US979973A - Folding bath-tub. - Google Patents

Description

B.. L. LEO.

FOLDING BATH TUB.

APPLICATION rlLnp'JUNns, 1909.

Patented Dec. 27, 1910.

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WIr/VESSEL? R. L. LEO. FOLDING BATH TUB. APPLICATION PILBD'JUNH 5, 1909.

979,973. Patnd Dec. 27, 1910.

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WTNESSES.' l. @nigh A TTORA/EY UNITED f sTiarasgy rgano? OFFICE.

RICHARD L. LEofor NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOLDING BATH-TUB'.

To all whom it may concer/tf .l

Be it known that I, RICHARD L. -LEo,"of New Y rk, inthe county of New. York and in the State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Folding Bath-Tubs, and do hereby declare' that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to an improvement in folding bath tubs, and especially to lneans for lo `zat1ng a bath tub ina room 'in sucha manner that when unused, it can be folded into a small recess located in the wall.

At the same time, my invention comprises a bath tub containing all of the appurtenances'of a. shower bath, and has the further advantagelthat when it is located in the .wall

in its folded position, the door closing the wall opening has the appearance of a door leading to any ordinary closet.

I have shown one embodiment of my invention in the accompanying drawings in whichl Figure 1 is an elevational viewr of a wall containing the bath tub shown in the position in which it is folded into the recess, and the recess closed by a door; Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same; Fig. 3 is an elevational View of the same showing the bath tub in a position ready for use; Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section of the parts in the position shown in Fig. 3; Fig. `5 is a horizontal cross-section of the same; Fig. 6 is an elevational view of a -portion of one of the doors showing the provision of a recess to receive a bracket which projects 4from the other door; Fig. 7 is a horizontal cross-section ofthe same; Fig. 8 is a' vertical crosssection of the same; Fig. 9 is a vertical crosssection of a portion of one of the doors showing one of the projecting guards; and Fig. 10'is a horizontal cross-section of the same 'on line 10-10.,

AIn t-he drawings, 1`is a wall provided with a recess 2, which recess is closed by a door 3 having the appearance, of an ordinary closet door. The door 3 when open is designed to occupy aposition at right angles to the wall and thereby form a protection for the bather at one side of the tub; An inner door 4, preferably made of metal, is hinged to the other side ofthe door Opening, and is designed, when open, to occupy a position at right angles to the wall in a manner similar to thel outer door 3. The outer door 3 is provided with an upwardly Sp'ecicaton of Letters Patent. Patented De 27, 1910, v Application mea'nne 5, 1909. seria-1 m. 500,345.

' directed bracket awhich, in 'the desea pogit-ion of the door, is received within a recess 6 upon the vinner door 4, so as to permit the doors 3 and 4 to t closely together. The inner door 4 carries a similar bracket 7. The brackets 5 and 7 are provided for the purpose of supporting in a horizontal position a bail-shaped rod 8, supported upon pivots 9 from the interior of the recess 2. The purpose of the rod 8 is to support a curtain 10. The curtain 10 extends around all three sides of the rod and surrounds every portion of the tub not inclosed by the doors /3 and 4. A hot water pipe 11, and a cold walter ipe 12shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, lead) upwardly through the wall at the rear of the recess 2, and are connected'to a mixing chamber 13 having valves 14 and 15 to control the supply of hot and cold water. The mixing chamber 13 has a downwardly extending valved outlet 16 connected by means of a iiexible tube 17 to a nozzle 18 and a similarupwardly directed valved outlet 19, which leads to a shower 20. The shower 20 is supported upon an extensible bracket 21. At the lowerk part of the recess a bath tub 22 is hinged upon pivots 23, so that the same may be moved into either a vertical or a horlzontal position. At the rear of the bath tub there is provided 'a depression 24, which will lead off the overflow of the tub into the bot-tom of the recess 2. The bottom of the recess 2 is provided with a water-tight lining 25, and the floor at this point is inclined downwardly to one side ofthe recess, where the latter has connected thereto a drainage pipe 26 having located therein the usual trap 27.

The lining 25 may be extended to the top of the recess 2. Each ofthe doors 3 and 4 has attached thereto upon its inner face a flexible guard 28 to prevent the water which may be splashed upon the doors or curtain from falling beyond the sides of the tub 22 upon the floor of the room. At the rear of the recess there is provided a shelf 29, to receive the curtain 10 when the same is rolled or folded into its unused position.

In the operation of the device, assuming that the parts have vbeen'moved into their folded position, as shown in Fig. 2, the doors 3 and 4 are moved outwardly into positions at right angles to the wall 1. The rod 8 is moved upwardly until the sides thereof are supported upon the brackets 5 .and 7. When moved into this position, the

curtain .10 falls downwardly. The tub 22,'.

is now lowered upon its pivots 23 until it assumes a. horizontal positlon upon the floor of the room. If it should be designed to use the shower 20,|t11e same is moved out.- wardly upon its eXtensible bracket 21 until it oceu ies lthe desired. osition. By manipulating the hot and co d water valves 14 and 1.5, water of the proper temperature can now be supplied t0 elther one of the valved outlets 16. and 19. If itis desired tok use the shower, the valved outlet 19 is opened to supply Water to the nozzlef20.\ Should it be deslred to fill the tub with a' quantity of water, the same can be accomplished by lowering the nozzle 18 into the tub and against the rear of the recess 2, the rod 8.

is'moved upwardly away from the brackets 5 and 7, the brackets 5 and 7 are moved'from beneath the bail by moving the doors outwardly, the rod 8 'is then permitted to assume a vertical position, the curtain 10 is folded orrolled up in any suitable manner and placed upon the shelf 29, and the doors 3 and 4 are then closed.

lIt will be -noted that by the above arrangement I am enabled to provide a tub of large dimensions for use in an ordinary. room equipped. with the usual bathing attachments, and that, nevertheless, when moved into their unused position, the various parts occupy such a small 'space that they can be readily located in a wall of the usual thickness.

While I have described my-4 invention above in detail, I wish it to be understood that many changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit'of my invention.

l Iclaimz4 1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a wall having a recess, bathing attachments that are .adapted to be inner door which open at different sides of the recess saiddoors being'hinged at their edges.

2. In a. device of the character described,

the combination of a Wall having a recess,l

bathing attachments, including abath-tub that are adapted to be folded into said recess, an out-er door, and an inner 'door which open at different sides of the recess.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand.

RICHARD L. LEO.

Witnesses:

A. NEWCOMB, M. MEIKLE.

folded into said recess, an outer door, and an

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