Improvements in or connected with Baths.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 6th July, 1897-Accepted, 7th Aug., 1897
Improvements in or connected with Baths.
I, DENNIS GEORGE DAVY of The Baths Works, Westgate, Rotherham, in the County
of York, Iron Founder, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
My Invention has for its object to improve, simplify, and cheapen, baths, and
obviate certain defects incidental to baths as hitherto constructed.
In a bath constructed according to my Invention there is formed, or attached,
a tube, or passage, extending to the lower part of the bath and there communicating
with the interior of the bath by an opening. Into this tube, or passage,
the water is supplied so that the said tube, or passage, constitutes a space
in which the hot and cold water come in contact, or mix, and pass into the
bath by the orifice at the lower part thereof so that as the bath fills the
steam does not rise above the water and the escape of steam into the apartment is
prevented, or in great measure prevented. From the upper part of the said tube, or
passage, an overflow opens and this terminates in an outlet so situated that the
overflow is readily detected, and the objection applying to a secret overflow is
obviated.
The connecting rod, or spindle, by which the outlet plug or valve is operated
passes down inside the said tube, or passage, and is therefore concealed and protected
from injury. The said outlet plug or valve carries beneath it a grate or grid
preferably constituted by the guides around the plug or valve which guides move in
the top of the outlet pipe or the bushing therein and keep the plug or valve in
position when raised. This will prevent the pasage into the outlet pipe of substances
liable to clog it and as the orifice from the aforesaid tube or passage by which the
water enters the bath is open to the inside of the bath and the outlet plug or valve is
in close proximity to it and is not impeded by a grate, or any obstruction, access is
readily gained to the outlet plug or valve for cleansing or repair; so therefore the
bath can be readily kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
Dated this 6th day of October 1896
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Baths.
1, DENNIS GEORGE DAVY, of The Baths Works, Westgate, Rotherham, in the
County of York, Iron Founder, 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 has for its object to improve, simplify, and cheapen, baths, and to
obviate certain defects incidental to baths as hitherto constructed,
TD 0.71

page_text: I will describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 being a longitudinal section, Figure 2 a cross section (on the line 1, 2,
Figure 1), Figure 3 a cross section (on the line 3, 4, Figure 1), and Figures 4 and
being sections, drawn to a larger scale of the part of the bath at the discharge
orifice, shewing the discharge valve closed in Figure 4 and open in Figure 5
Figure 6 is a section on the line 5, 6 Figure 5.
In a bath constructed according to my invention there is formed, or attached, a
tube or passage A extending to the lower part of the bath and there communicating
with the interior of the bath by an opening a. Into this tube or passage A the
water is supplied by the hot and cold water inlet taps at b and c so that the said tube
or passage A constitutes a space in which the hot and cold water come in contact, or
mix, and pass into the bath by the opening a at the lower part thereof so that, as
the bath fills, the 'steam does not rise above the water and the escape of steam into
the apartment is prevented or in great measure prevented. From the upper part
of the said tube or passage A an overflow d opens and this terminates in an outlet so
situated that overflow is readily detected and the objection applying to a secret
overflow, or one made into the discharge pipe, is obviated.
The connecting rod or spindle e by which the outlet plug or valve E is operated
passes down inside the said tube or passage A and is therefore concealed and protected
from injury. The said outlet plug or valve E carries beneath it a grate or grid e
preferably constituted by guides around the plug or valve as shewn which guides
move in the bushing f at the top of the outlet pipe F and keep the plug or valve E in
position when raised. This grate or grid e will prevent the passage into the outlet
pipe F of substances liable to clog it and, as the opening a from the aforesaid pipe
or passage A by which the water enters the bath is open to the inside of the bath and
the outlet plug or valve E is in close proximity to the said opening a and is not
impeded by a grate or any obstruction, access is readily gained to the outlet plug or
valve E for cleansing or repair, and therefore the bath can be readily kept in a clean
and sanitary condition.
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. In combination with a bath, a tube or passage closed at top and having a clear
opening at bottom to the bath and having hot and cold water inlets opening thereinto,
and an overflow opening from the upper part thereof and a valved discharge opening
from the lower part thereof substantially as herein before described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
2. In combination with a bath provided with a tube or passage arranged as claimed
by the preceding claiming clause with a discharge opening in proximity to the clear
opening by which water enters the bath, a valve spindle descending through the said
tube or passage and carrying a discharge plug or valve provided on its underside with
a grate or grid (or combined grate or grid and guide) substantially as herein before
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. The arrangement and combination of parts in connection with a bath,
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.