Improvements relating to Baths and Cisterns therefor.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 3rd May, 1893-Accepted, 2nd June, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Baths and Cisterns therefor.
I, FRANK HUBBER, of 85 and 86 South Street, Exeter, Sanitary Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in a compact, portable and convenient combination of a
bath and cisterns and of fittings for supplying water thereto.
According to this invention the cold water cistern and hot water container are
situated at one end of the bath and are fixed thereto, the hot water container being
below the cold water cistern.
The cold water supply to the cold water cistern and the bath may be drawn
from any convenient source, either by gravitation or under pressure, the supply to
the cistern being regulated or controlled by a ball cock or valve of suitable
pattern. To supply the bath with cold water the pipe to the cold water cistern is
extended down and enters the bath below the hot water container, the supply
being there controlled or water drawn off by means of a suitable cock or valve.
The water from the cold water cistern is arranged to pass down in a pipe to the
bottom of the hot water container, the end of this pipe being formed as a syphon.
The hot water container is connected with any suitable form of boiler, by which
means the hot water is obtained.
The hot water supply to the bath is taken from the top of the hot water
container, and is connected to the bath at a point near the cold water supply and
there controlled or drawn off by a suitable cock or valve.
The hot water pipe is extended up to above the line of the water in the cold
water cistern and is arranged to act as an expansion or safety pipe.
.
After entering the bath the water is carried down into a well situated below
the bottom of the bath. By the provision of this well the body of steam or
vapour usually discharged when the water is flowing is reduced. The grating over
the well serves also as the outlet.
The combined standing waste and overflow pipe is situated in an open chamber
and is easily accessible for cleansing or repairing.
Dated this 3rd day of August 1892.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Baths and Cisterns therefor.
I, FRANK HUBBER, of 85 and 86 South Street, Exeter, Sanitary Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:—
This invention consists in a compact, portable, economical, and convenient
combination of a bath and cisterns, and of fittings for supplying water thereto.
According to this invention, the cold water cistern and hot water container are
situated at one end of the bath and are fixed thereto; the hot water container
being below the cold water cistern.
The cold water supply to the cold water cistern and the bath may be drawn
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page_text: from any convenient source, either by gravitation or under pressure, the supply
to the cistern being regulated or controlled by a ball-cock or valve of suitable
pattern. To supply the bath with cold water the pipe to the cold water cistern is
extended down and enters the bath below the hot water container; the supply
being there controlled' or water drawn off by means of a suitable cock or valve.
The water from the cold water cistern is arranged to pass down in a pipe to the
bottom of the hot water container; the end of this pipe being formed as a syphon.
The hot water container is connected with any suitable form of boiler, by which
means the hot water is obtained.
The hot water supply to the bath is taken from the top of the hot water
container, and is connected to the bath at a point near the cold water supply and
there controlled or drawn off by a suitable cock or valve.
The hot water pipe is extended up to above the line of the water in the cold
water cistern and is arranged to act as an expansion or safety pipe.
After entering the bath the water is carried down into a well situated below the
bottom of the bath. By the provision of this well the body of steam or vapour
'usually discharged when the water is flowing is reduced. The grating over the
'well serves also as the outlet.
The combined standing waste and overflow pipe is situated in an open chamber
and is easily accessible for cleansing or repairing.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings, Fig. 1 thereon represents a
back view of the foot end of a bath, fitted with hot water container and cold water
cistern, arranged in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a part longitudinal
section.
The cold-water cistern a is at the top and stands on legs fixed to the top of the
hot-water container b. The cistern a which is fitted with a ball valve a' is supplied
with cold water by gravitation or under pressure through the pipe c.
The cold-
water supply to the bath d is drawn from the pipe c by the branch pipe e which is
carried down into the bath and fitted thereat with a suitable controlling cock.
Hot-water is supplied from a boiler to the container b; ƒ and g being the flow and
return pipes respectively
From the container hot-water is drawn off to the bath d through the pipe h
which communicates with the container at the top thereof and is thence continued
up as a steam escape pipe through the cold water cistern, as scen at Fig. 2. A
cock or tap fitted to the pipe h controls the admission of hot-water to the bath.
Cold water to replace the hot water drawn from the container b is supplied from
the cistern a through the pipe i turned up as a syphon towards the lower end and
fitted below the bend with a cock for drawing off water from both the cistern a
and the container b when required for repairing or other object.
Both the hot and cold water are admitted to the bath through the grated well k
to which they are conducted by separate pipes. 1 is the waste outlet which is
normally closed by the hollow overflow pipe m which is of ordinary construction
and is situated in an open-topped casing n and is easily accessible from inside the
bath for repairing or cleaning. By raising the hollow pipe m through the medium
. of a suitable handle the waste water is allowed to escape.
The combination of the various parts constitutes an arrangement involving
'comparatively small cost of construction.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination, in connection with a bath, of a cold water supply cistern
such as a surmounting a hot-water container such as erected over the bath, and
the pipes c, e, f, g, h, i, arranged substantially as described and for the purposes
specified.
2. In a bath, the method of and means for delivering the hot and cold water

page_text: into the bath through a grated well such as k situated at the bottom of the bath,
the said well also serving as the outlet, controlled by a combined standing waste
and overflow pipe, substantially as hereinabove described.
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NICHOLAS WATTS,
Chartered Patent Agent.