IMPROVEMENTS IN WASHING MACHINES
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I EDWARD CLEMENTS of the firm of E. Clements & Comp Domestic Engineers
of 51 Great Russell Street Bloomsbury in the County of Middlesex do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WASHING MACHINES
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in self acting rotary reversing dash wheel
washing and rinsing machines employed for laundry and other like purposes of the
character described in the specification of Letters Patent granted to me dated
the 25th September 1880 N° 3897 in which the articles to be washed or rinsed are
placed in a revolving cage mounted upon a horizontal axis enclosed in an outer
case on which the driving pulleys and apparatus for actuating the machine are
mounted.
My present improvements have for their object a more simple arrangement of
the reversing gear or mechanism which acts to shift the driving straps from the
fast to the loose pulleys alternately to reverse the motion of the revolving drum
or cage.
For this purpose a worm on the driving axis gives motion to a worm wheel
carried by a stud on the framing of the machine A crank pin on the worn wheel
takes into a long slot on the end of a lever the other end of which is connected by
a connecting rod to the striking bar and forks to reverse the motion of the
revolving drum or cage which is effected by alternately throwing the cross strap
and the open strap from the loose pulleys on to the driving pulley common to both
fixed on the axis of the revolving drum or cage.
The speeds are so arranged that three forward and three backward revolutions of
the drum or cage are made alternately the main driving axis continuing to revolve
constantly in the same direction.
The main driving axis is started, and stopped in the ordinary manner by means
of a strap lever and fork.
A wringing machine may be mounted on the bridge or connecting bar over the
top of the revolving drum or cage with independent driving stopping and starting
gear the combined machinės being arranged in a very compact and effective
manner.
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page_text: COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
I EDWARD CLEMENTS of the firm of E. Clements & Company Domestic Engineers
of 51 Great Russell Street Bloomsbury in the County of Middlesex do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WASHING MACHINES
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:—
.
This Invention relates to improvements in self acting rotary reversing dash wheel
washing and rinsing machines employed for laundry and other like purposes of the
character described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to me dated
the 25th September 1880 N° 3897 in which the articles to be washed or rinsed are
placed in a revolving cage mounted upon a horizontal axis enclosed in an outer
case on which the driving pulleys and apparatus for actuating the machine are
mounted.
My present improvements have for their object a more simple arrangement of
the reversing gear or mechanism which acts to shift the driving straps from the
fase to the loose pulleys alternately to reverse the motion of the revolving drum
or cage.
And in order that my invention may be clearly understood and readily carried
into practice I will proceed to describe the drawings hereto annexed.
Figure 1 is a front elevation Figure 2 an end view and Figure 3 a plan of a self
acting rotary washing machine arranged and constructed in accordance with my
invention.
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A worm a on the driving axis a¹ gives motion to a worm wheel b, carried by a
stud b¹ on the framing of the machine. A crank pin b* on the worm wheel b takes
into a long slot on the end of a lever c. the other end of which is connected by a
connecting rod d to the striking bar e, and forks f to reverse the motion of the
revolving drum or cage g which is effected by alternately throwing the cross strap
and the open strap from the loose pulleys on to the driving pulleys common to
both fixed on the axis of the revolving drum or-cage.
1
".
The speeds are advantageously so arranged that three forward and three
backward revolutions of the drum or cage are made alternately the main driving
axis h continuing to revolve constantly in the same direction. 98
The main driving axis is started and stopped in the ordinary manner by means
of a strap lever and fork.
:
A wringing machine i-is mounted on the bridge or connecting bar j over the top
of the revolving drum or cage with independent driving stopping and starting gear
the combined machines being arranged in a very compact and effective manner,

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The improved arrangement and combination of mechanism for reversing the
motion of the revolving drum or cage of self-acting rotary washing machines by
shifting the strap from the fast to the loose pulleys alternately substantially in the
manner herein before described and represented in the drawings hereto annexed.
Dated this 20th day of June 1885.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, London, W.O.,
Agents for the Patentee.