US358651A - John clifford - Google Patents

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. J. CLIFFORD.

-URINAL STALL.

Patented Mar. l, 1887.

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JOHN CLIFFORD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 'IO THE L. VOLFF MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

URINAL-STALL.

SPECIFICATION forming part ci" Letters Patent No. 358,651, dated March l, i887.

Application fled November 19, 1886. Serial No. 919,364. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN CLIFFORD, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Urinal-Stalls; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this application.

My invention relates to means for the drain lage of urinal-stalls, `especially that type of stalls which is built of marble or other stone slabs, and is applicable either in cases where earthenware uriuals are employed or where the stalls are used simply in connection with washing-down streams or jets of water supplied from a perforated tube arranged near the upper portion of' the back surface of the stalls. y

Previous to my invention in these types 'of urinal-stalls there has been more or less difficulty in keeping the stalls in a perfectly cleanly and sanitary condition by reason of a lack of free and constant drainage and washing away of the drippings.

I propose to provide for use urinal-stalls supplied with means for effectuallyv carrying off to the sewer of the apartment all drippings and washings of the` stalls, and which at the same time shall render the construction of the stalls themselves more desirable than hereto fore.

To these main ends and objects my iuvelr tion may be said to consist, essentially, in the combination, with the marble or other stone slabs ofl which the stall or stalls is or are composed, of a metallic drain-trough arranged at the angle formed between the back and floor slabs of the stall or stalls, which trough also serves to wholly or partially support said slabs, and is connected at its egress or discharge end by means of a suitable pipe-coupling with the sewer or drainpipe of the apartment or building, all as will be hereinafter more fully explained, and as will be more particularly pointed out and defined in the claims of this specification.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention relates to understand and practice the same, I will now proceed to describe my improvements, referring by letters to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, and in which I have shown my in vention carried out in that form in which I have so far Vsuccessfully practiced it, and which is the best form now known to me.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a series of urinal-stalls embracing my invention. Fig. 2 is a partial vertical crosssection at the line x xof Fig. l on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view on the same scale as Fig. 2, showing one end of one of the trough-sections, and also the dischargenozzle and strainer detached from the other parts. Fig. 4 is a perspective v'iew showing the application of my invention to another form or type of urinal-stall.

In the several figures the same parts, Wherever they occur, Will be found designated by the same letters of reference.

At Figs. l, 2, and 3, A represents the base or floor slab, B the back pieces, and C the partitions or side walls, of a series of marble urinal-stalls of that type in which no basins or bowls are employed, but in which. the wa ter dischargedinto the stalls is washed away and carried off through the medium of continuous jets or sprays of Water discharged from a perforated tube or pipe, D, arranged against the upper portions of the back slabs, B, of the stalls.

E is a drain-trough, made preferably of galvanized iron, (but which may be made of any other suitably strong and cleanly material,) which is' formed with a forward ledgelike flange, c, and with a rear horizontal ledgelike portion, a, and upwardlylprojecting or vertical flange d, which ledges and flange-like portions are adapted to perform certain offices, that will be presently explained. This draintrough is preferably made in sections where a series of stalls is employed, (especially where many stalls are embraced in the series) so as to render it necessary to have a comparatively long continuous drain-trough.

F is a discharge nozzle or coupling, which is properly connected at one end with the discharge end of the drain-trough and at its other end to any suitable drain-pipe leading to the sewer or other source of final discharge.

g is a strainer or vertically-arranged grating at the juncture of the discharge-nozzle F with the egress end of the trough E, which strainer is designed to prevent the discharge into the nozzle and thence into the drain-pipe of any solid matter, such as cigar-stumps, matches, paper, &c., that might be carelessly thrown into the trough E by persons using the stalls.

At Fig. 4L I have shown a modification of my invention, in which that type of stalls is used in which is employed the usual pan or bowl, such as seen at I, and in which my novel construction and arrangement of drain-trou gh is employed merely for receiving and discharging into the drain-pipe the drippings from the pans and the washingsin cleaning out the stalls.

, In this modication, however, the construction and arrangement of the metallic drain-trough is substantially the same, it will be seen, as in the case illustrated by the other iigures of the drawings.

It will be observed that the forward horizontal ledge or lip, c, of the metallic draintrough E, is located somewhat lower than the level at which is arranged the rearmost horizontal ledge, a. rIhe extent of depression of the part c below the part c should be exactly equal to the thickness of the slabs or stones A, which compose the floor of the stalls, and the object of this peculiar arrangement of the parts c and a is that the ledge c will receive v and support the rear edge or edges of the floor slab or slabs, (with said edges about coincident with the forward edge of the concave trough E,) in such manner that the top surfaces of said floor-slabs will come exactly on a level with the top surfaces of the portions a of the metallic trough, whereby I ani enabled in the construction of my urinal-stalls to use partition-slabs C of precisely the same length as the back slabs, B, the lower ends of which back slabs rest upon and are supported by the ledge a of the metallic trough, the lower rear corners of which partitionslabs may or may not be cnt away in construction of the stalls. This peculiar construction of metallic draintrough and the arrangement thus of said trough with the floor and back slabs not only enables me to firmly support both the floorslabs and back slabsl on the said metallic device, but renders the partition-slabs and back slabs, as they usually come from the marbleworks, interchangeable at pleasure in building with them the stalls, which is of great advantage in an economic ypoint of View, and often saves the eXtra expense and trouble of ordering for a given job slabs of a particular size for one part of the structure while having on hand slabs adapted only to another part of the stall-structure.

The metallic device E (or its sections) is formed, as shown, with suitable supporting and steadying devices or foot-like projections, f, which serve to give it a secure and solid basesupport on any suitable foundation or' floor upon which it may be placed. Each of the sections of such metallic trough is formed at one end with a female and at the other with a male coupling or engaging device, by means of which, with the use of any suitable cement or other packing material, any number of such sections may be united or coupled together with perfectly water-tight joints, while one end of the discharge-nozzle F is adapted to engage, as shown, in substantial] y the same manner, with the discharge end of the trough E, (or the last section thereof,) the strainer device g being embraced in the coupling, as shown, so as to form a perfectly-tight seam or joint where the trough E is connected to the said nozzle.

It will be understood that in the use of my invention in that type of urinal-stalls shown at Figs. l, 2, and 3 the washing-down streams and discharges into the stalls, as well as all washings and drippings from the floor-surface, will pass into and be carried along within the drain-trough E, from whence they will be discharged through the strainer g into the coupling or nozzle connection F,leadingto the drainpipe of the apartment or building; and it will be seen that by the use of substantially such a metallic trough as shown at the angle formed by the floor slabs with the back slabs of the stalls a most convenient and efficient means is provided for carrying off all the urinal dischargesas well as all the flushing-water, iloorwashings, 85e.

In that form of urinal-stall shown at Fig. 4 my improved construction serves, of course, only the purpose of efficiently carrying off all urinal-drippings and all floor-Washings, and does this in a more desirable and sanitary manner than is possible with any of the forms of stall-drainage now in use, to my knowledge.

Having now so fully explained my invention that those skilled in the art can practice the same, either in the precise form shown or under some modification thereof, and wishing it to be understood that the main fruits and advantages of my improvements may be gained without following, precisely, all the details of construction which I have shown and described, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with one or more stalls of any of the known types, a metallic draintrough located' at the angle formed by the juncture of the base-slab or floor with the back slab, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

2. In combination with the door and back slab or slabs of a urinal-stall, one or more urinal-stalls,and a metallic drain-trough arranged and operating to support the lower ends of the back slabs, and also the rearmost portions of the floor-slabs, in substantially the manner hereinbefore set forth.

3. In combination with the slabs composing the iioor, back, and sides, one or more urinalstalls, a metallic drain-trough having a foot- IOO IIO

rest or base, and formed 'or provided with l the exit end of said trough, substantially as horizontal ledges o and a, adapted to support, described, and adapted to permit the discharge respectively, the Hoor-slabs and the back slabs of the liquid contents only of said trough subin such a manner that the former will be susstantially as hereinbefore set forth. 15 5 tained at a proper level to permit the inter- In witness whereof I have hereunto set my changeable use of the back and partition slabs Il hand this 11th dzty of October, 1886. of the stall or stalls, in the manner hereinbe- T fore explained. i JOHA CLIFFORD 4. In u urinal-stall druintrough arranged In presence ofro vat the angle of the iioor with the back slab, a l WM. CLIFFORD,

-struiner or grating, g, and nozzle F, coupled to E. M. FORD.

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