US111864A - Improvement in portable laundries - Google Patents

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- 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. MORRISON.

D rying Apparatus. No. 111,864. Patented Feb. 14, 1871.

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Drying Apparatus. No. 111,864. Patented Feb. 14, 1871.

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F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO MATILDA I). MORRISON, OF SAMRPLAOPL Letters Patent No. 111,864, dated February 14, 1871.

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

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J AooB-Moumsomof Indianapolis, .county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Portable Laundries; and I do hereby declare that the following. is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawing making part of this specification, in \vhich- Figure I is a perspective view of mylaundry, showing the stove or fire-box in which the fuel is burned, the hot-air chamber in which the drying is done, a port-ion of the uptake through which the products of combustion pass, the pipe which conducts the steam from the drying-chamber to the lip-take, the damper for admitting air to the apparatus, and the doors for allowing accessto the interior thereof.

Figure II is a longitudinal section on line a: a: of Fig.1-II, showing the fuel in the fire-box, the flue for leading the products of combustion to the rip-take, the passage thro'ugh the up take, the passage for the steam from the drying-chamber, the arrangement of the shelves or rods for supporting the articles to be dried, and the arrangement of the tubes or passages for producing a downward draught for exhausting the, air from thedrying-chamber.

v Figure III is a plan view on line z z of Fig. II, showing the arrangement of the supporting rods or she-vies in the drying-chamber.

. Figure IV is a plan view of the line for the passage of the products of combustion.

Figure :V is a vertical transverse section on line 3 y of Fig. II.

Figure VI is a. vertical transverse section on line 3 y of Fig. II, showing the tubes for producing the downward draught and the passage for distributing the heated air within the drying-chamber.

Corresponding letters refer to corresponding parts in all the figures.

This invention relates to what I shall term portable laundries; and D It consists in such a device, when constructed in sections, so that it may readily be taken apart and" closely packed for transportation, or so that it may be placed in position in a house, where it couldnot be if it were not thus constructed, and so that it may be easily removed fromonc room to another; and

It further consists in the combination and arrangement of some'of the parts of which .it is composed, as will be more fully described hereafter.

A in the drawing refers to the fire-box or pot,'it consisting of a projcction formed upon the front portion of the device, whichis provided with grates for "the fuel to rest upon, an ash-pan below' such grate,

the usual or any convcnient'doors forthe insertion of the-fuel and the removalof the ashes, and apertures in itstop for the reception of vessels of anykind,

such apertures being covered with removable covers in the usual manner. The top plate or sheet of the fire-box extends rearward into the drying-chamber for some distance, as shown in Fig. I, and forms a corn venient place for heating sad-irons and for warming 5 4 v v u various kinds of food. From the point where this platform ceases this plate or sheet is reduced in width,

as shown in Fig. IV, such reduced portion extending reafward through the drying-chamber and through the rear wall thereof, where it receives the lip-take.

This plate, in conjunction with a bottom one and with two side plates or sheets, forms the fine A, as shown in Fig. II, through which the gaseous products ,of combustion pass from the fire-box to the up-take.

top plate of due A, and its upper portion extending for any desired distance above the upper surface of the drying-chamber.

B refers to the fluc above alluded to, it extending through a portion only of the drying-chamber and havinga closed front end, but an open rear end, in

order thatthe passage of the heated gases through the fine A may induce a current through such line.

B B refer to the tubes or flues which have their inner ends attached to and in communication with the fines B, from which they extend outward and down-- ward, as shown 'in Figs. V and VI, their lower and outer ends opening into the lower portion of the drying-chamber, in order that,. as the draught isindnced through the line B, the cooler portion of the air in said chamber. may be carried off through such tubes or pipes, and, if desired, the greater portion of the air may be exhausted from such chamber by a damper or valve which covers the outlet from such chamber to the cdnction-pipc for the steam which may at any time be generated therein.

Grefers to a steam cdnction pipe, one end of which communicates with the drying-chamber, while its other end terminates in a vertical flue, O, which is formedwithin the up-takezA". This pipe or passage is designcd as a passage for the escape of any steam or vapor which may be generated within the drying-chamber, its inner end being. controlled by a damper or valve,

so that, at any time when it becomes desirable, iis' mouth may be closed or partially closed, and the air drawn from such chambcr'thronnh the pipes B B, asabove described.

I) refers to a horizontal flue, which may be of the through them orthe entrance-of cold air. 3

regulated at pleasure. l G'G refer to rods or clasps, which hold; the plates composing the drying-chamber together, they being segmental formshown iuFig. VI, or of any other suitable form, it being located directly above the flues A and B. The lower sheet or plate of this flue is provided with a series ofperforations, in order that the heated air may pass freely into the space between it and the plate or sheet which forms the top of said flue, so that it may be deflected by such sheet and made to pass below its loweredges, and thus be-distributed throughout the entire chamber. r The two sheets constituting this fiueare designated. bythe letters U1), and their front ends maybe joined together bya perforated plate, D", as shown in Fig.

VI, in order that: any heated air from the sad-iron heating e chamber may enter the 'dryingchamber through them; e

7 EE refer to doors, which are hingedto the plates or sh'eets'which form the drying-chamber, and are so constructed that theycan be openedto give access to said chamber, and closed so as to form nearly air-tight. joints, and thus prevent the escape-0t heated air 1 i These doors may be constructed with glass panels, so as to enable persons to look into the chamber without opening them, or they may be of metal entirely,as preferred. It' will howevorbe found most convenientto construct them withglass panels. 1

E E refer to doors, which are so located as to open into the sad-ironheating-chamber and into the rear 1 end. of the drying -chamber. 7 Below these doors and upon the sides of the chamber dampersfare located which cover a series of apertures forthe admis-' sion of air-toyth e chamber-above, the-slides being, so arranged that the quantity of air soadmitted may be of such a length as to have hooks formed upon their cnds to enter staples or holes in eyes formed upon the v interior surface of the side plates of thedevice, which plates are furnished with grooves or channels for the: reception of the top, bottom, and end/plates, asshown in Fig. 1H." Owing to the fact that the plates of this device are constructed-in the manner shown, theside plates being' fnrnished lwith recesses to hold all. the other plates of which the device iscomposed, with the'exception' of the up-talie and the steam-e'dnetion pipe, it follows that, by removing thesehooks or-rods G G, all of the, parts may be separated and carried to any position where it may be desirable to erect them and quickly put together.,, 1 have, however, contem plated the'use of bolts running through the side-plates -'or flanges formed thereon forholding the parts in poapartments, while its front end is capable of being used as a stove for boiling any kettle or the contents thereof that will fit it. v

3 In constructing this'device itlis proposed to use 'cast plates of metal or .sheetsof wrought metal, or'

both combined, when found desirable,

Having thus described my inventio'in v What Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by lletters Patent, 'is-. v -1. .A'portablelaundry, the side plates or sheetsof which are constructed with grooves. or channels, and

which are so arranged with reference to the other plates or sheets of the device as to hold said sheets in position by a series of rods or bolts, substantially in" ,the manner set forth, for the purpose of enabling the parts toabe separated and united, as herein described.

2. The combination andarrangelnent of the dryingchamber, the steam=eduction pipe 0, and the fliues B and-B7B, substantially as and .for the purpose set forth. I l l 3. The combination and arrangement of the horizontal flues A and B, substantially. as and fol-the purpose set forth-- V 4. The combination of th'e'flues A, B. and D, and

,the sad-iron heating-chamber substantially as and for the purpose set fortln' 1 5. ,In a drying apparatus,constructed substantially as described, the combination of the valve or damper in the mouth of the; pipe 0, and the pipes or fluesB B1B, substantially asj'and for the purpose specified; 6. The arrangement of, the slides which admit the air to the'drying-chamberiu regulated quantities, such slides being in the sidewalls-0t the chamber, as shown. J

In testimony whereof I have signed m'ynamc to this specification-in the presence of twosubscribing with'e'ssesp' I v JACOB'MORRISON.

Witnesses: I

D.- P. HOLLOWAY,

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