Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Sept., 1888
Specification Accepted, 5th Oct., 1888
I, MEYER ISAAC BECKER, of 82, New Road, Whitechapel, in the County of
Middlesex, Insurance Agent, 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
My invention relates to that class of washing machines or apparatus which are
chiefly designed for cleansing clothes and linen and for that purpose are placed in the
boiler or copper in which the clothes are introduced and whereby a constant
circulation of the boiling water through the clothes is maintained.
The great disadvantage of such machines as heretofore constructed arises from the
fact that the flow or circulation of the boiling water cannot be stopped when it is
required to remove the clothes from the copper without drawing the fire or otherwise
reducing the temperature below boiling point.
Now the object of my invention is to remedy this defect by providing an apparatus
which will allow of the flow or circulation of the boiling water being stopped
and of the water being again set in circulation when required in a very simple
manner.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood, I will describe how it
can be carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which
Figure 1 is an elevation, and
Figures 2 and 3 are plans of the upper and under sides respectively of a washing
machine or apparatus constructed according to my invention.
Figures 4 and 5 are separate vertical sections of the two parts of which tho
apparatus is composed.
Figures 6 and 7 are a plan and vertical section respectively of a cap, hereinafter
referred to, which I sometimes employ in connection with my improved washing
machine or apparatus.
The apparatus comprises two principal parts, figures 4 and 5, one of which parts is
adapted to be rotated within the other.
The moveable portion is constructed of three vertical walls or partitions a, a, a
so arranged as to constitute three channels b, b, b, when the apparatus is placed

page_text: on the bottom of a boiler or copper. The ends of the partitions a, a, a are
inclined from the top edge downwards as shown and the horizontal portions of the
top edges are covered by a plate c having in its centre a short tube d in com-
munication at its lower end with the three channels b, b, b and closed at its top.
The side of the tube d is formed with holes e, e, c, e.
The immoveable portion of the apparatus is of the form of a circular cover with
inclined sides having three openings f f f corresponding with the ends of the
channels b, b, band with a circular hole in the top to allow of it being passed
over the tube d.
To make use of a machine or apparatus of this construction, it must be placed
in the boiler or copper and the clothes to be washed must then be placed over the
same, in the manner usual when employing this class of machine. The inner part
of the apparatus is then, by turning the tube d, rotated within the outer part or cover
so as to bring the three channels b, b, b, opposite the openings f, ff, as shown
in figures 1, 2, and 3; the inner part or cover, being held stationary by the clothes
thereon, allows of this being done. As soon as the water in the copper boils, it
will flow through the channels b, h, b to the tube d whence it will pass out through
the holes e, e, Cr
in streams, onto and through the clothes, to the bottom of the
copper and will then again flow through the channels b, b, band be again discharged
onto the clothes and so on, thus producing a constant circulation of the boiling water
through the clothes and effectually cleansing them. When it is required to stop
the flow or circulation of the water it is simply necessary to rotate the inner part
of the apparatus by turning the tube d so as to cause the outer part to cover or
close the channels b, b, b.
In some cases, such as when requiring to use the apparatus in a boiler or copper
of elliptical shape, in which case it would be necessary to stop the streams of water
from issuing in the direction of the narrowest diameter of the copper, I find it
advantageous to use a cap such as that illustrated in figures 6 and 7.
This cap is
adapted to be fitted over the top of the tube d and is provided with two holes h, h
only. If the cap be placed so that its two holes correspond with two of the
holes e, e it will be obvious that the streams of boiling water will issue through
these holes and that the two other holes e, e will be closed.
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
1. A washing machine or apparatus of the class herein referred to consisting of two
parts, one of which is adapted to be rotated within the other, substantially in the
manner and for the purpose, hereinbefore described.
2. The improved washing machine or apparatus hereinbefore described and illus-
trated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 4th day of September 1888.