IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MACHINES FOR WASHING AND RINSING FABRICS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Benjamin Davies of Adlington in the County of
Lancaster and James Eckersley of Blackrod in the same County, for an
Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MACHINES FOR
WASHING AND RINSING FABRICS.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Benjamin Davies and James
Eckersley at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th July
1882.
BENJAMIN DAVIES of Adlington in the County of Lancaster and JAMES
ECKERSLEY of Blackrod in the same County "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON-
STRUCTION OF MACHINES FOR WASHING AND RINSING FABRICS
"
This invention relates to the construction of the class of washing and rinsing
machines used in bleach works and especially to that particular form thereof
known as "Bridsons washing machine" for which Letters Patent No 96 bearing
date 1st October 1852 were granted to Henry Bridson of Bolton-le-Moors in the
County of Lancaster.
The object of the present invention is to enable a machine to perform at one
operation what has hitherto required two, and to thoroughly wash and rinse the
fabric with no more expenditure of power or water than heretofore.
The improvement consists principally in placing beneath the bottom squeezing
roller an additional box or auxiliarly cistern fitted with two small rollers at or near
the bottom and a guide above having several openings or eyes made of or lined
with glazed earthenware, or brass.
The box or cistern above named encloses all but the upper part of the lower
squeezing roller and opposite to the axis of the latter there is an opening or eye
(also lined with earthenware or brass) in one end of the box through which the
cloth passes.
There is also an opening in the bottom of the box to allow the water to flow
through it into the main box or cistern containing the "winces" so that as the

page_text: clean water flows first into this additional box or cistern the small rollers are kept
wholly immersed and the lower squeezing roller about half immersed.
The cloth or fabric under operation after passing through the usual operation of
the "winces" in the main box or cistern instead of passing at once through the
squeezers (as usual) enters the additional box or auxiliary cistern through the
opening or eye above named, then passes through one of the eyes of the guide and
through the nip of the squeezing rollers; next down through the clean water
round the two small rollers beneath the squeezers. The fabric then passes
through another eye of the guide, again through the nip of the squeezing rollers
and round the small rollers, through the clear water in the auxiliary cistern and so
on several times before passing finally out of the machine.
By these means the cloth becomes so thoroughly washed and rinsed as only to
need once passing through the washer and as the water used for rinsing in the
auxiliary cistern is used over again for washing in the main cistern there is no
greater expenditure of water than heretofore.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Benjamin Davies and James Eckersley in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 26th January 1883.
BENJAMIN DAVIES of Adlington in the County of Lancaster and JAMES
ECKERSLEY of Blackrod in the same County "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON-
STRUCTION OF MACHINES FOR WASHING AND RINSING FABRICS
»
This invention relates to the construction of the class of washing and rinsing
machines used in bleach works and especially to that particular form thereof
known as "Bridson's washing machine" for which Letters Patent N° 96 bearing
date the 1st October 1852, were granted to Henry Bridson of Bolton-le-Moors in
the County of Lancaster.
The object of the present invention is to enable a machine to perform at one
operation what has hitherto required two, and to thoroughly wash and rinse the
fabric with little or no more expenditure of power or water than heretofore.
Such being the nature and object of our said invention we will now proceed to
describe in detail the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or
carried into practical effect, and in order that the same may be clearly understood
we have annexed hereunto a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof and have
marked the same with figures and letters of reference corresponding with those in
the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1 in the annexed drawing is a longitudinal section and Fig. 2 an end
elevation of our improved machine.
a a is the framing of the machine b, bx the squeezing rollers and c, c the cistern
and c*, c* the revolving "winces."
The improvements consist principally in placing beneath the bottom squeezing
roller bx, an additional box or auxiliary cistern d, d, fitted with two small
rollers e, e at or near the bottom and a guide f, fabove having several openings or
eyes made of or lined with glazed earthenware or brass.
The box or cistern d, d above named encloses all but the upper part of the lower
squeezing roller and opposite to the axis of the latter there is an opening or
eye g, g (also lined with earthenware or brass) in one end of the box d, d through
which the cloth passes.
There is also an opening h in the bottom of the box d, d to allow the water to
flow through it into the main box or cistern c, c containing the "winces" c*, c* so
that the clean water flows first into this additional box or cistern d, d the small
rollers e, e are kept wholly immersed and the lower squeezing rollers b*, about half
immersed.
The cloth or fabric under operation (as shown by the dotted lines i, i) after
passing through the usual operation of the "winces" c*, c* in the main box or
cistern c, c instead of passing at once through the squeezers b, bx (as usual) enters
the additional box or auxiliary cistern d, d through the opening or eye g above
named, then passes through one of the eyes of the guide f, f and through the
nip of the squeezing rollers b, b* next down through the clean water round the
two small rollers e, e beneath the squeezers.
The fabric then passes through another eye of the guide f. f again through the
nip of the squeezing rollers b, b* and round the small rollers e, e through the clear
water in the auxiliary cistern and so on several times before passing finally out of
the machine.
By these means the cloth becomes so thoroughly washed and rinsed as only to
need once passing through the washer and as the water used for rinsing in the

page_text: auxiliary cistern is used over again for washing in the main cistern there is no
greater expenditure of water than heretofore.
Having now described the nature and object of our said invention together with
the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into
practical effect we wish it to be understood that we claim as our invention.
The improved arrangement and construction of washing and rinsing machine
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawing annexed and
more especially we claim the additional box or cistern d, d with its rollers e, e in
combination with the multiple guide f, f (or its equivalent) whereby we are enabled
to pass the fabric several times through the machine and thus thoroughly wash
and rinse the fabric at one operation.
In witness whereof we the said Benjamin Davies and James Eckersley have
hereunto set our hands and seals this twenty fourth day of January in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty three
Witness to the signature of
Benjamin Davies
WILLIAM MERCER
Adlington
nr Chorley Lancashire
Cashier
Witness to the signature of
James Eckersley
WILLIAM MERCER
Adlington
n Chorley Lancashire
Cashier.
BENJN DAVIES
(L.S.)
JAMES ECKERSLEY (L.S.)