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DEVICE FOR 'DE'STRIOYING INSECTS.

Patented Mar. 4-, 1884,

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UNIT D STATES PATENT Orrrcn CHARLES J. G'USTAVESON, OF SALT LAKE-CITY, UTAH TERRITORY.

DEVICE FOR DESTROYING I NSECTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,616, dated March 4, 18 84.

v Application filed May 28, 1583. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern: I

' Be it known that I, CHARLES J. GUST-AVE- so'N, of Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake, Utah Territory, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices for Destroying Insects, 810.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which 1 Figure I is a side View partly in section, and Fig. 2 is a detailshowing the attachment of a sprinkler to the receptacle B.

My invention relates to a novel construction of device for destroying insects by fumigation, and which is also applicable for use as a disinfecting apparatus, or for administering medicine or'vapor baths, and which may also be used for sprinkling clothes, flowers, &c.

It relates to that class of apparatus in which a spirit-lamp is located beneath a vessel for generating steam, which vessel is provided with aflexible pipe for directing the jet to any desired point.

My invention consists in the peculiar'construetion of the apparatus, as will be hereinafter fully described.

In the drawings, A represents the spirit lamp, and B is the vessel which contains the water or other liquid to'be evaporated. For sustaining the vessel B above the lamp and at any distance above its flame, the said lamp is provided with a single upwardly-proj ecting standard, 0, which is in. the nature of a spring, which, when free to assume its normal position, is curved. Upon the side of the vessel B are two loops or keepers, a (none above the other, and of a width to receive the standard O. NVhen the standard 0 is entered through these loops it becomes straightened to a vertical line, as in Fig. 1, inwhich position it supports the vessel B above the lamp in a manner that permits it to be slid up and down on the standard and maintained at any adjustthe spirit-lamp it is my intention to make the said vessel, when not in use, to slide down and rest with its bottom directly upon the wick-- tube of the spirit-lamp, as shown in dotted lines, which is thus sealed against the evapora- 5 5 tion and loss of alcohol. 7 f

In constructing the vessel B its bottom is made concave on the outside, and curves upwardly and inwardly at the center. The obj ect, of this is to give alarger and better heating-surface for the vessel, and this form also strengthens and braces this end of the vessel and prevents it also from becoming pierced with holes 'and rendered leaky bybeing set upon any sharp object.

At the upper end of the vessel B is a screwneck, I), which, when the device is being used, is covered steam-tight by a cap, E.

For directing the steam or vaporized liquids to any desired point, a nipple or short tube, 7c

b, is placed at the upper end of the vessel B,

and over it is fastened a gum tube, F, having at its end a tapered nozzle, 0, for directing the jet into small crevices and inaccessible places.

To hold this tube in any position in which it 7 5 may be placed, I arrange inside of it a supporting-wire, d, which is provided with a sleeve, 6, at its end that fits in the nipple Z) of the vessel and swivels or turns freely therein,

but fits with sufficient frictional contact to maintain the supporting-wire in any position in which it may be placed. This avoids the necessity of holding onto the tube' with the fingers, which tube becomes highly heated by the steam.

In making use of my invention I may employ it in the form shown as an insectdestroyer, in'which case such volatilizable materials are placed in vessel B as generate fumes poisonous to insects, or it may be employed for dis- 0 infecting or fumigating a sick-room, in which case asmall quantity of carbolic acid, perfume, or medicinal substance may be evaporated with the water, or water alone may be evapo-. rated, to correct dryness of the atmosphere. 9 5 Furthermore, it may be used as aportable vapor bath by placing a blanket around the patient and putting the apparatus to work beneath the chair upon which the patient sits; or as a further use I may employ the vessel B as a sprinkling device by putting a perforated rose, G, in the place of the screw-cap at the top and stopping up the nipple b.

H is a curved handle for transporting the.

device. This handle has its ends bent and] adapted to fit under the keepers a a, and press against the spring-standard C, so that it not only acts as a handle, but also as an aid in holding the vessel B on the standard by pressing the latter into firmer frictional contact with the former.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is l. The combination of the lamp A, having the single bent s n'ing-standard C, with the vessel B, having loops or keepers a a for sustaining and adjusting the vessel above the lamp, as described.

2. The combination, with the lamp A, having standard 0, of the vessel B, made adjustable thereon, and adapted to slide down and CHARLES J. GUSTAVESON.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN LEWIs GRUNDHAND, A NDRO' O. INGELSTROM, .ToHN BIANNING.

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