Specification of John Oxley : baths.

  • Oxley, John
Date:
1859
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Credit: Specification of John Oxley : baths. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    5 _Oxley's Improvements in Baths. lower part thereof as would be necessary in the baths, Figs. 1, 2, &c., will require only sufficient to fill the lower or foot bath portion thereof, which foot bath portion, however, may, by the removal of the pool or bidet, be used for bathing the posterior portions of the body. 5 Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation or longitudinal section ; Fig, 7, a plan ; and Fig. 8, a transverse section of Fig. 6; Fig. 9 being a longitudinal section of the pool or bidet with the waste plug; and Fig. 10, a transverse section of Fig. 9. A, the sides of the bath ; B, the seat; C, the bottom ; D, the recess formed in the seat for receiving the moveable tray or bidet, which may either 10 be formed in the shape shewn, or of any other convenient form, to act as a bidet or sponging bath, or it may be placed transversely instead of longitudinally, as shewn in the Drawing ; E is the moveable tray or bidet shewn in Figs. 9 & 10, of a form suitable to fill the opening made in the seat. It will be perceived that there is a plug at one end for permitting the escape of the 15 water.. F, F, are the legs placed under the back part of the seat to support it whilst in use; G, G, are horizontal stays or rails to secure and frame the body and legs together; I is a spout by which the bath may be emptied; K, a soap dish, which may be placed within the spout, as shewn, or in any other convenient position. 20 The legs, or mode of supporting the bath, shewn in Figs. 6, 7, &c., may be varied in form or design, in accordance with taste; and other modifications in form of the pai ts may be made to suit taste or convenience. Having now described my Invention, and illustrated the same by the accom¬ panying Sheet of Drawings, I wish it to be understood that what I claim is, 25 the construction of baths as herein described, whereby several baths or similar conveniences are combined in one apparatus. In witness whereof, I, the said John Oxley, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of February, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. 30 JOHN OXLEY, (l.s.) LONDON: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode Printers to the Queens most Excellent Majesty. 1859.
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