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Popular Science Monthly 



The 



Electrical Scrub-Woman — 

 Brainless but Efficient 



The machine is fitted with four to 

 brushes the pressure on which is regulated 



IT IS only a matter of time 

 before the scrub-woman 

 will give way to the scrub- 

 bing-machine, just as the 

 horse has gi\'en way tf) 

 automobile. 



Scrubbing by hand 

 quires fihysical strength 

 and is slow and slopi:)y. 

 There is nothing slow 

 or sloppy about the 

 mechanical scrubber. 



The machine is fitted 

 with four to eight 

 brushes, which are regulated 

 by an interlocking spider, sc 

 that the amount of pressun 

 on the brushes ma>- bi 

 adjusted according to thi 

 condition f)f the lloor. 'I'iu 

 scouring soap-powder is car 

 ried in a can containing at 

 agitator to stir the jjowdei 

 when the matliinc is ii 

 operation. I knee llu' pow 

 der IS sprinkled evenly aiK 

 mil in cakes and hinips. The 



can is only four inciies from the floor. 

 Hand-sprinkled powder must droj) about 

 three feet. 



The water-sprinkler is so placed that 

 it applies the correct amount of water 

 directly to the powder. The powder and 

 water are immediately set in motion 

 by the brushes. 



After the floor is thoroughly scrubbed 

 the dirty water is rcmo\ed b\- means of a 

 squilgee with a suction-pump so placed 

 that when the squilgee gathers water the 

 pump forces it from the floor to a can. 



An electric scrubbing-machine with 

 two operators will scrub three thousand 

 square feet of floor in an hour. 



Trundling Your Washing-Machine 

 on Wheels 



AMONG the most recent labor-saving 

 . devices for the woman in the home 

 is a set of casters designed for use on 

 washing-machines. Equipped with these 

 the washing-machine is as easily trundled 

 as a go-cart or other light \-ehicle. 



W h e n the 

 machine has 

 been wheeled 

 into the po- 

 sition reciuired 

 for work the 

 (-asters are 

 di-tached by 

 means of tilting 

 the tul) first on 

 one side, thus 

 dismounting 

 im that side, 

 d llien lilting it on 

 e other side to release 

 e two opposite. 

 A lever and notch are 

 iIo>cd. Tilt the ma- 

 le and the lever 

 s out of the notch. 

 i\ e r t h e m a c h i n e 

 li a quick motion 

 ] the 1 e \- e r will 

 (I \ er 1 h e not ch 

 liat the machine will 

 firmh' on its feet, 

 en tlie machine is 

 and then loweri-*! 

 slowly the lever w ill slip 

 into the notch, and the 

 machine will once more 

 be on wheels. 



The casters are ciisily ilc 

 taclicd by tilting the machine 



