US330626A - Combined washing-machine and teeter or seesaw - Google Patents

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' (No Model.)

s. S EWELL. I COMBINED WASHING MACHINE AND TEETER OR SEESAW. No. 330,626.

Patented Nov. 17, 1885..

N. PETERS. Photo-lithograph". Wa-nin mn. n a I NITED STATES ATENT SARAH SEWELL, OF MARK CENTRE, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,626, dated November 17, 1885.

Application filed February 8, 1883. Serial No. 84,326. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SARAH SEw LL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mark Centre, in the county of Defiance and State of Ohio, have invented a Combined Washing- Machine and Teeter or Seesaw, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved washin'g-machine consisting of a hollow receiver containing a rotary clothes-holder supported on axes carried by bearings in the main framing, and caused to rotate by means of crank arms or levers, motion to which is communicated by means of rods or levers arranged on opposite sides of the machine and pivoted or hinged at their upper ends to a seesaw or teeter, which is pivoted centrally to a framing or support arranged above the washing-machine. The seesaw or teeter at its opposite ends is provided with cross-bars, which may serve as handles, or,by means of cords, chains,

or other suitable means,support seatsIor chairs in which children or other persons may sit while operating the machine. By this means I am enable to provide at the same time amusement and recreation for children and young persons, while at the same time I utilize their exertions, when desired,in washing the family or other clothes.

The accompanying drawings form part of this specification, and represent what I consider the best means of carrying out my invention.

Figure 1 is a front view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of thesame. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section taken at right angles to Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A represents a hollow cylindrical case, which is formed in two parts, A A The part A is fixed to the main framing B, and is adapted to hold the wash-water, while the part A serves as a cover to the part A, and the rotary cylinder or clothes-holder is supported therein. The part A is connected to the part A by means of hinges in such manner that it may be raised or folded back, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3.

O is the hollow cylinder or clothes-holder, which is formed in two parts, 0 0 connected together, as shown, by hinges c 0 atone side,

in order that the cylinder or holder may be opened for the purpose of inserting the clothes or fabrics to be washed. When the;

part 0 is closed down upon the part 0, the said parts are held correctly in position by means of hooks or other suitable retaining means, 0 0. The cylinder or clothes-holder G is supported in bearings a, formed in the ends A A of the case A, by means of short shafts or axes D D, to each of which is attached a crank-arm, E, the outer end of each of which is provided with a connecting-pin,E, adapted to fit into a bearing,f,formed in the lower end of a rod or lever, F, one of which is arranged on each side of the machine, and is pivoted at its upper end to the seesaw or teeter G, which is pivoted centrally to the main crossbars b of the framing B by means'of a pin or shaft,B. The framing B, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings,is formed in. two parts, B B between which the seesaw G moves or teeters. The seesaw or teeter G at its opposite ends is provided with cross-bars H, which may serve as handles for operating the machine; but I prefer to use them as supports for ropes or chains I, to the lower ends of which are attached seats or chairs K, in which children or other persons may sit while operating the machine. The periphery of the clothesholder 0 is formed of a series of slats, 0, arranged at distances apart, so as to leave spaces 0 between them for the passage of the water. The slats c are formed of a V-section, the apex of the V being arranged inwardly. The ends 0 O of the cylinder or clothes-holder 0 are formed with alternate grooves and ridges, also,by preference,of a V-section, and radiating from the center or axis.

L L are slats or boards arranged, respectively, at the front and rear of the lower part of the half A of the case A, for'the purpose of returning the water drawn or thrown up during the revolution of the clothes-holder 0. They also serve to force the water through the clothes or material in the holder C.

The operation of my improved device is as follows: The teeter or seesaw G being moved up or down, either by hand or by children or other parties seated in the seats or chairs K, motion will be communicated, by means of the rods or levers F, to the crank-arms E and shafts or axes D D, and consequently to the clothes-holder O, and the motion of the being connected to the cranks of the cylinder clothes-holderG will be continued so long as by pitman, substantiallyas shown and dethe teeter or seesaw is operated. scribed, whereby the movement of said see- Having thus described my invention, what saw operates said cylinder. 5 I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 1 ent, is hand this 16th day of December, 1882.

The combination of the frame, the suds-box SARAH SEWELL. mounted therein and provided with a cylinder, WVitnesses; and the seesaw mounted in the upward1y-ex- J. 0. RYAN,

1o tended portions of the frame, said seesaw G. T. NICHOLS.

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