US477368A - Susan lochman xitjber - Google Patents

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A S.L.HUBBR. HEATER ATTAHMENT .POR vHJLMIIIA'II-ISTI-fr APPARATUS.

No. 477,368. PatentedJune 21, 13.92.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEE-ICE.

SUSAN LOOHMAN HUBER, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA,

HEATER ATTACHMENT FoR TLLUMINATING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 477,368, dated June 21, 1892.

Application filed February 19, 1892.A Serial No. l22,117. `(llo'model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, SUSAN LocHMAN HUBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at York, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Heater Attachments for Illuminating Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact de- Scription.

This invention relates to that class of heaters which are adapted to be attached to illuminating apparatus, such as gas-burners or lamps for use in heating articles of food and for other purposes, and it is specially designed for use in apartments of sick persons or invalids. u

The invention consists of a drum or Vheating-chamber supported upon a tripod or other device having a sleeve or collar by which it is attached to the illuminating apparatus and a hood or shade fitted to telescope on said drum, all substantially as I will proceed now more particularly to set forth and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, in the two gures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure lis anV elevation showing my heater appliedto a gasburner, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the heater on a larger scale.

The heater proper is composed of a drum a, preferably of sheet metal, having the side wall Z2 of suitable height, the bottom c, which, as herein shown, is composed of a sheet of metal provided with perforations d, through which the heat from the flame passes, and a closed or solid top e by which the heat is con- :fined within the drum about the article to be heated. The parts of the drum are unitedin any usual manner, the bottom c projecting slightly beyond the side wall b to form a flange c', for a purpose presently set forth. It is obvious that I may use a wire-netting bottom instead of the perforated sheet-metal bottom. The drum a is provided in its side wall b with a rectangular or other shaped opening f for the insertion and removal of the article to be heated. This druln is provided with a tripod comprising arms g of wire or other suitable material, which at their upper ends are bent inwardly to form shoulders h, upon which the drum d rests, the upper bent portions of said arms being passed through holes t' j in the outer and loweredges, respectively, of the bottom lc and side wall b of the drum, and said ends are then bent outward and downward upon the fiange c of the drum to form a firm union between the arms and drum. Obviously the arms g may be. otherwise secured to the drum. The arms g extend downwardly and inwardly from the drum at a suitable inclination, and at their lower ends are bent, as at k, to form Vertical or nearly-Vertical fingers Z, and these fingers Z are soldered, brazed, or, otherwise secured to a metal sleeve or collar m of suitable size or shape, by which the heater is attached to the illuminating apparatus.

In Fig. 1 ofthe drawings I have shown my heater applied to a gas-burner, the sleeve or collar m being made of a size and shape to it snugly the tip or burner-tube n of the burner and resting upon the iiange o thereof; but it is obvious that it may be adapted to be attached to other illuminating apparatus by simply varying the construction and arrangement of the parts of the supporting-tripodthat is to say, by using a collar or sleeve of larger or smaller dimensions and spreading apart or drawing together the arms g, as may be required, or other devices may be used for supporting the heater. A metallic or other shade or hood p, of slightly-larger diameter than the drum a, is fitted over said drum and is adapted to be slid up and down or telescope thereon, as shown in dotted and full lines, respectively, in Fig. 2, for the purpose of uncovering or exposing and covering or shading the flame when the heater is in use. The hood or shade p is provided at its upper end with an inturned flange q, which, when said hood is in its lowest position, rests upon those portions of the arms g which are bent upon the flange c of the drum, (see at the left of Fig. 2;) but it is obvious that if said portions of the arms g did not extend outside'of the drum and upon theiiange c the flange q of the hood or shade would come againstfand rest upon the said flange c. The hood when in its lowered position also serves to direct the heat from the flame to the drum.

The operation of my heater is as follows: The heater having been secured to the burner or other illuminating apparatus, a cup or other vessel r containing the article to be IOO heated is placed in the drum through the opening f and upon the perforated bottom thereof. The burner is lighted and the ilame so regulated as to cause its heat to pass through the perforated bottom of the drum and heat the contents of the cup The contents of the cup having been heated and it being desired to keep said contents warm, the cup may be placed upon the top c of the drum and there kept warm any length of time without danger of burning.

In using my heater the hood p is raised or lowered according to the light it is desired t0 have in the room. For instance, if it be de-` sired to keep the light from the bed of a sick person or invalid while usingthe heater, the hood p is lowered, as shownin full lines; but

if it be desired to light the room the hood p is raised, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, the lower edge thereof resting upon the iiange c of the drum or upon the wires of the tripod, or the hood may engage the drum or some part of it frictionally, or it may be entirely removed from the heater. 'When the hood is in its lowered position, there will be sufficient i light thrown into the room and about the heater for the operator or attendant to see what is going on.

1. A heater attachment for illuminating apparatus, comprising a drum having a perfoor vessel.`

rated or foraminous bottom, a closed top, and an opening in its side wall, a tripod for supporting said drum in place above the iiame, and a hood fitted telescopically to said drum to conceal the iame more or less, substantially as described.

2. In a heater attachment for illuminating apparatus, the combination, with a drum or heating-chamber and vmeans for supporting the same above a flame, of a hood or shade fitted telescopically to said drum or heatingchamber to conceal the iiame more or less, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A heater attachment for illuminating apparatus, comprising a drum having a chamber to receive a vessel to be heated, a support for such` drum, whereby it may be placed upon a heating medium, a hood movable'with relation to the drum and heating medium, and interlocking flanges on the bottom and -top'of the drum and hood, respectively, for

supporting the hood in its lowermost position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 18th day of February, A. D. i892. v

SUSAN LOCHMAN HUBER.

Witnesses:

ANNA L. HUBER, J. JEssoP.

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