Improvements in and appertaining to Shower Baths.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 7th Jan., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and appertaining to Shower Baths.
I, GEORGE HENRY WOOD of 4, Croft Street, Burnley, in the County of
Lancaster, Ironmonger's Assistant, 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:-
This invention is designed to provide a cheap and simple shower bath, which
may be raised and lowered as desired by the bather, and which at the same time
does not need to be connected with the town's main or other water supply.
In carrying out my invention, I construct a light frame of wood, which is
provided with a double series of pulleys, and preferably fixed to the top of the
room, in which the shower bath is to be placed. These pulleys are used for
raising and lowering the shower bath in the manner hereinafter described.
The bath may consist of a tank of any suitable shape, in connection with which
is a shower rose, provided with the necessary tap and auxiliaries for turning on an
off the water. On both sides of the said tank are guides or eyelets, through
which passes on cach side respectively a rope, and is then conveyed over the double
pulleys previously mentioned. The ends of the ropes are then passed through
guides or eyelets at each end of a horizontal hold piece or rod, and fastened
together, by which means the bath may be raised or lowered as desired.
In order to maintain the bath in its elevated position, after being filled with
water, by any suitable means, the said hold piece or rod, is placed under two hooks
fixed to the side wall, or other convenient part of the room.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 a side elevation of my invention.
A is a light wooden frame, to which are secured the double guide pulleys B,
C is a tank constructed of any suitable material, and of any convenient shape, and
provided with the shower rose D, and tap E for turning on or off the spray. To
the said tank are also fixed guides or eyelets F, through which ropes G are drawn,
and passed over guide pulleys B, when they are then passed through the guides
or eyelets H of the horizontal hold-piece I, and fastened together by their ends.
When the tank has been filled with water by any convenient means, it is then
raised to the position shewn in the figures, the said hold piece or rod I being now
placed under the hooks J. The band K of leather or other material is serviceable
for the return of the tank to its elevated position, when it has once been lowered.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a shower bath, frame A, guide pulleys B, ropes G and connections for
raising and lowering bath or tank C and shower rose D, substantially as described
and illustrated.
2. Hooks J and horizontal hold-piece I for retaining the bath in an elevated
position, substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 5th day of December 1892.
THOS. RICHMOND,
Agent.