Washing machines

Claim 1

A WASHING OR LIKE MALCHINE COMPRISING AN ASSEMBLY TITABLY SUPPORTED ON A FIXED BASE, SAID ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A RIGID FRAME, A FLUID TIGHT OUTER CASING RIGIDLY SUPPORTED IN SAID FRAME AND A PERFORATED CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER ROTATABLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID CASING, SAID CONTAINER NORMALLY HAVING ITS GEOMETRICAL AXIS HORIZONTAL AND HAVING AT ITS FORWARD END AN OPENING LYING IN A VERTICAL PLANE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE SAID AXIS, SAID CASING HAVING AN OPENING ALINED WITH SAID OPENING IN SAID CONTAINER, THE CONTAINER BEING ROTATABLE ABOUT SAID AXIS RELATIVE TO THE OUTER CASING, AND TILTING MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY RAISING OR LOWERING THE FORWARD END OF THE CONTAINER RELATIVE TO THE REAR END TO FACILITATE THE ENTRY AND WITHDRAWAL, RESPECTIVELY, OF ARTICLES TO AND FROM THE CONTAINER THROUGH SAID OPENINGS, SAID TILTING MEANS ACTING BETWEEN SAID BASE AND SAID FRAME TO TILT THE ASSEMBLY IN BOTH DIRECTIONS RELATIVE TO THE BASE ABOUT A SECOND AXIS EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY AND AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE FIRST SAID AXIS, SAID TILTING MEANSCOMPRISING A PAIR OF DOUBLE ACTING INDEPENDENTLY OPERABLE FLUID JACKS WHOSE CYLINDERS ARE SECURED TOGETHER END TO END AND WHICH ACT BETWEEN SAID BASE AND SAID ASSEMBLY SO THAT WHEN ONE OF THE JACKS IS RETRACTED AND THE OTHER EXTENDED THE AXIS OF THE CONTAINER IS HELD HORIZONTAL, AND WHEN BOTH JACKS ARE OPERATED IN A LIKE SENSE THE SAID ASSEMBLY IS TILTED IN ONE DIRECTION ORR THE OTHER ABOUT SAID SECOND AXIS.