USRE215E - Improvement in washing apparatus - Google Patents

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UNITD STAT-Es PATENT fOrFIcE.-

JAMnsrpKINe, ornALTIMonn, MARYLAND. IMPROVEMENT |N WASHING APPARATUS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 8,446, (lated October 2l, 1851.; Reissue No. 215, dated Y April 13, 1852. v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES T. Kme, of Baltimore city and county, and State of Maryland, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Washing Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following lo be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference heilig had to the accompanying drawings, making a part thereof, in which- Figure l represents a perspective view of the front end and side next the flue. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view from the rear of the machine, showing the opposite side of the machine from the tlue, the top' boiler lin this figure being removed. Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal vertical section through the machine, with'the position of the top boiler in dotted lines. the furnace. Fig. 5 represents ac ap to be placed over the revolving boiler, which may he substituted for the top boiler to complete the iiue. Fig. 6v represents a front view of the pipe inside of the revolving boiler. 7 represents a frame, which may-be covered with felt or any other suitable substance, to

be placedin the door frame for the purpose of making it steamtight, Fig. Srepresents a pipe and coupling-joint for feeding the boiler when the cap is used instead of the top boiler.

Fig. 9 represents the -front endk of a furnace constructed of brick, over which the boiler.

may be arranged.

Similar letters in the several iigures repre-y sent the same parts.

The nature of my invention consists in arranging a yrotary boiler immediately over the fire, and so connecting with it a top boiler or .cappiece as to cause said rotary boiler to form one half of the ilue around it, the other half being formed by said top boiler or cap, and in arranging on the inside of said revolving boiler a shielded pipe for conveying 0E the excess of steam, and which shall always remain vertical, Whether said boiler is rotating or not; also, in conveying the excess of steam into a reservoir or boiler over the rotary yboiler and heating the supply of water therein by the heat which would otherwise be wasted, when said reservoir or boiler forms the upper half of the lue.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to de- Fig. 4 represents the hearth of Fig.'

scribe the same'with reference to the draw- 1ngs.

p a, is a revolving boiler, the circumference of its heads projecting sufficient to cover the space between itland the edge of the top boiler or cap. l

b is a plate with projections for theaxis of the boiler and packing-chamber.

c is a packingbox -by which thespace be.- Y

tween the pipe d and the axis of the boiler is made tight. g I

d is a pipe extending through the axisvot` the boiler a, and upon the inside heldr station-y ary by a brace from the frame t', through which pipe theboiler is filled with water and the steam allowed to escape either while the boiler is revolving or stationary. A'

c isa projection on theinside of the revolving boiler by which the position of the clothes are changed every revolution of the boiler. These projections may be made -in any manner best 'suited to the purpose.

f is a pipe with a eouplingjoint to vconnect it with pipe d. 'This pipe may extendl over and into boiler h', through lthe coupling-joint g, which allows the end of said pipe 'to turn into either side'jofboilerh; or, if the cap 5 fs used instead of boiler h, the tube No.5 'may be used instead'of pipeI f. In either case, whether the top boiler, h, is used or the cap Fig. 5, they form the upper half of the `ilue, while the revolving boiler forms the lower half, and either may be used, according to the amount of work to be done. For light Work the top reservoir or boiler need not be used,

the cap then completing the lue; but where a a continuous supply of water is required there is economy in using the top reservoir, inasmuch as all the waste heat and steam may be used for heating the waste in the reservoir.

After supplying boiler a with water through it it may be turned downward to let the water out of pipe d, and the steam from the boiler.

h is a boiler placed over boiler a, resting upon frame i, the sides of said boiler project-4 2 Y f y215 i is the-frame which supports the boilers, resting uponand held fast to the side plates of the furnace by screws, there being a small projection on the inside of the side plates simiylar to those on the frame.

k is a faucetconnected with pipe f, by which the'water may be let out of the pipes after supplying boiler a, and by which the water may be drained from boiler h.v l

l is a partition in boiler h.

vm is the space betweenboilers a and h, constituting the lue by which both boilers are heated by the same fire.

n is a pipe to conduct smoke from the flue m.

o. isv the slnokepi-p'e witha damper in it, by which the lire is conducted awayfrom the boilers. The dotted linesfover said pipe represent the large vdamper'by which the fire is en tirclyT shut oil' from the boilers. This damper rests on a iiang'e on the inside of each end plate of the furnace',y said damper being connectedv with the rod q, running'through the front side of the furnace, by which said damper is moved.

r is a damper which shuts off the direct draft to pipe n, and causes the draft to surround boiler a; Y Y f s is' a door held fast byY screws or springs made tight by. frame 7. Bythis door articles are putin-and taken out of' the boiler.

t is ahal-f-round vplate withy projections for theaxis and handle. l

uv is'thev handle andcrank by which boiler a is revolved. i y

v-is the faucet" by which the'water is drained l from boiler a; or, whenturned upward, it-may be used for letting of surplus steam before loosening thedoor.

w is a ilange-'reveted on the furnace under boiler a, by which water is conducted into Vgutter w.

That the purposes' for which this apparatus` is intended and its good qualities may be more fully understood, I will explain the operations,

`stay in from three to twenty minutes, turning the boiler occasionally, the time depending upon the strength of the suds, the heat, the turning, and the nature ofthe clothes. If the vclothes are not very much soiled, two orthree lots may be washed in the same suds. As

soon as these suds are dirty, let them on", first l Y havin g shut tlie damper over the ltire, then let in'hot water frornfboiler h, resupply boiler h, and go onl asY before. By -this'opcration one person (with an apparatus the revolving boiler of which isvtwofeet long by two `feet diameter with itsappurtenances) will do as much washing as twelve persons can do by hand in the same t1ne,and with less expense for fuel, soap, Src.

. Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'-+ Y 1. Placing' the lrotary boiler for washing clothes immediately over the iire, and so combining with ita reservoir or top boiler as that saidrotary boiler shall form the lower half of the iue while the said reservoir or boiler shall form they upper halffof said Hue, andfrom which the revolving boiler may be supplied with water, and thus greatly'economize heat, lsubstantially in the manner herein described and represented. 2. In combination with the rotary boiler and shielded stationary pipe, the top reservoir or boiler for receiving the excess 'of 'steam from the boiler andheating the water therein', and this I claim whether saidrese'rvoir is divided by partitions or not, the whole being arranged in the manner and for the purpose `herein described.

JAMES T. KING Witnesses: l v

` IS.l SMITH,

WILLIAM GAME.y

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