US427031A - Washing-machine - Google Patents

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5 5/31 abtom w u mm J. P. ANDERSON. & J. P. MILLER.

I WASHING MACHINE Witmeooeo TATES' JOHN P. ANDERSON AND JOHN F. MILLER, OF SARANAC, MICHIGAN.

MACHINE.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,031, dated May 6, 1890.

Application filed February 12, 1890. Serial No. 340,111. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN P. ANDERSON and JOHN F. MILLER, citizens of the United States, residing at Saranac, in the county of Ionia and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lashing-Machines; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which'it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to that class of washing-machines in which there is a vibrating rubber, by means of which the clothes to be washed are subjected to a combined rubbing and squeezing action. Y

The object of our invention is to construct a washing-machine which, While thoroughly effective as a washer, will be so simple in construction that it can be made at a lowcost, and that can be so easily operated that it will save much labor. The manner in which We secure a washing-machine combining these advantages is more fully described hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figurel is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 2 is a detail View in perspective of the means for holding the rubber shaft in position.

In our improved washingmachine, A represents the bottom and ends, made of one continuous piece of heavy zinc or other noncorrodin g 1netal,and having formed throughout a portion of its length a series of transverse corrugations. To the sides B, which, with the bottom and ends, constitute the sudsbox of the machine, are fixed the legs a. In suitable bearings Z) in the sides B rest the horizontal shaft 0, from which is suspended by the slotted hangers c the rubber D. This rubber conforms in outline to the shape of the suds-box, and consists of the corrugated bottom d, the sides e, and brace f. Extending to the bottom d of the rubber through suitable holes in the center-of the shaft 0 and the brace f is a vertical rod E, to the upper end on of which is pivoted the lever-handle F.

as a fulcrum for the handle, and the lower v end of which terminates in a hook h, which engages with an eye or staple i in the end of the box.

Encirclin the rod E, and between the bearings formed by the shaft 0 and the brace f, is a spiral spring 3. To the sides of the sudsbox are fastened hooks m, which when in use engage the projecting ends of the shaft 0, and thus retain it in place when the machine is being operated.

The manner of operating our improved washing-machine will be apparent from its simple construction. Its advantages are, in addition to the cheapness of construction attained by the few parts used, the uniform yielding capacity of the rubber, which is effected by the single spiral spring arranged around the rod and in fixed bearings, so that it cannot work loose or get out of line, and in the fact that said spring is always in direct line with the point of greatest pressure on the rubber, and in the great power secured by the handle working as a lever to either raise or lower the rubber. It will be seen that when the clothes have been rubbed sufficiently they may be drawn to the end of the tub away from the free end of the handle, and by pulling upon the latter the rubber will be pressed against the clothes, and thus squeeze out the surplus moisture.

Having described our invention, what W claim as novel, and desire to cover by Letters Patent, is-- In a clothes-washing machine, the combination of the suds-box, having a bottom of corrugated sheet metal, with the oscillating rubber having a corrugated bottom, slotted hangers, and brace f, and the shaft 0, rod E,

spring .9, and handle F, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures

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