Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 300, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1910 — NEW DISH-WASHING DEVICE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NEW DISH-WASHING DEVICE

Articles Are Swirled Around In Water in Wire Basket, and Thoroughly Cleaned. A simple form of dish-washing machine that a handy man can make at home has been Invented by a Minnesota woman. It is designed primarily for use in hotels and restaurants, where the dishes are too numerous to

be washed by hand, but it will be found a useful article in large households. The apparatus consists of a base board with two upright posts in the center of either side. These posts have a rotable shaft passing through them with an eccentric wheel on each end and a crank to turn it. Just above this are slots to receive a cross bar and guide its upward and downward movement, and a wire basket is slung on this cross bar. The machine is placed in sink or tub full of hot water and the basket filled with dishes. The crank is then turned; and as the eccentric wheels revolve they raise and lower the cross bar resting on them and thus raise and lower the basket, with the result that the dishes are thoroughly rinsed by the water, which should be kept hot enough to clean them thoroughly.