Abstract: A ceramic toilet pan 12 has a raised rear portion 18 to which a hinge tube 28 may be accurately located and fixed in position for example by adhesive using a jig 22 despite variations in pan body size due to ceramic firing, a water pump 82 and air pump 102 being provided for flushing the toilet pan 10 when a seat 58 and lid 56 are in a closed position, the seat and lid being rotationally mounted to the pan 12 by a horizontal hinge pin 180 located in the hinge tube 28, a latch member 194 being provided for latching the lid 56 and seat 58 closed, a cistern having an overflow weir 320.

Abstract: A ceramic toilet pan 12 has a raised rear portion 18 to which a hinge tube 28 may be accurately located and fixed in position for example by adhesive using a jig 22 despite variations in pan body size due to ceramic firing, a water pump 82 and air pump 102 being provided for flushing the toilet pan 10 when a seat 58 and lid 56 are in a closed position, the seat and lid being rotationally mounted to the pan 12 by a horizontal hinge pin 180 located in the hinge tube 28, a latch member 194 being provided for latching the lid 56 and seat 58 closed, a cistern having an overflow weir 320.

Abstract: A ceramic toilet pan having a raised rear portion to which a hinge tube may be accurately located and fixed in position for example by adhesive using a jig despite variations in pan body size due to ceramic firing, a water pump and air pump being provided for flushing the toilet pan when a seat and lid are in a closed position. The seat and lid are rotationally mounted to the pan by a horizontal hinge pin located in the hinge tube and a latch member is provided for latching the lid and seat closed. A cistern is also provided having an overflow weir.

Abstract: A container comprising a body (1), a lid (5) for the body (1), and a locking arrangement for securing the lid (5) to the body (1): the locking arrangement comprising a handle (23) which fits around at least a part of the periphery of the lid (5), and at least one locking device which connects the handle (23) to the lid (5) such that the lid (5) is movable by the handle (23), which is such that the locking device locks when the handle (23) is lowered with respect to the lid (5), and which is such that the lifting of the handle (23) away from the lid (5) causes the locking device (4) to unlock.

Abstract: A rotary piston machine has a cylinder provided with two ends to form a stator with inlet and outlet apertures, and a piston having a rotor eccentrically mounted within the stator. A vane is connected to the rotor by a hinge and forms an expanding and contracting chamber as the piston rotates. The piston is provided with a sealing means sufficient to restrict movement of gaseous/fluid matter between chambers during operation. The sealing means includes a flexible seal member with a mating lip positioned adjacent to the vane hinge. Each revolution of the eccentrically mounted piston causes the seal member to contact an inner cylinder wall to prevent the escape of displaced gaseous/fluid matter past the vane hinge. The flexible seal member contacts the cylinder wall and bends to form a lip seal resistive to the direction of pressurization.

Abstract: A rotary piston machine comprising a cylinder (13) provided with two ends to form a stator, inlet and outlet apertures disposed in the stator, a rotor (1) eccentrically mounted within the stator, and at least one vane (11a, b, c, d) connected to the rotor and in communication with the cylinder (13) to form an expanding and contracting chamber as the piston rotates, the vane (11a, b, c, d) being substantially rigid perpendicular to its line of contact with the rotor (1) but axially and torsionally deformable to allow the internal pressure generated during displacement to force the vane (11a, b, c, d) into simultaneous colinear alignment with the rotor and the cylinder (13) such that incompatibilities in the component parts are reconciled.

Abstract: A container comprising a body (1), a lid (5) for the body (1), and a locking arrangement for securing the lid (5) to the body (1): the locking arrangement comprising a handle (23) which fits around at least a part of the periphery of the lid (5), and at least one locking device which connects the handle (23) to the lid (5) such that the lid (5) is movable by the handle (23), which is such that the locking device locks when the handle (23) is lowered with respect to the lid (5), and which is such that the lifting of the handle (23) away from the lid (5) causes the locking device (4) to unlock.