A New or Improved Wash-house Boiler Draining Board.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 16th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 7th Mar., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Wash-house Boiler Draining Board.
I, EMILY KATE GRAFTON, of 11 Edge Lane, Stretford, in the County of
Lancaster, Married Woman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an appliance for facilitating the removal of clothes
from a wash-house boiler to a tub or to a wringing machine, or other place. The
object of this invention is to prevent the boiling water that drains from the clothes
when being lifted from the boiler, running down on to the attendant as is the
case when the clothes are deposited on a boiler lid in the manner ordinarily
employed.
For the purpose hereinbefore described I construct a draining board such as is
represented on the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a plan view and
Fig. 2 a sectional view of my appliance. a is the board on to which the clothes
are lifted, and which is placed on the brickwork of the boiler; said board which
rests on the bearers bis inclined from the back c towards the part d that is placed
over the edge of the boiler. The sides e are contracted towards the front edge d in
order that the water draining from the clothes may be directed back into the
boiler, or the clothes to fall into a tub when the board is placed thereon. The
clothes may be lifted from the boiler by wooden tongs or other preferred means.
The board is removed by the attendant placing the hands in the hand holes or
openings g, the raised sides preventing any boiling water running off during
removal.
Dated this 15th day of April 1895.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53 Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Wash-house Boiler Draining Board.
I, EMILY KATE GRAFTON of 11 Edge Lane, Stretford, in the County of
Lancaster Married Woman 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:-
This invention relates to an appliance for facilitating the removal of clothes
from a wash-house boiler to a tub or to a wringing machine or other place.
The object of this invention is to prevent the boiling water that drains from the
clothes when being lifted from the boiler, running down on the attendant as is the
case when the clothes are deposited on a boiler lid in the manner ordinarily
employed.
I effect this object by the means hereinafter described and as shown in the
drawings that accompanied the Provisional Specification, and to which I hereinafter
refer:
Fig. 1 is a plan view and Fig. 2 is a sectional view of my appliance.

page_text: In this invention for the purpose herein before named, I construct a draining
board as a on to which the clothes are lifted, and which is placed on the brickwork
of the boiler: said board which rests on the bearers b is inclined from the back c
towards the part d that is placed over the edge of the boiler: the sides e are
contracted towards the front edge d in order that the water draining from the
clothes may be directed back into the boiler or the clothes to fall into a tub when
the board is placed thereon.
The clothes may be lifted from the boiler by wooden tongs or other preferred
means the board is removed by the attendant placing the hands in the hand
holes or openings g, the raised sides preventing any boiling water running off
during removal."
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1st. A wash house boiler draining board that is constructed so as to be inclined
from the back towards the front and with raised sides and back, the sides being
preferably contracted towards the front of said draining board substantially as and
for the purpose herein before described.
2nd. A wash house boiler draining board that is constructed substantially as
herein before described.
Dated this 15th day of January 1896.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53 Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.