IMPROVEMENTS IN WHAT IS COMMONLY CALLED THE PEGGY TUB AND DOLLY FOR WASHING, WHICH IM- PROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO CHURNING
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Munslow, of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Ironfounder, for the Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN WHAT IS
COMMONLY CALLED THE PEGGY TUB AND DOLLY FOR WASHING, WHICH IM-
PROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO CHURNING."
Sealed the 28th October 1876, and dated the 28th April 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Munslow at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th April 1876.
WILLIAM MUNSLOW, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Ironfounder.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WHAT IS COMMONLY CALLED THE PEGGY TUB AND DOLLY FOR
WASHING, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO CHURNING."
To the "peggy tub" I adapt a footstep of metal or other suitable material for
receiving the bottom end of the shaft of the "dolly," which I provide with a
transversely extending frame formed as a grating. The upper part of the "dolly"
shaft is supported by a removable cross piece, which is carried by uprights attached
to the tub, and when in this position the lever handle is adapted by means of which
the "dolly" may be made to reciprocate or rotate.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the condition of the Letters Patent filed by the
said William Munslow in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 28th October
1876.
WILLIAM MUNSLOW, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Ironfounder.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WHAT IS COMMONLY CALLED THE PEGGY TUB AND DOLLY FOR
WASHING, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO CHURNING."
To the "peggy tub "I adopt a footstep of metal or other suitable material for
receiving the bottom end of the shaft of the dolly, which I provide with a trans-
versely extending frame formed as a grating. The upper part of the dolly shaft
is supported by a removeable cross piece, which is carried by uprights attached to
the tub, and when in this position the "dolly" may be made to reciprocate or
rotate by means of a lever handle.

page_text: In the accompanying Drawing Fig. 1 represents my Invention in vertical
section, the whole apparatus being adapted ready for use, and Fig. 2 is a top view
of the same.
At a, a, is the peggy tub formed of hooped staves, or constructed in any other
suitable manner of wood or metal and of any desired form. On each side of this
tub is a bracket b, which I prefer to form of iron, and they are so shewn in the
Drawing, such brackets being provided with projecting pins with holes through
which pins may be passed for the purpose hereafter to be mentioned. Õn
the bottom a* of the peggy tub is fixed a footstep d of brass, hard wood, or
other suitable material, and upon this is situate the lower end of the shaft e of the
dolly, such lower end, as shewn, being provided with a bush f, which fits on to the
said footstep d. The shaft e passes through a cover g, g*, adapted to the tub a,
such cover being made in halves for the convenience of removal, and each half has
a projecting.nob by which it may be lifted. In the Drawing, Fig. 1, one half
of the cover is shewn on the shaft e passing through it. The upper part of the
shafte is provided with a collar i having a flange K, above which is a cross rail ɩ,
which fits on to the projections C, and then pins are passed through the said pro-
jections, by which means the shaft is prevented from rising, and is kept in
position at its lower end by the footstep d. To the shaft c are fixed projecting
rails m leaving spaces n between them, which are united at their outward ends by
rails s, and thus a transversely extending frame is formed capable of moving
with the shaft c.
In using the machine for washing the parts are adapted as above described and
shewn in the Drawing, and the clothes are placed in the tub, which is supplied with
the fluid, the cover may be adapted or not as desired, and the handle being then
turned to and fro the frame m, o, is caused to vibrate and agitate the contents
of the tub; or the said frame may be caused to rotate if desired; and either of these
motions may be effected by power instead of by the handle p. If the tub should
be required for any other purpose the two parts g, g*, of the cover may be removed
and the pins taken out of the projecting parts e, after which the shaft e with
its frame m, o, may be lifted bodily out, the flange lifting away the cross bar l.
I have above spoken of the operation of washing but the apparatus may be used
for churning in butter making or for churning or agitating paints or other sub-
stances requiring such treatment.
The frame m has been described as consisting of bars extending horizontally,
but they may be disposed vertically in a transverse series, or the said frame may
be made of boards pierced with perforations of any desired configuration and
number.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in which
the same is to be performed, I desire it to be understood that I claim as secured
to me under the above in part recited Letters Patent, and for the purpose above
set forth, the use of the apparatus constructed and arranged substantially as above
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Munslow, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
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WILLIAM MUNSLOW. (L.S.)