Improvements in Single and Multiple Wash-hand Basins.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Jan., 1890
Complete Specification Left. 7th Oct., 1890-Accepted, 8th Nov., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Single and Multiple Wash-hand Basins.
I, JOHN SHANKS, Junior, of Tubal Foundry, Barrhead, in the County of Renfrew,
North Britain, Sanitary Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows, that is to say :-
My said invention relates to wash-hand basin suitable for schools or other establish-
ments where such apparatus may be required to be used by several persons in rapid
succession; and my object is to improve the construction and arrangement of the
parts of such apparatus.
In carrying out my invention I make each basin with accessory parts by preference
in a single piece of earthenware, enamelled iron, or other suitable material. The basin
piece is rectangular in plan, and is made with a comparatively shallow basin depression
occupying the middle part and having its back edge a little lower than the sides and
front. At the back there is a channel somewhat deeper than the basin part and
extending along the back of the basin part, with a waste outlet at the middle or at
either end. The water is supplied continuously by a pipe extending along the front
and perforated on its inner side at the basin part this pipe being connected to a branch
pipe which is at one side of the basin, and which is, at the back, connected to a main
service pipe extending along a number of the basins when these are arranged in a
row. The water entering the basin part at the front propels the water in the basin
towards the back, and the used water is continually overflowing at the back edge
whilst being replaced by the fresh water at the front. The basin part will generally
be of less width than the entire basin piece, and one or more dishes or recesses for
soap or brushes are formed at the sides of the basin part, the rest of the sides being
higher than the basin part. The basin pieces may be fixed on consoles or brackets
projecting from a wall, or upon any other convenient support. If desired provision
may be made for supplying the basin or basins with hot and cold water.
Doted this Eighth day of January 1890.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Single and Multiple Wash-hand Basins.
I, JOHN SHANKS, Junior, of Tubal Foundry Barrhead, in the County of Renfrew,
North Britain, Sanitary Engineer, 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, that is to say :-
My said invention relates to wash-hand basins suitable for schools or other establish-
ments where such apparatus may be required to be used by several persons in rapid
succession; and my object is to improve the construction and arrangement of the
parts of such apparatus.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing the same may
be properly understood I hereunto append a sheet of explanatory drawings to be
hereinafter referred to and showing by way of example two simple modifications of my
improvements.
Figure, 1, on the accompanying sheet of drawings is a perspective view of one
modification showing three basins as fitted with my improvements.
Figure, 2, is a similar view and
Figure. 3. a transverse vertical section of a second modification.

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In these drawings the same reference numerals are used to mark the same or like
parts wherever they are repeated.
In carrying out my invention I make each basin with accessory parts by preference
in a single piece of earthenware enamelled iron, or other suitable material. The basin
piece is rectangular in plan, and is made with a comparatively shallow basin depression, 10,
occupying the middle part and having its back edge, 11, (Figure 3) a little lower than
the sides and front. Extending along the back of each basin part, 10, 11, there is a
channel, 12, with a waste outlet, 13, at the middle fitted with a grating and leading
down to a pipe, 14, as shown in Figure, 1, or to a channel or trough, 15, as shown in
Figures, 2 and 3, the pipe, 14, or channel, 15, being carried underneath the several
basins, 10. The water is supplied continuously by a pipe, 16, extending along the
front and perforated on its inner side at the basin part, this pipe, 16, being connected
to a branch pipe not shown but which is at one side of each basin, and which is, at
the back, connected to a main service, pipe, 18, extending along a number of the
..basins, 10, when these are arranged in a row. The water entering the basin part, 10,
at the front propels the water in the basin towards the back, and the used water is
continuously overflowing at the back edge, 11, whilst being replaced by the fresh
water at the front. The basin part, 10, will generally be of less width than the entire
basin piece, and one or more dishes or recesses, 19, for soap or brushes are formed at
the sides, 20, the rest of the sides being higher than the basin part, 10. The basin
pieces and pipe, 14, or channel, 15, are fixed on consoles or brackets, 21, projecting
from a wall, 22, or they may be carried upon any other convenient support. If desired
provision may be made for supplying the basin or basins with hot and cold water.
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 :-
In single or multiple wash hand basins the use of a continuous front-to-back flow
of water the parts being constructed combined and arranged for that purpose
substantially as hereinbefore described and as shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Sixth day of October 1890.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.