US100114A - Improved clothes-drier - Google Patents

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B. S. BROWN. CLOTHES DRIER.

o. 100,114. ,Patented Feb. 22; 1870.

nit-2d fittin BENONI S. BROWN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 100,114, dated February 22, 1870.

IMPROVED CLOTHES-DRIER.

The Schedule referred to inthese Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all it-710m it may concern vented a new and improved Clothes-Drier; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description thereofi'which will enable thoseskilled in the art to which my invention appcrtains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which- A A are the two standards or sidesof the machine.

13 is the bottom or floor.

G is the roof or covering. v

I) D, the pulleys on the inside end of 3. correspondinghorizontal shaft. The upper part of the standards inside are also fitted with similar pulleys, revolving upon pins or fixed journals.

Around the aforesaid corresponding pulleys are fixed continuous ropes or belts, E E, to which are attached horizontal light rods or bars, F, at proper distances, so-attached as to revolve or remain fixed, as desired, and the whole is so constructed that the aforesaid belts, when thus connected by the bars, make a continuous travel or movable apron that can be raised or lowered upon either side at pleasure, when in use. To the aforesaid shaft is attached a hand-crank with which to rotate the apron, it' found more convenient bars, and the whole being inclosed tightly, and the door G being closed, it becomes, from its vertical height, a kind of fine in principle, with a draughtlike a chimney, and the apertures or holes H H H H in the bottom of the door admit'the air from below, which, passing upward from raritication, carries the escaping moisture from the drying articles with it, and escapes at the open apertures at the top underneath the roof.

The plan and design of the whole device is to have it pretty tall whenever erected or used, in order to secure a good upward draught of air.

It canbe'constructed in connection with a house, when the same is built or afterward, in such case being simply a tall space like a closet, reaching from a lower to an upper story, sufiiciently high to afford the desired room and draught of air. Or it can be constructed independent of a building, as may be found desirable, and the traveling apron canbe extended the whole or a part of the vertical length, as is found desirable.

It the articles dry faster in one portion of the device than another, their positions can be changed at pleasure, rotating the apron.

Suchis the description andnse of the device or invention, the object being to secure a compact and convenient inside drier for clothes or any other articles that it can advantageously be applied to, and. at the same time protect them from dust, coal-soot, and the elements, and it also answers a double purpose, of air ing as well as drying articles, the reliance for drying being, mainly nponthe draught created by such a vertical close enclosure, with inlets at or toward the bottom, and outlets at or toward the top. The draught also being capable of any desired increase, by the application of artificial heat, to accelerate the upward current of air.

Springs or weights can be applied to the revolving shaft, to keep the ropes or belts to a proper tension.

\Vhen the said flue is constructed in connection.

rack, substantially as described, for the purpose speci 2; The arrangement of the upright fine or box A B O, with its endless rack E F, openings H, for the introduction of air, the adjustable cranks and pawl, and tightening spring, substantially as herein shown and described.

BENONI S. BROWN.

Witnesses:

D. I. Pownns, JAS. I. Pnnu.

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