Improvements in Apparatus for Washing or Drying Drinking Vessels or the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Mar., 1890--Accepted, 26th Apr., 1.90
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Washing or Drying Drinking
Vessels or the like.
I, THOMAS ELCOATE of Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, in the County of Durham,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention has for its object an apparatus for washing or drying drinking vessels
or the like such for example as tumblers, wine glasses, tankards etcetera.
In carrying out the invention I employ an approximately upright brush having
horizontally projecting hairs or bristles. This brush is made of a shape to receive the
inside of the vessel it is desired to clean; in the case of an ordinary tumbler is made
preferably with sloping sides gradually approaching towards the top. The top of the
brush is provided with upwardly projecting bristles. Surrounding or partly surrounding
it, and a short distance from it preferably equal to about the thickness of the sides of the
vessel, is another brush or brushes adapted to clean the outside of the tumbler etcetera.
The apparatus constructed in this way is adapted more particularly for washing or
cleaning. It is supported in a suitable manner on a frame or block.
The mode of action is as follows:
The apparatus is placed in a receptacle containing water, and the vessel to be
washed is slipped on the central brush so that both the inner and outer sides of the
vessel are in close proximity to, or touch the hair or bristles aforesaid. The vessel
is now rotated by the hand until thoroughly cleansed. If desired the brushes might
be constructed to rotate.
Instead of bristles or hairs radial or approximately radial tongues or flaps of
rubber or other suitable material may be employed tapered to respectively take the
inside and outside of the vessel. These may be fastened to uprights supported by a
base frame. They are preferably rather larger than the bristles aforesaid so that they
are sprung back or depressed when the vessel to be operated upon is placed in the
apparatus, and their sides are brought to operate upon the vessel when the latter is
rotated. The apparatus constructed in this way is applicable for washing or drying
purposes. Inside of rubber a suitable absorbent material may be used in order to
quickly dry the vessel after washing.
c T
1000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Washing or Drying Drinking
Vessels or the like.
I, THOMAS ELCOATE, of Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, in the County of Durham,
Engineer, 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 for its object an apparatus for washing or drying drinking
vessels or the like, such for example as tumblers, wine glasses, tankards, etcetera.
It is best described by aid of the accompanying drawings in which,
Figure 1 is an elevation of the apparatus placed in a vessel of water ;
Figure 2 a plan of the apparatus shown in Figure 1 ;
Figure 3 an elevation of an alternative way of constructing the apparatus ;
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page_text: A is an upright brush having horizontally projecting hairs or bristles at the sides,
and upwardly projecting hairs or bristles at the top. It is made of a shape to
receive the inside of the tumbler or other vessel it is desired to clean; in the case of an
ordinary tumbler the brush has sloping sides gradually approaching towards the top
and receding towards the bottom. The said brush is mounted upon a base B, and in
close proximity to or touching the said brush A are brushes C, also mounted upon
hase B and adapted to clean the outside of the tumbler or other vessel.
The mode of action is as follows:-
To wash a drinking tumbler the apparatus is preferably placed in a receptacle such
as H, Figure 1, containing water, or it may be simply dipped in water and the
tumbler is then slipped on the central brush A and rotated by the hand. The brushes A
and remove grease, dirt, etcetera, both from the inside and outside of the vessel
simultaneously, one or two turns being generally sufficient to thoroughly cleanse it.
If desired, the apparatus may be used for drying a drinking vessel after having been
washed, or rinsed with water.
In the alternative arrangement shewn in Figures 3 and 4, I employ tongues or
flaps DE of rubber or other suitable material secured respectively to uprights FG
which are mounted upon a base. The said rubbers are suitably shaped to receive the
vessel, those shewn on the drawing being tapered to receive a drinking tumbler of
ordinary shape. The respective rubbers are of such a length that they are sprung
back or depressed when vessel to be operated upon is placed in the apparatus and
rotated, and their elastic nature causes them to press upon the vessel and remove
adhering dirt or grease. The apparatus can, if desired, be used exclusively for drying
the tumbler after it has been washed. Instead of or in conjunction with the rubber
tongues a suitable absorbent material may be used in order to quickly dry the vessel
after washing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. An apparatus for washing cleansing or drying tumblers or other drinking
vessels in which brushes A and C, or tongues such as D and E of rubber or other
elastic or elastic and absorbent material, mounted upon a suitable frame, are SO
formed and arranged as to receive the drinking vessel, and operate upon its inner and
outer surfaces when the apparatus or the drinking vessel or both are rotated, substan-
tially as described.
2. The various apparatus for washing, cleaning or drying tumblers or other drinking
vessels, each combined and arranged as a whole substantially as described and
illustrated in reference to Figures 1 to 4 inclusive of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 21st day of March 1890.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, and London, Agents for the Patentee.