Improvements in Washing Machinery.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 20th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 25th Feb., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Washing Machinery.
I, JOHN WINDLE of 60 Rumney Road, Kirkdale in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention has for its object an arrangement of dolly which shall enable the
user to not merely dolly the clothes but at the same time alternately inject and
draw water through them.
I form a dolly hollow with its feet perforated, and its body a cylinder, in which
a piston is placed. The rod of this piston is linked to a stationary support fixed
preferably in the centre line of the tub. The dolly itself is attached by one arm to
a lever, the other arm being a long handle. The machine is worked by simply
raising and lowering the dolly, as it rises the piston falls relatively in the body of
the dolly and forces the water out through the perforation, as the dolly falls again
water is sucked in through the clothes into the perforation.
There are a good number of ways in which this can be varied. The dolly can
have a central barrel among the feet and this barrel can have a valve at the top
and bottom, so as to form a pump.
The water in this case is pumped up through the central barrel and ejected
through the legs or vice versa.
Again, the dolly can be to a considerable extent stationary the piston being
moved up and down, the arrangement of the piston being such however as to give
the dolly a lateral movement, and preferably towards the end of the stroke a slight
vertical movement too.
It will be obvious too that the shape of the dolly can be varied almost indefinitely
without departing from the principle of my invention which practically consists in
so arranging the dolly that at every movement water is either pumped into it or
forced out of it among the clothes, or pumped into one part and forced out of
another, while at the same time the dolly has a lateral movement, with or without
a vertical.
Dated the 19th day of April 1892.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Washing Machinery.
I, JOHN WINDLE, of 60, Rumney Rond, Kirkdale, in the County of Lancaster,
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 :-
This invention has for its object an arrangement of dolly which shall enable the
user to not only dolly the clothes but at the same time to alternately suck up
water out of the same into the dolly and eject it therefrom through the clothes
again. The manner in which this is carried into effect will be best understood
by referring to the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure is a side view of the machine with a portion of the tub broken
away;
Figure 2 a vertical section through the dolly and
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page_text: In these, A is the dolly formed hollow and preferably of metal and having
perforated feet B. The body of the dolly is a cylinder in which a piston C is
placed, the rod cof which is twisted. This piston rod is linked at c' to a stationary
support D fixed preferably in the centre line of the tub. The dolly itself is
attached at a to one end of a lever E, the other end of which forms a long handle e.
This lever is pivoted at e¹ to the aforesaid stationary support D.
The mode of action is as follows:-
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The handle on being depressed raises the dolly A and the piston C falls
relatively therein and forces out the water through the perforations in the legs B;
the dolly at the same time being caused to turn or rotate by engaging the twist on
the rod c, thus stirring the clothes. As the dolly falls it is turned in the reverse
direction and at the same time water is sucked in through the clothes and through
the perforations into the dolly. It will be evident that the shape of the latter can
be varied in a number of ways for example as shown in Figure 3 the dolly can have
a central barrel A' among the feet B provided with a valve at the top and bottom
so as to form a pump. The water in this case is pumped up through the central
barrel A and ejected through the legs B. Again, it may be so arranged that the
piston instead of being stationary may have an up and down movement and the
dolly only a rotatory one.
The principle of my invention being that of so arranging the dolly that at each
movement of the same, water will be sucked into it or forced out of it among the
clothes, whilst at the same time having a rotary movement imparted to it which
stirs up the clothes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improved washing machine consisting of a dolly arranged substantially
as described whereby on each movement of the same, water from the clothes is
alternately sucked into it, and ejected from it among the clothes, whilst at the
same time having a rotary movement imparted to it.
2. The general arrangement and construction of parts forming the improved
washing machine, substantially as and for the purposes described.
Dated this 19th day of Januan 1902
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, and London, Patent Agents.