Improvements in Washing Machines for Washing Clothes and Fabrics.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 7th May, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 28th Dec., 1897- Accepted, 12th Feb., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Washing Machines for Washing Clothes and
Fabrics.
HENRY MILNER, 5, Walker Row, Yeadon, near Leeds, in the County of York-
shire, Shuttle Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is to produce an improved washing machine, that
shall wash clothes and fabrics in a more effective manner, than is generally
the case with machines now in general use.
In carrying out my object I make use of a vessel of required dimensions made
of wood or metal, the said vessel I line with an inner casing of metal which I
corrugate. In cases where I think it preferable I make the vessel itself of
corrugated wood or metal, and dispense with the inner lining of corrugated metal
or wood. On the top of the vessel which forms the body of the machine, I put
a covering of wood or metal to form a lid. The said lid being made in two parts
hinged together. Through one part of the lid, I put a short shaft of metal, this
short shaft being made to run in bearings that are fixed one to the upper side
of the lid, and a corresponding one to the under side of the lid. Upon the upper
end of the short shaft, I fix a handle of wood or metal, this being for the purpose of
giving motion to the shaft, and it at the same time prevents the shaft from falling
through the bearings fixed to the lid, into the inside of the machine.
Towards the lower end of the short shaft I fix four arms of metal upon it,
these being fixed at equal distances apart, and each one arm at a right angle to
the shaft. Upon each of these four arms I put a roller of wood or metal, each
roller being built up in such a manner, that when the machine is in operation,
they cause a certain amount of friction upon the clothes or fabric being washed.
The short shaft, with its arms and rollers hangs from the lid of the machine,
and when the lid is lifted, the mechanism is also raised bodily out of the machine.
Upon the inside bottom and sides of the machine, I put a series of rollers, made
to run in bearings which are fixed to the machine at required distances apart, the
said rollers being made of corrugated wood or metal.
The manner of operating my invention is as follows:-A quantity of clothes or
fabrics are put into the machine, and the mechanism before described is put into
position in the machine by closing the lid, the handle at the top of the shaft is
then moved backwards and forwards, giving a too and fro motion to the rollers
upon the arms on the shaft, which by coming into contact with the clothes or
fabrics are caused to revolve backwards and forwards upon the arms, at the same
time carrying the clothes or fabrics along with them in such a manner that
the rollers put in the bearings to the bottom and sides of the machine also revolve,
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page_text: the whole of the rollers acting upon the clothes and fabrics that they
and effectively washed.
are
quickly
H. & R. THORD,
Agents for Applicant.
Improvements in Washing Machines for Washing Clothes and
Fabrics.
HENRY MILNER, 5, Walker Row, Yeadon, near Leeds, in the County of York-
shire, Shuttle 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:
The object of my invention is to produce an improved washing machine, that
shall wash clothes and fabrics, in a more effective manner, than is generally the
case with machines now in general use.
Figure 1. is a view shewing the various parts, fixed in the machine.
Figure 2. is a view of the rollers and arms, fixed to the central shaft.
Figure 3. is a view of the rollers that run in the bottom part of the machine.
In carrying out my object I make use of a vessel A. and this I line with an
inner casing a¹, of corrugated metal.
In cases where I think it necessary I make the vessel A. itself of corrugated
metal or wood, and dispense with the inner lining.
On the top of the vessel A. I put a covering a³ to form a lid, this lid being
made in two parts, hinged together.
Through one part of the lid a³, I put a central shaft B. this shaft being made
to run in bearings 61, 62, that are fixed one to the upper side, and the other to
the under side of the lid a.
I fix a handle C, to the upper end of the central shaft B, for the purpose of
giving motion to the shaft B, and it at the same time prevents the shaft B, from
falling through the bearings 61, 2, into the inside of the machine.
Towards the lower portion of the shaft B, I fix four arms b³, 63, 63, 63, in the
position shewn in Figure 2, and upon each of these four arms, I put
rollers 4, 6, 3ª, b¹.
Upon the inside bottom and sides of the machine, I put a series of rollers D.
which are made to run in bearings fixed to the machine. The rollers D. in the
bottom of the machine are fixed as shewn in Figure 3. whilst those on the sides of
the machine are by preference fixed vertically around the machine.
The manner of operating my invention is as follows: A quantity of clothes or
fabrics are put into the machine and the shaft B, is put into the machine by
closing the lid a, the handle C is then moved backwards and forwards, giving a
too and fro motion to the rollers b', which coming into contact with the clothes
or fabrics are caused to revolve backwards and forwards on the arms ³, at the
same time carrying the clothes or fabrics along with them in such a manner
that the rollers D, put in bearings in the bottom and sides of the machine, also
revolve, the whole of the rollers acting upon the clothes and fabrics, that they
are quickly and effectively washed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of
my said

page_text: invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. In washing machines for washing clothes and fabrics, the employment of the
vessel A; the corrugated casing a'; the lid a²; the shaft B; the bearings b¹, b²;
the arms 6, 6, 63, 63; the rollera b, b, 6, 6; and the handle C; in combination,
as described.
2. In washing machines for washing clothes and fabrics the employment of
the rollers D. as described.