US1198584A

US1198584A - Gearing.

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Publication number: US1198584A
Application number: US7370016A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edward Rue
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1916-01-22
Filing date: 1916-01-22
Publication date: 1916-09-19
Anticipated expiration: 1933-09-19

Description

E. RUE.

GEARING.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.22. 1916.

Pateuted Sept. 19, 1916.

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Inventor m M w v z 1 m y Attorneys 'E. RUE,

GEARING.

APPLICATlON FILED JAN. 22. I916.

Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

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GEARING.

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EDWARD RUE, 0F AIVIBOY, MINNESOTA.

GEARING.

Application filed January 22, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD RUE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Amboy, in the county of Blue Earth and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Gearing, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a gearing adapted tobe employed primarily but not exclusively in connection with a wringer and a washing machine.

One object of the invention is to provide novel means whereby the rolls of the wringer may be reversed.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means whereby the wringer may be swung around into different positions with respect to the tub, without breaking the operative connection bewteen the rolls of the wringer and the means whereby the rolls are driven.

lVith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 shows in perspective, the gearing forming the subject matter of this application em bodied in a combined washing machine and wringer; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the wringer and a portion of the operating mechanism, parts being broken away; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken through the mechanism at one end of the wringer, parts appearing in elevation; Fig. 4 is a top plan showing a supporting bracket which enters into the construction of the machine; Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken through the casing wherein certain of the driving gears are located; Fig. 6 is an elevation showing the worm wheel and sundryother elements whereby motion is. imparted to the washer; Fig. 7 is a. section taken approximately on the line 77 of Fig. 5; Fig. 8 is an end elevation showing one of the clutches.

The novelty in the present invention resides in the gearing whereby the wringer and the washing machine are operated and I am aware of the fact that in this app1ica- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

Serial No. 73,700.'

tion, neither a washing machine nor 'a wringer can be claimed specifically. In view of the foregoing, and in view of the fact that the washing machine and the wringer may be fashioned variously, without jeopardizing the utility of the inven tion, the description of the washing machine and the wringer will be shortened accordingly.

The numeral 1 designates a tub constituting a part of a washing machine and provided intermediate its ends and upon its upper edge with a. cross bar 2, the tub 1 being supported on legs 3 carrying braces 4, the braces supporting at one end a platform 5. Pivo'ted at 6 to the other ends of the braces 4: is a radius rod 7 which is a composite structure, the same including a U- shaped foot 8 and a stem 9 connected with the crown of the foot rigidly. Pivoted at 10 to the upper end of the stem 9 of theradius rod is a substantially horizontal link 11, the inner end of which is pivoted as shown at 12 to a crank 14 upstanding from a shaft 15 journaled for rocking movement in bearings 16 carried by the cross bar 2 of the tub 1. The shaft 15 is provided with oppositely projecting extensions 17 carrying pounders 18 operating within the contour of the tub 1.

Pivoted at 19 to the foot 8 of the radius rod 7 for compound rocking movement is a pitman 20, loosely pivoted for compound movement as shown at 21 to a worm wheel 24: secured to a vertical shaft 25 journaled in a bracket 26 carried by a platform 5. The worm wheel 24 operates within a casing 27 attached to the platform 5, the casing 27 having a slot 28 of sufficient size to permit the ,rod 20 to operate properly. Projecting from the bracket 26 is an arm 29 carrying a bearing 30. A tubular casing 31 is connected with the end of the bearing 30, or otherwise supported, the casing 31 carrying an oil plug 32. Journaled for rotation in the bearing 30 and xtended within the casing 31 is a shaft 33 carrying a worm 3 1 meshing into the worm wheel 24, the plug 32 constituting a means whereby the worm and the worm wheel may be lubricated. One end of the shaft 33 1s received in a recess 35 formed in the end of a sleeve 36, the said end of the shaft being held in the recess 35 for adjustment, by means of vSet screws 37 threaded into the sleeve 36. In

one end of the sleeve 36 there is formed a pulley 40 secured by means of a set screw 11 to a shaft 42 constituting a part of a motor 48 carried by the platform 5, the motor preferably being driven electrically. The pulley 40 is used when it is desired to employ the motor 43 for driving some machine other than the wringer or the washing machine disclosed in this application. Under such circumstances, it may be desirable not to operate the wringer or the washing machine, and then the set screws 37 are loosened so that there is no operative connection between the shaft %2 and the shaft 33. The casing 27 is provided with an upstanding neck 44: received in an opening 4.5 fashioned in a ring or keeper 46 having peripheral notches 4:7 and connected to or formed integrally with an angle bracket 18 attached to one corner of the tub 1.

The invention comprises a support in the form of a pair of rods or bars 49 secured to a bearing 50, the shaft 25 passing upwardly through the neck f-l and being journaled for rotation in the bearing 50. The bearing 50 is provided with an upstanding, box-like casing 51. Pivoted to the ends of the bars 49 is a latch 52 which, when swung downwardly, is adapted to coact with any of the notches L7 in the ring or keeper 16. The upper end of the shaft 25 is received for rotation in a bearing 53 carried' by the upper end of the box-like casing 51, and access is had to the upper end of the shaft 25, for lubrication, through the medium of an oil plug 54: threaded into the top of the casing 51. Located within the contour of the casing 51 and se cured to the shaft 25 in vertically spaced relation are beveled

pinions

55 and 56 adapted to mesh one at a time, or adapted at the same time to be out of engagement with, a beveled gear 57 carried by a shaft 58 journaled for rotation in a wringer frame 59, the shaft 58 carrying a roller 60 cotiperating with a roller 61, the

rollers

60 and 61 being operatively connected by means of gear wheels 62 or in any other suitable manner.

The numeral 63 indicates any pressure means, common in wringers. and adapted to secure a proper coiiperation between the

rollers

60 and 61.

The wringer frame 59 is pivotally connected with the support comprising the bars 49, by means of. links 6%. Fulcrumed as shown at 65 on the casing portion 51 of the bearing 50 is a bell crank 66. one arm 67 of which is pivoted as shown at 68 to the wringer frame 59, the other arm of the bell crank upstanding to form a handle 69. the handle 69 being equipped with any suitable latch mechanism 70. under the control of an operator and adapted to coact with a notched keeper 71 formed integrally with or constituting a part of the casing 51.

In practical operation, when the motor 43 is in operation, the shaft 42 will drive the shaft 33, the latter imparting rotation to the worm 34, the worm driving the worm wheel 2st, and the pitman 20 swinging the radius rod comprising the foot 8 and the stem 9. The radius rod 89 actuates the link 11 and the link 11 through the instrumentality of the crank 14:, rocks the shaft 15, the extensions 17 of which serve to move the pounders 18 within the contour of the tub 1.

Then the Worm wheel 24 is rotated, the shaft 25 is rotated also. From the shaft 25, motion is transmitted by the beveled pinion 55 or the beveled pinion 56 into the beveled gear 57, the latter rotating the roller 60, and the roller 60 rotating the J roller 61 through the medium of the intermeshing gear wheels 62. The latch may be disengaged from the keeper 71, and then the bell crank 66 may be swung on its fulcrum 65 by means of the handle 69. Under such circumstances, the part 67 of the bell crank will raise and lower the wringer frame 59, the latter swinging on the links 64 as a fulcrum. In this manner, the beveled gear 57 may be brought into mesh with the beveled pinion 55 or with the beveled pinion 56, thus to secure a rotation of the

rollers

61 and 60 in one direction, or in an opposite direction, thereby bringing about a reversal. When the beveled gear 57 is in mesh neither with the beveled pinion 55 nor the beveled pinion 56, then no rotation will be imparted to the roller 60 from the shaft 25.

By disengaging the latch 52 from the notches 47 in the keeper 16, the wringer frame 59 may be swung around into different positions, with the shaft 25 as an axis of rotation, the bearing 50 rotating on the shaft. Although the wringer frame 59 may thus be swung around to assume different positions, and be held in adjusted positions by engaging the latch 52 with the notches 57, the driving train between the shaft 25 and the roller 60 is not necessarily broken, since the beveled gear 57 may move around orbitally, in mesh with the beveled pinion 55 or in mesh with the beveled pinion 56.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a base; an upright shaft journaled for rotation in the base; means for driving the shaft; a support in which the shaft is rotatable; a frame pivoted at one end to the support; a roller carried by the frame; a gear wheel operatively connected with the roller; a pair of pinions on the shaft; and means for raising and lowering the other end of the frame, thereby to cause the gear wheel to mesh into the pinions selectively.

2. In a device of the class described, a base; an upright shaft journaled for rotation in the base; a support mounted to swing on the shaft transversely of the shaft; means for holding the support in adjusted positions circumferentially of the shaft; a frame pivoted at one end to the support; a roller carried by the frame; a gear Wheel operatively connected With the roller; a pair of pinions on the shaft; and means for raising and lowering the other end of the frame, thereby to cause the gear Wheel to coact With the pinions selectively.

3. In a device of the class described, a

base; an upright shaft journaled for rotation in the base; a support mounted to swing on the shaft transversely of the shaft; means for securing the support in adjusted positions circumferentially of the shaft; a frame pivoted at one end to the support; a roller carried by the frame; a gear Wheel operatively connected With the roller; a pair of pinions on the shaft; a bell crank mounted on the other end of the frame and constituting a means for raising and lowering the frame, thereby to cause the gear Wheel to mesh into the pinions selectively; a support-carried fulcrum for the bell crank; and latch mechanism carried by the bell crank, the said support being provided With a keeper WhereWith the latch mechanism is adapted to engage. 1

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

EDWARD RUE. Witnesses:

T. W. BoEsoH, L. CORNELL.

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