A Washing Machine for Washing All Kinds of Household Linen.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 5th July; 1890-Accepted, 13th Sept., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Washing Machine for Washing All Kinds of Household Linen.
JOHN WADE HARMSTON; 8 Garden Cottages, Welby Street Grantham Lincoln
shire, Wheelwright, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:--
(1) The tub for holding the water and clothes to be operated upon is pivoted on a
suitable frame under the bottom of tub about mid way.
(2) And that at suitable distance in front of tub is an upright lever pivoted to the
bottom of frame in a vertical position at a suitable height for the operator to reach.
(3) Then a second lever is attached to the vertical lever in an horizontal position
connected to the tub at a suitable distance from the vertical lever.
(4) At the other end of the horizontal lever is attached a dasher or washer the
action being when the vertical lever is pushed to and fro by the operator the tub is
rocked on its pivot at bottom and the dasher or washer works up and down in a
vertical position agitating the linen and water in the tub at the same time.
(5) Shape of dasher -Has projections down each side and ends with partitions in
the centre the rest being left as space for the clothes and water to work in and out.
(6) This washing machine can be attached to an ordinary vertical mangle or made
separately as may be required.
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J. W. HARMSTON,
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Washing Machine for Washing All Kinds of Household Linen.
I, JOHN WADE HARMSTON, 8 Garden Cottages, Welby Street, Grantham, in the
County of Lincoln, Wheelwright, 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 :-
This invention relates to a novel construction of a washing machine for washing all
kinds of household linen in the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1. is a plan view of a washing machine.
Figure 2. is end elevation.
Figure 3. is a sectional elevation through A. B. in Figure 1.
Figure 4. is a end elevation of dasher or washer.
Figure 5. is a plan of dasher or washer.
This washing machine can be attached to an ordinary vertical mangle or separately
as may be required.
A is the frame on which the tnb B and the lever H are hinged by two suitable
stands or brackets, marked C C.
D is showing the tub and lever with washer midway.
Eis lever H pushed forward, the action being lifting dasher or washer to the top of
tub B, at same time rocking tub B in line with dasher or washer. F is lever H
pulled back, at the same time pressing dasher or washer to bottom of tub, at the same
time pulling tub B back in line with dasher or washer, this action is performed by the
lever G connecting the dasher or washer spindle D, and pivoted on tub with bracket I
and to lever H, to counterbalance this action I place a spiral spring of a suitable
strength to assist the rocking motion on tub B, K is the side wings or washers
connected to dasher or washer with two small hinges L on each side, the action being
when dasber or washer is pressed downwards the side wings K rise to the stop M,

page_text: when dasher or washer is being lifted the wings K again fall in position, this action
being to prevent the linen rising over the top of dasher or washer."
Having now set forth the nature of my invention I wish it to be understood that
I claim.
(1) A vertical lever being connected to an horizontal lever pivoted on a bracket.
(2) An horizontal lever pivoted on the wash-tub, and then connected at one end to
the vertical lever, the other end to dasher or washer spindle, giving the vertical and
horizontal action at the same time.
(3) The spiral spring placed under tub to give equal balance to the rocking
motion of tub.
Lastly. The side wings on dasher or washer.
Dated this 4th day of July 1890
JOHN WADE HARMSTON.