US1675012A - Washing device - Google Patents

Description

June 26, 1928.

R. G. WOODLEY WASHING DEVICE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 11, 1927 Razz/50429 aktomz a,

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Application filed July 11, 1927. Serial No. 204,797.

The present invention has reference to washing marhines, and more particularly to a washing machine especially designed for attachment to the reciprocating pump rod of a windmill.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a vertically reciprocating member having cups supported at the lower ends thereof, the cups being perforated to allow water to pass therethrough as the reciprocating member is moved vertically with the pump rod of the windmill.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby the vertically movable member may be elevated or moved to its inactive position when it is desired to remove the contents of the washing machine.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the vertically m'ovable member may be thrown into and out of operation at the will of the operator.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the'combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawings:

. Figure 1 is an elevational view illustrating a device constructed in accordance with the invention as secured to the reciprocating sucker rod of a windmill, the receptacles being shown in section.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure i is an enlarged detail View of one of the washing cups.

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view illustrating the means for securing the vertically movable member to its supporting arms.

Figure 6 is a front elevational View thereof.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the reference character 5 designates the pump rod of a windmill to which the arms 6, 7 and 8 are connected, the arms 7 and 8 being provided with heads 9 at their outer ends, the heads being provided with openings through which the bar 10 that washing cups, extends.

Secured to one side of the bar 10 is a friction plate 11 formed with a plurality of recesses to accommodate the inner end of the screw 12 formed at one end of the handle 13, the screw 12 passing through a threaded opening in the head as clearly shown by Figure 5 of the drawings, to the end that lhebar 10 may be securely clamped to the heads 9 so that the bar 10 will move with the pump rod 5.

Vertical brace rods 14 are mounted between the arms 7 and 8 to hold them in proper spaced relation with respect to each other. I

At the upper end of the bar 10 is an opening through which one end of the flexible member 15 extends, the opposite end of the flexible member being supplied with a hook 16 to be hooked into the eye 17, the intermediate portion of the flexible member pass ing over the pulleys 18 supported by the arm 6. Thus it will be seen that by operating the handles 13 to unscrew the screws 12, the flexible member may be pulled, elevating the bar 10 and the washing cups supported at the lower end thereof.

At the lower end of the bar 10 is a disk 19 secured to the bar 10 by means of the brace plates 20, which grip the lower end of the bar 10 as clearly shown by Figure 1 of the drawings.

Secured to the disk 19 are arms 21 and 22, respectively, the arms 22 extending beyond the periphery of the disk 19, while the arms 21 are supported in spaced relation with the. periphery.

On the lower ends of these arms 21 and 22 are cups 23 formed with openings 24 in the bot-toms thereof, which openings allow fluid to pass upwardly through the cups creating a suction within the tank or container in which the device is operating and in which the clothes being washed are supported.

The reference character 25 indicates the receptacle or tank in which the clothes are positioned together with suitable cleaning fluid, and in which the cups operate. The cover indicated at 26 is of a diameter greater than the diameter of the container 25 and is formed with an opening so that the bar 10 may pass therethrough and through which the bar 10 moves while the machine is in operation.

supports the From the foregoing it will be seen that when the clothes and When the cleaning liquid have been placed in the container 25, the cover is positioned in a-ma-nner as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings and the screws are operated to clamp the bar 10 to the arms 7 and 8 so that reciprocating movement of [the rod 5 is transferred to the bar 10 to accomplish the Washing operation.

It will also be seen that as the cups are moved or reciprocated in the tank or CO11 tamer, the, articles and cleaning fluid are agitated thoroughly cleansing the articles Without the necessity of rubbing the articles.

In a Washing machine, a reciprocating member, arms extending laterally from the reciprocating member and having heads at their free ends formed with openings, a

bar slidable through the heads, a friction plate secured to the bar and having notches, set screws extending through the heads and contacting with the notches of the friction plate, to hold the bar in various positions of adjustment, and Washing cups at the lower end of the bar and adapted to operate in a clothes containing receptacle. i

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature.

REUBEN e. WOODLEY.

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