IMPROVEMENTS IN WASHING MACHINES to be as follows:
Year: 1885

page_text: We AARON LUMSDEN of 32 Bulls Head Exchange Chambers Market Place
Manchester in the County of Lancaster Block and Bellows Manufacturer and
JACQUES STERNBERG of 31 Arcade Chambers, St Mary's Gate of the place and
County aforesaid Machinery Agent, do hereby declare the nature of our invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WASHING MACHINES to be as follows:-
"
Our invention relates to improvements in that class of washing machines used
principally for domestic purposes and in which a vessel or cylinder being provided
with a lid for the purpose of charging with and emptying the cylinder of the
articles to be washed, is rotated within a casing or box of suitable shape also.
provided with a lid or cover and which casing or box is partially filled with water"
being heated by means of a gas jet or otherwise. The object of our improvements,
is to construct an apparatus or machine in which this vessel or cylinder will work
automatically instead of its being rotated by hand or power from or by a separate
motor. To this end I form or provide this vessel or cylinder on its periphery all
round with a suitable number of buckets, scups or pockets, similar to those of a
water wheel.
Inside the said casing or box and a little above and between the bottom of the
rotary cylinder, I arrange a partition not covering the whole of the bottom of the
said casing or box.
This partition is formed something like an inverted funnel with its sides sloping
and its narrow channel passing upwards between the said.vessel or cylinder and
one end inside the said casing or box. The end of this narrow channel reaching
above the centre of the vessel or cylinder.
The working of the machine is as follows: The articles to be washed are placed
inside the vessel or cylinder together with the requisite water soap, etc. the lid of
the said vessel or cylinder is then closed. Another supply of water is put into the
said casing or box sufficient in quantity to cover the said partition or wider part
of the inverted funnel.
Heat is then applied to the bottom of the said case or box and as soon as the
water therein is getting sufficiently heated it rises up the narrow channel of the
inverted funnel and in discharging itself from the top thereof falls upon one side of

page_text: the said cylinder or drum into the said pockets or buckets thereon causing the
vessel or cylinder to revolve and thereby washing the articles contained therein.
Instead of directing the funnel to discharge the water onto the top of the vessel
or cylinder into the buckets or pockets the inverted funnel may be so arranged as
to expel the water against the under portion of the periphery of the vessel or
cylinder or pockets.
Improvements in washing machines.
We, AARON LUMSDEN of 32 Bulls Head Exchange Chambers Market Place
Manchester in the County of Lancaster Block and Bellows Manufacturer and
JACQUES STERNBERG of 31 Arcade Chambers St Mary's Gate of the place and
County aforesaid, Machinery Agent do hereby declare the nature of our invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WASHING MACHINES" and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
Our invention relates to improvements in that class of washing machines used
principally for domestic purposes and in which a vessel or cylinder, being provided
with a lid, for the purpose of charging with and emptying the vessel or cylinder of
the articles to be washed, is rotated within a casing or box of suitable. shape, also
provided with a lid or cover and which casing or box is partially filled with water
being heated by means of a gas jet or otherwise.
The object of our improvements is to construct an apparatus or machine in which
this vessel or cylinder will work automatically instead of its being rotated by hand
or by a separate motor.
And in order that our invention may be better understood we have caused to be
appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference indicating.
like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 on the annexed drawing is a side elevation.
Fig. 2. a cross section at the line A-B. &
Fig. 3 a longitudinal section at the line C.-D.
Fig. 4. is a plan, partly in section.
Fig. 5. is an enlarged section of part of the vessel or cylinder, and
Fig. 6. is a side view showing a modification of the apparatus constructed in
accordance with our invention.

page_text: In carrying out our invention we form or provide the vessel or cylinder a, see
Figs. 2, 3 and 5, which may be of any suitable material, on its periphery all round
with a suitable number of buckets, scups or pockets b similar to those of a water
wheel.
These buckets, scups or pockets are preferably formed with a bent lip by means
of which they are secured to the periphery of the vessel or cylinder a in such a
manner that the under side of the bucket, scup or pocket does not touch and is &
little distance apart from the periphery of the vessel or cylinder a see Fig. 5. which
is a very important feature of this invention and which prevents the propelling
water from being condensed and the power reduced by the water inside the vessel
or cylinder, which is at a less temperature than the water that propels the vessel or
cylinder a.
The buckets, scups or pockets may be secured to the periphery of the vessel or
cylinder a rigidly or they may be hinged or otherwise as desired.
The vessel or cylinder a is provided with a lid or door c which is hinged thereto
or otherwise arranged to be opened or removed quickly for the purpose of charging
or emptying the vessel or cylinder a and the periphery inside furnished with a
convenient number of perforated dashers g and the sides with inclined projection
pieces which serve to keep the articles whilst being washed in agitation.
The said vessel or cylinder being provided on the outside with pivots or axles i
is arranged to rotate in the brackets k fixed to the inner sides of the casing or
box d. The latter is provided with a lid or cover arranged to be removed
easily, an overflow tap m and scavenger tap n see Fig. 1.
Inside the said casing or box d which may be of any suitable shape and material
and a little above and between the bottom of the rotary vessel or cylinder a,
I arrange a partition e not covering the whole of the bottom of the said casing or
box d but having inlet spaces f. This partition being shaped something like an
inverted funnel with its sides sloping and narrow channel or channels g¹ passing
upwards between the vessel or cylinder a and the inside or sides of the casing or
box d, forms a water way or channel g¹ which contains a suitable number of com-
partments. The end of this narrow channel or channels reaching above the centre
of the vessel or cylinder is formed with a bend so as to direct the stream of water
into the buckets scups or pockets b. Underneath the said casing or box which rests
on the frame o we arrange one or more jets or burners p which are supplied with a
mixture of gas and air from the pipe q, the supply being controlled by the tap r;
or other means to create heat may be employed which causes the water contained
in the casing or box d to be raised up the narrow channel or channels g¹ and to be
expelled into the buckets, scups or pockets b thus giving rotary motion to the vessel
or cylinder a.
Instead of rotating the vessel or cylinder a, always in one direction the rotation
of the same may be reversed by arranging the channel or channels g¹ opposite to
each other on each side of the buckets, scups or pockets b, the latter being arranged
in two sections fixed in opposite directions on the vessel or cylinder and by means
of a suitable reversing motion working a valve for the purpose of admitting or
cutting off the supply of water for the buckets, scups or pockets or the vessel or
cylinder may be rotated by forming the narrow channel or channels g¹ see Fig. 6.
in such a manner that it will expel the water into the buckets, scups or pockets
below the centre of the vessel or cylinder.
To prevent the water discharged by the buckets, scups or pockets b from coming
into contact with the narrow channel g', I arrange a partition s see Fig. 3. which
prevents the water in the channel or channels g¹ from losing some of its propelling
power.
The working of the machine or apparatus is as follows;-The articles to be
washed are placed inside the vessel or cylinder a, together with the requisite water
soap etc. the lid of the said vessel or cylinder is then closed.
Another supply of water is put into the casing or box d. sufficient in quantity to
cover the said partition e or wider part of the inverted funnel.

page_text: Heat is then applied to the bottom of the said casing or box and as soon as the
water therein is getting sufficiently heated it rises up the narrow channel or
channels g¹ of the inverted funnel & in discharging itself from the top thereof falls
into the buckets, scups or pockets b of the vessel or cylinder causing the latter to
revolve and thereby washing the articles contained therein.
Having now described and illustrated the nature of our invention & in what
manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim, is
In a machine or apparatus for washing, providing the vessel or cylinder,
containing the articles to be washed with buckets, scups or pockets and imparting
rotary motion to the said vessel or cylinder by means of a stream of water raised
& discharged into the said buckets, scups or pockets through a channel or channels,
by the application of heat as set forth.
Dated this 27th day of May A.D. 1885.
Pro AARON LUMSDEN &
JACQUES STERNBERG.
Bosshardt & Grant.