Improvements in the Construction of Appliances Used in Connection with the Process of Washing or Cleansing Clothes.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Apr., 1887
Complete Left, 5th Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 25th Nov., 1887
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Appliances Used in Connection
with the Process of Washing or Cleansing Clothes.
I, JOHN PETTY of Sutton near Leeds, Yorkshire, Tailor, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows, that is to say:-
It relates to improvements in the construction of appliances used in the process of
washing or cleansing clothes, each of said appliances consisting of a conical, or
funnel-shaped head to the apex of which is attached a handle as is well understood,
by which said invention, these appliances are rendered more efficient and durable.
Heretofore the above named conical heads have been made of metal as sheet iron,
copper, etc., and as is well known, by the corrosive action on these metals, of the
water and other accompanying ingredients used in the said process of washing, the
durability of these parts has been greatly diminished as well as their efficiency being
impaired by the tarnishing of the clothes with the products incident to the said
corrosive action.
According to this invention these conical heads are made of wood, a hoop of metal
being inserted in a groove cut in the bottom edge to keep it from splitting or
warping.
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The hole or socket in the conical head for the reception of the handle, has a spiral
groove formed or cut therein so that the said handle may be more securely fastened
by being screwed thereto.

page_text: Improvements in the Construction of Appliances Used in Connection
with the Process of Washing or Cleansing Clothes.
I, JOHN PETTY, of Sutton near Leeds in the County of York, Tailor 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 relates to improvements in the construction of appliances used in the process of
washing or cleansing clothes, each of said appliances consisting of a conical, or
funnel-shaped, head, to the apex of which is attached a handle as is well known, by
which invention, these said appliances are rendered more efficient and durable.
In order that this invention may be more readily understood, hereunto appended is a
sheet of drawings illustrative thereof, the same bearing letters and figures of reference
used in the following description.
Fig. 1 is a side view of said appliance. Fig. 2 is end view of fig. 1, and fig. 3 a
side sectional view of same.
As is well known, heretofore the above named conical heads a have been made of
metal as sheet iron, copper &c., and, as is also well known, by the corrosive action on
these metals, of the water and other accompanying materials used in the process of
washing, the durability of these heads a has been greatly diminished as well as their
efficiency being impaired by the tarnishing of the clothes with the products incident
to said corrosive action.
According to this invention these conical heads a are made of wood, a hoop of
metal being inserted in a groove cut in the bottom edge of said head a to keep
same from splitting or warping. A similar hoop e being inserted at the other end for
the same purpose.
If desired these hoops bc may be placed far enough within the
grooves so as never to come in contact with the clothes being washed, or so as to
allow the insertion of some suitable substance to cover said hoops.
The hole or socket in the head a for the reception of the handle d has a spiral
groove e formed or cut therein so that the handle d may be more securely fastened
by being screwed thereto.
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 is:
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1. The combination of the head a constructed of wood as described, and the rings b
and c substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 3rd day of October 1887