AN IMPROVED MACHINE POR WASHING CLOTH AND, CLOTHES
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Miller, of the City of Edinburgh, Scotland,
Furnishing Ironmonger, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED MACHINE
POR WASHING CLOTH AND, CLOTHES." :
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said James Miller at the Office
1 of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and Declaration,
on the 18th October 1866, pursuant to the 9th Section of the Patent
...Law Amendment Act, 1852.:.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
MILLER, of the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, Furnishing Ironmonger, send
greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "AN IMPROVED
MACHINE FOR WASHING CLOTH AND CLOTHES," and have petitioned Her Majesty
to grant unto me, my executors, administrators, and assigns, Her Royal
Letters Patent for the same, and have made solemn Declaration that I'am
.the true and first Inventor thereof.
:
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Miller, do hereby declare
that the following Complete Specification under my hand and seal fully
describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, in and by the following state-
ment :-
The nature of my Invention consists in certain improvements in that class
of washing machines; which are supplied with india-rabber,-wood,-marble,

page_text: clothes.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a plan of the washing machine.
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2 is an elevation of the same.
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8 is a sectional view of the ends of the rollers and tilting board
in the direction of line a, a, in Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a sectional view of the same in the direction of the line x, x.
Figure 5 is an enlarged view of the fluted roller A.
Figure 1 is a rectangular box of wood or a combination of wood and iron
galvanized or coated with zinc or other metal. that will preserve the iron from
corroding. The roller A is of "wood," earthenware," or "marble," fluted
or grooved in its length, or it may be covered with vulcanized india-rubber.
The rollers B, B, are fixed on the tilt board, and made to press against the
large roller A by the coiled spiral springs D, D, on the tilt board C, which
is made of wood. To the shaft of the large roller A is connected a crank
handle E, by which the rollers are made to operate on the cloth or clothes;
the roller A is kept down by a rubber spring or a coiled spiral spring F, or
by a lever; the supports 6 are fixed by iron sockets or otherwise; H, H,
a washer on each end of roller A.
Having thus fully described 'my said improvements, and shown how they
may be conveniently and advantageously carried into effect, I wish it to be
understood that I do not confine myself to the exact details herein' set forth;
but what I claim as my Invention is,―
. First, the fluted roller A.
'Second, the tilting board and rollers.
Third, the springs for supporting the tilting board.
Fourth, the washers on each end of roller A.
Fifth, the use of vulcanized india-rubber in covering rollers for washing
machines..
In witness whereof, I, the said James Miller, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
JAMES MILLER. (L.S.)