A New and Improved Washing Machine.
Year: 1889

page_text: ate of Application, 19th June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 18th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 10th May, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New and Improved Washing Machine.
I WILLIAM SWINBURN of 58 Strand Street, Great Grimsby, in the County of
Lincoln, Woodturner do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My New and Improved Washing Machine to be used for washing. bed clothes of
every description toilet cloths of all sorts and body linen and clothes of all kinds,
to be as hereinafter described.
To secure perfect efficiency in my New and Improved Washing Machine the
working or washing part of the machine is formed of fluted or grooved rollers
working one within the other, that is to say each roller is fluted or grooved from
one end to the other forming what may be described as long cogs extending the
whole length of each roller.
The object of the fluting or grooving is that when what may be called the driving
roller is turned by 'hand or steam power, it will actuate or turn another similarly
or suitably fluted roller as one cogged wheel turns another.
The rollers are fixed in a suitable frame and placed over a tub which holds the
washing water and the clothes or other articles to be washed.
The washing is accomplished by introducing the articles of clothing between the
fluted rollers, and by turning the rollers backward, and forward a squeezing and
rubbing process is set up. which effectually and quickly washes the clothes.
For domestic purposes 'I prefer having two grooved or fluted rollers between
which the clothes are to be washed, but if desireable three or any number may be
used for the same purpose all fluted so that by turning one the others are set 'in
motion.
Besides domestic purposes my New and Inproved Washing Machine may be used
for manufacturing purposes, such as the washing of wool or other animal, fibres,
also for washing cotton in any form woven or otherwise, or any other vegetable fibre.
Hitherto the wood rollers of which washing machines have been made, have been
either all smooth, that is unfluted, or only the top or driving roller fluted or grooved,
whereas mine are all fluted-or grooved.
The rollers of my New and Improved Washing Machine may be all, or both, of
the same diameter, or the rollers may be of varying. diameters and thesides being
made of wood may be of iron. or any metal or any other suitable substance of
which rollers, may be made.
"For the wood of which my rollers are made I prefer sycamore but any other
suitable wood may-be-used-for the same purpose.
The fluting or grooving may be V shaped or any other suitable form.
The tub may be of any suitable shape and either with supporting legs or without.
Dated this Seventeenth day of June 1889
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WILLIAM WINDUM.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New and Improved Washing Machine.
1, WILLIAM SWINBURN of Strand Street Great Grimsby Lincolnshire Wood turner
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
5 statement:-
My invention relates to a new and improved washing machine, for washing beḍ

page_text: In order that my said invention may be the better understood, 1 have appended the
accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of the device or
contrivance shown as applied to a washing tub, and Figure 2 is a cross section
thereof.
In order to render the new and improved washing machine efficient in practice
I have formed the working, or washing part thereof of two grooved rollers A and B,
each being fluted, or pitch grooved, longitudinally as shewn, so that B receives
motion from A in the same manner as a cog or gear wheel from another of equal
pitch, A being rotated by hand or other power. The rollers A and B are fitted
within a suitable frame C. C³, with base I) fitting the tub E which holds the water
and clothes.
In using the apparatus the articles of clothing or fabrics are drawn through
between the rollers A and B, which are held in contact by means of the springs F
which are secured to the spindle G of the roll A, and are attached at the lower end to
the base D. By moving the rollers backwards and forwards, a rubbing action is set
up, which effectually and quickly washes the clothes or fabrics. I prefer to employ
for domestic purposes, two grooved or fluted rollers as described, but in certain cases
I may use three, or any number, for the same purpose, all being grooved or fluted, so
that by turning one, all may be set in motion.
The new and improved washing machine according to my invention may also be
used for manufacturing purposes, such as the washing of wool, or other animal
fibres also for washing cotton, woven or in any other form, or any other vegetable
fibres.
Hitherto the rollers of washing machines have been made with smooth surfaces, or
with the upper one fluted or grooved, but according to my invention all the rollers are
grooved and gear with each other.
In making the rollers for my improved machine, I prefer to use sycamore when
wood is employed, but may use any other suitable wood, or material, and the flutes or
grooves may be V shaped, or any other suitable shape or form so that the several
rollers gear together.
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
In a
washing machine the use and employment of fluted or grooved rollers, in
combination with a frame and springs, substantially as herein described and shewn
by the appended drawings.
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