An Improved Washing Board.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Jept., 1896-Accepted, 3rd Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPE
IFICATION.
An Improved Washing Board.
1, SAMUEL AUSTIN of Brunswick Terrace Chester Road, Stretford, in the
County of Lancaster, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:
This invention relates to an improvement in washing boards such as are employed
by domestics for washing clothes, and for like purposes, and consists in constructing
said washing board with a self contained piece of wire work formed of spiral,
woven, serrated, crimped or other wire in any preferred pattern, and fitted into the
frame of the wood or other board, substituting said wire work for the ordinary
ridge or ribbed portion of the board.
In the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 is a plan view and Fig. 2 a section of a washing board constructed
according to my invention.
Fig. 3 represents a piece of wire bent for the purpose of a modification of my
invention us hereinafter described.
I construct a self contained rectangular or other shaped piece of wire work by
means of a wire frame as a bent to the size and shape required to which either
waved wires as shown or other preferred form of wires are attached; said piece
of wire work may be fitted permanently into the board c or may be removeable.
1 fit a wire receptacle as d in said board for soap and accessories either in the
position shown or at the side or other convenient part of the board, and said
receptacle may be made removeable for use in other places when not required in
connection with a wash board.
In a modification of my invention I form the aforesaid wire portion of the
board by placing, a succession of wires as Fig. 3 in the board and bending the
ends.. back under said board the ends being covered with a thin layer or cover
placed over them and secured to the underside of the board.
Dated this 8th day of February 1896.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53 Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.
I, SAMUEL AUSTIN, of Brunswick Terrace, Chester Road, Stretford, in the
County of Lancaster, 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:-
This invention relates to an improvement in wash boards such as. are employed
by domestics for washing clothes, and for like purposes, and consists in constructing
said wash boards with a self contained piece of wire work formed of spiral, woven,
serrated, crimped, or other wire, in any preferred pattern, and fitted into the
frame of a wash board, substituting said wire work for the ordinary ridge or ribbed
portion of the.board.

page_text: The object of my invention is to effect economy in time and labour in domestic
washing and laundry work.
In the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 is a plan view and Fig. 2 a longitudinal section on line A. A. of a wash
board constructed according to my invention. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of
the same on line B. B. showing how the aforesaid wire work may be raised for
cleansing the surface of the wooden back of the wash board from refuse soap that
may be adhering thereto after use.
Fig. 4 is a plan view, and Fig. 5 an end view of wire work such as is fitted into
a wooden frame as shown in Fig. 1.
Figs. 6 and 7 each represent an end view of a wire frame illustrating samples of
woven or other wire work such as may be employed for the purpose of this
invention.
In the several views shown on the drawing similar letters refer to similar
parts.
I construct a self contained rectangular or other shaped piece of wire work as
Fig. 4 by means of a wire frame a bent to the size and shape required, to which
either coiled spiral, crimped, or serrated wires or other preferred form of wires
are knuckled or attached. Said piece of wire work may be fitted permanently
into the board c, or may be removeable or partly removeable as shown in Fig. 3.
I may fit a wire receptacle for soap and accessories in any convenient part of
the board and said receptacle may be made removeable for use in other places when
not required in connection with the wash board.
In a modification of my invention I form the aforesaid wire portion of the
board by placing wires in succession and bending the ends back under said board,
said ends being covered with a thin cover laid over them, and secured to the
underside of the board.
In the construction of a frame such as I have herein described I prefer to
employ wires that are coiled so as to form diagonal rows of smooth semicircular
projections alternately placed but other forms of woven wire work either such as
are represented on the drawing or other design may be employed, and said wire
work may be used without being fitted into the frame c.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1st. In wash boards such as are employed by domestics for washing clothes and
for like purposes the use of a self contained piece of wire work such as is
represented in Fig. 4 constructed of spiral, woven, serrated, crimped or other
preferred form of wire and fitted either permanently, removeable, or partly
removeable, into a frame as e substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described.
2nd. A wash board such as is employed by domestics for washing clothes and
for like purposes that is constructed of a self contained piece of wire work such
as is represented in Fig. 4 constructed of spiral, woven, serrated, crimped, or other
preferred form of wire substantially as hereinbefore described.
3rd. In wash boards such as are employed by domestics for washing clothes and
for like purposes, the use of spiral, woven, serrated, crimped, or other preferred
form of wire fitted either permanently, removeable, or partly removeable into a
frame as c substantially as herein before described.
Dated this 18th day of August 1896.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53 Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.