AN IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT AND COMBINATION OF THE WORKING PARTS OF MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED. FOR WASHING, WRINGING, AND MANGLING CLOTHES AND FABRICS
Year: 1865

page_text: Sealed the 20th March 1866, and dated the 25th September 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Frederic Smeeton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
25th September 1865.
I, GEORGE FREDERIC SMEETON, of Halifax, in the County of York, Iron-
monger, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
ARRANGEMENT AND COMBINATION OF THE WORKING PARTS OF MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS EMPLOYED. FOR WASHING, WRINGING, AND MANGLING CLOTHES AND
FABRICS," to be as follows:--
The object of this Invention is the construction of machines for the
purposes above mentioned, in such a manner as to simplify the same, reduce
the cost of production, and the space required by such machines.
The machine to which my Invention more particularly relates is the.class
known as "disc" machines.

page_text: In constructing machines according to my Invention the "tub" is made
cylindrical or bexagonal (other forms may be employed), the said tub is
mounted on suitable framework, and supported at each side by a stud working
in a slot hole in each side of the frame of the machine, so that the tub may
readily be set froin the horizontal position to any angle at the will of the
operator; the inside back end of the, tub is grooved, figured, or corrugated,
to act as a rubbing surface. The rubber consists of a disc, irregular or
corrugated on its face, which disc is fixed. on the end of a spindle, which
spindle works in and is supported by a bush fixed to the front end of the
tub; a spiral (or other) spring-may-be-placed_so_as to act on the back of the
aforesaid disc. A hand wheel is placed on the other end of the disc spindle
for the purpose of imparting rotary motion to the said disc, and also serving
(by its weight) to assist the spring above mentioned, for the purpose of
pressing the disc to the clothes or fabrics to be operated upon, thus applying
a squeezing and rubbing motion. The frame ends are continued above the
tub so as to carry a pair of strong wooden rollers for wringing and mangling
purposes.
The slot holes and studs above mentioned allow the tub to slide under the
frame and rollers of the wringing and mangling apparatus when such tub is
not in use, thus greatly economizing space.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Frederic Smeeton in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 23rd March 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I; GEORGE
FREDERIC SMEETON, of Halifax, in the County of York, Ironmonger, send
greeting.
WHEREAS. Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-ninth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the-said-George Frederic Smeeton, Her special licence that I, the said 'George
Frederic Smeeton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such-others-
as. I, the said George Frederic Smeeton, my 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

page_text: of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man,
an Invention for "AN IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT AND COMBINATION OF THE
WORKING PARTS OF MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED FOR WASHING, WRINGING,
AND MANGLING CLOTHES AND FABRICS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said George Frederic Smeeton, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or, i their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same
to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Frederic Smeeton, do hereby
.declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the.
following statement :-
The object of this Invention is the construction of machinery for the
purposes above mentioned in such manner as to simplify the same, reduce
the cost of production, and the space required by such machines.
The machine to which my Invention more particularly relates is the class
known as "disc" machines.
In constructing machines according to my Invention the "tub" is made
cylindrical or hexagonal (other forms may be employed, the said tub is
mounted on suitable framework, and supported at each side by a stud working
in a slot hole in each side frame of the machine, so that the tub may readily
be set from the horizontal position to any angle at the will of the operator;
the inside back end of the tub is grooved, figured, or corrugated to act as a
rubbing surface, the rubber consists of a "disc" irregular or corrugated on
its surface, which disc is fixed on the end of a spindle, which spindle works
in and is supported by a bush fixed to the front of the tub, a spiral or other
spring may be placed so as to act on the back of the aforesaid disc. A hand
wheel is placed on the other end of the disc, spindle for the purpose of
imparting rotary motion to the said disc, and also serving (by its weight) to
assist the spring above mentioned, for the purpose of pressing the disc to the
clothes or fabrics to be operated upon, thus applying a squeezing and rubbing
motion. The frame ends are continued above the tub so as to carry a pair
of strong wood rollers for wringing and mangling purposes.
The slot holes and studs above mentioned allow the tub to slide under the
frame and rollers of the wringing and mangling apparatus when such tub is
not in use for washing purposes, thus greatly economizing space.
•
Such being the nature and object of my said Invention for an improved

page_text: arrangement of and combination of the working parts of machinery or appa-
ratus employed for washing, wringing, and mangling clothes and fabrics, I
will now proceed to describe the same more fully; and in order that the same
may be distinctly understood, I have hereunto attached a Sheet of Drawings,
and have marked the same with letters of reference, the same letter
referring to the same part in the various views or Fig., in which Fig. 1 is a
side elevation of a machine constructed according to my Invention, and Fig. 2
-is-a-vertical_section of the same, shewing the tub slided back under the
rollers; Fig. 3 is a detail (enlarged) of-the-back of the tub, shewing rubbing
surface; Fig. 4 shews part of a length of a "rubber," these rubbers are
"turned in an ordinary-lathe, and cut in halves longitudinally, and secured
to the back of the inside of the tub and to the face of the disc by copper
screws or nails; Fig. 5 shews another form of rubbing surface.
At A is shewn the tub, which may be made cylindrical or hexagonal, or
other form; the tub is mounted on the side frame B by means of the studs C
resting in the slot holes or lugs D. The inside back end of the tub c is
figured or corrugated, as shewn at E; at E is shewn corrugated or figured
disc face and disc F fixed on the end of the spindle G. The said 'spindle
rests in and is supported by the bush and fixing I. A spiral or other spring
may be placed in the tub in such position as to act on the disc for the purpose
of keeping the face of the disc in contact with the clothes or fabrics to be
operated upon; at J is the hand wheel fixed on the end of disc spindle 'G.
The side frame B is continued above the tub so as to carry a pair of wood
rollers L, L, for wringing and mangling purposes (these rollers are geared in
the ordinary manner).
On reference to the Drawings (see Fig. 2) it will be seen the tub may
readily be inverted and moved under the rollers, the stud C being received in
the cavity at C, thus greatly reducing the space required for such machine,
the tub serving as a table on which to fold clothes after mangling; the
catch P is for the purpose of supporting the disc, 'spindle, and hand wheel
(when in the inverted position) clear of the ground.
Having thus fully described and ascertained the nature and particulars of
my said Invention for "An Improved Arrangement and Combination of
the Working Parts of Machinery or Apparatus employed for Washing,
Wringing, and Mangling Clothes and Fabrics," together with the manner in
which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into practical effect,
I would have it distinctly understood that I do not claim the use of any of
the parts separately; but what I do claim as my Invention is, the arrange-
ment and combination of machinery or apparatus (for purpose herein-before

page_text: mentioned) as shewn in the Drawings and above fully described, or any mere
modification of the same.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Frederic Smeeton have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of March, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six..
GEORGE FREDERIC SMEETON. (L.S.)
Witness,
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Patent Agent,
Halifax & Blackburn.