IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARAtus for AIRING CLOTHES
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Caroline Anne Bourn, of Euston Square, in the County
of Middlesex, Widow, for the Invention of “IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARAtus for
AIRING CLOTHES."
Sealed the 24th September 1878, and dated the 25th March 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Caroline Anne Bourn at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th March 1878.
CAROLINE ANNE BOURN, of Euston Square, in the County of Middlesex, Widow.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR AIRING CLOTHES."
The apparatus consists of a collapsing case, which when closed may look like a
book or portfolio, about the usual foolscap size, when open forms a chamber, in
which the clothes or sheets are exposed to the heat from a burning spirit lamp pro-
tected by close wire gauze in such a manner that the articles to be aired cannot
come in contact with the flame; the flame burning under a dense layer of gauze,
so that only the heat ascends.
The case can open like an accordion, and the corners be supported by wires,
which fold in the centre of their vertical length like the springs that support the
hood of a carriage.
For instantly extinguishing the lamp a sliding shutter can be used, and the
lamp can be withdrawn to be replenished, which is done by pouring spirit over the
lamp gauze. In withdrawing the lamp to replenish it the flame is necessarily
extinguished, so that there is no danger of any one pouring spirit over the flame.
The lamp is fixed in a socket under a gauze cap, and above this again there is at
the distance of about an inch another layer of gauze, which cuts off the lamp

page_text: chamber from the air chamber. Above this again there is a not stretched, upon
which the articles may rost, or they may generally hang from rods and loops
attached to the roof of the case.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Caroline Anne Bourn in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 25th
September 1878.
CAROLINE ANNE BOURN, of Euston Square, in the County of Middlesex, Widow.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR AIRING CLOTHES."
The apparatus consists of a collapsing case, which when closed may look like
a book or portfolio, and when open form a chamber, in which clothes, or sheets, or
other articles are exposed to the heat from a burning spirit lamp protected by
close wire gauze in such a manner that the articles to be exposed cannot come in
contact with the flame, the flame being generated by spirit poured on asbestos, or
other suitable material or materials, alone or combined, placed under one or more
layers of gauze, so that only the heat ascends.
The case opens like an accordion, and the corners are supported by laths or wires,
which fold in centre of their vertical length like the springs that support the hood
of a carriage.
For instantly extinguishing the lamp a sliding shutter or other contrivance can
be used, and the lamp is withdrawn to be replenished, which is done by pouring
spirit over the lamp gauze. In withdrawing the lamp to replenish it the flame is
extinguished, so that there is no danger of any one pouring spirit over the flame.
The lamp is fixed in a frame under a gauze cover, and above this again there is
at the distance of about half an inch another layer of gauze, which cuts off the
lamp chamber from the air chamber. Above this again there is a net stretched,
upon which the articles to be aired may rest, or they may generally hang from
rods and loops attached to the roof of the case.
When the apparatus is used for heating articles other than clothes, or for cooking,
any convenient receptacles and appliances may be employed.
The annexed Drawing is intended to illustrate a convenient mode of performing
the Invention, but I do not limit myself to the shapes or exact mode shown, as
either or both may be varied without departing from the nature of the Invention.
Like letters indicate like parts.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of apparatus open and extended; Fig. 2, front eleva-
tion of same partly compressed, showing the movement of the support laths.
Fig. 3, front elevation of the apparatus closed.
Fig. 4, cross section through A, B, Fig. 1, and also showing the apron or move-
able door R.

page_text: Fig. 6, a perspective view, showing the chimney angle and its tube in place, but
with apron or door removed and lamp door open for supply of air; this Figure
shows the apparatus arranged for drying articles.
Fig. 7 is perspective view of apparatus compressed, but with lid and lamp door
open, in which form the apparatus can be used as a cooking stove.
E is the expansible case; F, the support laths; G, the lamp; H, the moveable
wire covers thereto; I, lamp door; K, moveable net for holding clothes or other
articles; L, lid; O, moveable chimney angle; and P, tube thereto; R, apron fixed
on rod, which can be inserted in the holes S, Fig. 6, when in use.
The small walls or divisions round the lamp cover are intended to afford spaces
to hold various objects, such as cooking utensils, spirit holders, and so forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Caroline Anne Bourn, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of September, A.D. 1878.
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