US908509A - Utensil-cleaner. - Google Patents

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UTENSL CLEANER.

APPLXGATION FILED SEPT,2,190G.

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To allwwm ti may @ennemi Be it known that I, Ann SrLvnncLAnn, a citizen of the United St'ates, residing at Cincinnati, in the county State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful- Im rovements in Utensil-Clean ers, ofwhich t e following is a specification. My invention relates to washing apparatus and has for its object the provision of a continuously operating device for cleaning forks or similar utensils that must be used without removal from the serving table in public eatin places, and Where it is customa for t e patrons to serve themselves with t e use of such utensils. y

My invention 'consists in a vessel provided at its bottom with an outlet and at its top with an opening for the insertion of utensils, and an inlet pipe encompassing the opening whereby waterv may' be forcibly applied to the utensils during'their insertion into the-vessel.

My invention also consists in `tlie parts and in the details of construction and arrangement of parts as will hereinafter .be more fully described and claimed.A

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a plan view Aof a device embodying my invention. Fig.

- 2 is avertical section on a line corresponding to Vthe line .az-a: of Fig. 1, illustrating the` manner of use of my invention. Fig. 3 is a plartial vertical section illustrating a modi! cation. l

Constructed as illustrated,l my invention comprises 'a lvessel 1 of inverted rustoconical formation, open at its top 2` and closed at its bottom 3 excepting for an outlet 4 which comprises a -waste pipe 5 screwed into an opening in the. bottom 3 provided at its free-end with threads r6 to which may be attached any suitable well known waste ipe construction. Interiorly of thev vessel,

immediately below the edge of the top 2 and following it closely, -is the inlet pipe 7, which, consequently to its'conforming to the upper part of the vessel v1, is of annular formation with its ends 8 and 9 approaching each other. These ends 8 and 9 of the inlet pipe 7 are `secured into the two oi positely extending branchesof a tee shape connection 10 which has its" third branch bent downwardly, in a direction approaching that of the adjacent side of the vessel 1, lto receive the up'er end of a supply pipe 11, which exten s down along the side of the vessel 1 and, closelyl approaching the direcof Hamilton and lbent so that it. extends substantie 47 in such non therese, s secured thereto by meansof a clip 12 taking over the supplypi'pe 1l yand attached to the vessel 1 at one side of the pipe 11` by means of short screws. 13. linmediately below the clip 12, the piple' 11 is y vertically, and at its end it may be provided with a suitable regulating cock 14, past which it is connected to a pipe 15 which may lead from a suitable source supplying water under pressure. The side of t e vesselv 1 lis provided with a recess 16, in its top edge, to allow the tee shaped connection 10'to lie entirely below the upper edge `of the .Vessel and form a support for the inlet pipe osition.

lt is at 51e open top of the vessel that the forks or other utensils lare inserted. This in# let pipe 7, encompassing 4tineopenin for the insertion of the utensils, is 'prevde with a series of perforations 17'so psitioned inthe' pipe that they o en in a direction somewhat inclined below t e horizontal.. Then, whenl water undeif rassure is introdced into the inlet pipe 7 t ough tlie supply pipe 1'1 and tee shaped connection 10, a )et of water be projected from each of the perforations 17 in the inletpipe 7 radially-inward and in adownwardly inclined direction, aiiiording a:

'striking the utensil, will 'aici'ently 'wash therefrom any articles which adhere thereto as a result of t ie'use of the utensil, thls operation being rovided without es ecial attention from t e person inserting t e utensil into the vessel.

At some distance above 4the bottom 3 of; the vessel 1, lu s 18 -ae provided on the m-' terior wall of t e vessel, preferably formed integral therewith and having their upper surfaces substantially horiz'ontal and in the same plane, these lugs forming supports for a diaphragm 19 which, preferably, 1s of considerable thickness and aords a rest for the' lower ends of the forks or other utensils when they are placed in the vessel.

phragm 19 is provided with a-ninber of pel"-y i'orations 20 and is of suchshapeas to coni form closely to the interior of the wall of the vessel 1 inthe vicinity of the lugs' 18. .The diaphragm thus forms' a su pot for the utne This dias-f sil placed in the vessel, an at the same j supplied and the particles constitutes a strainer to prevent any particles from passing into the outlet 4,Whic'li mivht be of such size as to clog the outlet.

lit is now the practice to use, for the purpose of receiving forks on lunch coiinters and the hardening oi the substance on the uien sils and not serving,I to eliiciently remove the substance, owing to the fact that the water is stationary. ilnrtherniore, snc-h ol' the sul)H stance es is .removed l'rorn the utensils is not carried away from the vessel but remains therein to sour, resulting in a more undesirable condition than ii the vessel were not used, this condition prevailing until the utensils cleaned by a s iccic operation, and requiring, in addition, the cleaning of the glass tumbler or other vessel which h been used to contain the utensils.

`In the use el' my improved cleaning den vice, a constantly :moving volume ol Water is 'removed from the utensil are as constantly removed from the vessel, maintaining heththe, utensils. and the vessel 1n a sanitary condition. l

For Aallowingthe ready passage the Water carrying away the particles iron-l the vessel, I prefer to have the Upper snril'ace of the bottom 3 ci' the vessAl l slopil'ictoward the outlet astrai rowing, the slope of the n,A pv :i :l is not continuous 'sith the slope oi the interior of the wall-1' l Hessel l., it being desirable to have diameter' exteriorly to eliiord substantial base for the vessel where rests on the upper surface of the table or counter 2l, which is provided with openings 22 and 23 for the passage of the Waste pipe 5 1l, `respecto/ely, which .made to extend parallel to eachother, below the vessel ioi this purpose. I However, it will he understood that the specific design of the vessel l may be varied so that the slope oi' the hottom 3 vmight closely approai'rh ,the inclination of the sides of the vessel, or might loe .continuous thcrcvfitli. Such a modified con struction is illustrated in llig. l, ol the draw ing.H

`Asxvvill be noted troni the above descrip-- tion, in connection with the nia-nner of mounting the supply pipe ll, by nicz'tns ol the clip l2 and the manner of incur-ting the da ,D l?? on the 32s', si '.h parts are readily removable for cleaning and polishing` the vessel. In order toavoid corrosion duc to the acids prese1 in the substances oiearuid lfroln the utensil l prefer 'to construct the entire deviceofl solid elnnlinoni. fllhe device may he constructed of any suitable metal and the-'hottoin 3 of sufiicient and supply pipe.

plated, although it may he stated that the interior surface of the vessel, which is struck repeatedly by the 'utensils when placed in the vessel, is liable to have the plating removed in places allowing the corrosion to begin in such places. The vessel may be more cheaply constructed of eartlicnware or other glazed material.

The supply ipe 1l may be connected with a suitable coc... for su plying either hot or cold water to the vesse while the vaste pipe 5 may either he connected permanent-ly to a. closed waste connection or it mayA sim ,ly lead into a sink such as is usually provided) in such places as it vvill be desired to use my in* vention. In any case, it will be understood that the installation of the device will usually he found convenient owing to the fact that sonic kind of Water supply connection and waste connection is usually present in such places. It v'vill 1oe noted that my improved utensil cleaner, adapted as itis for the cleaning of all kinds of utensils used in?,f serving food and drink, 'without especial attention on the part of the introns or servants, will be found particularly ,convenient for use, not only on' lunch counters, but at' bars and soda tonntains, for cleaning the utensils used in serving drinks at such places, thus constituting a more sanitary device than has heretofore been used lor such purposes.

lileving fully described niy invention, What l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: V

in a utensil cleaner, a vessel of inverted fuiste-conical torniatlon open at its tcp and provided With an outlet at is bottom com pricing a 'vertically extending Waste pipe, an inlet pipe immediately oelozv the edge of the top of the vessel, oi annular formation -with its ends approaching each other, whereby it follows the edge oli' the topf of the vessel closely, said inlet pipe being provided lwith `a series of perfoiations' so positioned therein. that when water flows therethrough from the inlet pipelit may he torcilily applied to utensil-s :inserted .into the vessel through the open top thereo, a tee shaped connection into two branches of 'which the ends ci' the inlet pipe are secured, the edge of the top of the vessel being'provided with a recess to receive the tee shaped connection, a supply pipe having one end secured into the other branch of the tee shaped connection, extending down along the side ofthe vessel and closely approaching the direction thereof, and a clip securing the' supply pipe to the vessel near the bottom thereof, the supply pipe extending,1 in a vertical direction immediately loeloW the clip, substantially as set forth. y

- ABE SIL'VERGLADE.

fllitnesses ienne N. Rfinsnv, CLARENCE lniznnw.

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