US Patent: 5,418X
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| Washing Machine
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Patentee:
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| John Taylor (exact or similar names) - Amherst, Hillsborough County, NH |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Apr. 01, 1829 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
| Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire. Only about 2,000 of the almost 10,000 documents were recovered. Little is known about this patent. Only the patent drawing is available. This patent is in the database for reference only.
Some references list the patentee's address as Dunstable, NH.
"This differs considerably from most of the washing machines which we recollect to have seen. A box, or trough, is made to hold the water and the clothes; across one end of this box, five or more rollers are placed, turning freely on their axes; these stand one above the other, either vertically, or forming a concave towards the body of the trough; against these, the clothes are to be pressed, by means of a carriage running backward and forward within the trough. This carriage traverses upon wheels or rollers; the front of it, or that part which is toward the rollers, is formed of square bars of wood, usually eight in number; these retire back, so as to give to that part of the carriage the form of a step-ladder; the lower step may pass up to the line of the rollers, when the upper one will recede to a considerable distance, as the retiring steps form an angle of about 45° with the horizon.
This carriage is worked backwards and forwards, by means of a bent lever attached to it, and working upon a pin towards the back end of the trough, beyond which it projects, and is actuated like a pump handle: between the rollers, and the bars, which form the front of the carriage, spaces are left to allow the soap-suds to pass freely.
The box should be about half filled with water, or lixivium, for washing. Then, as many clothes as on experience shall be found convenient, are to be put into the machine. The lever should then be moved with a moderate motion. When the end is depressed, the lower bar will be brought near to the lower roller; in doing this, the clothes will rise upon or against the rollers, which readily turn on their gudgeons, and facilitate the rising of the clothes. When the bars recede, the top part of the clothes will fall over, and on the return of the bars, the lower ones will come first in contact with the clothes fallen over. By repeating this, each part of the clothes will, in turn, be pressed by each part of the bars and rollers, and with a small portion of the time and labour bestowed in the modes hitherto in use, the clothes will be perfectly cleansed."
Journal of the Franklin Institute Vol. 8 1829 pg. 43
(lixivium. / (lɪkˈsɪvɪəm) / noun plural -iums or -ia (-ɪə) the alkaline solution obtained by leaching wood ash with water.)
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