Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Nov., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 20th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 21st Sept., 1858
I, JAMES HESELWOOD of Hanover Lane, Leeds, in the County of York, Mechanical
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to machinery or apparatus for washing rinsing and wringing
clothes and textile fabrics.
In a tank or trough of any suitable dimensions a false bottom is fitted. This false
bottom is perforated and it may be plain or corrugated and is provided with quadrant
ends. Within the tank and above the false bottom is a removable reciprocating
roller. Contiguous to each of the upper extremities of the quadrant ends of the false
bottom there is a transverse trough which communicates by a pipe to an outflow cock.
Water is supplied to the apparatus by means of a pipe communicating through a
suitable junction pipe or cross piece with a steam pipe, a water pipe and a pipe
connected with a tank or receptacle of soapy water. The liquid contents of the
apparatus may be withdrawn or allowed to escape by three pipes and their controlling
taps or cocks. One of these communicates with the transverse troughs already
mentioned, another communicates with a pipe having its opening within the tank
just below the false bottom so as to drain the contents of the tank to that level, while
the third is arranged to empty the tank when required. A white enamelled or similar
plate may be placed below the outlets of the three pipes so that the cleanliness or the
reverse of the escaping liquid may be clearly observed.
It
The roller reciprocates over the false bottom between the quadrant ends, and motion
may be imparted to it by a crank and connecting rod or by other suitable means.
is also capable of being bodily removed from the tank by means of a block and chain
or by other convenient lifting device.
The roller being lifted from the apparatus the clothes or fabrics to be treated are
laid or spread upon the false bottom, the roller is lowered and set in motion while
soapy or clean water as may be required, is admitted. If the water is required to be
warm the steam supply also is opened when the steam will be condensed and its heat

page_text: imparted to the water before issuing from the inlet pipe. In the ordinary course.
soapy water would be first admitted and after the clothes or fabrics have been treated
sufficiently, this may be run off, and clean water be admitted. The dirty soapy water
may be allowed to run to waste, but the cleaner water from the second part of the
operation may be used again for soaping. When the clothes or fabrics are sufficiently
treated with the clean water the liquid in the tank may be drained to the level below
the false bottom and the roller will then operate to wring or squeeze the moisture from
them and they may be taken from the apparatus in a comparatively dry state.
At each reciprocation of the roller upon the clothes or fabrics some of the liquid
will be driven or squeezed up the quadrant ends to the troughs whence it may escape
by the outflow pipes or, these being closed, it may be caused to overflow into the tank
according to its more or less dirty condition.
The roller and the false bottom may be constructed of wood or of metal, and they
may be covered or coated with indiarubber or other suitable yielding material.
Dated this 18th day of November A.D. 1887.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Washing, Rinsing, and
Wringing Clothes and Textile Fabrics.
I, JAMES HESELWOOD of Hanover Lane, Leeds, in the County of York, Mechanical
Engineer, 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 Machinery or apparatus for washing, rinsing, or wringing
clothes and textile fabrics.
These Improvements are illustrated by the accompanying drawings and are herein-
after described with reference thereto.
Fig. 1, is a side elevation, Fig. 2, is a plan, Fig. 3 is an end elevation, and Fig. 4,
is a longitudinal section of the Machine.
In a tank or trough A of any suitable dimensions a false bottom B is fixed. This
false bottom may be plain or corrugated and is perforated and provided with quadrant
ends C C. Within the tank and above the false bottom is a removable reciprocating
roller D. Contiguous to each of the upper extremities of the quadrant ends of the
false bottom there is a transverse trough E which communicates by a pipe F to an
outflow cock. Water is supplied to the apparatus by means of a pipe G which
communicates by a suitable junction pipe or cross piece with a steam pipe, a water
pipe and a pipe connected with a tank or receptacle containing soapy water. The
liquid contents of the apparatus may be withdrawn or allowed to escape through three
pipes F, I, J, each of which is provided with a suitable cock or valve. One of these
pipes communicates with the transverse troughs E E through the branches HH;
another opens at the point K just below the false bottom so as to drain the contents
of the tank to that level, while the third opens just within the bottom of the tank so
as to be capable of emptying the tank when desired. A white enamelled plate or a
similar white surface may be placed or provided below the outlets of the pipes F, 1, J,
so that the cleanliness or the reverse of the escaping water may be easily observed.
The roller is driven backwards and forwards above the false bottom by means of a
crank and connecting rod or by other suitable means.
A convenient driving arrange-
ment is represented in the drawings. L L are the frame sides, M M are the fast and
loose pulleys around which the driving belt passes, N is a fly wheel, O is a spur pinion
on the driving shaft, P is a spur wheel gearing with and driven by the pinion, is a
crank pin attached to the spur wheel and R is a rod connecting the crank pin with the
roller framing. The roller is capable of being lifted free of the trough by means of a
block and chain or other convenient lifting devices.
The roller being lifted from the trough, the clothes or fabrics to be operated on are
spread upon the false bottom, the roller is lowered and set in motion and soapy or
clean water as may be required, is admitted. If the water on admission is required to
warm, the steam supply also is opened, when the steam will be condensed and its
heat be imparted to the water before issuing from the inlet pipe into the apparatus.
be

page_text: In the ordinary course, soapy water would be first admitted, and after the clothes or
fabrics have been treated sufficiently, this may be run off and clean water be admitted.
The dirty soapy water from the first part of the operation may be allowed to run
to waste but the cleaner water from the later part of the operation may be pumped or
run into the soapy water tank to be used in the first part of a subsequent operation, or
for soaping. When the clothes or fabrics have been sufficiently treated with the clean
water, the liquid in the tank may be drained to the level K just below the false bottom
and the roller will then operate to ring or squeeze the moisture from them and they
may be removed from the apparatus in a comparatively dry condition.
At each reciprocation of the roller upon the clothes or fabrics some of the liquid
will be driven or squeezed up the quadrant ends of the false bottom to the transverse
troughs whence it may escape by the outflow pipes, or if the outflow pipes are closed,
it may overflow to the tank according to its more or less dirty condition.
The roller may be lifted by the aid of the gearing and devices shown in the drawings
in combination with a lifting block and a chain or rope. S, is a hand wheel upon the
axis of which is fixed a spur pinion T, gearing with the spur wheel W mounted upon
a shaft which also carries the rope pulley X from and by means of which motion may
be transmitted to a lifting block or overhead pulley, a rope or chain from which is
attached to the eyebolt Y on the roller framing.
The roller and the false bottom may be constructed of wood or of metal, and they
may be covered or coated with india rubber or other suitable yielding material.
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) A Machine or apparatus for washing, rinsing, and wringing clothes and textile
fabrics, constructed arranged and operated substantially as hereinbefore described and
as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
(2) In a Machine for washing, rinsing, and wringing clothes and textile fabrics, a
roller capable of having a backward and forward rolling motion upon or above a
perforated false bottom in a trough, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore
described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
DL 101 1...
An 1000
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.