 1) angular in section and of wood with
a covering of non-porous material, such as hard rubber and the like.
At the right side of the seat d (Figs. 2 and 3) is employed a mechanism consisting
of a lever loosely mounted upon the short shaft c and furnished with a spring
pawl f. The latter engages in a ratchet wheel r fixed upon the shaft c. Upon
the same shaft is also fixed a toothed wheel i, which gears into a pinion k fixed upon
the pivot of the roller b, the whole of the mechanism by preference being situated
below the seat.
The bracket m screwed to the seat d limits the movement of the lever h so
as to impart only half a revolution to the roller b, the proportion of the wheels k & i
being 12. Owing to the ratchet wheel being turned by the pawlf when moving
its lever forward the toothed wheels and roller will only move in the same
direction.
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The seat d by means of two hinges n is fixed, for instance, to a board placed at the
back of the basin, and the latter directly to the wall, which permits of lifting
the seat for the purpose of renewing the rubber strip g when necessary.
Dated this 16th day of July 1896.
F. BOPHARDT & CO.,
Agents to Applicants.

page_text: 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 :-
This invention has for its object to provide a seat for water closets wherein
the part of the seat which the person sits on forms a roller covered with non-porous
material in such a manner that each time the closet has been used the said roller will
be turned half a revolution and its lower surface will be scraped and cleansed with
water which prevents contagion.
And in order that our invention may be more fully understood we have caused to
be appended hereunto, one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures, Fig. 1 being a vertical section, Fig. 2
a side view and Fig. 3 a plan of our improved water closet.
In carrying out our improvements we form the front of the basin a, as shown
in Fig. 3, to suit the employment of the roller b which is mounted in suitable
bearings e fixed to the hinged seat d. This roller b forms the front of the closet seat
and below the same is let into the respective part of the basin a rubber strip g, which
is adapted to press against and clean the roller b when rotated as hereinafter
described. The lower part of this roller is flushed by water admitted into the
channels a² which latter communicate with the inlet nozzle a whilst the water
adhering to the roller will be stripped off on being moved against the said strip and
the respective surface will thus be brought to the top in a cleansed and dry
condition.
By preference we form the roller b (Fig. 1) angular in section and of wood with
a covering b¹ of non-porous material, such as hard rubber and the like, the ends
thereof being rounded off, which covering prevents the retainance of germs of people
having contagious diseases and permits of being automatically and thoroughly freed
thereof by a flush of water.
At the right side of the seat d (Figs. 2 & 3) is employed a feed mechanism
consisting of a lever h loosely mounted upon the short shaft c and furnished with
a spring pawl f. The latter engages in a ratchet wheel fixed upon the shaft c.
Upon the same shaft is also fixed a toothed wheel i, which gears into a pinion k
fixed upon the pivot of the roller b, the whole of the mechanism, by preference,
being situated below the seat.
The bracket m screwed to the seat d limits the movement of the lever so as
to impart only half a revolution to the roller b, the proportion of the wheels k & i
being 12. The lever h is adapted to be pulled forward and when actuated
its pawlf moves the ratchet wheel and thus the toothed wheels i & k and roller b
always in the same direction, so that the ascending part of the periphery of the
roller b will be stripped of water at each turn and the lower part flushed by the water
in the groove a² of the basin.
The seat d by means of two hinges n is fixed, for instance, to a board at the back
of the basin, or directly to the wall, which permits of lifting the seat for the purpose
of renewing the rubber strip g when necessary.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Invention,
and in what inanner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
In water closets, a seat furnished in front with a roller b having a covering.
of non-porous material 61 adapted to be intermittently rotated so as to bring the
surface of the roller which has been in use below its centre of rotation where
it is flushed and on its ascent dryed by means of a rubber strip g, all substantially
as and for the purpose set forth..
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Dated this 6th day of April 1907
F. BOPHARDT & CO.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicants.