Improvements in Machines for Washing Dishes and other Articles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 24th May, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 15th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 1st Apr., 1839
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Washing Dishes and other Articles.
We. ROBERT ROBERT PARRY, Slate Maker, and EDWIN EVANS, Slate Maker, both
of South Poultney, in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, and JOHN
HUGHES PARRY, Minister of the Gospel, of 168, Park Avenue, Utica, Oneida
County, State of New York, United States of America, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to machines in which dishes or other table ware may be
quickly and thoroughly washed and in which the several articles to be cleansed will
be held rigidly in place during the washing operation, thus avoiding all danger of
breakage; also to means for automatically introducing and discharging dishes to
and from the machine.
The machine comprises a reservoir provided with a hinged cover and supported.
on legs to which is attached a platform to support a heating device and a shelf.
supported by a brace, a fixed shelf which supports a drawer for containing small.
parts of the machine when not in use. Mounted to rotate within the reservoir is >
a carrier composed of two rings connected together by cross bars and around said..
carrier is mounted to rotate a second carrier consisting of end rings connected
together by rods, one of which rings is provided with rollers running upon the outer
surface of one of the rings of the inner carrier while the other has spokes which.
connect to a hollow shaft or sleeve in which the shaft on which the inner carrier
is mounted rotates freely. The shaft at one end extends through the end wall of
the reservoir and is supported in a head block and at the other end the sleeve is
supported in bearings in a head block which carries a bracket in which the shaft
has a bearing. The head blocks are connected to lifting bars movable through
guides on the outer side of the reservoir said bars being connected at their lower
ends with levers fulcrumed on the side of the reservoir by bolts or lugs extended,
from said rods through slots in the ends of the levers. The levers are connected
together by a transverse rod and one of the levers is provided with a hand piece.
The inner and outer carrier frames are rotated in opposite directions by means of
an electric or other motor or by a crank handle through bevel gear.
mounted on the shaft and sleeve and an intermediate gear wheel supported
in the bracket. To the rings constituting the inner frame are secured angle irons
upon which receptacles for the dishes and other articles, of open mesh work, are
designed to slide. These receptacles are of different forms to suit the various
articles, the several receptacles when assembled conforming to the rings
they are held by means of lugs on the receptacles entering recesses in the rings.
The outer rings are provided with spring metal clips whose central portions
are formed with yokes to engage with the edges of a plate, the opposite clips being
bowed at the centre towards each other and their ends provided with slots through
which pins and screws extend into the rings. The plates, etc., are supplied to the
machine through an opening at the rear side of the cover by means of an endless
chain which is provided with cross bars to carry the plates forward to the machine
when laid on a table which projects from the rear thereof. This chain is mounted
on a sprocket wheel which is keyed to a transverse shaft driven by gearing from
the shaft of the machine. Within the cover there is a spreader for the clips, con-
sisting of diverging arms connected together at their inner ends and adapted to be
engaged by pins on the clips. These arms as the outer frame rotates, will spread
hich

page_text: the clips so that a plate may pass into the same, the clips after the pins have ieft
the ends of the arms springing together and holding the plate. When the plates are
held by the clips and the carriers are rotated the outer surfaces of the plates are
cleansed by brushes secured to the inner wall of the reservoir and the inner sur-
faces of the plates are washed by brushes carried by the inner frame or carrier. The
plates are discharged through an opening in the front of the cover which is nor-
inally closed by a door hinged at its lower portion to the cover and adapted to
operate a discharge spreader for the clips, consisting of a segmental wire attached
to a cross wire which is pivoted in the cover and provided with link connections
with the lower portion of the door. When the door is closed the discharge spreader
is moved upward and when the plates are to be discharged and the door is thrown
open the spreader is moved downwards. When the pins on the clips come in con-
tact with the discharge spreader the clips are spread apart and the plates slide over
the spreader through the opening and over the door on to the shelf provided to
receive them.
Special devices are provided for supporting hollow ware, such for instance as
pitchers and tumblers, and means for holding brushes within the same for cleansing
purposes. These devices consist of wire work receptacles each consisting of two
sections hinged together containing longitudinally-disposed shafts designed to
rotate supporting and washing brushes. These brushes are secured to diverging
arms mounted on a shaft having mitre pinions at their lower ends meshing with
mitre gears mounted on shafts whose ends are provided with pinions meshing with
a circular. rack secured to one of the rings of the outer carrier. When the hollow
ware is to be washed with the devices just described, the sections must be swung
open so that the pitchers or other ware may be placed on the supported brushes
and then as the carrier frames are rotated the brushes will be rotated within the
pitchers.
In operation, the dishes or other articles to be washed having been placed in
their several receptacles and the several receptacles placed in the carrying rings or
frame which will have been previously raised while the cover was open by pushing
downward on the levers, the whole structure is lowered into the reservoir and
rotated through boiling water, and it is obvious that by rotating these parts a
practically continuous stream of water will be forced over and around the articles
to be washed. During the operation of rotating the carriers the door is closed and
plates to be engaged by the clips are fed through the opening as before described.
After the plates have been sufficiently washed the discharge door is opened, which
moves the discharge spreader into the line of movement of the pins so that the
clips are spread apart to release the plates.
În restaurants or similar places, it is obvious that the dishes or other articles to
be washed may be gathered up in certain of the receptacles therefore they will
serve in the place of wooden trays as at present used." The machine embodying
our invention will reduce the labour of dish-washing to a minimum and as the dish
reservoir and the cover are closed during the operation of washing the dishes,
there is no discomfort from rising steam.
Dated th
1
1000
A. M. & WM. CLARK
Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London.
Improvements in Machines for Washing Dishes and other Articles.
We ROBERT ROBERT PARRY, Slate Maker, and EDWIN EVANS; Slate Maker, both
of South Poultney, in the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, and JOHN

page_text: HUGHES PARRY, Minister of the Gospel, of 168, Park Avenue, Utica, Oneida
County, State of New York, United States of America, 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 relates to machines for washing dishes and it has for its.object
to provide a machine in which dishes or other tableware may be quickly and
thoroughly washed and in which the several articles to be cleansed will be held
rigidly in place during the washing operation, thus avoiding all danger of breakage.
The invention also relates to means for automatically introducing and discharg-
ing dishes to and from the machine.
We will describe a dish-washing machine embodying our invention, and then
point out the novel features in the appended claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts
in all the views.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a washing machine embodying our invention;
Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof;
Figure 3 is a sectional side view through the centre of the machine.
Figure 4 is a partly sectional plan view substantially on the line 4-4 of
Figure 3;
Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view substantially on the line 5-5 of
Figure 3;
Figure 6 is a sectional side elevation of a portion of the machine, showing a
modification, the section being taken through line 6-6 of Figure 7;
Figure 7 is a transverse sectional view essentially on the line 7-7 in Figure 6;
Figure 8 is a detail view showing a clutch mechanism employed;
Figure 9 is a plan view of a receptacle employed for receiving dishes;
Figure 10 is an end view of a series of receptacles; provided for the machine,
Figure 11 is an end view showing another form of a series of receptacles;
Figure 12 is a plan view showing a means for holding dishes on a revolving
carrier and means for releasing the dishes therefrom;
Figure 13 is a plan view showing the means for holding the dishes on said
carrier and showing a means for separating the holding devices preparatory to
receiving a dish; and
Figure 14 is a perspective view of the rotary carriers employed.
The machine comprises a reservoir 1, of any suitable material, such for instance
as metal, and to this reservoir is hinged a cover 2. The reservoir as here shown,
is supported on legs 3, and to these legs is attached a platform 4 to support a heat-
ing device 5 underneath the reservoir. We have here shown the heating device
as an electric heater, but it is obvious that oil or gas may be used as a heating
medium. Hinged to one side of the reservoir is a shelf 6 supported by a brace 7.
At the other side of the reservoir is a fixed shelf 8, supporting a drawer 9, designed
to receive small articles of the machine when not in use, thus preventing their
possible loss or misplacement.
Mounted to rotate in the reservoir and cover is a carrier frame consisting of two
rings 10 connected together by cross bars 11, the rings being mounted on a
shaft 12. Mounted to rotate around the frame or carrier 10 is a second carrier
consisting of end rings 13 connected together by rods 14. One of these end rings 13
has rollers 15 which run upon the outer surface of a ring 10 and the other ring 13
has spokes 16 which connect to a hollow shaft 17. The shaft 12 at one end
extends through an end wall of the reservoir and has bearings in the head block 18
(Figure 5) and the tubular shaft 17 has bearings in a head block 19 which carries
a bracket 20 in which the shaft 12 has a bearing. The shaft 12 is somewhat
smaller than the opening through the tubular shaft 17 so that there can be no
frictional contact between the same.
The head blocks 18 and 19 are connected to lifting bars 21 movable through

page_text: guides 22 on the outer side of the reservoir, said lifting bars 21 being connected at
their lower ends with levers 23 and 24 fulcrumed on the side of the reservoir, by
means of bolts or lugs extended from said rods through slots 25 (Figure 1) in the
ends of the levers. The levers are connected together by a transverse rod 26 and
one of the levers, here shewn as the lever 25, is provided with a hand piece 27.
Mounted on the bracket 20 is a bevel gear 28, meshing with a bevel gear 29 on
the shaft 12, and also with a bevel gear 30 on the shaft 17. To the bevel gear 29
is attached a band wheel 31, which may be rotated by any suitable motor. We
have here shown an electric motor 32, having a band connection with the wheel 31.
If desired, however, the shafts may be turned by means of a crank 32" on the
shatt 12. Obviously, by this arrangement of gearing, the carrier or frame 10
and the carrier or frame 13, will be rotated in opposite directions.
Secured to the rings 10 at opposite sides are angle iron tracks 33, upon which
receptacles for dishes or similar articles, of open mesh work are designed to slide.
These receptacles are of different forms to suit the shapes of different articles to
be washed. In Figure 3, we have shown several receptacles arranged in a half
circle of the carrying rings 10, but it is to be understood that during the washing
of dishes the whole circumference of the carrying rings will be filled. In Figure 3,
the several receptacles 34, 35 and 36 will be substantially the depth of the plate
which they are designed to receive. The receptacles 37 and 38 may be made to con-
form to teacups or other small articles. When the several receptacles are assembled
they will present a half circle conforming to the half circle of the rings 10, and to
prevent their possible lateral or rotary movement, the outer ones of the series will
be provided with lugs 39 designed to engage in recesses in the rings 10.
Secured to the inner sides of the rings 13 are clips 40, consisting of spring metal
and designed to engage with the edge of a plate. The central portions of these
clips are provided with yokes 41 (Fig. 13) in which the edges of the plate will
engage. The opposite clips are bowed at the centre toward each other, and the ends
are provided with slots through which pins or screws 42 extend into the rings 13.
Obviously, by pressing the clips outward, the plates may be inserted or removed.
At the rear side of the cover 2, and near its top, is an opening 43. Extended
transversely of said cover at the lower portion of said opening is a shaft 44, having
a sprocket wheel 45 at its central portion, around which a feeding
sprocket 46 passes. The outer end of the shaft 44 is provided with a clutch
section 47 (Fig. 4) adapted to engage with a clutch section 48, to which is attached
a sprocket wheel 49 operated by a chain 50 driven from a sprocket wheel on the
shaft 12. At the sides of the feeding chains 46 are table sections 51, and attached
to said chain is a series of cross bars 52. By placing a plate on the table
section 51, and against a cross bar 52, it is obvious that the movement of the
chain 46 will move a plate through the opening 43 into the machine.
Within the cover is a spreader for the clips 40. As here shown this spreader
consists of diverging arms 53, connected together at their inner ends and adapted
to be engaged by pins 54 (Fig. 13) on the clips 40. These arms 53, as the frame
comprising the rings 13 rotates, will spread the clips 40, so that a plate may pass
into the same, as plainly indicated in Figure 13; the clips after the pins 54 have
left the ends of the arms 53, will spring together and hold the plate. It is to be
understood that there may be as many plate-holding clips as desired.
When the plates are held by the clips and the carriers are rotated, the outer
surfaces of the plates will be cleansed by brushes 55, secured to the inner wall of
the reservoir 1, and the inner surfaces of the plates will be washed by brushes 56
carried by the frame or carrier comprising the rings 10.
After the plates have been sufficiently washed, they are discharged through an
opening 57 in the front of the cover 2, which opening 57 is normally closed by a
door 58 hinged at its lower portion to the cover 2. Operated by the door 58 is a
discharge spreader for the clips 40 (see Fig. 12). As here shown, this discharge
spreader consists of a segmental wire 59, attached to a cross wire 60 pivoted in
the cover 2, and outward of the pivotal points of this cross wire 60 the said cross

page_text: wire has link connections 61 (Fig. 3) with the lower portion of the door 58. When
the door 58 is closed, the discharge spreader 59 will be moved upward, as indicated
by dotted lines in Figure 3 and when the plates are to be discharged, the door is
thrown open, as shown in Figure 3, and the spreader assumes the position shown
in full lines in Figures 3. When the pins 54 come in contact with the discharge
spreader 59, the clips will be spread apart and the plates will slide over the spreader
through the opening 57 and over the door 58 onto the shelf 6.
The brushes 56 are here shown as secured to strips 62 attached to the rings, 10,
and which form the backs of the brushes. The brushes 55 have their backs
formed of strips 63 secured within the reservoir.
In Figures 6 and 7, we have shown means for supporting hollow ware, such for
instance as pitchers and tumblers, and means for holding brushes within the
same, for cleansing purposes. These devices consist of wire work receptacles, each
consisting of two sections 64 and 65 hinged together. Arranged within these
receptacles are longitudinally disposed shafts 66, designed to rotate supporting
and washing brushes 67. These brushes 67 are secured to diverging arms 68
mounted on the shaft 69, having mitre pinions 70 at their lower ends meshing with
mitre gears 71 on the shafts 66. The ends of the shafts 66 are provided with
pinions 72, meshing with a circular rack 73, secured to one of the rings 13. When
the hollow ware is to be washed with the devices just described, the sections 64
and 65 must be swung open, so that the pitchers or other ware may be placed on the
supporting brushes; and then as the carrier frames or rings are rotated, carrying
the receptacles, the brushes 67 will be rotated within the pitchers, inasmuch as
the shafts 66 will be rotated by means of the pinions travelling around the rack 73.
In Figure 10 we have shewn a set of receptacles of different shape from those
first described and designed to hold dishes and other articles that could not be sup-
ported in the receptacles first described. These receptacles consist of large recep-
tacles 74 and two small receptacles 75 and 76. The receptacle 75 may be made to
contain knives and forks and similar tableware, while the receptacle 76 is pro-
vided with a series of partitions 77 against which saucers or similar articles may be
placed. We have shewn these receptacles separated so as to clearly indicate their
shape.
In Figure 11 we have shewn still another set of receptacles to hold articles which
cannot well be supported in the receptacles before described. These consist of two
rectangular receptacles 78 and 79 and two receptacles 80 and 81.
In operation the dishes or other articles to be washed are first placed in their
several receptacles and the several receptacles are then placed in the carrying rings
or frame 10 which will have been previously raised while the cover 2 was open, by
pushing downward on the levers 23 and 24. The levers 23 and 24 may be held
in a downward position fo support the rings 10 above the plane of the reservoir
by engaging with a latch or other fastening device 82 (Figure 1) on the front of
the reservoir. Then the structure is to be lowered into the reservoir and rotated
through boiling water, and it is obvious that by rotating these parts, a practically
continuous stream of water will be forced over and around the articles to be washed.
The water in the reservoir may be kept at the proper temperature by means of the
heating device before described.
During the operation of rotating the carriers, the door 58 is closed, and plates to
be engaged by the clips 40 are fed through the opening 43 as before described.
After the plates have been sufficiently washed, the door 58 is opened, which will
move the discharge spreader into the line of movement of the pins 54 so that said
clips will be spread apart to release the plates.
The machine may be made of any desired size to accommodate it to the possible
number of dishes or other articles to be washed: thus large sizes may be made
for hotels, restaurants and the like, a smaller size for large families, and a still
smaller size for small families.
In restaurants or similar places it is obvious that the dishes or other articles to
be washed may be gathered up in certain of the receptacles, therefore they will

page_text: serve in the place of wooden trays as at present used. The machine embodying
our invention will reduce the labour of dish washing to a minimum, and as the
dish reservoir and the cover are closed during the operation of washing the dishes,
there is no discomfort from rising steam.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. A dish-washing machine, comprising a reservoir, a cover therefor, carrier
rings mounted to rotate in the reservoir and cover, means for raising and supporting
the carrier rings above the water in the reservoir, a series of openwork receptacles
for containing articles to be washed, said receptacles being arranged to conform to
the outline of the carrier rings, a brush secured to the said carrier rings, and
means for holding dishes in the reservoir, to pass the same over said brushes, sub-
stantially as specified.
2. A dish-washing machine, comprising a reservoir, a cover thereon, a carrier
mounted to rotate in said reservoir, vertically movable rods on the reservoir and
having bearings for the shaft of the carrier, guides for the rods, and levers having
pivotal connection with said rods; substantially as specified.
3. A dish-washing machine, comprising a reservoir, a cover therefor, a carrier
mounted to rotate in the reservoir and cover and adapted to receive dish receptacles,
a brush secured to said cover, another carrier surrounding the first named carrier,
and spring-yielding clips on said other carrier for receiving and holding dishes to
be operated upon by the brush, substantially as specified.
4. A dish-washing machine, comprising a reservoir, a carrier mounted to rotate
in the reservoir, and means for lifting and supporting the carrier, comprising
sliding bearing blocks, guides for said blocks, and levers, substantially as specified.
5. A dish-washing machine, comprising a reservoir, a cover therefor, a carrier
in the reservoir for receiving dish-holding receptacles, another carrier surrounding
the first named carrier, means for rotating each of said carriers in opposite directions
spring clips on the outer carrier for holding dishes, diverging spreader arms for
spreading the clips to receive a dish, an endless carrier for moving dishes through
an opening in the rear side of the cover so as to engage the said clips, a door for
an opening in the front portion of the cover, and a discharge spreader for the clips
adapted to be swung into operative position, to engage with pins on the clips
when it is desired to discharge the dishes, substantially as specified.
6. A dish-washing machine, comprising a reservoir, two carriers in the reservoir,
one carrier being arranged within the other carrier, means for rotating said carriers
in opposite directions, brushes, carried by the inner carrier, plate-holding clips
attached to the outer carrier, means for automatically feeding dishes to said clips,
means for automatically releasing the dishes from the clips, and brushes in the
reservoir to engage against the outer surface of the dishes carried by the clips, sub-
stantially as specified.
Dated this 14th day of February 1899.
A. M. & WM. CLARK.
· Chartered Patent Agents, 53, Chancery Lane, London. '