An improved guard orcover for the seats of water-closets, commodes, and the like / [Ernest William Turner].

  • Turner, Ernest William.
Date:
1895
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An improved guard orcover for the seats of water-closets, commodes, and the like / [Ernest William Turner]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TsTC 8046 A.!). 1805 Date of Application, 12th Feb., 1895—Accepted, 6th Apr., 1895 <-0MPLETE SPECLFI0 AT ION. An Improved Guard or Cover for tlie Seats of Water-closets, Commodes, and the like. I Ernest William Turner of Royal Parade Blackheath in the County of Surrey do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement: — 5 The object of this invention is to prevent contact between the seat of the water- closet commode or the like and the skin of the person sitting thereon whereby the risk of acquiring contagious diseases is avoided and the deterrent effect of the contact of the warm body with a cold seat on the act of defaecation obviated it being well known that the shock to the system caused by sitting on a cold closet 10 seat is very apt to check the action of the bowels during evacuation. Now according to this invention I provide sheets of paper or other suitable material of an antiseptic nature perforated in such a manner that the centre portion may be torn out leaving a hole somewhat smaller than the orifice in the closet seat. Before using the closet a sheet of paper having the centre portion removed is 15 placed on the seat and when sat upon the inner edges of the paper are bent downwards thus preventing contact between the wood-work and the person of the user. And in order that my said invention may be fully understood I will proceed to explain the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which 20 Fig. 1 represents a sheet of paper or other suitable material perforated in the required manner. Fig. 2 shews the same with the centre torn out ready for placing on a closet seat. Fig. 3 shews the same sheet folded and perforated ready for use. 25 Fig. 4 shews the piece torn out. The same letters denote the same parts in all the figs. a is a sheet of paper or other suitable material wood pulp for instance having perforations b in the form of an ellipse or other suitable figure to enable the portion c to be torn out when required for use. 30 Other perforation d. e. f. g. h. may be provided it desired. The sheets are preferably folded in four before being perforated as shewn at Fig. 3, as in this form they are more convenient for packing and for tearing the centre out. Each time the closet is used the user takes a clean sheet of paper or other material tears out the portion c opens out the sheet as shewn in Fig. 2 and spreads 35 it over the closet seat taking care that the edges of the guard will bend downwards and protect the user’s body from contact with the wood-work. If used merely for protection against contagious diseases the material I prefer to use is either a thin tough paper or a paper having a smooth surface on one side, the portion torn off may then be used for cleansing the anus after defaecation, but if used for protecting 4i) aged persons invalids and others from contact with a cold seat the material I prefer to use is an easily soluble thick paper or wood-pulp somewhat of the texture of blotting paper. This guard is specially applicable for use in public water-closets, latrines and similar places. [.Price 8d.j