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HECTOR VSINFCLAIR, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

Lettera .Patent o. 81,695, dated September 1, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOT-AIR REGISTER ATTACHMENT.

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T0 ALL WHOM'IT MAY CONGERN:

13e it known that I, HECTOR SINCLAIR, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Hot-Air Register Attachment; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, land exact description thereof',` which will enable-.others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The nature of my invention relates to an improved attachment for hot-air registers, for purifying the hot air from dust, moistening it, and. medicating or perfuming Ait as it passes from the registers of ordinary construction into the room; and it consists in au attachment made of wood, metal, or any other suitable material, -eonveniently arranged, so as to be secured to the wall in front of the register, containing a reservoir of water,

a fan-blower, and areceptacle for the dust, the said fan-blower being set in motion by the current of heated airyand revolved in a direction to discharge the dust into, a receptacle and prevent it from passing into theA room, and the contact of'heated air against the water-'reservoir producing a vapor that rises and mixes with said hot air and passes into the room. The water may be medicated or perfumed, if desired, whereby benecialv results maybe attained in case of sickness or of infected apartments, vas will be more fully described on reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a front view of my improved hot-air attachment, and

Figure 2 a side view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A, in the drawings, represents the casing, which may be attached to the wall in front of the register, B, hy screws, or any other suitable means.

B represents the register, as ordinarily arranged within the wall, and through which the heated air is received into the room. Y v

C represents the water-reservoir, which may be arranged to slide into the easing from one side of the same.

D is the fan-blower, having its journal-bearings in ca clrside of the casing, and arranged above'the reservoir, so that the column of hot air issuing from the register shall impinge upon-thevanes mostly upon the back side ofthe blower, and cause that side torevolve in an upward direction.

E is a dust-box, above the blower, .into which the dust is forced by the action of the blower, by reason of the particles of dust being somewhat heavierl than the particles of air, and4 which remain in the s-aid'box by reason of the tendency of the particles of dust to adhere to each other when brought into contact, leaving the air free to separate from them and pass through'the openings F, inlthe face of the casing, into the room. The said dust-box isvalso arranged to slide into and out of the easing, from one side of the same, by which the operation of removing and emptying out theaecumulated dust from time to time is facilitated.

I do not limit myself, however, to the particular construction herein described, as various other plans of construetingthe same, may be adopted without departing from theispirit of my invention. i

' Pure water may be used in the reservoirs for ordinary use, but I contemplate medicating the same in case of rooms occupied by sick persons, or in times of contagious diseases prevailing, and for furnigating purposes.

.And I also contemplate perfuming the reservoirs, andl emitting from the same into the room, such healthful or aromatic vapors as may behest suited to the health or taste of the occupant of the room.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new',` and desire to .secure byA Letters Patent, is

I. An attachment. for hot-air registers, provided with a hollow dust-separating mechanism, substantially i as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with a hot-air register, ofthe casing I, fan-blower D, and dust-pan E, substantially as and for thc'purpose described.

3. The combination, with a hot-air register, of the casing F, reservoir C, and fau-blower'D, substantially as and for-tho purpose described. l I

4. In combination with a. hot-air register, a fanblower, dust-receptacle, and water-reservoir, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this twenty-fifth day of February, 18648.'v

' HECTOR sINoLAIR. Witnesses:

J. ALrsoN FnAsur., A. P. Tseran.4

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