Improvements in or connected with Washing Machines.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Nov., 1894
Con plete Specification Left, 30th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 12th Oct., 1895
[Communicated from abroad by HENRY HARRIS EVANS, Teacher, and ALFRED
JOHN VINER, Cordial Maker, both of Hampton Road, Fremantle, Western
Australia.]
Improvements in or connected with Washing Machines.
1, GEORGE VINER, of 16 Radstock Road, Reading, in the County of Berkshire,
Clerk of Works do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in or connected with washing machines
whereby the clothes or other articles under treatment are subjected to the action of
steam during the washing operation.
According to my invention the machine consists essentially of a suitably shaped
chamber which is supported in bearings so as to permit of its being revolved by a
crank handle or other appropriate means, and of a steam generator or boiler
connected to the said chamber by suitable piping.
The chamber may be in the form of a cylinder having its internal circumference
provided with flutings or corrugations and furnished with end pieces or discs
carrying trunnions or axes that are adapted to work in the before mentioned bearings.
The said cylinder is furnished with a water tight fitting lid for closing the opening
through which the clothes or other articles are placed into and reinoved from the
cylinder.
The boiler employed may consist of a rectangular vessel capable of being placed
upon a fire or other source of heat and may be provided with a tap for drawing off
hot water if required. One of the trunnions of the cylinder is made hollow and is
furnished with suitable means for enabling a flexible or other pipe leading from the
boiler to be readily connected thereto for the purpose of conveying the steam into
said cylinder.
The clothes or other articles to be washed having been first soaped in warm water
are placed in the cylinder together with a small quantity of hydroleine or extract of
soap and about two quarts of boiling water. The lid is then closed and steam
allowed to enter the cylinder from the boiler. The cylinder is then revolved for a
short time when it will be found that the articles have become thoroughly cleansed
and are ready to be removed, which can be effected by simply opening the lid and
allowing the contents of the cylinder to fall into a receptacle situated beneath.
It will thus be seen that by my invention no boiling of the articles is necessary
during the entire operation.
Dodhi. 20th day of November 1894
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in or connected with Washing Machines.
I, GEORGE VINER, of 16 Radstock Road, Reading, in the County of Berkshire,
Clerk of Works, 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 relates to improvements in or connected with washing machines.
The invention consists essentially in the employment of a rotary or other movable
chamber into which the clothes or other articles to be cleansed are placed, and of a
steam generator or boiler connected with the said chamber by suitable piping for
conducting steam thereto.
In order that the said invention may be clearly understood and readily carrie.l
into effect I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the washing machine;
Figure 2 a longitudinal section thereof; and
Figure 3 a vertical cross-section taken on the line 1. 1.
A is a rotary chamber, which, in the construction illustrated, is of cylindrical
The end plates A' are
form with flutings or corrugations on its interior surface.
furnished with trunnions A2 A3 which are mounted in bushings B' B³ carried by
the framing B. The trunnion A2 is provided with a crank-handle A' for revolving
the chamber A. It will be found convenient to so arrange this crank-handle that
when the chamber A is at rest the opening therein through which the clothes are
inserted into and withdrawn from the chamber, will occupy the uppermost position.
The trunnion A³ is formed hollow with a conical outer end that enters and revolves
in a corresponding conical opening in the bushing B². This bushing is provided
with a nozzle B³ to which is connected a steam pipe As, leading from an ordinary
kitchen or other boiler. It is preferable to employ a boiler consisting of a rect-
angular vessel that is capable of holding about three or four gallons of water and
having near its lower part a tap for drawing off hot water, and at its upper part a
union for enabling connection to be made with the pipe Aº. This boiler can be
heated over a fire like an ordinary kettle.
The aforesaid chamber A has a lid A for closing the opening through which the
clothes are placed into or withdrawn from the chamber. This lid is furnished with
any convenient device for keeping it tightly closed during the working of the
machine. The pipe A may be provided with a tap or valve for controlling the
entrance of the steam to the rotary chamber.
In order to more evenly distribute the steam as it enters the chamber A a pipe A',
having perforations formed therein, is located within the said chamber A and
communicates with the hollow trunnion A³. This pipe may be arranged spirally
instead of in the manner shewn in the drawings.
A A are angle pieces which may be provided at opposite ends of the chamber for
the purpose of preventing the clothes cr other articles from becoming gathered
together at one part of the chamber during the working of the machine.
The manner of using the machine is as follows:-The clothes to be washed having
been first soaped in warm water are placed in the rotary chamber A together with
a small quantity of hydroleine or extract of soap to which is added about two quarts
of boiling water. The lid A is then closed and steam from the boiler admitted to
the chamber A. The said chamber is now revolved by its crank handle A for a
short time, say three to five minutes. At the expiration of this time it will be found
that the clothes within the chamber have become thoroughly cleansed and are ready
to be removed. This removal can be effected by simply opening the lid A and
turuing the chamber A into such a position that its contents will fall into a suitable

page_text: receptacle C placed beneath. This receptacle may contain cold water in which the
cleansed clothes can be well rinsed and blued.
By this invention it is unnecessary to boil the clothes during the entire washing
operation.
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 washing machine with a boiler for supplying steam
thereto substantially as described and for the purpose specified.
2. A washing machine constructed and arranged to operate substantially as
described with reference to the accompanying drawings and for the purpose
specified.
Dated this 20th day of A1805
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.