US538521A - Shower-bath apparatus - Google Patents

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` "SHOWER BATH APPARATUS. l lfT'o. 538,521.y i f' Patented Apr; 30, 1895.

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.SHOWER-BATH APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of' Letters PatentNo. 538,552.1, dated April so, 1895.

Application tiled February 12, 1895. Serial' No. 538,123. (No model.)

To, all whom it may concern: I

Be itv known that I, J AMES KELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in

\ the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Shower-Bath Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement'in the class of apparatus commonly provided in connection with a stationary bath-tub as'a means for producing a shower; and it relates, more particularly stated', to improvement of a form ofshowering apparatus comprising an fa-nnular tube having an inlet and dischargeopenings for the water, and adapted to be connected from its inlet by a flexible tube theV bath-tub.

(as rubber) with the .water-supply faucet of The ring. form ofthe showerhead adapts it to'be'sli'pped :over the head of the user to rest on the shoulders and extend about the neck, leaving the hands free and enabling the shower to be used without wettingr the hai'r of the head, as is sometimes desired, particularly in the case of ladies in bathing. Y l

My object is to improve the construction of the annular'showering head by forming it in hinged sections, in order that it may be applied, as around the neck of the user, without requiring it to be slipped over the head; and whereby, also, the shower water may be turned on while the showering-head is being applied without causing the hair of the head of the user to be wet. Moreover,'my improved coustruction is designed to enable the diameter of the showering ring to be contracted at will to cause it to fit as closely aboutv the necks of smaller persons asit fits, in its normal condition about the necks of larger persons. y

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l shows by a' perspective v iew, diagrammatic in its nature, a bath-tub equipped with my improvement.- Fig. 2 is a plan View of my improved sectional showering-ring. Fig-.3 is a section of the same, taken at the line?? on Fig. 2 and viewed as indicated by the arrow; Fig. 4, a section taken at the line 4 on Fig. 8 and viewed in the direction of the arrow, and Fig. 5 a section taken lat the line 5 on Fig.

`1 and viewed-in the direction of the arrow.

A and Aare tubes provided with series of perforations r and formed. into the shape of half-rings or approximate half-rings, to afford the sections of my improved annular showeringhead.- 'lhe two sections A and A.are

connected, to hinge them together, preferably a hollow stem p containinga diaphragmp, be- .l

low which there is a port o in the stem andabove it, in the stem, ports o', the stem exf tending from a chamber n at one end of the other section. The stem p passes through the chamber q, thereby connecting the sections A and A' together, a nut 'm being provided fasten the connected parts, and the stem where it projects beyond the valve-chamber being corrugated to afford a nipple for the application to the showering head of arubber tube C leading from the bath-tub faucet D.

' The foregoing is one of several valve-,con structions which may be employed with my improved showering head and still be within my invention. Y

The sections A and A are preferably, but not necessarily closed at their free ends, one section, as the section A, terminating at its free end' in a socketZ to receive the adjacent spring-end of the section A.

' To use my improved device it is operated as follows: With the sections A and A separated at their` free ends and turned back on the hinge alorded by their valve-,connection B, the port o-of the valve is closed by being then against the ground surface .of the chamber q. By bringing the free ends of'the sections together the valve is turned to open the port o and, vwith the connecting-hose C attached to the faucet D, as that of a bath-tub E, with the faucet turned on (as it may be with the showering-head sections separated,"

'on the stem to bear against the nipple fn/ to Without allowing the water to enter them)'the water passes through the porto into the chamber q, rthence in to the section A and, through the ports o', into the stem p above the diaphragmp and into the chamber n, from which it enters the section A.'

As will be seen, the hinged-section construction in whichthe showering head is formed adapts it to be applied about the neck without requiring it to be slipped over the head, or to be placed about the leg of the user without requiring it to be slipped over his foot; and by forming the 'hingeconnection as a y valveopened by closing the sections together and closed by separating the latter, the user can quickly remove. the device from his person and at the same time shut off the showering dow in case'the shower-water shall be-too hot or too cold and require regulation. Moreover, if the diameter of the shower-ring be too large for' the user, it -may be reduced byseparating the free ends of the sections and forcing them to overl-ap each other to any desiredextent, so as to (it more snugly about-,'say, the nsers neck. It is particularly for this lastnamed function of my improved apparatus that the free ends of the sections should be closed, since otherwise, when they are caused t-o overlap, as described, the flush-water would Arun out at their extremities.

What Iclaim' as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A shower-bath apparatus comprising an annular headhaving an inlet and dischargeopenings for the water a-nd formed in hinged tubular sections,` substantially as and forthe purposeset forth.-

2. A shower-bath apparatus comprising an annular head having an inlet and dischargeopenings for the water and formed in tubular chambers sections, and a-valve-'device forming a hinge` connection between the sections to be opened and closed by closing and opening said sections on their hinge, substantially as 'and for i the purpose set forth.

3. A shower-bath apparatus comprising ansections A andA', one section having asocket at one end to receive the adjacent end of the other section, and 'a valve-device forming a hinge-.connection between said sections at their opposite ends to be opened and closed by closing and openingsaid sections on their4 hinge, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

, 5., A shower-bath apparatus comprising, in combination, the tubular perforated sections A and A' provided at adjacent ends withA rand "n, respectively, and a stein p extending rom the chamber n through-andv taining aVdiaphragm p.; and ports `o and o',

-respectively at opposite sides of the diaphragm,v substantially as and for the purpose set forth. A

JAMES KELLY.

In presence of;-

M. J. FR'os'r, J'. H LEBL rotatably 'fastened in the chamber q and con-

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