US984956A

US984956A - Rotary plunge-bath.

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Publication number: US984956A
Application number: US56535610A
Authority: US
Inventors: Vladimir V Messer
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1910-06-06
Filing date: 1910-06-06
Publication date: 1911-02-21
Anticipated expiration: 1928-02-21

Description

V, V. MESSER; ROTARY PLUNGE'BATH.

APPLICATION FILED .TUNE6,1910.

Patented Feb. 21, 1911.

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VLADIMIR V. MESSER, F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. i

ROTARY PLUNGE-BATH.

Specication of Letters Patent.-

lateiited Feb, 21, 1911.

Appiication fixed June e, 1910. serial N'o. 565,356.

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This invention relates to the style ot';

Iplunge baths in which the water is brought into state ot' rotation with tbeobject ot" having a rapidl),y moving body of water for bathers. producing an impression of bathl ing in a stream of water. I attain this ob- )ect by the niechanisni illustrated in the aceonipanyii'ig drawing, in which- Figure 41 is a plan view of the bath with a a extends over theentire surface of the tank. A

part ot' the safety basket removed to show the pressure pipes usedto rotate the Water: Fig. 2, a cross section ot the bath on the line passing through the center line of the tank.

The reservoir for therotary bath ot' my invention is inade in the torni of a circular tank 1. The inside surface ot the reservoirl is inade sniootli to reduce the friction or" the iowing water against the surtaee and thus I to minimize the aniouut ot power required to s operate the bath,

On thebotton'i ot the reservoir there are two channels 2 crossing each otherat the center of the bath. The channels receiye the pipes 3. which are screwed into crof, fitting 4. by means ot' which all four pipes are interconnected. T lie cross l serves also to provide a bearing to support the central part ot' Shoulder (5 of' the cross 4 prorides thrust bearing supporting the center The outside ends ot' the revolving basket. 5. of the pipes 3 are stopped with the caps 7 with the exception of one which connected with the pipe S leading to the :.lisciiarfrecnd of' a punip.

"The pipes 5' are iwr'tforat ed on the lii'ies .I I

with a row of sniall holes i0. The holes 'l0 fire axisor the pipes 3 and'in tangential direc` i from the Winding stairway 18 and not, t0-' tion `with regard to the circular forni ot' the tank.

l into subnierged pipes 3"it will escape through j the holes 10 at certain velocity commensurate to the pressure within the pipes 3. The nionientuni of these issuing streams will be transmitted to the main body of Water either directly or indirectly through the bottom i of the basket 5. i i

The suction end of the pump forcing the 1 water into pipes 3 is connected with the centerl of the reservoir by means of the pipe 11.

l Thus the water in the tank is kept in con- E tinuous circulation.

l To preventthe bathers.- from being in- Jared by coiiiing in coi'itac'twith stationary y walls or bottom of the tank the basket 5 is Ii niade of perforated material. The basket 5 The center of it is supported by the cross 4 f in the inanner explained above and the outl side riin is carried on the rollers 12 ruiming f on the circular rail. 13 supported by the brackets 11. In the center of the basket there are circular steps 15 arraiired concentrically with the basket. The uplr landing olf the' steps projected above the surface of the water in the reservoir. i

The crosse-'receives the stationary column 1G supporting the bridge 17 and the Winding stairway 18. The stairway 19 the bridge 17' 'andthe stairway 18 are used for coinniunicating the basket stains 15 with the floor around the rotar bath.v ,v

The bridge 17 is used to support the straps '20 hanging immediately above the Water level. Y l The level of-the water' is kept at such l height as to have the basket 5 submerged. I When the'batli is in operation the basket 5 with the central steps 15 revolves with the l water inthe tank and thebathers can either i suini or stand on the bottoni of the basket 5 or steps t5. The direction ot' rotation of the water should be so arranged as to make the top landing of the steps '15 move away ward it to prevent accidents.

A When water is. introduced. under pressure' Ig I 984,956

Strapg 20 are used for buthos to hold 1.1

xo reservoir rotatably mounted inside of the lo 0n to them and furrow through 'th movuxg f reservoir; a stair way in bhe center of @he basket -'t'ornu'ng an integral part thereof means Afor communicating chev said Stairway with 'the fiom' spa-ce around the resem'or. VLADIM'IR V. 'MESSE/R.

body of water'.

Having thus described my in wnion what 5 I claim is:

In a plunge bath; :L satonmy reservoir i containing the liquifh .uezxns for roiutug Witnesses: the liquid about the axis of the reservoir; I

J'. D. THOMPSON, a basket extendlng over the lnsxde Smace of CARL H. PAFEm-xoCH.