US98729A - David alcorn and john walsh - Google Patents

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DAVID ALoonN AND JOHN WALSH, or NDW Youn, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 98,729, dated .Tanita/ry 11', 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHEET-IRON WASH-'PUBS .AND BUCKETS. Y

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

We, DAVID ALooRN and J ons WALSH, of the city of New York, inthe county` and State of New v York, have invented certain Improvements irrZinc- Coated Sheet-Iron Wash-Tubs and Buckets, of which I the following is a specification.

Nature and Objects of the Ineentton.

The first part of our invention relates to the mauner of lapping together the edges of the bottom and Isides or body oi' a sheet-iron tub or-bucket, and of applying thereto the foot-rest, the object of this part of our invention being to produce such a lapping ot' one of the parts over the other, as will more readily iron bracket-handles, the object of this part of our invention being to aicxd large cylinders for the grasp of the hands, and thus to facilitate the lifting and carrying of such vessels, when lled or heavy.

VDescription of the Accompanying Drawings. Figure l is a vertical central section of a portion of a wash-tub embodying our invention.

Figure 2, a central longitudinal section of the cylindrical portion of one of the hollow handles, as joinedv to the loop of one of the brackets.

General Description.

A is the bottom ot1 the vessel,

B, 'one side of its body,

C,y one of the hollow bracket-handles, and

D, the foot-riin.

.The lap-joint between the body B and the bottom A vconsists of three thicknesses of the sheet-iron, and is produced by bending downward the edge a of the bottomplate A to a right angle, and then turning upward and outward a portion, a, of the same, so as to form a recess for the reception ofthe lower edge, b', of the body-plate B.

'lhe two 'plates are then adjusted together, aud the laps a' a" closed or pressed closely against thetwo respective sides ofthe p late b', between them.

The foot-rim 1) is a band or hoop of sheet-iron, wired at its lower edge, and tted around in close contact with the outer side of the lower part of the vessel, so that the lower edge of the lapping parts a a will rest down upon the oiiset formed by the wired bottom edge of the foot-rim D, as .represented in tig. 1.

'The upper part of the said foot-rim is then-secured tightly to the body B, by means of four or more riv ets, e, through both plates.

The handles G each consist of two brackets, cc, and a hollow cylinder, c", of sheet-iron, which is open at both ends.

lhe upper end of each bracket-arm c' ends iu a loop, or eye, c', and a portion of each end of the hollow cylinder c is contracted in its diameter, as shown-at 4, iig. 2, so that it may pass up to its shoulder into the loop c of the bracket, and project a little beyond the latter, where it is then turned outward, and pressed .up close against the said loop, as shown in fig. '2, and

then the handles secured to the opposite sides of the tub, by means of rivets, 5 5, as shown iu` g. 1.

The vessel is now to be coated, by immersion in a bath of melted zinc, in the usual well-known manner, and, as the joints are made by single laps, the zinc will readily penetrate them, and cement the surfaces together, so as to be perfectly water-tight, and protected from iron-rust.

In large cities, such as New York, for instance, where several families are often compelled to confinev themselves to the occupancy ot' one dwelling, and cach family"to one or two rooms therein, without the privilege ofa cellar, the Wooden wash-tubs and buckets in common use soon fall to-pieces, from the drying and shrinking of the wood, unless kept supplied with some water, which soon becomes putrid, and, therefore, inj urious to health, unless changed frequently, whereas, by the use of our tubs and buckets, all the requirements of wash-tubs and buckets are fully met, at less cost than those of wood, and they can be kept in the family-rooms mentioned, perfectly dry, without injury therefrom, and also free from iron-rust.

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bracket-arms c'c, having loops or eyes e c ,arranged as described.

DAVID ALCORN. JOHN WALSH.

Witnesses:

Gno. W. MGADAM; DAVID MCADAM.

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