Improvements in and connected with Washing Machines.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Washing Machines.
I, DAVID KIEL TULLIS, of the Firm of D. & J. Tullis, Engineers, Kilbowie, in
the County of Dumbarton, North Britain, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The invention consists of the introduction of a jet of steam and water or both
at the journal of the washing machine and is applicable to a single case or double
case machine. The steam and water after passing through the journal which is
made tubular for that purpose discharge themselves into an annular circum-
ferential duct or passage formed on the rim of the inner casing. This annular
duct or passage communicates with longitudinal chambers formed by the lifters or
rubbers of the machine. These lifters are perforated at the summits through
which the water and steam find their way into the interior of the washing machine.
The pressure of the steam acts as an injector and so causes the water to flow
into the machine with it, or the water may flow in at the ordinary main pressure,
or may be forced in.
Dated this 17th day of August 1808
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Applicant's Patent Agent.
Improvements in and connected with Washing Machines.
I, DAVID KIEL TULLIS, of the Firm of D. & J. Tullis, Engineers, Kilbowie, in
the County of Dumbarton, North Britain, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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My invention relates to improvements in and connected with washing machines.
In order that my invention may be properly understood and readily carried
into effect, I have hereunto appended two sheets of drawings, of which
Figure 1 is an end view of an end plate of a washing machine embodying my
invention.
Figure 2 is a vertical section of a modification of an end plate of a washing
machine,
Figure 3 is an end view of the same."
Figure 4 is a similar view to Figure 1 illustrating the end plate at the opposite
side

page_text: Figure 5 is a transverse section of the shell illustrating the lifters and longi-
tudinal chambers or compartments formed by the same, and
Figure G is a side elevation of the same with the door immediately in front.
My invention consists of the introduction of a jet of steam or water or both
at the journal A of the washing machine and is applicable to a single case or
double case machine. The steam and water after passing through the journal A,
which is made tubular for that purpose, discharge themselves into an annular
circumferential duct E by passing up a radial duct or passage C formed on the
end plate B of the casing of the washing machine. This annular duct or passage C
communicates with longitudinal chambers E¹ formed by the lifters or rubbers F
of the machine. These lifters or rubbers F are perforated with a hole f at the
summits through which the water and steam find their way into the interior of
the washing machine and escape by the journal or bearing G of the opposite end
plate H as seen in Figure 4 and are led away by an expansive pipe, "not shewn
in the drawings, to a suitable trap or drain.
The pressure of the steam acts as an injector and so causes the water to flow
into the machine with it, or the water may flow in at the ordinary main pressure
or may be forced in.
Referring to Figures 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, the jet of steam or water or both steam
and water, or other cleansing or disinfecting medium for the cleansing and dis-
infecting process are introduced by the tubular bearing or journal A of the end
plate B and pass up and along the radial passages C near to the periphery of
the shell D where they discharge themselves into the longitudinal chambers or
compartments E' formed by the lifters F', as seen in Figures 5 and 6.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. In washing machines, the arrangement by which a jet of steam or water or
both are introduced at the journal, and conducted by a main radial passage into
a circumferential duct leading to compartments formed by lifters from which the
said jet escapes through holes, into the washing machine, substantially as de-
scribed and shewn in Figure 1 of the drawings.
2. In washing machines the arrangement by which a jet of steam or water or
both are introduced at the journal and conducted by a number of radial passages
leading to compartments formed by lifters from which the said jet escapes by
holes into the machine and discharges itself by the bearing of the opposite end
plate, substantially as described and shown in Figures 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the
drawings.
11
r
1000
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Applicant's Patent Agents.