New or Improved Washing Machine.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 1st Feb., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Washing Machine.
I, HERMANN KRAMER Sen. of 50 Königstrasse, Freienwalde-on-Oder in the
Kingdom of Prussia and Empire of Germany, 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 :-
In the washing machines at present in use a great drawback arises in that ail
parts of the articles to be washed, are equally operated on, the consequence of
which is that those parts requiring a 'more thorough cleansing are but imperfectly
cleansed.
The machine forming the object of this invention removes this drawback and
allows a thorough and continued cleansing of the specially dirty parts of the
articles to be washed.
The accompanying drawing illustrates one form of the construction of the
machine, in which
Figure 1 is an elevation
Figure 2 a vertical section.
The machine is divided into two separate vessels A, B, one of which receives
the dirty clothes and the other the articles after being cleansed. From the vessel A
the article to be washed is first drawn over the table a between two rollers coated
with indiarubber or other suitable substance, one of which bis rotated by means of
the gearing c and crank d (Figure 1) whilst the other roller e is caused to rotate by
friction. The article to be washed after passing through the rollers comes on to a
corrugated or grooved washing plate ƒ and is here operated on by a roller 7
provided with one or more brushes; this latter roller having on its rear side a
small cog wheel which engages with a larger cogwheel k mounted on the rear end
of the shaft and is thus rotated by means of the crank or handle d. The article
passed between the rollers be is thus constantly operated on by the brush roller g,
which in contrast to the slow progressive movement of the article to be cleansed,
revolves very rapidly by means of the cog wheel gearing. By one revolution of
the crank or handle d, the brush or brushes rub several times over the article to be
cleansed and each time touch the soap or cleansing material which is held in an
adjustable holder arranged above the brushes.
Should one particular part of the article or the whole of an article require an
extra amount of cleansing, the operator presses down the treadle of a two armed
lever m, the rod n thereby making an upward movement and the arm p of the two
armed lever o a downward movement and as the shaft h and the cogwheel c is
mounted on the arm p the said downward movement of the cogwheel c produced by
the pressure on the treadle disengages it from the cogwheel. By this means
the two rollers be remain stationary whilst the brush roller g continues rotating by
means of the crank d, shaft h, and cogwheel b', and the article to be washed, which
is also held stationary, is operated on one part only until the treadle / is released.
The springs then returns the cogwheel c again into engagement with cogwheel />¹
and the article is again moved forward by the rollers baud e. A cover or hood r,
preferably of sheet metal catches the water thrown off by the revolving brush or
brushes and may be turned or laid back as shown in Figure 2 to allow of the
cleansed articles being more easily or conveniently removed. A box or holder
containing a spirit or petroleum lamp is arranged under the machine for keeping
the water in the same warm.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. An improved washing machine having adjustable rollers be connected
together by suitable gear, the throwing out of engagement of which gear causes a
brush roller g to continue to operate on one particular part of the article to be
washed, substantially as hereinbefore described and shown on the accompanying
drawing.
2. In a washing machine such as described in Claim 1 consisting of two rollers b
and e for drawing the article to be washed over the table a to the washplate f
where it is operated on by the brush or brushes of the roller g and also consisting
of two suitable gearings operated by means of a crank, one of which gearings (b¹ c)
operates the rollers be and the other (hk) the brush roller g substantially as
.described.
3. In a washing machine such as described in Claim 1, the arrangement of
lever (lmnp) for disconnecting or throwing out of gear the rollers be substantially
-as and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
Dated this 23rd day of December 1895.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.