IMPROVEMENTS IN WRINGING MACHINES.
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Washington Belding, of No. 7, King Street,
Cheapside, in the City of London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
WRINGING MACHINES.-A communication from abroad by Arthur Silbert
Donny of New Orleans Louisiana United States of America
Sealed the 3rd March 1868, and dated 8th September 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Washington Belding
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
8th September 1862.
J, GEORGE WASHINGTON BELDING, of No. 7, King Street, Cheapside, in the
City of London, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN WRINGING MACHINES," a communication to me from abroad by
Arthur Silbert Denny, of New Orleans, Lousiana, United States of America,
to be as follows:-
These improvements relate chiefly to novel means for rendering the
machines self-adjusting, to the method of attaching the machines to the
washing tub or vessel, and to the arrangement and combination of the parts,
whereby the machines are rendered less expensive, more durable, and efficient
than those heretofore invented. Two metal or wood posts are attached to a
simple strip of timber of sufficient length to reach beyond the sides of the tub
or vessel, and of sufficient sizo to support the machine. In each of these
posts a slot is cut wide enough to receive the ends of the shafts, upon which
the rollers are securely fixed, and long enough to permit the rollers to yield to
admit heavy articles between them. The self-adjusting capacity of the

page_text: machines is obtained by means of an elliptic spring attached to the under sido
of the said strip of timber, and directly below the rollers or at the top directly
above the said rollers. To cach end of the spring is affixed a rod, the opposite
end of which passes over and around the bearings of the upper shaft outside
the posts of the machine, or, when the spring is situated at the top these rods
pass over the bearings of the lower shaft. The spring acting on the rod keeps
the rollers together to adapt them to the pressing of thin fabrics, and at the
same time to permit them to separate sufficiently to admit thick materials. A
greater or less range may be given to the spring by means of a cam placed
between the spring and the aforesaid piece of timber. The machine is secured
by means of two hooks (or rods bent at their lower ends to take hold of the
bottom of the tub or vessel) which pass through a slot made in the said piece
or strip of timber, and are fastened by screws turned on the top, or in any
other convenient manner. Though designed more especially for "wringing,"
this machine has proved an excellent washing machine. By passing the
fabrics when impregnated with soapy water through the machine two or three
times, they are as perfectly cleaned as can be done by hand or by machines
designed especially for washing.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Washington Belding in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 7th March 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
WASHINGTON BELDING, of No. 7, King Street, Cheapside, in the City of
London, send greeting.
WHEREAS 1ler most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth year of IIer
reign, did, for Ierself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said George Washington Belding, Her special licence, that I, the said
George Washington Belding, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said George Washington Belding, my 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN WRINGING MACHINES," a communication from

page_text: abroad by Arthur Silbert Denny, of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
of America, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said George
Washington Belding, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, 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 I, the said George Washington Belding, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings,
forming part of this Specification :-
These improvements relate chiefly to novel means for rendering the
machines self-adjusting, to the method of attaching the machines to the
wasbing tub or vessel, and to the arrangement and combination of the parts,
whereby the machines are rendered less expensive, more durable, and efficient
than those heretofore invented. Two metal or wood posts are attached to a
simple strip of timber of sufficient length to reach beyond the sides of the tub
or vessel, and of sufficient size to support the machine. In each of these posts
a slot is cut wide enough to receive the ends of the shafts, upon which the
rollers are securely fixed, and long enough to permit the rollers to yield to
admit heavy articles between them. The self-adjusting capacity of the
machines is obtained by means of an eliptic spring attached to the under side
of the said strip of timber, and directly below the rollers or at the top directly
above said rollers. To each end of the spring is fixed a rod, the opposite end
of which passes over and around the bearings of the upper shaft outside tho
posts of the machine, or, when the spring is situated at the top these rods
pass over the bearings of the lower shaft. The spring acting upon this rod
keeps the rollers together to adapt them to the pressing of thin fabrics, and at
the same time to permit them to separate sufficiently to admit thick materials.
A greater or less range may be given to the spring by means of a cam placed
between the spring and the aforesaid piece of timber. The machine is secured
by means of two hooks or rods bent at their lower end to tako hold of the
bottom of the tub or vessel, which pass through a slot made in the said piece
or strip of timber, and are fastened by screws turned on the top, or in any
other convenient manner. Though designed more especially for "wringing,"
this machine has proved an excellent washing machine. By passing the
fabrics when impregnated with soapy water through the machine two or three

page_text: designed especially for washing.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side view of the machino; Figure 2 is a detached viow
showing another method of attaching the machine to the tub or washing
vessel. Like letters represent corresponding parts in both Figures.
A, A, Figure 1, are the rollers; B, B, are the standards to support the
shafts of said rollers; E is a spring; C, C, are straps that partly form the
connection between the shaft of the upper roller and the spring E; F is the
base board; G, G, are bent rods reaching to the bottom of the tub or washing
vessel; I is a cam; II, H, Figure 2, are movable holders; J, J, are excentrics;
m, n, m, n, are the legs of the holders; u, u, are necks of the holders H, H;
o, o, are screw nuts on the rods G, G; s is the handle to the cam I; and wis
the crank of the machine.
The rollers A, A, are formed of india-rubber or other similar material,
which is firmly secured upon the shaft in the ordinary manner. These rollers
are constructed of any suitable size, and wooden rollers may be substituted for
either the upper or lower one, or for both. The shafts of the rollers A, A, pass
through the standards B, B, the lower resting on bearings, and the upper
sliding freely in the slot cut in these standards, and extending out to receive
the straps C, C; these straps pass down and connect through the hook rods
P, P, to the end of the spring E, as shown in Figure 1. The straps C, C,
and rods P, P, are connected by a screw and the pressure exerted by the
spring may thereby be conveniently varied. The base board supports the
standards B, B, and has its upper surface beveled each way from the middle,
and has its upper surface beveled each way from the middle, and has a slot
upon either end for the hook rods G, G.
In Figure 2 is shown a modified form of securing the machine to the tub.
The slots in the base board are cut of sufficient width and length to set the
holders II, H, to different sized tubs or washing vessels. These holders are
made with necks I, I, to fit in the slots, and have each a cam or excentric J
turning on a pin in the leg m of the holder, with handles v, v.
The exact
form or position of these cams or excentrics is not essential, so that they pass
into the spaces between the legs m and n sufficiently far to press the sides of
the tub or washing vessel, and thereby secure the machine firmly on the tub.
Instead of the aforesaid methods of securing the machine upon the tub or
washing vessel, straight rods may be employed fixed at the lower end to a
projecting strip of wood or metal passing under the tub or vessel.

page_text: OPERATION OF THE MACHINE.
The machine having been placed on the tub or washing vessel, the hook of
the rods G, G, are carried under the the tub, or the lower ends are attached to
the aforesaid projecting pieces, and the screws turned down on the upper ends
of said rods by means of the handles o, o, thereby firmly securing the machine.
When the parts shown in Figure 2 are employed for this purpose, the holders
H, H, are set in position so that the legs m, m, will pass down outside the
tub or washing vessel, and the legs n, n, inside. Then the machine is secured
by means of the cams or excentrics J, J, turned by the handles v, v. The
lower roller is turned by the crank w, the upper one being rotated by friction.
A constant pressure is exerted on the rollers by means of the spring E acting
through the strap C and rod P, which pressure may be increased or decreased,
as found desirable, by turning the handles of the cam I. When articles aro
passing between the rollers they are forced open, the spring E yielding; and
when passed through, it returns to its former position, bringing the rollers
together again, thereby rendering the machine self-adjusting. Other forms of
spring may be employed for E, as coiled or eliptic, and other variations made
without departing from the principles of the said Invention.
Having particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said im-
provements, what I claim as my Invention is,―
First, the combination of the parts of the machine constructed and arranged
substantially as herein set forth.
Second, making the rollers self-adjusting by means of the spring E, tho
strap C, C, and the rods P, P, constructed and arranged substantially as
herein described.
Tbird, the use of the base board F, whether secured by the holders H, H,
the rods G, G, or other suitable device.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Washington Belding, have here-
unto set my hand and affixed my seal, this Seventh day of March, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
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BELDING
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