Year: 1887

page_text: 1 EDWARD GOODISON, of 98 Valley Road, Shipley, in the County of York,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to novel and useful improvements in apparatus for washing
clothes and analogous purposes; and its object is to provide a comparatively automatic,
or self-washing apparatus, and thus in a great measure dispense with the manipulation
or mechanical treatment of the materials operated upon.
For this purpose I employ a caldron or other liquid receptacle of suitable form
arranged to fit over a stove or other heating apparatus. The said caldron is provided
with an inner tray or platform adapted to cover the washing liquor and upon which
the materials to be washed are placed. The said tray is fitted with a vertical pipe
opening beneath such tray and perforated at the top, and also connected by a branch
pipe with a supply reservoir fitted in connection with the caldron containing a supply
of washing liquor. The said supply reservoir is connected to the caldron by means of
a pipe controlled by a tap or ball cock and such reservoir is preferably fitted with a
guage for indicating the level of the liquid contained therein. The said caldron is
also preferably fitted with a guage valve for removing superfluous liquor and with an
exhaust valve for emptying the same.
The apparatus operates in the following manner.
the caldron having been filled with washing liquor, the materials to be washed are
The space beneath the tray in
placed upon such tray and on the liquor beneath commencing to boil it is forced to
the top of the pipe connected to such tray and flowing through the perforations therein
spreads or showers in the form of jets over the material in the caldron, percolating
through the same and passing through suitable openings in the tray again passes
beneath, thus a constant circulation of washing liquor is maintained and dirt and
impurities thereby washed from the materials.
also passes through the branch pipe into the supply reservoir and the valve connecting
A certain portion of the boiling liquor
such reservoir with the caldron is adjusted to allow an equal quantity of liquor to
eturn thereto thus replenishing the caldron.
Dated this 2nd day of February 1887.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Washing Apparatus for Domestic Purposes.
I, EDWARD GOODISON, of 192, Westgate, Bradford in the County of York, Washing
Machine Maker, 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 new or improved apparatus for washing clothes and other
similar purposes, and its object is to provide a comparatively automatic or self washing
apparatus adapted to in a great measure dispense with the laborious manipulation
or mechanical treatment commonly resorted to.
In order to fully describe my invention reference is to be had to the accompanying
drawing forming a part of this specification in which similar letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1, represents an elevation of my improved apparatus. Figure 2, is a plan
of the same with the covers removed. Figure 3, is a back view of the same. And
Figure 4, is a sectional view of an inner tray and connections.
The caldron or liquid receptacle A adapted to receive the articles to be washed is
separated by the partition B from the supply reservoir C. The pipe D connecting A
and Cis fitted with a cock or valve E controlled by the ball F mounted on the lever G
projecting into the reservoir C and connected by the rod H to the lever J of said
cock. A tray or platform K fitting closely in the caldron A is provided with a vertical
pipe Lopening beneath such tray and having perforations M at the top and a branch N
projecting into the supply reservoir C. A shield O covers the hole P through the
tray K. The tap R is provided to withdraw the liquid from the caldron A and the
tap S connected to the pipe T communicating with the reservoir C is also provided to
empty such reservoir.
The apparatus is placed over a fire preferably contained in a suitable stove and
operated in the following manner. The space beneath the tray K is filled with washing
liquor, and sufficient liquor is also placed in the reservoir C to raise the ball F to a
position at which the valve E is just closed. The articles or materials to be washed
are now placed upon the tray K and on the liquor beneath commencing to boil the
ebullition forces it to the top of the pipe L and causes it to pass or sprout through the
perforations M in the form of jets thus spreading the boiling liquid over the said
material which gradually percolates through the same and passing beneath the shield O
through the opening P again reaches the underside of the tray K, thus a constant
circulation of the washing liquor is maintained and dirt and impurities thereby
removed from the clothes. A certain portion of the boiling liquor passes through the
branch N into the supply reservoir which raises the ball F thereby opening the
valve E and allows an equal quantity of fresh liquor to pass through the pipe D to
beneath the tray K.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare what I claim is :
1. The construction and arrangement of the improved washing apparatus, substan-
tially as herein shown and described.
2. The combination with the caldron, of a tray fitting therein provided with a pipe
opening beneath and having perforations above, and a supply reservoir in com-
munication with said pipe and also with said caldron, substantially as herein shown
and described.
3. The combination with said caldron, tray, and supply reservoir, of a ball valve
adapted to control the relative amount of washing liquor in said caldron and supply
reservoir, substantially as herein shown and described.
1007
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.