Improvements in Means for Supplying Water to Baths in Dwelling Houses.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 24th May, 1889
Complete Specific-tion Left, 21st Nov., 1889-Accepted, 4th Jan., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Supplying Water to Baths in Dwelling
Houses.
I, WILLIAM JAMES WHEELER, of 39 Rugby Road, Southsea, in the County of
Hants, Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to means for supplying water to baths in dwelling houses,
the object being to provide apparatus for this purpose which can be easily and
temporarily fitted up and taken away again when required, so that the apparatus will
become the personal property of the tenant or other person fitting it in the house, and
does not become part of the fittings of the house, as is the case when a boiler is built
in the back of the ordinary kitchen range, or other place.
According to this invention, I provide heating apparatus which can be placed in
the washing copper of an ordinary dwelling house, and connect it by pipes to the bath.
The heating apparatus consists of a perforated lining or inner copper surrounded
by a coil of pipes and with a wide flange to rest on the brick work of the top of the
copper, to keep the lining in position. The ends of the coil are connected to the bath
and a suitable tap or cock is placed in a convenient position in the pipes, into which
water may be taken from the main supply.
The action of the apparatus is as follows: The apparatus is placed in the ordinary
copper which is then partly filled with water and the fire lighted. The water is taken
from the main, to fill the coil, and the heat of the water in the copper is communi-
cated to the water in the coil causing the same to circulate through the coil and
pipes to the bath.
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CASTLE SMITH,
Per F. W. Golby,
Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Supplying Water to Baths in Dwelling
Houses.
I, WILLIAM JAMES WHEELER, of 39 Rugby Road, Southsea, in the County of
Hants, Builder, do hereby declare the nature of said 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 relates to means for supplying water to baths in dwelling houses,
the object being to provide apparatus for this purpose which can be easily and
temporarily fitted up and taken away again when required, so that the apparatus will
become the personal property of the tenant or other person fitting it in the house, and
does not become part of the fittings of the house, as is the case when a boiler is built
in the beck of the ordinary kitchen range, or other place.
According to this invention I provide a heating apparatus which can be placed in the
washing copper of an ordinary dwelling house, and connect it by pipes to the bath.
The heating apparatus consists of a perforated lining or inner copper surrounded by
a coil of pipes and with a wide flange to rest on the brick work of the top of the
copper, to keep the lining in position. The ends of the coil are connected to the
bath and a suitable tap or cock is placed in a convenient position in the pipes, into
which water may be taken from the main supply.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-
The apparatus is placed in the ordinary copper which is then partly filled with

page_text: water and the fire lighted. The water is taken from the main to fill the coil,
and the heat of the water in the copper is communicated to the water in the coil
causing the same to circulate through the coil and pipes to the bath.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood and carried into
practice, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accom-
panying drawings in which similar letters are used to indicate corresponding parts in
both Figures.
Figure 1 shews a vertical section of an ordinary domestic washing copper with my
invention fitted in position therein and connected to a bath on the upper floor all
ready for use; Figure 2 is a sectional elevation of the heating apparatus in the act.of
being dropped into an ordinary washing copper.
The perforated lining A and the coil B are made of copper, galvanized iron, or
similar metal, the coil being rigidly affixed in any suitable manner to the outside of
the lining A. The perforations CC are arranged around the circumference of the
lining A at convenient distances apart, and between the turns of the coil, so that water
in the domestic washing copper D may freely pass through the said perforations into
and out of the lining A, and circulate around the outside of the coil.
The inlet pipe E is either outside or inside the lining A and forms a continuation of,
or is connected to, the top of the coil. The bottom of the coil is produced upwards
and connected by an ordinary union joint F to the pipe G which supplies the bath, at
or about the water level desired therein. Another pipe H is also connected to the
bath and to the inlet pipe E. A branch inlet J leads cold water from the main
supply by means of an india-rubber or other flexible tubing K of suitable length one
end of which screws on, or is otherwise attached to the nozzle of the ordinary
domestic water tap and the other end is connected to the branch inlet J by an ordinary
union or other joint. M is a stop cock on the branch inlet pipe E, and N is a stop
cock on the bath pipe H. This stop cock N may be on any convenient part of the
pipes H or G preferably near the bath. The wide flange O rests on the top of the
brick work of the copper and supports the lining A in its proper position; P P are
handles on the said flange O.
To fit up the apparatus, the perforated lining A is placed within the ordinary
washing copper and the pipes G and H are then laid in position leading to the
bath and are connected by means of union joints to the coil at F and E and to
the bath. The apparatus is now ready for use, and its action is as follows :-
Water is first poured into the interior of the lining A until it, and the copper D
are full or partially full as required. The furnace or fire underneath is then lighted
and this water thus heated.
The stop cock M is then opened and the flexible tube K connected to the water tap,
and the water turned on. The water in the copper D and lining A communicates its
heat to the coil B and thus heats the water contained therein which said water rises in
the pipe G allowing moro cold to pass through the inlet E into the coil B until sufficient
water is in the bath and pipes G and H to circulate therethrough. The main supply
tap and the stop cock M are then turned off and the water entering tho bath through
the pipe G will probably be found hot enough for use. If it is not, the stop cock N
is opened and the water allowed to circulate through the coil B, pipes G and H, and
the bath, until it is sufficiently hot, when the cock N is shut off thus stopping the
circulation. To empty the water from the bath, the flexible tube K is disconnected
from the tap L and its end held over a sink or other place. The stop cocks N and M.
are then opened and the pressure of the water in the bath will force the water
through the pipe H into the flexible tube K from whence it will pass into the sink.or
other place.
To disconnect the apparatus it is necessary to unscrew the four unions one at each
end of the pipes G and H. The lining A may then be lifted by means of the handles P
out of the copper D. Although I have described the apparatus in connection with
an ordinary built up copper, it is obvious that it may be used in combination with a
portable copper or may be placed in an ordinary kitchen boiler, or used in conjunction
with any of the ordinary domestic water heating appliances..

page_text: 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 construction and use of a perforated lining A with coil B connected by
pipes G and H to an ordinary bath, the said lining A to be placed within an ordinary
domestic copper or the like, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
(2) The heating coil B connected by pipes G and H to an ordinary bath, to be
placed within an ordinary domestic copper or the like substantially as and for the
purpose hereinbefore set forth and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 21st day of November 1889.
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CASTLE SMITH,
Per F. W. Golby,
Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.