A NEW OR IMPROVED WASHING MACHINE
Year: 1884

page_text: I GEORGE GASKELL of Chorley in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare
the nature of said Invention for A NEW OR IMPROVED WASHING MACHINE, to be,
as follows:-
My Invention relates to washing machines for domestic purposes and the object.
of my Invention is to construct a simple and economical washing machine by the
use of which I am enabled to wash, rinse, and blue the clothes without removing
them from the machine.
In performing my Invention I employ by preference a metal tank fitted with a
tap near the bottom and also with a movable cover; the water in which the
clothes are to be washed is placed in this tank and may be heated by gas jets
placed below the tank or in other convenient manner: in this tank and carried in
suitable bearings in the sides I place a cylindrical cage in which the clothes to be
washed are placed: this cylindrical cage is composed of two plates connected by
bars placed a short distance apart and secured near, the edge of each plate in such
inanner that the clothes are retained inside the cage while at the same time the
water has free access to them.
The cage is turned by a handle placed outside the tank and fixed on one of the
spindles upon which the cage revolves and to insure the clothes being thoroughly
turned as the cage revolves I fix bars at suitable intervals inside the cage and.
secured to the end plates. A door is fitted to the cage through which the clothes
may be inserted and withdrawn.
The operation is as follows:-Hot or cold water or soap and water is put into
the tank preferably to a depth of about two inches and the clothes put into the
cage and the door secured. The cover is then placed over the tank and the
cylindrical cage revolved until the clothes are sufficiently cleansed; the soap liquid
is then run out of the tank and replaced by clean water in which the clothes are
rinsed by again revolving the cylindrical cage.
When sufficiently rinsed the dirty water is run off and when it is required to
blue the clothes the blue liquid is then introduced and the cage again revolved to
complete the operation when the door of the cage may be opened and the clothes
removed.
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page_text: I GEORGE GASKELL, of Chorley in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare
the nature of said Invention for A NEW OR IMPROVED WASHING MACHINE, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :—
My Invention relates to washing machines for domestic purposes, and the object
of my Invention is to construct a simple and economical washing machine by the
use of which I am enabled to wash, rinse, and blue the clothes without removing
them from the machine.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will proceed to describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, reference
being had to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figure 1 is an elevation of my new or improved washing machine and Figs. 2
and 3 are detailed views of the cylindrical cage, forming part of the said machine.
I employ a metal tank a fitted with a movable cover b and also near the bottom,
with a tap c; the water in which the clothes are to be washed is placed in this
tank and may be heated by gas jets (not shown in the Drawing) placed below the
tank, or in other convenient manner: in the tank a and carried in suitable bearings
in the sides I fit a cylindrical cage which is free to revolve and in which the
clothes to be washed are placed: this cylindrical cage is composed of two discs or
plates d connected by bars e placed a short distance apart and secured near the
edge of each plate d in such manner that the clothes are retained inside the cage
while at the same time the water has free access to them. The cage is turned by a
handle f placed outside the tank a, and fixed on one of the spindles or trunnions g
upon which the cage revolves, and to insure the clothes being thoroughly turned,
as the cage revolves, I fix bars ¹ at suitable intervals inside the cage and secured
to the end plates d. A door h is fitted to the cage through which the clothes are
inserted and withdrawn: the door is preferably hinged to one of the bars e and
closed by another bar, the latter being drawn out to allow the door to be opened
and pushed back again into place to fasten the door when closed.
The operation is as follows:-Hot or cold water or soap and water is put into
the tank a, and the clothes put into the cage, and the door secured. The cover b
is then placed over the tank a and the cylindrical cage revolved by turning the
handle ƒ, until the clothes are sufficiently cleansed: the tap c is then opened and
the soap liquid run out of the tank and replaced by clean water, in which the
clothes are rinsed by again revolving the cylindrical cage: when sufficiently rinsed
the dirty water is run off and if it is required to blue the clothes, the blue liquid
is then introduced and the cage again revolved to complete the operation, when
the door h may be opened and the clothes removed from the cage.
In place of making the tank a of metal and heating it by means of gas jets, it
might be constructed of wood or other suitable material and supplied with bot
water from a boiler or other vessel. The end plates d and bars e may be formed
of metal, wood or any suitable substance.

page_text: 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 new or improved washing machine, substantially as and for the purposes
herein described and as illustrated by the Drawings annexed.
2. The cylindrical cage, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.
Dated this 8th day of September 1884.
GEORGE GASKELL.
H. B. Barlow,
Agent for Applicant,
4, Mansfield Chambers,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.