Year: 1897

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page_text: This will be specially useful in small homes, as the apparatus can be used as
a table in the ordinary way and used for laundry purposes when required, which
latter however occurs only about once in each week, in most households.
Dated this 20th day of December 1897.
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Housenoid Laundry Appliances.
I, CHARLES IDESON, of 39, Rowland Street, Skipton, in the County of York,
Overlooker, 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 has for its object to arrange the various apparatus required for
household laundry purposes in one convenient casing which can be utilized,
when laundry operations are not in progress, as a table or for other similar
purpose.
In the accompanying sheets of drawings, Fig. 1 is a part sectional elevation of
a portion of the apparatus made in accordance with my invention.
Fig. 2 is a view of said apparatus as seen from above.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the casing in which the apparatus is
enclosed.
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In carrying my invention into effect I make use of a box a, preferably of the
shape illustrated although any other convenient form may be employed, the same
having a partition b and legs c. The portion a¹ of the box a serves the purposes
of a tub in the well known manner, and any appropriately arranged taps or
discharge valves may be fitted thereto in any of the well known positions for the
purpose of emptying the liquid contents when no longer desired to be used. The
dolly d is mounted upon the moveable lid a² and is otherwise arranged as herein-
after described.
Upon this partition b I mount a mangling and wringing machine as shown by
Figs. 1 and 2 and said partition 6 is made to slope so that any water or liquid
squeezed from the clothes by the wringing machine may be conducted thereby
back into the tub al.
When the apparatus is not required it can be covered by the part f fitting over
it in which case it may be used as a table or for other purposes while drawers f¹ f
may be mounted upon the part f as shown, as of course other drawers may be
placed in any other part of the top or bottom portions wherever convenient as
will be understood.
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The dolly dis mounted upon the coarse-pitch screw g which passes through
the nut and is operated by the levers k and ¹ which are mounted upon the
vertically disposed lever m pivotted at m¹ so that the lever ³ (which has one part
detachable so that it may be made to occupy as little space as possible when not
in use) may be joined to the lever by a coupling link n, the end of the lever k¹
having a swivelling piece n also mounted upon it to take over a vertical
standard n² which will thus act as a guide for the several parts in order that the
said lever mechanism may transmit motion to the screw in a direction exactly
parallel to its axis, by which means said screw g may pass freely through its
nut h and thus have rotary as well as reciprocatory motion transmitted to it.

page_text: The wringing and mangling machine is constructed by the end frames ?
being of tubular shape to receive the pressure springs q while rods r pass through
these springs and have hoops or flanges r¹ for same to rest upon while their upper
ends are secured to the cross bar s, thus on the pressure regulating screws t
being moved to pass through the threaded cross bars and press upon the roller
supporting baru, the rods r will be raised and will pull the springs q against
the shoulder p' on the tubular parts p and so transmit pressure to the rollers v vl
by reason of the bars u sliding loosely upon the rods r.
The gearing wheels w for transmitting motion to the rollers v vare of the
well known type, but the handle x is made detachable so that it may be removed
when the cover f has to be placed over the parts as shown by Fig. 3, while the
wheels y may be flanged or shrouded as is well understood provided such is
desired.
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The inner surface of the part a¹ of the tub a may be lined with corrugated
sheet metal or otherwise prepared in any manner well known to act as a rubbing
board, while its corners are preferably cut off as by the boards z shown in
thus
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broken lines Fig. 2, to make the part a¹ of octagonal shape and the
formed may be utilized as receptacles for varied articles as is found desirable.
When the cover f is removed to allow the machine to be used it may be placed
upon the floor and used as a table.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. Washing, wringing and mangling apparatus constructed and arranged to
operate substantially as herein specified.
2. In laundry appliances of the class described, a wash tub, a wringing and
mangling machine mounted on same, dollying mechanism arranged in connection
with said tub, and a cover to fit over said parts all of which are constructed and
arranged in combination substantially as herein specified.
3. In laundry appliances of the class described, a wringing or mangling machine
with pressure regulating devices constructed and arranged substantially as herein
set forth.
4. In laundry appliances of the class described, dollying mechanism and means
whereby rotary and reciprocatory motion are transmitted thereto substantially
5 as herein set forth.
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of Sentember 1898.