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T. P. DUNNE. ARTIFIGIAL STONE LAUNDRY TUB. No. 457.111. Patented Aug. 4, 1891.

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ARTIFICIAL-STONE LAUNDRY-TUB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patet No. 45'7,111, dated August 4, 1891.

Application filed March 1391- To all whom 't may concerm Be it known that I, THOMAS P. DUNNE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city ot New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Artificial-Stone Laundry-Tubs, of which the following` is a specification.

This invention relates to inprovements in laundry-tubs; and 'the object of my invention is to provide a laundry-tub which is simple in Construction, strong, and durable, and requires very short plumbing connections.

The invention consists of a laundry-tub having an overflow-channel in its transverse central partition, with'openings at the npper end of said channel in each face of said partition, the lower end ot' the overfiow-channel being connected with an outlet-channel formed in the bottom of the tub and having suitable openings connecting it with the sections of the tub.

The invention also consists in the construction and combination of parts and details, which will be fully described and set forth hereinafter, and pointed ont in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a plan View of my improved laundrytub. Fig. II is a Vertical longitudinal sectional View of the same on the line 2 2, Fig. I; and Fig. III is a transverse sectional View of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. II.

Similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts.

Thelaundry-tub has the conventional shape and is provided with a central partition B, dividing it into the two compartments C and C'. In said central pa'tition B an overflowchannel D is formed, which extends from the bottom of said partition to near the top of the same and is provided at its npper end with the two branchesE and E', formingopenings in the two faces of the partition B near the npper end of the same. Suitable bushv ings F, provided with strainers, are embedded and held in the sides ot' the partition at said openings E and E'.

In the bottom of the tub the longitudinal wa ste-channel G is formed, and ,extends from a point a short distance from one side of the Serial No. 385,()27. (No model.)

partition B to the end of the tub, and is connected with the two compartments C C' by the short upwardly-projecting brancl tubes H H', at the end of each of which a bushing I is embedded in the bottom of the tub, said bushings being provided with the ordinary strainers and adapted to receive the nsual plugs. The channel G is preferably made ellipsoidal in cross-section, and below said channel the bottom is provided with a slight bulge G', as shown in Fig. 3, as thereby the necessity of increasing the thickness of the bottom of the tub unduly is avoided. In the end of the channel G abushingJ is embedded in such a manner as to project from the end of the tub, which bushing serves for connecting the waste-pipe with the tub.

The tub is made of artificial stone cast into suitable molds, the cores for the channels D and Gbeing nade of material that can be easily removed by heat or other means, and which cores are suitably arranged in the Inold.

By constructing the tub in the manner that I have set forth the usual waste-pipe connections on the bottoms of the tubs can be dispensed with, and the cost of the entire tub is thus reduced, as the amount of plnmbing, labor, and material is reduced materially. Furthermore, there is no danger of breaking the waste-pipes, as the waste-channel is entirely within the bottom of the tub.

It is evident that the tub can be constructed with more than two compartments and more than one partition provided in the overflows, as set forth.

Having thus described ny invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- An artificial-stone laundry-tub constructed with a transverse partition dividing the tub into two compartments and with an outletchannel formed within the bottom of the tnb and extending from one end of the tub to a short distance beyond the transverse partition, an overflow-channel formed in the partition and extending from the top of the same to the outlet-channel fol-med in the bottom of the tub, the npper end of said overflow-chan nel comnunicating with both compartnents, and outlet-openings for each compartment,

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eonmunieating with the outlet-ehannel, bushn y nvention I have signed my name' in preslngs being placed in the overfiow-openings enee of two subseribng witnesses. and n the 0ut1et-0penngs, and a metal coupling embedded in the end of the tub at the THOS. P. DUNNE. end of said outlet-channel, substantially as W it-esses: set forth. OSCAR F. GUNZ,

In testimony that I claim the fo'egoing as A. M. BAKER.

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