US910720A - Drying apparatus. - Google Patents

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R. PETBRSBN. DRYING APPARATUS.

APPLIGATIQN FILED 11113.27, 1907.

Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

EAsMUs PETERSEN, or ASEURY'PARK, NEw JERSEY. I

DRYING APPARATUS.

l No. 910,720'.

To all wwm it may concern:

Be it known'that I, RAsMUs PETERsEN, a subject of the King of Denmark, residing at Whiteville, Asbury'lark, in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented'a' Drying Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

A boiler. of the ordinary vertical cylindricaly My invention relates to drying apparatus particularly for domestic use 1n kitc ens and similar relations where there is ahot water type. Such a boiler is particularly advantageous for drying purposes, since it is uniformly warmed throughout a very large area to a temperature which in no case is highenough to scorch or burn any fabrics. In other words, the surface of a boiler of this type radiates a large amount of'heat at a low actual temperature, which is a condition particularly advantageous to the purposes of drying.-

My invention consists 1n a device or attachment for a kitchen boiler ofthe above class.

. and which furnishes a rack for supporting towels, clothes and fabrics in proximity to the heated surface of the boiler, and at the same time in such a way that they are freely exposed to a circulation of air. I make use fof a band or girdle which'surrounds the I from t e boiler surface.

of the hooks and boilerand supports certain hooks which` thereb project radially-at s aced intervals view, my invention consists in the features Vof construction and combination as hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a kitchen boiler having a drying rack embod g the principles of my invention a plie thereto. Fig. 2 'is/a top plan view.

1g. 3 is a vertical sectional view showing one an extension rod; Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the extension rod g and Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the .line a/-b of Fig. 3.

Referrin to the drawings in which like parts are esignated by the same reference sign, 1 indicates a kitchen boiler of the ordinary or any usual form, generall having a vertically disposed cylindrical out ne. Upon this boiler I apply a band or girdle 4, prefery ably of flexible sheet metal, and having ears Specification of Letters Patent. "Application filed February 27, 1907. Serial No. 359,672.

I a so provide 'ex-v Patented .19.11.26, 190e.

or offset portions 4 adapted to be connected by a bolt 5. r i As illustrated in Fig. 2, the ears 4 are not vdesigned to .be brought actually together when in use, but are separated by a'certain space through which the bolt extends, and

, which provides the double function of an adjustment for boilers of slightly varying size, and also obtaining an absolutely tight locking or binding engagement when adjusted. In conjunction with the band orgirdle 4, there arelprovided a plurality of hooks 2 with flat rear faces 3, and o 'em'ngs 2', through which the .band or gird e 4 may be passed.

The hooks 2 are preferably made of integral cast iron with a portion 2 which is curved slightly upward and having a round transverse section and an extremity 2D which is enlarged into a round or spherical knob. The hook alsoI has a lower member 2c which also constitutes 'a hook andv terminates in a round or spherical knob 2d. As many of these hooks are assembled upon the band as desired, and thereafter are tightly fixed in any desired radial positions on the boiler by tightening the bolt 5. In 'this action, the band 4 is caused to stretch tightly between the individual hooks in the manner shown in Fig. 5, tightly clamping them in their redetermined positions. These hooks ta e up but very little room, and are not unsightly or towels and similar articles. properly dry ironed clothes or fabrics, I provideextension rods 6, which are formed to fit overI and be rigidly supported by the hooks 2. The extension rods G'may be of widely varying forms in practice. I have illustrated a construction having an opening 7, through which the end of the hook 2 may be received, in which relation there is a supporting engagement established on the upper and lower surfacesofthe hook adapted to rigidly hold the extension rod 6 in a radial position.

in* the way, aidare always Vavailable for In order to The rod 6 can always be disengaged by siniply lifting it slightly and withdrawing it outward from over an end of the hook 2. Itis evident that the rods 6 are adapted to project in radial directions from the convex surface of the boiler and in this relation they support the clothes and fabrics' to be dried most efliciently to obtain a circulation of air thereabout. When their use is no longer required, the extension rods 6 may be removed,

or they may be displaced inward on the hooks so as to depend or hang downward idly alongside the boiler surface. As many hooks may be provided as desired, and it is evident that several rows ofy hooks may be rouped about 'the same boiler by havingl ierent bands or girdles at dilerent vertically spaced points thereon.

1. A drying apparatus comprisinga band vor girdle adapted to surround a kitchen boiler, means for adjusting said band orl girdle to boilers of varying sizes, hooks having holes through which saidband or girdle is passed and having upwardly curved portions terminating Pin an enlarged rounded or spherical knob, and extension rods having a hole through which said hook is received and having a rounded or concaved portion adapted to\rest on the rounded knob of the hooks, whereby said rods are rigidly supported upon the hooks.

2. A drying apparatus comprising a band or girdle adapted to surround a kitchen boiler, hooks received on said band or girdle, f and extension rods having holes loose y itf tin over the ends of said hooks and adapted to e rigidly supported thereby in radially. projecting relation from the boiler'.

In testlmony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ninist/[Us PETERSEN-` Witnesses ELIsIUs NmLsEN, PETER PETERsEN.

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