IMPROVEMENTS IN WASHING MACHINES
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to David Heath, of Runcorn, in the County of Chester,
Cooper, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN WASHING MACHINES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said David Heath at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th May 1876.
DAVID HEATH, of Runcorn, in the County of Chester, Cooper. "IMPROVEMENTS
IN WASHING MACHINES."
This Invention has for its object to simplify the construction, to cheapen the
manufacture, and facilitate the keeping in, order of domestic washing machines, or
machines employed in the washing or cleansing of clothes or like articles.
In practise I make use of a cylindrical vessel or container, which may be a tub
of ordinary construction. In the interior of the said vessel or container I employ a
loose bottom fitted with dash boards or agitators caused to revolve by gearing
secured to a loose top, and I fit to the sides of the vessel or container stationary
deflectors.
The features of novelty in my Invention consist in providing a ring below the
loose revolving bottom to prevent dirt from getting down beneath such revolving
bottom, and to allow of removal of the same; in so attaching the driving spindle to
the loose revolving bottom and agitators that it can be easily withdrawn when
required through the top bearing; and in so constructing and fitting the stationary
deflectors to the container or vessel that the revolving bottom and agitators may with
ease be removed from and replaced in the container or vessel as desired for cleaning,
repairing, or other purposes.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
said David Heath in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 4th November 1876.
"IMPROVEMENTS
DAVID HEATH, of Runcorn, in the County of Chester, Cooper.
IN WASHING MACHINES."
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This Invention has for its object to simplify the construction, to cheapen the
manufacture, and facilitate the keeping in order of domestic washing machines, or
machines employed in the washing or cleansing of clothes or like articles.
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page_text: In practice Inake use of a cylindrical vessel or container, which may be a tub
of ordinary construction. In the interior of the said vessel or container I employ a
loose bottom fitted with dash boards or agitators caused to revolve by gearing
secured to a loose top, and I fit to the sides of the vessel or container stationary
deflectors.
The features of novelty in my Invention consist in providing a ring below the
loose revolving bottom to prevent dirt from getting down beneath such revolving
bottom, and to allow of removal of the same; in so attaching the driving spindle to
the loose revolving bottom and agitators that it can be easily withdrawn when
required through the top bearing; and in so constructing and fitting the stationary
deflectors to the container or vessel that the revolving bottom and agitators may
with ease be removed from and replaced in the container or vessel as desired for
cleaning, repairing, or other purposes.
ucnectoTS.
The features of novelty in my Invention consist in providing a ring below the
loose revolving bottom to prevent dirt from getting down beneath such revolving
bottom, and to allow of removal of the same; in so attaching the driving spindle to
the loose revolving bottom and agitators that it can be easily withdrawn when
required through the top bearing; and in so constructing and fitting the stationary
deflectors to the container or vessel that the revolving bottom and agitators may
with case be removed from and replaced in the container or vessel as desired for
cleaning, repairing, or other purposes.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
a is the cylindrical vessel or container here shown as a tub supported on legs b;
c, revolving bottom fitted with the dash boards or agitators d, and provided at the
under side with the pin or stud e resting on and working in the bearing The
top of the dash boards or agitators is formed with the square hole g, into which fits
the spindle, which passes through and works in the bearing in the cover;
, bevel gearing; t, operating handle; m, ring secured beneath the revolving
bottom c to prevent dirt from getting down beneath the said revolving bottom;
n, fixed deflectors formed with the lower edges cut away, so as to allow of the
tilting sideways of the revolving bottom when the cover is removed, and thus
allow of the withdrawal of the said revolving bottom.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention so that
others will be enabled to carry my improvements into effect, I would have it under-
stood that I do not confine myself to details, as various modifications of my
improvements can be made without departing from my Invention, but what 1 do
claim is, the general construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, substan-
tially as described and illustrated for the purposes set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said David Heath, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, the First day of November, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six.
Witness,
J. JOHNSON,
Patent Office,
Clayton Square,
Liverpool.
DAVID HEATH. (LS.)