Improvements in Steam Kettles.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Apr., 1899-Accepted, 6th May, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Steam Kettles.
I, WILLIAM GEORGE ANSELL, of 39, Sussex Gardens, Hyde Park, London,
Gentleman, 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 improvement in or applicable to kettles, the
improvement being primarily designed to economise fuel by enabling the steam
generated within the kettle when placed over a fire, gas stove or the like heating
means to be led into a pail, bath or other container of water to heat the same
instead of escaping wastefully into the air, while also enabling the kettle to be
used as a bronchitis kettle, and while still allowing it to be used in an ordinary
manner for its ordinary purpose of utility.
The accompanying drawings illustrate a kettle adapted with the invention,
representing the same in elevation, and showing the same, in Figuro 1, as without
the improved attachment, and, in Fig. 2, as fitted with the improved attach-
ment, showing the same in full lines in one position for use as an auxiliary
heating device, and in dotted lines in another position for use as a bronchitis
kettle.
To the end aforesaid, the invention is characterized by the combination, in
an adjustable and removable manner, with a kettle, A, of an attachment, B, to
the kettle spout which can be both turned down to direct the steam generated
within the kettle to any lower placed pail, bath or other container, C, of water
desired to be heated such as for washing-up, bath or other purposes, and turned
up to direct the steam generated within the kettle into the air for use as a
bronchitis kettle, and, if, as preferred, it consists of several members, can be
both lengthened or shortened as may be required, and can also be removed to allow
of the kettle being used in an ordinary manner for its ordinary purpose of
utility.
In carrying out this invention, I apply the kettle spout, a, to the kettle body
at an upper part or the steam space of the kettle, so that only the steam generated-
within the kettle will pass over by the attachment, B, and, at its end, I form
the kettle spout with an external thread, a¹. The attachment, B, preferably
consists of a series of interchangeable connectable lengths, b1, b2, (of any required
number and respective lengths) of piping, preferably of metal and respectively
adapted to connect with each other and with an end sprayer, 63, adapted more
especially for dispersing the steam when the apparatus is in use as a bronchitis
kettle, and of a length, b, of elbow piping adapted for connection with the pipe
lengths ., and with the sprayer. 6, and provided with a coupling or union, 6,
adapted to connect with the threaded end, a', of the kettle spout in such manner
(ride Fig. 2) as to enable the whole attachment to be turned either downwardly,
vide the full lines, Fig. 2, so as to direct the escaping steam into a pail or other
container, C, of water to be heated, or upwardly, vide the dotted lines, Fig. 2, or
otherwise as may be required; or to be removed from the-kettle-spout, vide Fig. 1.

page_text: The kettle is preferably formed lid-less or with a closed top, a³, fitted with a
removable plug, a³, closing an opening, a, through which water can be poured
into the kettle.
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In lieu of the attachment, B, consisting of several members, it may consist of
a bent or elbow-jointed single member."
Having now particularly 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:
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In combination, a kettle having a projecting spout and an attachment remov-
ably applicable thereto and consisting of a single member or of separable members
which can be so adjusted in relation to the kettle spout as to deliver the steam
issuing from the kettle either downwardly, upwardly or otherwise as may be
required, substantially as herein before described.
Dated this 6th day of April 1899.
DAY, DAVIES, & HUNT,
Chartered Patent Agents, 321, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.