A Basket or Receptacle for Containing Clothes and the like whilst being Boiled in Coppers or Boilers.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Sept., 1893-Accepted, 28th Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Basket or Receptacle for Containing Clothes and the like whilst
being Boiled in Coppers or Boilers.
I, EUPHEMIA HANNAH PATERSON, wife of Robert Roy Paterson, residing at
Northwood House, Trinity, Edinburgh, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to the boiling of clothes and the like in coppers or boilers
and it has for its object to construct a basket or receptacle for the purpose of
holding the clothes while they are being boiled.
The basket prevents the clothes coming into contact with the internal surface of
the copper or boiler.
In carrying out my invention I make the basket of wood so as not to affect or
discolour the clothes. The bottom of the basket is preferably made of one piece
of wood which is perforated with a number of holes. Connected to and projecting
up from the bottom are a number of wooden spars or ribs which are held in place
and connected together by surrounding hard wood hoops.
The basket is preferably circular in plan although it may be of other
conformation.
The basket may be made partly of wood and metal if so desired.
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Dmber 1800
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Basket or Receptacle for Containing Clothes and the like whilst
being Boiled in Coppers or Boilers.
I, EUPHEMIA HANNAH PATERSON, wife of Robert Roy Paterson, residing at
Northwood House, Trinity, Edinburgh, 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 the boiling of clothes and the like in coppers or boilers
and it has for its object to construct a basket or receptacle for the purpose of
holding the clothes while they are being boiled.
The basket prevents the clothes coming into contact with the internal surface of
the copper or boiler.
In carrying out my invention I make the basket of wood so as not to affect or
discolour the clothes. The bottom of the basket is, preferably, made of one piece
Connected to and projecting
of wood which is perforated with a number of holes.
up from the bottom are a number of wooden spars or ribs which are held in place
and connected together by surrounding hard wood hoops.
The basket is, preferably, circular in plan although it may be of other
conformation.
The basket may be made partly of wood and metal if so desired.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, whereon,
.
Fig. 1, is a part sectional elevation of the basket.
Fig. 2 is a plan of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a slightly different construction of the basket.
TA
alan view of the perforated bottom.

page_text: Referring to the drawings:
The basket consists of a wood bottom a which is perforated with numerous
holes b. Fitted in a hoop & surrounding and supporting the bottom, or in the
bottom itself, are a number of upright ribs or spars c, which, at their upper ends,
fit into a hard wood hoop d. e is a strengthening hoop. The bottom a is or may
be removable.
In Figs. 3 and 4 the basket is made without the hoop e and with strengthening
bands of metal, preferably zinc. The perforated bottom is, in this case, supported
on cross bars or pieces g fitted in the hoop b¹.
The basket is placed in the boiler and the clothes put therein. Its use thoroughly
secures the clothes from coming in contact, during the boiling process, with any rust
or dirt which may have lodged on the boiler.
.
As the basket is made of wood it is strong and durable and keeps free from all
impurities of soap or grease.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A basket for containing clothes and the like whilst being boiled in coppers or
boilers, made substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the several
figures on the drawing annexed.
Dated this 19th day of September 1893.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.