IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BATHS AND OTHER VESSELS USED FOR SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1871

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Linley Hurst Lumb at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th October 1871.
I, LINLEY HURST LUMB, of St. James End, Northampton, in the
County of Northampton, Tinman and Brazier, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
BATHS AND OTHER VESSELS USED FOR SIMILAR PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
My said Invention relates to a novel method of constructing a bath or
similar vessel with a cistern or reservoir. And it is more especially
designed to be applied to baths which are not fixed, and therefore cannot
be conveniently connected to a separate cistern, but which it is very
desirable to provide with means for obtaining an immediate supply of
water at any time.
The said Invention will be found particularly advantageous for sitz
and other baths, for the reasons that the bath may be placed and used

page_text: without inconvenience in a bed room or other apartment of a dwelling
house, and the services of an attendant for administering the baths will
not be required, as the apparatus is so easily managed as to enable
the patient without inconvenience to admit and discharge the required
quantity of water as many times as may be desirable.
I construct my improved sitz-bath in the following manner, that is to
say: I make the bath of a convenient shape and size to contain the
required quantity of water, and to allow the patient to sit comfortably
therein. The sides, back, and front of the bath are made with a double
shell or case which forms the cistern or reservoir, and which may be
made of any width according to the quantity of water it is desired shall
be contained therein. At the bottom of the bath is a well or chamber
which communicates with the interior of the bath through a perforated
plate. From this well a pipe extends to a valve at the side or other
convenient part of the bath, and this valve governs the communication
between the reservoir or casing of the bath and the well. The latter
also communicates through another pipe with a waste cock or valve.
At the top or other convenient part of the bath there is an aperture for
filling the cistern or reservoir, which aperture may be closed by a screw
cap.
When the cistern or reservoir has been properly filled with water,
the same may be admitted to the bath by simply opening the admission
valve, the water then flowing through the said valve into the well, and
thence up
into the bath. The entire quantity of water will not however
flow into the bath, as the falling of the water in the reservoir will bring
its level down to the bottom of the bath. It is therefore necessary to
force the remaining quantity of water from the cistern into the bath.
For this purpose I attach to the filling aperture of the reservoir a tube,
and connect the same with an air pump, placed in the side of the bath
or in any other convenient position. By means of this pump air is
forced into the reservoir, and when the valve is opened the water will be
driven by the pressure of the air through the same into the bath. In
cases when it is desirable to avoid the additional cost of the air pump, I
provide the cistern with a flexible tube, and mouth piece, and force the
water through the valve by blowing down the said mouth piece.
Although the above description refers more especially to a sitz-bath, it

page_text: is obvious that my Invention is equally applicable to other baths and
similar vessels which cannot be conveniently supplied from a separate
cistern, but for which it is desirable to have at hand a ready supply of
water.