US133670A - Improvement in washing-machines - Google Patents

Description

2 Sheets--Sheet 1.

G. SCHA TZ & J. ZIMMERMAN.

WaS-h'ihg-Mabhines.

Patented Dec. 3,1872.

Fig. I.

INVENTORS WITNESSES. WW.

AM.PII(ITO-L/7HOGRAPHI6CQNXMSBORNKS PROCESS.)

from the clothes.

' enoeen soHATz Ann Joan ZIMMERMAN, or GBATERS roan, PA.

lMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,6?1'(), dated December 3, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE SoHA'rZ and JOHN ZIMMEBMAN, of Graters Ford, in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Washing-Machines; and we do hereby declare that the following is a 'full,

clear, and exact description of the construc- Fig. 3 is a detail view.

Our improvements have reference to that class of washing-machines in which there is a swinging or reciprocating dasher; and they consist in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts as herein fully described.

1n constructing a washing-machine with our improvements, we provide a suitable box set upon legs. We use a pivoted or swinging dasher, so arranged that it can readily be removed from the box, and we connect this dasher by a rod to a pivoted spring-lever in such manner that when the lever is released the lid of the washer is held back or open. We also provide a trough or rest for the wringer, which we locate upon the side of the box, said trough communicatingby a suitable opening with the inside of the washer, to permit the return thereto of the water wrung The lever by which the dasher is operated is pivoted at the rear of the machine. It is connected by a metallic rod with the dasher, and is attached to a suitable spring by which it is drawn back. lVe have also provided a treadle attachment by which the dasher can be operated in connection with y the lever.

having bearings in blocks 0 which fit in suitable recesses in the sides of the box. These blocks are secured in place by screws 0 on withdrawing which the dasher may be readily lifted out of the box. D is a lever pivoted at d, and connected by a rod, (P, with the dasher. This lever is also attached to a spring, (1 by which the upward motion forthe dasher is obtained. This spring may bev coiled, as shown, or it may be of India rubber. E shows a treadle pivoted at 6, having a spring, e coiled or of India rubber, by which it is drawn upwardly. It is provided with a footrest, 6 moves in the guide F, and is connected by a stiff rod, 0 with the lever D.

When it is desired to open the washing-ma chine the rod 0 is disconnected from the lever D and is .held' down by the button f, which serves to keep the lid closed when the machine is in operation. The lever, beingreleased from the rod, is drawn back by the spring 61 elevating the lid and dasher, as shown in the drawing.

.G shows the wringer-rest, which is a trough secured to the side of box and communicatin with the same by a suitable opening, as already suggested.

It will be observed that by locating the springs at the rear of the machine instead of at the front a greater leverage is obtained, whereby the dasher may be more easily worked.

The inner surface or floor and back of the machine may be suitably corrugated. The dasher is ribbed, as shown, and is provided with holes for the passage of the water.

W'hat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The combination ofthe dasher 0, red at, lever D provided with a spring, d located at the rear of the box A, the treadle E with spring e, and the rod 6 substantially as and for the pur pose specified.

In testimony that we claim the above we have. hereunto subscribed'our names in the presence of two witnesses.

-" GEORGE SGHATZ.

JOHN ZIMMERMAN.

Witnesses:

M. DANL. (JoNNoLLY, J EROZVIE MGTIGHE.

Images