US937164A - Sanitary seat for water-closets. - Google Patents

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J. W. MuAULIFFB.

SANITARY SEAT r01: WATER GLOSETS.

APPLIOATIOH FILED NOV. 16, 190B.

Patented Oct. 19, 1909.

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SKNITARY SEAT FOR WATER-:GIDOSETS.

Specification of Letters .Batent; Application meanovemb e 1a, 1903. seriatxo. teas-sa- To all whom it: may. cancer n:

Be it known that I, .Jorm MOAUEIEEE, a; citizen ofthe United: States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented a: certain new and useful'Improvement in Sanitary Seats for Water- Closets, and declare the following who a full, clear, and exact description-of the. same, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had'to-the accom anying drawings, which form a 'partyo this specification.

In the usual form of water-closet wherein there is employed a hinged seat there has always been the serious objection of: wetting the under side of the seat at the front thereof; This wetting renders the seat unsanitary andoften distorts it due toabsorption of the'liquid by the wood of'which the seat is composed. It has been proposed to make seats of metal, porcelain or othersanitary material which will not absorb the water or other liquids which may come u on it, but this has been found impracticahle because of the high heat-conductivity of such materials whichmake seats composed thereof uncomfortable. Therefore resort hasbeen had to cutting away the front portion'of.

the seat andproviding the bowl with an'upwardly extending pro ection to fill the open ing so formed. This arrangement not only weakens the seat, but itis inapplicable to any type of bowl which does not have the upwardly -extending projection: furthermore, it is uncomfortable in that the person of the user is apt to be pinched between the seat and the projection.

The object of my invention is. to provide a simple and novel arran the original objection o water-closet seats.

A further object,,of my invention is to provide a sanitary arrangement applicable to any usual type of water-closet.

To the above endI have provided a novel seat, applicable to any ordinary form of bowl, which will be free from. the objections to the old wooden seat. and also from the disadvantages inherent in, sanitary seats made of materials of high-heat. conductivity.

The various. features of novelty which unsanitariness in be pointed out with particularity in the claims; but, for ti -gull understanding of my ement overcoming to the bowl will be awiiided. characterize my invention; will hereinafter invention and of its various objects and ad vantages, reference may be had to-the following detailed description taken in connection with: the accompanying drawing, wherein: I

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a watercloset bowl: having .a seat arranged 1n accordance with one form of my invention;

Fig; 2" is a bottom plan view of the seat;

Fig: 3 is a view showing a portion of the front edge of the seat; Fig. 4 is a section taken on line yg in Fig. 3; and Fig.5 is a section. taken on line s--z of Fig. 2.

, Referring to the draw-ing, A represents a bowl and B a detachable sea hinged'thereto as at 6, although any other usual or preferred arrangement for securing the seat; may be employed. In the preferred form,- I make-use of a metallic ring or frame on which are supported side PlGCGSOOIIlPOSBd-E of a material of low heat-conductivity; the

ends of' the side. pieces being separated from each other at points Where they might be come-wet, asat the front or back of the seat opening. In the particular arrangement illustrated, I have shown a separation of the side pieces both at the front and at the back, although I do not desire to be limited to this mosthighly' developed form.

The two side ieces are indicated at C and D and, fitting etween the se arated ends thereof, are blocks or sections and F which form therewith a continuous ring bounding the seat-opening, B The lengths of the blocks or sections, measured circumferentially of the seat opening, are such as' to 1 I cover the zones to be protected. The blocks may have any desired cross-section'in the radial direction and may 'or may not take the shape of the adjacent portions of the side pieces. In the arrangement shown, the blocks are depressed below the upper surface of the seat so that the person of the user does not come in contact therewith. In this form they are preferably inclined downwardly from the outer edges toward the inner edges, and may also be'provided with raised beads e and f atthe outer edges; consequently any water or other liquid which comes upon the blocks will run down into the bow and soiling ofthefloor adjacent The two sanitary brake. or sections are connected together by meansof arms G and H- which underlie the side pieces and, to-

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(ill durable and may frame or ring. The side pieces are secured to this frame or ring in any suitable man- 'ner, as, for example, by means of screws I.

This makes a cheap as well as a durable and sanitary construction, since the frame or ring may be cast or otherwise formedof metal and the side pieces be molded if desired. The ex osed portions of the frame may be painted, galvanized or coated with porcelain, according to the grade or quality of seat desired. The hinge members I; are preferably connected with the metal frame as it is better ada ted to bear the strain than the portions 0 low heat conductivity. It will now be seen that I have provided a seat which is wholly sanitary, while at the same time it will not subject the user to the discomforts of prior arrangements seeking this end; furthermore, it 1s strong and be applied to substantially all types of bowls. a

While I have illustrated and described in detail only a single preferred form which my inventionwill take, it will of course be understood that, broadly considered, my invention may be embodied in various other forms containing many structural details which will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art; and by the terms of the definitions of my invention constituting the appended claims I intend to cover all such forms.

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

1. A. movable sanitary seat comprising a continuous metal frame bounding an opening, and side pieces composed of a material of low heat-conductivity mounted upon the side portions of the-frame, said frame having upwardly projecting sections fitting between the ends of the said side pieces.

2. A movable sanitary seat comprising a continuous metal frame bounding an opening, and side pieces composed of a material of low heat-conductivity mounted upon the side portions of the frame, said frame having upwardly projectin sections fitting between the ends of the side pieces and having their upper surfaces inclined upwardly from the inner edges of the said sections.

3. A movable sanitary seat comprising a continuous metal frame bounding an 0 ening, said frame having sections compose of a material of low heat-conductivit mounted thereon, the adjacent ends of said sections being separated from each other at one end of the seat, and said frame having an upwardly projecting portion fitting between said ends. 4

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. MoAULIFFE.

Witnesses:

WM. F. FREUDENREICH, HARRY S. GAITHER.

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