IMPROVEMENTS IN BATHS
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Askew, of 27, Charles Street,
Hampstead Road, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BATHS."
Sealed the 8th March 1854, and dated the 9th September 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Askew
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 9th September 1853.
I, CHARLES ASKEW, of 27, Charles Street, Hampstead Road, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "MPROVEMNETS IN BATHS" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of a peculiar arrangement of apparatus for
heating the water for a bath. Under the bath is placed or fixed a flat
heating apparatus to contain a small quantity of water; this apparatus
is made of flat plates, with very small spaces between them, and there
are holes through for the heat to pass up to the bottom of the bath,
which is of metal. Into the bottom of the bath are pipes, descending
into the heating apparatus, by which the water from the bath circulates

page_text: into the heating apparatus; and there are other pipes rising from the
heating apparatus to the sides of the bath, by which the heated water
may flow from the heating apparatus into the bath, such flow pipes
being at different levels to admit of making baths of different depths.
The heating apparatus is heated by a gas burner, consisting of a main
pipe with several perforated branches.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Charles Askew in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 9th March 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
CHARLES ASKEW, of 27, Charles Street, Hampstead Road, in the
County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the seven-
teenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Charles Askew, Her special licence
that I, the said Charles Askew, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Charles Askew, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
BATHS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Charles
Askew, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Askew, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to

page_text: be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement thereof (that is to say):
This Invention consists of a peculiar arrangement of apparatus for
heating the water for a bath. Under the bath is placed or fixed a flat
heating apparatus to contain a small quantity of water; this apparatus
is made of flat plates, with very small spaces between them; and there
are holes through for the heat to pass up to the bottom of the bath,
which is of metal. Into the bottom of the bath are pipes descending
into the heating apparatus, by which the water from the bath circulates
into the heating apparatus, and there are other pipes rising from the
heating apparatus to sides of the bath, by which the heated water may
flow from the heating apparatus into the bath, such flow pipes being at
different levels to admit of making baths of different depths. The
heating apparatus is heated by a gas burner, consisting of a main
pipe with several perforated branches.
Having thus stated the nature of my said Invention, I will proceed
to describe the manner of performing the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1, shows a longitudinal section of a bath, the parts for
heating the water being arranged and combined according to my In-
vention. Figure 2, is a transverse section thereof. Figure 3, is a plan
of the gas burner used; and Figure 4, is a plan of the heating vessel.
a, a, is the bath, having openings b, b, at bottom, to which are connected
short pipes c, c, which at their lower ends are connected with a flat
heating vessel or apparatus d, through which there are numerous pas-
sages or openings e, e, for the passage of the heat from the underside of
the vessel d, up to the under surface of the bath. The products of
combustion pass away from the casing of the bath
a chimney or to the outer air. f, is the gas burner.
veying the heated water from the vessel d, into the bath, and they are
branched so as to enter the bath at different heights in order that the
water may, if desired, stand only above the lower or above the upper
branch of the pipes g. 9. The bath is provided with an overflow pipe
h, and a pipe i, for drawing off water from the bath, as usual.
a suitable flue to
9, 9, are pipes con-

page_text: Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner of performing the same, I would have it understood that I do not
claim the parts separately which are applied to the bath for heating the
water therein, neither do I confine myself to the precise forms of those
parts, nor do I claim the use of gas as a means of heating baths, other
arrangements for burning gas to heat the water of a bath having been
before used; but what I claim is, the combined apparatus c, d, e, f, g,
applied to a bath for heating the water, as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Askew, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eighth day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty four.
Witness,
S. CARPMAEL.
CHARLES ASKEW. (L.S.)