Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Mar., 1889
Specification Accepted, 25th May, 1889
I WILLIAM SHEDLOCK, of Thurleigh Road, Wandsworth Common, in the County
of Surrey, Engineer, 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 is chiefly designed to improve the construction and increase the
efficiency of washing machines of the kind or class described in the Specification
accompanying my application for Letters Patent dated 18th September 1888
No. 13490.
My improvements are however applicable to other washing machines.
An essential feature of my presont invention is the provision which I make for
separating the clothes or other articles to be washed from the movable sides or ends
of the receptacle containing them, by means of perforated diaphragms, so that the
said movable sides or ends will alternately force the water into and draw it from
the washing chamber or space between the said diaphragms but will not come in
contact with the said articles, the squeezing or compression of the latter being effected
through the medium of the water. By the use of these diaphragms I effectually
obviate liability to iearing of, or other injury to the clothes or other articles.
This arrangement is very advantageous when the articles to be washed are of
fine texture.
In the accompanying drawing I have shown in transverse section an application of my
present invention to a washing machine of similar construction to that described in
the said former specification.
C is the inner
A is the frame of the machine. B is the outer box or case.
revolving receptacle for the articles to be washed or cleansed. C¹C are the movable
or collapsing sides thereof.
I arrange within the inner revolving receptacle C diaphragms or partitions a
having perforations a' to permit the free passage of the water into and from the
washing chamber or space. The diaphragms or partitions a are firmly secured in
any suitable manner to the fixed sides of the revolving receptacle C in such a position
as to be just clear of the movable or collapsing sides when the latter are in their

page_text: innermost position. The movable or collapsing sides C are in this case made solid
that is to say they are not perforated as heretofore; they therefore act so as to force
the water from, and suck it into the revolving receptacle C and through the clothes
or other articles contained therein. By this means the articles contained in the said
revolving receptacle are washed or cleansed in a very efficient manner.
By the employment of the perforated diaphragms or partitions as above described I
obviate the possibility of damage or injury to the clothes or other articles through
being caught or jammed by the movable or collapsing sides of the revolving
receptacle.
It is obvious that I can apply my said invention to other washing machines
wherein a receptacle having movable or collapsing sides or ends is arranged to revolve
in an outer box or case.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it understood
that I claim:
First A washing machine wherein the washing-chamber is formed with one or
more perforated sides through which the water is alternately forced into and drawn
out of the said chamber, for the purpose above specified.
Second In a washing machine having a receptacle with movable or collapsing
sides or ends arranged to revolve in a box or casing, the employment of one or more
perforated diaphragms or partitions for the purpose above specified.
Third-The improved washing machine substantially as described with reference
to the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 30th day of March 1889.
WILLIAM SHEDLOCK.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.