CORRAIN IMPROWN RATIO AND RATHING "
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Burch, of Crag Hall, near Macclesfield,
in the County of Chester, Carpet Manufacturer, for the Invention
of "CORRAIN IMPROWN RATIO AND RATHING
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Burch at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 15th October 1852.
I, JOSEPH BURCH, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN BATHS AND BATHING" to be as follows:-
The nature of my Invention consists in the use of cisterns placed
above the level of the bather in any convenient position, having elastic
discharge pipes attached thereto; these discharge or bath pipes are to
lead in different directions into one or more rooms where bathing is
required; the loose ends of the bath pipes are to be provided with stop
cocks, to which are to be attached sponge brushes or towels, and the
bather standing in suitable dishes or vessels curtained round in the
usual way to prevent splashing, and having the bath pipe in hand, by
turning the stop cock has a continuous small stream of water thro' the

page_text: sponge brush or scrubbing towel, which by means of the elasticity of
the bath pipe can be applied with ease to any part of the body. One set
of cisterns for hot, cold, or suds water will supply by means of these
branch elastic bath pipes any or all the bed rooms in a house; in some
cases, where the supply of water is limited, the bathing dishes or vessels
are to be provided with force pumps and return pipes, connecting them
again with the cisterns; these, with a short action, can be worked by
the foot of the bather, who can by these means re-use the water, and
thereby prolong the bath.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Joseph Burch in the Great Seal Patent Office,
on the 15th April 1853.-
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
JOSEPH BURCH, of Crag Hall, near Macclesfield, in the County of
Chester, Carpet Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, in the sixteenth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Joseph Burch, Her special license that
I, the said Joseph Burch, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Joseph Burch, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS, IN
BATHS AND BATHING," upon the condition (amongst others) that I; the said
Joseph Burch, by an instrument in writing under my hand. and seal,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph Burch, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement (that is to say):
The Invention consists,―
First, in the use of cisterns and service pipes, having flexible tubes
and bathing apparatus attached thereto.
Secondly, it consists in the mode of conveying water from cisterns or
service pipes through moveable brushes, friction gloves, belts, sponges,
and towels by means of flexible water tubes, for the purposes of
bathing, scrubbing, rubbing, cleansing, and washing the human body
and other animals, articles, and things; and,
Thirdly, it consists in the construction and use of portable expanding
chamber baths.
The object of this Invention is to apply moisture and friction at
the same time, and also to afford the comfort of an invigorating
friction bath where the supply of water is too small for the ordinary
mode of bathing, and in houses where baths are required in several
bedrooms they are fitted up and used in the following manner :-The
hot and cold water cisterns a, and b, being fixed in the upper part
of the house so as to be above the level of the bather, are made to
communicate with the different bedrooms by means of small service
pipes c), and are therein united to the union branch d) by means of
stop cock e); the union branch has several small branches, which
are also provided with small branch cocks ff. f); a flexible tube
9, 9, 9,) is attached to each branch cock, and to the loose ends of these
flexible tubes the bathing friction and scrubbing apparatus is attached.
The articles used for this purpose will be brushes h, gloves i, belts j,
sponge k, &c., which are to be so constructed and fixed to the flexible
tubes that the water will pass through them, and escape in small
quantities through those parts only which come in contact with the
bather or article to be cleansed. The brush, being made hollow, is
attached to and filled with water through the flexible tubes, and is
perforated with small holes amongst the bristles where only the water
is allowed to escape in small quantities. The glove is to be double in

page_text: the palm, and there made of a waterproof material; the case or bag thus
formed is filled with water by the flexible tube, and being perforated
about the palm will there only permit the water to escape. The belt is
to be constructed in the same manner, and when they are applied to
the body, and by their friction thereon remove the impurities from the
surface of the skin, the continuous supply of warm or cold pure water
will during the same operation wash off the impurities, and thus by
combining the operations of rubbing and washing produce a comforting
and refreshing bath, and by its fréquent use invigorate and strengthen
the system. I recommend the use of vulcanized india-rubber for the
flexible tubes, as being very soft and yielding, and preparations from the
same material for the gloves, belts, &c. Besides being a bath for the
the human body, this mode of washing and cleansing may be applied to
horses and other animals as well as to many manufacturing processes.
In large towns, where the supply of water is limited, it will as a bath be
found of great service, and on board ships, where the supply is still
more scarce, a quart of water economically used will be found to yield
comfortable and refreshing bath to every part of the body, the
mode of application being without doubt the best, and more conducive
to the health than any other known or practised. The portable ex-
panding chamber bath may, when down, be used as a table; the water
cistern is in the top, and the pedestal legs are fitted on the telescope
slide principle, and when required to be used as a bath the upper part
is raised by means of the handle 2), which being turned sets the bevel
wheels m) and radial shafts n) in motion; these, by means of the
external bevel wheels o, communicate simultaneous action to the
internal pedestal slide screws p, by which means the top of the bath
is raised to its proper height, and by reversing the motion of the handle
it can again be reduced to its original size.
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I will now describe the Drawings. Panel 1, wall bath, with figure
bathing. Panel 2, Figure 1, portable expanding chamber bath; Figure
2, section of expanding bath, shewing the arrangement of wheels, shafts,
screws, and slides for. raising the top; Figure 3, sectional plan of the
portable bath. Panel 3, set of bathing apparatus; Figure 1, water brush,
flexible tube, &c.; Figure 2, water glove, tube, &c.; Figure 3, water

page_text: belt, tube, &c. Panel 4, chambers fitted with the improved bathing
apparatus; Figure 1, section of brush; Figure 2, section of belt;
Figure 3, section of sponge; Figure 4, section of glove.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and made known
the way in which it is to be constructed and performed, I wish it to be
understood that I do not confine myself to the use of any particular
kind of material for making any of the different parts thereof, neither
do I coufine myself to the details herein described, so long as the
peculiar charaeter of any part of my Invention be retained, and there-
fore what I claim as my Invention is,-
First, I claim the mode of constructing bathing and cleansing appa-
ratus upon the principle, style, or manner, and for such like purposes
as are herein described.
Secondly, I claim the mode of using bathing and cleansing apparatus,
consisting of hollow moveable perforated friction brushes, belts, gloves,
and rubbers, in connexion with flexible tubes, stop cocks or valves,
service pipes and water cisterns, and also for supplying sponges, towels,
and other cleansers with moisture by the same means and for such like
purposes as are herein described; and,
Thirdly, I claim the mode of constructing portable expanding baths
upon the principle and manner and for such like purposes as are
herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Burch, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of April, One thousand
eight hundred and fifty-three.
Witness,
WILLIAM BROOKES,
73, Chancery Lane.
JOSEPH BURCH. (L.S.)