A. PADDLE FOR BLUEING WATER FOR WASHING PURPOSES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, HAZEL HELEN COBBETT, of 5, Suffolk Place, Pall Mall, in the County of
Middlesex, Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "A. PADDLE
FOR BLUEING WATER FOR WASHING PURPOSES" to be as follows:→
My Invention consists of an improved device to be used in "blueing” clothes in.
washing.
In carrying out my Invention in practice, I form a thin paddle, or blade of
wood or other suitable substance, and cover or cont the lower portion with "blue,"
such as is commonly used in washing clothes.-The upper part of the paddle, or
blade may be formed to serve as a handle.
The apparatus is used as follows:-The paddle is stirred in the water, in which
the clothes are to be washed, and when a sufficient quantity of blue has been
dissolved off the paddle, it is hung up and allowed to dry, when it is again fit for
use, and this process may be repeated until the whole of the blue is dissolved off
the paddle.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, HAZEL HELEN COBBETT of 5 Suffolk Place, Pall Mall in the county of
Middlesex, Chemist do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
"A PADDLE FOR "BLUEING" WATER FOR WASHING PURPOSES" and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement —
My invention consists of an improved device to be used for "blueing" water
for washing clothes or other articles, In carrying out my invention in practice,

page_text: I form a thin paddle or blade, of wood or other suitable substance, and cover or
coat the lower portion of the said paddle or blade with "blue," such as is com-
monly used in washing clothes. The upper part of the paddle or blade may be
formed to serve as a handle. The apparatus is used as follows - The paddle
being grasped by the handle is stirred in the water in which the clothes are to be
washed, which has the effect of dissolving the "blue" in the water and when a
sufficient quantity of blue has been dissolved off the paddle, the said paddle is
hung up and allowed to dry, when it is again fit for use, and this process may be
repeated until the whole of the blue is dissolved off the paddle.
In order more clearly to explain the nature of my invention, I will now proceed 1
to more particularly describe the same by reference to the accompanying sheet of
to more particularly describe the same by reference to the accompanying sheet of
drawing
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side view, Figure 2 an edge view and Figure 3 a cross-section
through the line X X of Figure 1 of a "blueing" paddle made according to my
invention.
The same letters refer to the same parts in each figure.
a a is a thin strip or blade of wood, or other suitable substance, having the
upper part b formed into a suitable shape to serve as a handle and having the
lower part c covered or coated with "blue" such as is commonly dissolved in
the water used in washing clothes. In Figures 1 and 2 the "blue" is indicated by
the part shaded with vertical lines, and in Figure 3, by the thick black line
surrounding the central wooden strip a-A hole d is provided in the handle to
afford a convenient means of hanging the paddle on a nail or hook to dry after use.
My invention affords a more rapid, cleanly and effectual means of "blueing"
water than the methods ordinarily in use.
I wish it to be understood that I do not necessarily confine myself to the precise
form of the "blueing" paddle as shewn in the accompanying drawing, as it may
be constructed in any other convenient shape, which will answer the same purpose,
as for instance in the form of a rod or stick; but, 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. A paddle for "blueing" water, constructed in the manner and for the
purposes, substantially as herein set forth and shewn in. the accompanying
drawings.
2. The combination with a paddle, blade, strip, rod or other suitable device, of
"blue," in the manner and for the purposes substantially as herein set forth and
shewn in the accompanying drawings.