Improvements in washing machines.
Year: 1895

page_text: Improvements in washing machines.
I, ALFRED JOHN HIATT, of Tweed Cottage, All Souls Road, Cheriton,
Sandgate, Kent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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To render a washing machine more effective in action I employ rollers preferably
of polygonal shape in cross section, the flat sides being made with ridges, grooves,
or corrugations.
The movement of the rollers may be effected in the usual way by hand or steam
power.
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I, ALFRED JOHN HIATT, of Tweed Cottage, All Souls Road, Cheriton,
Sandgate, Kent, Gentleman, 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 :-
To render a washing machine more effective in action, I employ rollers preferably
of polygonal shape in cross section, the flat sides being made with ridges, grooves,
or corrugations. The movement of the rollers may be effected in the usual way by
hand or steam power.
This construction of roller is found to facilitate the cleansing of articles passed
through the machine.
In order that the construction and action of my invention may be clearly
understood, I have annexed to this Specification a sheet of drawings in which,
Fig. 1 is isometrical view of my improved machine, Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 detail
views shewing various parts of the apparatus.
The surfaces of the washing rollers or cylinders which come in contact with the
clothes under operation are serrated, ridged, or roughened in such ways as to
produce effects most nearly approximating to those of purely manual labor,
whereby the actual wear and tear upon the clothes is reduced to a minimum.
I do not bind myself to the precise angles at which such serrations, grooves, or
roughenings are made or cut, nor to the precise combinations of numbers, or parts,
to make up the polygonal rollers, as these may obviously be varied without
difficulty to suit particular environments.
The driving of my improved machine as shewn in Fig. 1 may be conveniently
effected by crank or eccentric. In Figs. 3 and 4 the inside surfaces of one of the

page_text: hollow rollers are shewn. In Figs. 2 and 5 are views of a number of superimposed
plates or slabs ready to be fixed up into position for forming rollers.
The lid a Fig. 1 may be made to form a drip board by having (in addition to the
slats fastened transversely across the inside of a) a ledge fixed thereto and standing
out at a right angle to the lower edge of the lid when it is open. Fig. 6 shows an
isometrical view of the inside of the lid when opened, a being the lid, b the
transverse slats attached thereto, e the ledge with perforations d.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
CLAIMS.
1. In the construction of washing machines, the formation of the cylinders or
rollers of polygonal cross section, such cylinders or rollers being hollow and having
serrated, roughened, corrugated, or grooved surfaces inside and outside, so that the
action of such rollers upon the clothes under operation, approaches most nearly to
that of the action of manual labor, and thereby has less tendency to undue
destruction of the clothes or garments subjected to its action, substantially as
herein before set forth and described, and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
2. In the construction of an improved washing machine according to my inven-
tion, the employment of a fall back lid having straight ridge or ridges made
thereupon, so as to allow of the free passage of a stream of water at each revolution,
for the purpose of keeping the cloth or material clear of the apparatus.
Dated this 18th day of July 1895.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23 Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.