Improvements in or relating to Washing Machines and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Washing Machines and the like.
I, HORATIO JOHN HEINZE of 16 East Road, City Road, in the County of
Middlesex. Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:--
This invention relates to that class of washing machine in which a pivotted
rubber is operated by one or more handles so as to rub the clothes between itself
and additional rubbers arranged in the washing vessel. Hitherto in washers of
this class the handle has been a fixture, and the ineans for varying the relative
positions of the central rubber and the end rubbers have been of an unsatisfactory,
and not readily adjustable description.
By my present invention I am able to provide great facility for the detachment
and adjustment of the parts.
In carrying out my invention I form the spindle which carries the central
rubber with bearings Hattened on the top and bottom and fit them into a bearing
consisting of perhaps three quarters of a circle, and an entering branch, so that
by turning the rubber on to its side, which I can easily do as the handles are
detachable, I can slip the flattened bearings through the branch and into the
circular bearing and when it is turned round it rests upon the circular portions
of the journals as will be well understood. It is not necessary that the two sides
of the shaft should be flattened, as all that is required is to so arrange the bearing
that the journal cannot come out of the bearing while the implement is in use,
and can in fact only be removed when it is specially turned over for the purpose.
The handle or the socket which carries the bandle I provide with a lug which
passes through a portion of the end plate or frame of the rubber fitting into a
socket, and secured by. a bolt and wing nut or equivalent device. The end of
the lug projects and engages with a hole in a link, forming part of or connected
with one of the end rubbers so that the distance between that and the centre
rubber may be varied, the easy detachability of the lug and the part which carries
it, rendering the adjustment easy of accomplishment. The links of both the end
rubbers may pass over the same lug.
To facilitate the attachment and detachment of hanging links which support the
end rubbers I form them with an enlarged end adapted to fit over a lug or fixed
pivot, the arrangement operating in a manner similar to that described with
reference to the main bearing of the central rubber, but instead of flattening
the bearing I form recesses in the sleeve portion to enable them to fit over lugs
upon the fixed pivot or journal, these respective parts being so arranged that
they do not coincide during the working of the machine and therefore the bearing
does not come apart.
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BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in or relating
I, HORATIO JOHN HEINZE formerly of 16 East Road, City Road, in the
County of Middlesex, Mechanical Engineer, now of 131 and 132 Bunhill Row, in
the County of Middlesex, 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 that class of washing machine in which a pivotted
rubber is operated by one or more handles, so as to rub the clothes between itself
and additional rubbers arranged in the washing box. Hitherto in washers of this
class the handle has been a fixture and the means for varying the relative positions
of the central rubber and the end rubbers have been of an unsatisfactory and not
readily adjustable description. The present invention provides great facility for
the detachment and adjustment of these parts.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a plan and Figure 2 a vertical longitudinal section of a washing
machine constructed according to this invention.
Figures 3, 4 and 5, show alternative methods of attaching or detaching the
handles and the pins which carry the side bars of the end rubbers or racks.
Like letters refer to like parts throughout the drawings.
The washing machine comprises a wooden box or casing A, a central rubber,
and two end rubbers or racks. The ceutral rubber consists of two end frames B,
carrying laths C, in sockets or grooves in the circular portion of the frames, and
clamped together by the through bolt B'. The cross-bar B2 of each end frame has
a pin B3, flattened on two sides, which works in a circular socket or bearing D' in
the bracket D, screwed on the side of the box A. A recess or channel D2 is
formed in the upper arm of the bracket D of the same width as the flattened pin B³.
By turning the central rubber at right angles to its normal position the pins B3 can
be passed down the channels D into the bearings D', and the rubber placed into
or removed from the box A, but owing to the shape of the pins B³, and
bearings D', these cannot get displaced while the rubber is in a normal working
position.
Instead of having two flattened sides, as shown in Figure 1, the pin B3 may be
formed with only one flattened surface so as to bear on the journal D' at the
bottom as well as the sides as shown in Figure 3.
The cross bar B2 of each end frame is continued upward beyond the straight top
of the frame to form a recessed socket B', for the handle bar E. The handle bar
has a lug or piu El to carry the top bars F of the end racks or rubbers and is
fastened in the socket by a bolt B' and thumb screw B. Figure 3 shows a front
view of the cross bar and socket and a side view of the separate parts forming the
connection.
Figures 4 and 5 show alternative methods of constructing this connection.
In Figure 4 both the bolt B and the pin E are fixed on the haudle bar E and
a slot B' is formed in B to receive the bolt B³.
In Figure 5 the socket B has a lug or projection B8 as well as a bolt B and the
pin E is formed with a separate plate E. Both the plate E and the handle
bar E are provided with a hole for the bolt B and a slot E to engage with the
lug B

page_text: The two end rubbers or racks are alike and each consists of two side frames
carrying laths C similar to those in the central rubber; the frames being clamped
together by the through bolt F. These laths may be of any usual shape and
number. Each side frame has a top bar F and a bent or kneed leg F. The top
bar F is provided with one or more circular holes F3 of suitable diameter to work
on the pin E¹ before referred to. Conveniently three holes may be provided as
shown in Fig. 1. By using more than one hole in the top bar the distance between
the laths in the end racks and those in the central rubber is readily adjustable
to accommodate a greater or less quantity of clothes or other materials to be
washed.
The leg F is pivotted at F to one end of the link G which swings by the other
end on pin H carried by the bracket H screwed on the side of the box A. To
hold the arm H on the pin H' the latter may be provided with one or more
projections or pins H2 and the bearing hole of the link G has a corresponding slot
or slots G¹ so placed that the slots and pins are at right angles to each other
when the swinging arm G is in a normal working position but correspond when the
arm is raised to a horizontal position, enabling it to be readily removed or placed
in position. Any convenient form of handle may be affixed to the handle bar E.
Preferably a wooden handle is hinged or pivotted to each handle bar at a suitable
height, these handles being connected together by a cross bar.
The machine is operated in the usual mauner by swinging the central rubber
on the pins B alternately towards each end of the box by means of the handles
and handle bars E, the pins E' at the same time giving movement to the end
racks. The position taken by the central rubber and end racks when the handle
bar has been pulled over is shown in linked lines in Figure 2; the laths of the
rack at one end of the box A being brought closer to, whilst the laths of the
rack at the opposite end are moved away from those of the central rubber.
The clothes or other materials being washed are thus alternately compressed and
released at each end of the box, and at the same time a rubbing action takes
place owing to the partial rotation of the central rubber.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A washing machine the working parts of which are removable so as to admit
of ready access for cleaning and similar purposes.
2. In a washing machine and as a means of connecting together the end plate
of the central rubber the handle bar that operates it and the side frames of the
end racks the combination of the following parts: the socket B and bolt B³ of
the rubber end plate, the pin E of the handle bar E, and adjustment holes F³
of the side frames F F the whole combined and operated substantially as and
for the purpose described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. In a washing machine the combination of a socket such as B upon the end
plate and holes F of the side bars of a pin E' of the handle bar E which passes
through the hole F and into the socket of the end plate substantially as and
for the purpose described.
4. In a washing machine the combination with the central rubber of a pin such
as B and a socket or bearing such as D1 D2 substantially as and for the purpose
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
5. In a washing machine the combination with a bracket H having a pin H¹
with one or more projections H2 of a swinging link G having a bearing hole
with one or more slots G' corresponding with the projections H substantially as
and for the purpose described and illustrated in Figure 2 of the accompanying
drawings.
6. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete washing
machine substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

page_text: 7. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete working
portion of a washing machine substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
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HORATIO J. HEINZE.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.