Improvements in Boiling, Suddling and Rinsing Apparatus for Laundry and other purposes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Mar., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 11th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 12th Mar.,
1898
Improvements in Boiling, Suddling and Rinsing Apparatus for
Laundry and other purposes.
We, EDWARD WILLIAMSON and CLAUD HAMMERTON, trading as W. Williamson &
Co., Engineers, of 100, High Holborn, in the City and County of London, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention has reference to the transfering of clothes & other articles to 'be
boiled, etc., from the boiling tank, to the suddling tank, rinsing trough or other
receptacle.
The improvements consist of the adaptation of an overhead raising, lowering
& travelling carriage, consisting of a winding drum, for the winding up of the
chain or rope lifting the inner cage, operated by means of a hand chain & chain-
wheel, actuating a worm & wheel.
The construction of an opening bottom to the inner cage, to consist of one or
more doors or other suitable openings; the closing of same to be accomplished either
automatically or otherwise.
The inner cage contains the clothes or other articles to be boiled, etc., being
raised, lowered & carried from the boil to the suddle & from the suddle to the
rinse or other receptacle, by means of the overhead raising, lowering and travelling
carriage.
When the contents are required to be taken out, we drop them by means
of the opening bottom, into the rinsing trough or other receptacle; the opening
bottom being made to close either by means of balance weights, levers or other
suitable mechanism.
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EDWARD WILLIAMSON,
CLAUD HAMMERTON..
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boiling, Suddling and Rinsing Apparatus for
Laundry and other purposes.
We, EDWARD WILLIAMSON and CLAUD HAMMERTON, of 100, High Holborn, in the
County of London, trading as W. Williamson & Co., Engineers, 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 invention has reference to the transfering of clothes & other articles to be
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page_text: boiled, etc., from the boiling tank, to the suddling tank, rinsing trough, or other
receptacle.
Fig. shows a plan of the adapted overhead, raising, lowering and travelling
carriage. Fig. 2. a plan of the opening bottom of the boiling cage.
The improvements consist, of the adaption of an overhead raising, lowering and
travelling carriage, Fig. 1, consisting of a winding drum A, for winding up the
chain or rope lifting the inner cage, and operated by means of a hand chain at B,
working in a chain-wheel C, actuating a worm D, and worm-wheel E.
Also the construction of an opening bottom to the inner cage of a set of
boiling apparatus, as shown on the drawing. To consist of one or more doors or
other suitable openings as FF working automatically.
The inner cage contains the clothes or other articles to be boiled etc., being
raised, lowered, and carried from the boil, to the suddle and from the suddle, to the
rinse or other receptacle, by means of the overhead raising, lowering, and travelling
carriage.
When the contents are required to be transfered from the boiling cage to any
other receptacle, the cage, having been first raised and run to a position over such
receptacle, the catches G G are raised and the doors being so freed, are forced
open by the weight of the clothes, which then fall into the receptacle below.
The balance weights HH. being sufficient to overcome the weight of the doors
alone, cause them to close automatically.
The doors may be manipulated by levers or other suitable mechanism.
The doors having closed, the catches are adjusted and the cage is ready to replace
in its position and recharge with clothes, when the operation may be repeated ad lib.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1. The adaptation of a raising, lowering, and travelling carriage, worked by means
of a chain wheel and hand chain, actuating a worm, worm wheel, and winding
drum.
2. The construction of an automatically opening and closing bottom to the inner
cage of a set of boiling apparatus.
3. The combination of the adapted raising, lowering, and travelling carriage,
with inner cage fitted with an opening bottom, of a set of boiling apparatus.
4. The general arrangements of the carriage and cage and parts substantially
as herein shown and described.
Dated this Eleventh day of December 1897.
EDWD. WILLIAMSON.
CLAUD HAMMERTON.