A New or Improved Mechanical Dolly for Laundry Purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Apr., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 5th May, 1896-Accepted, 6th June, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Mechanical Dolly for Laundry Purposes.
I, WILLIAM CREE of 115 Cheapside, Worksop in the County of Nottingham-
shire, Chair Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention has for its object to construct a dolly that may be operated by
one hand only, instead of by both as hitherto, thus obviating the necessity for
the chest or face of the operator to be constantly over and exposed to the
steam.
The usual and necessary motions of laundry dollies are vertical, lateral, and
rotary, the direction of the latter being also reciprocal, and my invention is
designed to impart all these motions to the active portion of the dully by the
oscillation of a lever, and I attain this by providing a wooden or other cover for
the tub or other vessel in use, suitable means being provided for attaching the one
to the other, and a handle or handles for manipulating the same. Upon the upper
surface of the said cover I fix a preferably metallic standard, constructed at its
upper end to carry a short horizontal spindle, and upon this is pivotally mounted,
a projection upon the periphery of a circular metallic disc, upon a certain portion
of the circumferential edge of which cogs or teeth are formed, which gear with a
pinion fixed upon a vertical rod passing downwardly through a suitable slot in the
said cover, and to the lower end of this rod the dolly would be fixed. The upper
end of the said rod is borne by a block, frame or its equivalent, in which it is free
to revolve, but held in contact therewith by a nut, crown, pin, or other suitable
means, the said block or frame being pivotally connected to the face of the said
toothed disc. The before mentioned extension upon the said disc has fixed
thereto, or cast or otherwise formed integrally therewith, a cup or socket, in which
is fixed, by any suitable means, a wood or other handle, hereinafter called the
lever, and when the apparatus is in its normal position the said lever would
be perfectly vertical, which may be effected by the tension of a spiral or other
spring.
The fulcrum of the said lever, and the toothed disc to which it is connected,
being that of the horizontal spindle upon the before mentioned standard, it follows,
that if the said lever be oscillated upon its fulcrum, the said toothed disc would
also oscillate, and by reason of the latter being connected to the dolly rod, the
upper end of this would also be oscillated, and would be raised and lowered a
distance governed by the extent of the oscillation of the disc, this being in
turn governed by the extent of the oscillation of the lever, which may be any
distance within the length of the arm of the operator. By reason of the dolly
rod being connected to the said toothed disc, the pinion upon the former, would
always be in gear with the teeth or cogs upon the latter, and the to and fro
oscillations of the disc would thereby impart a to and fro rotary motion to the
dolly, the extent of the one being governed by the extent of the other, and by
this means I obtain three motions in the dolly, by one motion of the lever, actuated
by one arm of the operator.
Dated this 17th day of Auril 1896
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1 Broad Street Buildings, Liverpool Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: A. New or Improved Mechanical Dolly for Laundry Purposes.
I, WILLIAM CREE, of 115, Cheapside, Worksop, in the County of Nottingham-
shire, Chair 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 :-
My invention has for its object to construct a dolly that may be operated by
one hand only, instead of by both as hitherto, thus obviating the necessity for
the chest or face of the operator to be constantly over and exposed to the
steam.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I have hereunto appended
'a sheet of drawings in which :-
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Figs. 1, 2 and 3 are front view, side view and plan respectively of my improved
dolly and part of the tub or vessel upon which it is fixed.
Fig: 4 is a perspective view of same with the parts above the line 'A' B'Fig. 2
removed, while
Fig. 5 shews one of many ways I may employ for fixing the lid in, position upon
the tub or other vessel.
The usual and necessary motions of laundry dollies' are vertical, lateral and
rotary, the direction" of the latter being also reciprocal, and my invention is
designed with a view to impart all these 'motions to the active portion of the
dolly, by the oscillation of a lever only, and I attain this by providing a wooden
* or other cover or lid A, for the tub or like receptacle B in use, the one being
attached to the other by any suitable means, such for instance as that of a plate or
plates such as C, upon the lid 'A, engaging with a slot or slots such as Cin the
side of B, after the manner of a bayonet joint, ast'shewn more clearly by Fig. 5,
the manipulation of such attachment being more easily effected through the
medium of a handle or handles D, by which' the cover A; and its adjacent parts
may be suspended when removed from' the vessel B and not in use. Upon the
upper surface of the cover A 1 fix a preferably metallic standard E, constructed
at its upper end' to carry a short' horizontal spindle "F; upon which is pivotally
mounted a projection G, formed' upon the periphery of a circular metallic disc H,
'having upon a certain" portion of 'its circumferential edge u' standing 'cogs or
teeth I, which gear with a pinion J, fixed upon a vertical rod K, passing down-
"wardly through a slot L formed in the cover A; and to the lower end of such
ród K is fixed 'the dolly M. The upper end of the said rod K is held in suspension
by a block, frame, or its equivalent N, in which it is free to revolve, but held in
contact therewith by a nut, pin, or other suitable means, such' for 'instance as that
of a crown O, the said block or frame N being pivotally' connected to the face of
the toothed disc H, by the means of a projecting pin P. The previously mentioned
' extending piece G on the periphery of the disc H, has a cup or socket Q, fixed
thereto, or cast or otherwise formed integrally 'therewith, for the reception of a
wood or other handle or lever R, in' which it may be fixed by any suitable' 'means,
and when the apparatus is in its normal position the lever R, and rod K would be
perfectly vertical, as shewn' by 'the full lines'in Fig. 1, and may be retained in this
position by the tension of a spiral or other spring S, the upper end of which may
be attached to a projection T, upon the back of the disc H, while its lower end
may be connected to the cover A, through the medium of a hook or eye; or other
suitable means such as U. A suitable plate' V is provided upon the under surface
of the cover A, through which freely passes the rod K, and which serves as a
fulcrum for the oscillation of the same.
From the foregoing, and by reference to the drawings, it will be clearly under-
stood, that as the lever R and disc H have as their fulcrum the horizontal

page_text: spindle F, fixed to the standard E, that if the lever R be oscillated thereon, the
disc H would also oscillate in unison therewith, as shewn by the second position of
these in dotted outline in Fig. 1, and by reason of said disc H being pivotally
connected to the dolly rod K, through the medium of the block or frame N, the
upper end of rod K would also be oscillated, and be raised and lowered a distance
governed by the extent of oscillation and rise and fall of the disc H, which in turn
would be governed by the extent of the oscillation of the lever R, the movements
and extent of the movements of which is under the immediate control of the
operator, and by reason of the rod K being pivotally connected to the disc H by
the pin P, the pinion J on said rod K would always be in gear with the teeth or
cogs I on H, and the to and fro oscillations of this would thereby impart a to and
fro rotary motion to the dolly, the extent of the former governing that of the
latter, and by this means I obtain three motions of the dolly M by one motion
of lever R which as previously stated can be operated by one hand of the
operator.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
First. In an improved mechanical dolly for laundry purposes, the herein
described method of and apparatus for imparting a vertical, oscillatory and
reciprocal rotary motion to the active end of the dolly by the mere oscillation
of a lever, controlled by one hand of the operator, connected, combined and
operating substantially as herein set forth and shewn by the accompanying
drawings.
Second. In an improved mechanical dolly for laundry purposes, the combina-
tion of a standard such as F, mounted upon the lid or cover A of the tub or
other vessel B, the said standard having pivotally mounted thereon at F, a partly
toothed disc H, in connection with a lever R, and spiral or other spring S, the
teeth of said disc being in gear with a pinion J, upon a rod K pivotally connected
at its upper end to the disc H, and passing downwardly through a slot L in the
cover A, and plate V attached to said cover, carries at its lower end a dolly M,
the whole connected, and operating substantially as and for the purposes herein
described and shewn by the appended drawings.
Dated this 5th day of May 1896.
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1, Broad Street Buildings, Liverpool Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.