Improvements in Machines for Starching and Washing Linen, and for liko purposes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Dec, 1994
Complete Specification Left, 26th Aug.. 1895-Accepted, 5th Oct., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Starching and Washing Linen, and
for liko purposes.
I SAMUEL BARRE11 of Keighley in the County of York Laundry Engineer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
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It relates to improvements in the formation & construction of machines used for
washing or statching clothes & consists of forming the rotary box & driving
mechanism of same, in such a manner that the efficiency thereof is greatly
enhanced.
I form the rotary box in cylinder tiyangle or other suitable shape and in the
interior arrange at suitable distances from each other passing from one end to the
other shelves or lifters being so formed that they are much broader at one end than
the other, the outer edges of said lifters or shelves as well as the face of them are
corrogated been so formed that they engage more toadiloy with the clothes or
articles to be operated upon when articles are placed in the rotary box
The end of the rotary box towards which the shelves taper is arranged with
gioves which form a corrugated surface to the outside of this end is fitted a shaft
said shaft been supported on pedestals fixed to a suitable stand.
The shaft is 1otated by suitable driving mechanism and gives motion to the
rotary box
The machine 18 so arranged that the shaft and rotary box will work in an
horizontal possition or can be tilted to work at any angle and by reason of the
shelves which are placed in the inside of 1otary box taponing towards the
congated end it facilitates the slipping of the clothes under operation and by so
dong they the said clothes come in contact with the corrugated end, and more
readley so when the box is tilted or made higher at the outside end
Opposit to the corrogated end that is the outer end I aange a door or opening
so that the clothes or articles to be opperated upon can be readiley inserted or
taken out
The rotary box can be arranged to work inside a stationary case, in this
arrangement I place the liquid in the stationary case and make a series of holes
through the rotary box, the clothes or articles to be clensed I place in the 1otary
box the holes in said box allowing the liquid to come m contact with the said
clothes or articles to be clensed
The shaft being fixed to one end only of the rotary box leave the other end
available for door on opening, and in the end of the outer case I form a door or
opening opposi to the one in rotary box, and by this arrangement the articles to be
operated upon can be easily placed in or withdrawn from rotary box
By having the rotary box so aanged that it is worked by the shaft and suitable
mechanism from one end only and by constructing the shaft in a tubulat form that
is so that there is a hole through its center pait, also a hole through the box
corresponding to hole in shaft I can pass from the outside through the said shaft
and hole in the box a pipe into the interior of 1otary box, the pipe which projects
into the interior of rotary box 1 airange so that it hanges loosley towards the
bottom of said box the end being sufficiently low as to come under the surface of
the liquid placed in the said box.
luside the rotary box and at a sufficient distance to allow for the pipe to hang

page_text: I place a partition parallel to the ends of the said rotary box said partition being
formed with a corrugated surface, and also having a number of holes or pereforations
through the partition preventing the articles beeing operated upon from coming
info contact with the pipe, through the pipe which passes through the shaft into the
inteo of the rotary box, I cause steam to pass for the purpose of heating
the water or liquid on the box. Again instead of placing a pipe up the center of
the shaft and making a hole to correspond in the end of rotary box I use the shaft
itself as a pipe to conduct steam, and in suitable positions and just outside the end
of box, fix pipes into the shaft at 1ight angles on the other ends of these pipes nie
fastned other pipes which project towards the outer edges of rotary box the ends
of these pipes been turned to the rotary box near its outer edge and thereby
conducting the steam to the interior of rotary box by suitably arranged ball joints
in said pipes the steam is only allowed to get into the rotary box below the surface
of the water placed in the box, and by these meanes the heating of the water or
liquid is attamed.
Dated this 22nd day of December 1894.
Improvements in Machines for Starching and Washing Linen, and
for like purposes.
SAMUEL BARRETT of Downing Place Crosshills near Keighley in the County
of York Laundry Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly descubed and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
It relates to the construction and formation of machines for starching and
washing linen and for like purposes.
In the accompanying sheets of drawings
Fig. 1 is a side elevation, of one arrangement, of my improved machine
Fig. 2 is n plan view of above.
Fig 3 is a sectional front view of cylinder hereafter described.
Fig. 4 is a sule elevation of my improved machine showing the cylinder in
a tilted position
Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing the cylinder working inside a stationary case.
Fig. 6 is a back or end view of cylinder or box showing the arrangement of pipes
for conducting the steam into the interior of cylinder.
Figs. 7 and 8 are views in detail hereinafter fully de-cubed &
Fig 9 is a sectional view showing the corrugated end of cylinder.
In canying out my said invention 1 make use of a box d of cylindrical,
tangular or other suitable shape. In the interior of the said box a,
ai range,
at suitable distances from each other & passing from one end to the other, shelves
o lifters they being broader at one end and gradually tapering towards the
other, while the outer edges are corrugated so as to engage more readily with the
articles operated upon. To the end of the box a fix a shaft d said shaft d
being supported by the stand e. Upon the shaft d is fixed a bevel wheel which
gears into the wheel 9, said wheel 9 being mounted upon the shaft h upon
18 also mounted the diving pulleys k.
which
If desued, instead of the pulleys L, a handle could be fixed onto the shaft h so
that the machine could be driven by manual power. When motion is given to the
wheels and g they cause the shaft d to revolve and the shaft d being fixed to
the box a the said box a is also caused to evolve. In the end m arrange a door
or opening n so that the articles to be operated upon can be readily taken out or
inserted.

page_text: In the box a and at a smitable distance from the end c (see Figs 1 and 2) 1 place
a perforated partition p
place the liquid
The centre part of the shaft is made hollow, and through this hollow pail
I pass pipe which also passes through the end the box a aud hangs down
loosely towards the bottom of the said box a Into the box a
required for cleansing the articles placed in said box a
The end of the piper comes below the surface of the liquid and through the
said pipe I cause steam to pass and by these means the liquid in the box
heated The pitition prevents the articles placed in the box a from coming
into contact with the pipe but by the said partition being perforated, the liquut
is not prevented from flowing into the compartment formed by the partition p and
the end c
When the box a is rotated the shelves on lifters bangage with the articles placed
in the box a and are continually lifting them up out of the liquid and allowing
them to fall back again, and by these means the said articles are clensed
If desired can arrange the stand e (see Fig. 4) so that the box a is held in n
tilted position which facilitates the falling of the articles towards the end c of the
box a.
Again as an alternative method I cause the box a to revolve inside a stational y
case s, said case s having an opening to correspond with the opening in the
box a.
In this auangement I place the liquid into the stationary case s an!
perforate the surface of the box a. The articles to be operated upon are placed
into the box a the liquid passing through the holes in its si face I also pass the
steam into the stationary box for heating the liquid
Agam instead of passing the steam into the box by the pipe I use the shaft d
itself as a pipe to conduct the steain and in suitable positions just outside the
end c of the box a, fx two pipes at right angles (see Fig. 6) and pasang into
the hollow of the said shaft d.
On the outer ends of the said pipes I anange other pipes to which extend m
a adus a suitable distance on each side of the said pipes e, and then outer
ends to entering the end e of the box a.
In suitable positions in these pipes and to I aange enlarged places and 10ª
and inside these I place plugs, the said plugs e falling according to the position
of the box a. These plugs ate so arranged that they only allow steam to pass
into the box a when the said pipes to are at the bottom and by these means the
steam is always passed into the said box a under the surface of the liquid placed
in said box, and by these means the said liquid is heated
The plug is formed with a rounded end (see Figs. 7 and 8) and also
grooves so that when the pipes and ware in the top position the rounded end.
fall into the opening in the pipe and prevents the steam from passing
However
when it goes below the centre the said plug falls away from the opening in pipe
and the steam passes through the opening, caused by the grooves, into the pipe w
and the plugs in the pipe we fall away hom the opening and allow the steam to
escape below the sui face of the liquid, but as soon as the pipe w begins to ascend
the plugs a agam fall towards the openings and prevent the steam from escaping.
The utero of the box a is corrugated (see Figs. 3 and 9).
Having now particularly described and ascertamed the nature of my said inven-
tion and m what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claun is
1. The box having the perforated partition, the shelves on lifters b, the
opening a, the shaft d, the stand e, the wheels and g, the shaft hand pulleys k,
and the pipe all in combination the same being arranged in the manner and for
the purpose as herein set forth and illustrated by the accompanying drawings
2 The box a held by one end and caused to rotate either in an horizontal or
tilted position, for the purpose as helem specified and illustrated by the accom-
panying drawings,

page_text: 3. The box a having its surface perforated and arranged to work inside the
cases in the manner and for the purpose as herein specified and illustrated by the
accompanying drawings
4. The shaft d having its centre part hollow, the pipes and w having enlarged
parts and and the plugs in combination the same being formed in the
manner and for the purpose as herein specified and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings
5. The interior of the box a and the edges of the shelves or lifters & corrugated
as described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings
Dated this 23rd day of August 1895.
SAMUEL BARRETT.