IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR RINSING AND DRYING BY CENTRIFUGAL FORCE
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henri Adrien Bonneville, of the British and Foreign
Patent Offices, 24, Rue du Mont Thabor, Paris, in the Empire of France,
and 38, Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
RINSING AND DRYING BY CENTRIFUGAL FORCE."-A communication from
Félix Monmon and Auguste Racinet, residing at No. 4, Rue du Mont
Thabor, Paris, in the Empire of France.
Sealed the 15th August 1865, and dated the 4th March 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henri Adrien Bonneville
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 4th March 1865.
I, HENRI ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Foreign Patent Offices,
24, Rue du Mont Thabor, Paris, in the Empire of France, and 38, Porchester
Terrace, Bayswater, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR RINSING AND DRYING BY CENTRIFUGAL FORCE," communicated from Félix
Monmon and Auguste Racinet, persons resident at No. 4, Rue du Mont
Thabor, Paris, in the Empire of France, aforesaid, to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in certain improvements in apparatus for rinsing
and drying by centrifugal force, applicable to linen and analagous articles.

page_text: The accompanying Drawing represents an elevation of the machine.
In this Drawing A, A', A", A", are the cover, uprights, and legs of the
apparatus; B, cage in which the linen or other articles are placed; C, hollow
shaft carrying cage B; D, tube fixed to the tap, and entering the arbor C;
E, angular pinion or friction wheel fixed on the shaft C; G, friction wheel,
loose on the shaft G'; H, toothed wheel forming part of wheel G; I, plate
carrying the lever J and the pinion K; J, forked ungearing lever; K, toothed
nut working the screw L; L, screw passing through the legs of the cover A,
and provided with a pad pressing on the lever O; M, plate fixed to the cover
carrying the lever 0; N, supports of the axle G'; O, friction lever rolling
on M, whose support encloses the shaft C, C', having at its other end the
spring R; R, pressure spring turning around the shaft C, C'; a, a, boxes fixed
to the legs of the cover, and carrying balls or friction wheels swimming in oil,
on which the shaft C turns.
The apparatus is set in motion by a power wheel fixed to the lever J, and
after placing the articles in the cage the tap is opened and water allowed to
run into the cage until the contents are sufficiently rinsed, when by closing
said tap the water is carried off, and the contents are partially dried. When
it is wished to stop the machine, by pressing on the lever J the power wheel
is removed from the pinion, and the wheel G is placed in contact with it,
turning, by means of H and K, the screw L; this screw, by means of its
enlarged part, presses on the lever O, causes it to rub on the shaft C, and at
the same time, by opening the arms of the lever O, where the spring R is
fixed, bends, this spring, so as to enclose the rest of the shaft C, C'. These
two combined movements of pressure and tension, with the friction of the
wheel E on the wheel G, stop the machine almost instantaneously, and without
shock.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henri Adrien Bonneville in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 1st September 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRI
ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Foreign Patent Offices, 24 Rue du
Mont Thabor, Paris, in the Empire of France, and 38, Porchester Terrace,
Bayswater, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters 3
Patent, bearing date the Fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord One

page_text: thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-eighth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Henri Adrien Bonneville, Her special licence that I, the said Henri Adrien
Bonneville, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should in 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 Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR RINSING AND DRYING BY CENTRIFUGAL
FORCE," communicated to me by Felix Monmon and Auguste Racinet, persons
resident at No. 4, Rue du Mont Thabor, Paris, in the Empire of France,
aforesaid, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henri Adrien
Bonneville, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, 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 six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, 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:-
This Invention consists in certain improvements in apparatus for rinsing
and drying by centrifugal force or movement, applicable to linen and analagous
articles.
The accompanying Drawings represent the improved apparatus, Fig. 1 in
sectional elevation, and Fig. 2 in plan; Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the
friction rollers a', a'; and Fig. 4, an enlarged view of the rollers a", a".
In these Figures, A, A', A", A", are the cover, uprights, and legs of the
apparatus; B, cage in which the linen or other articles are placed; C, hollow
shaft carrying the cage B; D, tube fixed to the tap, entering the arbor C;
E, angular pinion or friction wheel fixed on the shaft C; G, friction wheel
loose on the shaft G'; H, toothed wheel forming part of wheel G; I, plate
carrying the lever J and the pinion K; J, forked ungearing lever; K, toothed
nut working the screw L; L, screw passing through the legs of the cover A,
and provided with a pad or roller pressing on the lever O; M, plate fixed to
the cover carrying the lever O; N, supports of the axle G; O, friction lever
rolling on M, whose support encloses the shaft G, G', having at its other end

page_text: the spring R; R, pressure spring turning round the shaft C, C'; a, a, boxes
fixed to the legs of the cover, containing balls or rollers swimming in oil, on
which the shaft C turns; a', a', and a", a", are friction wheels, shown Fig. 3
and 4, which may be used instead of the balls.
The apparatus is set in movement by a power wheel commanded by the
lever J. The movement of the power wheel is communicated to the wheel E
fixed to the shaft of the cage B, and causing the latter to turn. After placing
the articles in the cage the tap is opened, and water allowed to run into the
cage until the contents are sufficiently rinsed, when by closing said tap the
water is carried off, and the contents are partially dried. When it is wished
to stop the machine, by pressing on the lever J in the opposite direction for
setting it in movement the power wheel is removed from the pinion E, and
the wheel G is placed in contact with it, turning, by means of H and K, the
screw L; this screw, by its enlarged part, presses on the lever O, causes it to
rub on the shaft C, and at the same time, by opening the arms of the lever O,
where the spring R is fixed, bends this spring so as to enclose the rest of the
shaft C, C. These two combined movements of pressure and tension with
the friction of the wheel E on that G, stop the machine almost spontaneously,
and without shock.
When it is wished to set the apparatus in movement again, the lever J, by
placing the wheel E in communication with the motive wheel, liberates the
wheel G, and gives a contrary impulsion to K. by the pinion I, which impul-
sion loosens the spring R, and stops instantaneously all pressure. The balls
or friction rollers are intended for preventing the rocking of the cage and
diminishing the friction. The inclination of the friction rollers a', a', when
used instead of balls, causes the oil used for lubricating them to fall back into
the box, and not run over into the cage.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, what I claim is,-
Firstly, the double use of the improved machine for rinsing and drying by
centrifugal force by means of a tube which enters a moveable perforated axis
in order to introduce into the drum a liquid, which is caused by the centrifugal
force to pass through the contents of said drum or cage.
Secondly, the mode of bearing, rolling, and lubricating of the shaft of the
drun, preventing the entry of the grease in the drum, and the rocking of the
latter.
Thirdly, the mode of stopping by the speed of the shaft itself and of the
cage by means of a friction lever and of a spring, both envelopping the shaft
in contrary directions, and serving by their tension and their friction for

page_text: progressively lessening not only the speed but also the force of impulsion of
the apparatus, and for producing an almost immediate stoppage without
shock.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
H. BONNEVILLE. (L.B.)