Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Apr., 1887
Complete Left, 10th Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 25th Nov., 1887
I, JANE COLLET, of 7 Coleridge Road, Finsbury Park, in the County of Middlesex
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to machines for washing textile fabrics, and in which a
stirring motion is given to such fabrics by means of a dolly or winged pillar placed
perpendicularly and pivoted, and partially rotating on such pivots in a reciprocating
manner.
My said invention consists essentially in the manner of imparting the reciprocatory
movement to the dolly so as to employ as few wheels as possible and to obtain the
reversals of direction with ease and without necessitating an extra expenditure of
strength at the moment of reversal, or when passing over dead points.
For this purpose I fix to one end of the dolly a crank, to the other end of which is
jointed a rod by means of a pin or other convenient joint; the other end of the rod is
jointed excentrically to a pivoted wheel on which are cut or cast cogs (either straight
or mitred) fitting into corresponding cogs on a driving or fly wheel of any desired
size. The action of turning the driving wheel will thus impart, by means of the cogs,
continuous rotary motion to the second wheel, which may be placed either vertically
or horizontally. The rotation of the second wheel will by means of the rod and crank
impart the desired reciprocatory motion to the dolly, the length of arc described by
the dolly depending upon the proportion between the length of the crank and the
distance from the centre of the second wheel at which the end of the crank rod is
placed.

page_text: 1, JANE COLLET of 7 Coleridge Road, Finsbury Park, N., in the County of
Middlesex, 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 :-
My invention relates to machines for washing textile fabrics in water, either with
or without soap, and in which a stirring motion is given to such fabrics by means of
a dolly or winged pillar placed perpendicularly in the centre and pivoted, and
partially rotating on its pivots in a reciprocatory manner.
My said invention consists essentially in the manner of imparting the reciprocating
movement to the dolly in such a manner as to employ as few wheels as possible, and 1
to obtain the reversals of motion with ease and without necessitating an extra
expenditure of power at the moment of reversal or when passing over dead points.
For this purpose I fix to one end of the dolly D (see Figs. 1 and 2) a crank E, to
the other end of which is fixed a rod C by means of an ordinary pin joint; the other
end of the rod C is joined excentrically to a pivotted wheel B on which are cogs
fitting into corresponding cogs on a driving wheel of any convenient size. The
action of turning the driving wheel A will thus impart continuous rotary motion to
the wheel B, which may be placed either horizontally or vertically. The rotation
of the wheel B will, by means of the connecting-rod and crank, impart the desired
reciprocatory motion to the dolly, the length of arc described by the dolly depending 2
upon the relation between the length of the crank and the distance at which the
end of the connecting rod is placed from the centre of the wheel B.
In the drawings the wheel A is shewn fitted with a handle for manual power, but
it is evident that it may be driven by mechanical means also if preferred.
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. The combination of a perpendicular dolly or beater with the crank, connecting-
rod, and rotating cog-wheels substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. The method of imparting reciprocating motion to a perpendicularly pivoted a
dolly or beater from a rotating driving wheel by means of an intermediate cog-wheel,
connecting-rod, and crank, substantially as described.
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