Improved Spring Maiden or Poss Stick for Washing Clothes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Sept., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 31st May, 1898-Accepted, 23rd July, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Spring Maiden or Poss Stick for Washing Clothes.
We, ALBERT PATTERSON, Clerk, 29, Hastings Street, Hendon, Sunderland, and
SAMUEL MORRIS, Watchmaker, 12, Hudson Road, Sunderland, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
At the base of an ordinary wooden maiden a hole is bored to a suitable depth.
Into the aforesaid hole a spiral spring is inserted.
Again a wooden drum with a shoulder is made to slide up & down in hole.
The aforesaid drum projects any suitable length below the extreme base of
maiden.
The spiral spring and the sliding drum are kept in position in hole by a ring
or washer of suitable material.
The novelty & utility of said invention we claim to be an instantaneous re-
action when the maiden is uplifted and depressed on the ground
The sliding drum is forced to a level with the base of maiden & the reaction
of the compressed spring raises the maiden without effort on the part of the
person using it.
Dated this 31st day of August 1897.
ALBERT PATTERSON.
SAMUEL MORRIS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Spring Maiden or Poss Stick for Washing Clothes.
We, SAMUEL MORRIS, of 12, Hudson Road, Sunderland, in the County of Dur-
ham, Watchmaker, and ALBERT PATTERSON, of 29, Hastings Street, Hendon,
Sunderland, County of Durham, Insurance Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to maidens or poss sticks, for washing clothes, and has
for its object, the saving of labour.
It consists of an arrangement at the base of the maiden or poss stick, whereby,
said maiden or poss stick, on being depressed to the ground, is, by the force
and reaction of the spring, raised, without any appreciable effort on the part
of the user.
At the base of an ordinary wooden maiden or poss stick A a hole B is bored
to a suitable depth & width. Into the aforesaid hole B a spiral spring C is
inserted.
A wooden drum D with a shoulder F, is made to fit loosely into hole B.

page_text: The drum D projects a suitable length below the base of maiden or poss stick.
The drum D and spiral spring C are kept in position in hole B by a ring or
washer E screwed, or otherwise fastened, to base or sides of poss stick or maiden.
A washer of india rubber or the like, may be placed round the narrow part
of drum D where it comes in contact with ring or washer E, to deaden the
sound.
The normal position of drum 1 being as shewn in sketch.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of
Our
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The drum D projects a suitable length below the base of maiden or poss stick.
The drum D and spiral spring C are kept in position in hole B by a ring or
washer E screwed, or otherwise fastened, to base or sides of poss stick or maiden.
A washer of india rubber or the like, may be placed round the narrow part
of drum D where it comes in contact with ring or washer E, to deaden the
sound.
The normal position of drum I being as shewn in sketch.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is: :-
1st. The apparatus shewn in sketch and lettered C, D, E, and F.
2nd. A spring maiden or poss stick. substantially as described.
Dated this 30th day of May 1898.
SAMUEL MORRIS.
ALBERT PATTERSON.