A supplement to Ures Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. . CALICO PKINXma. 257 Fig. 131 is a machine patented by Whitaker, and possesses the merit of great sim-plicity with comparatively small first cost, together with great efficiency. The inventionconsists of a peculiar arrangement of the material to be washed, by which, instead of itmoving in one continuous direction, it is made to cross in its traverse; and by one partbeing in constant contact with another part, a powerful rubbing action is continually keptup, there
A supplement to Ures Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. . CALICO PKINXma. 257 Fig. 131 is a machine patented by Whitaker, and possesses the merit of great sim-plicity with comparatively small first cost, together with great efficiency. The inventionconsists of a peculiar arrangement of the material to be washed, by which, instead of itmoving in one continuous direction, it is made to cross in its traverse; and by one partbeing in constant contact with another part, a powerful rubbing action is continually keptup, thereby washing or cleansing the cloth or material more effectually than can be done bythe usual method of merely passing it between presser c 1 or ) 132 / ( o ? y/^y^^ A iL^ y -^^/^ ^ ^, ^^^ --^- <A0 j-pe^ Jl^^^ I B Fig. 131 is an end view of this washing machine, and jig. 132 an end view with theframe side removed, to show the improved arrangement, a and b represent two stones,upon which the machine is fixed; c is the frame, which forms sides for the water cistern,Vol. III.—17 258 CALICO PRINTING. and also the journals, or bearings, of the bowls d, e, /, which pass from one side to theother, as in ordinary washing machines; p is a peg rail, with the pegs h passing across themachine; i is the outlet for spent water; J, a wooden frame surrounding the whole of thewater or liquor in the cistern k, which is open at the top end, and communicates with thespace for over water. The machine is put in motion by spur wheels, represented by thedotted circles /, »«, and «, mfg. 131; the wheel m is put upon the main shaft or shaftsconnecting with the moving power. The piece o is introduced into the machine at that endwhere th
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