The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-01
WASHES THE DISHES.
a NOVEL MACHINE THAT WAS DE-
SIGNED sy A CLEVER WOMAN.
shs Isyentor IL The Leader Of Swell seA
Mads =. Important Discovery whii. Do
Anx Her Izousswork- how She Turned 10

made n Important Discovery whiic Do
ing Her Eousswork How She Turned II
- Asoounk
A machine thst takes dishes anil washes
them, no matter how dirty, DIR los them
and polishes them, then passcs them ont
20 thoso In waiting on tho outside! Such
A the marvel that Is about 10 be placed In
the principal hotels Of tho country. The
machine, though almost a novelty ON the
market, has been placed In several Of the
Chicago hotels, and IL bids fair to GUST all
those who wash dishes by hand from en-
ployment In large places.
This dishwashing machine was Invent
cd by woman who ts now ono Of the
leaders Of society In Chicago. Even when
che struggled with tho problem Of clean
ing disbes by means Of machinery, she
was tho aeatier of q social set and at that
time was IN Sbelbyville, Ills. she is Mrs.
Josephine q. Cochrune and her husband
was oDce ono Of the ieading jurists of I'LL
nois-in fact, 80 years ago he was q mem
Der of the supreme bench.
The judge died several years ago and Cor
a time Mrs. Cochrane met with adversely
and xas compelled to do her own house.
work. One day while washing dishes she
watched the effect Of scalding hot water
on dishes and uoticed that when IL was
thrown on them with forcs 10 left them
completely dry and also gave them high
polish. She had always boen Of an in
yentive frame q mind and at once sct to
work % make tho daily drsdgery easier
Within month she had rugged up ma
chine that caused her neighbors to talk.
bus at the same time caused her work to
be much easier. This was the flrst dash.
washing machine
Mrs Cochrane, with true business In.
stinct, secured patents upon the consxiv.
anoe, and then she put ons q two ON the
nnarket and realized snoayh tberefrom 20
remove to Chicago, which city she has
subsequontly made her home. But she Is
= woman who knows Q good thing and
Hikes to hold - to Il. SovesAl capitalists
have asked II they could not become intcr-
ested in her patents, but she has refused
them and says che will make all tho money
out of them there is to be made. In this
way she has contracted with q manufac
tory in Chicago to turn the machines out
a. rapidly as they are needed, and the en-
tire management of their sale has been
directed by her. Although progressive In
the inventive direction, she IL not realiz-
ing what might be made out Of her pat
ents, because tho machines have never
been "pushed," az the word is understood
In the trade.
The machine Is huge box with lot OF
machinery In front. It Is FIVE feet In
height, and within are two tanks, one
filled with soapy water, the other with
lscalding clear water. There are two little
tracks running into the machine, and on
these ply swo baskets. One Is loaded with
dirty dishes, and when 1t II released and
dragged by hidden force within, another
basket filed with clean china is pushed
out.
The main part of the machine and the
part that is covered BY several patents Is q
two inch pipe, along the edge Of which Is
q slot an eighth of an inch wide. Through
this pipe 90 gallons Of water are forced a
minute. and IL Is this etream, at SO high a
pressure, that does the business. First
soapy water Is forced through the slot, and
the dishes are made clean; then the clear
scnlding water Is automatically turned
on, and It rinses, dries and polishes the
china mt the same time.
Thus within one minute after q cratt
laden with dirty dishes enters the machines
it comes out with the china as shiny and
as bright as IL it had been polished with
chamois skin.
Mr., Chafee says the machines have
capacity of from 1000 to 1000 dishes an
hour, and that one Is never broken. He
says they will even clean of an egg stain
that has been on plate over night, and
no asks any housekeeper II that is not
pretty good work. Louis Post-Dis
ufc1.