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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
KMBEK. 
WASHER 
WASHING WITHOUT LABOR! 
A WONDERFUL INVENTION! 
In 1871 Mr. H. R. Robbins, of Baltimore, invented and pat¬ 
ented the now famous Robbins’ Family Washer and 
Bleacher. 
It was the original, and as now Improved, is the best and 
only perfect self operating Washer in the world. 
It will do all the family washing in less than half (he time 
in which it can be done in any other way, without hand la¬ 
bor, with but very little soap, without chemicals and with¬ 
out any wear and tear or yellowing of clothes. 
More than fifty thousand of these Washers are now in use, 
giving perfect satisfaction. We have thousands of testi¬ 
monials from all parts of the country—from Public Institu¬ 
tions, Hotels, Clergymen, Lawyers, Farmers, Editors, and 
every class of people, and we have the Editorial Commen¬ 
dations of all the principal papers in the land. 
In 1878 The Bissell Manufacturing Company purchased the 
patent for the Washer, and after two years careful experi¬ 
menting succeeded in simplifying the Washer, and in adapt¬ 
ing it to use in any size and style of boiler, as also in the old- 
fashioned iron wash-pot so much used in the south (in which 
the original Robbins' Washer would not work) and obtained 
a reissue of their patent on the 21st day of December, 1880. 
THE PRINCIPLE OF THE WASHER. 
The operation of the Washer consists in rapidly and con¬ 
tinuously forcing the hot soap suds contained in the boiler 
from the bottom to the surface, through a tube at the rate 
of ten gallons per minute, and then drawing it down agsin 
through the soiled clothing, while that is expanded 
by the boiling heat—causing it to remove every particle of 
dirt and leaving the articles after rinsing thoroughly cleaned 
and bleached. It is impossible for it to tear or wear, or in 
any way injure the fabric, as there is no friction whatever. 
HOW IKIES TliE WASHER WORK T 
The Washer having been placed in the bottom of the 
boiler or pot, as soon as the water commences to boil all 
that which is beneath it, being surrounded with heated 
metal becomes hotter ana more expansive than that in the 
remainder of the boiler, and thus has a tendency to rise 
through the tube, while at the same time all the steam 
formed beneath the washer is forced to pass out through 
the tube, and carries along with it the water in the washer 
and tube with great force, its place being supplied by the 
water outside, which is rapidly drawn into the washer and 
in turn heated and expelled, thus creating a constant and 
powerful current upward through the tube and downward 
through the fabric, giving a water force which can¬ 
not be obtained in any other way. The fabric being expand¬ 
ed to its utmost by the boiling water, the dirt, softened by 
ttie action of the soap, iB at once swept away by the force of 
the flow. 
Thus we have, 1st. The greatest possible heat; 2nd. Per¬ 
fect chemical action of the soap, and 3d. Force of water. 
All of which are necessary to thoroughly cleanse and purify 
anv fabric. 
What is it that cleanses the clothing in the ordinary 
modes of washing by rubbing, pounding, squeezing, draw¬ 
ing between rollers, etc. ? It Is the tilling of the fabrics 
with soap suds as hot as may be (boiling heat being unat¬ 
tainable especially in hand rubbing) and then forcing it 
out again, and repeating the process until the clothes are 
clean. But all of these processes require hand labor. 
You must turn or pound, or squeeze or rub ; there is little 
choice between them, while with the ROBBINS’ 
WASHER the labor is dispensed with, and any 
other work of the house may be done while the washing is 
doing itself. 
THE CAPACITY OF THE WASHER. 
There are two sizes, the No. 1 or family size, which work® 
in any family boiler or wasli-pot having a bottom 8% by 8 
inches or larger, and holding 10 tolSgallons of water. It 
takes only 3 to 4 ounces of soap to 10 or 12 gallons of water, 
will wash bed or table linen, a boiler full In 10 or 15 minutes, 
wearing apparel in from 20 to 30 minutes, without rubbing, 
and requires no previous preparation of the clothes, such 
as soaking overnight. Take the clothes dry, and when the 
Washer gets thoroughly at work, fill the boiler as full as it 
will hold by gently pressing them down with a stick. Us# 
no chemicals, only good soap and soft water. If the water 
is hard it. may be softened by a small piece of borax, which 
is harmless. 
For Lace Curtains this Washer Is invaluable. It 
cleanses them as no other process can, and without the 
slightest danger of injury. 
No. 2, or small hotel size, will do the work in a boiler 
holding 15 to 25 gallons, and wash, of average pieces, from 
1,500 to 2.000 per day; or it may be used in any smaller 
boiler. They will work in anything that has a bottom large 
enough for them to rest upon : say 10 inches in diameter. 
We also mako a Washer 5x8K inches, suitable for use in 
sunken bottom boilers, having the same capacity as our No. 
1, and sold at same price. 
THEY ARE MADE of SOLID BRASS, 
(except the tnbe), and can neither rust, corrode, break, 
uor wear out. 
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 
Q. What kind of boiler do you use ? Any kind of a boiler 
will do. 
Q, How can you have a flow of water at the rate of eight 
or ten gallons per minute in a boiler holding only eight or 
ten gallons ? A. The same water is used over and over i 
again ; and in order to be thus used, it must pass down 
through and through the fabric; and this with the soap and 
heat is what does the work. 
Q. How can yon use a large quantity of water in a boiler 
already full of clothes? A.S’ill the b6iler two-thirds full of 
water; as soon as the washer commences to work nut in 
the clothes dry. ’ v 
Q. Can you wash flannels and colored clothes ? A. We 
wash anything that can he washed. Flannels and colored 
clothes need but little soap, and from five to ten minutes 
of the full operation of the Washer. Flannels should 
be rinsed in Hot Water. It is the change from boil¬ 
ing to cold water that contracts the fiber, causing them 
to shrink. Any fuller will tell you this is so. Fugitive 
prints will part with their colors by this or any process, but 
fast colors Will not be injured. 
Q. Can you use the common soft soap of the farm house ? 
A. Yes, if good. 
Q. Is it not better to put very dirty clothes to soak over 
night? A. No, better not. 
Q. Will your Washer remove the streaks from dirty 
wristbands and collars, such as farmers and mechanics 
wear, after they have been worn a whole week, as they 
usually are ? A. The Washer will cleanse the dirtiest cloth¬ 
ing. Unusually soiled portions mav require a second opera¬ 
tion to remove the dirt entirely. Give the clothes a thor¬ 
ough rinsing in hot water. 
Q. How can it be possible for so simple a thing to cleanse 
fabrics? A. How is It possible for it not to cleanse fabrics? 
Remember that the entire contents of the boiler are 
forced through the expanded clothing every minute, 
or at least twenty times at every washing, and you will see 
at once what the result must be. 
Q. Will your Washer do all you claim for it. 
A. Yes; it will. We guarantee this. 
SAMPLE WASHER. 
On receipt of S3.50 we will send a single No. 1 Washer 
to^any^jiart of the United States, all charges prepaid. No. 
Cash must accompany all orders. 
Remittance by Post Office Order, Registered letter, or by 
draft on New York. 
SPECIAL NOTICE. 
As to the reliability of this company, we refer you to the 
MERCANTILE NATIONAL BANK of New York, or to 
any Express Company in New York. 
In ordering, write plainly your name, post-office, county 
and State. 
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY t 
“ Tlie best we have ever known, we speak from experi¬ 
ence.’'— Youth's Companion. * 
“ The Robbins' Family Washer and Bleacher Is as repre¬ 
sented."—FT. Y. Weekly Sun. 
“We have confidence in recommending it to the attention 
of our Lady readers! ”— N. Y. Christian Advocate. 
“We would pay many times the price asked rather than 
do without, one.”—Form and Fireside. 
“ A truly wonderful article which is destined at no dis¬ 
tant day to work a complete revolution in the method of 
accomplishing the family washing. We speak from our 
own knowledge.”— Chicago Inter-Ocean. 
“From nearly a year’s acquaintance with this company 
and tlieir Robbins’ Washer, we unhesitatingly recommend 
them.”— Farmer’s Review. 
“ It cannot fail to facilitate washing, and at the same time 
save much tear and wear of clothes.”—Am. Agriculturist. 
“ The Washer does exactly what is claimed for it, and is 
cheap at ten times the cost!”—A r . Y. Tribune. 
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