Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 13th May, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 28th July, 1898-Accepted, 15th Oct., 1898
I, RICHARD PHILLIPS, of No. 7, Wellington Avenue, Ashley Road, Bristol,
Accountant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of a box or chamber lined with flannel or other material
for placing various parts of the body inside and when the limb or part is secured
from the outer air, a stream of hot moist air is allowed to pass through the box
or chamber, of a temperature sufficient and bearable by the patient whose limb
is enclosed. The moist hot air is produced by a stove in which is burning a large
number of jets of gas (2 or 3 dozen according to the heat required) and each
separate jet is only burning a very small quantity of gas. By this means perfect
combustion is produced. To ensure that only a very small jet of gas is used
a regulator is placed on the supply pipe, which is so adjusted that each burner is
supplied with so much gas that the flame is only about half an inch in length
more or less, and in this manner the jet of gas is kept small and so the combustion
is perfect or nearly perfect. This kind of stove may be used for heating purposes.
A stove burning gas mixed with air (commonly called an atmospheric burner)
may be used instead of the gas stove or apparatus described above.
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RICHD. PHILLIPS.
I, RICHARD PHILLIPS, late of 7, Wellington Avenue, Ashley Road, but now of
23, Ashley Hill, Bristol, Accountant, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:—
This invention consists of a box or chamber, marked A of wood or other suit-
able material, lined and packed with felt, or asbestos, or silicate wool, or other
non-conducting substance, to retain the heat as much as possible, for enclosing
various parts of the body, whilst a stream of hot air of about 300° Fahrenheit,
more or less, is allowed to pass through it.
The box or chamber which stands on legs, fitted with castors, is of sufficient
size to enclose the leg, or limb, or part, which is supported in its centre, on
asbestos tapes, so that it rides easily and comfortably, and it is wrapped in lint
or towels or asbestos cloth, the patient sitting on a chair, or lying on a couch or
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page_text: sofa, and it is of sufficient height to enable the heat producing apparatus to be
placed underneath, the heat flowing from the bottom to the top of the chamber,
and so out into the air through holes in the cover, but if necessary the heat may
pass in at the side of the chamber and out at the top, or in at the top and out
at the bottom.
The heat from the stove or heat producer, marked B flows through the chamber
and around the limb or part enclosed; and placed over the inlet is a distributing
tray or heat-spreader. The chamber may be made in various sizes and shapes, for
various parts of the body. One end of it is open to allow the limb to be passed
to the inside, and the top or cover lifts off, to allow the limb to be inspected and
adjusted. A sleeve marked C of india rubber or asbestos cloth or other air-tight
fabric, is attached to the open end of the chamber and hangs outside of it, and
the limb or part is passed through this and into the chamber, and the unattached
end of the sleeve is fastened tightly round the limb or part, on the outside of the
chamber, thus preventing escape of the hot air.
The hot air is produced by a stove in which gas jets are burning preferably in
which there is a large number of small jets-two or three dozen, and in which
each jet is burning only a very small, quantity of gas, to ensure which a regulator
or governor should be placed on the supply pipe and each jet allowed to have
a flame of about half an inch in length. The combustion of the gas is then
perfect or nearly so and produces moist heat. This kind of stove may be used
for general heating purposes. A stove burning gas mixed with air, by means of
what is commonly called atmospheric burners, may be used instead of the gas
stove or apparatus described above, or the necessary heat may be supplied by
lamps or stoves, burning mineral or other oils, or by lamps or stoves burning gas
produced in the lamps or stoves.
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
A hot air bath consisting of a box or chamber combined with a gas stove or
other heating apparatus, the heat flowing through the said box or chamber
substantially as herein before described.
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