US634455A - Strainer. - Google Patents

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No. 634,455A Patented uct. lo, |899.

w. HAYES.

STHAINER.

(Application med Feb. 24, 1899.)

(No Model.)

UNrTnD [STATES WILLIAM HAYES, OF PAVTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND.

STRAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,455, dated October 10, 1899. Application led February 2.4,1899. Serial No. 706,683. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t rita/y concern.-

Beit known thatI, WILLIAM HAYES, a citizen of the United States of Americaand a resident of Pawtucket, county of Providence," and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Strainers, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to improvements in strainers in which the receptacle which holds the liquid is separable from the base of the strainer and fits the latter' in such a way as to admit of the introduction of a suitable straining fabric' or substance; and the object of my inventionis to provide a strainer in which the various parts are separable in order to facilitate the cleansing thereof and in order to permit of the introduction of a variety of straining or ltering fabrics or substances. I accomplish these objects by the mechanism shown in the accompanying drawings, in whichl Figure l shows the lower portion and delivery-tube of my device; Fig. 2, the liquid-receptacle, and Figs. 3 and 4. the two together in section.

The same parts are designated-by thesame letters throughout the several views.

In Fig. l, A is a shallow box-like receptacle having the delivery tube c projecting downwardly therefrom, the upper end of c bein@ provided with the gauze or netting b. This member of my invention may be made of any suitable material, but preferably of sheet metal, such as copper or tin. The member B, Fig. 2, is a deeper box-like receptacle, made also preferably of sheet metal and of sucha size as'to fit easilyinto the memberA. The bottom of B is also provided with a metallic netting or gauze a. In Fig. 3 the member B is seen in position for use fitted to the memberA. Between the two members is a filtering fabric or pad C,which may be of cotton iiannel or one or more thicknesses of suitable cloth orpaper or other proper filtering material. A, and the member B fits tightly down upon it, holding it in place, the pad serving as a packing to prevent leakage. The liquid to be strained is poured into the receptacle B and finds its way through the netting a and the filtering-pad C into the delivery-tube c.

Instead of using the filtering-pad C fitted to The pad C is placed in the bottom of.

the receptacle A a piece of'muslin cloth of any size whatever may be placed over A, the superfluous margin of the cloth hanging down upon the outside. The member B is then inserted into A, inclosing the muslin tightlybetween the mesh ct and the bottom of A, and the straining then proceeds as before, the parts being easily separated for the purpose of changing the cloth to a new portion thereof or for the purpose of cleaning the same.

It is not necessary that B should have the network or mesh ct at the bottom of it, as it will work without the same. It will also be 'apparent that the shape of my 'device is immaterial, the square shape being made simply for convenience. circular form or in anyvother suitable shape. The deliverystube c may also be of any required shape or size.

The advantages of my device are that in the straining of liquids every part of `my strainer is quickly accessible for the purpose of cleansing, that a large body of liquid may be set to strain, the quantitydepending solely upon the size of the receptacle B without any attention on the part of the person using the strainer, that the part B being separable from A permits the use of a variety of filterL ing materials or fabrics being used whether in the form of a pad, as shown at C in Fig. 3, or of muslin, cotton flannel, or other cloth, as shown at C', Fig. 4, and of course instead of cloth paper or any other fabric may be substituted.

' Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A strainer composed of a lower member A with raised edges and having a delivery-tube c projecting downwardly therefrom; a separable upper member B fitting into said lower member; and a pad of filtering material held in position by the engagement of A and B, substantially as described for the purpose specified.

SignedV by me at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, this 22d day of February, A. D. 1899.

IVILLIAIWI HAYES.

Vtitnesses:

LELLAN J. TUcK, FLoRnNcE E. BATES.

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