Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 28th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 19th Dec., 1896
We, ROSANNA JANE HARTWICK and HARRIETTE GOODWIN BLANCHARD
both of Saginaw, County Saginaw, Michigan, U.S.A., Housewives, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The wash board of this invention is made with a rubbing board transversely
corrugated on both sides, side pieces at the head and side edges of the board each
having oblique grooves upon their inner side in which may be held a reversible
soap holder which is lined at the back with zinc and has a laterally extending
perforated bottom. The upper ends of the side pieces are connected by a head
piece independent of the soap holder.
Dated this 12th day of March 1896.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.
We, ROSANNA JANE HARTWICK and HARRIETTE GOODWIN BLANCHARD,
both of Saginaw, County Saginaw, Michigan, U.S.A., Housewives, 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 :-
The wash board of this invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in
which Fig. 1 is a perspective view thereof.
Fig. 2 a perspective view of the soap receptacle.
Fig. 3 a section through the centre of the board.
A is the body of the wash board or rubbing surface both sides being alike.
A the board head or brace piece. B the side pieces which are of ordinary
construction, except at the upper part where they are wider and provided with the
upward and inwardly inclined grooves 1 and 2, one on each side of the board A
and commencing at about the line of the board head A' and running upward and
inward to the top of the side pieces B, the upper ends of which are rounded. C is
the head piece of rounded form and secured to the rounded ends of the side pieces.
Da reversible soap holder adapted to slide in the grooves 1 or 2 as the case may
be. The base E of the soap holder D is made of perforated zinc or tin, bent at
right angles to the back. When D is slid into the grooves, E forms a shelf for the
soap and, being perforated, the water splashing over the rubber A will drip
through, otherwise it would remain and soften the soap, as is cominon in ordinary
wash boards. Some boards are made with a crack between the back of D and A¹
so as to allow the water to pass, and the soap when worn thin, slides into and

page_text: through this crack, much to the annoyance of the washer. The back and base D
being lined with zinc or metal, the soap does not adhere to it, as is common with
ordinary wash boards, having to be dug out with a knife or the like. The holder D
is held in place by the thumb latch S and can be used on either side of the board,
as desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be proformed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In a wash board, the combination with a double rubbing board, side pieces
each having oblique grooves upon their inside above the rubbing board, commencing
at the outer edges of each side piece on a line at or near the top of the rubbing
board, and extending inwardly and obliquely to near the head piece, forming
parallel sets, of grooves, of the reversible soap holder or back adapted to slide into
the grooves from the outer ends thereof, and means for holding the soap holder in
the grooves, and a head piece connecting the upper ends of the side pieces and
independent of the soap holder, substantially as described and shewn.
2. In a reversible wash board, a reversible soap holder for the board, comprising
a back lined with zinc and having a laterally extending perforated bottom, the
back adapted to slide in oblique grooves in parallel sets in the sides of the frame
above the rubbing board, substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 28th day of October 1896.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.