US1093101A - Clothes-washer. - Google Patents

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M. J. & E. W. BEENEY. CLOTHES WASHER APPLICATION FILED APR. B, 1918.

1,093,101. I Q Patented Apr. 14, 1914.

5 Mod 71?. mae m rmvrrnn s'raarEs rarENr ormon MAURICE J. BEENEY AND ERNEST w. :BEENEY, or NEWARK, onro, ASSIGNORS T0 1-1. E. WENDELL, 0E LEIrsIo, OHIG.

CLOTHES-WASHER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, MAURIGE J. BEENEY and ERNEST W. BEENEY, citizens of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Vashers, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to laundry devices of the class wherein the cleansing operation is produced by the reciprocation of a hollow conical member having a novel arrangement of the interior parts, and whereby an alternating suction and compression is produced by moving the device vertically in contact with the clothes immersed in a cleansing liquid, and has for one of its objects to sunplify and improve the construction and increase the eiiiciency and utility of devices of this character.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claim, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the improved device. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 3 is a detail in section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The body of the improved device is constructed of sheet metal of any suitable quality, such as copper, aluminum, tin, or the like, and comprises a conical shell 10 having an interior socket 11 to receive an operating handle 12. The socket 11 extends only part way through the conical shell 10, and at the lower end of the socket the shell is provided with a transverse diaphragm 15, preferably slightly curved downwardly, as shown, and provided with a plurality of apertures 16, and forming an upper conical internal chamber 17. Depending from the diaphragm 15 is another conical member 18 which forms an inner downwardly opening conical chamber 19. Depending from the diaphragm 15 is still another and inverted conical member 20 which surrounds the conical member 18 and is united thereto at the lower end at 21 and forms an intermediate closed conical chamber 22. The conical member 18 is pro- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 8, 1913.

Patented Apr. 14, 1914. Serial No. 759,815.

vided with a plurality of apertures 23, while the conical member 20 is provided with a plurality of similar apertures 24. The conical member 20 forms an outer annular chamber 25, and the apertures 2324e provide communication respectively between the chambers 19 and and 22, while as before stated the apertures 16 provide communica tion between the chambers 22 and 17. Formed in the shell 10 near its upper end are a plurality of transverse openings 26. The socket 11 extends for a distance above the upper line of the shell 10, and connected to this socket and likewise connected to the shell 10 are a plurality of deflectors or hoods 27, one extending over each of the apertures 26.

Any required number of the apertures 16, 23 and21 may be employed, but generally three will be sufficient as shown. Any re quired number of the apertures 26 and their respective hoods 27 may likewise be employed, but generally three will be sufiicient as shown.

The shell 10 may be of any required size,

about 7 inches long, but these dimensions may be varied as required, and it is not desired therefore to limit the invention to any particular size or to any particular propor- With a device thus constructed, the operation is as follows: The garments to be cleansed are deposited in a suitable receptacle, such as a wash tub, and quantity of water, preferably soft, and supplied with the requisite soap or like compound, is heated to the boiling point and poured upon the garments in the tub but with not suiiicient water to cause the garments to float in the water. The improved implement is. then disposed upon the garments in the tub and alternately moved downwardly and drawn upwardly by the handle 12 and also moved laterally from place to place in the tub to cause the cleansing action to operate upon all of the garments. As the implement is moved downwardly the air, steam and water rise into the downwardly opening chambers and are caused to rush upwardly through the apertures 23-241 into the chamber 22 and thence through the apertures 16 into the chamber 17 and thence out through the apertures 26 and against the deflectors and thrown downwardly thereby upon the garments. When the improved device is drawn upwardly the action is reversed, the upward movement causing a suction which draws the liquid upwardly through the garments. Thus the downward movement produces a rapid movement of the cleansing liquid downwardly through the garments, While the upward or suction movement causes an upward movement of the water through the garments, and thus entirely removes the dirt therefrom, and by repeating this action rapidly and moving the implement dyer laterally to bring it into contact with the entire surface of the garments, the latter are thoroughly cleansed as will be obvious. \Vhen the device is moved downwardly the water rises to a point inside of the conical chamber and above the upper edge of the holes 26 and thus confines the air which is in the spaceabove the holes 26, and as the downward movement of the device continues the air thus confined is compressed thereby and utilized to force the cleansing liquid downwardly through the garments. The downward movement of the implement causes the water to be forced in two directions and as the device is then drawn upwardly a suction is produced which pulls the water upwardly from the bottom through the clothes, as before described. By the peculiar arrangement of the parts the splashing" and throwing of the water from the tub or other receptacle is eliminated as the relatively large area of the holes permits the water to move through the de vice and out through the top.

In operating the device it is not necessary to draw the implement entirely out of the water as the improved device operates as soon as the implement is raised high enough to cause the waterline in the tub or other receptacle to come below the holes, which thus control the movements of the'air, the air entering through the holes at the top and passing down through the upper chamber and into the concentric chambers 25--l9 at the bottom. This arrangement causes the device to act quickly and materially increases the cleansing action and the utility of the action of the cleansing liquid on the garments. The members 18 and 20 are provided with drainage openings 28 at the junctures 21, as shown.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A downwardly opening conical shell having transverse openings near its apex, an intermediate: transverse substantially horizontal battle member within the shell, and a hollow member depending from the baffle member and converging toward its lower end whereby an outer annular chamber and an inner chamber are formed with clownwardly diverging sides, said baffle member having a plurality of openings communicating with the interior of the annular member and the annular member having a plurality of openings communicating with the chamher.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

JosEPH W. HoRNER, E. H. REYNOLDS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

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