IMPROVEMENTS IN WASHING MACHINES
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Clapham Holmes, Israel Pearson, William Henry Murton,
and Nathan Midgley, all of Keighley, in the County of York, Machine Makers,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN WASHING MACHINES."
ealed the 15th September 1877, and dated the 20th March 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Clapham Holmes, Israel
Pearson, William Henry Murton, and Nathan Midgley at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 20th March 1877.
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CLAPHAM HOLMES, ISRAEL PEARSON, WILLIAM HENRY MURTON, and NATHAN
IMPROVE-
MIDGLEY, all of Keighley, in the County of York, Machine Makers.
MENTS IN WASHING MACHINES."
".
This Invention consists of an improved mechanical arrangement for the purpose
of giving a right and left hand partial revolution to the dolly.
We accomplish this improvement in the following manner-At the back of the
machine at the under side of the bottom roller we secure a shaft carried by suitablo
brackets; on to one end of this shaft we secure a toothed wheel which gears
into the spur gearing for giving motion to the rollers; this shaft is arranged so
that the attendant can throw the same in or out of gear; on to the other end of this
said shaft is keyed a disc or stud plate having a stud secured in the face; on to this
stud we attach a connecting rod which is coupled to a lever or crank that is on the end
of a shaft that is carried by suitable journals formed in the centre cross rail of the
machine; on to the other end of this last named shaft we secure a bevel wheel which
gears into a bevel wheel keyed on to the top of the dolly spindle; this spindle is
secured in a suitable journal formed
mounted in a common footstep, and the top
in the aforesaid centre cross rail; the cap of this journal is formed with a hinged joint
at one side in order that the cap can be easily removed to facilitate the fixing or
removal of the dolly.
It will be readily understood that when the first-named shaft is in motion the
stud plate will revolve, and the connecting rod will convey a circular motion from
the stud plate and form a reciprocating motion to the lever and bevel wheels
before named, and thus imparts a left and right hand partial revolution to the
dolly.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
said Clapham Holmes, Israel Pearson, William Henry Murton, and Nathan
Midgley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 19th September 1877.
CLAPHAM HOLMES, ISRAEL PEARSON, WILLIAM HENRY MURTON, and NATHAN
MIDGLEY, all of Keighley, in the County of York, Machine Makers. "IMPROVE
MENTS IN WASHING MACHINES."
This Invention consists of an improved mechanical arrangement for the purpose of
giving a right and left hand partial revolution to the dolly.
We accomplish this improvement in the following manner :-At the back of the
machine, at the under side of the bottom roller, we secure a shaft carried by suitable
brackets; on to one end of this shaft we secure a toothed wheel, which gears
into the spur gearing for giving motion the rollers; this shaft is arranged so that the
attendant can throw the same in or out of gear; on to the other end of this said shaft
is keyed a disc or stud plate having a stud secured in the face; on to this stud we
attach a connecting rod which is coupled to a lever or crank that is on the end of a
shaft and carried by suitable journals formed in the centre cross rail of the machine;
on to the other end of this last-named shaft we secure a bevel wheel which gears
into a bevel wheel keyed on the top of the dolly spindle; this spindle is mounted in
a common footstep, and the top is secured in a suitable journal formed in the afore-
said centre cross rail; the cap of this journal is formed with a hinged joint at one
side in order that the cap can be easily removed to facilitate the fixing or removal
of the dolly.
It will be readily understood, that when the first-named shaft is in motion
the stud plate will revolve and the connecting rod will convey a circular motion
from the stud plate and form a reciprocating motion to the lever and bevel
wheels before named, and thus impart a left and right hand partial revolution or
twist to the dolly.
We will now describe the accompanying Drawings, in which like parts are indi-
cated by like letters and figures.
All parts of the machine not necessary for the elucidation of these improvements
are omitted in the Drawings, being the same as an ordinary washing machine.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of part of a machine to which our improvements are
attached. Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same. Figure 3 is an enlarged detail
of the apparatus for sliding the pinion in or out of gear, for giving motion to the
dolly, or to the rollers.
The main framework of the machine is indicated by the letter A, and is secured
to the tub B in the ordinary manner; C is the fly wheel, and is mounted on the stud
D, which is secured to the frame A. The pinion E is part of the before named fly
wheel casting, and is of such a diameter that it will gear into the wheel F and actuate
the rollers G, or when desired will gear into the pinion H that is secured on one end
of a short shaft J mounted in a journal formed in the frame A; on to the other end
of this shaft is secured a disc or stud plate K, which is connected by means of rod L,
coupled to studs, to the crank M, secured on to one end of shaft N, which is mounted
in the brackets O, secured to the centro rail P; on to the other end of shaft N is
secured a bevel wheel R which gears into the bevel pinion R' secured to the top of
dolly R²; this dolly is secured at the foot in the ordinary manner, but the top end
under the bevel pinion R¹ is secured in the journal formed in the centre rail P, which
is arranged in such a manner that the part P¹ will open the same as an hinge, and
is centred on pin P; the other end of this hinge, which forms the journal cap, is
secured by means of the thumb screw S; when this screw is turned at right angles to
its position shewn on the Drawing, it will pass through the slot hole S¹, when
the hinged cap P¹ will be free, and when opened, the dolly R² can be taken out
of the tub or replaced at pleasure.
.
When it is desired to put the pinion E into gear with the wheel F or pinion H,
turn the lever or handle T which is attached to the disc rod T¹; the pin will slide

page_text: the forked casting U which clasps the pinion E and put the same into gear with
the wheel which actuates the rollers or the dolly at the will of the attendant.
Having thus described our said Invention and the manner in which the same
is or may be performed, we have to state that we do not restrict ourselves to the
precise details herein described and deliniated; but that what we believe to be novel
and original and claim as the Invention secured to us by the herein-before recited
Letters Patent is:-The arranging and mechanical combination of the parts for pro-
ducing a left and right hand motion to the dolly, substantially as herein described
and represented by the accompanying Drawings; and the arranging and combining
of the parts for sliding the pinion into gear with the roller or dolly wheels, substan-
tially as herein described and represented by the accompanying Drawings.
I witness whereof, I, the said William Henry Murton, of and on behalf of
myself and the said Clapham Holmes, Israel Pearson, and Nathan Midgley,
have horeunto set. my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of September,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven,
Witness,
JOHN WAUGH,
Engineer and Patent Agent,
Bradford,
Yorks.
WILLIAM H. MURTON. (L.s.)