An Apparatus for Dollying Clothes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 17th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 16th Nov., .1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Apparatus for Dollying Clothes.
JOHN WILSON Labourer Bodkin Hall Long Lane Ashton Preston Lancashire
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Apparatus consists of dolly with worm slot through shaft. Cross bar affixed
across top of wash tub with hole through centre. A revolving spindle affixed
across centre-hole in bar and through worm alot in dolly shaft, the said to be
worked with hand lever and spring with swivle at top of dolly shaft and cupling to
affixe to lever the said is made from wood, iron, or any other metal.
Dated this 2nd day of February 1895.
JOHN WILSON Bodkin Hall Long Lane Ashton Preston, Lancs, Labourer
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:
My invention relates to an apparatus for dollying clothes which can be made of
wood, iron, or other suitable material, and can be fixed to any kind of wash-tub,
the work of dollying being done by a hand-lever.
1 will now describe the apparatus by referring to the figures and letters in the
accompanying drawings, the same letters being used for like parts.
Fig. 1 shows the apparatus in complete working order. An upright standard A.
(shown separately in Fig. 2.) with soap-box attached, is fitted into a staple (a) fixed
to side of tub, with thumbscrew to tighten same. The hand lever B works on an
axle-pin (6) across mortise at top of upright standard. At the heel of lever is a
hook to which is attached a spiral spring C fastened at other end to upright
standard. This spring mechanically raises the lever and dolly after being pressed
down by the hand.
The cross bar D (shown in Fig. 3) has hole in centre, and is fitted at one end
into standard A, and at the other end on a short standard E by tenon and mortise
joints. A pin (e) passes through D and E to hold the cross bar down firmly while
dolly is working.
The dolly shaft F has a grooved worm slot through it running spirally, and passes
through centre hole in cross bar D. The shaft is coupled to lever B by a ball-
head fitting into a socket (f) with side entrance, shown separately and enlarged
(under view) in Fig. 4. A small movable plate (g) prevents ball head from slipping
out of socket.
Across centre hole in D and through worm slot is a bolt spindle with two
revolving bobbins (see Fig. 3). These cause the shaft to run easily up and down,
and at the same time revolve it, while the spiral spring reverses the action
mechanically

page_text: The clothes are manipulated exactly in the same manner as when dollied by a
woman with the ordinary dolly-legs.
The dolly can be removed easily by uncoupling ball head from socket, and raising
handle of cross bar after pin (e) is withdrawn.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. In a dollying apparatus, the combination of upright standard A, staple and
thumb screw (a), hand lever B, axle-pin (b), spiral spring C, substantially as herein
described and according to the accompanying drawings.
2. In a dollying apparatus, the combination of cross bar D, standard E, pin (e),
dolly shaft with worm slot F, ball and socket coupling (f) plate (g) bolt spindle
with bobbins (Fig. 3) substantially as herein described and according to the
accompanying drawings.
3. In a dollying apparatus, the combination of the apparatus herein described,
and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 16th day of Avgust 1895
JOHN WILSON.