Improved Combined Washing, Scrubbing, and Wringing Machine.
Year: 1893

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Combined Washing, Scrubbing, and Wringing Machine.
1, SAMUEL INGHAM, of White House, Anisdale, in the County of Lancaster,
Gentleman, 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 has for its object the construction of a machine in which washing,
wringing, and scrubbing may be effected, combining with an ordinary roller
wringing machine of one or more pairs of roller brushes the whole being mounted
on a tank in which a washing plunger is arranged.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood and carried
into practice I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings
of which
Fig. 1 is a side part sectional elevation,
Fig. 2 an end part sectional elevation,
Fig. 3 a plan, and
Figs. 4 and 5 enlarged details.
Mounted on the washing tank a are uprights carrying bearings in which the
spindles of the wringing rollers e, c¹, revolve. These rollers, which are held in
contact with one another by spring d and geared together by wheels e in the
ordinary manner are operated by pinion of secured to the operating wheel g and
geared with the toothed wheel mounted on the stationary shaft and to which
is attached the pinion gearing with toothed wheel secured to the bottom
roller c'.
At one side of and parallel to the rollers c, c¹ are the roller brushes, the
spindles of which revolve in bearing in the carriers m mounted to slide on guide n
secured at each side of the tank a.
The spindles of these roller brushes are geared together at one end by wheel o
and to the opposite end of the lower brush roller spindle is secured a toothed
wheel P which may be thrown into or out of gear with the wheel as desired by
sliding the carriers m on the guides n and securing them in position by bolts
gearing being preferably so arranged that the roller brushes are revolved at three
times the speed to the wringing rollers.
the
A vertically swinging plunger » is mounted on pivots resting in bearings s in
the upper edges of the tank sides in such a manner that it may be removed when
desired.
Although I have only described a machine in which one pair of wringing rollers
and roller brushes are used, it is obvious that two or more pairs of either of these
may be employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
(1) The combination with an ordinary roller wringing machine of one or more
roller brushes substantially as described and ascertained in the accompanying
drawings.
(2) A combined washing scrubbing and wringing machine constructed and
operated substantially as described and ascertained in the accompanying
drawings

page_text: (3) The application to existing washing scrubbing and other machines of roller
scrubbing brushes substantially as described.
Dated this 25th day of August 1893.
CASTLE SMITH,
Invention" Office, 54, Flect Street, London, E.(.
Agent for the Applicant.