Improvements in Portable Laundries

8020. Roberson, W. A. Sept. 1, A.D. 1903, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Wash-tubs.-Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a portable laundry machine, and Fig. 2 shows the machine packed and partly enclosed by its casing, ready for transport. A stove 4, fitted with a removable pipe 5 made in sections, is secured to the bottom 1 of the casing, and rigidly connected by stays 3 to a back piece 2, to which are hinged the sides 6. Hooks 10 of metal, washing and rinsing tubs 8, 9, and also clamps 12 of a wringer 11 engage with the top of the sides 6, which are braced by a board 13 hooked on to the sides and are notched to receive the hooks 10 and clamps 12. The board 13 serves as an ironing- board, or as a support for a rectangular tray which covers the top of the casing when closed, and for other articles, the tray serving as a receptacle for clothes when the machine is in use. To pack the machine, the pipe 5 is disconnected, and, together with a boiler 15, packed into the casing as shown in Fig. 2, the sides 6 being swung round to engage with the bottom 1, which is closed in front by the board 13 and at the top by the rectangular clothes tray. The various parts of the casing are fastened by ordinary hook and staple fastenings shown in Fig. 6.