IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR WASHING AND DRYING LINEN AND OTHER FABRICS
Year: 1850

page_text: . TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
EUGENE CHABERT, of Paris, in the Republic of France, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Thirteenth day of
November, One thousand eight hundred and fifty, in the fourteenth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Joseph Eugene Chabert, my exors, admors, and assigns, Her
especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said
Joseph Eugene Chabert, my exors, adûiors, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Joseph Eugene Chabert, my exors, adññiors, or assigns should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times 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, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR WASHING AND DRYING
LINEN AND OTHER FABRICS," communicated to me from abroad; in which said.
Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said Joseph Eugene Chabert,
shall cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under.
my hand and seal, in be inrolled in Her Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said

page_text: in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being there-
unto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Joseph Eugene Chabert, do hereby declare that the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and.in what manner the same is to be performed, are fully described and
ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to
the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon,
that is to say:-
The Invention consists of certain arrangements of machinery for the purpose
of washing and drying linen and other fabrics. In this arrangement of
machinery the ordinary brushes and beaters employed in machinery for wash-
ing linen are dispensed with, by which means the linen and fabrics under
the operation of washing are not injured, the work is performed much quicker,
and at a considerable less cost than when done by hand. The washing and
rinsing of the fabrics is performed by a frame placed in a vessel, having given to
it a to-and-fro horizontal rectilinear movement, or with a to-and-fro oscillating
movement, or thirdly, a to-and-fro circular movement.
But in order that the Invention may be more fully understood, I will pro-
ceed to describe the Drawing, in which Figure 1 shows a plan and section of
a vessel A, in which the water and washing materials are placed. In this
vessel is arranged a frame, consisting of a series of arms made up of wood or
other,suitable material, which frame has a movement given to it by a steam
engine or other power; B is, the cylinder of the engine, with a slide valve C
and connecting rod c¹; D is a fly wheel; and E, E, the crank, by which the
movement is communicated to the frame of arms F, on to which frame is
placed the linen to be washed, and which is to be kept in its position by bands of
india-rubber or other suitable material being placed across the frame. Figure
2. shows another vessel, having another apparatus placed thereon, which is put
in motion in a similar manner to the one shewn at Figure 1; but the mode
of giving motion to the frame of arms is not shewn in the Drawing of this
Figure. This Figure shows a plan and section of the vessel, in which will be
seen the framing B on to which fine linen is to be placed. Figure 3 shew's
another vessel in which the apparatus is worked by similar means to those above
described, shewing the plan and section of the vessel, and the frame A having
the cross bars on to which the linen is to be placed. Figure 4 shews another
vessel in which the frame of bars are worked, and on to which the linen is
held in a similar manner as, before described; this Figure also shews a plan
and section. Figure 5 shews a vessel with an arrangement for the apparatus

page_text: to be moved in a circular manner, which may be put in motion by the
means before doscribed, or by any suitable means; B, B, B, are small com-
partments or cases made of wire gauze into which is placed the linen; they
are connected to the axis of the frame by rods C, C, C; this Figure also
shews a plan and section of this arrangement. Figure 6 shows another vessel
by the use of which, as will be described, the water is pressed out of the linen; -
A is a pipe, through which steam is conducted into the bottle or enlarged part
of the tube A', which steam drives the air from the receiver D; the vacuum
is kept regulated by the monometer B'; B, B, is the tube through which the
steam passes; C is a wooden or other suitable cover which acts as a piston
by atmospheric pressure, when the chamber below it is exhausted; E, an
iron grating, over which is placed another grating of galvanic metal, so as to
prevent the linen from passing into the receiver D; F is the cock for empty-
ing the vessel. Figure 7 shews the machine for drying the linen; A are three
hollow cylinders made of metal or other suitable material; these cylinders are
heated by steam, which enters through the tube B, and after passing through
the cylinder escapes through the tube C; D is a weight to regulate the
pressure of the cylinders; F is the support to the machine.
In using this
machine for drying, the linen will have to be passed over the surfaces of the
rollers in the ordinary manner, and motion is given to them, as is well under-
stood, but which is not shewn in the Drawing; Figure 7* shews another
arrangement in which one large cylinder A is used, instead of the three
before described; this cylinder is supplied with four rollers and springs, so as
to yield to the inequalities of the linen; this machine will be found appli-
cable to dry large fabrics, such as counterpanes, curtains, &c. The same
vessels may be used for rinsing the linen, by causing the water to be run off.
I find it advisable, in washing the linen, to keep the water at a regular
temperature; for this purpose I place at the bottom of the vessels, tubes,
through which steam is caused to pass by any suitable means.
Having thus described the nature of the Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I do not confine
myself to the precise details herein given, so long as the character of the
Invention be retained; but what I claim is the mode of arranging machinery
for washing and drying linen and other fabrics as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Eugene Chabert, bave hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.
J. E. CHABERT. (L.S.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-sixth day of April, in.
the year of our Lord 1851, the aforesaid Joseph Eugene Chabert 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.
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