US1572275A - Combination bathing fixture - Google Patents

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E: J. EWING COMBINATION BATHING FIXTURE Feb. 9 1926.

Filed March 29, 1924 Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

EDWIN J'. EWING, OF CORAOPOLIS BOROUGH,

TO JOHN EVAN S, OF WESTWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINATION BATHING FIXTURE.

Applicatipn filed March 29,1924. Serial No. 702,704.

' To all whom it may-concern:

Be it known that LEDWIN J. EWING, a citizen of the United States, and residing in the borough of Coraopolis', in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania. have invented o'r discovered the new, useful, and Improved Combination Bathing Fixture, of which the following is a specification.

' My invention consists in a novel combination bathing fixture for bath rooms.

In a completely fitted modern-bath room the conventional bath tub is not the only bathing facility required, but in addition thereto there are usually provided a shower bath, a foot bath, and other bathing fixtures.

These added conveniences require considerably more space than is available in the bath rooms of medium and small size residences,

apartments, or in hotels, so that usually, in

such cases, only a bath tub or a shower bath is rovided, but rarely, if ever, both.

howerbath attachments for bath tubs may be obtained, but the same always present a more on less makeshift or temporary 2 appearance, and they require curtain supports and curtains to protect the walls and floor of the bath room.

Again the bathing of infants and small children inan ordinary bath tub is incon- 9 venient and tiresome, as the attendant must stand and lean over the high Wall of the tub toreach the infant seated in shallow water. Moreover, it is much more convenient and'comfortable .to wash the pedal extrem- 5 ities or take a sitz bath in a shallow foot tub than in a relatively deep bathtub.

To provide for all the bathing functions mentioned above within the capabilities of the small narrow bath room space usually 40 available, I have invented a bath room bath ing fixture which combines in one structure occupying less, or at least, no more space than'the average bath tub, a bath tub, a

" shower bath, a sitz bath, a foot bath, and a babys bath tub.

The following is a detailed description of the drawings. i

D My improved fixture is preferably made lntegrally or in one piece of enamellediron or porcelain, and is shown of thefollowing character.

PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR or oNE-nALr In the drawings, I have illustrated a right I hand corner bathing fixture adapted to fit v in the angle between the room walls which are indicated at A and B in Figs. ,1 and 3.

The bathing fixture may of course be made to occupya left hand corner or a recess, or it may be set against the wall spaced from".

the corners.

Thefloor 1 of the combination bathin fixture is preferably of the flattened ova shape shown and drains through the screen drain orifice 2. The arcuate front of the fixture provided witha relatively low wall 3 which is preferably approximately a foot in height, and which merges at its ends into the vertical front edges of the high wall 4. The wall 4, extends around the sides and rear ofthe floorl, and upwardly to sufiicient elevation to form the shower bath enclosure.

The height of the wall 4 may be six feet, or higher, if desired. The" vertical front edge of the wall et next to the, room wall A is provided with a rearwardly extending flange 5 which impinges againstthe wall A. The opposite vertical front edgebfthe: wall 4 merges intofrhe wing wall 6 which extends rearwardly in parallelism with the room wall A to the room wall 1B. The fixture is preferably set in place before the plastering is done or the wall tiles are placed in position,

so that the finished surface of the wall i1npinges against the "front of the flafige 5 and the ring wall 6. I

It is evident that a space will be left between the curved wall 4 and the angle formed by the room walls A and B and also between the wall. 4, thewall 6 and the room wall B.

This space or spaces may be closed at Other novel features of construction and ithe top by means of a lid or closure C made also of arrangement of parts will appear from the following description. Q

In the accompanying drawings Fig. -1 is a 50 a'perspective of a combination bathing fixture embodyingthe principles ofmy invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same on smaller scale, but with the lid omitted, and Fi 3 is a horizontal section along the line a III-III in'Fig. 2.

t3 the same material as that of the bathing-,,fi}ture and ofproper shape toufit on top of the walls 4 and 6. The lid is provided with a depending edge flange or flanges 7' which fit against the fixture walls to prevent displacement. If desired the lid may extend over the top of the shower I bath inclosure closing the top of the same. The curved front wall 3 is provided at its portion 8 which serves as a seat for a per- .son who is bathing his pedal extremities a in the tub base of the bathing fixture. The seat'is contoured -or.hollowed to accommodate itself to the human form. The free edge of the seat 8 is preferably flanged downwardly as at-8.

9 represents the overflow connection for 1 the base or tub portion ofthe bathing fixture extending through the wall '3near its top and connected to the drainage stand pipe 10, which may be conveniently located as shown at the outer end of the wall 11 represents the valve lever which controls the outflow of water through the drainage orifice 2, which lever may extend up through the stand pipe 10. i I

The-water pipes for the improved bathing fixture are preferably concealed in the wall A in front of the flange 5 of the enclosure wall 4. Thus 12 and 13 are hot and cold water pipes connected to a mixer valve 1) concealed in said wall and having its operating handle 14 protruding from the wall. 15 is a pipe running upwardly from the valve D within the wall A. and having at its upper end 'a horizontal portion'lti which protrudes from the wall into the upper portion of the enclosure formed by the wall The outer endof the pipe portion 16 is provided with a, shower bath fixture -E mounted on a ball joint 17 so as to be turned to the proper angle and also provided with.

a hand valve 18'. I

19 is another pipe within the wall A, connected to the mixer valve D and hav-' ing'branches 20 which protrude through the wall A past the flan e 5 a short distance 'into the enclosure of the wall 4. F represents needle or body shower fixtures mounted by ball connections 21 on the outer ends of the pipes 20. '22 representsa valve in the pipe 19 protruding through thewallA. f

23 is a third pipe connected to the mixer valve D andjprotruding' through thewall 1 "A and having its outer end provided with a faucet G which depends within the bathing fixture to'supply water to the tubv base. '24 is a valve in the pipe 23 protruding through .the wall A.

It is evident that the tub-like base may be filled with water to any desired depth vbelow the .top level of the front wall"3, and the fixture may then be used as a regu: lar tub bath, the user getting into the base i of the bathing fixture in the same manner as in an ordinary bathtub. It may also'be used as a sitz bath in this manner, or the user may sit on the seat 8 for washing the pedal extremities, Also a nurse or mother may sit on. the seatSand conveniently wash an infant or small child 'in thetub-like base. The provision of the seat 8 extend ing inwardly from the'front wall 3 prevents the water slopping over from theshallow tub even if the same is pretty full. It is also evident that a person may stand .on the floor 1 and take a shower or needle bath, or both, by means (if the fixtures D and E, the fixtures being turned at the proper ang'le to cause the water'to be deflected by the curved wall 4 and thrown downwardly into the base of the fixture. It is apparent that my improved bath fixture may be installed in any bath room which contains sufficient space for an or-[ dinary conventional bath tub, so=that all ofthe bathing facilities which have hitherto required a bath rooin of unusually large size can be provided in the small bath rooms which are customary in medium-and small size houses, apartments and in hotels.

The structure of my improved combination bathing fixture is simple, so that the same may be manufactured and installed at a very little excess cost over that of install ing an ordinary bath tub. My improved combination bathing fixture also presents a substantial and-attractive appearance which will not detract from the appearance of a bath room but will in fact; add thereto.

Myimproved bathing fixtu'reis preferably set in place. and the pipe connections and 95 fittings installed before the wall sur ace, either plaster .or tileis applied. The valve levers or-handles and the branch pipes of the various fixturesjprotrude- ,from' .the .wall but the rest of the water piping is concealed, I\ v It is evident that my arrangement of water connections is such, that the wall of the bathing fixture does not need to be bored withhole for the pipe connections. It is also evident thatrepairs to the water supply pipes may also be made without moving or otherwise disturbing the bathing fixtu Wiiht'ldesire to claim is V 1. In a corner bathing fixture? of the char acter described, the combination in one structure of a bathtub and a shower bath and, comprising a base of flattened oval shape having a low front'wall to form a. hallow tub adapted for foot and baby bathing purposes, and the side and rear walls being extended-upwardly to form a shower bath enclosure, one pf the sidewalls of the fixture extendin along onewall of the room while the roun ed rear end of the fixture abuts against the other wall of the room, and a wing wall for the fixture connected at its front to the front edge of the outer side wall of the fixture k and extending rearwardly, parallel to-the longitudinal axis of the fixture to'the room wall. 2, In a corner bathing fixture of the char acter described, ,the combination in one structure of a bath tub and a shower bath wreath shallow tub adapted for foot and baby bath- 'ing purposes, and the side and rear walls being extended upwardly to form a shower hath enclosure, one of the side walls of the fixture extending along one wall ol" the room while the rounded rear end of the fixture v abuts against the other wall of the room, a

wing wall for the fixture connected at. its front to the front edge of-the outer side wall of the fixture and extending rearwardlv, parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fixture to the room wall.,'and a lid adapted to fit down on top of the-high wall of the fixture and close at the top the spaces be tween the fixture walls and the room walls 3. In a permanent combination bathing fixture Of the character descrihed'adapted to he installedagainst the wall of a room, the combination inone structure of a bath tub and a shower bath and comprising a base of flattened oval shape having a low front wall to form a bath tub while the side and rear walls are extended upwardly to form a shower bath inolosure, and a wing wall for the fixture connected at its front edge to a side wall and extending rearwardly parallel to the longitudinal axis of the fixture to the wall of the room. 5

Signed at Pittsburgh, Pa, this 26 day of March, 1924.

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