US327832A - Washing-machine - Google Patents

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UNITED STAT S PATENT O FIC or'ro E. SMITH, or JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,832, dated October 6, 1885.

Application filed January 28, 1885. Serial No. 154,208. (No model.)

vTo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, O'r'ro E. SMITH, of

Janesville, in the county of Rock, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to washing-machines; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction, all as will be more fully set forth hereinafter. 1

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal verti-' cal section thereof, taken through the center of the machine, and looking from the side 0p: posite to that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end view, partly in section, on the line a; a of Fig. 2. Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are detail views,

drawn to an enlarged scale, illustrating the construction of the several parts shown more clearly.

A is the wash-box, preferably of the form shown, and mounted upon the legs a a. The longest or side boards of the box are provided with interior L-shaped grooves, a o the latter being enlarged at its end, as shown at a and the former having a central enlargement, a, which grooves are designed for the reception of the ends e of the straps E and the plates F, respectively, which receive the journals of the rollers B 0, around which the endless apron D moves, as hereinafter explained.

The straps E are flat strips of metal, one against each side piece of the wash-box, and

as to form loops (2', which receive the free ends 9 of coiled springs G, secured at the center of the coil to the said side pieces of the box, as shown at g. The roller 0 has journals 0 at each end, and these project into perforations in the ends 6 of the straps E, as shown in Fig. 6, while each end of the roller 0 is fitted with a circular scalloped head, 0, the said scallops 0', preferably eight in number, serving to receive the adjacent surfaces of the slats of which the endless apron D is composed, the said apron being sustained at the other end of its play by the scalloped heads B on the roller B, whose journals 1) rest in the hatches of the plates F within the enlargements a of the tudinal V-shaped notch, d. Each end of each.

slat d is notched out also, and a continuous strip, d, of leather or other suitable material, such as rubber, cloth, or other fabric, is inserted edgewise into these end notches on each side,

and secured therein by brads or fasteners d so that when the apron is complete and in place it will present on its operative or'outer surface a series of corrugations or V-shaped notches, the slats d being far enough apart to permit their inner surfaces to move in and out of the scallops b c in the heads B C of the rollers B 0 without binding, and also so as to permit the water or suds to pass freely between them.

H is the rubber, and consists of a suitable metallic frame extending across the entire box and suspended from journals kit, which turn in suitable boxes or bearings, c a, in the top of the sides of the wash-box. From the lower part of the frame H, below the brace or reach H thereof, and projecting down from each side, there extends a rounded plate, H*, which receives the journals of the corrugated rubbing-rollers h h four (more .or less) in number, and arranged in the arc of a circle.

I is a pivoted pawl,havingafinger, c, at one end for engagement with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel b and at the other end having a pin, 41, which may be placed in any one of aseries of holes, i i, in the side piece of the frame H, as desired, so as to adjust the limit or throw of the pawl I to any number of teeth on the ratchet-wheel b within the scope of the said pawl.

J is a spring-pawl, fastened at j to the side of the Wash-box, and its free end being provided with a guard, j, that slips over the teeth as the ratchet-wheel b is revolved in one direction, and which serves as a stop to prevent the said wheel from turning in the opposite direction.

J is a button, notched on its lower edge to keep the spring-pawl J to place, and which button may be moved up or down at will, to diminish or increase the tension of the' springpawl J.

The motive power and its connections will next be described.

K is the main gear-wheel, mounted upon a stud, k, which projects from the outside of one of the side pieces of the wash-box, and the hub 70' of the gear-wheel is squared to receive the,

I if desired, to secure necessary adjustment in certain cases,) and the parts being united by the bolt or pin a, while the other end of the link 0 is securedto the crank-pin m on the plate m, attached to the pinion M.

The operation of my device will be readily understood from the foregoing description of its construction. The box being partially filled with the water and soap or suds, the

j clothing to be washed is placed upon the end less apron D,and the crank L revolved,which will cause the apron to move continuously forward,carrying the clothing under the rubber H and its rollers h h, and the said rubber will swing back and forth over the clothing in the arc of a circle, its rollers 71. h meanwhile freely revolving until every particle of dirt is freed from the clothing in a comparatively short time and with but little expenditure of strength. The enlargement a in the side grooves of the wash-box, in connection with the springs G, from which the straps E are suspended, enables the apron D to yield and be forced downward to any extent desired, (as when pieces of carpet or other thick goods are beingwashed,)andyet,owingtothe force ofsaid springs G,the apron is always held up against the under surface of the rollers of the swinging rubber frame H, and hence the thinnest lace handkerchief can be washed just as thoroughly as thicker goods, and without the slightest injury to the fabric.

The water can be drawn off from the box after washing by means of a hole supplied with a plug or stop-cock at any suitable point.

The rollers B and C may be square, if desired, or have squared ends, so as to receive the heads 13 0 without the necessity of a key or feather, and the former construction is shown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a washing-machine, the-combination of the wash-box with an endless slotted apron arranged in the arc of a circle, with one end in a lower horizontal plane than the other end of said apron, the lower end of which is suspended from spring hangers or straps and ca- 'pable of movement vertically, and a rubbingframe to be moved back and forth in the arc of a circle over said apron, substantially as set forth.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination of the wash-box and swinging rubber with the endless apron D, the roller .0, with scalloped heads 0, adapted to receive the inner surfaces of the slots of which the apron is composed, and the journals 0, the stops E, with ends 6, to receive the journals 0, and the springs G, from which the said stops are suspended, substantially as set forth.

3. In a washing-machine, the wash-box A, the side pieces whereof are formed with the L-shaped grooves a a the latter having an end enlargement, a and the former having a central enlargement, a, fitted with a notched plate, F, on each side, in combination with the springs G, strapsE e, and endless slotted apron 0 D, provided with the rollers B 0, having journals b 0, respectively, the former journals resting within the notches in the plates F and the latter journals being received in perforations in the ends 6 of the straps E, substantially as 9 set forth.

4. In a washing-machine, the combination, with the wash-box and endless apron suspended from spring hangers or straps, with the rubber frame H, suspended from bearings in the top of the box sides and extending across the wash-box and having downward extensions on each side connected by rounded plate H in which are journaled corrugated rubbing-rollers h h, arranged in the arc of a cirr05 cle, substantially as set forth.

5. In a washing-machine, the combination of the wash-box A, endless slotted apron D, rollers B O, and rubber-frame H, carrying. rollers h h with the ratchet-wheel b,secured no to the journal of the roller B, pawl I, pivoted to the rubber-frame H, spring-pawl J, with tension-button J, and gear-wheel, pinion, link, and lever for communicating revolving motion to the apron D and reciprocating motion 11 5 to the rubber-frame H, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at J anesville, in

the county of Rock and State of Wisconsin, in I20 CLARENCE L. CLARK, JOHN HOGAN.

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