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US 4,130,120 AGranted
Bathing chamber
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorHerbert V. Kohler, Jr.
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Abstract
A bathing chamber is shown having an interior in which the user may lie in the prone position. The chamber has a variety of conditioning elements such as heat and sun lamps, shower sprays and warm air blowers that are sequenced in operation to provide a number of different environmental conditions within the chamber during a single bathing period.
Claims13
In a bathing chamber the combination comprising:
- an elongate enclosure having a ceiling, sides and an entry door with a lower sill extending along one lengthwise side;
- a decking alongside said lower sill that extends across the length and width of the enclosure to support a user in prone and sitting positions with freedom of movement thereon;
- an array of downwardly directed lamps associated with said ceiling and disposed above said decking to radiate downward with substantially uniform coverage of the decking;
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- water sprays associated with said ceiling disposed above said decking to substantially uniformly shower the area of the decking.
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In a bathing chamber the combination comprising:
- an elongate enclosure having a ceiling and sides with an entry door along one lengthwise side;
- a decking extending across the length of the enclosure to support a user in a prone position;
- an array of downwardly directed lamps associated with said ceiling and disposed above said decking to radiate downward with substantially uniform coverage of the decking;
- water sprays associated with said ceiling disposed above said decking to substantially uniformly shower the area of the decking;
- a steam generator with an inlet disposed beneath the surface of said decking;
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- air circulating openings with blower means entering upon said enclosure from opposite ends in the elongate direction at a level above said decking to direct air flow over a user in said prone position.
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In a bathing chamber the combination comprising:
- an enclosure;
- a surface extending across the interior of said enclosure upon which a user may recline, sit and move about;
- fluid emitting means entering upon said enclosure that directs fluid over said surface;
- lamp sources within said enclosure directed toward said surface to radiate over the same;
- air circulating means having openings with associated blower means entering upon said enclosure and positioned to direct air across said surface;
- control means for individually operating said fluid emitting means, said lamp sources, and said air circulating means;
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- switching in said control means that successively activates first said lamp sources, then said fluid emitting means and lastly said air circulating means.
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In a bathing chamber the combination comprising:
- a. an elongate drain flooring elevated above ground level with a water drainage outlet;
- b. a base framework supporting said drain flooring in said elevated position;
- c. a front panel extending along a lengthwise side of said flooring and rising from ground level to a height above said flooring, with an entry door positioned above said flooring;
- d. a rear panel extending along the opposite lengthwise side of said flooring rising upward from said flooring to present a wall facing said front panel.
- e. a pair of end panels rising upward from the ends of said flooring and extending between the front and rear panels to present a four sided enclosure;
- f. a ceiling enclosing the top of the enclosure to form an enclosed chamber with said flooring and said front, rear and end panels;
- g. a deck overlying said flooring to receive a person in prone position;
- h. a steam injector entering said chamber and opening therein at a point beneath the upper surface of said deck;
- i. air blowers with outlets opening into said chamber through said end panels at a level above said deck;
- j. water sprays in said chamber that are directed downward toward said deck;
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- k. lamps located in said chamber that are directed downward toward said deck.
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In a bathing chamber the combination comprising:
- a. a base stand for resting upon a ground surface;
- b. a drainage tray forming a chamber flooring supported upon said base stand at an elevated position, and a length and width to accept a person;
- c. a decking overlaying said flooring upon which a person may move about;
- d. chamber walls rising upward from said flooring;
- e. a ceiling extending between said chamber walls overlying said flooring;
- f. doors along one side of said flooring with a bottom sill at the level of and extending alongside said decking;
- g. a plurality of chamber conditioning means arranged in said chamber to provide illumination, shower, and drying air, each means having an electrical control;
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- h. a control circuit for operating said conditioning means in timed relation to each other.
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In a bathing chamber the combination comprising:
- a. a base stand;
- b. a chamber flooring supported upon said base stand at an elevated position, and with a length and a width to accept a person in a prone position;
- c. chamber walls rising upward from said flooring;
- d. a chamber ceiling;
- e. doors along one side of said chamber;
- f. a light transmitting panel in one of said chamber walls allowing light passage therethrough;
- g. a steam generator with a steam inlet entering said chamber;
- h. blower means with air inlets in said chamber walls at a level to circulate air across the body surface of a person prone on said flooring;
- i. a bank of lamps in said chamber directed toward said flooring;
- j. shower nozzles mounted in said chamber that shower said flooring;
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- k. a control circuit adapted to sequentially operate said steam generator, blower means, lamps and shower nozzles.
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In a bathing chamber the combination comprising:
- a. a base stand including a framework for resting upon a ground surface;
- b. an elongate chamber flooring supported upon said base stand of configuration to accept a person in a prone position;
- c. chamber rear and end walls rising upwardly from said flooring;
- d. said rear and end walls having reinforcing along the outside surfaces thereof that extend downward beneath said flooring for attachment to said base stand;
- e. a ceiling extending between said rear and end walls with sloping panels;
- f. doors along the side of said flooring opposite said rear wall;
- g. a front panel framing said doors and masking said side walls, ceiling, and base stand;
- h. a steam generator beneath said flooring with a steam inlet entering said chamber;
- i. blower means with warm air inlets at a level above said flooring to blow air across the body surface of a person in said chamber;
- j. a bank of lamps in the upper region of the chamber directed downward to radiate uniformly over said flooring;
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- k. water spray nozzles mounted in said sloping ceiling panels that shower said flooring.
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In a bathing chamber the combination comprising:
- a. a base stand including a framework for resting upon a ground surface;
- b. a drainage tray forming a chamber flooring supported upon said base stand at an elevated position, said tray being of elongate configuration with a length and a width to accept a person in a prone position;
- c. chamber rear and end walls rising upwardly from said drainage tray;
- d. said rear and end walls having reinforcing along the outside surfaces thereof that extends downward beneath said drainage tray and is attached to said base stand;
- e. a ceiling extending between said rear and end walls overlying said drainage tray, with inwardly and upwardly sloping panels that peak toward a horizontal central panel running along the lengthwise ridge of said ceiling;
- f. sliding doors along a lengthwise of said drainage tray to complete an enclosed chamber with said tray, side and rear walls, and ceiling;
- g. a front panel framing said doors that extends beyond said side walls and down to a flooring to skirt said base stand;
- h. a deck overlying said drainage tray adapted to support a person in a prone position;
- i. a steam generator beneath said drainage tray and within said base stand, and having a steam inlet entering said chamber;
- j. warm air inlets in said side walls at a level above said deck at a height substantially aligned with the upper body surface of a person prone on said deck;
- k. a bank of ultra violet lamps spaced lengthwise of said chamber in said ceiling central panel directed downward to radiate upon said deck;
- l. a plurality of infra-red heat lamps in each of said sloping ceiling panels directed downward to radiate upon said deck;
- m. water spray nozzles mounted in said sloping ceiling panels interdigited with said heat lamps in an array that uniformly showers said deck;
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- n. a light transparent panel in a wall of the chamber with illumination on the outside thereof.
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In a bathing chamber the combination comprising:
- a. a flooring at about knee-height of a length to receive a person in prone position;
- b. chamber walls rising upward from said flooring to permit a person to move about within the chamber;
- c. a ceiling extending between said chamber walls and overlying said flooring at a height to permit sitting or prone positions within the chamber;
- d. said ceiling and walls being individually formed with abutting surfaces forming joints therebetween for assembly thereof into said chamber;
- e. a front panel extending in front of said flooring, walls and ceiling to mask the same, and having a framed opening with a bottom ledge at the height of about that of said flooring;
- f. a door closing said opening with a bottom sill at a level of about that of said flooring;
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- g. a plurality of conditioning means arranged in said chamber.
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In a bathing chamber the combination comprising:
- an enclosed chamber having a flooring, walls and ceiling within which a user can recline or move about, said chamber including a front panel with a door operable from both within and without the chamber;
- a warm air blower having an outlet directed into said chamber for moving heated air across the body of a user of the chamber;
- a vent for said chamber to relieve pressure build-up within the chamber;
- a plurality of conditioning means within said chamber that provide a variety of bathing conditions;
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- automatic control means with a control panel outside said chamber that provides individual preselection and duration of operation of each of said blower and said conditioning means in a successive operation thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.