Year: 1899

page_text: I, EUGEN SANDOW, of 32, St. James's Street, Piccadilly, London, Athlete, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
The object of this invention is to construct an improved portable shower bath
which can be used at any time in connection with an ordinary sponge bath in
the bed room without danger of splashing or wetting the carpet.
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The improved shower bath consists principally of an annular tube sufficiently
large to be passed upwards outside the shoulders and held above the head. The
inner circumference of this tube is perforated and on each side there is a can or
receptacle for water. This annular perforated tube is provided with two handles
by means of which it can be lifted, and in connection with one or both of these
handles there is a small lever (or the like) connected to a valve in such a manner
that on pressing the lever the water from the can or cans will run into the
annular pipe and pass through the inner perforation in the form of a shower.
To the outside of the annular tube is attached the upper end of a tubular curtain
of waterproof material, and the lower end of this curtain is attached by clips
or otherwise to the inner edge of the circular sponge bath.
When this bath is to be used the lower edge of the curtain is attached to the
rim of the sponge bath and the annular tube is allowed to rest above this with
the tubular curtain in a collapsed state. The cans or receptacles being then
filled with water the bather steps into the middle of the sponge bath and taking
hold of the handles raises the annular perforated tube upwards drawing up the
curtain with all round the body until the perforated annular tube is above the
head, and then by pressing on the lever the shower is discharged whilst the long
tubular curtain from head to foot prevents any splashing and directs all the
water into the sponge bath. The bather then lowers the perforated annular tube
down onto the rim of the sponge bath (the curtain folding or collapsing again)
and steps out of the bath.
If the room chould be fitted with a tap and supply of water the cans or
receptacles on the annular tube may be dispensed with and perforated tube may
be provided with an india rubber tube (or tubes) connecting the same with the
tap and fitted with means for opening and closing a valve so as to admit and
shut off the water as required.

page_text: I, EUGEN SANDOW, of 32, St. James Street, Piccadilly, London, Athlete, 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:
The improvement which forms the subject of this invention relates to portable
shower baths. The object of my invention is to enable an ordinary circular
sponge bath to be utilized as a shower bath either in a bedroom or bath room or
other place, without danger of splashing or wetting the floor or carpet.
In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a plan view representing the com-
bination of my invention with an ordinary sponge bath; Fig. 2 is a side view of
the same when closed. Fig. 3 is a side elevation drawn to a reduced scale show-
ing the application of my invention. Figs. 4 and 5 are modifications. In these
views similar letters refer to similar parts.
For the purpose of my invention I connect the lower edge of an enveloping
canvas or waterproof curtain as 6 to the edge of the bath a which is preferably
inturned as a and to the upper edge of said curtain I connect an annular tube
as c that is sufficiently large to be passed upwards-above-the-shoulders and held
above the head as in Fig. 3. The inner circumference of said tube is perforated"
as at e so as to allow the water to be sprayed over the user.
The supply of water may be obtained either by suitable vessels as c Fig. 5,
for containing water and which may be connected to the aforesaid tube and raised
with it, the delivery being controlled by a valve and lever as c³ or a flexible tube
as d may be attached to the perforated tube c and connected to the service pipe
in a bath room or other place.
When convenient a cord f passing over pulleys 9 and having a hook at one
end and a balance weight k at the other, may be employed to support the curtain b,
and said curtain may if preferred be formed to open at one side as at 6¹.
When the bath is to be used the lower edge of the curtain or enveloper 6 is attached
to the rim of the bath said enveloper lying in a collapsed state within the bath
as in Fig. 2, the perforated tube c being at the top. The bather steps into the
middle of the bath and taking hold of the tube c or handles that may be connected
thereto raises said' tube drawing up the curtain 6 with it until the perforated
annular tube is above the head, when by pressing the levers ³, if water cans
as care employed, or opening the valve d if a direct supply of water is obtain-
able, a shower is discharged, whilst the long tubular curtain from head to foot
prevents any splashing and directs all the water into the bath; the bather then
lowers the perforated annular tube down within the rim of the bath, the curtain
at the same time folding or collapsing and the bather steps out of the bath. If
the room is provided with a suspending attachment as Fig. 4, the bather can
release the curtain from the hook either before or after entering or leaving the
bath.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. An improved shower bath that is obtained by the combination with any
ordinary sponge bath of a collapsible curtain or enveloper as 6 whose lower end
may be connected to the rim of a bath and the upper end attached to an annular
tube, the inner circumference of which is perforated so as to allow water to be

page_text: sprayed towards the centre of the bath, said perforated tube being either con-
nected to water supply by a flexible tube, or having cans for containing water
formed on or attached thereto, substantially, as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described.
2. An improved shower bath that is constructed substantially as hereinbefore
described and shown on the drawings.
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1000
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.