US1086709A

US1086709A - Shower-bath attachment.

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Publication number: US1086709A
Application number: US81004314A
Authority: US
Inventors: Axel Robert Holtman
Original assignee: JAMES C HARVEY
Current assignee: JAMES C HARVEY
Priority date: 1914-01-02
Filing date: 1914-01-02
Publication date: 1914-02-10
Anticipated expiration: 1931-02-10

Description

A. R. HOLTMAN. SHOWER BATH ATTAOHMENT. APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1913. RENEWED JAN. 2. 91

1,086,709. Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT un on.

AXEL ROBERT HOLTMAN, 0F PORTLAND, OREGON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES C. HARVEY, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SHOWER-BATH ATTACHMENT.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

Application filed Kay 17, 1913, Serial No. 768,335. Renewed January 2, 1914. Serial No. 810,043.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Axon ROBERT HOLT MAN, a citizen of the United States, and a residentof Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have made certain new and useful Improvements in' Shower-Bath Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in shower baths, and has for its object, the provision of mechanism adapted for connection with the fittings of a bath tub and arranged to permit a shower to be taken without wetting the head and without splashing Water out of the tub, and with the taker in reclining position in the tub, and wherein means is provided for permitting the attachment to 44 of Fig. 3; and, Fig. 5 is a plan view of a portion of the attachment and its support. The present embodiment of the invention is shown applied to a bath tub l of ordinarv construction, and supplied with hot and cold water through the ordinary supply pipes 2, the said pipes being connected inside the tub by

extensions

3 and 4 with the combining faucet 5, the said faucet being of any usual or desired construction.

off valve 11. The section 8 is connected to the section 7 and the elbow 9 by means of unions 12, and a flexible pipe 13 of rubber or of the tub.

The sections 6, 7 and 8 of the attachment are perforated on their under surfaces, as shown in order to spray the water into the tub, and the section 6 is curved as shown, in order that the water sprayed from the said section will not strike the adjacent inclined end of the tub, but will be thrown toward the bottom of the tub at an angle, the streams from the perforations of the said sections crossing each other and the streams from the adjacent end of the section 7.

A shield or rest 14is connected With the .outer end of the section 7, the said shield or rest being shaped to fit the round edge of the tub, as shown, in order to support the end of the attachment remote from the supply plpes. The said rest is slidable on the tub, during the lateral movement of the attachment, and when in contact with the tub forms a support for the free end of the attachment, the other end being supported by mechanism to be described.

The support for the inner end of the attachment consists of a substantially U-shaped or wicket-shaped bracket, the horizontal portion of the elbow 9 being arranged adjacent to the body 15 of the said bracket, and the arms 16 of the bracket extend approximately parallel from the body. Each of the arms 16 is provided at its lower end with a longitudinal series of openings 17 the members of the series registering, and a bar 18 has one of its ends secured to the outer 'face of each arm just above the said openings, by means of bolts 19. The other end of each of the said bars is offset outwardly from the adjacent arm 16, as shown at 20, and extends parallel with the said arm, in spaced relation, and the portion 20 of each of the said bars is provided with a longitudinal series of openings 21, the said openings registering with the openings 17 ofthe adjacent arm 16. The attachment comprises a pipe formed 1 of four sections, a curved section 6, two; straight sections 7 and 8, and an elbow 9.

The sections 6 and 7 are connected by a "i valve casing 10,-in which is arranged a cut- I The bracket is arranged with the arm 16 on the inner sides of the

extensions

3 and 4, and with the portions 20 of the bars 18 on the outer side of the said extensions. Each of the said extensions is thus between an arm 16 of the bracket and the offset portion 20 of the adjacent bar, and a rod 22 is passed through the registering openings 17-21 below the extensions. The said rod has an eye 23 at one end, and the opposite end is engaged by a bolt 24. The bracket is thus supported on the extensions, prevented from further downward movement by the connection between the bar 18 and the oiiset portion 20 thereof, and from upward movement by means of the rod 22. The flexible pipe 13 passes downwardly between the extensions 3 and t of the pipes 2,

and then upwardly, as shown more particularly in Fig. 1, to a connection with the outlet of the combining valve.

The horizontal portion of the elbow 9 is arranged within a ring 25, the said ring loosely encircling the elbow. A second ring 26 is arranged co-axial with the pipe and in spaced relation with respect to the ring 25, and screws 27 are passed through the ring 26 at diametrically opposite points, and through the ring 25. into engagement with the pipe 9. The said screws connect the ring 25 with the ring 26, and hold the rings in spaced relation, while at the same time they prevent rotary movement ofthe pipe in the ring 25.

The ring 26 is arranged adjacent to the body portion 15 of the bracket, and the said ring is connected to the body portion by means of bolts and nuts 28. Each of the said bolts is passed from within outward through the ring 26 and the bracket, the said boltsbeing in diametrical alinement, to permit the ring 26 to swing on a horizontal axis. The screws 27 permit the ring 25 to swing on a vertical axis, to permit a limited lateral swinging movement of the attachment. The

rings

25 and 26 together with the bolts and the screws form a gimbal joint, so that the free end of the attachment may be swung upward, or the said free end may be swung laterally.

In operation, the device is connected with the tub, by removing the rod 22, and seating the bracket on the

extensions

3 and 4. The rod is then replaced and engaged by the nut 24. The engagement of the rest 14 with the tub supports the attachment'with the sections 7 and 8 in horizontal position, and when the valve 5 is opened, the Water is free to How into the tub and to discharge through the sections 6, 7 and 8. If desired, the valve 11 may be closed, to shut off the water from the sections 6, and as a consequence from the head of the user. The section 8 of the pipe will be shortened or lengthened, to agree with the size of the tub.

I claim 1. A device of. the character specified, comprising a substantially U-shaped bracket, said bracket comprising a body and arms, each arm having a longitudinal series of spaced openings, a strip secured to the outer face of each arm and having an outwardly offset portion, each of the said portions of the strips having a longitudinal series of openings, the openings of the arms and the strips being in register, a pipe consisting of aplurality of sections, each of the said sections being'perforated on its under face, an elbow at one end .of the said pipe, a ring encircling the elbow, a second ring arranged co-axial with the first ring and within the body of the bracket, a pivotal connection between the last-named ring and the body to permit said ring to swing on a horizontal axis, and a pivotal connection between the rings to permit the said rings to swing on a,

mote from the elbow'being curved, and having a rest for engaging the adjacent end of the tub.

2. A device of the character specified, comprising a pipe composed of a plurality of sections, said sections being perforated longitudinally on their under faces, the end most section at one end of the pipe being curved and having a rest for engaging the edge of the bath tub, an elbow connected with the other end of the pipe, said elbow being adapted for connection with the faucet of the bath tub, and means for supporting said pipe for lateral swinging movement with respect to the tub, and for vertical swinging movement, said means comprising a bracket of substantially U-shape and consisting of a body and arms, a gimbal joint connection between the'elbow and the body, each of the said arms having means for engaging the connecting pipes of a bath tub to support the bracket, and means for se curing the bracket to said connecting pipes.

3. A device of the character specified,

comprising a pipe composed of a plurality 'of sections, said sections being perforated longitudinally on their under faces, the endmost section at one end of the pipe being curved and having a rest for engaging the edge of the bath tub, an elbow connected with the other end of the pipe, said elbow being adapted for connection with the faucet of the bath tub, and means for supporting said pipe for lateral swinging movement with respect to the tub, and for vertical swinging movement.

4. A device of the character specified, comprising a pipe-composed of a plurality of sections, said sections being perforated longitudinally on their under,faces, the endmost section at one end of the pipe being curved and having a rest for engaging the edge of the bath tub, and an elbow connected with the other end of the pipe, said elbow being adapted for connection with the faucet of the .bath tub.

AXEL ROBERT HOLTMAN.

Witnesses:

H. F. GoEcKEL, H. H. HARRIS,