US1083505A - Shower-bath. - Google Patents

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E. C. OSWALD.

SHOWER BATH.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21,1913.

Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

EDWARD G. OSWALD, OF FULLERTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

"SHOWER-BATH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 6, 1914.

Application filed March 21, 1913. Serial No. 755,844.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD C. OsWALD, a citizen of the United Statearesiding at Fullerton, in the county of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements Shower-Baths, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to shower" baths and the object of the invention resides in a device of simple construction, easy to apply and which is primarily intended for use in a bath tub.

My invention has the following advantages over other similar devices: It is very easy to keep in order on account of the pipes used being straight, as all that is necessary is to remove the nipples on the end of the pipes and run a cleaning rod through. The spray will reach the whole body at an even temperature and at a uniform pressure and is not localized, as is usual with other sprinklers. No curtain is required as with overhead showers and the water will not wet the floor as would be the case if the curtain were not drawn together in the latter case. The dispensation of the curtain tends to cheapen the device considerably as does also the use of the straight pipes. The water may be applied over the whole length of the body without wetting the hair, which is particularly appreciated by ladies. By turning the pipes while in the bath, the direction of the spray may be changed to different parts of the body and with the telescopic pipes, the spray may be directed high at one place and low at another, simultaneously. The telescopic feature also lends itself to localize the spray .if desired, that is the spray may be directed against the upper part of the body alone, or against the lower part alone by shortening the pipes. lVhen shortened, the device is also best suited for bathing children and infants. Lastly, the possibility of taking the shower bath in a reclining instead of a standing position is of great importance. The bather can therefore not slip on the bottom of the tub or fall down.

In the accompanying drawings representing my invention as applied to an ordinary bath tub with hot and cold Water spigots Figure 1 shows a plan View of the sprinkler assembled. Fig. 2 in larger scale shows the joint between the pipes. Fig. 3 a transverse section of a bath tub having two water spigots with my device in posi t-ion.

Myshower bath consists principally of a pair of straight pipesAwhich are suspended by means of carriers or hooks B from the top rim of a bath tub C. The pipes are provided with one, two or more straight rows of perforations or fine holes L confined. within an angle of 30 to 45 along one side of each tube. At the ends of the pipes nearest the foot of the bath tub, or where the spigots H, J are situated, I provide each pipe with a screwed on or otherwise connected nipple E so as to allow the pipe to turn easily therein without causing leakage. The pipes A might be made in one piece or telescopic so as to be adjustable as regards length. In the latter case I provide an eX- tension pipe A which may be drawn in and out relative to the main pipe A and also turned with regard thereto. This has the advantage that the spray may be localized and applied to one part of the body when so desired; and also that the spray may be directed high to one part of the body and simultaneously low at another part. A small play of of an inch or so is allowed between the two pipes, and a collar A is provided on the inner end of the smaller pipe and a stop and packing ring A at the outer end of the larger pipe, permitting easy turning and sliding between the pipes. Over the free ends of the sprinkler pipes are threadedor otherwise suitably secured closing caps F.

For bath tubs having a hot water spigot H and a cold Water spigot J, I provide a mixer or temperating member G. This mixer comprises a union with four branches, two alined ones G with hose connections G to the respective nipples E of the sprinkler; and two other branches G with hose connections Gr leading to the respective hot and cold water spigots H and J in the bath tub. The branches G run out obliquely from the branches G The hooks B are S-shaped and each has an upper bend conforming to the rim of the tub. Its lower end slips easily over the pipe and incloses it. One or more stops N is provided on the pipes. This for the purpose of preventing the pipes to be turned too the stop could then serve the double pur pose of turning handle and stop. These stops may be made out of Wire and riveted to the pipes.

I claim In a portable shower bath the combination with a bath tub, of a sprinkler extending approximately the whole length of the tub and means for connecting the sprinkler to a water spigot, said .sprinkler comprising a straight telescopic pipe provided with a plurality of perforations arranged in a plurality of rows along one side of the pipe,

a space being formed between the cylindrisaid telescopic pipe for the free circulation 15 stops on said pipe for limiting said turning, 20

said stops forming handles for turning said pipes.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD C. OSWALD. Witnesses:

HERMAN JAKoBssoN, EDWIN S. CLARKSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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