Improvements in Appliances for Circulating Hot or Cold Water for use upon the Human Body and in apparatus for Cooling or Refrigerating said Water.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 10th Feb., 1900
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Appliances for Circulating Hot or Cold Water for
use upon the Human Body and in apparatus for Cooling or
Refrigerating said Water.
We, MONROE LEE Ross, of Artillery Mansions, Victoria Street, London, S.W.,
Gentleman, and THE "PERFECT" AUTOMATIC HOT APPLIANCE Co., LTD., of Dash-
wood House, New Broad Street, London, E.C., Manufacturers, 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 improvements in water appliances for use principally
upon the human body, and in apparatus for refrigerating said water, and consists
chiefly of the following:-
Firstly-The provision and adaptation of various forms and kinds of water bags for
either hot or cold water, adapted to be fitted and applied to special parts of the human
body.
Secondly-The provision and adaptation of an apparatus for the purpose of cool-
ing or refrigerating water to be circulated through the aforesaid water bags and
means for circulating the same.
The details and arrangement of the apparatus will be best understood by reference
to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 represents the apparatus, shewn in sectional elevation, for cooling or re-
frigerating water to be circulated;
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of a pad or bag in the form of a glove to be used for
the hand;
Figs. 3 and 4 show similar appliances for the use of the foot;
Fig. 5 a similar appliance for the head;
Fig. 6 a like appliance for the knee cap;
Fig. 7 an eye band;
Fig. 8 a shoulder disc;
Fig. 9 a cover for the ear for the mastoid gland;
Fig. 10 a rubberoid for the rectum.
In Fig. 1. A is the upper chamber, which has a layer of ice C, and B is the lower
chamber. Water is also placed in the upper chamber A, whence it enters the outlet
pipe D and circulates through the tubing or other channels of circulation and thence
to the inlet pipe D¹ and fills the lower chamber B. In course of time the tubing
from contact with the human body against which it is placed becomes raised in tem-
perature and the water in the tubing likewise has its temperature raised.
In order
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to keep a uniform degree of coldness in the tubing the circulation of the iced water
is effected by means of a plate or disc E, contained in the upper part of the dome F.
This plate or disc is capable of being depressed or forced downwards either by a coil
spring or by a rod G, worked by the hand from the upper part of the dome.
depression of this plate E forces the iced water through the outlet pipe D, and
through the tubing the higher temperature water consequently entering the lower
chamber B through D¹ which being full causes the overflow consequent on the
pressure behind it to rise up through the tube H and overflow into the upper
chamber A and be cooled down again by the ice in the chamber. The dome F is

page_text: fixed to the upper chamber A by catches J, J, and the chambers are protected and
kept cool by felt packing K.
In Fig. 2 is shewn a sectional elevation of a pad in the form of a hand, which when
in use envelopes the hand in the same manner as a glove, and may be used in the
treatment for gout or any other ailment in the hand, the tube L being continuous,
and fixed to the material forming the glove or covering for the hand, so that hot or
cold water enters the end and after circulation through the tubing flows out at the
other end. The same arrangement and references are adapted to the other forms
of pads as shewn in Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10, and may be adapted with equal
suitability to any other form of pad or appliance that may be required, these adapta-
tions being all applicable to hot or cold water circulation.
Although we have described a special construction of the apparatus forming our
said invention, we are aware that the said construction may be modified in various
details without departing from the principles of our invention and we do not wish
to be limited by such special construction.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
1. The provision of an apparatus or device for creating and conveying a con-
tinuous circulation of cooled or refrigerated water for application to the body through
a hollow flexible tube substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. The provision of pads and coils of tubing mounted and fixed on shapes made of
india-rubber or other suitable material for the circulation of hot or cold water, and
shaped and adapted to fit and be applied to any required part of the body, sub-
stantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and described and illustrated by
the accompanying drawings.
3. The combination of an apparatus for creating and conveying a continuous
circulation of cooled or refrigerated water for application to the human body, with
pads or coils of tubing mounted and fixed on shapes made of india rubber or other
suitable material and shaped and adapted to fit and be applied to any required part
of the body, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and described and
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated th
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1000
REGINALD W. BARKER,
Applicants' Agent, Vulcan House, 56, Ludgate Hill, London, E.C.