An Improved Washing Machine.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 28th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 28th Nov., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Washing Machine.
I, WILLIAM QUAIT of No. 11 Vine Street, Circus Minories in the City of
London, Carpenter and Joiner do hereby declare the nature of the said invention to
be as follows:-
This invention has for its object an improved washing machine whereby more
simple and efficient means are employed than heretofore at the same time it is
impossible for the clothes to be torn during the operation of washing.
According to my invention I construct a vessel or trough of suitable shape and
size and to the upper part at one end thereof 1 attach suitable brackets or bearings
for the reception of a lever which is secured thereto by a bolt. Such lever is 80
arranged that it can be attached to the connecting rod of any suitable motor. Or
it can be formed with a slot therein for working by means of a crank attached to a
hand driving wheel carried on a shaft or spindle working in bearings in brackets
attached to the washing vessel or trough. The lower end of this lever is so
formed as to be easily connected and disconnected from a fluted or corrugated
washing board, said washing board lying flat along the bottom of the washing
trough and is of such a length that it can travel within certain limits backwards
and forwards therein.
On each side and along the whole length of the bottom of the trough I secure
runners of angle iron for the washing board to travel on. The washing board is
perforated.
At or near the centre of the washing trough I fit one or more rollers, fluted or
corrugated to correspond with the flutings or corrugations in the washing board,
such roller or rollers are free to revolve and are fitted in vertical grooves formed
in the sides or walls of the washing trough. In some cases I secure suitable springs
to these rollers so as to give an even pressure on the clothes.
The front and rear edges of the washing board is bevelled off on its underside to
allow of the water being gently passed to the clothes.
It will thus be seen that on the lever being worked backwards and forwards it
will cause the washing board to travel along the bottom of the trough and carry
the clothes with it between the roller or roliers, the board being perforated the
dirt from the clothes will be sucked therethrough and remain at the bottom of the
trough.
The trough rests on a stand and is provided with a suitable lid or cover and
means for drawing off the water.
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1, WILLIAM QUAIT of No. 11 Vine Street, Circus, Minories in the City of
0 London Carpenter and Joiner do hereby declare the nature of the said invention
and in what mauner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention has for its object an improved washing machine whereby more

page_text: simple and efficient means are employed than heretofore at the same time it is
impossible for the clothes to be torn during the operation of washing.
According to my invention I construct a vessel or trough of suitable size and
shape and to the upper part at one end thereof I attach suitable brackets or
bearings for the reception of a lever which is secured thereto by a bolt. Such
lever is so arranged that it can be attached to the connecting rod of any suitable
motor. Or it can be formed with a slot therein for working by means of a crank
attached to a hand driving wheel carried on a shaft or spindle working in bearings
in brackets attached to the washing vessel or trough. The lower end of this lever
is so formed as to be easily connected and disconnected from a fluted or corrugated
washing board, said washing board lying flat along the bottom of the washing tray
which is of such a length that it can travel within certain limits backwards and
forwards therein.
On each side and along the whole length of the trough I secure runners of
suitable section for the washing board to travel on. The washing board is
preferably perforated.
At or near the centre of the washing trough I fit loosely one or more rollers,
fluted or corrugated to correspond with the flutings or corrugations in the washing
board, such roller or rollers are free to revolve and are fitted in vertical grooves
formed in the sides or walls of the washing trough. In some cases I secure
suitable weights or springs to these rollers so as to give an even pressure on the
clothes.
The front and rear edges of the washing board is bevelled off on its underside to
allow of the water being gently passed to the clothes.
In order that my invention may be properly understood and carried into effect I
will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings fully to describe the same.
Figure 1 is a plan and Figure 2 is a side elevation partly in section of one method
of constructing a washing machine according to my invention.
To the upper part of the vessel or trough a I secure the bearing or bracket / to
which is pivotted at c' a hand lever c, such hand lever is secured at its lower
end to the bracket d' carried by the perforated fluted or corrugated washing
board d.
The washing board d lies flat in the bottom of the trough a and is of such a
length that it can travel within certain limits backwards and forwards in such
trough.
Along the bottom of the trough I secure galvanized T iron rails a' for the
washing board to travel on and in some cases I use wire or other guards e e¹
attached to each end of the washing board d to prevent the clothes k from being
washed off such board.
At or near the centre of the sides of the washing trough or vessel a I form
vertical guides a² for the reception of the spindles fot the rollers, such rollers
being corrugated or fluted similar to the board d and will rise and fall in such
guides a².
The upper end of the lever c is provided with a suitable handle c*.
It will thus be seen that on the lever being worked backwards and forwards it
will cause the washing board to travel along the bottom of the trough and carry
the clothes between it and the rollers f. the board d being perforated the dirt from
the clothes will be sucked therethrough and remain at the bottom of the trough or
vessel a.
The trough a rests on a stand g and is provided with a suitable lid or cover, and
a cock for drawing off the water.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. A washing machine having a perforated and fluted or corrugated board such
as d travelling in the bottom of the trough a and operated by means of a lever

page_text: such as c fitted in brackets fixed to such trough substantially as herein described
and shown in the accompanying drawings.
2. A washing machine having a perforated corrugated travelling washing board
such as d and one or more fluted or corrugated rollers fitting loosely in vertical
bearings formed in the sides of the trough substantially as herein described and
shown and for the purpose stated.
W. QUAIT.