Improvements in Machines for Washing or Cleansing Clothes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 17th July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 17th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 23rd May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Washing or Cleansing Clothes.
I, SAMUEL BARRETT of Laundry Machine Works, Hanover Street, Keighley
in the County of York, Laundry Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows, that is to say :-
It relates to improvements in machines employed in the process of washing
or cleansing clothes of the class wherein a rotary dolly-head mounted within
a tub or vessel, is used, and consists of constructing and arranging said tub
and dolly-head in such a manner that the efficiency thereof is enhanced while the
disadvantages of damaging or cutting the clothes experienced by the use of those
machines as heretofore constructed, are entirely avoided.
This attain in accordance with this my said invention by mounting said dolly-
head so that it is supported or carried by being suspended from the cross piece on the
top of the tub, all the bearances for said dolly-head as also for the mechanism
employed for imparting rotary motion thereto are also carried or supported by this
cross piece, and instead of forming said dolly-head to reach to the bottom of said
tub when it is thus mounted, an appropriately intervening space is left so that the
clothes being washed may never be cut between the bottom of the dolly-head and
the bottom of the tub.
Instead of the bottom of the tub being flat or even as heretofore, I form a some-
what hemispherical protruberance on said tub's bottom directly beneath and in line
with the axial centre of the dolly-head, but suitable space is left between said
protruberance and the bottom of the dolly-head as above described.
Rotary motion is imparted in the well known manner, to said dolly-head, (the
same (said motion) being in either direction continuous, or mechanism may be
employed for rotating same for a certain number of revolutions in one direction and
then automatically reversing to rotate a similar number in the other direction.
I employ one or more of these rotary dolly-heads and their other respective parts
as above described in connection with each tub, the number of same being deter-
mined by the size of said tub, as will be readily understood.
I construct the tub by filling up the angular corner, formed by the meeting of
the straight walls and the bottom of same, and make it somewhat of quadrantal
shape in cross section, so that instead of this angular corner affording lodgment for
a quantity of water or liquid, (used in the process of washing) or for a quantity of
the clothes being washed as heretofore, said water etc. are thrown or conducted into
such positions so as to be always undergoing thorough agitation whenever the dolly-
head is in motion.
1000
S. BARRETT,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Washing or Cleansing Clothes.
I SAMUEL BARRETT of Laundry Machine Works, Hanover Street, 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
described and ascertained in and by the following statement, that is to say :-
It relates to improvements in machines employed in the process of washing or

page_text: cleansing clothes of the class wherein a rotary dolly-head, mounted within a tub or
vessel, is used, and consists of constructing and arranging said tub and dolly-head
in such a manner that the efficiency thereof is enhanced while the disadvantages by
the damaging or cutting of the clothes as is the case when the machines as hereto-
fore constructed are employed, are entirely avoided.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings
Fig. 1 is a side elevation illustrative of my invention, part of the tub a being
shewn as cut away in order that the mounting of the dolly might be more
clearly seen.
Fig. 2 is a view, as seen from above, of the parts shewn by Fig. 1.
To attain the object of my invention 1 mount the dolly-head so that it is or
may be supported or carried by being suspended from the cross-piece c which is
fixed over the tub a, all the mechanism (as the wheels and shaft ) employed
for imparting rotary motion to the dolly being also supported by the cross-piece c,
and instead of forming said dolly to reach to the bottom a¹ of the tub a when it is
mounted as shewn, arrange it so that a space intervenes between its lower
extremity and the said bottom a' by which means it is impossible for any clothes
that are being washed to be cut or damaged by being jammed between the bottom
end of said dolly band the bottom a of the tub a.
Instead of the bottom a' of the tub a being flat or even as has heretofore been the
case, I form a somewhat hemispherical protruberance on said bottom a¹ directly
beneath and in line with the axial centre of the dolly, by which means the clothes
being washed are more certainly kept in position to be acted upon by the centrifugal
force of the dolly b.
Rotary motion is imparted in the well known manner through the shaft e and the
wheels to said dolly b, said motion being imparted thereto continuously in
either direction, or mechanism may be employed for rotating it for a certain number
of revolutions in one direction and then automatically reversing to rotate a like
number in the other direction.
I employ one or more of these rotary dolly-heads and their other respective
parts as above described in connection with each tub a the number of same being
determined by the size of said tub a as will readily be understood, although I have
only shewn one dolly head in the accompanying drawings since the relative sizes of
the tub a and the dolly-head b are such as to render an additional dolly head
unnecessary.
I construct the tub a by filling up the angular corner 9 which is formed by the
meeting of the straight walls a and the bottom a', and making the said corner g
somewhat of a quadrantal shape in cross section so that instead of this angular
corner affording lodgment for a quantity of water or liquid (used in the process of
washing) or for a quantity of the clothes being washed as it has done heretofore
said clothes etc. are thrown or conducted into such positions as to be always under-
going thorough agitation whenever the dolly-head & is in motion.
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. The method of arranging and constructing the several parts forming a washing
machine substantially as herein specified.
SAMUEL BARRETT.
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.