Patent GB-191229270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Washing Dishes and other Articles.
Inventor: PARRY ROBERT R
IPC: A47L15/50
Filed: 1912-12-19
Granted: 1913-12-18
Abstract: 29,270. Parry, R. R., and Parry, H. Dec. 19. Plates, dishes, and the like, washing; knives, forks, and spoons, washing.-In dish-washing machines of the kind in which dish-holding receptacles are immersed repeatedly by being carried through a solution in a tank, the receptacles are attached removably to the opposite faces of a centrally-pivoted rotary carrier and are caused to pass through the solution in turn in an inverted position, the immersed receptacle also acting as a paddle to splash the solution over the other receptacle. Several constructions of receptacles for particular articles of crockery and tableware are described; also in one construction of machine a gallery is provided to support knife handles, with their blades in the water. Fig. 1 shows a construction of machine in which receptacles 6 are locked in position by means of registering projections and recesses on opposite sides of the carrier 5 which is rotated by the handle on the shaft 4. Each receptacle in turn is inserted through a vertically sliding door in the upper part of the casing, the handle being locked meanwhile by one of the sliding .catches 44. When both receptacles are in position and the door closed, the cradle is rotated and hot water is admitted to a spraying-apparatus by a pipe 9 until the tank is filled to the level of the overflow pipe 12. When the washing operation is complete, the receptacles can be removed or the water can be run off through the pipe 14 and the articles rinsed by admitting more hot water and rotating the cradle through the spray. Finally the articles may be dried by turning-off the water and rotating the cradle a third time with the door open. The casing is furnished with a removable sliding top or hood. The receptacle shown is for articles such as plates, saucers, and dishes, and comprises a skeleton base carrying a frame of the form illustrated at the front and rear ends. The wires of the end frames are connected by longitudinal rods 23 to form shelves, and by a pair of metal strips 25 which form guides for a sliding transverse member 26 carrying depending rods 30. The articles are fixed in position on the shelves by moving the transverse member until the rods abut against the edge of the articles and then fixing it in position by suitable clamping means 27. In one modified construction, the receptacle comprises a rectangular wire-work box having upstanding rods fitted centrally on each side to form guides for a pair of hollow bosses carried by a wire-work lid. Plates, saucers, and the like are placed vertically between the cross-wires of a frame provided with feet for standing in the box, and the lid is moved on its guides until it contacts with the upper edge of the articles, and 'then is clamped to the guides. In a modification of this construction, the lid slides on four slotted corner members fitted on the box. Fig. 9 shows another construction for receiving plates or dishes horizontally. A rectangular wire-work structure is arranged so that plates or the like will rest on the horizontal wires 62 with their edges against the fixed vertical wires 61. Similar sliding wires 61 are then moved into contact with the edges of the articles so as to secure them in position. Fig. 11 shows a receptacle for cups and the like which is fitted with #-shaped spring holders 52 for engaging the interiors of the articles. A cover-plate may be secured to the members 24. In a modified form of cup-holder, each cup is supported on two non-spring #-shaped supports crossing one another at right-angles. Knives, forks, spoons, and the like may be placed in a perforated cylinder which is secured in any of the receptacles previously described. For washing table-ware with ivory and like handles, the tank may be fitted with a gallery at one end provided with slots to support the handles so that the blades hang vertically downwards into the liquid.