US1878825A

US1878825A - Washing machine

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Publication number: US1878825A
Application number: US500627A
Authority: US
Inventors: Caise Charles
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1930-12-06
Filing date: 1930-12-06
Publication date: 1932-09-20
Anticipated expiration: 1949-09-20

Description

Sept. 20, 1932. c CAISE WASHING MACHINE Filed Dec. 6, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l IVENTOR AORNEY C. CAISE WASHING MACHINE Sept; 20, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 6, 1930' Fatented Sept. 20, 1932 WASHING MACHINE Application filed December 6, 1930. Serial No. 500,627.

of a simple, inexpenslve construction in which the work may be efiiciently done and without injury to the garments.

Further, it is an object to provide a washing machine with means to both whirl the contents about a vertical axis and also to a more or less extent tend to cause movement of the clothes in an upward direction against the action of gravity so as to keep the clothes free of the bottom of the washing machine and maintaining them in a floating or suspended condition in the water while being cleaned.

Further, the invention has for an object to provide a washing machine in which the clothes being cleaned will, during the action of the machine, always be free to float and not be obstructed by contact with the walls or other parts of the machine, the cleaning being wholly accomplished by the ejected water directed against the body of thefloating or suspended material circulatng freely in the body of water.

'Further, it is an object to provide a washing machine, the larger part of whose bottom may be utilized for the application of heat to heat the water by the use of suitable heaters disposed beneath the same, thus making the machine a combined boiler and washing machine.

Other objects will in part be obvious and in part be pointed out hereinafter.

i To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends, the invention still further resides in the novel details of construction, combina- 40 tion and arrangement of parts, all of which will be first fully described in the following detailed description, then be particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure 1 is a plan of my machine. Figure 2 is a vertical section on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.-

Figure 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4.4 of Figure 2.

Figure .5 is an enlarged detail horizontal section of one of the orifice nozzles.

Figure. 6 is a face view of the same.

In the drawings in which like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all of the figures, 1 is a cylindrical wall of the machine, 2 the bottom, and 3 a depression in the bottom adjacent the periphery, which depression constitutes a water pan.

A false bottom 4: perforated throughout is placed on the bottom 2 within the cylinder 1 in order that the fluid may drain through to the bottom 2, the latter being so pitched as to direct the water into the water pan 3.

5 is a spiral tube located within the cylinder 1 adjacent the periphery thereof, the tube 5 having its inclined end 6 disposed in the water pan 3 and receiving the impeller 13 on the shaft 12 of a motor 11, the shaft being passed through a gland 14 to prevent leakage of water from the water pan 3.

- The spiral tube 5 has its high end 7 closed 7 and located a suitable distance below the maximum water level. The tube 5 is also provided, at suitable intervals, with nozzlelike orifices 8, the outlets of which are directed as indicated in Figure 1 to cause a whirling of the water around a vertical axis.

By inclining the orifices 8 more or less to the vertical a greater or lessertendency to lift the clothes from the false bottom 4 may be had as may be best in the opinion of the designer of a particular machine. The orifice nozzles 8 have their near edges 9 proj ecting slightly beyond the far edges 10 and the near edges are curved so as to prevent the clothes catching thereon in the event that they should come in contact with an orifice nozzle.

Disposed beneath the bottom 2 and suit ably supported, is a heater 15 of any suit- 95 able type such as gas, oil, coal or electric,

a gas burner16 being shown for purposes of illustration.

It will-be seen from the foregoing that when the cylinder 1 is supplied with water and the clothes are placed therein, and the motor 11 started, the water will be pumped up the spiral tube 5 and issue from the orifices 8 thereof in the form of a spread fan, somewhat as indicated diagrammatically in Figure 1. As the angle of the nozzles is such as to lie between the center and periphery of the vessel the contents of the vessel will be whirled about a central vertical axis and due to the spiral nature of the tube 5 and the position of the orifices 8 the jets issuing therefrom may be given a slight upward inclination which .also tends to lift the clothes from the bottom 4 and keep them off the bottom during the washing action,

the cleansing action taking place because of d the forceful ejection of the water from the orifices 8 against the same.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought the complete construction, operation and advantages of my invention will befclear to those skilled in the art to which it relates.

What I claim is: x 4

1; In clothes washing machines, a cylindrical casing having a bottom provided with a depression adjacent the periphery thereof to constitute a water pan, a perforated false bottom within the casing, a spirally arranged tube carried by the casing adjacent the periphery thereof, the lower end of which is located within said water pan, an impeller and driving shaft therefor to force water up.- wardly through said tube, said tube having outlets at intervals within the casing.

2. In clothes washing machines, a cylindrical casing having a bottom provided with a depression adjacent the periphery thereof to constitute a water pan, a perforated false bottom within the casing, a spirally arranged tube carried by the casing adjacent the periphery thereof, the lower end of which is located within said water pan, an impeller and driving shaft therefor to force water upwardly through said tube, said tube having outlets at intervals within the casing, said outlets comprising orifice nozzles directed to issue streams in directions between the periphery and center of the casing.

3. In clothes washing machines, a cylindrical casing having a bottom provided with a depression adjacent the periphery thereof to constitute a water pan, a perforated false bottom within the casing, a spirally arranged tube carried by the casing adjacent the periphery thereof, the lower end of which is located within said water pan, an impeller and driving shaft therefor to force Water upwardly through said tube, said tube having outlets at intervals within the casmg, said outlets comprising orifice nozzles directed to .issue streams in directions between the periphery and center of the casing to whirl the contents of the casing about a vertical axis, said nozzles also being positioned to direct the water issuing therefrom upwardly to lift the cloth-es from the false bottom.

4. In clothes washing machines, a cylindrical casing having a-bottom combined with hydraulic means for simultaneously whirling the contents of the cylinder about a vertical axis and lifting the clothes from the bottom.

5. In clothes washing machines, a cylindrical casing having a bottom combined with hydraulic means for simultaneously whirling the contents of the cylinder about a vertical axis and lifting the clothes from the bottom, said means comprising a water pan below the bottom of the easing into which the water rains from the bottom, a duct from the water pan having means for conveying water therefrom and discharging it above the bottom atdifferent levels around the axis of the casing in directions between the periphery and center of the casing. v

6. In clothes washing machines, a cylindrical casing having a bottom provided with a depression adjacent the periphery thereof to constitute a water pan, a perforated false bottom within the casing, a spirally arranged tube carried by the casing adjacent the periphery thereof, the :lower end of which is lo cated within said water pan, an impeller and driving shaft therefor to force water upwardly through said tube, said tube having outlets at intervals within the casing, and a heater beneath the bottom of the casing for applying heat thereto, said heater being located to one side of said depression.

7. In clothes washing machines, a cylindrical casing having a bottom provided with a depression adjacent the periphery thereof to constitute a water pan, a perforated false bottom within the casing, a spirally arranged tube carried by the casing adjacent the periphery thereof, the lower end of which is located within said water pan, an impeller and driving shaft therefor to force water upwardly through said tube, lets at intervals within. the casing, said out= lets comprising orifice nozzles directed to iswe streams in directions between the periphery and center of the casing, and a heater beneath the bottom of the casing for applying heat thereto, said heater being located to one side of said depression. 8. In clothes washing machines, a cylindrical casing having a bottom provided with a depression adjacent the periphery thereof to constitute a water pan, a perforated false bottom within the casing, a spirally arranged tube carried by the casing adjacent the periphery thereof, the lower end of which is located within said water pan, an impeller and driving shaft therefor to force water upwardly through said tube, said tube having outlets at intervals within the casing, said outlets comprising orifice nozzles directed to issue streams in directions between the periphery and center of the casing to whirl the said tube having outcontents of the casing about a vertical axis,

the water issuing therefrom upwardly to lift the clothes from the false bottom, and a heater beneath the bottom of the casing for applying heat thereto, said heater being located to one side of said depression.

9. In clothes washing machines, a cylindrical casing having a bottom combined with hydraulic means for simultaneously whirling the contents of the cylinder about a vertical axis and lifting the clothes from the bottom, and a heater beneath the bottom of the easing for applying heatdirectly to the bottom of said casing.

10. In clothes washing machines, a cylindrical casing having a bottom combined with hydraulic means for simultaneously whirling the contents of the cylinder about a vertical axis and lifting the clothes from the bottom, said means comprising a water pan below the bottom of the casing into which the water drains from the bottom, a duct from the water pan for conveying watertherefrom and discharging 'it above the bottom at different levels around the axis of the casing in directions between the periphery and center of the casing, and a heater beneath the bottom of the casing for applying heat directly to the bottom of said casing. a

11. In clothes washing machines; a cylindrical casing having a bottom provided with a depression constituting a water pan, a spirally arranged tube carried by the casing adjacent the periphery, the lower end of which tube is located within said water pan, an impeller and driving shaft therefor for forcing water from the water pan upwardly.

through said tube, said tube having outlets at intervals in its length to discharge water into the casing at different levels.

12. In clothes washing machines; a cylindrical casing having a bottom provided with a depression constituting a water pan, a spirally arranged tube carried by the casing adjacent the periphery, the lower end of which tube is located within said water pan, an impeller and driving shaft therefor for forcing water from the water pan upwardly through said tube, said tube having outlets at intervals in its length to discharge water into the casing at different levels, said outlets comprising orifice nozzles directed to issue streams of water in directionsbetween the periphery and center of the casing to whirl ing at different levels said outlets comprising orifice nozzles directed to issue streams of water in directions between the periphery and center of-the casing to whirl the contents of the casing about a vertical axis, said nozzles also being inclined to direct the water issuing therefrom upwardly for lifting the clothes from the bottom.

14. In clothes washing machines; a cylindrical casing having a bottom provided with a depression constituting a waterpan, a spirally arranged tube carried by the casing adjacent the periphery, the lower end of which tube is located within said water pan, an impeller and driving shaft therefor for forcing water from the water pan upwardly through said tube, said tube having outlets at intervals in its length to discharge water into the easing at different levels, said water pan being located adjacent the periphery of the casing I spirally arranged tube carried by the casing adjacent the periphery, the lower end of which tube is located within said water pan, an impeller and driving-shaft therefor for forcing water from the water pan upwardly through said tube, said tube having outlets at intervals in its length to discharge water into the casing at different levels, said outlets comprising orifice nozzles directed to issue streams of water in directions between the periphery and center of the casing to whirl the contents of the casing about a vertical axis, said waterpan being located adjacent the periphery of the casing and a heater located beneath the remaining area of the bottom of the casing for applying heat thereto, said heater being located to one side of said depression.

CHARLES GAISE.