Improvements in Hot Water Bottles applicable as Food Warmers, Filters, Douches, and for Toilet Purposes generally.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hot Water Bottles applicable as Food Warmers,
Filters, Douches, and for Toilet Purposes generally.
I, EMILE WALDNER, of 16, Rue Drouot, Paris, in the Republic of France,
Commercial Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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My invention relates to that class of closed receptacles or utensils known as hot
water bottles more particularly intended for warming beds by the action of hot
water contained therein. It consists in improvements which I have introduced
in the arrangement of these utensils with the object of enabling them
to be utilised for various purposes. These improvements have princi-
pally for their object a modification of the utensil whereby it can be
transformed into a receptacle capable of serving for use in injections and generally
for allowing the flow of water under pressure for all usages and more especially
for toilet purposes. In this way the warm water used for heating the bed in
the vessel may afterwards be directly used for toilet purposes, which during the
winter has very appreciable advantages.
In carrying out my invention I provide a vessel or receptacle which may have
if desired a flat or domed bottom. The neck or nozzle is arranged in the ordinary
manner at the top of the vessel for enabling it to be filled, and is closed by means
of a stopper or other suitable arrangement. A second neck or nozzle is formal at
the bottom of the vessel and is also provided with a stopper which latter may be
removed when necessary and the vessel suitably connected with a flexible pipe
or tube for bringing the water to any desired point. A handle or holder capable
of being folded back so as to occupy less space when not in use and also of allowing
the vessel to be hung on a nail in the wall or other suitable place is arranged in
any convenient manner on the vessel or receptaclo.
The working of the apparatus is self evident. When it has been employed as a
hot water vessel, bottle, or warming pan for warming the bed and it is desired
to utilise its contents as water for toilet purposes it is only necessary to reverse
the vessel and unscrew the lower stopper in order to fit the nozzle of a tube or
pipe provided with any suitable method of fastening to the lower spout or nozzle.
The handle or holder is then raised and the vessel hung up. In order to obtain
the discharge of the water the stopper of the upper nozzle or neck is unscrewed.
The nozzle of the tube attached to the lower neck may be replaced by a rose
allowing the apparatus to be employed for douches.
The vessel may also be employed as a receptacle for drinking water in which
case any suitable filtering apparatus enabling the water to be filtered may be
placed on the lower tube or nozzle.
A thread may be arranged if necessary on the middle of the vessel or receptacle
so that the upper part may be removed when it is desired to utilise the vessel
for boiling purposes or for keeping hot a substance of small volume such as food,

page_text: which is particularly advantageous for the use of workmen who are compelled to
start at an early hour in the morning in order to reach their work.
A modification of the invention consists in a similar arrangement of the ap-
paratus only differing somewhat in its form. In this case it is flattened on one of
its faces to allow the water to be heated by simply placing it on a furnace or fire.
A neck or nozzle is also arranged on its upper side opposite to the flattened side
which serves for the re-filling of the vessel.
The forms, dimensions, proportions and accessory parts may be varied and any
suitable material employed for the construction of the apparathas without departing
in any way from the object of the invention.
This Oth day of Navamhon 1807
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co..
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Hot Water Bottles applicable as Food Warmers,
Filters, Douches, and for Toilet Purposes generally.
I, EMILE WALDNER, of 16, Rue Drouot, Paris, in the Republic of France,
Commercial Agent, 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:-
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can be
My invention relates to that class of closed receptacles or utensils known as hot
water bottles more particularly intended for warming beds by the action of hot
water contained therein. It consists in improvements which I have introduced
in the arrangement of these utensils with the object of enabling them
to be utilised for various purposes. These improvements have princi-
pally for their object a modification of the utensil whereby it
transformed into a receptacle capable of serving for use in injections and generally
for allowing the flow of water under pressure for all usages and more especially
for toilet purposes. In this way the warm water used for heating the bed in
the vessel may afterwards be directly used for toilet purposes, which during the
winter has very appreciable advantages.
In the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of one form of the utensil, and
Figure 2 a modification,
In carrying out my invention I provide a vessel or receptacle A which may
have if desired a flat or domed bottom. The neck or nozzle B is arranged in
the ordinary manner at the top of the vessel for enabling it to be filled, and is
closed by means of a screw stopper or cap b or other suitable arrangement. A
second neck or nozzle C is formed at the bottom of the vessel A and is also pro-
vided with a stopper c which latter may be removed when necessary and the
vessel suitably connected with a flexible pipe or tube for bringing the water to
any desired point. A handle or holder 1 capable of being folded back so as to
occupy less space when not in use and also of allowing the vessel to be hung on
a nail in the wall or other suitable place is arranged in any convenient manner
on the vessel or receptacle.
The working of the apparatus is self evident. When it has been employed as a
hot water vessel, bottle or warming pan for warming the bed and it is desired
to utilise its contents as water for toilet purposes it is only necessary to reverse
the vessel and unscrew the lower stopper e in order to fit the nozzle of a tube or

page_text: pipe provided with any suitable method of fastening to the lower spout or nozzle.
The handle or holder D is then raised and the vessel hung up. In order to obtain
the discharge of the water the stopper b of the upper nozzle or neck B is unscrewed.
The nozzle of the tube attached to the lower neck may be replaced by a rose
allowing the apparatus to be employed for douches.
The vessel may also be employed as a receptacle for drinking water in which
case any suitable filtering apparatus enabling the water to be filtered may be
placed on the lower tube or nozzle C.
A thread F may be arranged if necessary on the middle of the vessel or receptacle
so that the upper part may be removed when it is desired to utilise the vessel
for boiling purposes or for keeping hot a substance of small volume such as food,
which is particularly advantageous for the use of workmen who are compelled to
start at an early hour in the morning in order to reach their work.
A modification of the invention is shown in Figure 2 and consists in a similar
arrangement of the apparatus only differing somewhat in its form. In this case
it is flattened on one of its faces to allow the water to be heated by simply placing
it on a furnace or fire. A neck or nozzle G is also arranged on, its upper side
opposite to the flattened side which serves for the re-filling of the vessel.
The forms, dimensions, proportions and accessory parts may be varied and any
suitable material employed for the construction of the apparatus without departing
in any way from the object of the invention.
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:-
In hot water bottles and the like more especially intended for use in warming
beds, the improvements consisting in providing said bottles with a neck or nozzle
for allowing their contents to be emptied by means of any suitable pipe or rose,
said vessel also being capable of being employed for containing drinking water,
in which case a filtering body is combined therewith, a folding handle attached
thereto whereby the vessel may be hung up, and a screw thread formed on the
body of the vessel itself, allowing it to be formed into a long tubular vessel where
such is necessary, the whole substantially as herein before described and shown as
an example in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 20th day of Tal. 1900
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co..
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.