An Improved Hair Washing Machine.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Apr., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 28th Jan., 1891-Accepted, 28th Feb., 1891
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An Improved Hair Washing Machine.
I, JOB APSEY KEETCH, of Essex Iron Works, Bedminster, Bristol, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object the construction of a machine for washing hair,
which machine is designed with a view to dispense with manual labour during the
process of washing the hair.
According to my invention I provide a suitable number of vats or containers,
preferably three, in each of which I place a paddle wheel or agitator. I give
rotation to the paddle wheels or agitators by any suitable means. In the vats or
containers and on one side of the paddle wheels or agitators I place lifters or con-
veyors which periodically transfer, during the process of washing, the hair from
one vat or container to the next vat or container and from the last vat or container
into a suitable barrow, basket or other receptacle in a washed condition fit for
drying. periodically give motion to the lifters or conveyors by means of a
reciprocating bar or rod, which is driven from any suitable part of the machine..
The reciprocating bar or rod is provided with tappets or projections which act on
pins or rollers on the faces of discs fixed to the ends of the shafts carrying the
lifters or conveyors. I also provide counterweights which return the lifters or
conveyors to their normal positions ready for transferring or lifting the hair.
I supply the vats or containers with water in any suitable manner, and I may
provide means for causing a circulation of the water from the vat or container at
one end of the machine to the vat or container at the other end of the machine
from which the water may be drawn off.
In using the machine, I place the hair in the first vat or container. As soon as
the air is free from lime it floats to the top of the water in the first vat, and it is
then transferred into the barrow, basket or other receptacle in the manner and by
the means already described.
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JAMES STEVENSON,
Gray's Inn Chambers, 20, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Hair Washing Machine.
I, JOB APSEY KEETCH, of Essex Iron Works, Bedminster, Bristol, Engineer,
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:-
This invention has for its object the construction of a machine for washing hair
with a view to dispense with manual labour during the process of washing.
In the annexed drawing
Figure 1 is an elevation and Figure 2 a plan of my improved machine.
According to my invention I provide a suitable number of vats or con-
tainers A, B, C, in each of which I place a paddle wheel or agitator A, B, C,
mounted respectively on the shafts a, b, c, driven preferably by chain gearing from
the pulley shaft c. In each of the vats or containers and on one side of the paddle
wheels I provide lifters or conveyors A2, B2, C², consisting of screens attached by
arms to their respective shafts a, b, c, by means of which the air is periodically
transferred, during the process of washing, from the first vat or container A into

page_text: the next vat B and from B into the last vat C and from thence into a barrow,
basket or other receptacle in a washed condition fit for drying. I periodically
give motion to the lifters or conveyors A2, B2, C3, by means of a sliding or
reciprocating bar D extending horizontally throughout the length of the machine
and to which motion is imparted by a toothed wheel E¹ driven by a pinion on the
pulley shaft. The reciprocating bar or rod D is provided with tappets or
projections e, e', which act on pins or rollers d, d', on the faces of the
discs E fixed to the ends of the shafts a', b', c', which carry the lifters A2, B2, C².
The bearings for the shafts of the lifters and for the shafts of the paddles are
bolted to the sides of the machine and to a horizontal support F disposed in the
centre of the machine and parallel to the sides thereof. I also. provide counter
weights g which return the lifters to their normal positions ready for transferring
or lifting the hair, the lifters when raised as shown in dotted lines Figure 1 being
suddenly returned by the pins or rollers on the discs E depressing the free ends
of the counterweight rods g'.
I supply the vats or containers with water in any suitable manner, and may
provide means for causing a circulation of the water from the vat or container C
to the vat A at the other end of the machine from which the water may be
drawn off.
In using the machine, I place the hair in the first vat, or container A. As
soon as the hair is free from lime it floats to the top of the water in the first vat A,
and after passing into the vats B, C, is then transferred into the barrow, basket
or other receptacle in the manner and by the means already described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
First The improved air washing machine herein described and shown in the
annexed drawing.
Second: In the machine or apparatus referred to in the preceding claim the
employment of lifters or conveyors actuated in the manner and by the means
specified in combination with paddles or agitators substantially as and for the
purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 31st day of December 1890.
JAMES STEVENSON,
20, High Holborn, London, W.C., Agent for Applicant.