Specification of William Clark : bath apparatus.

  • William Clark
Date:
1866
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Credit: Specification of William Clark : bath apparatus. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Clark's Improvements in Bath Apparatus. centre of the bath is intended for the ascending jet, special nozzles being adapted to project the liquid in all forms. The upper discharge tube may also be fitted with nozzles or distributors arranged so as to bathe any part of the body desired. This tube is bent at its upper part and terminates at E by 5 a screw union where the distributor is fixed, throwing the water in any form according to the kind of nozzle that may be adapted thereto. G is a shallow tray entirely separate from the apparatus, the dimensions of which are determined by the distance to which the water is projected. The pump may also be placed at the side of the apparatus, so that a second person might 10 work it, as may be necessary for an invalid; this position may be that represented in red lines in Figure 1. Figure 1 represents the apparatus complete; Figure 2, a side view of the apparatus with the tray removed ; Figure 3 shows the different tubes which conduct the water on to the different parts of the body; Figure 4 shows 15 different forms of rose heads or distributors for shower baths ; Figure 5 shows a series of nozzles for single jets or injections, and otherwise. Having described the nature of this Invention, and the manner of performing the same, I declare that what I claim as the Invention to be protected by the hereinbefore in part recited Letters Patent is, the within-described improve- 20 ments in hydro-therapeutic apparatus, the distinctive feature of which consists in the application of an ascending and descending jet or shower, the force with which it is projected being regulated by the quicker or slower action of the pump, according to the purpose for which it is to be applied, which action is readily produced by the person taking the bath, who is comfortably seated 25 therein, all as hereinbefore described and represented in the accompanying Drawing, or it may be actuated by a second person. In witness whereof, I, the said William Clark, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six. 30 W. CLARK, (l.s. ) Witness, James Daisij, 53, Chancery Lane, London. LONDON: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 1866.
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