US4309A

US4309A - Improvement in bathing apparatus

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Publication number: US4309A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1845-12-16
Anticipated expiration: 1862-12-16

Description

Nrrn rares W'. G. YOUNG, OF ISALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO A. H. REIP.

IMPROVEMENT IN BATHING APPARATUS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. L5.3091, dated December 16, 1845.

bein@ had to the accom an ino drawings in b I) y b b 7 which- Figure l is a perspective view of my apparatus. Fig. 2 is a section thereof.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the flue and boiler, which is combined with the bathing apparatus for economizing heat, and the connection therewith of the showering apparatus, by which a warm or cold shower can be obtained at the option of the bather.

To construct my improvement, I form a bath ingtub of ordinary pattern, as designated by letter A in the drawings. This tub is a little longer than usual, and at the foot it has a partition across it at b, through which are a number of holes. The tub is supported on four legs, and under the forward end there is a box, c, the sides of whichare double, as shownin Fig. 2, leaving a space between them, which is lled with water, and communicates with the tub above at d, Fig. 2, and also by means of a pipe, e, that leads from the tub down to the bottom of the box outside, and there enters the space above named. Thus a boiler is formed having alarge space in it surrounded by water. Into this square space or compartment a drawer, f, lits. (Shown in Fig.

'1, partly drawn out.) This forms a furnace, it

being furnished with a grate, g, and opening 72I in front for air. The smoke-pipe i ascends through the top of the boiler and bottom of the tub, passing out through compartment at the foot of the tub formed bythe partition b. The flue ascends nearly to the top, descends to the bottom again. It then returns upward to its termination. This arrangement imparts all the heat from the fuel'to the water, and economizes it to the greatest extent, a large tub of water being heated with the smallest amount of coal. From the head of the tub standards 7c project up, that serve to support a reservoir, Z, in the bottom of which there is avalve, m, and a rose or perforated chamber, n, for the purpose of showering. A curtain, o, surrounds the space inside the standards from the reservoir to the tub. At the head of the tub outside isafiXedv a forcing-pump, '10, with a pipe, q, leading up into the reservoir Z. The pump communicates with the tub from which the reservoir is supplied. y

Having thus described my improvement,

what I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A boiler surrounding a furnace as herein described, in combination with a line ascend ing and returning in an apartment at the foot of the bath, as above set forth.

WM. G. YOUNG.

Vitnesses:

ALFRED H. REIP, JOHN L. SPANGLER.