Improvements in Machines and in Parts used in connection therewith for Washing or Cleansing Clothes.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in Machines and in Parts used in connection therewith
for Washing or Cleansing Clothes.
I, EDWARD O'HARA, of 44, Lund Street, Keighley, in the County of York, Com-
mercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows, that is to say:-
It consists firstly of an improved formation or construction of agitating device
and tub or vessel for use in machines for washing or cleansing clothes whereby
this operation is greatly facilitated.
In accordance with my said invention I construct the agitating parts, which
are mounted within tubs as is well understood, hollow and of such a shape forma-
tion as will enable soap, soda, washing liquor or other solids or liquids to be
inserted therein in order that these may be spread over, forced through or brought
into contact with the clothes or fabrics being washed by passing through suitable
lateral and other openings openings made therein.
The outward forms of the hollow devices may be of those well known, such as
the common dolly or the like or if the washer consists of several corrugated
ribbed or fluted squeezing rollers instead of agitators in the tub one or other of
these may be made hollow to receive soap, etc., but in each case the parts most
appropriate are selected and made hollow.
Of course the dollies usually employed in the dolly tub and operated by hand
may be made hollow as well as those mounted in the machine, and I further may
construct certain of the hollow parts to take over projections on the others so that
the latter may act as pistons therein to force air and liquid through the lateral
openings and consequently through the clothes being washed.
If desired I might mount receptacles on the walls of the tubs or vessels for the
receipt of the soap, soda, washing liquor or the like, which appropriate openings
and other devices for controlling the supply to the fabrics or water in the wash
tub during the washing operations.
"
The second part of my invention has reference to the well known appliances
styled "rubbing-boards" which are constructed of wood or sheet metal and used
in the process of washing or cleansing clothes, these said clothes being rubbed
over the prepared surfaces of said "boards as is well understood, and my inven-
tion consists in constructing said boards (of whatever material) so that whenever
desired the rubbing surfaces or portions thereof may present "soap
washing compound to the clothes passed over or against them, as is the case
with the parts herein before described by which means the washing operations
thereof are greatly facilitated.
"
or other
In carrying my invention into effect I make the "corrugated" or otherwise

page_text: prepared rubbing surfaces of the boards (or portions of these) so that any soap,
soapy substance or the like placed behind them may pass either by pressure or
otherwise through perforations or other openings made therein on to that side of
them over which the clothes are being rubbed, the quantity of soap, soapy
matter, or the like thus presented to the clothes being regulated by the pressure
on the surface or by the perforations of openings being so constructed as to be
covered or stopped in order that the desired quantity may pass through them as
may be necessary during the washing process.
To enable the soap or the like to be presented or forced to the outer surface
as above described I make the front or rubbing surface loose and mount it on
parts which press it forward but which will allow it to be pressed or moved back
by the user as occasion may require. Or the back part of the board may be
made moveable and so that it may be pressed against the front or rubbing part.
Or again certain of the bars forming the corrugations or other parts of the
rubbing surfaces may be made hollow to receive the soap &c., so that by per-
forations made therein said soap will pass therethrough as desired.
The bars may be cylindrical and loosely mounted so that they may be turned
to present their perforations to the front or so that these may be moved out of
the way of the clothes being rubbed as will be understood.
Provided other means for retaining the soap than those described are employed,
correspondingly altered devices may be made for covering the openings or regu-
lating the supply of soap or soapy matter to the clothes being washed.
Dated this 20th day of September 1897.
E. O'HARA,
Per Samuel Hey, 2
Agent.
Improvements in Machines and in Parts used in connection therewith
for Washing or Cleansing Clothes.
I, EDWARD, O'HARA, of 44, Lund Street, Keighley, in the County of York, Com-
mercial Traveller, 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, that is to say:-
It consists firstly in an improved formation or construction of agitating device
and tub or vessel for use in machines for washing or cleansing clothes whereby
this operation is greatly facilitated.
The second part of my invention has reference to the well known appliances
styled rubbing-boards" which are constructed of wood or sheet metal and used
in the process of washing or cleansing clothes, these said clothes being rubbed
over the prepared surface of said boards" as is well understood, and my inven-
tion consists in constructing said boards (whatever kind of material I employ) so
that whenever desired the rubbing surfaces, or portions thereof, may present soap
or other washing compound to the clothes passed over or against them, by which
means the washing operations thereof are greatly facilitated.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings which are illustrative of my inven-
tion: :-
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of a wash-tub and rotary dolly made in accord-
ance with my invention.

page_text: Fig. 2 is a sectional view of same as seen from above.
Fig. 3 illustrates a well known class of dolly, partly in section, but constructed
as hereinafter described.
Fig. 4 illustrates a modified form of "plunger-dolly" constructed in accordance
with my invention.
Figs. 5 and 6 are front and sectional views of a "rubbing-board" constructed
as hereinafter described.
Figs. 7 and 8 are similar views to Figs. 5 and 6 respectively but illustrate
modifications in the construction of same.
In accordance with the first part of my said invention I construct the agitating
parts (which are mounted within the tubs a as is well understood) hollow, whether
such parts are of the rotary kind as shown at 6 Figs. 1 and 2, or of the form
shown at c Fig. 3 or even of the form shown at. d Fig. 4. The hollows or
cavities e which are made in said parts b, c and d are so formed to permit soap,
soda, or other substances for 'washing purposes to be inserted therein in order
that such said substances may be spread over, forced through or brought into
contact with the clothes or fabrics being washed by passing through suitable
lateral or other openings f'made in the walls of the said parts bc and d.
The outward forms of the hollow devices may be of any of the kinds well
known, such as the common dolly c, the rotary dolly b or the plunger dolly d, or
if the washer consists of several corrugated, ribbed or fluted rollers mounted on
arms and arranged in a tub so as to form a machine of the kind known as a
dolly washer then one or other of such rollers is made hollow to receive the
soap, etc.
The dollies c whether they are mounted in the tub to be operated by the
machine's mechanism or simply made to be moved by the hands of the user and
therefore entirely separate from such machine, may have the parts made hollow
as described. I further may make the plunger dolly d so that a piston y may be
mounted within it to force the soap etc. to pass through the openings f whenever
desired. In this case the bottom part h is made detachable to afford facilities for
the insertion of the said soap, etc.
Again the walls of the tub u may be constructed so that the hollow parts k
may be formed therein to receive the soap etc. as described while the lateral
openings m will allow such.soap etc. to be fed to the water within the tub as
required.
Respecting the second part of my invention I make the "corrugated" or other-
wise prepared rubbing surfaces of the boards r (or portions 2 of them) so that
any soap, soapy substances or the like placed within the cavities s behind said
parts may pass through openings t, either by pressure, as by the forcing of
the loosely fitting board u mounted in said cavity s arranged by openings being
made through the back wall w of said cavity for the insertion of the fingers or
some instrument to cause said board u to advance as desired, or the extrusion or
exudation of the soap or soapy matter may be effected by the actions of the
water passing through said openings t.
In place of having the surface p¹ formed by a sheet metal covering as shown
by Figs. 7 and 8, in which case its upper edge a is left loose or only held in
position by the turn buttons y to enable it to be turned outwardly or removed to
allow the insertion of the soap or soapy matter, I may have the bars z either
secured together or separately mounted in the position shown by Figs. 5 and 6.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim iş:-
1. In machines for washing or cleansing clothes the devices herein described
for holding or retaining soap or soapy matter and supplying same substantially
as herein specified.

page_text: 2. In parts or mechanism for use in the washing or cleansing of clothes, means
whereby soap or soapy matter may be held and supplied substantially as herein
set forth.
EDWARD O'HARA,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.