Improvements in shower baths
Year: 1897

page_text: I, AUGUST HEINRICH WILHELM WEDLER, of No. 141, Rundle Street, Adelaide,
in the Province of South Australia, Umbrella Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for Improvements in shower baths" to be as
follows:-
"
This invention is designed to secure a regular and even distribution of water
in shower baths whether applied from over-head or by attachment to a flexible
hose connected with a supply under pressure for manual direction on to the body.
It is well known that with the rose which is usually employed for distributing
water in a shower the holes very soon get choked and cause the water to spurt
out in wasteful and inconvenient directions. The existence of burs in the per-
forations often cause similar effects. By this invention all that inconvenience
and loss of water is avoided without any extra expenses. Another advantage is
that the water by my invention is ejected and thrown upon the body in an evenly
divided and regular shower and can be regulated by the supply tap to give a
perfect circle of from 6 inches circumference upwards. It also avoids the pierc-
ing action of the rose.
This result is attained by causing the water from the supply pipe to enter a
cylindrically formed distributing chamber of suitable proportions. It is led into
this chamber at one side and the pressure causes it to revolve round the chamber
till it obtains exit at the outlet end. The exit end is fitted with an internally
threaded cap which screws on to the outside of the chamber. The cap is pro-
vided at its outer end with a nozzle having an aperture suitable to the size of
shower for which it is to be used. Besides securing the regular, even, and effec-
tive distribution of the water, this appliance by the screwing action for removal
of the cap allows any obstruction to be cleared with ease and certainty.
The appliance may be made of any suitable metal such as brass and white
metal or wholly of brass. It can be applied either to the over-head fixed shower
or to the end of a flexible hose permitting of application by handling to every
part of the body.
This invention enables a better shower to be secured with no additional cost
over existing systems; the action of the water forced round the chamber dividing
it from the time of leaving the nozzle into finer and finer drops till it falls or
comes into contact with the body.

page_text: I, AUGUST HEINRICH WILHELM WEDLER, of No. 141, Rundle Street, Adelaide,
in the Province of South Australia, Umbrella Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of my 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 is designed to secure a continuously regular and even distribu-
tion of water in shower baths whether applied from over-head or by attachment
to a flexible hose connected with a supply under pressure for manual direction on
to the body.
It is well known that with the rose which is usually employed for distributing
water in a shower the holes very soon get choked and cause the water to spurt
out in wasteful and inconvenient directions. The existence of burs in the per-
forations often causes similar effects. By this invention all that inconvenience
and loss of water is avoided and a better shower is secured with no additional
cost over existing systems. Another advantage is that the water by my inven-
tion is ejected and thrown upon the body in an even and regular shower spray of
thousands of drops which can be regulated by the supply tap to give a perfect
circle of 6 inches circumference or more or less as desired.
This result is attained by causing the water from the supply pipe to enter at
one side in a tangential direction a cylindrically formed distributing chamber of
suitable proportions having a detachable cap formed with a nozzle. The water
being led into the chamber at one side the pressure causes it to revolve and travel
towards the nozzle until it obtains exit the centrifugal motion causing it to divide
into finer and finer drops until it falls or comes in contact with the body. Besides
securing the regular even and effective distribution of the water this appliance by
the screw thread for removal of the cap of the chamber allows any obstruction to
⚫ be cleared with ease and certainty.
In order that may invention may be clearly understood I will describe the same
with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:-
Figure 1 is a general view shewing one of my shower producers fitted as an
over-head fixed shower and another attached to a length of flexible hose permit-
ting of application by handling to every part of the body.
Figure 2 is an outside view of the shower producer itself and Figures 3 and 4
are sections of the same.
Figure 5 is a view shewing my shower producer fitted in a manner specially
suitable for districts where the water is not laid on in pipes.
Referring more particularly to Figures 2, 3 and 4 A is the cylindrically formed
distributing chamber into which the water is led in a tangential direction by
means of the pipe B fitted into one side. The free end of this pipe is provided
with a screw thread or other arrangement whereby it may be attached to the
water supply pipe. The cylindrical distributing chamber A has a cap formed
with a nozzle C having an aperture proportioned to the size of shower desired.
The nozzle or cap C is secured to the other part of the chamber A by means of a
screw thread engaging a corresponding thread upon the end of the chamber. By
means of this thread the cap C may be removed and replaced by one having
larger or smaller nozzle as desired. Or should any dirt or other obstruction enter
the chamber A it may be readily removed by unscrewing the cap C. The shower
producer may be made of any suitable metal preferably non-corrodible.
The arrangement shewn in Figure 1 is devised for use where there is a regular
supply of water under pressure laid on in pipes.

page_text: The arrangement shewn in Figure 5 is devised for use where there is no such
supply.
P represents a wing pump of well known construction attached to a post R.
From the bottom of the pump a flexible pipe $ descends into a vessel of water and
to the top of the pump is secured a second flexible pipe T preferably providel
with an air chamber U for maintaining a steady stream of water through the
shower producer which is secured to the free end of the pipe T. This pipe T may.
be suspended by means of a hook W forming an overhead fixed shower or it may
be held by the hand not used for operating the pump and directed on to any part
of the body.
It will be obvious that a supply of hot water may be conveyed from a hot
water apparatus and being led into the chamber of the pump P the applied water
can be regulated to a desired temperature.
For sanitary reasons a bath should be cleansed every time after using but this
is often neglected through the labor it takes to cleanse with a brush. By using
the shower producer fastened to the flexible hose the bath can be cleansed all
over in a few seconds after using.
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
I claim is
1. The herein described means of securing a regular and even distribution of
water in shower baths consisting essentially in a suitably proportioned cylindrical
chamber with inlet pipe entering tangentially at one side and a suitable cap with
nozzle substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.
2. A shower producer consisting of a cylindrical chamber having at one end a
water supply pipe connected to its side in a tangential direction and at the other
end a discharge nozzle screw threaded to fit a corresponding threaded part of the
distributing chamber substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.
3. In combination (a) a supply pipe connected with a water supply under pres-
sure (b) a cylindrical chamber with inlet pipe entering tangentially at one side
(c) a cap with spray nozzle having a thread fitting a threaded part of the chamber
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
PLE
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1000
S. S. BROMHEAD,
Agent for Applicant, 171, Queen Victoria Street, London.