WASHING AND CLEANSING MACHINES FOR PLATES, DISHES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
We, JAMES JONES of 3 Park Road, Park Villas New Cross in the County of
Kent, Civil Engineer and WILLIAM WHIELDON of 42 Devonshire Chambers,
Bishopsgate St Without in the City of London, Engineer do hereby declare the
nature of our Invention for WASHING AND CLEANSING MACHINES FOR PLATES,
DISHES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES to be as follows :-
We cause the articles to pass by mechanical means through a tank or trough of
hot water fitted with specially arranged cleaners between which the articles are
made to pass, thence the articles are carried on by one continuous operation to a
series of dry wipers (under suitable temperature) by which they are dried, they
then fall into a self adjusting balance receptacle ready for removal.
By one arrangement we make the bottom of the trough lengthways of a semi
circular form and fixed along the bottom and from edge to edge of the trough we
have a groove of India rubber or other suitable material.
Revolving partly within the trough we have a wheel the periphery of which is
concentric with the concavity of the trough and at an adjustable distance from the
india rubber groove equal to the diameter of the articles to be cleansed. The
periphery of the wheel is also covered with an elastic grooved band.
The articles are first inserted at one end of the trough in a vertical position and
held so by the grooves in the trough and on the wheel before described, and by a
turn of the wheel the articles are carried forward and through the trough and
delivered out at the other end thereof.
By another arrangement we have a continuous grooved band revolving parallell
with and immediately over the groove in the bottom of the trough and at an
adjustable distance from the same of the diameter of the articles to be cleansed.
The continuous band is supported by two wheels on which it is carried and
made to revolve by rotation of one or both of the said wheels.
We also pass the articles to be cleansed through the trough in a horizontal
position and subject them to jets of steam or hot water and the friction of rotating
brushes & wipers.
The whole in either arrangement is mounted and held together by suitable
framework and made, adjustable at certain parts where necessary.

page_text: A small boiler is connected with the washing trough for maintaining a circulation
of hot water and is heated by means of gas spirits or coal.
We place an overflow pipe near the surface of the hot water to collect and carry
off the oils and fatty matter to another receptacle for special treatment.
Dated this eighteenth day of January 1884.
WHIELDON & HAYNES,
Agents to James Jones and William Whieldon,
42, Devonshire Chambers, Bishopsgate, E.C.
We JAMES JONES, of 3 Park Road Park Villas, New Cross in the County of
Kent, Civil Engineer, and WILLIAM WHIELDON, of 42 Devonshire Chambers
Bishopsgate Street, Without in the City of London Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of our Invention for WASHING AND CLEANSING MACHINES FOR PLATES,
DISHES, AND SIMILAR ARTICLES and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement,
reference being had to the accompanying two sheets of Diagrams and the figures
and letters of reference marked thereon that is to say :-
This Invention has for its object, the arrangement and construction of a Machine
or apparatus by means of which Plates, Dishes, Saucers, and other similar or
suitable articles, may be washed, cleansed, and wiped, by a continuous Mechanical
operation, and so be speedily and readily prepared for use, by which means in large
establishments, or where great quantities have to be done, the work may be
lightened, and more readily and speedily accomplished.
In carrying our Invention into practical effect, we employ a tank, trough, or
receptacle on in or connected with which is or may be placed that part of the
apparatus employed in the cleansing and wiping of the articles operated on, and
this tank, trough, or receptacle, may be filled or partially filled, with water heated
or otherwise and with which, if desired washing soda or other suitable substance,
liquid, or material, may be mixed to act on, and render more easily removable, the
grease or other adherent objectionable matter, which may be on the articles to be
washed or cleansed.
In one arrangement of our apparatus we employ one or more specially arranged
cleaners, through, between, or against which, the articles to be cleansed are made
to pass, and thence they are carried by one continuous operation to a series of dry
wipers, which may be maintained at a suitable temperature for removing the
superfluous moisture and drying them as much as possible, and they then pass
into a self adjusting balance or other suitably arranged receptacle, ready for
removal.
.
In another arrangement we form the bottom of the tank, trough, or receptacle, of
a semicircular form lengthways or in cross section along the bottom and from edge
to edge sideways of this tank, trough, or receptacle we fix a grooved part, formed
out of or covered with, vulcanised india rubber, or other suitable and convenient
material. In this tank, trough, or receptacle, we place a wheel, disc, or other.
suitable arrangement, on the periphery of which, or on the parts which come in
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page_text: Fig 6 is a sectional elevation of the arrangement hereinbefore described in which,
the cleansing parts are arranged horizontally.
Fig 7 is a plan of the same.
Fig 8 Shows a modification in which a continuous horizontal or vertical motion
or travel of the articles to be cleansed is employed. Like or equivalent parts are
denoted by like letters of reference in all the diagrams.
Where desired or preferred the apparatus may be arranged to carry the articles.
in a double or triple row in place of a single one, as shown, and the tank, trough,
or receptacle may be arranged so as to be heated by gas jets, lamps, hot air, steam,
or other suitable or convenient arrangement.
Having thus illustrated the manner of carrying our Invention into practical
effect we desire to state that we do not limit or confine ourselves to the precise.
arrangements and details shown as the same may be modified to suit conditions
without departing from the nature of the said Invention nor do we claim any of
the parts individually as new, except when combined together and acting in the
manner to produce a machine or apparatus for the purpose herein before described
but we claim any mere modification or adaptation of such apparatus as may be
needed to meet special conditions or requirements.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
.
Firstly The combination and arrangements of parts producing the machines or
apparatus hereinbefore described, for the purpose of cleansing and preparing ready
for use Plates and Dishes or other articles which have been soiled by previous
employment or use.