US171266A - Improvement in washing and wringing machines - Google Patents

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WASHING AND WRINGING MACHINE. 110.171,26@

Patented Deo. 21,1375.

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Izzy/0523102? ma); um l@ M @b N. PEvTERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASNINGT-ON, D C4 UNITED STATES- PATENT 'IOEEIOE WILLIAM CARI), OE RIPLEY TOWNSHIP, HUEON OOUNTY, OHIO, AssIeNoe OE ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TOWILLIAM LEWIS, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING AND wRINeINe MACHINES.

` specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 71,266.` dated December 21, Iers appncation filed' `August 10, 1875.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GARD, of Ripley township, in the county of Huron and State ofOhio, have inve'nted certain new and useful Improvements in Washing and Wringing Machines; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to Inake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates tothat class of combined washing and wringing machines which maybe conveniently attached to and operated in connection with an ordinary wash-tub or other receptacle for holding the clothes to be cleansed; and the invention consists in certain new and improved combinations of devices hereinafter Inore fully set forth. i

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevationvof thesame, and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken in the line x Fig. l.

Referring to the parts by letters, A represents the frame upon which the operatin g parts ofthe machine are supported, and B B are two side bars, the ends of which are extended beyond the frame A, and shaped to t onto the upper edge or' rim of a wash-tub or other receptacle. C C C' G are four corrugated or uted rollers of wood or other suitable material, the two upper gearing with the two lower rollers; The two upper rollers C C are mounted on shafts c c journaled in the sides of the frame A. These shafts c epass through and project beyond one side ofthe frame, and have pinions or gear-wheels D D keyed on their ends. TheA lower rollers C C are also mounted on shafts c c journaled in bearingblocks E E, placed in vertical slots formed in the sides ofthe frame for their reception, and supported by spiral springs e e, which occupy the spaces in the slots beneath the bearingblocks. Vertical rods e e secured to the blocks pass through the coiled springs, and serve to keep the several parts of these springbearings in proper position. Gr Gr are the wringer-rollers, made of rubber or other suitable .elastic material. The lower wringerroller G is mounted in a movable shaft, g', which passes through and projects beyond the frame A on both sides. On the side on which the gear-wheels D D are, the shaft g has a gear-wheel, H, which Inay be made to mesh with the wheels D D, for the purpose hereinafter set forth. The other end of the shaft g has a crank-handle, g, secured to it, and by which it is turned. The upper wrin gerroller G is mounted on a shaft, g, the ends of which pass through vertical slots z' formed in the upper portion of the sides of the frame A, and project slightly beyond the frame, as clearly shown in Fig. l of the drawings. This roller Gr is made so that it can rise land fall, and be adjusted to any desired height or distance from the roller Gr. is affected by means of cam-levers IJ J, which are pivoted to the sides of the frame, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. lower or cross-bar with vertically-pendent blocks 7c, which lit the slots i in the frame,

their lower ends resting on the shaft of the roller G. L is a bow-shaped metal'spring, the ends of which bear against the upper side of the follower-bar K, the pressure of the spring oII the bar being regulated by means of a thumbscrew, M, which passes through the center of the upper rail of the frame A, as clearly shown in the drawings.

The operation of my improved machine is as follows: The clothes to be cleansed being placed in the wash-tub or other receptacle with water'and soap or other cleansing Inaterials, the movable shaft g is pushed inwardlyfrom the crankhandle until the wheel H meshes with the Wheels D I), as shown by full lines in Fig. l of the drawings; then by turning the handle the rollers G C U C revolve and carry the clothes through between them with a rubbing motion, thereby cleansing them. During this operation the upper wringer-roller G may be elevated by means of the cam-levers J, so as Ilot to operate through contact with the lower roller, G', as

shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings. When it is desired to rinse and wring the `clothes by one operation of the machine,

This adjustment K is a fol- Vthe upper wringer-roller G .is brought into spring-bearings E e of lthe lower rubbing-rollers C keep the latter in working position, butl permit them to yield to undue pressure when the clothes in bulky masses pass between them, and the upper-rollers C, andthe spring L and follower K,l servel a like purpose in vthe operation'of the. upper wringer-roller G, so that all Ainjury to the-clothes through undue pressure between the rollers is thereby obviated.

"Having, thus described my improved machine, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

' The combination of rollers G C G C', springbearings E e, and gearing D D, with the movable shaft g and gearing H, wringer-rollers G Gr, spring L,vand follower K, substantially as'and for, the purpose set forth.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my own I ax my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM CARD.

Witnesses:

C. B. STICKNEY, p B. P. SMITH.

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