Improvements in Bed Warmers and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 16th July, 1395-Accepted, 14th Sept., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bed Warmers and the like.
ISAAC STANTON of 299 Belbarn Road Birmingham in the County of Warwick,
Machinist, and WILLIAM SIMMONS of 97 Gordon Street Wolverhampton in the
County of Stafford, Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
According to our invention a bed warmer is formed of any suitable shape
and in any suitable manner and furnished with a handle of similar type to that
But whereas with the latter, hot
commonly used with the old fashioned warmer.
cinders or ashes are used as the heating medium, we employ hot water.
We prefer however to make our warmer of a shape approximating to that of the
old warmer, but in order to facilitate the process of filling it with hot water we
indent the upper surface of the warmer itself into either a concave or funnelled
form. At the bottom of this concave or funnel we place a screw stopper. The
concave or funnel shaped top is thus excellently adapted for filling the warmer
without any waste or spilling of the water.
The wood handle is preferably made detachable for convenience of carriage and
storage.
We provide a second screw stopper in any convenient position for the purpose of
emptying the warmer without difficulty, but of course this can be dispensed with
if desired and the stopper in the funnel aforesaid can be used both for filling and
emptying.
It is obvious that a bed warmer constructed according to our invention may be
converted at will into an ordinary foot warmer or a carriage foot warmer by simply
detaching the handle.
Dated this Fifteenth day of October 1894.
ISAAC STANTON.
WILLIAM SIMMONS.
Improvements in Bed Warmers and the like.
We, ISAAC STANTON of 299 Belbaru Road Birmingham Machinist, and
WILLIAM SIMMONS of 55 St. Mark's Street Wolverhampton, Machinist 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 :-
According to our invention a bed warmer is formed of any suitable shape and in
any suitable manner and furnished with a handle of similar type to that commonly
used with the old fashioned warmer. But whereas with the latter hot cinders or
ashes are used as the heating medium we employ hot water.
We prefer however to make our warmer of a shape approximating to that of the
with hot water we
old warmer, but in order to facilitate the process of filling
indent the upper surface of the warmer itself into either a concave or funuelled form.
At the bottom of this concave or funnel we place a screw stopper. The concave or

page_text: funnel shaped top is thus excellently adapted for filling the warmer without any
waste or spilling of the water.
The wood handle is preferably made detachable for convenience of carriage and
storage.
We provide a second screw stopper in any convenient position for the purpose of
emptying the warmer without difficulty, but of course this can be dispensed with if
desired and the stopper in the funnel aforesaid can be used both for filling and
emptying.
It is obvious that a bed warmer constructed according to our invention may be
converted at will into an ordinary foot warmer or a carriage foot warmer by simply
detaching the handle.
Having, thus stated the nature of our invention we will now describe it more
particularly with reference to the accompanying drawings and the letters of
reference marked thereon.
Figure 1 shows in plan a bed warmer constructed according to our invention,
and Figure 2 is a side elevation of Figure 1. A is the body of the warmer which
is of any suitable shape. Hot water is the medium used for heating the warmer,
and to enable the water to be readily poured in we provide the warmer with a
concave or funnel shaped top B (see dotted lines Figure 2) having a
stopper C at its centre." We use a second screw stopper D in order that the water
when cold may be more easily poured away than it could through the screw
stopper C.
screw
The handle is preferably made in two parts E and F joined together by any
convenient mears at G, for greater convenience in packing and storing, and in
order that the warmer may readily be converted into a carriage or ordinary foot
warmer.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :
:.
1. The improved bed warmer in which hot water is used as the heating medium
instead of hot ashes or cinders substantially as herein described and illustrated by
the accompanying drawings.
2. The concave or funnel shaped top for facilitating the process of pouring water
in the warmer substantially as herein described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
3. Forming the handle of a bed warmer in more than one part substantially as
herein described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 15th day of July 1895
ISAAC STANTON,
WILLIAM SIMMONS,
The Applicants.