A NEW OR IMPROVED WASHING MACHINE
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Irving Denny of Zittau, Saxony, in the
German Empire, but at present residing in Glasgow in the County of Lanark
North Britain for an Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED WASHING
MACHINE" a communication to me from abroad by Froderich Yahnel, of
Zittau aforesaid
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alexander Irving Denny
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st June 1883.
ALEXANDER IRVING DENNY of Zittau, Saxony in the German Empire but at
present residing in Glasgow in the County of Lanark North Britain "A NEW OR
IMPROVED WASHING MACHINE" [a communication to me from abroad by Frederich
Yahnel, of Zittau aforesaid].
This Invention which relates to a now or improved washing machine is
applicablo for the washing of clothes or other articles.
The improved washing machine consists of a framing in which is carried a
trough with a curved shaped bottom, and which is provided at opposite ends, or
sides, with boards, or covers, hinged to the trough for the purpose of keeping the
soapy or washing liquid within the same. At two sides of the trough there are
fastened curved ledges and to these the washing pogs, or bars, which are preferably
made of hard wood, are fastened.-The profile of the washing pegs, or bars, is
undulated. Uprights are placed at the side of the framing in which is carried a
curved swinging frame provided with a handle for swinging it backwards and
forwards and the lower part of this frame is provided with washing pegs or bars
similar to those contained in' the trough, and the lower part of the fraine is curved
parallel with the curvature of the trough and the set of washing. pegs or bars
contained therein.-A handle is provided for swinging the frame backwards and
forwards so that the clothes or other articles lying between the two sets of
washing pegs or bars become thoroughly rubbed in the soapy or washing liquid by
which action dirty or soiling matter is removed from them.-To remove the
articles, being washed, from the machine the handle for driving the swinging frame
is pressed downwards and this has the effect of moving the frame to one side so
that the washed articles may be taken out.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Alexander Irving Denny in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
20th December 1883.
ALEXANDER IRVING DENNY, of Zittau, Saxony, in the German Empire, but at
present residing in Glasgow in the County of Lanark, North Britain, "A NEW OR
IMPROVED WASHING MACHINE."-A communication to me from abroad by Frederich
Yahnel, of Zittau aforesaid
The said Invention which relates to a new or improved washing machine is
applicable for the washing of clothes or other articles.
At two
The improved washing machine consists of a framing in which is carried a
trough with a curved shaped bottom, and which is provided at opposite ends, or
sides, with boards, or covers, hinged or otherwise suitably secured to the trough
for the purpose of keeping the soapy or washing liquid within the same.
sides of the trough there are fastened curved ledges, and to these the washing pegs
or bars, which are preferably made of hard wood, are fastened. The profile of the
washing pegs or bars, is undulated. Uprights are placed at the sides of the
framing, in which is carried 'a curved swinging frame provided with a handle for
swinging it backwards and forwards, and the lower part of this frame is provided
with washing pegs or bars similar to those contained in the trough, and the lower
part of the frame is curved parallel with the curvature of the trough and the set
of washing pegs or bars contained therein. A handle is provided for swinging the
frame backwards and forwards so that the clothes or other articles lying between
the two sets of washing pegs or bars become thoroughly rubbed in the soapy or
washing liquid, by which action dirty or soiling matter is removed from them. To
remove the articles, being washed, from the machine, the handle for driving the
.swinging frame is pressed downwards, and this has the effect of moving the frame
to one side so that the washed articles may be taken out.
And in order that the said Invention may be properly understood, I now
proceed more particularly to set forth the system, mode, or manner in or under
which the same is or may be used or practically carried into effect, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and Figures marked thereon,
that is to say:-
Figure 1, is a plan of the washing machine constructed according to and
constituting this Invention.
Figure 2, is a side elevation of the same.
Figure 3, is an end elevation of the same, a part being shewn in transverse
section.
Figure 4, is a longitudinal section of the same.
The improved washing machine represented on the accompanying drawings
consists of the framing a, which carries the trough b, formed preferably as shewn
with a curved-shaped bottom. The trough b, is provided at its opposite ends with
the boards c, which may be hinged or otherwise suitably connected therewith;
these boards c, are provided for the purpose of keeping the soapy or washing liquid
within the trough b. At two sides of the trough b, there are provided the curved
ledges d, and to these are fastened the washing pegs or bars e, which are
preferably made of hard wood, and which with the ledges d, are removeable, but
which ledges d, and with them the pegs or bars e, may, if required, be secured in
their necessary position. The profile of the washing pegs or bars e, is undulated
as represented more particularly at Figure 3. The uprights, are provided at the
sides of the framing a, and in these uprights f, is guided the pivot g, of the curved
swinging frame h. This frame h, is provided with the handle i, for swinging it

page_text: backwards and forwards, and the lower part of it is provided with the washing
pegs or bars j, similar to the bars e, in the trough b, and the lower part of the
frame h, is curved parallel with the curvature of the trough b, and the set of
washing pegs or bars contained therein. The handle i, admits of the frame h,
being swung backwards and forwards to enable the clothes or other articles lying
between the two sets of washing pegs or bars, to become thoroughly rubbed in
the soapy or washing liquid, by which action, dirty or soiling matter is removed
from the said clothes or other articles. To remove the articles, being washed,
from the machine, the handle i, is pressed downwards, and the swinging frame h,
thereby moved to one side or end of the machine, in which position it may be
retained by the hinged stop k, which, when turned in the necessary position, comes
against the end 1, of the frame h, and by these means the clothes or other articles
contained in the machine are rendered removeable. To allow of the adjustment
of the height of the swinging frame h, and thereby to increase or decrease the
space between the two sets of washing pegs or bars, to enable respectively a greater
or smaller amount of clothes or other articles to be contained in the machino, the
pivot g, of the swinging frame h, is carried in the upper ends of the rods m, whose
lower ends are connected to the levers n, which are pivoted at o. The outer ends
of these levers n, are connected by the cross-piece p, in whoso length there is pro-
vided a spring tooth attachment hereinaftor described, which engages with the
quadrantal rack q, which is secured to the framing a, or to any other convenient
part of the machine. The spring tooth attachment before referred to, consists of
the spindler, whose inner end is formed so as to engage with the teeth of the
rack q, and whose outer end is provided with the handle s, or its equivalent. Tho
spring t, is placed around the spindle r, and is in compression between a shoulder
formed on the said spindle and the inner face of the frame u, whose ends aro
connected to the cross-piece p, and whereby the whole of this attachment is
secured in position. A suitable draw-off v, is provided in the trough b, to allow of
the said trough b, being emptied of its liquid contents.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and the system, mode, or manner in or under which the same is or may
be used or practically carried into effect, it is to be observed in conclusion that
what is considered to be novel and original and therefore claimed as the Invention
secured by the heroin before in part recited Letters Patent is :-
In a washing machine, the swinging frame h, carrying at its lower part the
washing pegs or bars j, and the trough b, containing the washing pegs or bars e,
and their attachments for moving and regulating the relative position of the
several parts substantially as and for the purposos herein before set forth with
reference to the accompanying drawings or the mechanical equivalent of any of the
said parts.
In Witness Whereof I the said Alexander Irving Denny have hereunto set
my hand and seal this nineteenth day of December in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.