Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Mar.. 1889
Complete Specification Accepted; 11th May, "1889
I, FRANKLIN HOCKING of 16 Spellow Lane, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to those types of "washing machines" mainly employed
for washing clothes and other like articles or material wherein a receptacle, in which
the clothes or the like are placed in and washed is employed and revolves within an
outer casing or receptacle in and by which the washing fluid is put and held.
A washing machine with my improvements applied thereto consists as follows:-
The outer receptacle in which the washing fluid is introduced and held, may be of any
convenient shape and material and suitably supported. And within this receptacle; I
place the clothes receptacle which may conveniently be of cylindrical or like form and
provided with trunnions which hear and work in suitable journals in the end of the
outer receptacle. This inner receptacle is formed of open wirework and may be said
to constitute a wirework barrel. To give the required stiffness or rigidity to the
barrel may make it of a number of wires arranged in parallel planes vertically to
the axis of the barrel and a number of stiffer bars or rods or wires arranged parallel
with the axis. The ends of the barrel would also be made of open wirework and the
wires, both of the ends and sides would be secured by wire in any known way to
the bars.
On the inside of the wirework barrel I may provide projecting devices such as loops
fixed in such a manner as to alter the position of the articles in the barrel every
revolution of the machine by which the articles would be turned over and agitated
when the barrel is revolved.
The barrel is provided with a suitable door or cover through which the clothes are
introduced and removed and the whole of the metal work of the barrel, if made of
iron or steel or other corrodible material would be' tinned or equivalently coated and
rendered non-corrodible.
In the revolving barrel I may place with the clothes one two or more loose.spheres
or bodies of wood or other suitable material.
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page_text: The barrel may be made of any desirable length so as to be capable of being difided
into separate chambers for the purpose of dividing the different classes of articles
while under the process of washing.
Improvements in Washing Machines.
I, FRANKLIN HOCKING, of 16 Spellow Lane, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, 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 has reference to those types of washing machines" mainly employed
for washing clothes and other like articles or material where in a receptacle, in which
the clothes or the like are placed in and washed is employed and revolves within an
outer casing or receptacle in and by which the washing fluid is put and held.
A washing machine with my Improvements applied there to consists as follows:-
The outer receptacle in which the washing fluid is introduced and held, may be of any
convenient shape and material and suitably supported. And within this receptacle I
place the clothes receptacle which may conveniently be of cylindrical or like form and
provided with trunnions which bear and work in suitable journals in the end of the
outer receptacle. This inner receptacle is formed of open wirework and may be said
to constitute a wirework barrel or cage. To give the required stiffness or rigidity to
the barrel I may make it of a number of wires arranged in parallel planes, vertically
to the axis of the barrel, and a number of stiffer bars or rods or wires arranged parallel
with the axis. The ends of the barrel would also be made of open wirework and the
wires, both of the ends and sides would be secured by wire in any known way to
the bars.
On the inside of the wirework barrel I may provide projecting devices such as loops
fixed in such a manner as to alter the position of the articles in the barrel every
revolution of the machine by which the articles would be turned over and agitated
when the barrel is revolved.
The barrel is provided with a suitable door or cover through which the clothes are
introduced and removed and the whole of the metal work of the barrel if made of iron
or steel or other corrodible material would be tinned or equivalently coated and
rendered non-corrodible.

page_text: In the revolving barrel I may place with the clothes one, two or more loose spheres
or bodies of wood or other suitable material.
The barrel may be made of any desirable length so as to be capable of being divided
into separate chambers for the purposes of dividing the different classes of articles
while under the process of washing.
Having now specified generally the object and nature of my invention I will now
proceed to explain more fully the construction and operation of an apparatus according
to my Invention, reference being had to the annexed sheet of drawings which make a
part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a clothes washing receptacle according to my
Invention; and Figure 2 is an end view of the same.
The drawings illustrate the clothes washing receptacle only. This is placed to
revolve in an outer receptacle which may be of any convenient shape and material
and which contains the washing fluid. The clothes receptacle is constructed of open
wirework in the form of a barrel or cage. It is formed of a number of parallel wires a,
vertical to its axis, and a number of wires 6 parallel to its axis. The ends are formed
of spiral wire c stiffened by radial wires d all the wires are secured together in the
way common to this class of work. e is a door also of wirework provided on the side
of the barrel for introducing and removing the articles to be washed. el is the
fastening hook. On the inner side of the barrel there are provided wire loops f; these
loops are for the purpose of altering the position of the articles in the barrel during its
revolutions. The ends of the barrel are provided with trunnions h h¹ by which the
barrel is supported in the containing vessel. The barrel may be revolved by a crank
handle set into the trunnion h¹, or by other suitable means.
In operation the clothes or articles to be washed are placed in the barrel, which is
then revolved in the receptacle containing the washing fluid, for the requisite time.
Owing to the open nature of the barrel the washing fluid has a constantly changing
contact with the articles under treatment and the articles are thus thoroughly
washed.
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. In a washing machine, a receptacle for holding the clothes or other household
articles to be washed, consisting of a barrel or cage constructed of open wirework ;
substantially as set forth.
2. A receptacle of the type set forth and claimed in claim 1 provided with interior
projecting loops; substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 21st day of March 1889.
Dated this 21st day of march 1003.
FRANKLIN HOCKING.
By Cheesbrough & Royston,
Agents.