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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
ALFRED JASPER hENDERSON, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.
I=RU IT-STEAM ER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 636,528, dated November 7, 1899.
Application filed June 20j 1899. Serial No, 721,257. (No model.)To all whom it inay concern-v
Be it known that I, ALFRED JASPER HEN-
DERSON, a citizen of the United States, resid-
ing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and
5 State of Texas, have invented a new and use-
ful Fruit-Steamer, of which the following is
a specification.
This invention relates to steamers for can-
ning fruits, vegetables, &c.; and the intent
jo and purpose of the same is to increase the
general efficiency of such devices and to in-
clude the features of construction that per-
mit an adjustment of the cans containing the
fruits or vegetables to and from the greatest
r5 heat and at the same time enlarge the steam-
space and proportionately govern the rise of
the same, and also to provide for a more thor-
ough steaming of the fruits or vegetables with
a steady degree of heat and, further, to fa-
20 cilitate the rapid ebullition of water and for-
mation of steam by a special circulatory sys-
tem from the particular arrangement of de-
vices confined within a limited area.
The invention consists of the construction
25 and arrangement of the several parts herein-
after more fully described.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is
a longitudinal vertical section of a steaming
device embodying the features of the inven-
30 tion. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of a part
of the improved device. Fig. 3 is an enlarged
broken detail showing a particular feature of
adjustment.
Similar characters of reference are em-
35 ployed to indicate corresponding parts in the
several views.
The numeral 1 designates an outer recep-
tacle of any form or size, but, as shown, simu-
lates an ordinary washboiler in external ap-
40 pearance at least, and is provided at the up-
per portion of the opposite sides with handles
or grips 2 for conveniently transporting it
from one place to another. The bottom 3 of
this receptacle 1 has opposite depressed chain-
45 bers 4, having outer walls 5, which fellow the
contour of the opposite ends of said recepta-
cle, and inner transversely-straight walls 6.
Between the walls 6 an open space is formed
under the bottom 3, and the lower portions
5o of the depressed chambers 4 are in parallel
planes and may serve as base-rests for the
receptacle 1 or be projected through an open-ing in a stove or other heater. The top por-
tions of the chambers 4 open completely into
the lower part of the receptacle 1, and to the 55
inner walls 6 pipes or conduits 7 are connected
and projected inwardly under the plane of
the bottom 3 in reverse directions. The said
pipes 7 are attached to the chambers 4 nearer
the bottom portions of the latter and in op- 6o
posite positions-that is, one pipe leads out
from a point adjacent one side of a chamber
and the other pipe from a point in the oppo-
site chamber in a diagonal line to the point
of attachment of the first-mentioned pipe. 6q
Each of the pipes has a gradual upward in-
cline from the inner walls 6 of the chambers
and both have secured to the inner ends coup-
ling-elbows 8, which extend through the bot-
tom 3 and receive nipples 9. The nipples 9 70
have smaller bores than the pipes and their
couplings and are extended up within the
lower portion of the receptacle 1. Over the
nipples 9 truncated conical injectors 10 are
removably fitted, and their outlet ends are of 75
less cross-sectional extent than the bore of
the nipples, thereby providing means for pro-
jecting steam with greater force upwardly
into the receptacle 1.
On the opposite ends of the receptacle 1 tu- 8o
bular guides 11 are fixed and have at regular
intervals in the length of the same transverse
slots 12, communicating with the vertical
guiding-slot 13. Within these guides 11 rods
14 are detachably mounted, and each rod has 85
a stud or pin 15 projecting therefrom, which
is adapted to be turned into either one of the
slots 12, and thereby support the rod at vary-
ing elevations. The rods 14 are rotatable
within the guides, and in changing the adjust- 90
ment of the same they are turned around to
bring the studs or pins 15 in line with or int6
the slots 13, and thereby allow freedom in the
elevation of said rods. The upper ends of
the rods are formed with forks 16, and the 95
purpose of said forks will be presently set
forth.
Within the receptacle a can-holder 17 is re-
movably mounted and has bails 18 removably
attached to the upper portions of the opposite r oo
ends, said bails being formed with outward
bends or deflections 19 nearer their upper
termination to clear the upper edge of the
receptacle 1 and establish convenient means
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Henderson, Alfred Jasper. Fruit-Steamer., patent, November 7, 1899; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509500/m1/2/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.