USRE103E - Improvement in portable baths - Google Patents

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Jr., M. D., ol' Boston, in

UNITED (STA-'TES PATENT OFFICE.

llCHARLES KANE, OF NEV YO IMPROVEMENT IN Specilioation forming partol' Letters Patent No. 1,7710, dated July 3l, 1840 g Reissue EK, N. Y.

PORTABLE BATHs.

No. |03, dulel october 16, 1847.

To all whom it may concern.-

ABe it known that'I,J. vWRIGHT WARREN, the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new anduseful improvemen ys in the pparatusfor various kinds of bathing, which I denominate a Portable Bathing Tent, and I do' hereby declareY that the followingI is a full, clear', and exact deseriptionthereof. These improvements, the'princi ples theref, the application of said principles bywhich the same may be distinguished from other inventions, together with such parts, improvements, or combinations 'I claim as my invenlion and-ho1d to be original and new, I have herein set forth and described, which description, taken in connection with the accompany1 ing drawings, herein referred to, composes my specication. i v

.The object of my invention is to combine in one arrangement all the conveniences for taking all the several descriptions of baths? such as warm, cold, vapor, medicated vapori,y and `shower baths-said arrangement 'being combined withdue regard to simplicity and; portability The figures of'the accompanying plate' or drawngsrepreseutiny improvements. l Figure 1 is4 a vertical section of the a' )paratus. FigA 2 lia horizontal sectional Figis, a pers' v ective view, and Fig. 4a detail view of the ined'icating-tube.

A A A A is the bathing-tub, shaped as seen iny Figs. .l and 2yand 'formed 'of zine or any other suitable material. This tub is inelosed bya proper casing of wood, B B B B, Figs. 2 and 3, to the bottom of vwhich are attached suitable legs or standards, C CFC. In case p a commonpcold bath it is only necessarir to llthe tubto the requisite heightwith water. For a warm bath likewise the bathing-tub must have lthe necessary quantity of cold water 'in it,`the waterA beinr heated by the following arrangement of 'Ina sinery: At the foot of the vtub A AA two circular holes or apertures, a l), are 1n'1" 'le, the aperture a, beim'i at the bottom oi' the tub, the a little less to which a quantity of Water suffiother beingl situated at a height than that iewfl ing-tub. Now, Suppose the tub to be lfilled above the upper pipe, c c, with water, the. A,/communicationA being open to the boiler cient for bathing w One end of each of twol pipes, o c d (1,.(said pipes being covered with worsted or any firoper substancegis inserted in th tures a b, each of the other ends of said pipes communicating, respecti vely,rwith the top and bottom of the b This boiling apparatus consists of two contric cylinders, e c c fff, Figs. l and 2, be# tween which cylinders the water to be heated must pass or be placed. The space E in the inner or smaller cylinder, e ce, serves as a lire-chamber, and contains the fuel or fire fromwhich the heat is derived, and is arranged with a grate or grating, g g, in the bottom, as seen in Figs. l and 2, underneath which is an asl1-pan, h h, which slides in and out inany proper manner. The boilingspace is provided With a safety-valve at li 17, to prevent the occurrence of any accident from an undue pressure-'of steam in the boiler, the operation of which safety-valve will be readily understood by an inspection of the boiling apparatus in Iig. l. On the opposite side of the fire-chamber E isA a conducting pipe or tunnel, k, with a screw-stopper,l, in the same, by removing which the water may befed to the boiler or space between the cylinders c e c l fff when it is not introduced from the baththrough the pipes c c d d, it will lbe seen from the well-known laws of iiuids that the water will adjust itself to a level in the tw and When'afire is made in the furnace E that the heated liquid in the boiler', rising to the top of the Same, will iiow out through the pipe ce intirthe` tub,jand"its place' be supplied by the colder liquid moving throu the lower pipe, d d, stant circulation is kept up, arrows in Fig. l, until thevliquidfis heated to then-desired temperature. Vhen this is ac complished, the )operation is checked by the stop-cocks m n, Fig. 1, fperated by the bent levers or handleso p, by which the lcommunication between the boiler and tub may be opened or closed at pleasure.

as represented by ould .stand in the tub.

e aperl oiling apparatus at D D DD.

o vessels,-

gll l and 1n this Way a ccnfurniture.

thevapor passes into the apartment formed ment is placed. The

, and washer, as shown 'the vapor and prepare the desired bath.`

From the above-described arrangement the eonvenienceof taking a warmbath in my apparatus will be sufciently apparent. After using the water in the tub it may be withdrawn from the same by unscrewing the pipes c c d d, for which provision' is made by means of nuts and'screws, as shown'at g r.

I shall now proceedr to describe such additional parts as are nccessaryin taking a vapor bath.l To the four corners of the wooden easing BB B B are afixed thepillars or up right standards F G H' l, on lthe top of which the hollow pediment K K is fixed, shaped as seen in Figs. 1 and 3. Around the pediment K K the double sets of curtains L L M M, Fig.l 3, are arranged,- the exterior `or crimsoncoloredrcurtain being used merely to add neatness and elegancevto utility in the apparatus, to make it suitable as anv article of household The inner curtain is composed of oil-silk or any other water-proof cloth, which, when down, forms', as it were, a close apart? ment and prevents thc water lin the tub from .being thrown into the room by the motions of thebody while bathing, and likewise 're'- tains the vapor within 'the apartlueuhvYSrQ "is placed on top of the bathing-tub A A A A, which cover turns on proper hinges, and has` holes perforated through the 4same at 't 1., as seen in Fig. 2. Now, in order to take a vapor bath the tub A should be empty and the stop-cock n be closed, so as to shut off all communica tion through the lower pipe. The water being introdu'ced through the tunnel or pipe k, as has been described, the steam generated from the same will pass into the tub through the upper pipe, c c, and the hath may be taken in the tub, or by standing or resting on the cover s's, through the holesttof which by the curtains. as above described. The cover s s'likewiscserves, in case of warm "bath, to expedite the process of heating the water by excluding the cold atmosphere from the tub.

If,we wish to medicate the vapor bath it can be done by means of the upright tube a, Fig,4 r4., communicating with the pipeI c-. c. `This tube has a'screwstopper, n, and a covered cap or other` proper-shaped vessel, w w, in which the prescribed essence or medicastopper 'v is hollow, as seen in Fig. 4, and has a suitable shoulder at a', so aswhen screwed down to. eiectuallylose the pipe ortube u. Directly underneat the washer at x small holes s s', Snc., are drilled'to communicate with the tube of the stopper e, so that by kloosening or unscrewing the stopper the oil or essence will ooze, as it were, into the pipe of the stopper, and, dropping gradually into the pipe c c, through which the4 steam lfrom the -boiler passes, will evaporate, and thereby impregnate The arrangement and conveniences for a. warm or cold shower-bath may be thus demedicater u u.

tainiiirtfiormed Q fauyuimble Water-proof not in use, itis drawn up cords Z l lf Z l "passing'throgh rings m m' m',

' said cords are ttached to the hoop at the bot- .the loose end p of the cord is drawn down ,up-in an opposite direction.

--throughwhich the vapor scribed: A. force-pump, y y, lis arranged at the foot'oiI the bathing-tub on one side of the This pump has apropenvalve7 e, Fig. 1, andcommunicates with the tub by means of the pipe' afa', opening into the same. The water being drawn into -the cylinder of the pump 'lis forced into the pipe b"b b b', which leads up through the pillaror standard F (made hollow for the, purpose) and conducts to the receiving-vessel c' c', the returnof the water to the cylinder of the pumpbeingpre- -vented by the valve d', Fig. 1. Then the vessel c cis full, the fact is indicated by .the discharge-pipe c e', one end of which opens into the vessell at or near the top of the same. Beneath the vessel c'fc is Vthe showering-tub tf, the bottom of which is suitably perforated, as shown in Fig. 1. A vweighted valve, f', serves to open or close the communication be tween the two` vessels. This valve is controlled by-the bather by means of the cord g g', one end` of which is"attached to the arm h of the valve, the other. end Apassing down within'his reach. While taking the shower-Y bath, the bather is in'losed yby the circular curcloth weighte'd and kept lic wire or hoop, k k.

in shape by a metal- Vhen this curtain is in folds by cmeans of Src., in the interior of the curtain. 'i The ends of tom of said curtain. The other ends of these cords are attached (when the curtain is downl vto any part of the surface of the cylinder or roller n', Fig. 1, which revolves in suitable bearin g'sinthe hollow pcdiment. Anotheroord,o'p', has oneend attached to the cylinder n', and the cord is wound several Vtimes round the der, .the other end, p', being within the ac h of the bather. It will readily be seen that if it will unwind, and by so doing turnl the cylinder, thereby-winding the cords Z l'l'l,&c., By this =means the curtain isdrawn up and is retained in its position by a loop in the end of the cordv o p. attached to any proper hook 'on Vthe side oi the wf'ooden casing of the bathing-tub.

The smoke from the furnace or vboiling apparA 'tus may be conveyed to any ue by means of proper funnel or pipe lea ing from thc topl of Y/the furnace at A.. p

Having completed the description. of 'the machinery, I shall now proceed to speci'cally point out those parts -I-clai'm'as my inv'e lion and hold to be original and new. v

1. Impregnating or medicating thel ,vapor bat-h by means of the tube u aand hollow screw-stopper '0, with holes or openin s s" s in said stopper, through which theliq'uld in the pass into the tube u ,u when the stopper is uuscrewed, as herein described, in combination with the conducting -pipe c c, passes to o the `taub AAAA. l

2. In combination with-thel bathing-tub,

the showering apparatus above'',I'n'etioned,l cylinder n', xplairedin vthe` forqgoingand the discharge or alarm pipe, forltl'xefobdescrption.` ject hereinbefore set farth, andflike-wise the circular c'nrtini i i,;for A jnclosing "the J' .WRIGHT WARREN JR' batller While taking -the shower-bath; Said' Witnesses:

curtain being Qperated byfthe severl cords' ALRTEMAS SIMONDS,

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