A MACHINE FOR WASHING, CLEANSING, AND SCOURING OF LINEN, WOOLLEN, WOOL, COTTON, SILK, OR ANY OTHER COMMODITY THAT REQUIRES WASHING, CLEANSING, OR SCOURING
Year: 1790

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
HANCOCK, of Salisbury Square, in the Parish of Saint Bride's, in the City of
London, Victualler, send greeting.
WHEREAS I, the said Joseph Hancock, did by my petition humbly repre-
sent to His present most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, that I had
after much trouble, labour, and experice, found out and invented "A MACHINE FOR
WASHING, CLEANSING, AND SCOURING OF LINEN, WOOLLEN, WOOL, COTTON, SILK, OR ANY
OTHER COMMODITY THAT REQUIRES WASHING, CLEANSING, OR SCOURING;" that in re-
gard I was the first and true Inventor thereof, and that the same had never
been made or used by any other person or persons, to the best of my knowledge
and belief; I, therefore, most humbly prayed Elis said Majesty that he would be
graciously pleased to grant unto me, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
His Royal Letters Patent, under His Great Seal of Great Britain, for the sole
use, benefit, and advantage of my said Invention, within England, Wales, and
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, for the term of fourteen years, according to
the Statute in that case made and provided: His said Majesty being willing
and desirous to give encouragement to all arts and inventions which might
be for the public good, was graciously pleased to condescend to my request,
and therefore by His Royal Letters Patent, under His Great Seal of Great
Britain, bearing date at Westminster, the Eighteenth day of August, in the
thirtieth year of His reign, of His especial grace, certain knowledge, and mere
motion, for Himself, His heirs and successors, did give and grant unto me,

page_text: the said Joseph Hancock, my executors, administrators, and assigns, Ilis especial
licence, full power, sole priviledge, and authority, that I, the said Joseph
Tancock, my executors, administrators, and assigns, and every of them, by
myself and themselves, and by mine or their deputy or deputies, servants or
agents, or such others as I, the said Joseph IIancock, my executors, adminis
trators or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term of years therein expressel,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend my said Invention
within that part of His Majesty's Kingdom of Great Britain called England, Flis
Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in such manner as to
me, the said Joseph Hancock, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or any
of us, should in our discretion seem meet; and that I, the said Joseph Han-
cock, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should and lawfully might have
and enjoy the whole profit, benefit, and advantage from time to time coming,
growing, accruing, and arising by reason of the said Invention, for and during
the term of years therein mentioned; to have, hold, exercise, and enjoy the said
licence, power, priviledges, and advantages therein-before granted unto me,
the said Joseph Hancock, my executors, administrators, and assigns. for and
during and unto the full end and term of fourteen years from the date of tho
said Letters Patent, next and immediately ensuing, and fully to be completo
and ended, according to the Statute in such case made and provided; in which
said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that if I, the said Joseph Hancock,
did not particularly describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and soal, and cause the same to be inrolled in His Majesties
High Court of Chancery within one calendar month next after the date of the
said Letters Patent, that then the said Letters Patent, and all liberties and
advantages whatsoever thereby granted, should utterly cense, determine, and
become void, anything therein-before contained to the contrary thereof in any
wise notwithstanding, as in and by the said Letters Patent (amongst many
other grants and provisoes therein contained, relation being thereto had, may
more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that 1, the said Joseph Flancock, in compliance with the
said proviso, do hereby describe and ascertain the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and declare that the said machine so invented and made by me, is made
in the manner as herein-after specified, expressed, or described (that is
to say):-
:-
The machine consists of one or more tubs or troughs, of one or more
washers, together with the wheels, cranks, flics, lovers, et., ct., as more par-

page_text: ticularly described by the following description and Drawings annexed. The
perpendicular and horizontal washers may be put in motion so as to effect
the cleansing of the linen, et. with a proper quantity of soap and water, by
hand, a hand lever, pendelum, or any other lever, crank or cranks, flie
wheel or flie, or by any power that is capable of communicating a circular or
vibrating motion; and the machine may be made of any form or dimentions
whatsoever, and of any wood or materials that will not damage the linen, ct.
The machine may likewise be applied for making or churning of butter.
Figure 1, the plan of the machine, showing two washers; the one A, A,
working horizontally, the other B, B, perpendicular, which may be made
plain or perforated, or with bars. It is to be observed that this part of the
machine that acts with a perpendicular washer, makes two strokes at every
vibration, viz., one on each side of its center, on the opposite sides of the tub
or trough. Figure 14 shows a washer of a similar construction, which makes
but one stroke at every vibration; C, the tubs or troughs; D, the wheel;
E, the cranks, spindle, or axel; F, F, the cranks; G, G, the connecting rails;
II, standard to horizontal washers, to which the connecting rail G is attached
by the pin a; d, d, studs on the washers; e, e, groves on which the studs a
act to prevent the washers from shifting too much endways; f, crank handle;
9. plug for discharging the water; I, standard to the perpendicular washer;
K, K, beviled sides, which may be made plain or perforated; L, cross rail, in
which the top pivot c of perpendicular washer works; a pivot is likewise fixed
to bottom of the washer in a direct line with the top pivot, and works in a
bole or collar fixed on the bottom of the tub, to keep the washers in a per-
pendicular direction, and to keep the washers from dragging on bottom of the
tub, at may be seen in the section. Figure 2, M, M, the wringing trough,
with cloth blocks, ct., as more fully described in Figure 11. Figure 2, section
of the machine with horizontal and perpendicular washers, together with the
wringing trough. Figure 8, plan of a machine with two horizontal washers.
N.B. Any number of washers may be employed. Figure 4, section of a
machine with two horizontal washers, under which the linen or any thing to
be washed is put, and likewise shewing the manner by which the standards
of the washers may be connected. Figures 5, 6, 7, & 8 are different kinds of
washers. The horizontal washers may be made with bars in any direction,
blocks or boards perforated, only observing to curve the under sides thereof
sufficient to produce a vibrating or rocking motion when the machine is put
into action. Figure 9, elevation of the side of the machine, with two
horizontal washers, one of which is turned up to show in what manner they
may be moved for the purpose of putting the linen in and taking it out.

page_text: Figure 10, elevation of one end of the machine; Figure 11, plan of that part
of the machine for wringing; M, the tub or trough; N, the windlass and
moveable block; O, the fixed block; P, the wringing cloth or netting to
receive the linen or anything to be wringed; Q, grove, to which the wringing
cloth or netting is fixed to the blocks, and aro prevented from turning round
the same in the action of wringing by means of the pins R, which are put
through the cloth and blocks; or a più or pins may be put on the blocks to
receive the cloth or notting; the cloth may be hemmed at the end, and a draw-
ing string put through for the conveniency of fastening the cloth to the blocks.
Figures 12 & 13, clevations of the ends of the wringer.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Hancock, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of September, in the thirtieth
year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord Georgo the Third, by the
grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender
of the Faith, and so forth, and in the year of our Lord One thousand
seven hundred and ninety.
DW MONTAGUE.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the same Sixteenth day of September,
in the year above written, the aforesaid Joseph Ilaucock came before our
Lord the King in Ilis Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification aforesaid,
and all and every thing therein contained, in form above written. And also
the Specification aforesaid was stampt according to the tenor of the Statute in
that enso made and providnit
Inrolled the samo Sixteenth day of September, in the year above
mentioned.