IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DISINFECTING CLOTHING AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Edward Heron Rogers, of East Retford, in the
County of Nottingham, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR DISINFECTING CLOTHING AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES."
Sealed the 13th March 1877, and dated the 18th September 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Edward Heron Rogers
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th September 1876.
CHARLES EDWARD HERON ROGERS, of East Retford, in the County of
Nottingham. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DISINFECTING CLOTHING AND
OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES."
My Invention relates to arrangements whereby a ready and safe means is
obtained for disinfecting clothing and other similar articles, and for rendering the
apparatus employed for that purpose portable and of easy removal from one place
to another; and it consists essentially in constructing a chest of iron or other
suitable material, surrounded at a convenient distance by an outer casing on the
four sides and under the bottom, which forms a beating flue, and is connected with
a fire box or other heating arrangement at one end and with an opening or exit
with a shut off valve at the other. The open top of the chest is closed by a slide,
and the whole is mounted on wheels, so that it can be readily moved from one
place to another.
A box of any suitable material, but by preference of wood and closed by a sliding
lid, is provided for the reception of the clothing or other article to be disinfected.
The sides of the box projecting over the sliding lid on its being turned over fit
tightly over a flange formed round the opening of the chest; and on the with-
drawal of the two slides the clothes drop through the openings into the hot chest,
and the chest slide being closed the heat is raised to the required degree, which is
indicated by a thermometer, the bulb of the same being in connection with the
interior of the chest.
Over the fire-box or other heating apparatus, and by preference nearly opposite
to the flue exit, is a small valve opening from the outside for the admission of air
to the interior of the chest (but not communicating with the heating flue); an
opening is also made through the opposite side in connection with the flue exit, the
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page_text: object of this arrangement being to allow a current of air to be passed through to
carry off any steam arising from dampness in the clothing or other articles to be
disinfected.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Charles Edward Heron Rogers in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 16th March 1877.
CHARLES EDWARD HERON ROGERS, of East Retford, in the County of Notting-
ham. " IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DISINFECTING CLOTHING AND OTHER
SIMILAR ARTICLES."
My said Invention relates to arrangements whereby a ready and safe means is
obtained for disinfecting clothing and other similar articles, and for rendering the
apparatus employed for that purpose portable and of easy removal from one place
to another.
And in order that my said Invention may be fully understood I shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose shall refer to
the several Figures on the annexed Sheet of Drawings, the saine letters of reference
indicating corresponding parts in both the Figures.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings represents a perspective view of an
apparatus constructed and arranged according to my said Invention; and Figure 2
is a longitudinal section of the same.
In carrying out my said Invention I construct a chest A of iron or other suitable
material, surrounded at a convenient distance on the four sides and under the
bottom by an outer casing B, which forms a heating flue C, and is connected with
a fire-box D or other heating arrangement at one end, and with an opening or
exit E with a shut off valve F at the other. The chest A is provided with an
opening at the top, as shewn at F¹, at which part it is closed by a slide G, and
the whole is mounted on wheels H, H, so that the apparatus can be readily moved
from one place to another.
A box I of any suitable material, but by preference of wood and closed by a
sliding lid K, is provided for the reception of the clothing or other articles to be
disinfected, and for the conveyance of the same from the sick room. The sides
of the box which project over the sliding lid K on its being turned over fit tightly
over a flange L formed round the opening F¹ of the chest, and on the withdrawal
of the two slides G, K, the clothes drop through the opening at F' into the hot
chest A and are caught by arms M, which open them out to the action of the heat.
The slide G is then closed and the heat is raised to the required degree, which is
indicated by a thermometor M², the bulb of the same being in connection with the
interior of the chest A
The fire-box D is made removable, so that when the requisite elevated tempera-
ture is attained it may be taken out and a damper D¹ inserted, so as to prevent the
escape of the heat. Over the fire-box D or other heating apparatus, and by
preference nearly opposite to the flue exit E is a small valve N opening from the
outside for the admission of air through a tube O to the interior of the chest A.
An opening fitted with a tube is also made through the opposite side at P in con-
nection with the flue exit E, the object of this arrangement being to allow a
current of air to be passed through to carry off and steam arising from dampness
in the clothing or other articles being disinfected.
When the apparatus is constructed of comparatively small dimensions it is fitted
with handles to facilitate its draught or propulsion by hand; and in the case of
large apparatus suitable means are provided for attachment to horse gear, so as to
enable it to be readily moved from place to place as required.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into effect, I

page_text: would observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original, and
therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in part recited
Letters Patent is, the combination of the hot chest A, the outer casing B mounted
on wheels, and the box I, the whole fitted with accessories and constructed and
arranged substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein-before described,
and as illustrated by the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Edward Heron Rogers, have to this
my Specification set my 'hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of March One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
CHARLES EDWARD HERON ROGERS. (L.S.)