An Improved Steam Bath Apparatus.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Oct., 1892-Accepted, 21st Oct., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Steam Bath Apparatus.
I, EMIL OELTZE of 3 Schillingstr., Berlin O., in the German Empire, 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 relates to a steam bath apparatus which is adapted for use in
military ambulances or hospitals, ordinary hospitals, infirmaries, bath houses, and
private houses. It consists of a folding bed or chair in combination with a steam
heating appliance the parts of which may for convenience of transport be readily
disconnected.
In the drawing Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the apparatus with
the bed or chair in the open position ready for use, and Fig.
a top view of so
much of the same-with the bed or chair in the folded position-as is necessary
to explain the invention.
a is a horizontal part of the bed or chair which is constructed of two strong side
laths or bars (only one of which is shewn) connected together by transverse and
longitudinal flexible wood-preferably ash-laths so as to form a kind of net work.
b, c, are respectively a back and a foot rest of a construction similar to that of
horizontal part, that is to say, having two side laths or bars connected together
by transverse and longitudinal flexible wood laths. The side parts extend downwards
and form legs or supports. They are mounted to turn respectively on metal
pivots d, e. fh, are iron bands mounted to turn at one end respectively on side
parts of back and foot rest and slotted at the other end to engage respectively on
the shank of a wing screw y or i by means of which screws the back and foot rest
are adjusted and fixed relatively to horizontal part a.
The bed or chair may be folded up from the open position of Fig. 1 to the closed
position of Fig. 2. by slackening wing screws g, i, and then turning the back and
foot rest and bands f, h, into the horizontal position.
The steam heating appliance consists of a generator m provided with a steam
domen from which a pipe o is led underneath the bed where steam has to be
supplied. This is equably accomplished by furnishing the pipe for one third of
the length that is underneath the bed and next to the generator with one row of
holes the next third of its length with two rows of holes and the remaining third
with three rows of holes. The steam is supplied past and regulated by a valve at p.
The water of condensation passes from an orifice in the end of the steam pipe into
a suitable collecting vessel. Steam may be generated by gas or by a spirit or
petroleum lamp. For convenience of transport the various parts of the steam
heater may be readily disconnected.
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 :-
The steam bath apparatus consisting of a folding bed or chair in combination
with a heating appliance the whole constructed and arranged substantially as
described and shewn.
CAPITAINE & VON HERTLING,
89, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.