Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Aug., 1895-Accepted, 16th Nov., 1895
A communication by LOUIS KRAUS, of The Metal Works, Neuwelt near
Schwarzenberg, Saxony, in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturer.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of The Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, of 6 Lord Street Liverpool and 6, Bank Street, Manchester
both in the County of Lancaster, 118 New Street, Birmingham in the County of
Warwick and 31 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, 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:-
This improved bath is distinguished from all other baths hitherto employed, by
its peculiar form, which allows of the bath being used as a full length bath, a
cradle or rocking bath, a sitz-bath or sudatory and with a minimum quantity of
water. The bath also occupies less room whether in or out of
use, and is more
easily emptied, and transported and requires far less repairs.
The essential point of this improved bath consists in the circular or oval section
of the body and in the runners or rockers attached to the same, whereby it is
possible in the easiest manner to rock or tilt the bath sideways so as to lave the
body of the person lying therein with the water contained, the latter being
prevented from overflowing by means of wide inwardly projecting flanges, rims or
edges, and owing to the round shape of the bottom and sides only a limited quantity
of water is necessary for covering the body.
Various forms of construction and applications of this improved bath are shown
on the accompanying drawings, on which
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the bath;
Figure 2 a cross section on the line x-x of Figure 1 showing fixed feet;
Figure 3 a side view of the bath when rocking;
Figure 4 an end view of the same when rocking;
Figure 5 a plan view of the bath ;
Figure 6 is a view of the improved rocking bath arranged so as to be capable of
being heated.
Figure 7 is a view of the same arranged as a vapour bath.
Figure 8 is a view of the same with somewhat shortened body arranged as a
sitz-bath.
Figure 9 is a view showing the way of utilizing a full sized rocking bath as a
sitz-bath.
Figure 10 is a view of the improved bath hanging to a wall when not in use;
Figure 11 is a view of the bath with feet attached to prevent its rocking when
not desired to do so.
Figure 12 shows a view of the bath fixed in a sheet iron frame.
The body a of the bath is conical in shape and its section has the form of a
segment of a circle. Runners or rockers b of suitable material and cushion shaped
stops or pads c are arranged on the under rounded side, up to about half the
circumference or the ends of the body. The upper strengthening edges or flanges d
of the bath are arranged along the longitudinal sides in order to prevent the
water from splashing over when rocking, whilst at the head and foot they are
turned or directed outwards.

page_text: A strengthening plate a partially covering the opening e is arranged at the
foot end of the bath, which plate serves to receive a soap dish, Figures 1-3.
The bottom at the head end of the bath is rounded and directed outwardly to
allow of a person comfortably resting against it.
As shown in Figure 6 this improved bath may also be arranged in such a way
as to allow of its being heated; in this case the body is extended at the foot end,
and a suitable heating apparatus or stove i is inserted therein, which can be
attended to from the outside.
In order to prevent the body of a person coming in contact with the stove, a
.perforated partition K is inserted in front of the latter.
The bath may also be used as a steam or vapour bath as shown in Figure 7; in
this case it is connected with a steam supply m by means of a flexible tube l,
whilst a steamtight cover n provided with an aperture for the head is stretched
over the outwardly directed flanges d at the head and foot of the bath and thus
the opening e is tightly closed.
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Figure 8 is a bath of similar section but with a shorter body and flanges d
directed outwardly to all sides, which serves as a rocking sitz bath. The front
part o of the bath is then bent outwardly and the upper edge of the same suitably
rounded so as to afford a suitable support to the feet of the bather which project
out of the bath. In this form the bath may also be used as a child's bath and
even in certain cases as a child's cradle.
When the bath is placed in the position shown in Figure 9, a large rocking;
bath may also be used as a sitz-bath.
Figure 10 shows this improved bath when not in use conveniently suspended to
the wall, so as to occupy little space.
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In order to utilize this improved bath as a full length bath, or to avoid any
unintentional rocking of the same, folding fect p, Figures 2 and 11, may be
arranged on the stop projections c of the runners or rockers b. The arrangement
of these is shown in Figure 11. The feet p are passed with their upper flat ends
into slots in the underside of the pads or projections c, and are movable vertically
by means of pivots or bolts ? passed through these slots. A curved flat spring.
is loosely inserted in the pad or projection cover the somewhat recessed upper
edge of such a foot, Figure 11, which spring presses against the foot and fixes
the same whether in a vertical or horizontal position. When using the bath as a
full length bath, the feet are bent as shown in Figure 2, and thus
any side move-
ment of the bath is prevented; if the bath is to be used as a rocking bath, the
feet are brought into the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 11.
Other suitable fixing devices such as wedges t, Figure 6, or a hoop iron frame u,
Figure 12 may be employed instead of feet.
The bath may have an oval section instead of a circular one, and instead of
conical may be merely cylindrical or roller shaped.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
A conical or cylindrical bath, of segmental or oval section with rockers or
runners (b) and stops or pads (c) attached externally on the bottom, whereby it is
possible to produce a sideways rocking movement of the bath, and thereby to lave
the body of the bather with water, and which bath by the use of fixing devices,
movable feet, wedges or the like may be used either as a full length bath or sitz-
bath, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
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