Improved Bath or Apparatus for Treating Persons with Heated Air.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 17th June, 1893-Accepted, 19th Aug., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Bath or Apparatus for Treating Persons with
Heated Air.
I, NIKLAUS HÄRTSCH, of St. Gallen, in the Republic of Switzerland, Proprietor
of Baths do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention refers to apparatus in which a person can be enveloped in a heated
atmosphere for promoting profuse perspiration.
The apparatus consists of a chamber or chest formed of a frame and cardboard
sheets attached thereon with hinged cover or lid. A door is hinged at one side by
opening which a person can pass into the interior of the chamber or chest in which
are placed an adjustable bench a footstool and a tubular arrangement constructed
of sheet metal for receiving the heating appliance which preferably consists of a
large spirit lamp.
By opening a small side door the flame can be reached in order to regulate the
heat. Two openings are arranged opposite one another and covered by caps to
establish the connection between the inner and outer air.
In order during the working of the apparatus to allow no warm air to escape
the cover or lid has a rosette or flexible opening of some suitable material the
opening in which may be so contracted that the person under treatment in the
chamber has only his head protruding therefrom.
A thermometer is arranged on the cover which indicates the temperature in the
chamber. Rails for hanging towels etcetera on are provided, also handles and a
watch stand. The apparatus, on which when not in use a writing desk may be
placed, forms a handsome piece of furniture.
Dated this 19th day of December 1892.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Bath or Apparatus for Treating Persons, with
Heated Air.
I, NIKLAUS HÄRTSCH, of St. Gallen, in the Republic of Switzerland, Proprietor
of Baths, 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 :-
My invention relates to a hot air bathing cabinet and consists in the details of
construction hereinafter set forth.
In the drawings :-
Fig. 1, shows a longitudinal section.
Fig. 2, a side view partly taken away, and
Fig. 3, a plan view partly in section.
Figs. 4, and 5 are detail views.
The apparatus consists of a closet, formed of a frame.A with paste-board
plates B fixed to the same and of a cover C that can turn on hinge D. E is a
bottom with an upturned edge into which the apparatus is set, in order to protect
the floor of the room. By opening the door G that turns on the hinges F it is
possible to enter the closet inside of which are located a movable bench H with a
hinged board J, a foot stool K, and a tubular body L of sheet iron for receiving
the source of heat which is preferably a large spirit burner. A horizontal section
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page_text: (on the line of Figure 5) of the tubular body L is shown in Figure 4, and a
vertical section (on the line y-y of Figure 4) of the same can be seen in Figure 5.
The tubular body rests upon an angle iron in the bottom of the closet. By
opening the door M, it is possible to reach the flame for regulating the heat. Two
openings N covered by valves the one in front of the other establish a connection
between the inside and outside air.
The air contained in the apparatus is heated by the source of heat and by the
heated tubular body so that the body of the person sitting in the apparatus whose
head only projects outside through the cloth rosette O is heated and is caused to
perspire. The temperature in the apparatus can be observed by the person on a
thermometer P projecting through the cover of the apparatus. He can also see
how long a time he has been in the apparatus by a watch fixed to a post Q. A
bell R is located outside of the apparatus, the bell rope r attached to which hangs
inside and enables him to call assistance.
For leaving the apparatus the cloth rosette O must be loosened and the cover
which reaches over the side walls and over the door at the edge c must be lifted
and the door opened. S is a rack from which a cloth can be hung. I are rails or
rods for hanging towels & c., and U are carrying handles. The apparatus when
not in use can be made to support a writing desk or the like and thus serves as a
useful article of furniture.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A heating or bathing cabinet comprising a casing having a door, a hinged
cover having a rosette of flexible material, the seat within the cabinet, the bottom
of the cabinet having an upturned flange to receive the cabinet walls and the
heating device, substantially as described.
Dated this 16th day of June 1893.