US2488327A

US2488327A - Foot treating cabinet

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Publication number: US2488327A
Application number: US701210A
Authority: US
Inventors: Resek Marc
Original assignee: Perfection Stove Co
Current assignee: Perfection Stove Co
Priority date: 1946-10-04
Filing date: 1946-10-04
Publication date: 1949-11-15
Anticipated expiration: 1966-11-15

Description

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i corporation of Ohio Application October 4, 1946, Serial No. 701,210

7 Claims This invention-*has to'd'o with a 'foot' treating pan or cabinet-in which :awperson may place one or 'both feet and to which a treating fluid is admitted, suchas aozonized airprefe1'ably laden or saturated-with a" remedial agent, as the'vapors of pinene for-example. The treatment is indicated in foot ailments-andinfections, such as athletes'foot.

Theinventionisintended especially for use with such apparatus as that disclosed and claimedinthecopending application of Lee S. Chadwick, Serial No. 602,596, filed June 30, 1945, titled: Apparatus for producing vaporous ozonides.

Among the objects of the invention is the provision of a, simple and inexpensive article of the above mentioned character that is especially convenient of use and thoroughly sanitary, being devoid of-sharp corners and crevices in which foreign matter might lodge or-accumulate and which. is, therefore, easy to keepclean and sterile.

Other objects and advantageswill appear as this description proceeds which, with the foregoing, are realized in the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a foot treating pan oncabinet constructed in accordance with-the invention Fig. '2 is :a' central Vertical section from front to rear'through the pan or eabinet,and-Fig.-3 is a transversevertical section on the-line 3-"3 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, 1 denotes a pan-like vessel, preferably drawn from a Single piece of sheet metal of suitable thickness and desirably coated inside and out with vitreous enamel. The peripheral wall of the vessel l is surrounded by an outwardly extending flange 2 that is shown as formed by turning the edge portion of the wall outwardly at right angles to the plane of the wall and thence downwardly and inwardly upon itself. This formation provides a very stiff flange that imparts rigidity to the vessel.

To aid in properly positioning and sustaining the feet in the cabinet, a support 3 is provided which, in the present instance, is formed by an arched portion of the bottom wall and extends transversely of the vessel and is shaped to comfortably receive the instep of the foot, as indicated in Fig. 2.

Slidably engaged with the top of the vessel 4 is a cover 5 that is formed from sheet metal and desirably enameled. The lateral edges of the cover are turned downwardly and thence inwardly to produce channels 6 that receive the portions of the flange 2 along th sides of the vessel. The cover isformed with rearwardly opening notches l for the accommodation: of. the ankles of the person whose feet are'bein'g treated, and tostiffen the cover transversely its fronta'and rear edges are turned upwardly to provideflanges t, the one at the rear following the edges of the notches l.

The cover 5 is provided with a hollow boss 9 for the connectien of aconduit or'hose it. The boss isshown asproj'ected through-an aperture in the cover and as surrounded at its innerend by a flange that is engaged'with, land is welded or otherwise. secured to, -the1 inside of the cover. Obviously, the boss might be located elsewhere onthe cabinet.

In the present 'preferred'embodiment of the invention, the peripheral and bottom walls of the vessel l are joined through curved :portions of considerable radius, "and the support 3 merges into said walls in similar fashion, therebyto avoid sharp i corners in which dirt might collect and which would be :difficult of cleaning.

In the use of the pen'or cabinet, it may be placed upon the fioor'in front of a chair on which the personwhose feet'areto'be treated is seated and'with one or both of the feet-placed on the support 3,'the'cover 5 is slid rearwardly' until its rear edge overlies the flange Eat the rear. of the vessel 5, leaving "only'the' area ofz-the' notches l about the ankles open. These spaces may be closed, if desired, by a towelor-thetlikegas-may be the vacant notch, if only one foot is being treated. Now, with the conduit it! applied to the boss 9, treating fluid may be introduced into the cabinet from a suitable source and, as stated above, this treating fluid may consist of ozonized medicated vapor supplied from such apparatus as that disclosed in the beforementioned application. With only the instep of the foot engaged with the support 3, the fluid or vapor has access to practically the entire surface of the foot.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A foot treating cabinet comprising a vessel having an opening through which a foot may be inserted, foot supporting and positioning means in the vessel at the bottom thereof for receiving the instep portion of the bottom of the foot remote from the toes and being sufficiently elevated above the plane of the bottom of the vessel to maintain the remaining portion of the bottom of the foot out of contact with the bottom of the vessel, a closure for application to the vessel for closing substantially all of the aforesaid opening excepting the ankle accommodating portion thereof, the closure having a notch for receiving the ankle that opens through the edge of the closure so that the closure may be applied to the vessel after the foot has been positioned in the latter, and a conduit communicatively connected to the vessel for admitting a stream of treating vapor thereto.

2. A foot treating cabinet comprising an opentop vessel, foot supporting and positioning means in the vessel for receiving the instep of the foot, said means being sufficiently elevated above the plane of the bottom of the vessel to maintain the sole and heel portions of the foot out of contact with the bottom of the vessel; closure means for the top of the vessel constructed to provide ankle accommodating spaces that open through an edge of the closure, and a conduit communicatively connected to the vessel for admitting a stream of treating vapor thereto.

3. A foot treating cabinet comprising a seamless one-piece pan-like vessel having rounded corners of substantial radii and open at the top to receive feet to be treated, the vessel including a bottom wall and a rear Wall that are at substantially right angles to each other, a closure movably connected to the vessel and constructed to provide ankle accommodating notches that open through the rear edge of the closure, and a conduit communicatively connected to the vessel for admitting a stream of treating vapor thereto.

4. A foot treating cabinet comprising a panlike vessel open at the top for receiving feet to be treated, the vessel including a bottom wall and a rear wall that are at substantially right angles to Y each other, a cover for the vessel slidably attached thereto along its lateral edges and having notches that open through its rear edge for the accommodation of the ankles, and a conduit communicatively connected to the vessel for admitting a stream of treating vapor thereto.

5. A foot treating cabinet comprising a panlike vessel open at the top for receiving feet to be treated and provided with a transversely arched portion for receiving the instep of each foot, said arched portion being so disposed as to position the feet with their heels near the rear wall of the vessel and being of sufficient height to maintain the sole and heel portions of the feet out of contact with the bottom of the vessel, closure means for closing substantially all of the open top of said vessel and having notches opening through the rear edge for accommodating the ankles, and a conduit communicatively connected to the vessel for admitting a stream of treating vapor thereto.

6. A foot treating cabinet comprising a substantially rectangular pan-like sheet metal vessel surrounded at its top by a horizontal flange, a sheet metal cover having its lateral edges downwardly extended and shaped to provide channels for the reception of the flanges that extend along the upper edges of the side walls of the vessel, one end of the cover having ankle accommodating notches that open through said end, the adjacent end of the vessel being at substantially right angles to the plane of the bottom of the vessel, the cover being flanged along its ends uniformly from side to side and about said notches to stiffen it in a transverse direction, and a conduit communicatively connected to the vessel for admitting a stream of treating vapor thereto.

7. A foot treating cabinet according to claim 6 wherein the bottom wall of the vessel is formed with an arch-shaped transverse ridge for the reception of the instep portions of the feet, said ridge being so disposed as to position the feet with their heels near the rear wall of the vessel and being of sufficient height to maintain the sole and heel portions of the feet out of contact with the bottom of the vessel.

MARC RESEK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 504,480 Schifferly Sept. 5, 1893 847,324 Ely Mar. 19, 1907 850,603 Reiter Apr. 16, 1907 1,490,137 Springer Apr. 15, 1924 1,694,858 Landon Dec. 11, 1928 1,754,971 Waigand Apr. 15, 1930 OTHER REFERENCES Surgical Instruments and Hospital Equipment Catalogue, The Murray-Baumgartner Surgical Instrument Company, Baltimore, Maryland, pg. 368, Fig. H-558. (A copy of this catalogue is available in Div. of the U. S. Patent Oiiice.)