Improvements in or connected with Family Washing Machines.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 19th Aug., 1891-Accepted, 26th Sept., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Family Washing Machines.
I, HARRIET AUGUSTA HANCOCK, of 29 "The Parade," Uxbridge Road,
Acton, Middlesex, Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention has for object, the employment of a taped or sectioned drum, a
loose hinged flap, and a brush within a casing, and in which the drum has
rotation, with the articles to be washed looped over, or temporarily affixed to the
tapes, or their equivalents. The brush I prefer to employ is a flat one with the
ends in guides, so that it can be readily lifted out and placed into the machine.
The brush bears upon the clothes but it may be weighted if desired, to exert
pressure.
To the front, or other part of the casing, I hinge a flap or board, which can be
folded inwards to rest upon the clothes on the drum.
The drum is rotated by outside crank, or other appliances for hand or power,
and if the brush or brushes are to be rotated they can be actuated from the outside
gear.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Harriet Augusta Hancock.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Family Washing Machines.
I, HARRIET AUGUSTA HANCOCK, of 29 The Parade, Uxbridge Road, Acton,
Middlesex, Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
This invention has for object, the employment of a taped, or sectioned drum, a
loose hinged flap, and a brush within a casing, in which the drum has rotation with
the article to be washed, looped over or temporarily affixed to the tapes, or their
equivalents. The brush I prefer to employ is flat or concave, with the ends in
guides, so that it can be readily lifted out and placed into the machine, the brush
bears upon the clothes but it may be weighted, if desired, to exert pressure.
To the front or other part of the casing, I hinge a flap, or board which can be
folded inwards to rest upon the clothes on the drum.
The drum is rotated by outside crank, or other appliances for hand or power,
and if the brush or brushes are to be rotated, they can be actuated from the
outside gear.
My invention is clearly shown by the annexed drawings.
Figure is a transverse sectional eleration

page_text: which are attached to the ends of the drum and hanging somewhat loosely on the
drum, the brush E bearing on the clothes by its weight only.
H, H, are other brushes affixed to boards I, 1, by springs J, J, these boards
are provided with chamfered ends to slide down corresponding grooves formed in
the inside corners of the tub A, said brushes H. H, having free action by their
springs J, J, to adjust themselves both as to pressure against the clothes and as to
bulky parts, or uneven portions of the clothes as they pass in contact therewith.
The clothes while in the water become, in a sense, soppy and loose, so that the
water is, to a certain extent, forced out of them by the brushes when passing to
be recharged with water as they travel round with the drum.
The springs J, J, are of such temper that the brushes H, H, readily yield to
the clothes and exert only enough pressure to expel some of the water.
I have shown two brushes J, J, but one only, in most cases, will be required for
the clothes to rub against as they rise with the drum.
Kis a flap hinged to the tub A. at front to bear on the clothes and to prevent
water splashing over if the handle be turned rapidly. I purpose hingeing a
flap at the back also, so that either flap can be folded up and over according to
the direction at which the handle is turned. The flap may be a brush.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
.
In a machine for washing clothes, the combination of tub A drum B, tapes G, G,
loose brush E, flap K, spring brush J arranged substantially as shown.
10th low of duman 1901
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Harriet Augusta Hancock.