IMPROVEMENTS IN TURKISH OR HOT AIR BATHS FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Jones, of Adam Street, Strand, in the County of
Middlesex, Clerk in Holy Orders, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TURKISH OR HOT AIR BATHS FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Jones at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th December 1880.
HENRY JONES, of Adam Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Clerk in
Holy Orders. IMPROVEMENTS IN TURKISH OR HOT AIR BATHS FOR DOMESTIC
PURPOSES."
"
Heretofore, in certain Turkish or hot air baths employed for domestic purposes
the bath has generally been heated by a lamp or stove, placed directly within the
same and under the seat therein provided for the bather, but owing to the noxious
gases emanating from the flame of the lamp, or from the stove, the bather is obliged
to sit with his head outside the bath. Now as it is most important in cases of
neuralgia, bronchitis, and other complaints of the head or lungs, that the head
should be within the bath, and therefore that the air therein should be perfectly
free from noxious gases or disagreeable odour, I construct or provide my bath
(which for greater safety and cleanliness I make of sheet iron) with a separate or
independent chamber, which I place underneath that in which the bather sits, and
in which separate chamber the heat which supplies the bath is generated by gas,
the smoke therefrom being conveyed up the chimney of the room in which the
bath is placed, or through other suitable outlet. To prevent the feet being scorched
by the heated chamber underneath, and at the same time to allow the beat therein
generated to pass freely into the bath, I provide the bath with a moveable wooden
false bottom of trellis-work, at a sufficient distance from the ceiling of the chamber
underneath to prevent the same being burnt, and in such way that the feet of the
bather are kept more or less warm at pleasure, without the inconvenient necessity
of using a pan of hot water for the feet, as is the case with the baths now in use.
Thus by this arrangement of a separate and independant heating chamber in
combination with the false bottom as above described, it will be seen that the head
of the bather may, if desired, be kept inside the bath, and pure hot air drawn
into the lungs, which in many cases is most beneficial.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Henry Jones in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 8th June
1881.
HENRY JONES, of Adam Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex,_Clerk in
Holy Orders. "IMPROVEMENTS IN TURKISH OR HOT-AIR BATHS FOR DOMESTIC
PURPOSES."
Heretofore, in certain Turkish or hot air baths employed for domestic purposes,
the same being heated by a lamp or stove placed directly therein and under the
seat thereof, the bather is obliged to sit with his head outside the bath in con-
sequence of the noxious gases emanating from the flame of the lamp or from the
stove. Now as it is most important in cases of neuralgia, bronchitis, and other
complaints of the head or lungs, that the head should be within the bath, and
therefore that the air therein should be perfectly free from noxious gases or
disagreeable odour, I construct or provide my bath (which for greater safety and
cleanliness I make of sheet iron) with a separate or independent chamber, which I
place underneath that in which the bather sits, and in which separate chamber the
heat which supplies the bath is generated by gas, the smoke therefrom being con-
veyed up the chimney of the room in which the bath is placed, or through other
suitable outlet.
In combination with the above, and as an important addition thereto, in order
to prevent the feet being scorched by the heated chamber underneath, and at the
same time to allow the heat therein generated to pass freely into the bath, I provide
the bath with a removeable wooden false bottom of trellis work at a sufficient
distance from the crown of the heating chamber underneath to prevent the same
being burnt, and in such way that the feet of the bather are kept more or less
warm at pleasure without the inconvenient necessity of using a pan of hot water
for the warming of the feet, as is the case with the baths now in use.
Thus by this arrangement of a separate and independent heating chamber in
combination with the false bottom as above described, it will be seen that the head
of the bather may if desired be kept inside the bath and pure hot air drawn into the
lungs, which in many cases is most beneficial.
I now proceed, with reference to the accompanying Drawings, to more particularly
to describe my Invention.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a portable Turkish or hot air bath constructed
according to my Invention and shewn closed; and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the
same taken on the line a, 3, of Fig. 3; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the
line x, x, of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a plan of the underside of the cover; and Fig. 5 is a
horizontal section of the heating chamber taken on the line y, z, of Fig. 2.
A is bath proper, in which the bather sits, and which is divided into two com-
partments by means of the false bottom B, herein after more fully referred to, and
Ax is a separate and independent chamber placed at the bottom of the bath. In
this chamber the heat necessary for the bath is generated by means of gas supplied
to the burner a of any suitable construction through the pipe a*.
This chamber is of smaller dimensions than the bath in order to present as great
a heating surface as possible, and around and above it the air is free to circulate.
The bottom of this chamber A* is provided with perforations a* to admit the air
necessary to support combustion. At one end this chamber is provided with a
pipe b, through which the products of combustion may be conveyed to the
chimney of the apartment in which the bath is placed, or through other suitable
outlet.
B is the removeable wooden false bottom; it is formed of trellis work or bars,
and on it the feet of the bather are placed and are prevented being scorched; it is

page_text: set at an incline, as shewn, and is retained in such position by resting at one end
against the back of the bath and at the other against the foot board Bx, which
is supported on the brackets b¹. By setting it in this position, should the heat be
more intense at any one part than the other, the feet may be moved
accordingly.
The heated air contained in the bath passes to the bather through the interstices
of the trellised false bottom and through orifices b* formed around the frame of the
said bottom.
C is a seat on which the bather sits; it is supported on brackets c affixed to the
sides of the bath, and may be raised or lowered from one set of brackets to the
other as required. D is the door through which the bather enters; it is provided
with a regulator d, by means of which the entry of fresh air is admitted and
regulated. e is a sliding door through which the gas is lighted.
E is the lid or cover; it is fitted with a flexible diaphragm G retained in place
by a metal rim or frame g, the object of this diaphragm being to prevent the escape
of the heated air from the interior of the bath when the bather desires to sit with
his heat outside the same. The diaphragm fits closely around the neck of the
bather.
Thus it will be seen that by means of my Invention the bather is enabled to sit
with his head inside the bath and to inhale pure hot air, which, as before stated, is
very beneficial in many cases, and which cannot be obtained where a naked flame
is within the bath proper, owing to the noxious and deleterious vapours and gases
emanating therefrom.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same may be performed, I declare that I claim,-
1. The improved Turkish or hot air bath as described and as shewn in the
Drawings.
2. The arrangement and employment of the removeable wooden false bottom in
combination with the separate and independent heating chamber, as described and
shewn, whereby the use of a hot water pan for the feet is obviated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Jones, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Fourth day of June, in the year 1881.
HENRY JONES (0)