Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Oct., 1887
Complete Left, 12th Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 4th May., 1888
I, JAMES ALLAN WOOD, of Goulbourne Street, Keighley, in the County of York,
Mechanic do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows, that is to say:―
It relates to an improved scrubbing-device applicable for use in connection with
washing and wringing machines by the employment of which the washing or cleansing
of clothes is greatly facilitated.
This scrubbing-device consists of the application of brushes, of suitable shapes or
forms, to said machines, said brushes being placed in suitable positions in front
of the rollers thereof so that when the clothes are lifted from the wash-tub, and
placed to pass between said rollers, they are made to pass between the brushes.
One arrangement of these brushes consists of having them of rectangular shape,
the bottom brush being held rigidly while the top brush though held rigidly
in one direction may be lifted to allow the insertion of the clothes as above
described.
Another arrangement of these brushes consists of having them of cylindrical form,
and imparting rotary motion to them the direction of which is, preferably, contrary
to that of the rollers of the machine to which they are applied. This rotary motion
may be derived from any motor part of the machine provided that the suitable rate of
speed (which preferably is. considerably greater than that of the rollers) and direction
of motion thereof can be obtained.
The upper or top brush in this latter arrangement is also made so that it may be
moved or lifted to allow the insertion of the clothes as above described. Suitable
coverings are employed to prevent the brushes from throwing the water or splashing
as will readily be understood.

page_text: It will readily be seen that the bearings for these brushes as well as for the gearing
for imparting motion to the cylindrical brushes as above described may be
either formed on the end frames of the machine or formed so that they may bo
attached thereto.
In both of the above arrangements the brushes are made detachable or otherwise
moveable, so that the machines, to which they are applied, may be used for mangling
purposes.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Scrubbing-device Applicable for Use in Connection
with Washing and Wringing Machines.
I, JAMES ALLAN WOOD of Goulbourne Street, Keighley in the County of York,
Mechanic, 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, that is to say :-
It relates to an improved scrubbing-device applicable for use in connection with
washing and wringing machines, by the employment of which the washing or
cleansing of clothes is greatly facilitated.
In order that this invention may be more readily understood I have hereunto
appended a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof, to which reference is made, by
letters and figures, in the following description;
Fig. 1 is a sectional end elevation of a portion of a washing and wringing machine
shewing one of the arrangements of the scrubbing-device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is
a front view of same, and fig. 3 is a top view of fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a similar view to fig. 1 but shews another arrangement of the scrubbing-
device. Fig. 5 is a front view of parts shewn by fig. 4.
Figs. 6 and 7 are end elevations illustrating certain driving mechanism hereinafter
explained.
Figs. 8 and 9 are detail drawings hereinafter referred to.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

page_text: The scrubbing-device consists of the application of the brushes a a¹, b b₁ to the
machines referred to; said brushes a a¹ bb being placed in suitable positions in
front of, or relative to, the rollers c c³, so that when the clothes are lifted from the
wash-tub and placed to pass between said rollers cc, they are made to pass
between the brushes a a¹ or 6 6¹ as the case may be, somewhat following the course
indicated by the arrow d.
One arrangement of these brushes consists of having them of rectangular shapo as
shown by figs. 1, 2 and 3 at a a', the bottom brush a being held firmly as by the
frame work e of the machine, while the top brush a though held rigidly in one
direction by the arms ff the same may be lifted as shewn by broken lines fig. 1 to
allow the insertion of the clothes as above described. The arms f¹ being loosely
mounted on the axle shaft of the roller c, and extending beyond same so as to receive
the counter balancing weights g g¹ in order to facilitate the lifting of said brush a¹ as
well as to hold it in its raised position when so lifted.
Another arrangement of these brushes consists of having them of cylindrical form
as at bb (see figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9), and imparting rotary motion to them, the
direction of which is contrary to the rollers c c¹ as shewn by arrows h¹. This rotary
may be derived from any motor part of the machine as from the well known
intermediate wheel k (see fig. 6) by means of the wheel being mounted upon the
square end of the shaft a² which is the axle shaft for the cylindrical brush b. Or
again, it might be derived from wheel m by the internally toothed rim n (see figs. 7
and 8) being attached thereto, and the small wheel being made to gear with it, in
this case the wheel will be mounted upon the shaft a³ of the top brush 6¹ and said
brushes will be driven at a considerably greater speed than by the means shewn by
figs. 5 and 6. In each case the wheel is made to slide longitudinally upon the
square part a² or a³ in order that it may be, whenever desired, thrown out of gear with
its driving wheel k or n.
.
The brush is mounted to revolve in the lever arms ƒ ƒ³, said arms ff¹ being
made suitable to receive same, and is counterbalanced by the weights g g¹ in a similar
manner and for the same purpose as is the brush a¹.
Should the brushes 6 6 splash or throw the
high rate of speed, a cover p such as shewn in
employed.
water by being driven at a
broken lines fig. 4 might be
It will be readily seen that the brushes a b may be made so as to be detachable from
the machine, as also the brushes a¹ 6', in order that same may be removed therefrom
whenever desired, although when arranged as above described, such removal is not
necessary to enable the machine to which they are applied to be used for mangling
purposes since this may be accomplished by raising the brushes a¹ b' as is shewn by
figs. 1 and 4.
Handles are attached to the brushes a¹ b¹ respectively so that the operator
may apply any desired pressure thereto by one hand while operating the hand wheel m
with the other hand.
In order to prevent the bristles or hairs of the brushes 6 6' from overlapping each
other when the brushes are pressed downwards as above described; each of their
outer ends are made larger in diameter in the body-part, and these outer ends are
covered with leather forming suitable surfaces for contact with each other.
The wheels ww¹ through which rotary motion is imparted from one brush bor &
to the other are made with long gearing teeth in order to allow for the variation in the
distances that these brushes bb are moved from each other from time to time by
articles passing between as will be well understood.
Provided it was desired, a machine for washing and wringing purposes alone might
be made by the rollers c c being arranged with their axles in the same horizontal
plane as shewn by detail drawing fig. 9 (wherein frame work is omitted for the sake
of clearness) the brushes being placed in a similar manner beneath them, so that all
the clothes passing between same would have to do so perpendicularly, somewhat in
the direction indicated by arrow t, and all the dirty water, etc. therefrom would fall
into the wash tub beneath.

page_text: 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 1
claim is:
1. The brushes a a¹ and the rollers c c¹in combination, the same being arranged
to operate in the manner and for the purposes substantially as heroin set forth and
described.
2. The cylindrical brushes 6 6¹ and the rollers c c¹ in combination, the same being
arranged to operate in the manner and for the purpose as herein set forth and
described.
3. The brush a mounted upon the frame work of the machine, the brush a' mounted
on the arms of the levers ff, the weights g g¹ and the rollers'c c¹ in combination
substantially as specified.
4. The brush mounted to revolvo on the frame work of the machine, the
brush mounted to revolve in the outer ends of the lever arins ff, the
weights g g', the roller c c', the wheels ww, in combination substantially as herein
specified.
5. The brushes b₁, the wheel 1, the wheels w w¹, the internally toothed
rim n, and the rollers c c¹ in combination substantially as and for the purposes
specified.
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