US1604456A

Railroad toilet

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US1604456A, drawing sheet 1 — Sheet 1 of 4

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Expired 31 August 1945, 81.1 years ago.

3 claims: 3 independent, 0 dependent

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I claim:. 1. In a railway car, having a toilec outlet co extending· through the floor thereof, a longitudinally’arranged frame member, a bracket mounted on said frame member, an arm pivotally carried by said bracket, an open top bucket, of substantial size, hingedly mount- Co ed, means carried by said bucket adapted to slidably engage the free end of said arm, and manually operable means for moving said arm about its pivot and therewith said bucket about its hinged axis,, said means be- 70 iiio· inaccessible from the toilet.
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In a railway car, having a toilet outlet extending through the floor thereof, a longitudinally arranged frame member, spaced brackets mounted on said frame member, 75 arms pivotally carried by said brackets, an open-top bucket of substantial size,, hingediv mounted to be moved into a position beneath the toilet outlet and in sealing cooperation with the floor, rotatable spools carried at each encl of said bucket adapted to sliclablv engage the free ends of said arms.
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In a railway car, having a toilet outlet extending through the floor thereof, a longitudinally arranged frame member, spaced 85 brackets mounted on said frame member, arms pivotally carried by said brackets, an open top bucket of substantial size, hingedly mounted to be moved into a position beneath the toilet outlet and in sealing cooperation 90 . with the floor, rotatable spools carried at each encl of said bucket adapted to slidably I engage the free ends of said arms, and means for moving said arms about their pivots and therewith said bucket about its hinged axis. 95 4. In a railway car, having a toilet outlet extending through the floor thereof, a longitudinally arranged frame member, a bracket mounted on said frame member on the side thereof that faces the adjacent side 100 of the car, an arm pivotally carried by said bracket, an open top bucket, of substantial s?ze hingedly mounted, and means carried by said bucket adapted to slidably engage the free end of said arm to move the bucket 105 into a position beneath the toilet outlet and in sealing cooperation with the floor, or to a position wholly beyond the toilet outlet with the bucket arranged for draining therefrom. In the position shown in dotted lines in Firn 5, said bucket hangs substantially < pendent from its hinges k and bottom portions of said bucket are arranged co slope downwardly .so as to be adapted to diain. 1 Sai bucket carries rotatable spools I at eacn end, which spools ride upon the pivoted arms h. Thus the pivotal movement of said arms h cause said bucket to. be correspondingly moved into and out of receiving position. , ' . . T I provide a flexible cable m which 1. connect to the transversely arranged rod i fastened to each arm h between the. pivot pin g'- and the free end thereof. Said cabie is mounted over a guide pulley n and is wound around an operating drum o which is adapted to be turned by a key-like handle p anel to be locked in set position by a pawl q which is adapted to engage the ratchet r. The preferable type of operating drum .and its control mechanism is the. type described in my co-pending application tor patent entitled Lock, which was executed and filed > upon the same date as this application die details of said control mechanism will thus not be further described. . Said control mechanism is preierabiy mounted in the partition c between the toilet 30 room and aisle with the operating portion o' thereof facing said aisle. Thus, the.keylike onerating handle p can be arranged to engage said operating.portions by a car attendant standing in said aisle without interference or warning to the occupants or said toilet room. · i i The preferred size of bucket j provided for railway cars has a capacity of approximately eight gallons so that the toilet facilities can be used several times and the contents flushed into said bucket. Mv improved mechanism is adapted to utilize a container of this large size and thus permits the uninterrupted use of the toilet facilities on railway cars when they are standing in the yards, preparatory to pullin ο- out, and also through cities through which said railway cars pass. It is to be understood that my mechanism, does not affect the construction of the toilet facilities in the slightest and serve merely as adjustable containers movable into position to catch their discharge. Thus with said bucket-like container in position any. res.ult5 ant odor will be prevented from passing into the toilet room by the water traps or other ABRAHAM L. LEVY.

Independent claims3

15 paragraphs, as filed

Application filed. August 31, 1925. Serial No. 53,534.

Ήιθ object of my invention is to provide toilet facilities for a railway car, the discharge whereof can be controlled from a point outside of the toilet room but prefer6 ably, from a point within the car, thus permitting said facilities to be used at all times but preventing the occupants from rcleasino· the controls for said facilities to discharge the contents in towns, station yards and the 10 like, which discharge would constitute a nuisance.

. A. further object of my invention is to provide control devices of this character, which do not communicate directly with the dis15 charge outlet of said toilet facilities, that is constitute a valve or closure therefor, and thus my improved control devices are adapted to co-operate with any type of railway car, with no alteration. I attain this lat20 ter object by providing a relatively large open-top bucket which is hingediv attached to the under surface of the floor and in one position is swung into a horizontal plane in vertical alinement with the outlet for the 25 railway toilet and with the open mouth of said bucket against said floor, forming a seal therewith. In this position said bucket is adapted to receive and hold the discharge from the railway toilet without affecting the 30 operation of the latter. In another position, said bucket hangs pendent from its hinges and. is out of alinement with the discharge outlet, and all of its bottom surfaces are arranged to slope downwardly, to drain.

.A further object of my invention is to provide control devices for the operating mechanism, which devices are adapted to be connected to the operating mechanism by a flexible cable so that said control mechanism 40 and said connection can be easily adjusted to correspond to the structural characteristics of the particular railway car. The control for said operating mechanism is preferably located to face the aisle of said railway 45 car and is preferably key-controlled so as to be operable only by the railway attendant who has a proper key.

The details of construction and mode of operation are hereinafter described with ref50 erence to the accompanying drawings in which: ’ .Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a portion of the interior of a railway car showing the aisle of the toilet room thereof 55 a portion of the floor and the door for said car therefor being shown as broken away to disclose the otherwise concealed details of construction of the operating mechanism embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary exterior elevation 60 ot a railway car with portions shown as broken away to disclose details of construction of the toilet facilities and the control therefor;

Jig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal section 65 taken through that portion of the railway car in which the toilet 'is located, portions also being shown as broken away to disclose details of the operating and control mechanism for said toilet facilities; 70

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary, foreshortened elevation of the operating and control mechanism. which embodies my invention, said elevation being taken from one side of the car, thus longitudinally thereof; 75

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 taken transversely of the car; said figure shows the portion of the bucket-like control in its closed position and in its discharging position, the arrangement of the parts in dis- 80 charging position being shown in dotted lines.

My improved control mechanism is adapted to be embodied , in a standard railway coach a, provided with a toilet room δ sepa- 85 rated from the remainder of the car by a partition c. which partition ordinarily separates said toilet room from the main aisle a ofsaid car. Said car is provided with longitudinally arranged frame members d 90 underneath the floor.e of saicl car, said frame members usually being two in number and being ai ranged at each side of the longitudinal center line of said car. My improved operating mechanism for controlling the dis- 95 charge fiom the toilet facilities /, are preferably mounted upon the longitudinally arranged frame member of the car at that side thereof.

..Brackets g are bolted to the outer face 100 01 said frame member by bolts g' and said brackets carry pivoted arms h spaced apart and preferably connected by a rod i so as to form said arms into a rigid structure so that they will move together about their 105 pivot pins g<sup>2</sup>. An open top bucket j is fastened to the under surface of the floor e by hinges 7c, said bucket being arranged so that in one position, as shown in full lines m l· ig. 5, the open top thereof will bear 110 tightly against the under surface of said floor and form therewith a water-tight seal

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valve structures with which said toilets are commonly provided.

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WO0196674A2	Cited by	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	International search
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Document	Office	Kind	Date
5353425	United States of America	A	1925-08-31
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Railroad toilet

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