IMPROVEMENTS IN WASHING, WRINGING, AND MANGLING MACHINES
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Isaac James, of Tivoli Works, Cheltenham, in the
County of Gloucester, Machinist, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN WASHING, WRINGING, AND MANGLING MACHINES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Isaac James at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th June 1860.
I; ISAAC JAMES, of Tivoli Works, Cheltenham, in the County of Glou-
cester, Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WASHING, WRINGING, AND MANGLING MACHINES," to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to a peculiar construction and arrangement of appa-
ratus for washing, wringing, and mangling cloth, and consists in the com-
bination of an oblong vessel mounted upon pivots placed at its centre in the
bottom. This vessel is caused to vibrate or rock on its pivots by means of
a crank or cranks and winch handle, actuated by the attendant or driven by
steam power. The flush of water to and fro in the vessel containing the
dirty linen effectually cleanses the same, which is then removed and wrung
by being squeezed beneath a piston in a perforated box fixed to one side of the
machine.
The mangling is effected by means of a pair of rollers driven in the usual
manner.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions. of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Isaac James in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
4th December 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ISAAC
JAMES, of Tivoli Works, Cheltenham, in the County of Gloucester, Machinist,
send greeting.
.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Isaac James, Her special license that I, the said Isaac James,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Isaac James, my executors, administrators, or assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and. lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN WASHING, WRINGING, AND MANGLING MACHINES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that J, the said Isaac James, by an instrument in writing
under my band and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Isaac James, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
.following statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, and
to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
My said Invention relates to a peculiar construction and arrangement of
combined apparatus for washing, wringing, and mangling clothes and textile
fabrics generally, as well as fibrous materials, such as wool and flax, and con-
sists in the combination of an oblong vessel mounted upon pivots placed at
its centre in the bottom. This vessel is caused to oscillate or rock on its pivots
by means of a crank or cranks and winch handle actuated by the attendant or
driven by steam power. The flush of water to and fro in the vessel containing
the dirty linen effectually cleanses the same, which is then removed and

page_text: wrung by being squeezed beneath a piston in a perforated box fixed to one
side of the machine, or passed between a pair of rollers.
The mangling is effected by means of a pair of rollers driven in the usual
manner, the whole of the operations being effected in one combined machine.
And in order that my said Invention may be fully understood, I shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose I shall
refer to the several Figures on the Sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed, the
same letters of reference indicating corresponding parts in both Figures.
T
Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved combined washing,
wringing, and mangling machine; and Figure 2 is an end view of the same.
A represents the framing or support of the machine; and B is the washing
vessel, which is provided with a lid or cover b, and is contained between the
two side standards of the frame, and is supported upon pivots or stud
centres C, C, upon which it rocks or oscillates. One end of the vessel B is
connected by the rod D to the crank driving shaft E, which is provided with
a fly wheel and winch handle F for the purpose of driving the machine. On
rotating the winch handle a rocking motion is imparted to the vessel -B, which
effects the cleaning of the clothes contained therein by the violent agitation
of the washing liquid to and fro amongst such clothes; G is the wringing box
provided at the bottom with a spout H for discharging the liquid which flows
from or is expressed out of the articles to be wrung on the descent of the
pressing plunger I. This plunger fits the box loosely, and is forced down on
to the clothes in the box by the lever handle K as shown clearly in Figure 1.
The side of the wringing box next to the washing vessel is perforated for the
purpose of facilitating the escape of the liquid. L, L, are rollers which may
be used either for more effectually wringing the clothes, or for mangling the
The upper roller L is mounted in a vertical sliding frame M, on the
centre of which bears the transverse lever N, shewn clearly in Figure 2.
The fulcrum of this lever is at O in the main framing, and its free end is acted
upon by the compound levers P and Q, and weight R (Figure 1), by which
arrangement a considerable pressure is exerted upon the clothes as they are
passed between the rollers. This pressure may be increased or diminished by
suspending the weight R from one or other of the holes in the lever Qas
circumstances may require; S is a winch handle fast on the axis of the lower
roller, whereby the requisite motion is imparted to them for the passage of
the clothes between them.
same.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried

page_text: into effect, I would observe in conclusion, that what I consider to be novel and
original, and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-
before in part recited Letters Patent is,―
First, the general combination of machinery or apparatus for washing,
wringing, and mangling clothes as herein-before described.
Second, the peculiar construction and arrangement of washing vessel
mounted on central pivots, and the mode of imparting a rocking or oscillating
motion thereto by an external crank and connected rod as herein-before
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Isaac James, have to this my Specifi-
cation set my hand and seal, this Third day of December, One thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty.
ISAAC JAMES. (L.S.)