US245764A - Washing machine - Google Patents

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B B A B R D m d o M 0 m WASHING MACHINE.

Patented Aug. 16, 1881 QM QZnZQ W (No Model.) 2 Sheath-Sheet 2.

D. F. BABB.

WASHING MAGHINE.

No. 245,764. Patented Aug. 16,1881

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DANIEL F. BABE, OF KINGSVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,764, dated August 16, 1881.

Application filed May 21, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, DANIEL FRANKLIN BABB, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Kingsville, in the county of Essex, Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

I have improved the washing-machine in which the clothes are washed by the action of a semi-cylindrical rubber adapted to be oscillated within a similarly-shaped tub, the rubbing-surfaces being of corrugated zinc.

The objects of my improvement are to provide means whereby the oscillating rubber may be turned up and moved and held out of the way directly upon its axis-connection with the tub, and to render the double sheet-metal bottom water-tight.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a view, in perspective, of a machine embracing my improvements, the oscillating rubber being turned up and supported at the end of the tub; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 shows the grooved side of one of the castings for the axis of the oscillating rubber, and Fig. 4 a detail, sectional view, showing the double bottom fitted in the grooved tub-sides.

The tub or containing bodyA is of suitable construction, and its semi-cylindrical bottom is made double of sheet metal, preferably of zinc. The under bottom, a, is fitted into grooves a in the sides of the tub and made water-tight by securing a galvanized wire, I), within the groove above the edge of the bottom 3 and the upper bottom, 0, is formed with corrugations which present cross-ridges in the tub and is also secured in grooves c in its sides. The corrugated bottom is inserted into these side grooves and secured by cross cap-pieces d 66, the latter being made removable to expose the ends of the grooves, to allow the corrugated bottom to be removed and replaced in reversed position to present a new rubbing-surface when worn, and to allow of the convenient insertion of a new rubbing-bottom, when required.

The oscillating rubber B is of semi-cylindrical form and adapted to be oscillated freely within the tub and clear of its bottom. It is provided with an operating-handle, O, and is mounted by a horizontal cross-rod, D, which formsits axis-bearin gs within vertical grooves g, and upon which bearings it is oscillated so as to rub and squeeze the clothes upon and be tween the fixed and movable surfaces. In this action the rubber is free to rise and fall within said vertical slots and to exertapressingaetion upon the clothes equal to its weight.

The operating-handle proper is a cross-bar connectingside arms,whicharecentrallyjoined to the wooden sides of the rubber, and through which the axis crossrod passes. The convex surface of this rubber is formed of corrugated sheet metal suitably secured to the sides B, which are connected and braced by cross-bars.

Provision is made for turning the rubber up and supporting it at one end of the machine, to facilitate the placing of the clothes within the tub andtheirremoval therefrom. This provision consists of castings E, secured to the upper edges of the tub sides, and formed with grooves h on their inner sides, which have an arching form. These castings are so arranged as to extend from the middle of the length of the tub to one end thereof, and their arching grooves form continuations of the vertical grooves within which the axis-bearings of the rubber are confined.

To set the rubber out of the way it is raised vertically to bringits axis-bearings at the junction of the vertical and arching grooves, when the handle is depressed to tilt the rubber and draw it to the end of the tub, the axis-bearings sliding in the arched grooves and resting in their ends, with the loweredge of the rubber resting against the end of the tub.

the ends of the grooves the arching form of the latter will hold said bearings in place against the tendency of the rubber to fall back in the tub, so that such grooved attachments serve to confine the rubber in position for operation, and, when turned up at one end, out of the way. i

A wringer of any suitable construction may be used upon the end board, -F.

The object of making the grooves a 0 in the sides of the tub of varying depths and widths is to allow the lower bottom, a, to be inserted and bound alongits edges within the deepest groove by galvanized-wire binding 12, to render it water-tight, and to allow the corrugated bottom to be afterward inserted and secured in the Widest part, c, of the grooves, both bottoms being thus secured by means of the cap-pieces d e e, and avoid nailing the bottom to the tub.

Referring to the grooved castings for the oscillating rubber, itwill be seen the arehingform of the grooves h serve as detents to retain the rubber in its non-operative position, for, when in such position, the axis-bearings of the rubher will rest in the ends it of the grooves at the lowest points of their arching curves, and the tendency of the rubber to fall back into the tub is prevented by the upward curved relation of the grooves h to said bearing ends h, thus securely holding the rubber out of the way. As the tub is used for wringing the clothes as they are removed it is very necessary that the rubber be held from falling back into the tub, and this is effected by the construction of the castings so as to form grooved keepers for the bearings of the rubberthat is, keepers to prevent the rubber when raised from falling inward or from turning over outward at the end.

The grooved keepers are formed with the lugs i, 6 and i by which they are firmly secured to the sides of the tub both laterally and vertically, and are thus rendered sufficiently strong to form the means by which to move the machine from place to place.

I claim- 1. The combination, with the tub and the oscillating rubber, of the grooved keepers E, formed with arched grooved parts, having the lowest or stop points at or near the end of the tub and rising therefrom, substantially as shown, and for the purpose specified.

2. In a washing-machine, the sides of the tub formed with grooves ac, of varying depths and widths to receive the sheet-metal bottoms a and c, the under one being inserted in the grooves a, of greatest depth, and sealed by the wire-joint binding 12, and the corrugated bottom cinserted in the groove 0, of least depth, and secured, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a washing-machine having an oscillating rubber, the side keepers for the bearings thereof, formed each with an arching groove, h, a vertical groove, g, and the lugs 'i i i the said arching groove rising from the point h, and the said keepers secured both laterally and vertically, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL FRANKLIN BABB.

Witnesses:

J. ENOCH JOHNSON, MARTIN J. WIGLE.

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