An Improved Warmer for Beds, Carriages, and like purposes, also. applicable for Heating Toilet Water, and as a Night Light with or without a Watch Holder.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 29th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 24th Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
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An Improved Warmer for Beds, Carriages, and like purposes, also.
applicable for Heating Toilet Water, and as a Night Light with
or without a Watch Holder.
I, SAMUEL SIDNEY BROMHEAD of 97 Newgate Street, London, Patent Agent,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is designed to supply a simple inexpensive means of warming
beds, carriages, water for toilet purposes and for like purposes.
It consists of a tray or pan with an inlet pipe to which a flexible tube can be
attached. Inside the pan is placed one or more small lamps of the sort used for
heating infants' food, or an oil container having one or more burners.
Above the lamps are one or more covers or guards of woven wire, perforated
metal or other suitable material, having spaces for the escape of heated air aud-
furnished with supports sufficiently strong to sustain a vessel of water.
This contrivance can be placed inside a bed, air being supplied to the lamps by
means of a small flexible pipe the end of which projects beyond the bed-clothes.
When required a receptacle for water of any suitable material or shape, or an
ordinary toilet basin, can be placed over the lamps and the heat thereof employed
to warm the water contained therein.
When a closed receptacle is used as for instance when used to heat a foot
warner, a small outlet pipe is provided at the top to allow of the escape of steam
should any form in the vessel.
By means of this contrivance, the occupier of a bedroom can have the bed
comfortably warmed and be furnished with a supply of warm toilet water, with the
minimum of trouble and cost. The apparatus serves also as a night light if desired
and can be fitted with an attachment to suspend a watch.
The covering guards will protect the flame from any contact with the bed-
clothes, and these guards can be partly or wholly removed when the apparatus is
used for heating water.
The pan in which the lamps are placed can be partly filled with water to ensure
safety and prevent overheating of the oil.
When preferred, or when oil is not obtainable nightlight candles could be
substituted.
The pan can be made of stout glass or with windows of glass or mica, so as to
allow the lamp to illuminate the room.
The bottom of the pan may be covered with some non-conducting material.
. Dated this 30th day of November 1895.
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page_text: An Improved Warmer for Beds, Carriages, and like purposes, also
applicable for Heating Toilet Water, and as a Night Light with
or without a Watch Holder.
1, SAMUEL SIDNEY BROMHEAD, of 97, Newgate Street, London, Patent Agent,
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 is designed to supply a simple inexpensive means of warming
beds, carriages, water for toilet purposes and for like purposes.
It consists of a tray. or pan with an inlet pipe to which a flexible tube can be
attached. Inside the pan is placed one or more small lamps of the sort used for
heating infants' food, or an oil container having one or more burners, of suitable
description, without chimneys.
Above the lamps are one or more covers, or guards of woven wire, perforated
metal, or other suitable material, having spaces for the escape of heated air, and
furnished with supports sufficiently strong to sustain a vessel of water.
This contrivance can be placed inside a bed, air being supplied to the lamps by
means of a small flexible pipe, the end of which projects beyond the bed-clothes.
When required a receptacle for water, of any suitable material or shape, or an
ordinary toilet basin, can be placed over the lamps and the heat thereof employed
to warm the water contained therein.
When a closed receptacle is used, as for instance, when used to heat a foot
warmer, a small outer pipe is provided at the top to allow of the escape of steam
should any form in the vessel.
By means of this contrivance the occupier of a bedroom, or an invalid, can have
the bed comfortably warmed before use, or during use if preferred, or can be
furnished with a supply of warm toilet water, with the minimum of trouble and
oost.
The apparatus serves also as a night light if desired, and can be fitted with an
attachment to suspend a watch. It may also be used as a heat diffusing footstool
by ladies when seated at the dressing table in cold weather.
The covering guards will protect the flame from any contact with the bed-
clothes, and these guards can be partly or wholly removed when the apparatus is
used for heating water.
The pan in which the lamps are placed can be partly filled with water to ensure
safety and prevent overheating of the oil.
When, preferred, or when oil is not obtainable, night-light candles could be
substituted, but they are not so regulable or economical.
The pan can be made of stout glass or of metal or other suitable material, with
windows of glass or mica, so as to allow the lamp to illuminate the room.
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The bottom of the pan and top of guard may be covered with some non-
conducting material.
I will now describe the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
in which:
Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of one form of my invention intended for use as
a bed warmer.
Fig. 2 shows the same with the wire guard turned back, to permit of toilet water
being warmed in a kettle or saucepan.
Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of the invention in use as a night-light.
Fig. 4 shows a lamp with three burners, which can all be used if required. Two
of these are shown capped.

page_text: a is a pan made of glass, earthenware, metal or other suitable material,
preferably of the shape shown, provided with air holes a¹.
a² is a beading to support the wire protecting cover b, provided with a handle b¹ ;.
e is the lamp which burns with a very small flame, and may be made larger with
several burners if preferred; d is a nozzle of a pipe fixed in the cup a, to receive
a flexible tube. The upper edge of the cup a may be scolloped for exit of heated
air; e is a saucepan or kettle to be used for heating toilet water and like purposes.
The wire guard 6 can be so attached by a loose hinge that it can fall back out of
the way, or be detached when preferred.
Referring to Fig. 3, is a watch stand, and g a shade to shut off the light from
a person sleeping in the room. Both of these articles can be made portable, or
loosely fitting into sockets.
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. A combined lamp, pan and guard, serving as a water heater, bed-warmer, or
foot warmer, consisting of the pan a, guard 6, lamp c, with or without the vessel e,
shade g, and watch holder f, as herein described and set forth.
2. The application of a suitable oil lamp without chimney, in combination with
a pan and guard, as a bed warmer, water heater, and for like purposes, as herein
described and set forth.
Dated thin 60th of An 1900
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, Patent Agent.