US1340611A - Sanitary fixture - Google Patents

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/ w. E. HINSDALE, SANITARY FIXTURE.

APPL`ICATION FILED JUNE I. 1918.

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Patented May 18, 1920.

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WINFIELD E. HINSDALE, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNGR TO TRENTON POTTERIES COMPANY, OETRENTON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SANITARY FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1920.

Application led J'une 1, 1918. Serial No. 237,692'.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVINEIELD E. HrNs DALE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to an improved sanitary fixture and more particularly to a water closet bowl which is provided with means whereby the bowl may be utilized for the purpose of washing out a bed pan or the like, thus taking the place of the' usual slop sink. Not only does the invention do away with the necessary installation of the slop sink but it enables the attendant to more readily attend to his duties, for, as is well known, closet bowls are usually installed at relatively close intervals throughout a hospital, whereas, slop sinks are commonly placed at considerable distances apart; and it is by reason of the fact, made possible by the present device, that the bowl may be utilized to rinse and sterilize the bed pan, that the attendant is saved many steps and consequent loss of time.

In the washing of a bed pan it is desirable to employ hot water as well as cold, and the present invention has to' do more particularly with the means of supplying such water, and this by means which does away with the placing of any undue strain or stress upon the earthenware of the closet bowl incident to the use of hot water.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the parts that the water supply pipe will be practically concealed from view.

The invention is illustrated in the annexed drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of a closet embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 a horizontal section on the line .II-II of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 a detail view of the coupling and jet nozzle;

Fig. 4L a view similar to Fig. 1, the closet being of the bracket type; and

Fig. 5 a horizontal sectional view taken on the line V-V of Fig. 4.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 3, l denotes a closet bowl of the usual type having a space or chamber 2 located beneath the forward portion of the bowl, said chamber being extended around to each side of the structure, see Fig. 2. The rear wall 3 of such chamber, to each side of the siphon section of the bowl, is provided with an opening 4L, through one of which, (dependent upon 'the convenience of installation) is intro duced a hot water pipe 5. Said pipe is curved at its forward end and has attached thereto a fitting 6, said fitting having a fiangeor shoulder 7, and being internally threaded. A rubber or other yielding bushing or gasket 8 rests upon the shoulder 7 and surrounds the upwardly projecting portion of the fitting, the bushing when the parts are positioned making a close fit with the adjacent wall of an opening formed in the lower forward portion of the bowl proper, the opening being below the normal water line of the bowl.

A fianged bushing 9 is screwed into the fitting 6, the bushing being provided with a squared interior section 10 to admit of the insertion of a key to screw the saine to place. When the parts are drawn up a tight and resilient or slightly yielding oint is effected without putting strain upon the china. Bushing 9 is also interiorly threadedv and into such threaded opening is screwed the nozzle 11, preferably of the jet type. Ad-

mission of the water may be controlled by` any means, not shown.

In Fig. 1 a bed pan is indicated in dotted lines in an inverted position, the pan at its lower forward end resting on the forward portion of the bowl in advance of the nozzle while the sides thereof contact the rim of the bowl at each side adjacent the rear portion thereof. The pan is thus held in an inclined position and the jets issuing from the nozzle impinging with force against the pan thor oughly cleanse and sterilize the same. The water, of course, runs back into the bowl and will pass therefrom in the usual manner. By placing the nozzle below the normal water level of the bowl, the nozzle will not` become fouled except through sedimentation and as it may be readily removed without disturbing the coupling below it may easily be kept clean. Furthermore, by placing the nozzle below the water level, the hot water cannot come directly into contact with the china 0f the Closet, and thus danger of breakage is avoided. Undue strain, due to expansion of the pipe when heated by the hot water, is taken care of by the curvature of the pipe and by the yielding joint employed between the bowl and the fitting.

In Figs. 4l and 5 the invention is shown as applied to a closet of the bracket or wall type. Under this construction the Abowl is provided with a depending skirt 12 the hot water supply pipe lying between the body of the bowl and the skirt and being housed or hidden thereby. The bowl under this type may be slightly longer than is the case with the closet of the floor type, Figs. l and 2, and the pan to be cleansed may be placed wholly within the bowl, coming to rest upon the walls thereof with one end overlying the jet or nozzle. Under both constructions the nozzle is slightly inclined toward the rear and as a consequence the water issuing from the nozzle sweeps into the pan and carrying with it the shallow body of water overlying it, that is` assuming the bowl has not just been flushed, thus thoroughly cleansing the pan.

The control fixtures for the pipe line are not shown; they may be of any approved type for admitting both hot and cold water or an admixture of the two.

By the arrangement as above set forth, the bed pan feature of slop or service sinks is eliminated and comparatively inexpensive fixtures may be utilized at infrequent intervals for the ordinary or porters use of the institution; this of course insures initial economy and in addition thereto, as above noted, saves the time and labor of the trained attendant.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,-

l. In combination with a water closet bowl; a jet nozzle opening into the bowl, below the normal water level, at the forward portion thereof; and a supply pipe housed within and concealed by the outside structure of the closet body and connected at its Amounted within said opening; a supply pipe connected to and extending rearwardly from said coupling; and a nozzle mounted in said coupling.

4. In combination with a water Ycloset bowl having an opening formed in the bowl at the forward portion thereof and below the normal water line of said bowl; a coupling yieldingly mounted in said opening; a pipe extending forwardly within the closet body and housed thereby, said pipe at its forward end being` curved and connected to the coupling; and a removable jet nozzle mounted in the upper end of the coupling.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WINFIELD E. HiNsDA-LE.

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