Year: 1897

page_text: A communication from ZENAIDE GAILLARD, of St. Gervais-les-Bains, in the
Republic of France, Spinster.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 111, Hatton Garden, in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention relates to a machine for washing linen, clothes etc., constructed
with a view of attaining perfect and quick washing.
The apparatus consists of a casing or vessel in which moves a disc provided
with hinged side parts capable of being raised. This disc is provided with holes
for the passage of cords serving to attach the articles to be washed to the under
side of the disc. The disc is secured to the end of a rod secured to a spindle by
means of two pins in such manner that by removing one of the pins, it is possible
to turn the disc to enable the articles to be easily attached or removed. Any
other similar securing device may however, be employed. The spindle supported
in a guide is operated by means of a pivoted bar or rod operated by means of a
wheel or handle through the intermediary of a crank and connecting rod. The
stud about which the rod is pivoted is supported in a bracket secured to the
framing, say of cast-iron, to which is also secured the spindle guide. On the
driving shaft on which is mounted the wheel and the crank there is also
mounted an eccentric, the rod of which engages with a ring on the disc spindle,
and communicates to the latter a rocking motion about a pin or joint connecting
the upper and lower parts of the disc spindle.
The operation of the machine is as follows;
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The linen or articles being attached by means of cords passing through the holes
in the disc and the vessel being filled with soap-water, the wheel is rotated, the
eccentric rod being at first not engaging with the ring in the disc spindle. The
disc is caused by means of the pivoted bar to reciprocate vertically and inter-
mittently strikes and compresses the linen on the bottom of the vessel. When
it is considered that the linen has been sufficiently washed, the soap-water is
discharged, say, through a cock arranged at the bottom of the vessel, the con-
necting rod removed and the eccentric rod connected with the ring on the disc
spindle, then a supply of clean water is admitted into the vessel. By turning
the hand wheel the eccentric rod causes the disc to rock and the linen constantly
moving in the water is rinsed very quickly and efficiently, said operation being
at an end when the water discharged through the cock is seen to be perfectly
clear.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Washing Machines.
A communication from ZENAIDE GAILLARD, of St. Gervais-les-Bains, in the
Republic of France.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 111, Hatton Garden, in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, 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:-
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This invention relates to a machine for washing linen clothes etc. constructed
so as to obtain a perfect and very quick cleaning of the articles. The machine
comprises a casing or vessel in which a disc is movable and on which the articles
to be washed are suspended, this disc being articulated at the end of a rod which
transmits to it an up and down movement and at the same time a reciprocating
movement, these movements being obtained by means of a single crank acting
on a parallelogram or arrangement of articulated levers, all the mechanism being
secured to the movable cover of the apparatus and driven by a hand wheel.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the apparatus with a partial section through the
vessel.
Fig. 2 is a transverse view, showing the vessel in section.
The vessel A is provided with a cover B having hinges a and angle pieces or
supports b, enabling the cover to be raised when it is desired to bring the disc C
into position in order to suspend linen clothes etc. on it.
On the cover B rest, first, a bearing D supporting the driving shaft E having
a hand wheel F with a handle F¹ and crank G. Second, a frame H the upper
part of which carries at h a pivot pin for a lever I. The rod J having the rising
and falling and oscillating movement is connected to the crank by a rod K
and and to the lever I at K¹. A rod L connects the crank G to the lever I.
The pins k and K' can slide in a longitudinal groove in the rod J, and thus
enable the height of the disc C to be regulated. Their tightening is effected
by means of a clamp 7 and a nut 71 for the pin k or in other suitable manner.
The disc C supporting the articles to be washed is connected to the rod J by
a part M constituting a fork and bolted to the end of the rod J, and by a part N
constituting a hinge joint and provided with two pins n n the first n being
movable in a long recess or slot in the fork M, and the other n¹ being held against
the lower part of the same fork M by springs 0. This arrangement enables the
disc C to have a certain elasticity in its reciprocating movement in order to
prevent damage to or destruction of the articles treated.
The articles may be secured on rods T passing through plates R connected
by transverse parts V. A cock X enables the vessel to be emptied when desired.
The working of the machine is as follows:-
The articles to be washed having been attached or suspended to the rods T
of the disc C which has been previously raised for this purpose, the casing is
filled with soapy water and the hand wheel F rotated in order to cause the disc C
to be raised and lowered oscillated. The articles are thus pressed against the
bottom of the vessel and at the same time are subjected to friction by the re-
ciprocating movement so that they undergo the same operations as when washed
by hand, the result obtained being a much greater speed combined with greater
perfection of washing.

page_text: Rinsing may afterwards be effected in the same manner in clear water, the
soap water having been previously discharged from the vessel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this in-
vention as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I declare that "what I claim is:-
1. A machine for washing linen clothes and the like comprising a disc to
which the articles are attached said disc being arranged in a vessel and having
vertical and oscillatory movements communicated to it by a series of articulated
levers, one carrying the dise another being connected to the upper end of the
rod of the disc and secured to a fixed support on the cover of the vessel two
other levers being respectively articulated to them and brought together at their
other ends on a pin forming the crank pin of the driving crank.
2. In a machine of the character described the connection of the disc to its
supporting rod by means of a fork with a free hinge and spring forming an
elastic connection of the parts substantially as described.
3. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete
washing machine substantially as described or illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
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BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.