US774657A - Bathing apparatus. - Google Patents

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No. 774,657. PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904. L. S. DUDLEY (in D. R. BEBOUT.

BATHING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 9, 1904.

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PATENT QEEICE.

LEON S. DUDLEY AND DELMAR R. BEBOUT, OF EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS.

BATHING APPARATUS- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,657, dated November 8, 1904. Application filed anuary 9, 1904. Serial No. 188,811. (NdmodeL) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, LEON S. DUDLEY and DELMAR R. BEBOUT, citizens of the United States, and residents of Efiingham, in the county of Efiingham and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bathing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in bathing apparatus, the object of which is to provide a means for cleaning the entire person without resorting to the use of the bathtub or bowl.

In such houses as are not provided with running water it is often difficult and always inconvenient to obtain sufficient water and apparatus wherein one may bathe; but by the use of our improvement it renders possible a daily bath with no more than a pitcher of water, if necessary.

Our device can be made and sold at a comparatively small cost, is easily and quickly placed in position and taken down, and Will last practically a lifetime, its other advantages being that one can take a shower-bath with ease and facility, regulating the commingling of hot and cold water at Will, and the device itself occupies but little space when out of use and may be taken down and stowed away. 7

To these .ends our inventionconsists. in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, such as will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through the reservoir, parts being shown in full lines. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the shower attachment. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view ofa syringe attachment. Fig. 4: is a detail perspective view of a means for connecting the handle and support, and Fig. 5 is a detail top plan view of a means for retaining the handle in upright position.

A indicates the body of the reservoir, which is divided into two preferably equal chambers by means of the longitudinally-extending partition 1, one chamber designed to receive hot and the other cold water. The upper and lower ends of the reservoir are preferably slightly restricted, as shown, and to the neck 2 are secured the pairs of rigid shoulders 3 3, located opposite each other, one shoulder of each pair being beveled, as shown at 4.

A bail 5 is provided, the ends 6 6 of which are bent inwardly toward one another and, piercing the neck 2, are upset or otherwise secured against disengagement. The bail is provided with an enlarged centralportion 7, having a slot 8 formed therein, which slot is adapted to receive the head 9 of the rod 11, the rod and head being connected by means of the reduced portion 10, which is of a length coincident with the thickness of the material of which the bail is formed. This rod is received within the tube 12, which at its lower end is provided with a ring or thickened portion 13, through which passes a set-screw 14:, the inner end of which engages the rod to adjustably secure the rod and tube together. The upper end of the tube may be formed into or provided with a hook or eye 15, adapted to be received upon any suitable hook or other support 16, attached to the ceiling or other preferred location.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the height of the reservoir above the floor may be adjusted to suit existing conditions, such as the height of the person using the bath, by means of the rod, tube, and set-screw, the rod being connected to the bail by means of the head 9, is passed through the slot 8, and is then turned at right angles thereto, the reduced portion 10 lying in the slot and the shoulder 16 setting against the bail and held tightly. The resilient bail itself is held in upright position between the pairs of shoulders, it being possible to swing the bail away from the shoulders and permit it to rest upon the reservoir by forcing it over the beveled faces 4 of the shoulders, and that portion of the bail located opposite the shoulders maybe beveled, as at 4:, to assist the bail in passing over the shoulders.

The reservoir is provided with a cover or plug 17 for closing the upper open end, and the neck is also provided with a ring 18, by

means of which the reservoir is supported at a lower position upon a hook, nail, or other convenient projection on the wall when the device is to be used as a fountain-syringe, as hereinafter explained.

The lower restricted end of the reservoir is closed and provided with stop-cocks 2O 20 located therein, one cock leading from the chamber on each side of the partition 1, and the lower ends of the cocks communicate with a mixing-chamber comprising an invertedcup-shaped member 21, to which the lower ends of the cooks are secured, and a dischargecap 22, removably secured to the cup-shaped member by means of threads 23 engaging corresponding threads 24: on the member 21. The interior of the cap is provided with an annular wall 25 of less height than the height of the mixing-chamber, the cooks adapted to discharge the contents of the reservoir within this wall 25 to thoroughly commingle the contents from the two chambers into which the reservoir is divided, and the contents is adapted to fill the space inclosed by the wall and overflow into the annular outer space 26, provided with perforations 27, through which the water is showered or sprayed upon the person standing below. The water may be caught in a foot-tub in which the bather stands.

e deem it wise to provide a second cap similar in all respects to the first, save that the perforations are larger, whereby one cap may be substituted for the other, and in the event that it is desired to use our device as a reservoir for a fountain-syringe we provide the device shown in Fig. 3, which comprises a cap 27, provided with threads 28, wherebyit may be attached to the cup-shaped member 21, the cap 27 having a short tube 29 depending therefrom, an annular shoulder 30 being formed on the free end thereof for the reception of one end of a rubber tube, for instance.

Our reservoir is preferably constructed to hold about six quarts of water and may be suspended from the ceiling by raising the bail to upright position, affixing the rod and tube thereto, and lifting the hook or eye on the upper end of the tube into engagement with the hook in the ceiling without the necessity of mounting a chair.

By means of our invention one can take a cold or hot bath in summer or winter and the user can regulate the flow of water from either chamber of the reservoir until he has obtained the desired temperature.

It is evident that changes might be made in the form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of our invention, and hence we do not wish to limit ourselves to the exact construction herein set forth; but,

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bathing apparatus comprising a reservoir having inlet and outlet openings, a bail movably secured to the reservoir, the bail provided with an aperture therethrough, a rod, a head formed at one end thereof and received in the aperture in the bail, a reduced portion. connecting the head and rod, and a shoulder formed at the point of connection of the reduced portion and the rod, the shoulder adapted to engage the bail.

2. A reservoir comprising a plurality of independent chambers, a mixing receptacle,

' means extending between and connecting each of the chambers with the mixing-receptacle, awall in the mixing-receptacle within the space inclosed by which the contents of the chambers is discharged, and wherein the contents are commingled, the receptacle provided with discharge-perforations outside the wall over which latter the contents escape.

3. A reservoir comprising a tank, having an inlet-opening therein, a partition dividing the tank into chambers, each chamber communicating with a portion of the inlet-opening, a mixing-chamber, tubes connecting the mixing-chamber with each tank and interchangeable caps carried by the mixing-chamber.

4. The combination with a compartment-reservoir, of a mixing-chamber with which each of the compartments is connected and interchangeable caps removably secured to the mixing-chamber and forming part thereof, the

v caps provided with outlets for the discharge of the commingled contents of the reservoir.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEON S. DUDLEY. DELMAR R. BEBOUT. Witnesses:

H. B. WEMSING, C. L. NOLTE.

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