US1226684A - Toilet inclosure or booth. - Google Patents

Description

G. R. MEYERCORD.

TOILET INCLOSURE 0R BOOTH.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31. 1913.

1,226,684. Patented Ma 22, 1917.

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TOiLET INCLOSUREOR BOOTH.

APPLICATIO N FILED MAY 31. \9l3.

Patented May22,19l7.

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GEORGE E. MEYERGORD, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TOILET INGLOSURE OR BOOTH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 31, 1913. Serial No. 770,338.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. MEYER- CORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of 0001;, State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Toilet Inclosures or Booths, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in. the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

It is common practice to construct a toilet inclosure or booth of marble slabs, but there is an objection to all such constructions in that exposedmetallic hardware is required for fastening the parts together and, in the case of partitions or walls held clear of the floor, exposed metallic supporting standards are required. a

The exposed hardware requires constant attention to keep it clean and, even when the greatest care is exercised, the hardware becomes unsightly and more or less unsanitary in time.

The object of my invention isto produce a toilet inclosure or booth made of sanitary slabs and having no exposed metal fastening or supporting means and having the continuity of its surfaces uninterrupted so that it may at all times be kept easily in a clean and sanitary condition.

The various features of novelty whereby my invention is characterized will hereinafter be pointed out with particularity in the claims; but, for a full understanding of my invention and of its objectand advantages, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein: a

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a twocompartment toilet inclosure arranged in accordance with a preferred form of my invention, portions of one of the walls being broken away in order more clearly to disclose the construction;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on an en-' larged scale. through a portlonof one slde and the front wall of one of the compartments; and 0 Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the framework of the inclosure.

In accordance with my invention I build up a skeleton supporting frame of the size and shape which the booth or inclosure is to have and then'cover the frame with sanitary slabs or panels which serve both as the walls of the booth or inclosure and completely to conceal the supporting frame.

,My invention may take various'specific forms and may be employed in the construction of booths or inclosures of various sizes and shapes and adapted for various purposes. Inthe drawings I have illustrated the invention as embodied in a two-compart ment toilet inclosure and, forthe sake of brevity I shall confine the detailed description to this specific construction, although it will of course be understood that my invention is not limited to this particular use or to the particular structural details so illustrated and described.

In the arrangement shown in the drawings the inclosure is one adapted to be built against a wall and to be closed at the rear by the wall. The framework consists of two sides each of which may conveniently be made of three parallel upright angle iorns, l, 2gand 3, secured in any suitable way to the floor and having their upper ends connected together by a horizontal angle iron, 1. The angle irons l are secured to the wall, the angle irons 3 form the front corners or the two sides of the inclosure, and the angle irons 2 are placed between the members 1 and 3. The upper ends of the two angle irons 3 may be connected together by parallel horizontal pieces or angle irons, 5 and 6, the member 5 being at the upper ends of the members 3 and the members 6 being at such a height as to form the top of the door openings in the front of the inclosure. Extencling down from the members 6 to the floor are two pieces or angle irons, 7 lying parallel with the members 3 and each forming one edge of one of the door openings. Each of the members 7 is preferably connected across to the corresponding corner angle or post by means of short pieces, 8 and 9, arranged respectively near the top and at the bottom. Midway between the members 7, and lying in the same plane, are two upright pieces or angle irons, 10, connected at their upper ends.to the cross piece 6 and at their lower ends to the floor; the members 10 being spaced apart a distance approximately equal to the width of the panel between the two door openings.

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The members 10 may be connected together at the top by a cross piece, 11, and at the bottom by a cross piece,

12. Two other cross pieces, 13 and 14:, arearranged between the members 10 at a distance apart equal to the height of the partition wall between the two compartments,

veniently consist of two horizontal angle irons, 15 and 16, resting at their front ends respectively on the cross pieces 13 and 1d and secured in any suitable manner at the1r rear ends to the wall against which the in closure is built; together with an upright piece or angle iron, 17, extending between the members 15 and 16 and secured at its ends tothese members midway between the ends of the latter.

The entire framework heretofore clescribed, whether built of angleirons or other structural iron is cheap and simple, requiring only ordinary commercial metal cut in the desired lengths; and it is easily set up or assembled, since the various members may be rigidly connected together either by small rivets or simple stove bolts. Inother words, the frame is built entirely of commercial iron which is simply cut into the proper lengths, drilled or punched and then fastened together with bolts or rivets.

While I have referred to the members 2 and 17 as being angle irons, these-members are preferably made in the form of channels to give added strength.

After the skeleton frame has been set up it is sheathed, preferably with ordinary plaster board cut in panels of the proper size and shape and fastened in any suitable way upon the framework. In the arrangement shown, see particularly Fig. 2, the plaster board in each of the side walls is made in the form of two panels, 18 and 19, of a width to fit between the members 2 and 3 and the members 1 and 2, respectively, and of a height adapted to extend from the floor to the top pieces 4. The sheathing may be riveted to the members 1 and 3 Or be tied thereto with wires. The sheathing may be fastened to the members 2 in any suitable way, conveniently by placing on the members 2 U-shaped clips, 20, having the free ends of their arms bent laterally as indicated at 21; the sheathing being laid against the bent ends 21 and a pin or nail, 22, being inserted through each clip and the body of the member 2 on the opposite side'of the sheathing. The skeleton frame for the partition wall may be sheathed in the same way as the sides. The panels of the front of the inclosure, that is the panels at the sides and between the two door openings and across the top thereof may be sheathed by placing between the frame members of these panels suitable pieces, such as indicated at 23 in Fig. 2 and wiring or otherwise fastening them in place.

After the frame has been sheathed it is covered on both sides with plastering as indicated at 24 and 25 in Fig. 2. The combined thicknesses of the sheathing and the two layers of plastering are equal to or slightly greater than the width of the angle irons or channel irons so that after the plastering is completed, the sides, front and partition wall of the inclosure are smooth and continuous and of uniform thickness.

The whole is then sheathed with the sanitary slabs or panels, preferably the white glass known as vitrolite. In the arrangement shown each side of the inclosure is sheathed on the inside and outside with two large panels, 26 and 27, extending from the top to the floor. Each side of the partition wall is similarly sheathed with panels, 28 and 29. The front is sheathed with suitable panels, 30, 31, 32 and 33. The result is that in the finished structure there are no exposed fastening means and every wall is smooth and continuous from one edge to another and has no projections corresponding with the usual hardware; so that there is no hardware to keep clean or to form with the sanitary panels cracks or crevices in which dirt can collect. V

The finishing panels may be fastened in place in any suitable way, preferably by cementing them to the plastering with suitable layers of cement, as indicated at 35 and 36.

It is desirable to have the door jambs, where doors are employed, made of wood, since wood acts as a cushion and protects the more rigid structure against jars due to slamming the doors. The door jambs may conveniently be secured in place as illustrated in Fig. 2, 4O representing a door jam'b lying against the angle iron, 7, and fastened thereto by suitable small bolts, 41, the adj acent finishing panels being made wide enough to overlap the door jamb slightly.

I claim:

1. A booth or inclosure comprising four upright corner angle irons, intermediate uprights of structural iron, transverse members connecting the uprights together, plaster board of less thickness than the width of said angle irons arranged between and secured to corresponding flanges thereof to form a solid wall, plaster supports on opposite sides of said plaster board of a thickness suflicient only to conceal the metallic structure, and sanitary slabs or panels cemented on both sides of the walls and wholly concealing the plaster.

2. A booth or inclosure open at the top, comprising upright corner angle irons, intermediate uprights of structural iron, transverse members connecting the uprights together, plaster board of less thickness than of the same to the bottom and wholly con- 10 the width of said angle irons arranged beeealing the plaster.

tween and secured to corresponding flanges In testimony whereof, I sign this specifithereolf tofolrm solid walls havinig frefe upcation in the presence of two witnesses.

per e es, aster on 0p osite si es 0 said plaster boar d of a thickn ss sufficient only to GEORGE MEYERGORD conceal the metal structure, and sanitary Witnesses:

slabs or panels cemented on both sides of the WM. F. FREUDENREIGH,

walls and extending from the free top edge RUTH E. ZEYI'IERVALL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. O."

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