US1035676A - Disinfecting and sponging apparatus. - Google Patents

Description

PATENT ()FFIOE.

SAMUEL BARUCH AND MORRIS J. BARUCH. OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DISINFECTING AND SPONGING APPARATUS.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Saucer. BARUCU and Mounts J. Bami'cn, both citizens of the lh'iited States, and residents of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Disinfccting and Sponging Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in apparatus'for treating clothing or other articles with disinfecting vapor or gas.

In our improved apparatus, \ve embody in a single casing or container, the supports for the articles to be disinfected or cleaned and the apparatus for generating the disinfecting gas or vapor. The parts are so constructed that after the articles are placed in the casing, the disinfecting apparatus may be started in operation and the clothing or other articles completely disinfected, and then all of the remaining gas and odor driven out of the casing by fresh air before the casing is opened. Thus, when the articles are taken out, none of the disinfecting gas will escape into the room.

Our improved apparatus is especially dcsigned for use by tailors in small tailor shops, and is so constructed that the disinfecting gas after performing its work, is driven through a suitable conduit leading to the outside of the building, so that it will not make its presence known in the shop.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specificatio'n, in which thesingle figure shows a front View of an apparatus constructed in accordance with our invention, portions thereof being broken away.

In the specific form illustrated, there is employed a portable casing or cabinet 10, divided into an upper compartment '11 and a lower compartment 12, by means of a suitable partition 13. WVithin the upper compartuient are arranget l' a plurality of supports upon which the articles to be treated are suspended. For disinfecting or sponging clothes, the supports may be in the form ofonc or more transversely-extending rods t4, adapted to support garment hang crs. The upper and lower compartments are separate and distinct itrom each other,

.and each compartment may be lined with asbestos, sheet metal, or other suitable noncombustible material, and the walls, par- Spccification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. September Patented Aug. 13,1912.

1, 1910. Serial No. 580,037.

ticularly of the lower compartment, are formed of suitable thicknesses of non-conducting material. The lining of the upper compartment; is such that the :omparh ment may be closed substantially air-tight,

escape into the room. The lower comparh ment isp i'ovidcd with a suitableclosure if), by means of which access may be gained to the interior thereof, and the upper part has a large door '16, adapted to be closed airtight. As shown, this door is hinged at one side and along the other three sides of the door. casing are pivot bolts, whichn'iay be swung into position and tightened to retain the door when the latter is closed.

Within the lower compartmcnt'is a suitable generator for the disinfecting material. 'lhis nmterial is preferably a mixture of acetone and water, although any other suitable disinfectant may be ttnll'dfiyelil, if desired. As shown, the generator consists of a small metal retort 18, having a screw cap closure 11), upon the removal of which the mixture may be poured into the retort. Beneath the retort is a suitalne burner connected to a gas pipe 20, whereby the retort may be heated, and disposed above the retort is a coil of pipe 21, the inlet. end of which is connected to the retort and the outlet end of which terminates in a nozzle 22, disposed in the lower portion of the upper compartment. Adjacent the nozzle is" a valve 523, 'by means of which the supply of building. This conduit has 27, which may be closed, if vent the return of the gases.

a suitable valve desired, to pre- From' this receiver a conduit 30 leads to the interior of the upper compartment,

and within the conduit is a suitable valve 31.

so that none of the disinfecting gases can tort may be conducted to the exterior of the Mounted upon the top of the cabinet, is a suitable electric fan 28, serving to deliver a blast of air to a funnel-shaped receiver 29.

p gas or vapor to the upper con'lpartmcnt may An outlet conduit 32 leads from the lower portion of the' upper compartment and unites with the -onduit 26. A suitable valve 33 controls this conduit In the use of our iin proved apparatus for disinfecting. the clothing or other articles are placed in the upper rompart-ment, the

door '16 closed, and sealed air-tight, and the valves 23, 31 and are closed. The disinfecting material is placed 111 the retort 18, the valve 27 is opened. and the gas is current of fresh air is conducted to the intorior of the upper compartment to force the gases from the latter out through the conduit 32. The fan is kept in action for a suflicient length of time to effect a thorough and complete change of air in the upper compartment, and to conduct away all odors or noxious gases. The door 16 may then be opened and the thoroughly disinfected ar-- ticles may be removed without any of the disinfecting gases escaping into the room.

It will be noted that the air draft is delivered by the fan through the top of the chamber 11 and that the outlet pipe 32 communicates with the chamber, 11, near the bottom; This is because the disinfecting vapor is heavy, and, after being heated and forced into the chamber 11 under pressure, tends to settle to the lower part of the chamber 11 as it cools off. By forcing the air blast in from above and connecting the pipe to chamber 11 near the bottom, the vapors are more easily and thoroughly forced out of the chamber 11.

From the above description it will be seen that the compartment 11 constitutes a disinfecting compartment in which the articles are treated, and the compartment 12 constitutes a genera ting compartment in which the vapors by means of which the articles in the disinfecting compartment are treated, are produced.

The apparatus is very simple in construction and does not require a skilled operator to manipulate it. It may be installed in any small tailor shop without involving any special reconstructing or building in the latter, and it. will serve not only to disinfect the articles, but. will tend to ventilate the shop.

Instead of placing a disinfecting material in the retainer 18, water may be placed therein and dry steam delivered to clothing suspended in the upper compartment, to shrink or sponge the latter.

Various changes may be made in the construction and operation of our improved apparatus, without departing from the spirit of the invention. I

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A disinfecting apparatus comprising a nected with the outlet leading from the gen crating compartment, an inlet pipe commu nicating with the top of the disinfecting compartment, said inlet pipe having an en larged outer end, a fan located in said enlarged outer end for forcing a stream of air into said pipe and said disinfecting compartment, and means for permittin access to each ofsaid compartments whereby after the process of disinfecting 1s finished, the disinfecting vapors sinking to the bottom of the disinfecting compartment can be blown out by the air supplied by said fan and the contents of the disinfecting compartment removed by the means permitting access thereto.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL BARUCH. MOT IS J. BARUCH. Witnesses:

,IiAn: W. FAIRBANK, PmLir D. Romamus.

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