IMPROVEMENTS, IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MACHINES FOR WASHING AND CHURNING
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Sibley, of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the County
of Lancaster, Machinist, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS, IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF MACHINES FOR WASHING AND CHURNING."
Sealed the 6th August 1867, and dated the 8th February 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Sibley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on, the
8th February 1867.
1, THOMAS SIBLEY, of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the County of Lancaster,
Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MACHINES FOR WASHING AND CHURNING," to be as
follows:-
My improvements are made upon those for which Letters. Patent were
granted to John Taylor, No. 2471, and dated the Twenty-seventh day of
September, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
five. The "peggy or dolly" described in the Specification of the aforesaid
Patent is actuated by a lever which forces a screw to which the "peggy" is
attached through a fixed "nut," thereby producing simultaneous end and
rotating movements. .. :
The object of my improvements is to impart either simultaneous end and
rotating movements, or separate rotating and separate end - movements, to
render the washing action of the machine' more perfect; and my Invention
consists in an improved construction, arrangement, and combination of
mechanism, namely, in two levers having their fulcrums upon-a-frame which

page_text: is so arranged as to turn upon a vertical axis, and so as to be readily
unshipped if required; the levers are placed one above the other, and to the
upper one a swivel collar is jointed, to which the upper end of the screw axis
of the "peggy" is fitted, so that while the screw can rotate end movement
can be imparted to it by the lever; the lower lever has a swivel screw nut
jointed upon it through which the screw passes, this screw nut also forming a
guide for the screw. By this arrangement by holding the upper lever and
moving the lower lever rotating movement will be given to the peggy by
holding the lower lever and moving the upper lever simultaneous end and
rotary movement will be given to the peggy, and by moving both levers the
peggy" may be removed from, or replaced in, or turned to one side of the
tub or vessel in which it operates; when the peggy is lifted out of the tub,
there is a catch upon the upper lever to hold it up until it is again required.
My improvements also consist in the use of a series of two or more rods,
threads, or grooves arranged in a screw form at a distance from the axis of
the peggy in place of the screw hitherto used; also in the use of wheelwork
in place of the screw combined with the two levers aforesaid by two jointed
links, one link jointed to the upper lever the other to a bevel wheel or seg-
ment having bearings upon the lower lever and gearing with a wheel upon
the axis of the "peggy," the latter wheel sliding in a key groove in the
axis.
My Invention also consists in arranging the peggy so as to have simply
vertical and rotary movements, the former by a lever or other means, the
latter by wheels and a lever, and in arranging so that the tub or vessel may
be moved upon slides or wheels so as to be readily brought under, or away
from under the "peggy" when required.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
"by the said Thomas Sibley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
7th August 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS S
SIBLEY, of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the said County of Lancaster, Machinist,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her 3
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,

page_text: the said Thomas Sibley, Her special license that I, the said Thomas Sibley,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Thomas
Sibley, 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 THE CONSTRUCTION
OF MACHINES FOR WASHING AND CHURNING," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Thomas Sibley, by an instrument in writing under my band
and seal, 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 Thomas Sibley, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed.
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
and accompanying Drawings, that is to say:
My improvements are made upon those for which "Letters Patent were
granted to John Taylor, No. 2471, and dated the Twenty-seventh day of
September, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
The "peggy" or "
dolly" described in the Specification of the aforesaid
Patent is actuated by a lever, which forces a screw to which the "peggy "is
attached through a fixed "nut," thereby producing simultaneous end and
rotating movements.
The object of my improvements is to impart either simultaneous end and
rotating movements or separate rotating and separate end and rotating move-
ments, to render the washing action of the machine more perfect; and my
Invention consists in an improved construction, arrangement, and combination
of mechanism, namely, in two levers having their fulcrums upon a frame, which
is so arranged as to turn upon a vertical axis, and so as to be readily unshipped
if required. The two levers are placed one above another, and to the upper one
a swivel collar is jointed, to which the upper end of the screw of the "peggy," is
fitted, so that while the screw can rotate, end movement can be imparted to it
by the lever. The lower lever has a swivel screw nut jointed upon it, through
which the screw passes, the screw nut also forming a guide for the screw;
with this arrangement by holding the upper lever and moving the lower lever
rotating movement will be given to the "peggy," and by holding the lower
lever and moving the upper lever simultaneous end and rotatory movement will
be given to the "peggy," and by moving both levers, the "peggy" may be

page_text: removed from, or replaced in, or turned away to one side of the tub or vessel
in which it operates. When the peggy is out of the tub there is a catch upon-
the upper lever to hold it up and out of the way until it is again required.
My improvements also consist in the use of wheelwork (in place of a screw).
combined with the two levers aforesaid by a link jointed to the upper lever and
with the arm or part of a wheel or segment having bearings upon the lower
lever, this wheel or segment gearing with a wheel upon the axis of the peggy,
which slides through the said wheel, being connected with it by a key and
groove. :
My Invention also consists in arranging the peggy so as to have simply
vertical and rotatory movements, and so that the tub or vessel may be brought
under or be taken away from under the peggy by being arranged on slides, or
wheels; or it consists in arranging the peggy so as to have rotatory and vertical
movements, and also to turn to one side, out of the way or so as to be turned
from one side to another to operate in different stationary vessels.
My improvements are illustrated upon the accompanying Sheet of Drawings
by Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a wringing machine;
of ordinary construction having my improved washing machine applied, the
apparatus being shewn in the position which it occupies when withdrawn from
the tub, and turned to one side out of the way; Fig. 2 is a front view of an
ordinary wringing machine with my improved washing apparatus applied and
shewn in the position it occupies when in use.
A bracket (a) is secured to the side frame of the ordinary wringing.
machine, and in this bracket bearings are formed (as shewn) for a vertical
shaft (6), and to this shaft two parts (¹) are secured (as shown), to each of
which a lever is jointed; these levers (c and d) are double, that is, they are
formed of two bars, and one bar passes on one side and the other on the other
side of the parts (61) to which they are jointed, these parts serving to guide
and keep the levers in the same vertical plane. The upper lever (c) has a
swivel collar (¹) jointed in it, and the lower lever (d) has a swivel screw
nut (d) jointed in it. The axis of the collar (c) and nut (d) are parallel
to the axis of the joints of the levers (c and d). The screw axis (e) of the
Peggy (e) passes through the swivel screw nut (d'), and the upper end of the
serew axis (e) is secured in the swivel collar (c') in the upper lever (c), so
that it can rotate in the collar, but so as to move vertically with the collar.
Upon the upper lever (c) a catch (3) is rigidly secured, and when the lower
lever (d) is lifted to the vertical position the upper lever (c) is brought a little
downwards until the catch (³) hooks upon a stud (d) in the side of the
lower lever, and thus sustain the apparatus in the position shewn in Fig. 1.

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The shaft (6) is free in its bearings, consequently the apparatus can be turned
entirely to one side; or it may be used in a position in front or on the side of
the wringing machine, the tub or vessel being placed in a suitable position.
The tub (f), as shewn in Figs. 1, and 2, is mounted on. trunnions (f), which
are carried by brackets (ƒ2) secured to the side frames of the wringing
machine, and the lower edge of one side of the tub (f) rests against a
bracket (3) secured to the cross rail of the wringing machine. The
trunnions are placed a little out of the centre of the tub, so that the weight of
the tub and its contents will keep its lower edge pressing against the said
bracket (f).
My improved washing apparatus may be used in combination with an
ordinary wringing machine, as shown (this combination forming a part of, my.
Invention), or it may be used apart from a wringing machine upon a separate
framing, and such framing may be constructed in any convenient form so as
to carry the axis or shaft (b), and the tubs or vessels (f) may be arranged
around this axis (6) either suspended upon trunnions (ft) or resting upon
the floor of the room or upon a platform upon the framing of the machine...
Fig. 3 is a detached side view illustrating my improvements where wheel-
work is used to dispense with the screw (e) and screw nut (d); c. is the
upper lever; d, the lower lever; e, the axis of the peggy; the peggy; the
upper end of the axis (e) of the peggy is secured to a swivel collar (c!), as
in Figs. 1 and 2, and it passes through the long boss of a bevel wheel (g),
which is secured and rotates freely in a swivel collar (d') jointed in the lower
lever (d). The long boss of the bevel wheel has a key in it which fits the
key groove in the peggy axis; one trunnion of the swivel collar (d) forms
the axis of a segment wheel (h) which gears with the wheel (9), and this
segment is jointed, with one end of a link (h¹), the other end being jointed to
the upper lever (c); it will now be seen that if the upper lever (c) is held
stationary and the lower lever (d) is moved up and down oscillating motion
will be given to the segment: (h), and thus to the wheel (9) which will
give it to the axis (e) of the peggy (e), and if the lower lever (d) is held
stationary and the upper lever (c) is moved simultaneous end and oscillating
rotatory movements will be given to the axis (e) of the peggy. This apparatus
can be lifted and held up in the same manner as that shown in Fig. 1.
When using the apparatus shown by Figs. 1 and 2, or Fig. 3, the end of
the upper lever may be made to rest upon a spring support to assist in giving
steadiness when working, this spring support being secured to the side frame.
of the wringing a achine..
Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation, and Fig. 5 a plan view of another washing

page_text: machine according to my Invention; it consists of a base plate (x) having
a hollow pillar (y) rising from it, and in this hollow pillar there is a tubular
axis (b) to which is secured a boss with two arms (c) that form the bearings
of the axis (e) of the peggy (e¹), which axis for lightness I prefer to make
tubular; the arms (c) pass through a slot in the side of the hollow pillar (y),
this slot having sides which act as guides, between which the arms can slide
freely up and down; the upper end of the tubular axis (6) is solid, and
within it a helical spring (k) is arranged, the upper end of this spring acting
against the upper end of the tubular axis (6), and the lower end of the spring
resting upon the bottom of the hollow pillar (y), the spring being kept at its
lower end in a central position by a rod (k¹) fixed in the bottom of the
hollow pillar and in the axis of the tube (b); the lower end of the exterior of
the tubular axis (b) has a collar (6) upon it which fits the interior of the
hollow pillar and serves to guide the lower end of the tube; the object of the
spring (k) is to assist in lifting the weight of the frame (c) and peggy (c¹)
and connected parts. A weight and cord or chain may be substituted for the
spring, but I prefer a spring; at the upper end of the tubular axis (6) a
lever handle (d) is placed, it is free to oscillate upon the end of the tube, but
is prevented from withdrawing from the end of the tube or axis by a collar
secured to the axis above the lever handle; to this lever handle two pulley
segments (d³) are secured one above the other below the lever handle, and
to each pulley segment one end of a belt or chain is attached, the other end
being secured to a pulley (9) upon the upper end of the peggy axis (e) after
passing partly round the pulley. It will now be clear that when the lever
handle (d) is oscillated its movement will be multiplied (when arranged as
shown) and communicated to the peggy, and also that when the lever handle is
both lifted up and down and oscillated similar movements will be imparted to the
peggy. The peggy may be entirely lifted out of the tub by the lever handle (d),
and held up by a catch so that the tub may be removed from under it; or the
peggy when lifted may be turned to one side out of the way, and it will be
then held up by the projection (c) from the boss part and will rest upon the
top of the pillar; both of the pulley segments (d) may be placed under the
lever handle (d), and a toothed wheel may be used in place of the pulley (g),
and this toothed wheel may be made to gear with the well-known jointed
toothed chain, the ends of which must be secured to the pulley segments (d³).
Several tubs or vessels may be arranged round the pillar (y) which may have
slots opposite each to act as guides to the vertical movements of the arms (.)
and peggy. The tub or vessel may be placed either upon the floor of the room
or upon a platform forming the base of the machine.

page_text: Machines arranged as shewn in Figs. 4 and 5 may be combined with the
ordinary wringing machine by taking the pillar part of the frame and forming
it so as to be bolted upon one of the side frames of the wringing machine, the
tub or vessel in this case being suspended, as shewn in Fig. 1 and 2, or it
rest upon the floor.
may
My improvements are made applicable for churning by substituting a
"dasher" for the peggy (e¹) at the end of the axis (e).
I have now particularly described the nature of my Invention and the
manner of carrying the same into effect. and claim as my Invention,-
Firstly, the construction, arrangement, and combination of two levers with
a screw and screw nut for washing and churning, substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying
Drawings.
Secondly, the arrangement and combination of the mechanism referred
to in my first claim with ordinary wringing machines, as herein-before described
and shown by Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying Drawings.
Thirdly, the arrangement and combination of mechanism for washing
and churning, as herein-before described and illustrated by Fig. 3 of the
accompanying Drawings.
Fourthly, the arrangement and combination of mechanism for washing or
churning, substantially as herein-before described and illustrated by Figs. 4
and 5 of the accompanying Drawings, and also the combination of the
mechanism with the ordinary wringing machine, substantially as herein-before
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Sibley, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
Witness,
PETER J. LIVSEY,
Patent Agent,
Manchester.
THOMAS SIBLEY. (L.S.)