US103671A - Improved washing-machine - Google Patents

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JOHN SIRRINE, OF TRUMAN-SB-URG, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent .No..103,671, dated May 31, 1870.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

' is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing which makes part of this specification, and in which-- Fignre 1 represents a plan or'l top view of my improved washing-machine, and

Figure 2 a vertical longitudinal section of the same,

vat the line x x of tig. 1.

The object of' my invention isto provide a washingmachin'e of cheap and simple construction, which can be readily and effectively operated without damaging the clothes in the process of' washing, to which ends my improvement-s consist in a wash-board connected by four posts to a sliding gate or frame, by which itis reciprocated over a series of bed-rollers, placed in the bottom of a suitablyconst1'ucted tub.

The gate moves in slots formed in the side of the tub, and bears at one end against suitable guide-rollers, which serve as fulcra for the application ot' pressnre to the clothes which are placed upon the bed-rollers, and spiral springs surrounding the posts of the wash-board, which move in holes in the gate, cause the wash-hoard to rise and fall according to the thickness of the clothes beneath it, thus enabling proper pressure to be applied to the same during the operation of the machine without danger of injuring them.

ln'the accompanying drawing, which shows a convenient arrangement of parts for carrying o ut the objects of my invention- A represents an oblong or oval tub for the reception `of the clothes to be washed, which is supported upon feet a'. A series of bed-rollers, D, is placed within and near the bottom of the tub A, journals heilig formed upon their ends which rotatein bearings on its sides.

C represents a corrugated wash-board, curved upon its lower side, which is'moved longitudinally over the rollers D by means of a sliding gate or frame, B, which moves in slots, a, in the sides of ,the tub, near one of' its ends, power being applied for that purpose to a cross-bar, b, at the opposite end of the gate.

,Four posts or nprights, c, are secured to the washboard C, which pass through holes in the side pieces of the gate B, and are connected at each side by stationary caps O above 'the gate, the posts c being free to move vertically in the holes through which they pass.

Each post is surrounded by a spiral spring, c', which bears at its lower end against a shoulder or collar on the post, and at its upper'end against the-lower side of the gate. By this arrangement thewash-board is caused to rise and fall in proportion tothe thickness of the clothes which are placed on the bell-rollers, whether the same is uniform or different at its diil'erent corners, so that the pressure necessary for wash- 'ing the clothes can always be applied and maintained without danger ot' injuring the saine.

The gate B moves between the upper and lower guide-rollers E E, which rotate in bearings near that end of the tub in which the slots a are formed.

These rollers are placed at a sulicient distance apart to enable the angle of the gate with the tub t-o be varied in proportion to the thickness of the clothes upon the bed-rollers, and serve as fulcra for the gate B, when the lat-ter is moved, thus enabling the power to be effectively applied to the clothes, whether a greater or lesser quantity or thickness of thesame is to he washed.

From the construct-ion of my machine it will be seen that it is free from complication and of easy operation, and, by the application ot' the springs to the wash-board', in the manner described, the 'latter will always act effectively and safely upon the clothes beneath it.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The posts c, provided with the spiral springs d, cap G' and wash-hoard C, in combination with the rollers D, gate B and guide-rollers E E', the ywhole construced land operating as shown and for the purpose set orti.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my iuvention, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 11th day of March, 1869.`

l JOHN SIRRINE. [n s l VVitnesSes GEO. F. SPINK, D. F. OHANDLR

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