AN IMPROVED WASHING APPARATUS
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Else, of Mansfield, in the County of Notting-
ham, Roller Coverer, and Thomas Godfrey, of the same Place, Gentleman,
Sealed the 13th May 1862, and dated the 16th November 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Else and Thomas
Godfrey at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 16th November 1861.
We, JOSEPH ELSE, of Mansfield, in the County of Nottingham, Roller
Coverer, and THOMAS GODFREY, of the same Place, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED WASHING
APPARATUS," to be as follows:-
Our improved apparatus consists of an oblong frame (of wood or other
suitable material), the bottom whereof is open, and the lower ends of the
sides of the frame are either straight or are inclined inwards, the inclination
being such that the frame will lie firmly on the bottom and sides of a pancheon,
washtub, or vessel; on the sides of the frame inside thereof are two grooves,
which receive the edges of a. sheet of zinc or other suitable metal, which is
corrugated in the direction of its width, having corrugations either of an
uniform character, or varying in their width or depth. The corrugated sheet
is somewhat raised in the centre, and lies on a strip of wood or other material
placed centrally between the sides of the frame and stands, a little higher than
the slots in the sides of the frame; the ends of the strip rest upon two pieces:
t

page_text: of wood (when wood is used) or of other material stretching from side to side
of the frame. From a little below the top piece, and at a short distance from
the back of it is a piece of wood or other material which extends to the top of
the frame and connects the top end and sides together, and also forms a
surface for the water to run down when the apparatus is in use.
The apparatus may be used as follows:-It may be placed in a tub or other
suitable vessel with the corrugated plate upwards, the clothes or other articles
intended to be washed' are lifted out of the water, a portion at once in the
usual way, and are pressed and rubbed up and down the corrugations until
they are sufficiently cleansed, the water which is forced out during the
operation flows above the plate or sheet of metal, and runs into the tub or
other vessel again.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Joseph Else and Thomas Godfrey in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 16th May 1862.
- TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOSEPH
ELSE, of Mansfield, in the County of Nottingham, Roller Coverer, and THOMAS
GODFREY, of the same Place, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
us, the said Joseph Else and Thomas Godfrey, Her special licence that we,
the said Joseph Else and Thomas Godfrey, our executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as we, the said. Joseph Else and Thomas
Godfrey, our executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time. agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
İslands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN. IMPROVED WASHING APPARATUS,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Joseph Else and
Thomas Godfrey, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under our or their hands and seals, or under the hand and seal of
one of us or them, should particularly describe and, ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within

page_text: six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Joseph Else and Thomas Godfrey,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof; reference being had to the accompanying
Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:
Our improved apparatus consists of an oblong frame (of wood or other suitable
material), the bottom whereof is open, and the lower ends of the sides of the
frame are either straight or are inclined inwards, the inclination being such
that the frame will lie firmly on the bottom and sides of a pancheon or washing
tub or vessel; on the sides of the frame inside thereof are two grooves,, which
receive the edges of a sheet of zinc or other suitable metal, which is corrugated
in the direction of its width, having corrugations either of an uniform
character, or varying in their width or depth. The. corrugated sheet. is
somewhat raised in the centre, and lies on a strip of wood or other material
which is placed centrally between the sides. of the, frame, and stands a little
higher than the slots in the sides of the frame;, the ends of the strip rest
upon two pieces of wood or other material stretching from side to side, of the
frame. From a little below the top piece, and at a short distance from the
back thereof is a piece of wood or other material which extends to the top of
the frame, and connects the top end and sides, together, and. also forms a
surface for the water to run down when the apparatus is in use.
The apparatus may be used as follows:-It may be placed in a tub or
other suitable vessel with the corrugated plate upwards, the clothes or other
articles to be washed are lifted out of the water, a portion at once in the
usual way, and are pressed and rubbed up and down the corrugations. until
they are sufficiently, cleansed, the water which is forced out during the
operation flows above the plate or sheet of metal and runs into the tub. or
other vessel again.
Having thus set forth the nature of the said Invention; we now proceed
more particularly to describe the manner of performing the same, with
reference to the accompanying Drawings.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 represents a front view of the apparatus; Figure 2 is a cross
section thereof; and Figure 3, a sectional view of the same in the direction of
its length. The corresponding parts in each Figure are lettered alike.
A, A, A, is an oblong frame, made of wood or other suitable material, the

page_text: bottom of this frame is open, and the lower ends of the sides of the frame may
be straight, as shewn, or they may be inclined inwards, in which case the
inclination should be such that the frame will lie firmly on the bottom and
sides of a pancheon or washing tub; the inside of the frame sides have each
a groove B, which receives the edges of a sheet C of zinc, or other metal,
which is corrugated in the direction of its width, with corrugations of the
same or. of varying widths and depths; the corrugated sheet is somewhat
raised in the centre, which lies upon a strip D of wood or other suitable
material; this strip D is placed centrally between the sides of the frame, and
stands up a little higher than the slots in the sides of the frame, and the ends
of the strip rest upon or are secured into two pieces E which stretch from side
to side of the frame. From a little below the top piece, and at a little distance
from the back thereof is a slab or piece F, which extends to the top of the
frame, and connects the top and sides-together, and also forms a surface for
the water to run down into the washing tub or other vessel when the apparatus
is in use.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same may be performed, we declare that we claim, the general
arrangement and combination of parts constituting our improved washing
apparatus, herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Else, for myself and on behalf of
the said Thomas Godfrey, have hereunto, set my hand and seal, this
Fourteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-two.
Witness,
GEO. JON. ROBINSON,
Patent Office,
Nottingham.
JOSEPH ELSE. (L.S.)