A NEW METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR WASHING STRAW AND OTHER PLAITS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES, AND FOR DOMESTIC WASHING PURPOSES
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Samwells, of Dunstable, in the County of
Bedford, and Samuel Nye, of the same Place, for the Invention of
"A NEW METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR WASHING STRAW AND OTHER
PLAITS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES, AND FOR DOMESTIC WASHING PURPOSES."
Sealed the 13th July 1866, and dated the 16th January 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Samwells and
Samuel Nye at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 16th January 1866.
We, JOHN SAMWELLS, of Dunstable, in the County of Bedford, and
SAMUEL NYE, of the same Place, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "A NEW METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR WASHING STRAW AND
OTHER PLAITS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES, AND FOR DOMESTIC WASHING PURPOSES,"
to be as follows:-
We construct two tanks in the case of plait washing for the first and
second washing; on the top of these tanks we cause frames to rest on a
rule-jointed ledge, which ledge is pinned in the centre and at each end
with wooden pins. These frames are fitted with rods, from which rods the
plait or other substance to be washed is suspended. The frames we cause
to be moved in a vertical motion by means of a bar affixed to each frame,
and moved by cog wheels and a double crank and fly wheel. We also
produce a second or perpendicular motion, known as "dipping," by taking

page_text: out 'the two end pins in the rule-jointed ledge, which allows them to drop,
and the frame is then worked up and down, thus giving the second or
perpendicular "dipping" motion. We also make a third motion by
means of a Lovett frame fixed by pins in the bottom of the tanks, which
Lovett frame is attached to the upper frame by a cross bar extending from
and fixed by loose screws to the top and bottom frames, and by the above
means the first or horizontal and third motion and the second or dipping
and third motion are attained at one and the same time.. And in the case
of a small plait washing or domestic washing machine we dispense with
the cogs and cranks, and work the top frames by means of handles.
And in order that our said Invention may be more fully understood and
readily carried into effect we proceed to describe the means pursued
by us.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
In Figure 1, A and B are the two tanks; c is the rule-jointed ledge; dis
the frame with rods on which the plait or other material to be washed is
suspended; e, e, are the bars which are affixed to each frame; and f is the
double crank, cogs, and fly wheel by which the motive power is attained.
In Figure 2, a is the Lovett frame fixed at the bottom of the tank; b is
the cross bar, and c is the top frame to which the cross bar is connected by
a loose screw, thus producing a top and bottom motion at the same time.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, what we claim
is the mode of combining the three motions as herein explained.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Samwells and Samuel Nye in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 16th July 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOHN
SAMWELLS and SAMUEL NYE, both of Dunstable, in the County of Bedford,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
us the said John Samwells and Samuel Nye, Her special licence 'that we,
the said John Samwells and Samuel Nye, our executors, administrators,

page_text: and assigns, or such others as we, the said. John Samwells and Samuel
Nye, our executors, 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 "A NEW METHOD OF AND
APPARATUS FOR WASHING STRAW AND OTHER PLAITS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES, AND
FOR DOMESTIC WASHING PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others) that
we, the said John Samwells and Samuel Nye, our executors or administra-
tors, by an instrument in writing under our 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 we, the said John Samwells and Samuel Nye, do
hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement (that is to say):-
We construct two tanks in the case of plait washing; on the top of these
tanks we cause frames to rest on a rule-jointed ledge, which ledge is pinned
in the centre and at each end with wooden pins. These frames are fitted
with rods, from which rods the plait or other substance to be washed is
suspended. The frames we cause to be moved in a vertical motion by
means of a bar affixed to each frame, and moved by cog wheels and a
double crank and fly wheel. We also produce a second or perpendicular
motion, known as "dipping," by taking out the two end pins in the rule-
jointed ledge, which allows them to drop, and the frame is then worked
up and down, thus giving the second or perpendicular "dipping" motion.
We also make a third motion by means of a Lovett frame fixed by pins in
the bottom or middle of the tanks, which Lovett frame, if fixed at the
bottom, is attached to the upper frame by a cross bar extending from and
fixed by loose screws to the top and bottom frames, and by the above
means the first or horizontal and third motion and the second or dipping
And in the case
and third motion are attained at one and the same time.
of a small plait washing or domestic washing machine we dispense with
the cogs and crank, and work the top frames by means of handles, and
also where the dipping motion is not required we dispense with the side
bars and attach the Lovett boards to the top frame, which gives us the first
or vertical motion, and we also obtain this first or vertical motion without

page_text: using a top frame, but simply connecting the bar with the Lovett boards
themselves.
And having now described the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is, the
mode of combining the three motions as herein explained, and the applica-
tion of the Lovett boards as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, we, the said John Samwells and Samuel Nye, have
hereunto set our hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of July, in the
year of our Lord 1866.
Witness,
WILLIAM S. BENNETT,
Dunstable.
JOHN SAMWELLS. (L.S.)
SAML. NYE.
(L.S.)