Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Mar., 1887.
Complete Left, 5th Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 6th May, 1887.
1, WILLIAM HENRY NEVILL of Ferryside in the County of Caermarthen, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object the production of a substitute for the ordinary
corrugated washing board or plate.
For this purpose I construct a frame preferably of similar shape to that of the
corrugated washing boards now in use, and in suitable bearings formed in or carried
by this frame I mount one or more but preferably a series of rollers which are capable
of revolution in or on their bearings.
These rollers are preferably cylindrical and they may be formed either of wood or of
metal and work in metal bushes or bearings fixed to or within the sides of the frame so
as to allow them to revolve freely; they are also placed as near to each other as possible
without coming into contact.
If wooden rollers are employed I prefer to make them of oak, beech or other
hard wood.
The rollers may be solid and revolve in bearings as above stated or they may be
hollow and revolve on fixed or revolving rods.
I find a diameter of from 1 inch to 1 inches to be a convenient diameter for these
rollers but I do not confine myself to these dimensions.
Dated March 2nd 1887.
WILLIAM HENRY NEVILL.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings,
Agents.

page_text: I, WILLIAM HENRY NEVILL of Ferryside in the County of Caermarthen, Gentleman,
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 :-
+
My invention has for its object the production of a substitute for the ordinary
corrugated washing board or plate which shall be much more efficient in use and
much less liable to injure the articles being washed.
One method in which I carry my invention into effect is represented in the
accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section and Figure 2 is a
plan or face view.
In carrying my invention into effect I construct a frame a preferably of
similar shape to that of the corrugated washing boards now in use and in suitable
bearings formed in or carried by this frame a I mount one but preferably as shown a
series of rollers which are capable of revolution in or on their bearings.
These rollers bare preferably cylindrical and and they may be formed either of
wood or of metal and work in bushes or bearings of wood or metal or other suitable
substance fixed to or formed within the sides of the frame so as to allow them to
revolve freely they are also placed as near to each other as possible without coming
into contact.
In the drawings I have represented these bearings as formed within the sides of the
frame a by simply boring holes therein of a size to fit the ends of the rollers b.
If wooden rollers are employed I prefer to make them of oak, beech or other hard
wood but I do not confine myself to these descriptions of wood as soft wood rollers
work sufficiently well in a framing of the same wood.
The rollers may be solid and revolve in bearings as above described, or
they may be hollow and revolve on rods fixed or revolving in the sides of the
fraine a.
I find a diameter of from 1 inches to 14 inches to be a convenient diameter for
these rollers but I do not confine myself to these dimensions.
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 :-
A frame a fitted with one or more rollers & substantially as herein shown and
described and for the purpose stated.