Improvements in Apparatus for Warming Beds, Applicable also as & Foot Warmer, and for Applying Heat to the Body for Medical Purposes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Nov., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 28th Jan., 1898-Accepted, 28th Mar., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Warming Beds, Applicable also as
& Foot Warmer, and for Applying Heat to the Body for
Medical Purposes.
I, JOHN LINTON, of 8, South Field Villas, Belle Isle Road, Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire,
Joiner & Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to improved apparatus for warming and airing beds, also
applicable as a foot-warmer for beds and carriages, and also for applying heat to
any part of the body for medical purposes.
In carrying out this invention a case or cylinder of metal or other material is
employed, having a screw plug at a convenient place in one end, so that the vessel
can be filled with hot water. A removeable handle is attached to the cylinder or
case in the following manner. In the centre of each end of the cylinder is formed
a small hollow cup designed to receive the ends of a pair of tongs made of iron or
steel wire, the ends of the said tongs are beut round so as to form centre pins on
which the oylinder revolves. The wire also forms part of the handle. The handle
portion of the tongs is inserted into an outer casing of metal tubing the lower
portion of which has a groove cut therein. A sliding ring or collar works on the
outer casing and serves to close the groove thus gripping tightly the handle of the
wire tongs and screwing the tong-ends in the cups of the cylinder. In operating
this improved bed-warmor the cylinder is filled with hot water, the plug is securely
screwed down, and the cylinder is placed in the bed under the bed-coverings and
slowly rolled to and fro over the parts to be warmed.
In using this improved apparatus as a foot or body warmer the handle is removed,
and the cylinder encased in woollen or other non-conducting material is applied as
desired.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Warming Beds, Applicable also as
a Foot-Warmer, and for Applying Heat to the Body for
Medical Purposes.
I, JOHN LINTON, of 8, South Field Villas, Bello Isle Road, Hunslet, Leeds, York-
shire, Joiner and Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what

page_text: imanner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improved apparatus for warming and airing beds, also
applicable as a foot warmer for beds and carriages, and also for applying heat to
any part of the body for medical purposes.
In carrying out this invention a case or cylinder of metal or other material is
employed, having a screw plug at a convenient place in one end, so that the vessel
can be filled with hot water. A removable handle is attached to the cylinder or
case in the following manner. In the contre of each end of the cylinder is formed
a small hollow cup designed to receive the ends of a pair of tongs made of iron or
steel wire. The ends of the said tongs are bont round so as to form centre pins on
which the cylinder revolves. The wire also forms part of the handle. The handle
portion of the tongs is inserted into an outer casing of metal tubing the lower
portion of which has a groove out thoroin. A sliding ring or collar works on the
outer casing, and serves to close the groove thus gripping tightly the handle of the
wire tongs and pressing the tong-ends the cups of the cylinder. In using this
improved bed-warmer the cylinder is filled with hot water, the plug is securely
screwed down, and the cylinder is placed in the bed under the bed coverings and
slowly rolled to and fro over the parts to be warmed.
In using this improved apparatus as a foot or body warmer, the handle is 2
removed, and the cylinder, encased in woollen or other non-conducting material, is
applied as desired.
In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to
the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Fig. I is an elevation of my improved
arrangement in its complete form, and Fig. 2 is a view at right angles with the 2
case or cylinder in section, and also shows the wire holder in detail.
A is the cylinder which may be of any convenient size. This is formed with the
Bockots or cups a projecting internally at each end and placed centrally with the
cylinder. The screw plug B is fitted at one end of the cylinder, and allows it to
be filled and emptied. The holder C is formed of stout wire doubled and bent into
forked form at its end. The extremities of this wire project inwardly and as
shown are adapted to extend into the cups or sockets a so as to form pivots on
which the cylinder can turn.
The stem of this holder is adapted to project into
the casing or tubular bandle D which binds the two sides of the bent wire together.
When this tube is removed the holder will spring open so that the pivots are 3
withdrawn from the sockets and the cylinder is left free. As long however as the
holder is inserted in the handle or sheath, the cylinder will be securely pivoted.
The lower end of the tubular handle is split at d and small blocks dare
inserted at the extremity which allow the handle or stem of the holder to be
inserted only in one position in the split end. To hold the same securely in place 4
the sliding ring or collar E is employed which when pushed down causes the split
end to close upon the stem and grip it. On pushing up the ring the parts can be
easily detached.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
(1) An improved warming apparatus consisting of a cylindrical casing adapted
to contain liquid, having a plug for filling and emptying, and a detachable holder
fitted to the said casing, so as to form pivots around which the cylinder can turn,
substantially as described and for the purposes specified.
(2) An improved apparatus for warming purposes, consisting of a cylindrical
casing adapted to hold liquid, a screw plug fitted to the said casing sockets or
cups in the ends of the cylinder, a detachable forked holder engaging in the
sockets, and forming pivots, and a tubular handle receiving the stem of the holder,
substantially as described and for the purposes specified.

page_text: (3) In an improved apparatus for warming purposes, the combination with a
oylindrical casing adapted to roceive the screwed plug fitted to the cylinder and
sockets in the ends, of a forked holder formed from bent wiro engaging in the
sockets and forming pivots, a tubular handle slotted at its lower end receiving
the stem of the said holder, and a ring securing the parts together, substantially
as described and shown and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 28th day of January 1898
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.