Improvements in Wash-boiler Attachments.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application. 17th May, 1895--Accepted. 29th June, 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wash-boiler Attachments.
We, JOHN NICKLIS MOEHN, JACOB KATZ, and ADOLPH MAHLER, all of
Milwaukee, in the County of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, United States
of America, Gentlemen, 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 :-
The invention relates to improvements in wash-boiler attachments. The object
of the present invention is to provide a wash-boiler attachment capable of ready
adjustment to suit the size of the wash-boiler with which it is designed to he used
and capable of enabling clothes and the like being boiled, to be readily removed
from the boiler without the hands of the operator coming in contact with them or
the water, and of permitting the clothes to drain thoroughly previous to removing,
to avoid dripping water upon a stove or other heating apparatus, or upon the
floor.
The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement
of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and
pointed out in the claims hereto appended.
In the drawing:
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a wash-boiler attachment constructed in accordance
with this invention.
Fig. 2 is a reverse plan view, the handles being folded.
Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view.
Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the handles.
Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view of the handle-piece, illustrating the
manner of securing the upper arms thereto.
Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawing.
1 designates a clothes support or holder composed of two sections 2, slidingly
connected and capable of adjustment on each other to increase or diminish the size
of the support or holder to accommodate the same to the size of the wash-boiler in
which it is to be used. Each section is provided with a frame 3 arranged at the
edges of the section and having secured to it a network of connecting wires 4.
forming the body portion of the support or holder. Each frame is composed of a
cross-rod or piece 5, iocated at the inner end of the section, and a continuous side
and end piece 6, substantially U-shaped and having its terminals extended beyond
the cross-bar and forming inwardly-curved resilient arms 7 terminating in loops or
eyes 8, the loops or eyes 8 of the curved arms 7 are set at an angle to the body
portion of the arms and receive the sides of the adjacent frame and slidingly
connect the frame, and the resilient arms hold the open eyes or hooks 8 in frictional
engagement with the sides of the frames to secure them at any desired adjustment
and prevent accidental slipping. This construction permits the sections to be
readily separated or moved together to vary the size of the support or holder, to
accommodate the same to the wash-boiler in which it is to be used.
At each end of the support or holder is arranged a hinged handle 9 adapted,
when not in use, to fold beneath the support or holder, as illustrated in Figs. 2
and 3 of the accompanying drawing. Each handle is composed of a stem 10,
constructed of twisted wire, as shown, having upper arms 11, and lower arms 12.
The upper arms 11 diverge and are connected to a transverse handle-piece 13 and
he lower arms also diverge and are coiled around the frame of the adjacent

page_text: section to form eyes 14 and they are extended to provide L-shaped feet 15, which
consist of straight portions arranged at right angles to the stem of the handle and
having their terminals bent downward to provide hooks.
The upper arms 11 have their terminals 16 bent inward at an angle and driven
into a longitudinal bore of the handle-piere 13 and the inwardly-oent terminals 16
are beveled or cut at an angle at 16, and overlap as shown in Fig. 5 of the
accompanying drawings whereby the ends of the wire are automatically spread to
secure the terminal 16 firmly in the handle-piece.
One of the strands of the twisted stem is extended outward, downward aud
doubled to form a depending hook 17 which is adapted to engage the upper edges
of a wash-boiler for holding the clothes-support elevated for draining.
It will
It will be seen that the wash-boiler attachment is simple, and comparatively
inexpensive in construction that it possesses great strength and durability the
cross pieces being arranged at the inner ends of the sections to stiffen them, and
that it is capable of ready adjustment to suit the size of a wash-boiler.
also be apparent that it dispenses with the ordinary clothes-stick and prevents the
hands of the operator from coming in contact with the clothes or hot water, and
that the clothes are allowed to drain previous to removal to avoid dripping water
over the heating apparatus or the floor.
The substantially L-shaped feet engage the upper face of the support or
'holder
to prevent the handles from swinging inward and folding down upon the upper
face of the support or holder, and when in use the ends of the wash-boiler sprevent
the handles from swinging outward and downward.
Changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be
resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the
advantages of this invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said 'inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. A wash-boiler attachment comprising an adjustable support or holder provided
with two adjustable sections slidingly connected, each section consisting of a frame
having projecting resilient arms frictionally engaging the sides of the adjacent
section, substantially as described.
2. A wash-boiler attachment, comprising a support or holder having two
adjustable sections each composed of a frame having an inner cross-piece and a
continuous side and end piece secured to the cross-piece and projecting beyond
the same and forming arms, terminating in eyes receiving and frictionally
engaging the sides of the adjacent section, and a network of connecting wires,
and handles located at the outer ends of the sections, substantially as
described.
3. A wash-boiler attachment comprising a support or holder having two
adjustable sections, each composed of a network of wires, and a frame supporting
the same and composed of an inner cross-piece, and a continuous side and end
piece secured to the cross-piece and extended beyond the same and forming
inwardly-curved resilient arms terminating in an angularly-disposed eyes and
frictionally engaging the sides of the adjacent section, and handles, substantially
as described.
4. A wash-boiler attachment comprising a support or holder and folding handles,
each consisting of a handle-piece having a bore, and a twisted wire 'stem
terminating in upper and lower diverging arms, the lower arms being twisted or
coiled around the adjacent end of the support or holder to form eyes and extended
to provide L-shaped feet, the upper arms being bent inward at an angle and driven
into the bore of the handle-piece and having overlapping beveled ends
automatically spread and engaging the handle-piece said stem having one of its
strands bent downward and doubled and forming a depending hook, substantially
as described.

page_text: 5. A wash-boiler attachment comprising a support or holder, and handles
arranged at the ends of the support or holder and constructed of wire and
comprising a stem provided intermediate of its ends with a hook for engaging a
wash-boiler, a handle-piece having a bore, and diverging arms arranged at the
upper end of the stem and having their terminals beveled and bent at an angle
and driven into the bore of the handle-piece, the beveled ends overlapping
whereby they are automatically spread for engaging the handle-piece, substantially
as described.
Dated this 17th tree of May 1905
BOULT & WADE.
Agents for the Applicants.