US109262A - Improvement in washfng-machines - Google Patents

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dilata lterer l @anni @da THOMAS SNOW., OF SOCIAL. CIRCLE, GEORGIA.

Letters Iiatent No. 109,262, dated November 15, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

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

washing-machine in plan view, and

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same. I v

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and jai-rangement of a washimg-machine, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In .Order to' lenable others skilled in theart to which 'my invention appertains to make and use the' same, Ivwill now proceed to describe its construction and operation. I

A. represents a box of any desired dimensions, in which are placed two corrugated wash-boards B B, the corrugated sides facing each other.

Thelower wash-board B is placed between slats a a, ruiming longitudinally in the sides of the box, and

forming guides for said board.

Ihe upper wash-board B' rests upon the upper slats Or guides a'.

In one end of the box A is a forked arm, O, in which a lever, HD, is pivoted.

'Ihe lower end of this lever is pivoted in an ear projecting from theend of the lower wash-board B, and two arms b'conneet said lever, above the pivot point, with the upper wash-board B', so that by working the lever D back and fOr-th, the two wash-boards are moved back and forth in Opposite directions on their respective guides.

The inner ends of the two arms b b are attached to a handle, G, on the upper wash-board.

.The wash-boards B B' are perforated, which creates a suction of the water, and causes it to keep a continuous stream through the fabrics, thereby loosening up the dirt, and enabling the operator to wash the most costiy and fine fabric without injury.

Instead of constructing the washboards in the manner shown in the drawing, I may make frames with a series of stationary rollers or round bars placed a suitable distance apart, which will answer the same purpose.

I am aware of the patent granted E.- Marble, April 9, 1867, in which are seen two wash-boards moving in Opposite directions; but my machine differs from his in that my wash-boards have stationary `guides and do not touch each other, while in his the lower board swings or rocks to and fro, and the upper board rests upon the lo'wer'and is moved in the opposite direction from the swinging-board.. My wash-boards move in parallel lines.

Having thus fully described my invention,

lVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is f The combination of the box A with guides a a', per forated wash-boards B B', forked arm C, lever I), and arms b b, all constructed and arrangedto operate substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I cla-im the above, I have here liuto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

XVitnesses: Y THOMAS SYOWn NEWTON D. DAoUs, DE KALB REYNOLDS.

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