IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR WASHING AND WRINGING."
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Norman, of Turnham Green, in the
County of Middlesex, Turner, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINES FOR WASHING AND WRINGING."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Norman at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
23rd May 1874.
I, JAMES NORMAN, of Turnham Green, in the County of Middlesex,
5 Turner, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR WASHING AND WRINGING," to be as follows:-
1
This Invention consists of improved arrangements whereby the.
combined effects of washing and wringing clothes may be effectually
-accomplished.
The apparatus for washing is fitted to a tub or vessel, constructed of
parallel sides by preference. At the bottom of this I place rollers made

page_text: of any suitable material. To the sides are fitted by preference buttons
or pivots, and into these are inserted free to move upright rods, which
rise above the tub or vessel. To these rods are fitted on pins other rods,
'which are secured to a rubber.
The action of the machine is as follows:-The upright rods connected
by a cross bar are worked backward and forward, such action being
conveyed by the rods to the rubber which works over the rollers situate
at the bottom of the tub or vessel, the clothes which are to be cleaned
being between the rubber and the rollers.
The wringing apparatus consists of a frame, the top and bottom being
secured by rods. Through the bottom part of frame is passed ropes,
which rise to the top frame. The top frame is made free to work round,
but the bottom frame does not work round, but has an up-and-down
motion. In the top frame a hole is made, through which the clothes
for wringing are passed down between the ropes. The wringing is
effected by turning the top frame by any suitable arrangement, such as
cog wheel or pulley, worked by a handle, and with it the ropes which
press against the clothes and effectually wring the same, the water from
the clothes passing into the tub or vessel if desired.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, 2
filed by the said James Norman in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 23rd November 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
NORMAN, of Turnham Green, in the County of Middlesex, Turner, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of May, in the year”
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said James Norman, Her special licence 3
that I, the said James Norman, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said James Norman, my executors,

page_text: administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINES FOR WASHING AND WRINGING," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said James Norman, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
• NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Norman, do hereby declare
the nature of my said 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 consists of improved arrangements whereby the
combined effects of washing and wringing clothes may be effectually.
accomplished.
The apparatus for washing is fitted to a tub or vessel, constructed of.
parallel sides by preference. At the bottom of this I place rollers made
of any suitable material. To the sides are fitted by preference bearings
or centres, and into these are inserted free to move upright rods, which
rise above the tub or vessel. To these rods are fitted on pins other rods,
which are secured to a rubber.
The action of the machine is as follows:-The upright rods connected.
by a cross bar are worked backward and forward, such action being.
conveyed by the rods to the rubber which works over the rollers situate
at the bottom of the tub or vessel, the clothes which are to be cleaned.
being between the rubber and the rollers.
The wringing apparatus consists of a frame, the top and bottom being.
secured by rods. Through the bottom part of frame pass ropes, which
rise to the top frame. The top frame is made free to work round, but
the botton frame does not work round, but has an up-and-down motion.
In the top frame a hole is made, through which the clothes for wringing.

page_text: are passed down between the ropes. The wringing is effected by turning
the top frame or wheel by any suitable arrangement, such as a cog wheel
or pulley, worked by a handle, and with it the ropes which press against
the clothes and effectually wring the same, the water from the clothes
passing into the tub or vessel if desired.
Having thus far described the nature of my Invention, I will now in
further compliance with the aforesaid condition in the said Letters
Patent contained proceed to particularly describe and ascertain the said
Invention by reference to the Drawings as follows:-

page_text: To said block is secured the ropes M which serve for wringing, the other
end of such ropes M being secured to wheel N (Figs. 5 and 6), which is
toothed, and in these teeth the chain band or belt n engages, such band
passing round tooth wheel O, (which is attached by spindle to the handlo
P) and also round wheel O'. Q is top board or covering for the wringer,
and R is bottom board, such bottom board having an opening in centre,
the edges of such opening serving to guide the.wheel N by means of
the pins or studs m attached thereto. The wheel N is also open in the
centre, and so also is the top board Q.
In working the washing arrangements the clothes for washing are
placed between the washer or rubber H, which is weighted so as to keep
it on to the clothes, and in doing this the washer is lifted up to the
position as shewn in Fig. 1 (marked by x, x,) and then put on to tho
clothes. Then the attendant takes hold of handle F and works it back-
ward and forward, imparting thereby by means of the rods G the
backward and forward motion to the rubber or washer H, which
effectually cleanses the clothes, and when this is done the washer or
rubber H is lifted up as shewn at ×, ×, Fig. 1, and the clothes taken
out and fresh supply put in, when the same action is gone through.
In wringing the clothes are inserted through the openings in top and
frame of wringer between the ropes M, and the handle P is worked
round, and by means of the chain band n motion is conveyed to the
centre wheel N, which in working round takes the ropes with it, and
the pressure by the twisting thereby occasioned effectually wrings the
clothes between the ropes, the water from the clothes passing again into
tub or vessel. The block K as the wheel N works round is drawn up,
but is maintained in its vertical rising by the guide bars L. When the
clothes have been wrung the handle P is turned in a reverse direction,
and the ropes with the block K assume their normal position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my
said Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I hereby
declare that I claim the herein described Invention of improvements in
machines for washing and wringing, as herein-before set forth and
described, wherein a moveable rubber or washer combined with rollers
for washing or cleansing, and arrangements of wringers composed of
ropes are important features, it being understood that I do not limit

page_text: reference thereto, nor do I claim such details, as my Invention consists
in the arrangement substantially as herein-before stated without reference
to the mere details of construction.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Norman, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.
Witness,
T. MORGAN,
Secretary,
Inventors' Patent Right Ass"., Limited,
21, Cockspur Street, S.W.
J. NORMAN. (L.S.)
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