A CERTAIN MACHINE TO BE CALLED A PATENT WASHING, WRINGING, AND MANGLING MACHINE
Year: 1845

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
WILKINSON, of No. 2, Balloon Street, Leeds, in the County of York, Mechanic,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Seventeenth day of April, in the eighth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Samuel Wilkinson, my exors, adññiors, and assigns, Her especial licence, full
power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said Samuel Wilkinson, my
exors, admors, and assigns, and every of them, by myself and themselves, or
such others as I, the said Samuel Wilkinson, my exors, adñiors, or assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of
Berwick-upon-Tweed, and in the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark,
and Man, and also in all Her Majesty's Colonies and Plantations abroad, my
Invention of "A CERTAIN MACHINE TO BE CALLED A PATENT WASHING, WRINGING,
AND MANGLING MACHINE;" in which said Letters Patent there is contained a
proviso, that I, the said Samuel Wilkinson, shall cause a particular description
of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-

page_text: formed, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, to be enrolled in
Her Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by
the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Samuel Wilkinson, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, are particularly described
and ascertained in and by this present instrument in writing under hand
my
and seal in the words herein-after written, and with reference to the Drawings
and Figures annexed hereto.
But before I describe the particulars of my Invention, it may be proper
to state that the processes of washing, wringing, and mangling have been
usually effected by separate machines, of inconvenient dimensions when taken
separately, and the object of my Invention is to have a machine of a convenient
portable form, which may be adapted for effecting the whole of the three
processes.
In the Sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed I have exhibited the whole of
my machine. Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of the machine by
which the washing process is effected. a, a, a, a, represents a sectional view
of the interior of a wooden box or chamber, which is of a semicylindrical
'form, open at the top, except when covered over by the lids e, e; b, b, b, b, is'a
framework of brass or other suitable metal, which works in the interior of the
wooden chamber, in which it is fixed at the two sockets c, c, and may be freely
moved backwards and forwards by means of the handle d.
At the upper part
each side, an open
of the interior of the semicylindrical chamber, and on
'space is left, an end view of which is seen in Figure 2, where L, L, represents
the open space on each side, which space is covered over by a perforated
copper plate or other suitable material h, h. The shape of the copper plate
is seen at Figure 3, marked h, h, h. The position of the vibrating frame
'b, b, b, b, with the handle d, is also seen in Figure 2, which represents a trans-
verse section or end view of the machine, shewing the end removed. The
perforated copper or other suitable plate is so placed that the vibrating
frame b, b, b, b, by being worked backwards and forwards may come flat (or
'nearly so) against the plate h, h, on each side.
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I shall next proceed to describe the wringing and mangling machinery.
A, A, A, A, is a frame of wood or other suitable material, in and to which are
affixed the apparatus herein-after described; u, u, Figure 4, is a cranked lever,
to which is attached by bolts one or more heavy cast-iron weights W, W;
and V, V, is a grooved guide plate, in which the lever traverses up and down

page_text: when working; T is a rod, connecting the lever u, u, with an upper lever S, S;
the connecting rod T has a screw at T*, by which the height of the weight or
weights can be regulated, as may be required. The upper lever S, S, moves.
freely upon a fixed centre or stud at S*, and is connected with the upper
roller or cylinder F by means of the rod and arms K, K, K; and in the
upper part of the said arms the axle of the roller or cylinder F is fixed in the
sockets, which are made of brass or other suitable metal, marked I, I, another
roller or cylinder is placed immediately below the upper roller; the upper,
roller can be brought in contact with it, if required, by means of the arms
K, K, K, and the action of the weight or weights W, W, and the levers u, u,
and S, S. The lower roller is moved by means of the three wheels o, n, m,
better seen in Figure 1, and which are set in motion by the handle P. The
upper roller or cylinder F is driven by the friction of the lower roller J against
its outer surface or circumference. B, B, Figure 4, is a wheel, to the axle of
which is fixed a cord I, which passes along over the pulley g, under the
pulley Q, and over the pulley R, to the weight or weights W, W, to which it is
fastened to a projecting bolt or pin X. The wheel B has also a ratchet wheel
Dattached to it, fitted with the catch C, by means of which apparatus the.
weight or weights can be raised or depressed, and the rollers separated to any
distance with the assistance of the levers and arms u, u, S, S, and K, K, K.
as before stated. The ends of the axle of the upper roller or cylinder F
traverse, when required to be separated from the lower roller or cylinder J; in
a slot or opening in the framework A, A, A, A, best seen in Figure 1, and
marked with a star *, and on the outside of the framework, or either side, are
placed two iron or other suitable plates, fastened with screws to such frame, to,
prevent the upper roller or cylinder getting out of place. L, L, Figure 4, is a
sloping board, that reaches from the semicylindrical box or trough up to the
lower roller J, to carry the water back into the box or trough when the cloths
are being wrung or passed wet through the rollers. F and J; the position of
this frame is shewn partially in dotted lines at Figure 1.
Having described the machine, I will next explain the mode of using it;
and, first, as a washing machine. Into the cylindrical box or trough a, a, a, a,
Figure 1, a quantity of hot soap and water is poured, and then a quantity of
clothes or other articles intended to be washed, and which are placed in about
equal portions at each side of the vibrating frame b, b, b, b, Figures 1 and 2.
the lids e, e, are then put on, and then the clothes are squeezed backwards and
forwards against the perforated plates h, h, Figure 2, until they are thoroughly
cleansed, the water is then let out of the box or trough at the peg 9, Figure 1.
the clothes are then taken out and passed between the rollers F and J, by

page_text: which they will be wrung almost dry by means of the pressure of the weights
W, W. The mangling process is then accomplished by separating the rollers
as far as may be required by means of the wheel B. The lids e, e, are then
shut down, and a board or table f, f, is placed over the lids e, e, and the cloth
or other material to be mangled is placed upon it, and from it the cloth or
other material is wound or folded round the lower roller J by means of the
usual cloths; and in order to allow for the thickness of cloth which is wound
round the lower roller, the board L, L, may be so constructed as to be readily
removed after a sufficient thickness of cloth has been folded round the roller;
the weight is disengaged by the wheel B; the upper roller is brought down on
the cloth folded on the lower roller. The two rollers are squeezed to each
other by means of the aforesaid weight or weights and levers, herein-before
described, and rotary motion communicated to the same by means of the
handle P and wheels m, n, o, until the clothes are sufficiently mangled, the
rollers are then again separated, and the cloth taken out, and a fresh quantity
added, as before.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is used, I would wish it to be understood that what I claim as of
this my
Invention is, the peculiar mode of separating and detaching the rollers
or cylinders, herein-before described, together with the mode of applying the
pressure thereto in manner herein-before mentioned; and also I claim the
combination of the operations, videlicet, washing, wringing, and mangling in
one machine, according to the methods herein-before stated; but I do not con-
fine myself to the precise form and details shewn, provided the peculiar
character of either part of my said Invention be retained or brought into.
operation.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Wilkinson, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of October, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-five.
SAMUEL (L.S.) WILKINSON.
Signed, sealed, and acknowledged, being first
duly stamped, by the said Samuel Wilkinson
in my presence, as and for his Specification of
a Patent dated the Seventeenth day of April,
One thousand eight hundred and forty-five,
the day and year first within written,

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Fourteenth day of October,
in the year of our Lord 1845, the aforesaid Samuel Wilkinson came
before our said Lady. the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the
Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified,
in form above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped
according to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Fourteenth day of October,
in the year of our Lord 1845, the aforesaid Samuel Wilkinson came
before our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the
Specification aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified,
in form above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped
according to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Enrolled the Fifteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and forty-five.