IMPROVEMENTS IN AND CONNECTED WITH BATHS, LAVATORIES, AND SIMILAR VESSELS
Year: 1884

page_text: We, JAMES TOMKINS and SIDNEY NAPPER, both of No 5 Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN AND CONNECTED WITH BATHS, LAVATORIES, AND SIMILAR
VESSELS" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in baths, lavatories and similar vessels,
and in the manner of fitting thereto the supply and discharge pipes and other
conveniences whereby the work of the plumber and joiner is greatly reduced, the
bather is protected from accidental injury, and the bath room kept more free from
steam or vapour than by the ordinary mode of construction and method of fitting.
According to our invention we cast, mould or otherwise fit within the foot or end
of the bath or basin which is furthest from the head of the person using the same,
a plate or partition which extends from side to side and from the bottom to the top
or within a few inches thereof, thus leaving a narrow chamber entirely separated
from the portion utilized by the bather or other person.
In this chamber we propose to fit the supply, discharge, and outflow pipes and
valves, in such manner that the water shall enter and leave the bath or basin
through slots or similar openings formed in suitable parts of the plate or partition
which, we may remark, may be composed of the same material as the bath or basin,
or of any other suitable material.
Over the top of the chamber is fitted a shelf, which may be provided with
recesses for soap, brushes, and similar requisites, and through this shelf the spindles
of the supply and discharge valves pass, leaving the knobs and portions of the
spindles only visible, thus leaving the interior of the bath or basin free from all
projections and inequalities.
We prefer placing the shelf and fittings below the wood framework, so that the
whole may be covered over with a hinged lid or casing if desired, but they may be
level with or above the top of the bath if necessary.
The inlet ends of the supply valves or those which receive the water from the
main or cistern are passed through holes or slots in the end of the bath and are
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page_text: provided with unions for the purpose of connecting them to their respective pipes
by soldering or other method.
To the outlet ends of hot and cold water supply valves we propose to attach
tubes of brass, copper or lead, which shall reach to within an inch or less of the
bottom of the chamber, and thus prevent noise or splashing, and also effect the
condensation of the steam from the hot water which would otherwise escape into
the bath-room.
These valve outlets may also terminate at top or nearly so of the bath.

page_text: We JAMES TOMKINS and SIDNEY NAPPER, both of 5 Chancery Lane in the
County of Middlesex, Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND CONNECTED WITH BATHS, LAVATORIES, AND SIMILAR
VESSELS" 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 baths, lavatories, and similar vessels,
and in the manner of fitting thereto the supply and discharge pipes and other
conveniences, whereby the work of the plumber and joiner is greatly reduced, the
bather is protected from accidental injury and the bath-room kept more free from
steam or vapour, than by the ordinary mode of construction and method of fitting.
According to our Invention we cast, mould or otherwise fit within the foot or end
of the bath or basin which is furthest from the head of the person using the same,
a plate or partition which extends from side to side and from the bottom to the top
or within a few inches thereof, thus leaving a narrow chamber entirely separated
from the portion utilized by the bather or other person.
In this chamber we propose to fit the supply, discharge and overflow pipes and
valves, in such manner that the water shall enter and leave the bath or basin
through alots or similar openings formed in suitable parts of the plate or partition
which we may remark may be composed of the same material as the bath or basin
or of any other suitable material-Over the top of the chamber is fitted a shelf,
which may be provided with recesses for soap, brushes, and similar requisites, and
through this shelf the spindles of the supply and discharge valves pass leaving the
knobs and portions of the spindles only visible, thus leaving the interior of the
bath or basin free from all projections and inequalities-We prefer placing the shelf
and fittings below the wood-framework, so that the whole may be covered over
with a hinged lid or casing if desired, but they may be level with or above the top
of Bath if necessary.
The inlet ends of the supply valves or those which receive the water from the
main or cistern are passed through holes or slots in the end of the bath and are
provided with unions for the purpose of connecting them to their respective pipes by
soldering or other method. To the outlet ends of hot and cold water supply valves
we propose to attach tubes of brass, iron, copper, or lead, which shall reach to within
an inch or less of the bottom of the chamber and thus prevent noise or splashing
and also effect the condensation of the steam from the hot water which would
otherwise escape into the bath-room.
And in order that our Invention may be more fully understood we hereto annex
a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof.
Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of a bath this being the vessel to
which our improvements are more especially applicable, Figure 2 is a plan view
thereof and Figure 3 a vertical cross section,

page_text: A is the partition which may be either cast in one piece with the bath or rivetted
or otherwise fitted therein. This partition cuts off a small portion of the bath
forming a chamber open at the bottom and the top of which is covered by a shelf B
which may be fixed to lugs or brackets C. Through this shelf the spindles of the
supply and discharge pipes D. E. and F pass, the knobs only projecting above the
shelf, whilst the supply pipes D and E descend to within a short distance of
the bottom of the bath. The discharge and overflow pipe F terminates at the
bottom in a ball valve G which closes the main discharge, a smaller pipe a passing
through the ball and serving to steady it in its descent, and also to carry off the
overflow. By carrying the supply pipes nearly to the bottom of the bath, the
water rises without disturbance or undue escape of steam, into the apartment, as
the hot and cold streams are mixed immediately they escape from the pipes, whereby
the steam that is generated by the very hot water is at once condensed.
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
Į claim is
1. The construction of baths and similar vessels with a partition A and shelf B,
substantially as herein shewn and described.
2. The arrangement of the supply and discharge pipes D, E and F, in manner
and for the purpose substantially as herein shewn and described.