Di DRY MADE ADDLIED IN THE BATHING VESSELS
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Marie Josephine Elisabeth Jullienne, of 29, Boulevart
St. Martin, Paris, in the Empire of France, for the Invention of
Tarnow Di DRY MADE ADDLIED IN THE BATHING VESSELS."
COMPLETE. SPECIFICATION filed by the said Marie Josephine Elisabeth
Jullienne at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with her Petition
and Declaration, on the 11th March 1867, pursuant to the 9th Section
of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, MARIE
JOSEPHINE ELISABETH JULLIENNE, of 29, Boulevart St. Martin, Paris, in the
Empire of France, send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "IMPROVED BATH BELTS
TO BE APPLIED IN THE BATHING VESSELS," and have petitioned Her Majesty to
grant unto me, my executors, administrators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters
Patent for the same, and have made solemn Declaration that I am the first
and true Inventor thereof.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Marie Josephine Elisabeth Jullienne, do
hereby declare that the following Complete Specification, under my, hand and
seal, fully describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, in and by the following statement, reference
being had to the accompanying Drawings and to the letters and figures marked
thereon, that is to say :-

page_text: My Invention refers to new or improved bath belts to be applied in the
bathing vessels, the various parts of which belts or bathing apparatus I am
going to describe. This belt with its improvements and the various forms it
is liable to assume, has the immense advantage to permit bathing without the
least danger or fatigue new born babies and infirm old men, healthy and sick
persons either in a seated or completely reclined position. It consists of a
steel or iron brace or armature coated over with a paint or varnish, enamel, or
metal unattackable by water or waterproof, such as galvanized tin or other, it
is stuffed with hair, varec, or other, and lined or covered with serge, leather,
gutta percha, or other fabrics, and provided with thongs for attaching the
bathers body. To this belt is secured by rivets or screws, a curved or straight
back serving to attach the same to the edge of the bath vessel, and fixed
thereto either by screws or otherwise, and also a semicircular brace or
armature of same metal with two arms or branchings extending more or less
therefrom and secured by screws or rivets to said back from top to bottom.
My apparatus is completed with straps and a belt of some woollen, cotton,
leather, or other fabric intended to maintain the bather, and with a pillow
attached to the back of a hammock like seat. I have in the accompanying
Drawings represented various models of my improved bath belt.
Figure 1 shows the model of an articulated belt with movements which
permit bathing the baby or patient lying entirely in its bath apparatus, which
can afterwards be taken to pieces or coiled in various ways for its easy transport or
removal.
Figure 2 shows a model which admits of no other movement but that of
the head holder or pillow.
Figure 3 shows a model of belt having the various movements for bathing
in a seated position, it is provided with a toy for the amusement of the baby
when in the bath.
Figure 4 represents the hammock described at Figure 1, the brace.or
armature being: metallic and without any belt and thongs, and is intended for
shower baths or douches.
Figure 5 shows a model of belt for bathing likewise in the seated position,
it has the various movements.
Figure 6 shows the same model deprived of the movements, the back may
be either bent or straight and may be provided with an inside brace-like belt,
Figure 7, to which are affixed under the baby's arms two small cushions and
two little straps hooked up or otherwise attached to the belt, for removing
at need the baby off the metallic belt which is secured to the bath vessel.
The same also serves to raise the baby and hold it up standing in water, or

page_text: help it to stand and walk when out of the bath, as at Fig. 8, or again,
it may serve to maintain it in the horizontal position, and help any person in
swimming in an extensive bath; this brace-like belt is either clasped or
laced, and may be made of lace, wool, cotton, or other fabrics.
Figures 9, 10, 11, 12, & 13 show various systems of attachment of a
backless belt to the bath vessel.
Figure 14 represents a model appropriated to piscines or piscinas of thermal
establishments, to those of néris for the prolonged baths.
Figure 15 shows a model of a belt as intended to hold lunatics in their bath
in a soft and secure manner.
Figures 16, 17, & 18 show various models of a head holding device, being
a substitute for the pillow as described.
Figure 19 represents the little hammock-like seat for bathing young people
in a large bath vessel.
Figure 20 shows a belt armature Figure 1 coiled and taken to pieces deprived
of its trimming, although it may be coiled up without its trimming being
taken off.
Figure 21 shows a model adaptable to a hip bath vessel.
Figures 22, 23, & 24, show front and edge views of the various inclinations
of the back.
Figure 25 shows a very small model with very short back for bathing in a foot
or other little basin.
.
Figure 26 shows a system of pin or screw hinges which are not to out pass
the branches.
Figure 27 shows another rivet hinge.
Figure 28 represents a system of clasps for the inside belt, which present
great security by the manner in which they are hooked up in the eyelets.
Figure 29 shows a wire held to the belt by metallic runners.
Figure 30 is a metallic runner.
Figure 31 shows the set screw provided with its leather or other washer for
securing the belt to the bath vessel.
Figure 32 shows the toy receiving board.
Figure 33 shows the ring for holding the moveable rivet hinge.
Figure 34 shows the set screw for securing the belt to the back on its
downward movements and also the hammock armature..
Figure 35 shows the hinge screw serving to fix the movement of the
back top:
Figure 36 shows the moveable branching serving to maintain the bammock
in the open position at various points either fixedly or not, either entering or

page_text: not the branching on the seat armature or brace. The same letters of reference
indicate the same parts in all the Figures.
A is the armature or the belt circle, it is of unoxidable metal; B, back or
main body of the belt moving in all directions and forms allowing to bathe
in either the seated or reclined position, and liable to fit bathing vessels of
any description; C, hinge, more or less straight or inclined, being limited by
the plates shown in Figures 22, 23, & 24; D, hinge opening the back of the
belt and stopped by the sorew, Fig. 35; E, hinge serving to incline the said
back and stopped by the plates shown in Figures 22, 23, & 24; F, back
slide serving to impart movements to the circle or armature A; G, set screw,
Figure 34, serving to fix the said circle to various points or degrees in the slide;
H, inside belt, Figure 7, attached to the belt A by means of runners, strings,
or thongs provided with clasps, Figure 28, or other hooking devices; I, straps
provided with eyelets or rings to be attached to the belt FI & serving to
maintain the person in the bath; J, runners or other devices serving to fix
the inside belt; K, hammock-like seat made of network, strings, or any
suitable fabric provided with its bands L, and its metal hooks serving to support
the hammock on the edge of the bath vessel in suitable number, according to
the length of the hammock from the adult's belt to that of the new born baby
and provided with either buckles or other connecting devices; M, plain
cushion pillow provided with connecting ribbons, it is stuffed with hair, varec,
or other stuff, and covered with wool, cotton, india-rubber, or other tissue
with or without varnish on and liable to change its position on the back of
the apparatus according to requirements. N, set screw securing the T-shaped
back part of the bath belt, Figure 31; 0, hooks on the bands L of the
hammock; P, cross branching of the hammock, Figure 36; Q, wire for toys
being hooked to R, kirb, rope, and pails, S, slotted or notched board,
Figure 32; T, brace cushion, Figure 7, to assist the baby in walking,
Figures 6, 1, & 2; U, small head holding net liable to be folded or coiled
upon itself, and provided with strings and hooks O which fit on the edge of
the bath vessel; V, small hammock-like seat for the baby to sit upon
securely, and liable to extension or contraction at will by means of buttons,
ribbons, buckles, or otherwise, and provided with two small flaps W connecting
together on its belly so as to prevent.its slipping off the seat; X, small ring
screw, being one of the connecting means for the pillow; Y, shoulder and wrist
pieces for preventing the articulation of the elbow, Figure 15, and knee pieces
for preventing that of the knee, both made of the same material and in the
same manner as the hammock, both alike provided with connecting means in
connection with the branchings of the seat armature and with the seat, Figure 15,

page_text: provided besides with metal rings z, passed in ties held to the armature of the
seat, so secured by a ring or other connecting means attached to the bottom
of the bath vessel as to prevent at need all motions of the lunatic or patient.
Ab, Figure 14, represents a piscina at the néris thermal baths; Bbis, steps
leading to the piscina ; Cbts, piscina wherein stands the bather; Dis, tenon
sealed in the soil to hold the hooks O; Eb, iron rod on the step side connecting
the head by means of a jaw screwed internally to the hook forming armature
of the seat; Fis, parallel, but somewhat shorter, branching on the other side;
Gbis, small portion of the back, either applied or not to a plate, either screwed
or otherwise fixed to the bath vessel, to which may be stopped at various points
from top to bottom the belt A, Figure 11; Hbs, arched plate secured to the
inside of the vessel and provided with two tongues; Ibis, starting from the
opposite holes wherein is sliding up and down the belt A, provided with a
slide Jbs projecting above the circle, it is also perforated with a hole and
stopped at various beights by pins Kbis, Figure ; Lbis, Figure 13, indicates a
back view of Figures 9 & 10; Mbis, Figure 10, indicates a front view of
Figure 9; N, Figure 12, indicates a back view of the circle jaw shown at
Figure 11; Obis, tenon ring serving to unfix the rivet shown at Fig. 27; Pbis,
circle or armature of the hammock seat K.
Having thus described the nature and particulars of the said improved bath
belts of my Invention, I desire it to be understood that I do not confine myself
to the precise details herein described, as such may be varied or slightly modified
without departing from the principle of action thereof, but what I claim as new
and of my Invention is, the new or improved bath belt with all its articular
movements, as described and under the various forms and dimensions it may
assume, having the immense advantage to permit bathing without any danger
or fatigue in whatever position, seated or reclined, new born babies, and infirm
old persons, the sick and the healthy, the lunatic, &c., substantially as and for
the various purposes herein-before specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Marie Joséphine Elisabeth Jullienne,
have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Ninth day of March,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
seven
M. J. E. JULLIENNE. (L.s.)