US80397A - danforth - Google Patents

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D. DANFORT-H, 0F EDKHART, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND A ISAAC AYERS, OF SAME PLAGE.

Letters .Patent No. 80,3Q7, dated July `28, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASH-BOILERS.

To ALL WHOM 1T. MAY oononnm Beit known that I, D. A. DANFORTH, of Elkhart, in the county of Elkhart, and 4State of Indiana, have invented a. new and useful Improvement in Wash-Boilers and I do hereby declare that the following is a clear,

full, and exact description of the construction and operation of-the same, reference being had to the accom,v

panying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is adongitudinal section of the'boilers, as indicated by line :o n: in iig. 3.

` Figure 2 is the same section as iig. 1, showing the inner boiler made with flanges and without feet.

Figure 3 is a top or plan view, showing the inner boiler in the outside boiler.

Like letters in the different figures of the drawings indicate like parte.

It'has long been known that by `forcing a current of water continuously through clothes or fabrics, for a. suiicient length of time, the dirt contained in them will become dissolved and removed and .it is also known that by-asuitable arrangement of devices, the water may be-thus forced through clothes placed in an ordinary wash-boiler, and the clothes thus washed or cleansed by the simple process of boiling; and to accomplish this result in a simple and efficient manner, is the object of my invention.

In the drawings, A represents the ordinary wash or clothes-boiler with which families are universally provided. Within this, I iit another or inner boiler, B, which is made of such a size as to leave a small space all around between the two.

The inner boiler, B, I construct with a slotted bottom, as represented, and turn down the edges of the strips on each side of the slots, so as to preventthe cut edges of the tin, in case that be used, from coming in contact with and soiling the clothes by rust, as is usually the case where a. .bottom having simply holes` or perfor-ations, is used, and the'clothes permitted to rest on it. i

The inner boiler, I also provide with feet, D, upon which it rests, so as Vtoleave Va. :space underneath` it,`as shownin g. 1, or it may be provided with an outwardly-projecting rim, d, to rest' upon a corresponding projection, b, on the inside of the outer boiler, as shown in tig. 2, and thus the boiler B be suspended within the outer one, leaving a smalll space between them all around. When thus suspended, the inner boiler should have -a seriesot holes, e, around its upper edge, as shown in g. 2, but when itis supported upon the feet, and the rim d is omitted, then the h'oles e may alsobe omitted, care being taken to make the inner boiler somewhat lower than the other, as represented in figs. 1 and 2. In such cases I prefer to have the projectioif b secured to the inside oi' the outer boiler, A, just above the top ofV the inner boiler, as shown in g. 1, this projection consisting cfa wire or narrow strip of metal soldered on, or it may be formed by striking up a bead around the boiler A, as is customary by tinncrs. i

To the inside of the inner boiler B, I secure a flange, E, vnear the top,fas.represented, and also a handle, F, at each end, arrangedto turn down inside, to be out of the way of the cover, as shown in fig. 1.

' With the apparatus lthus constructed and arranged, the operation is as follows:

A sui'licient quantity of water and soap is placed in the boiler, and the clothes are then placeclin the inner boiler, B, and the cover put on. As soon as the water boils, it will ilow up the space between the two boilers, and run over the top or through the holes e, into the boiler B, and be deliected by the flange E inward towards the centre. and then pass down through the clothes therein, passing out through the slots in its bottom into the space underneath, where, becoming heated, it Vagain rushes up the surrounding space, and so ou continuously, as long as the boiling continues, the flange E serving at the same time to prevent the clothes from rising around the edges, and thus'preventing them from interfering with the inlowing currents at the top.

Bythis simple device and operation the clothes may be thoroughly cleansed, and the labor and wear of the usual rubbing process be entirely avoided. y

By making the inner boiler so that it can 'oc removed, `access is readily obtained to all parts for thoroughly cleaning them, and at the same time the outer boiler can bc used independently for all other purposes for which it is ordinarily required.

Having thus described my invention, what claim, is y y' it The inner boiler B, having its bottom slotted, and provided with iange E, arranged to fit within and operate in connection with the boiler A, substantially as and forthc purpose set forth. l u

` D. A. DANFORTH.

, Witnesses:

W. Bunnrs, Guss. H. Moons.

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