IMPROVEMENTS IN WASHING, WRINGING, AND MANGLING MACHINES
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Welburn Williamson, of 133, High Holborn,
Mechanical Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN WASHING,
WRINGING, AND MANGLING MACHINES."
Sealed the 12th May 1863, and dated the 17th November 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Welburn Williamson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
17th November 1862.
I, WELBURN WILLIAMSON, of 133, High Holborn, Mechanical Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
WASHING, WRINGING, AND MANGLING MACHINES," to be as follows:-
My improvements in washing, wringing, and mangling machines consist
in simplyfying the construction of such machines that are actuated by a
crank or eccentric for the washing apparatus; and rollers for the wringing
and mangling apparatus; each process having hitherto been actuated. by
separate means, that is to say, the washing by means of a crank actuating a
reciprocating lever, and the wringing and mangling rollers by a separate
arrangement, or by means of a series of toothed wheels, either apparatus
for washing, wringing, and mangling being put in or out of gear as
required.
By my improvements I- abridge several pieces, and accordingly simplyfy and
cheapen the machine for washing, wringing, or mangling. I make the
spindle that passes from the fly wheel (in which is the handle, or if driven

page_text: by power, on which is the driving pulley), to the crank, the axis of one of the
wringing or mangling rollers, and this roller will always rotate whether using the
machine either for washing, wringing, or mangling, a second roller supported
in guides at its ends being under the top or actuating roller (fixed as before
stated on the crank axis) is brought in contact with the same when required
for wringing, or mangling by turning two screws that press on a spring or
springs, or by an arrangement of weighted levers, and can be released from
contact when not required by lowering the same by means of the before
mentioned screws or levers. If the machine is required for washing only,
it is necessary to place the end of the connecting rod over the crank pin, and
insert a cotter key or pin in the holes at the end of the same and lower the
bottom roller out of contact with the actuating roller. If the machine is
required for wringing or mangling only, withdraw the pin and push back
the connecting rod, and turn the two screws or release the weighter lever
that raises the lower roller as beforė described, and the machine is then
ready for wringing or mangling.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Welburn Williamson in the Great. Seal Patent Office on the
16th May 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WELBURN
WILLIAMSON, of 133, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Welburn Williamson, Her special licence, that I, the said Welburn
Williamson; my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Welburn Williamson, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others; from time to time.
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend; within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WASHING, WRINGING, AND
MANGLING MACHINERY," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Welburn Williamson, my exécutors or administrators, by an instrument

page_text: in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Welburn Williamson, do hereby'
declare the nature of my said 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 consists of certain mechanical arrangements to be applied:
to washing, wringing, and mangling machines for the purpose of simplyfying
the construction of such machines.
My improvements in washing, wringing, and mangling machines consist
in simplyfying the construction of such machines that are actuated by a
crank or eccentric for the washing apparatus, and rollers for the wringing and
mangling apparatus; each process having hitherto been actuated by séparate
means, that is to say, the washing by means of a crank actuating a
reciprocating lever, and the wringing and mangling rollers by a separate
arrangement or by means of a series of toothed wheels, either apparatus.
for washing, wringing, and mangling being put in and out of gear as
required.
By my improvements I abridge several pieces and simplify the machine
for washing, wringing, or mangling. I make the spindle which is turned
to actuate the machine, and on which is the handle, or if driven by power on
which is the driving pulley, the axis of one of the wringing and mangling
rollers, and this roller will always rotate whether usuing the machine either
for washing, wringing, or mangling. A second roller supported in guides at its
ends being under the top or actuating roller is brought in contact with
the same, when required for wringing or mangling by turning a screw
or screws that press on a spring or springs, or by an arrangement of
weighted levers, and can be released from contact by lowering the same
by means of the before-mentioned screws or levers. If the machine is
required for washing only, it is necessary to place the end of the connecting
rod over the crank pin, and insert a cotter or pin in the holes at the
end of the same, and lower the bottom roller out of contact with the actuating
roller. If the machine is required for wringing or mangling, withdraw the
cotter or pin, lift the connecting rod off the crank pin, and turn the two
screws, or release the weighted levers that raise the lower roller as before
described, and the machine is then ready for wringing or mangling.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a front view; Figure 2 is an end view; Figure 3, plan at top;
Figure 4, enlarged view of rollers..
The spindle A that is turned to actuate the washing machine, and
on which is the fly wheel and handle B, or if driven by power on
which is the driving pulley, is also the axis of one of the wringing
and mangling rollers C, and this roller will always rotate while usuing
machine either for washing, wringing, or mangling; a second roller D,
supported in guides at its ends, being placed so that it is brought into
contact with the actuating roller when required for wrining or mangling
by turning a screw or screws E, that press on a spring or springs F,
or by an arrangement of weighted levers that press on the roller bearings,
and can be released from contact when not required by turning back
the screws or lifting the levers. When the machine is required for washing,
the fork end of the connecting rod G must be placed over the crank pin
H, and a pin J (or cotter) put through the holes in the connecting rod fork,
and the wringing rollers must be released from contact as before described.
When the machine is required for wringing or mangling, withdraw pin J,
lift the connecting rod off the crank pin H, turn set screws, if fitted with set
screws, or release the levers, if pressure on the rollers is obtained in that way,
the rollers are then in contact for wringing or mangling.
Having thus described my machine and its method of operation, my claim
is for the employment of the spindle that actuates the washing machine as a
wringing and mangling roller, and the arrangement as described for connecting
the rod to the spindle.
In witness whereof, I, the said Welburn Williamson, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
WELBURN WILLIAMSON. (L.S.)