US1137026A - Gearing. - Google Patents

Description

W. A. SALTER.

GEARING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9. I9II.

1,137,026. Patented Apr. 27,- 1915.

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W. A. SALTER.

GEARING.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9. I911,

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

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WILLIAM A. SALTEB, 0F KANSAS CITY, MISSGURI, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGH- MENTS, TO E. H. PURDY, OF CLAY CENTER, KANSSAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1,.WILLIAM A. SALTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gearing, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to gearin for renovators of that class whereby' abrics re cleaned within a drum rotated througli a body of gasolene or analogous liquid, and my object is to produce a machine of this character whereby fabrics may be quickly and eilici'cntly cleaned and dried, my special object being the provision of meansfor automatically rotating the drum in reverse dirbctions alternately to effect the thorough cleansing of fabrics within the drum and for rotating the latter in a sin le direction at high' speed to expeditiously ry such fabnos.

A further object is to produce a machine of this character of simple, strong, durable and inexpensive construction.

With these and other objects in view as hereinafter appear, the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and organization as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that understood reference is to behind to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, is a side view of a renovator embodyln my invention. Fig. 2, is a plan view ofa part of the machine; Fig. 3, is a vertical section on the line III-III of Fig. I

2, and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view showing the h ngeielation'between two of the doors. 'In the said drawings-1 indicates a suporting end frame, there being one of these frames at. each side of the machine, and mounted upon andsecured to said frames is a gasolene receptacle consisting of vertical semi-circular, sides 2, and a semi-cylindrical body 3, between the sides, and said body is provided at its rear upper edge with a downwardly and inwardly opening hook or stop 4. Underlying the body 3 of the receptacle is a receptacle 5, for hot water, provided at its front side with a short tube 6 for convenience in introducing the Water into said receptacle 5 and provided with a drain tube 7 equipped with a spout 8, controlledby a valve 9.

10 is atube through which gasolene may be Withdrawn from the. gasolene receptacle, said tube preferably extending down through the receptacle 5 and thence through the adjacent end frame 1,-and outward..0f the latter it is provided. with .a oontitolling valve 11.

12 indicates a semicylindrical hood or cover of smaller diameter than the gasolene receptacle, so as to be ciipable of:sw i ngin within the latter, said. hood being provide at its rear. edge with an upturned outwardly-disposed hook or stop 13, for engagement with the hook or stop 4, and at its ront end with a cleat 14 as a fillingstrip betweenit and the inner surface of the body 3 of the gasolene receptacle. The said filling strip, when the hood is opened, provides a convenient handle whereby latter can be readily closed, as shown in Figs. 2 and-3.

Arranged concentrically within the gasolene receptacle and its hood or cover12, is a cylindrical I drum, consisting preferably of imperforate ends 15, and a perforated body composed of se mental doors 16, the adjacent ends of the oors overlapping and being supported by parallel bars 17 con- IIpecting the ends 15, as shown clearly in I n practice, each door is provided with a plurality of hinge loops 18. Near each edge, and engaging the adjacent hinge loo s of juxtaposed doors are slidable hinge re s 19, each rod being of substantially step form with one of the steps engagin certain of the hinge loops of the doors. he rods'are also provided with return bend portionsor arms 20 which engage the remaining loops of the doors. .By this arran ementit Will PatentcdApr. -27, 1915.

be seen that the doors are re iably connected-together with a hinged relationandthat the unengaged step of the rod can be conbe-opened. By similarly withdrawing the at the opposite side of said door, the lat- 'ter can be detached from the drum. By this arrangement it will be seen that one or all of the doors may be openedwithout disturbing the others or any part of the ma- -chineto facilitate the cleaning of the latter. The drum is provided with trunnions 21 rojecting outwardly from its ends, and sai trunnions are journaled in the ends of the semicylindrical receptacle, it being noted in this connection that the ends of the hood or cover are journaled on the trunnions between the ends of the drum and the ends of the semicylindrical receptacle in order that the said hood or cover may be caused to swing into the said receptacle below the drum and thus expose and give access to the upper half of the latter.

22 is a horizontal stub-shaft projecting outwardly from one end of the semicylindrical receptacle, and journaled thereon is a wheel 23, adapted to be driven by a belt, not shown, if desired, and said wheel is also provided with a handle 24 for convenience in manually operating .themachine. Rotatable with wheel 23 is a gear pinion 25, meshing with a gear wheel 26 journaled on a second but shorter horizontal stub shaft 27 projecting from the same end of the said receptacle, and rotatable with said wheel 26 is a small pinion- 28, meshing with a large gear' wheel 29 journaled on a third stubshaft 30, projecting from said receptacle. Wheel 29 is also provided with a wrist pin 31, with which a pitman 32is pivotally connected and said pitman is provided with an offset, longitudinal'portion 33, provided with a longitudinal slot 34, slidably receiving a. hollow shaft 35, journaled on a fourth stubshaft 36 projecting from said receptacle, and for convenience in turning said hollow shaft 35 by hand, it is equipped with a crank handle 37.

At the outer end of the offset portion 33 of the pitman is a lug 38, provided with a slot 39, and adapted to engage said slot when the cleaning operation of the machine is in progress, is a clamping screw 40, carried at one end of a rack-bar 41 pivotally connected at its opposite end at 42, to the pitman, the clamping screw by binding at its headed end on lug 38 securing the rackbar rigidly in position and in engagement with a gear wheel 43 rigidly secured on the hollow shaft 35. Rigidly secured on the same shaft is a large gear wheel 44 meshing with a small gear wheel 45 rigidly secured on the adjacent trunnion of the drum. By this arrangement it will be seen that rotation imparted to wheel 23 is transmitted through the connections described to the drum and that through the reciprocating action of the rack bar, the rotation of the drum is automatically reversed without affecting the continuous rotation in one direction of wheels 23, 25, 26, 28 and 29, the remaining wheels of course rotating forward and backward alternately to impart corresponding movement to the drum.

When it is desired to rotate the drum con-.

tinuously in one direction, the clamp-ing screw 40 is turned backward to permlt of upward adjustment of the rack bar until it is disengaged from wheel 43 and then the movement of the screw is reversed to clamp the rack bar in its disengaged or inoperative position. The handle 37 is then turned to impart rotation at a high rate of speed, to the drum.

In practice the clothes are placed in the drum and submerged in gasolene contained within the gasolene receptacle. Hot water is then introduced into the receptacle 5 for the purpose of heating the gasolene without danger of explosion. The wheel 23 is then revolved and as a result of such action the drum is first revolved in one direction and 7 then in the other for the purpose of subjecting the clothes to more or less forcible contact with the gasolene through the violent agitation thereof due to such movement of the clothes. After the lapse of twenty or thirty minutes, the elothes are, thoroughly cleaned and the gasolene is drawn off by opening the valve or stop cock 11. The rack bar is then withdrawn from engagement,

with the Wheel 43 as hereinbefore explained and secured in its inoperative position, this adjustment being followed by the rotation of shaft 35 through the instrumentality of handle 37, the wheels 43, 44 and 45 transmitting such power for the purpose of revolving the drum at high velocity. Under this high speed of the drum in one direction what little gasolene remains in the clothes is extracted by centrifugal force and Within a few minutes every vestige is driven out of the clothes and the latter aretaken out of the machine ready for the dry room or sunlight, in a thoroughly cleansed condition.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced a renovator embodying the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the object of the invention and I wish it to be understood that while I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of the invention I do not desire to be restricted to the exact details of construction shown and described as obvious modifications will suggest themselves to one skilled in the art.

I claim:

The combination with a wheel and means for driving it, of a'rotatable element, a wheel geared thereto, a pitman pivoted to the first-named wheel and guided with re spect to the 'last-n'amed wheel, and a rack said wheel may be rotated continuously 1n,

gne direction when not engaged by the rack In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A. SALTER.

Witnesses:

HELEN C. RODGERS, G. Y. THORPE.

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