US1215681A - Shower-bath. - Google Patents

Description

M. MAURY & W. C. MAGRUDER.

SHOWER BATH.

APPLICATION FILED N0v.17. I915.

1,21 5,681. Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

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M. MAURY & W. C. MAGRUDER.

SHOWER BATH.

APPLlCATlON FILED NOV. 11, 1915.

Patented Feb. 13, 1917. r

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MASON MAUBY AND WILLIJIT C. MLGRUDER, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

SHOWER-BATH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

Application filed November 17, 1915. Serial No. 61,941.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that we, MASON MAURY and \VILLETT C. MAGRUDER, citizens of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shower-Baths; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to a structure that is designed for use as a shower bath. Prior to our invention so far as we are aware shower baths were made or constructed in the following forms.

First, an entire room of 'a dwelling was used for the purpose. This sort of structure is objectionable on account of the cost of the marble or tile lining of such a room and the plumbing fixtures.

Secondly, shower baths in the shape of stalls, the water inlet or rose being situated at the top and the outlet in the floor at the bottom. Structures of this kind are objectionable for the reason that when a person takes a shower a large part of the .water that strikes the body of the person after coming from the inlet nozzle is deflected or spattered out into the room instead of descending to the outlet connection at the bottom of the shower. Such baths are especially objectionable when a number of them are used, the difliculty of the control of the inlet water spray being thus aggravated.

Thirdly, there are certain types of shower bathlused in connection with an ordinary bath tub. One of these structures consists of a perforated ring serving as a water inlet superposed directly above the bath tub at a suitable height and connected to a source of water supply. On this ring is hung a rubber curtain and the person taking the shower is supposed to stand in the tub, turn on the water and then envelop himself as best he can in the rubber curtain. This type of bath is objectionable because the greater part of the water used is defiected from the tub out upon the floor of the room in which the tub is situated.

Another type of shower used in connection with a bath tub consists of two or more rose nozzles attached to the water supply at one end of the tub at a suitable height above the same, the said nozzles being bent slightly inward the idea being to have the water that comes from the same properly deflected into the will not be spattered out upon the floor of the room in which the tub is situated. This construction also fails'of its purpose because when a person uses such a structure in takmg falls or is spattered outside of the tub.

Shower baths, especially those that are much in use are often insanitary on account of the water being spattered or splashed over the room in which the shower is situated in such a manner that it cannot reach the outlet pipe at all or when it does so it is only after it has stood on the floor of the room in which the shower is situated for a greater or less space of time. This'is particularly true in the case of shower baths of the curtain type. Such curtains soon become foul and insanitary as a greater part of the water is splashed upon the fioorof the room. To remedv these and other defects is the object of our invention and We have succeeded in producing a simple compact form of shower bath structure which can easily be cleaned and which absolutelv prevents the water from being splashed over the room in which the shower bath is situated and moreover which permits the user to obtain practically the full force and benefit of the incoming water. Our type of shower bath is not only simple in construction but it can be created at a nominal cost and can be shipped as a whole to any pointv where it is to be used and can be easily set up. Preferred forms of our invention are illustr ted in the following drawings in which igure 1 is a vertical. elevation partly in section of one form of our shower bath structure;

Fig. 2 is a sectionon the line m- -zv of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a View in perspective of another form of our improved shower bath structure and Fig. 4 is a section on the line y--g of Fig. 3.

Numeral 1, in Fig. 1 refers to a structure preferably of concrete which is shaped or constructed in such amanner that the interior boundary line of a horizontal section thereof is substantially in the shape of -a spiral. Of course, it is understood that when we say spiral we use the term in a somewhat broader sense than it is used in the text books. That is'to say, we understand a spiral to be a curve that is generated by a point revolving about a fixed point as a center and constantly receding therefrom tub so that the water a shower bath most of the water used according to a given law. All that is necessary in producing our structure is that it be created of such form that the curve of the interior wall of a horizontal section of the same will be so described that the outer end of said curve will overlap and pass by the inner end thereof substantially in the manner of a spiral.

The numeral 2 denotes as a whole the curved wall just described. It will be noticed that this Wall beginning at the point marked 3, curves around to the point 4 and it will be noted that the point 4 overlaps and extends beyond the point 3. The structure shown in Fig. 1 is preferably faced with radius tile 5 and the joint 6 between such structure and the floor of the room in which it is situated is rendered tight b suitable tiles 7 in connection with tiles 8 w ich form the bed or floor of the shower bath. It is understood that the floor 9 of this shower bath is slightly inclined downwardly and inwardly from the entrance at 10 toward the outlet 11.

An important feature of our invention is the disposition of the inlet nozzle or rose 12. Owing to the configuration of the curved wall 2 and the slope of the floor 10 it will be apparent that by disposing the inlet nozzle or rose 12 so that water issuing from the nozzle 12 will be directed inwardly and in the direction of the'part 13 of the wall 2, water striking the curved wall 2 will be directed around it in the direction of the arrows 14 and 15 and will be prevented from spattering into the room. The water will moreover not only be prevented from spattering out into the room through the entrance 10 but owing to the curve of the wall 2 the water from the nozzle 12 striking the wall at or near the point 13 will be directed around the Wall 2 and will be thrown off at the point 3 toward the interior of the chamber and thence will escape through the outlet 11. Moreover if sufficient pressure of water be employed the person taking the shower will not only receive water from the nozzle 12 but will also receive the water spray that is thrown inwardly from the point 3 of the vertical wall of the shower as described.

While we have referred to the structure shown in Figs. 1 and 2 as made of concrete and faced with tile it will be apparent that we may construct the same of glass, porcelain, iron, etc., and omit the tile facing as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. I

We attach great importance to the structure shown in Fig. 2. It will be noted that this structure is made in one piece and that there is not a joint of any kind for water or dirt to collect in. Structures of this kind may be made of porcelain, iron or glazed tile. The point to bear in mind is that the entire structure should be made in one piece and as aforesaid, there should be no joints shown. Structures of this type are sanitary, are easily cleaned and moreover owing to the peculiar configuration of the walls of the same the water from the inlet nozzle can flow easily around the interior wall and absolutely be prevented from reaching the outside room.

We claim:-

1. A shower bath structure of such shape that the line of the inner wall of a cross section thereof describes substantially a spiral, the surfaces of the inner wall being substantially smooth and unbroken, the bath comprising a water spray for directing the water toward the inner end of the wall.

2. A concrete shower bath structure of such shape that the line of the inner wall of a horizontal section thereof describes substantially a spiral, the surface of the inner wall being substantially smooth and unbroken, the bath comprising a water spray for directing the water toward the inner end of the wall.

3. A concrete shower bath structure, the vertical, or side walls of which are made in one piece and of such shape that the inner line of a horizontal section thereof describes substantially a spiral, the inner surface of the side walls of the structure being substantially smooth and unbroken, the bath comprising a water spray for directing the water toward the inner end ofthe wall.

4:. A shower bath, the side or vertical wall of which is curved with'the outer end separated a distance from the end of said wall and over-lapping it, the inner surface of the side or vertical wall being substantially smooth and unbroken, the bath comprising.

a water spray for directing the water toward the inner end of the wall.

5. A shower bath the side or vertical wall of which is curved with the outer end separated a distance from the inner end of the Wall and overlapping the same and a water spraying device disposed with relation to the side wall so that the water spray will be directed toward the inner end of the wall.

6. A shower bath structure, the vertical or side wall of which is curved, the outer end of the wall being separated from the inner end of the wall and over-lapping it, the floor of the bath being sloped inwardly from the entrance, the bath comprising a water spray for directing the water toward the inner end of the wall.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto signed our names.

MASON MAURY. WILLETT C. MAGRUDER.

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