Improvements in, or Additions to, Baths.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Jan., 1898
Comulato Connifiantion Loft 24th Mo
1000
02nd
1000
Improvements in, or Additions to, Baths.
I, THOMAS WILLIAM TWYFORD, Managing Director of Twyfords Limited, of
Cliffe Vale Potteries, Hanley, in the County of Stafford, Manufacturing Sanitary
Potters, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates, principally, to loose baths made either of earthenware
or metal, and consists in providing or forming upon the inner side of the same,
an extending back, the top of which, besides forming a tray for soap, brushes,
sponges or other bathing requisites, also allows the said bath to be fixed close up
to, or square with, a wall thus preventing splashed water from being spilled or
running down between the bath and the wall. The front edge or lip of the bath
is provided with an inserted wooden rim or facing.
In carrying out my invention, the top edge of the back or inner side or part of
the bath is extended into a ledge, running throughout nearly the whole length of
the bath, and with the top side sunken so as to form a long and shallow tray or
dish for the reception of soap, sponges, brushes or the like, with the divisional wall
between the said tray and the bath being provided with suitable disposed drainage
gaps or openings leading back into the said bath. The rim upon the outer side
of the said bath is fitted with a mahogany or other wood facing, insertion or
attached length for preventing the body of a person entering or leaving the bath
coming in contact with the cold earthenware edge of the bath, and also giving a
more finished appearance thereto.
The said baths can be made in either fire clay, metal or other suitable material.
Total this 17th day of January 1808
I, THOMAS WILLIAM TWYFORD, Managing Director of Twyfords Limited, of
Cliffe Vale Potteries, Hanley, in the County of Stafford, Manufacturing Sanitary
Potters, 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: —
This invention relates to baths, and principally to loose baths made either of
enamelled earthenware or metal or other suitable material.

page_text: Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents a perspective view of a loose
bath constructed and provided with improvements in accordance with my inven-
tion.
Figure 2 is a topside plan of the same.
Figure 3 is a cross section of the bath upon the dotted line a, Figure 2.
Figure 4 is an end view of the bath.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures
of the drawing.
My improvements consist in providing upon the back upper edge a¹, of a
loose bath a, an extending back a², directed from one end to the other of the said
back, the top, which besides forming a tray for soap, brushes, sponges or other
bathing requisites, also allows the said bath to be fixed close up to, or square with
a wall c, clear of the wainscotting c¹, or other projection, this preventing splashed
water from being spilled or running down between the bath and the wall. The
front upper edge or lip at, of the bath is provided with an attached wooden rim
or facing b. Thus, the top edge of the back or inner side or part a', of the bath
is extended into a back ledge a², running throughout nearly the whole length of
the bath, and with the top side a³, sunken so as to form a long and shallow tray
or dish for the reception of soap, sponges brushes or the like, with the divisional
wall, between the said tray and the body of the bath a, being provided
with suitable disposed drainage gaps or openings a, leading back into the
said bath. The front or top rim at, upon the outer side of the said bath is
fitted with a mahogany or other wooden facing, insertion or attached length b,
for preventing the body of a person entering or leaving the bath
coming in contact with the cold earthenware or metal edge of the bath, and also
giving a more finished appearance thereto.
The body of the bath may be of any desired shape, and is mounted upon feet c,
or other suitable lifts or supports.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
First: The combination with a bath, of an extended back or off side ledge,
adapted to fit close up to a wall, substantially as and for the purpose described and
set forth.
Secondly: The combination with a bath, of an extended back or off side ledge,
with the edge of the same made straight so as to be capable of fitting square up
against a wall, substantially as and for the purpose described and set forth..
Thirdly: The combination with a bath, of an extended back or off-side ledge
adapted to fit up close against a wall and with the top of the same sunken so as to
form a tray for the reception of sponges and the like, and being provided with
drainage gaps or openings, substantially as described and set forth.
Fourthly: The combination with a bath, of a wooden facing attached to the
front rim, substantially as and for the purpose described and set forth.
Dated this 23rd day of March 1898.
THOMAS WILLIAM TWYFORD,
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham,
Agent for Applicant.