US1660709A - Combined washstand and water-closet - Google Patents

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Feb. 28, 1928. 1,660,709

H. E. HODGSON COMBINED WASHSTAND AND WATER CLOSET Filed March 25, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR ATTORNEY F eb'. 28, I928.

' H. E. HODGSON COMBINED WASHSTAND AND WATER CLOSET Filed March 25, 1925 2 Sheets-files: 2

A TTOR/VE Patented 1 Feb. 28, 1928.

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V COMBINED wAsHsTANn Ann wamn nsonosn'n Application filed March 25, 1 925. Serial No. 18,082.; i

, The object of my invention to provide a very convenient and space-saving com-' bination of furniture and toilet-fixtur es for use in hospitals or apartments. The invention provides a water-closetvand a wash-stand occupying the samelimited space adjacent to a hospital bed; or between beds, the top of the wash-stand and the faucets being movable to afford ready access to the water- 10 closet. The Water-closet is substantially, or maybe entirely, concealed; and. the plan also includes. a removable table top onthe wash-standand over its wash-basin, convert- I ingthe assemblage into'a dressing table or a table for other use. This table top may carry curtains-enclosing the open lower part of the wash-stand and the closet. The con tents. of the removable wash-basin can be discharged; directly into the water-closet .0 bowl, obviating. special waste provisions for the basin. The rem'ovability of the basin enables it tov be'carri'ed-to a patient in bed,

tor-which purpose it will preferably have a solid-' bottom otherwiseit may have a dischange opening closed 'byv a plug, so that .upon removalfofthe plug the wash water will drain directly intothe closet bowl. The faucets are-mounted to swing .so. that they ican either-project forwardly over the opening in the hinged'wash-stand top occupied by; thehand-basin; or be'swung to one side to}.clea r the .top when it is moved to permit I,use, o f .the'water-closet, The relations enable the flow from. theiiaucets or one of them, to be directed. into the closetlfor purposes of cleaning. 9 H I -For greater cleanliness and simplicity I propose .to 'omitthe usual wood seat of. the

bowl with means for warming or tempering it, so that it can be, used as a seat without chill. This is accomplished by providing a ,holder or conduit for hotwater or heating vantageously' connected with or supplied. by the hot-water pluinbingv of the washestand.

,For other installations a' heating pipe or.

lines; I

Water-closet, andlto providethe rim of the fluid adjacenttherim, which. conduit is adconvalescent or confined to bed. I and for nurses, and theadaptationof the whole to very limited spacey, render the invention particularlysuitablefor hospital purposes. For similar reasonsthe conib'inationis likewise very useful in smallapartments; There may naturally beminor modifications inde-' sign for onepurposeor theotherlf I L In the accompanying drawings. forming part hereof: I I

Fig. 1 is a side elevationatone-embodiment of the invention, portions. being shown brokenawa'y and in section; and the faucets i being shown inthe; position: of use; I

Fig. 2 is afront elevation, with, the faucets 1 moved baekor to one sideg. and showinga 7 removable table top in position; Fig; 3 is a; sectional planview of Fig. 13, 7 showing the two positions of the faucetsin full and; broken; lines, and showing also in broken lines the open position of the divided front apron of thewash-stand;

Fig. 4: is a fragmentary vertical, section on a larger scale, taken onthe-li-ne 4 4 of Y 3, the raised portion of 'one halii oii'the top ofthe wash-standbeing shown in broken Fig. -5 is a s awthe closet bowl, showing the hot andcold "water pipes of the washr St-and in section; with a loop-of the hot water pipecar ried-beneath the rear portion of the same Fig. is a-sectional side elevation of anoi the rimofthe bowl for warming the top other embodiment of, theiinvention, the position of. the removable table top being indicated in brokenllines, and: the raised posi-.

.tion of the hinged wash-stand topr'also being shown in broken lines; I

Fig. 7 is 'a front elevation of thisform, showing the tabletop inpla'ce in full lines, and illustrating the raise'd p osition'; ofthe hinged wash-stand. top inbroken lines; i

Fig. 8 is a plan view of Fig, 7 The wash-stand 1 ofFigs. 1-4; is-firmly mounted on corner legs 2, .01" insuch manner as to leave an under space Within which is placed a water-closet 3. This closet will be understood as being of an approved sanitary, flushing type; connected on the one hand to the soil pipe and on theother hand to a tank .or source of water pressure. Flushing 'means'is indicated at 4. c I j T e Wash-stand has a fixed: top frame,

comprising a rear portion 5 and side portions 6; and 7 1s a front apron, or cross-piece split in the middle andhinged at the'ends, at 8, to the side members so as to be capable 7 permits them to be swung upward in opposite directions to} open the top of the stand, 'as is indicated in broken. lilies inFig. 4. The

two sections 10,10 contain complementary portions 'of an opening 12 which receives a removable sunk-in wash-basin 13, supported r by its rim 7 flange.

This topan'd :the basin. are solidly'supported in'thenormal position by the fixed members 5 and 6, and they may also receive some support from the front apron 7. As 'seenin Figs. 1,2 and 3 the toplO is placed somewhat below the; plane of the tops of'the fixed side ,mefmbers 6, s0 that a removable table top or board Mean be placed flatly'on these supports, clearing o mounted on the rear fixed member 5 in a the rim of the basin 13. g I

Hot and cold water faucets 15, 16. are

swiveled manner, so thatthey can either project forward over the basin opening 12 and over the top of the closet-bowl 3 direct- 1y below, as shown in full lines in Figs. 1 and 3, or canbe turned back and to the side,

' as seen in full lines in'Fig. 2 and in broken lines in Fig. 3,-1in which latter position they they are in their rear positions.

are broughtwholly within the vertical lines of the fixed portion 5v and permit the hinged top 10 to be opened. The faucets may also be turned back out of'the way when the table top 14 is in place, converting the as semblage into a dressing or other table, Grooves 17 maybe provided'inthe part 5 to catch any drip from the faucets when Wash Water fromfthe'basin isdischarged directly into the water-closetbeneath, thus doing away with any Waste piping for the basin. 7 V N provided with a discharge opening 18 in the.

a The "basin is preferably bottom, closed'by a removable plug 19.. i

The removabilityof the'b'asin permits it to be carried ,to the patients bed, in hOShital use, and for such use it is preferable to use a, basin having a solid bottom to preclude possibility of a plug becoming loosened and deluging 'the' bed.

openingand plugis desirable. The basin is I advantageously provided with. a perforated pocket 20 on its inner wall for soap and wash-cloth, enabling the nurse to carry the filled basln and other articles with ease. In

For domestic or apart vment purposes thebasln having a discharge the basin for domestic use the pocket may be omitted, andthe top of the wash-stand in either form may beprovided with one or more suitable receptacledepressions 21 (Fig- 8') for soap, etc, I I I g The sides of the under part of the-washstand: are advantageously equipped "with shelves 22 to hold various articles, and on the under sides of these shelves there may be hooks for hanging. A towel rack 22* is also illustrated. A small tub 23 is shown hanging beneath the lower shelf at the right hand side of Fig. Beneath the shelf at the opposite side there isroom fora stool 24.

A superstructure 25 of shelvin'gmay. also be built up from the rear fixed portion 5'.

The closet-bowl 3 is preferably covered when not in use by a simple removable cover 26, No separate or wooden seat is provided, since these. are unsanltary and diflicultto porcelain or like bowl is made'to serve as keep clean.v Instead, the top or rim'oflthe i the seat/ This top, when provided with the usual inner flushing rim 27 and with an outer or overhanging 'rim'28, a e-illustrated.

in Fig. 5, affordsa fairly wide seat; I do manner in which the integral seat is formed; it being suflicient that the top be flat and pride enough, at the proper part, forcomort.

The top of a water-closet bowl 'is'coldzto not limit myself, however, to. the precise the touch and would givea disagreeable and possibly injurious shock. To overcome thls difficulty, I provide means for warming the seating rim, sufficiently totake ofi the chill, but not to such extent 'asto give an unpleasantsensation of heat. This may be done by application, in proper proximity and properly shielded, of heat from the hot water supply of thevwash-stand, Figs. 1', 2 and 5 illustrate thehotwater pipe 29 'lead v ing to the faucet'15 as being bent in a short coil 30 beneath the rear portion of the overhanging rim of the bowl. In this position,

the metal, containing the hot water can be directly in contact with thematerial of the bowl. and the amount of heat conducted forl wardly through such material will agreeably warm or temper the seating region. V The cold water pipe of thefaucet "16-is marked 31. w v v The faucets, or either of them, can be used to great advantage for cleaning the closetbowl. sincewhen the basin '13 01113 is re-' moved the faucets in their forward positions in this manner the hinged top of thewashstandcan be opened or not, though'it is.

more convenient to clean thebowl with the top raised and the apron sections -7opened. -Th1s 1s, of course, the condition I 0 when the water-closet is to be used.

The construction of Figsffi to Sdiifers will deliver their streams directly into'the" water-closet. When the bowl is to be cleaned mainly from theother form in that the top 10 of the wash-stand is in one piece and is hinged at the back, at 11 to the fixed back section 5", so as to swing upward and rearward. The opening for the removable wash.- basm 13 1s marked 12 Various features shown in connection with the first form are omitted in these views, but manifestly such features may be incorporated with either or with both of the forms. The size of the I wash-stand may be varied according to the dimensions of the space availablel In Figs.

6 and 7 Ihave indicated that the removable Various other forms and modifications of selves.

the invention will readily suggest them- It may be suggested that the water-closet need not necessarily be employed for regular use, being especially advantageous in case of emergency. a a i i WVhat I claim as new is: V r a The combination of a wash-stand having aymovable top formed-with an opening, a

removable wash-basin in said opening, faucets movably mounted so as to projectover said opening and basin or to be turned out of theway of themovement of said top, and a permanent water-closet beneath said top,

.into which water-closet the contents of the basin when in place or the flow from the faucets when the latter are in their forward positions can be delivered. 1

HARRIETTE EN LEY HODGSON.

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