An Attachment for Converting an Ordinary Kettle into a Bronchitis Kettle.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 22nd May, 1895-Accepted, 20th July, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Attachment for Converting an Ordinary Kettle into a Bronchitis
Kettle.
JOHN HINDLE LEACH Ironmonger 34 Market Street Darwen Lancashire do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In bronchitis or steaming kettles as at present constructed, the long spout with
the rose attached is so fastened to the body of the kettle that if it be detached
the kettle is made useless, and the present kettle cannot be used for any other
purpose than that of steaming, or if the spout should by accident be broken off
the kettle-it is thereby made useless.
The object of the present invention is to produce a spout only for the purpose of
steaming which may be attached to any kettle, and thus avoid the expense of
buying a kettle which can only be used for that purpose.
In carrying out my invention I produce a spout only for steaming similar in
outward appearance to the spout now a permanent fixture on all steaming kettles,-
that is a long tapered tube in tin, brass, copper, or similar metals, but at one end
I make it so as to form a joint, by making a tapered flange, and inserting in the flange
a piece of rubber that will stretch, and grip a kettle spout.
The rubber is shaped in such a manner as will enable it to stretch easily that it
may fit spouts of different thicknesses. At the other end of the spout I may fit a
rose or anything practicable to spread the steam. Instead of making the joint of
tin and using a rubber washer I may form it of brass, copper, or iron, in the cast
or wrot metals, and instead of using a rubber packing I may employ a packing of
the above metals (brass, copper, or iron, or I may use a steel spring for the packing.
The essential feature of my invention is to make a spout for steaming a sick
room with a joint by which it may be attached to any ordinary kettle.
Dated this 5th day of September 1894.
An Attachment for Converting an Ordinary Kettle into a Bronchitis
Kettle.
I, JOHN HINDLE LEACH Ironmonger 34 Market Street Darwen do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
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Steaming kettles as at present constructed are made for that purpose alone there
are, however the following objections to this
(1) The expense of buying a kettle which can only be used for this one
purpose
(2) The principle of the steaming kettle now in use being so constructed as to
make it difficult to empty out the water after use thus causing the kettle to rust
and become useless through the action of the water left therein.
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page_text: Now the object of the present invention is to effect a method of steaming by
means of a spout which may be attached to any kéttle or saucepan.
In carrying out my invention' I apply a spout of metal or any other substance
which may be attached to any kettle or saucepan by means of a joint formed of
rubber or a metal spring or screw.
In the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 represents the form of spout which I prefer to use.
Fig. 2 illustrates the spout as used with a kettle.
Fig. 3
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saucepan.
The apparatus consists of a tapered tube B 1 of metal or any substance that will
answer the purpose at the end of which is a rose or spreader B2 for the purpose of
diffusing the steam in a sick room at the other end B 3 I form the metal in such a
manner as to admit of a rubber socket or I' may insert a metal spring screw or clip
made so that it can be securely attached to the spout of any kettle of whatever
thickness and easily unattached from the same.
To introduce the steamer on the spout of a kettle it will only be necessary to
slip it over the spout, then press it forward as far as it will go.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim' is
(1) The application on the spout of a kettle or the lid of a saucepan of
steaming apparatus substantially as herein shewn and described for the purpose set
forth.
(2) An apparatus to apply to kettles or saucepans consisting of a metal tube and
rose and a suitable mechanical device by which the apparatus may be slipped over
the kettle spout so as to form a joint substantially.
D1 90th day of May 1805
J. H. LEACH.
Applicant.