Improvements in connection with Warmers and Damp Detectors for Beds.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Dec., 1897--Accepted, 8th Jan., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Warmers and Damp Detectors
for Beds.
I, FRANK GRAFTON-WIGNALL, Gentleman, North Down, Heathfield, Sussex,
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: --
My invention relates to improvements in connection with warmers and damp
detectors for beds, and the object is to combine the two articles in one apparatus
The apparatus consists essentially of two parts, the bed warming part, and the
damp detecting part. The bed warming part consists of a stoneware or other
suitable bottle or receptacle fillable with water at the side or end, the ends having
grooved necks for convenience in attaching the bottles or the like to the damp
detecting or second part of the invention. The damp detecting part consists
of a plain or silvered mirror, carried on a frame consisting of two diverging arms.
These arms are connected to one another at one end, and there joined to a suit-
able handle. The diverging ends are formed with rings, clips, or other con-
trivances for passing round the grooved necks of the bottle and allowing the
latter to revolve therein. Extending from one of the arms to the other and
situated at about the centre of their length, is a rod or wire on which is supported
the plain or silvered mirror. In use the bottle is filled with hot water, and the
apparatus put in the bed and used as an ordinary warmer, and the state of the
interior of the bed will be indicated by the cloudiness or otherwise of the mirror.
In order that my invention may be the more readily understood, I make reference
to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which. Figs. 1, and 2, are side views of
alternative kinds of bottles, and Fig. 3, a plan of the combined warmer and damp
detector.
a is the stoneware bottle or other receptacle fillable at the side as at b, or at the
end as at c, and closed by a suitable bung, stopper, or screw d. e are the grooved
necks free to roll in the rings or clips f at the ends of the arms g g' to the connected
ends of which is joined the handle h. Extending from g to g₁ is the rod or bar i
to which is attached in any suitable manner the plain or silvered mirror j. The
apparatus is used as already described.
I do not confine myself to the precise shapes, relative proportions or disposition
of parts as shown in the drawings or described in the above specification, as any
or all of them may be considerably varied without departure from the essential
features of the invention.
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:
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page_text: holding the water, and having grooved necks free to run in rings or ring like
clips forming terminations to two arms, the said arms converging towards and
being attached to a suitable handle, and a plain or silvered mirror being attached
to a rod or bar extending from one of the said arms to the other of them, the whole
substantially as described in the above specification, and exemplified in the
accompanying drawing.
2. The improvements in warmers and damp detectors for beds, provided for
and operating substantially as described in the above specification and exemplified
in the accompanying drawing.
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HUGHES & YOUNG,
23. Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for Applicant.