US1777108A - Sanitary portable water-closet - Google Patents

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A fro/77 y Patented Sept. 30, 1930 PATT oreice MORRIS SCHILLER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI i SANITARY PORTABLE WATER-CLOSET Application filed September 16, 1929. Serial No. 332,818.

This invention is an improvement on my prior Patent 1,038,665, for similar devices, and has among its objects the production of such devices which shall be simple, sanitary, convenient, economical, and reliable and satisfactory for use wherever found applicable.

My invention is primarily intended for use in hospitals, or rooms where the sick are confined, although it is obvious that various other uses may be made thereof, as the need may arise. V

The invention has among its objects, the production of a portable water closet in which the flushing may be effected in either of two ways, and in which one manner of flushing may be with more force than with the other so as to more thoroughly clean the device.

Another object of my invention is to provide flushing means for the device, in which the water will be discharged through the deposit-receiving shell near the top of the latter and thereby insure the most complete and thorough cleansing action on said shell.

Many other objects and advantages of the construction herein shown and described will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains, from the disclosures herein given.

To this end, my invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts herein shownand described,

and uses mentioned, and more particularly pointed out in the claims. In the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate like or corresponding parts throughout, A

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device, with parts broken away in order to show the construction more clearly; and

Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the same, but without the container and seat.

In the drawings, wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention, there is shown a portable, flushable water closet, intended for use wherever deemed desirable or necessary, as in hospitals,sickrooms, camps, etc., or in ordinary dwellings in those localities not having sewers and drainage.

The device consists of an inner shell or tubular member 1, preferably in the form of a truncated cone open at both ends, the same having two series of apertures 2 and 3 therethrough adjacent t 1e upper edge.

Surrounding the tubular member 1 is a water jacket or water container 1, of suiiicient size to contain the desired quantity of water 5. 'A. filling opening with a removable cap 6 is arranged at the too of the water jacket, somewhat as indicated. A trough 7 is fixed on the member 1, encircling the same adjacent the apertures 3, so that water admitted into said trough will discharge through said apertures, in a manner to be more clearly hereinafter described.

A pair of outlets 8 and 9, communicate with the water jacket at the upper and lower ends respectively, adapted to receive the con duits 10 and 11 respectively, therethrough.

The water that is poured into the container 4 to fillthe same will quickly run through the openings 2 and 3 until the level is just therebelow, so that when it is desired to flush the tubular member thereafter, some other means must be provided. To this end, I have provided a pump, positioned adjacent the deposit receptacle so as to be operable by the user of the latter, this pump comprising an outer casing or shell13, with a removable cover or cap 1d at its top, and an inner shell or casing15, which may be open at its top if desired. The conduit 10 leads from the upper end of the'inuer shell 15 through the water jacket, and empties into the trough 7 while the conduit 11 connects the lower ends of the water jacket and outer shell 13.

Obviously, the water poured into the water jacket will flow into the container 13, to the same ieveles in the jacket 4. The lower closed end of the inner shell 15 is provided with a port or opening therethrough, said port being closable with a ball 16, forming a valve therefor. One or more laterally arranged bars 17 may be arranged within the shell 15 above the ball 16, to limit upward movement of the latter. l

A plunger 18, in the form of a cup closed at its lower end and open at its top, is slidable within the inner shell 15, the handle 19 Lil being connected thereto so that the plunger may be reciprocated. The lower end of the plunger is also provided with an opening or port therethrough, and a ball is vertically movable within the plunger cup and seats on said port so as to form a valve therefor. Bars 21 are arranged across the open upper end of the cup to form limit stops for the ball in upward movement, and also connect the cup to the handle.

Movement of the plunger in opposite directions will alternately hold one of the ball valves open and the other closed. Upward movement of the plunger will hold the valve 20 closed and cause the valve 16 to open or unseat, to thereby draw the water from the containers upwardly of the inner shell 15, The subsequent downward movement of the plunger will hold the lower valve 16 closed and unseat the upper valve 20 to cause the wa ter in the inner shell to flow upwardly past the valved port 20. It suflicient water has been drawn into the inner shell past the port in this way, such water will discharge through the conduit 10, into the trough 7, to thereby flow out tl'rrough the apertures 2 to flush the tubular member gently. It insu ilicient water has been lifted, further pumping'is required, the water in the inner shell rising until it flows outwardly through the upper conduit 10, into the trough.

In order to flush more actively, an independently operable means is provided. A pipe 22, somewhat like the ordinary tire valve, is fixed to the water jacket, extending downwardly therein for a relatively considerable distance, the outer end of the valve having the usual means thereon, as on tire valves, to prevent the escape of air thereat and permit of air intake. Air compressing means, as for example, the pump 23, may be connected to the valve 22 to force air into the jacket. Pumping a sufficient amount of air into this jacket will lift the water therein.

A plurality of tubes or pipes 25 are posi tioned within the jacket, extending from adjacent the bottom of the same and opening through the apertures 3. The activity of the water flushing to be had through the pipes 25 may be regulated by the amount of air pumped into the jacket, but it is apparent that a most complete and thorough flushing and cleansing of the surface of the tubular member may be had in this manner.

If desired, a bucket or receptacle 26 may be provided to receive deposits therein, the parts of the device fitting into the receptacle as shown in Fig. 1. Also, a toilet seat 27 may be provided.

Having thus described my invention, it is obvious that various immaterial modifications may be made in the same without departing from the spirit of my invention; hence I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact form, construction,

arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and described, or uses mentioned, except as limited by the claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A water closet comprising a tubular member having apertures through its bounding wall adjacent its upper end, a water container surrounding said member, and a plurality of independently operable means for forcing water from said container into said member through said apertures.

2. A water closet comprising a tubular member having two series of apertures therethrough adjacent the upper end, a water jacket surrounding the same and extending downwardly from the upper portion of the member, and means for forcing water from said jacket into said member through either series of apertures.

3. water closet comprising a tubular member having apertures therethrough adjacent the top, a water j acket surrounding said member and having an upper and a lower outlet, and a pump for forcing water from said jacket through said member, said pump consisting of an outer shell communicating with said lower outlet, an inner shell communicating at its upper end with said upper outlet and having a valved lower end, and a plunger slidable within said inner shell and having a valved lower end, whereby movement of the plunger in opposite directions will alternately open onev of said valves and close the other.

4. A water closet, comprising a tubular member having openings through its side wall at points above the mid height of said member, adjacent the upper portion, a watei container surrounding said member and ex tending to adjacent said openings, a conduit surrounding said member and communicating. with said openings, and means for pumping water from said container into said conduit.

5. A water closet, comprising a tubular member having openings therethrough adj acent its top, a water acket about said member, a conduit on said member communicating with said openings, means for withdrawing water from said jacket and discharging the same into said conduit, and independent means for raising the level of the water in said jacket to discharge into said member.

MORRIS SCHILLER.

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