US1222240A - Combined washing and wringing machine. - Google Patents

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H. L. 066. COMBINED WASHING AND WRJNGING MACHINE.

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VMSHSNG AND wmmeme MACHINE.

COMBHNED APPLICATION FILED MAY 6.19%-

Paimtmz Apr. 10, 1917.

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MMN QQN A M G/ttommw COMBINED WASHING AND wmwsme MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLED MAY 6. I916.

Patented Apr. 10,1917.

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COMBINED WASHING AND WRINGING MACHINE.

MAY 6. 1916.

APPLICATION FILED Patented Apr. 10, 191?.

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'Z'JOMPAIIQ'Y, F NEWTON, IO'WA. A CDRPDBATE'DN.

*UG'MBKNED WASHING AKND 'WZEZINGII'Ifi-i- MACHINE.

specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 6, 31.316. Serial No. 95,5 37.

.To whom may concern:

it known that I, HARRY L. Use, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newton, in the county of Jasper and State of lowa, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Combined Washing and the same may be adjusted to assume various positions with relation to the tubs and also vith relation :0 a supplemental tub supporting frame structure to suit the convenience of the user of the machine.

Zrnoiher aim of the invention is to provide means for supporting the wringer mechanism for adjustment in the manner above stated which means will be arranged ferswinging movement about the operating or power shaft for the Wringer mechanism as a center, thereby avoiding any interference with the gearingfor transmitting power from the said shaft to the \vringer mechanism regardless oi the position to which the mechanism is adjusted.

Another aim of the invention is to provide novelnicalis for holding the wringer mechanism in its various positions of adjust ment, which means will effectually hold the said mechanism a gainst accidental displace ment after having been adjusted to the dcsircd position and which yet may be con reniently manipulated so to permit of the mechanism being swung to a new position of adjustment.

.Ernother aim of the invention is in provide hei-ween the wringcr mechanism and the power shaft therefor. power transmilting gearing so arranged that. the direction of rotation of the wrin g'er rolls may he re.-

rersed or the gearing: may he rendered wholly inactive so as to permit oi the wringer meclianism being; operated by hand.

Anoihc' aim of the invention is to provide power transmitting mechanism hetween the mechanism and the power shaft of the motor provided for operating the niachine which transmitg mechanism ma be adjusted "so as to render eilher the ning'mechanism or the wringing mechanism inactive.

Another aim of the invention 'to pro-- vide a novel construction of wringer incensnism.

In the accompanying drawn Figure 1 is a side elevation of ma chine embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a loop plan View thereof Fig. 3 is a similar View the ijuhs he" removed Fig. 4!- is a vertical sectional View when in a. plane between the izuhs;

Fig. 5is a perspective View of the sup porting structure for the wringer 1m nism;

Fig. 6 is a plan View ofan elemeni; of (he means for supporting the strucrnre shown in 5 in its various positions elf merit; V

Fig: 7 is a perspective view or portion of the mechanism for releasing the wringer rolls;

Fig. 8 is a vertical transverse 86L View substantially on the line 8"8 of I V Fie'. 9 is a perspective view of the lJlKHMLlY- shown in Fig. 6;

Fig. 10 a. horizontal c'zional vien' through a portion of the wringer mechanism;

Fig 11 is a detail vertical sectional ir substantially on the line ll-l1 of Fi h The washing and wringing lnecham n:. of the machine embodying the present invention are mounted upon a frame which is indicated in general by the numeral 1 and inasmuch as this frame CUIlSllillilES enhject-matter oi a separate application it need not here he specifically described.

The machine embodies two tuhs, one indi cated by the numeral 53 and the other r t e numeral 3 and these iuhs are menu" secured upon the top of the frame 1 1 suitable manner and each is provide} .n ail a hinged cover provided with a eomhiuml.

hearing and gear casing 5 in which is who tahly mounted the shah; G of the (not shown). which norlrs Wllililli the casing housing the gear for the agitator shaft which gear is indicated by the numeral 7 and the casing being open at one side so as to permit of the (projection exteriorly of the casing of a portion of the periphery of the gear housed thereby The gears 7 of the two agitator shafts are driven by reciprocatory rack bars 8 which may be swung into which is rotatably mounted and out of mesh with the respective gears 7 and which coact with the said projecting peripheral portions of the respective gears and reciprocate between the same and guide rollers 9 also mounted upon the covers 4. At their outer ends the rack bars 8 are pivotally connected, as at 10, to the upper ends of rockers 11 mounted for oscillatory movement .in suitable brackets 12 upon the outer or remote sides of the tubs 2 and '3, these rockers being oscillated through the medium of motor driven gearing which Wlll now be described and which mcludes pitman rods pivotally connected to the lower ends of the said rockers. Any suitable type of motor may be employed, but in the drawings there is shown an electric motor indicated by the numeral 1-1 having the usual. power shaft 15 upon which is lined a gear 16. This gear meshes with a gear 17 fixed upon a shaft 18 in suitable brackets 19 and 20 fixed upon the upper sides of baseboards 21 and 22., respectively, mounted within the frame 1. Held for rotation upon the. shaft 18 andslidable longitudinally thereon is one member 23 of a clutch and in order that this member of the clutch may be shifted into and out of clutch with the other member a shaft 24 is mounted in suitable brackets 25 within the frame and is .provided at its lower end with a yoke 26 ei'igaging with the clutch member 23 and at its upper end is provided with a lever arm which extends beneath one side of the top of the frame 1 and is supported for movement in a suitable guide 28 upon the underside of the said top of the frame, the lever arm being provided with a handle 29 where by it may be swung as stated. The other member of the clutcln indicated by the numerai 30, is carried by a pinion 31 which is loose upon the shaft 13 and this pinion is 111 mesh with gears 32 which are located atof a shaft 41.

referred to. The shaft 18 is also suitably 35 which is mounted in the top of the frame structure 1 is a bracket 36 having bearing portions 37 and 38 within which is ournaled a shaft 39 and the said bracket 36 is provided at its top between the bearing portion 38 and the bearing portion 37 with a vertical hearing 40 to rotatably receive the lower end The upper side of the bracket 36 is provided in vertical alinement with the bearing 40 with a step bearing or socket 42 provided interiorly with a shoulder 43 8 and fitted toand surrounding the shaft 41 is a tubular bearing standard 44 which fits at its lower end within the bearing socket i2 and rests upon the shoulder 43 in the manner clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 11 of the drawings. The shaft &1 has fixed to its lower end a bevel gear i5 which meshes with a similar gear 46 upon the shaft 39 and also fixed upon the shaft 39 is a sprocket gear 47 about which is trained a sprocket chain e8, the chain passing also about a sprocket gear iii) which is loosely mounted upon the shaft 18? as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings. Mounted upon the shaft 18 for rotation therewith and yet slidable thereon is a clutch member 50 designed to cooperate with a ciutch-member 51 carried by the sprocket gear 49. The clutch member 50 may be shifted into and out of clutch with the member 51 through the medium of a lever 52 which is mounted for swinging movement, as at 53, upon the base-board and is pro- ,vided with a yoke 54 cooperatingwith the clutch member 50. It will now be understood that inasmuch as when the motor is in operation the shaft 18 will be continuously rotated, rotary motion may be imparted to the shaft 41 by swinging the lever 52 so as to move the clutch member 50 into clutch with the member 51. The upper portion of the tubular bearing 44 is braced by means of a bracket, which is shown clearly in Fig. 9 of the drawings, and which includes a body 55 havingattaching arms 56 which are secured at their outer ends to the adja- .cent side of one of the tubs, as for example the tub The body portion 55 of the bracket is provided with an opening 57 receiving. the upper portion of the tubular bearing 1%, the said'tubular bearing is 120 1 further braced by a bracket arm 58 secured to the tub 2 and extending to and secured to the body portion of the bracket 55. Mounted upon the upper side of the body portion of the bracket 55and secured thereto by suitable bolts 59 is a rack or keeper device comprising a circular body 60- having an upstanding annular flange 61 proancer-1o intervals with notches (i2. Fitted ppcr end of the bearing: sleeve M e racl: device is a sleeve (3 which is 'i i inner end of a supporting leeve being secured to the said he tubular bearing by means 7 ireaded through'the sleeve against the upper end of the l .7 nearing". 'lhe ivringer mechdos a "frame ha ving side members oi", and the outer end of the support in We is secured, as at to the lower side'nieinber 66 of the said frame l arm. is provided near its inner other words, near the sleeve 63 apstanding attaching portion 65 or otherwise secured, as 7G and 71, lower portion of the side member 6?. sing T2 is seourec to and supported member: 6'? of the 'a'ringer iranie aled in a bearing i3 secured upon ember G ll and a bearing 74: consti rtion of the attaching member 69, 3 5 which projects at one end into rising Loosely mounted upon which mesh With a bevel pinion upper end of the shaft upon the shaft 75 for rotation and yet slidable upon the shaft is aided clutch 79 which may be shiftinto clutch with the gears 76 ough the medium of a hifting wanted for swinging movement, as upper side oi the gear casing members 66 and 67 of the \vringer '2 connected at their upper ends by o s piece Mounted upon the under 1e cross piece 82 is a b 'acliet 83 and e for swinging movement within the ,aclret upon a pivot bolt 8% fitted bracket and through the said fie, is an operating lever 85. Coni to this lever 85 at one side of the pivot or is one end of a connecting rod, ind by the numeral 86, the other end of being connected pivotally. as at I v the upper end of the arm 80. It will now be understood that by grasping either l or dcsireih both. ends of the lever er may be swung so as to rock the arm thereby shift the double ended clutch clz'itch with either of the gears 76 or to neutral position, as shown in of the d awings. In order that the 85 may be held in any of its positions iiussment the bracket 83 is provided n a series of openings 88 in which may in- Joly suit a stud 8!) upon the underlcver, the lever being normally y in position for engra ren'lcnt of 1 the opei'lin' g's it by means oi? d to the lower portion of the t U2: and hearing at its lower end i sit in spaced relation are bevel gears,

at any desired angle with relation to anisni either of the tubs or that member of the tranic structure which is to support the our:-

iliary tub or basket or other receptacle into which tile clothes are to be deposited after passage between the wringer rolls. in order that the supporting arm may be held in. its "arious positions oi :uljustnient a sliding spring pressed pairtured ears 9:2 upon the underto of the arm (34- and a spring; 93, which is fitted :po. the pawl 91 and which hears against one of the said cars 92, yieldably holds the pawl with its outer end in engagement in one or another oit the notches (52 in the flange til of the rack device/heretofore described. in order that the pawl may be retracted thereby to permit of the wringer mechanism to be swung to the desired position, a pivoted hand lever 9% is mounted at the outer end of the or n il: at the underside ot the said arm and connected at one end to this lever is a rod 95, the other end of the rod being connected to the other end of the said pawl 91. it "will now be understood that inasmuch as the hand leve'r is located at the outer end of the supporting arm. G l. it may be conveniently grasped and swung upwardly to retract the pawl 91 at the same time the outer end of the said su 'iporting arin (ii is grasped for the purpose 0? swinging the said arm to adjust the Wringer mechanism.

Fixed upon that end oi the shaft 75 opposite the end at which the gear 76 located,

spindle 99 of the lower one of the wringer rolls indicated by the numeral 100, the up per roli being indicated by the numeral 101. The gears 9b and 9? and also the sprocket chain 98 are housed Within a casing: 102 mounted upon the side member (3G oi the wringer frame and by reference to Fig. 4 of the drawings it will be observed that the end of the spindlefilf) extends exterior-1y of the using and is squared, as indicated by the numeral 103, for the application thereto by a crank handle (not shown) whereby the wrinpger rolls may be rotated manually instead oi"? through power derived lirrnn the motor 14. ll'lounted beneath the lower wrii'ig'er roll 100 a 'fl'iitQr-dldillfd lO-"lwhich. so supported that it may be recited so to assume a position inclining down n l a no i l 91 is mounted in apenso that the board may be adjusted in accord ance with reversal of the direction of rota tion of the rolls. The rolls may be subjected to tension whereby to vary the pres sure on the clothes passing ,therebetween through the medium of compression springs 105 arranged within the side members 66 and 07 of the wringe r frame and the numeral 106 indicates a follower bar provided at its ends with bearing members 107 designed to bear upon the upper ends of said springs 105. Tension screws 108 hear at their lower ends against the said members 10'? and as these screws are tightened the members and the follower bar 106by which they are carried will be forced downwardly so as to increase the tension of the said springs. In order that the springs may be uickly relieved of tension, means is pro vided which will now be described. The tension screws 108 have their threaded shanks fitted in sleeves 109 which are rotatably mounted in. the ends of the cross piece 82 in the manner clearly shown in Figs. 4 and 10 of the drawings and these sleeves are provided at their lower ends each with (a laterally projecting lug 110. The said sleeves and their lugs are received within keyhole slots 111' formed in the said ends of the prose piece 82 and it will be understood. that when the sleeves are in such position that the lugs 110 will register with the narrower portions of the key-hole slots 111, the sleevesand their lugs may have free upward movement through the ends of the said cross piece. On the other hand it will be apparent that when the sleeves 109 are forced downwardly and then partly rotated .the lugs 110 will be moved to position beneath the cross piece 82 in the manner shown in dotted lines in the said Fig. 10 whereby the sleeves will be held against upward movement through the ends of the cross piece until rotated back to the full line position shown in Fig. 10. In order that the sleeves may be so simultaneously turned or rotated, each of the sleeves is provided at its upper end with an arm 112 which extends radially therefrom and aconnecting bar lidextends between these arms and is pivotally connected. thereto. One of the arms is provided with a hand grip 114i and it will be understood that by swinging this arm both arms will be correspondingly moved and the sleeves 109 will be correspondingly rotated. In order to limit the movement of the parts in one direction, lugs 115 are provided at the inner ends of the arms 112 and are designed to engage against one side of the connecting bar 113 and in order to limit the movement of the parts in the other direction a lug 116 is provided at the inner end of thegrip 114i and is designed to enage against the other side or edge of the ar 113. It will now be understood that aaaaeo so as to rotate the sleeves 109 to position with their lugs registering with the lowerends of the narrower portions of the keyhole slots 111, asshown in full lines in Fig.

10 of the drawings whereupon the springs will bereli'eved of tension. and the sleeves 109 will beforced upwardly.

It has I: heretofore been stated that the wringer mechanism may be swung to assume various positions with relation to the tubs and also with relation to a support for a tub, or other receptacle which is to receive the clothes after passage between. the wringer rolls and this support is in the natureo'f a frame structure or table section 117 hingcdly mounted as at 118 at one side of the frame structure 1 and adapted to be swung upward to supporting position, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

inasmuch as the shaft 41 is rotatably mounted within the sleeve 44 and this sleeve is of considerable length and is firmly supported at its lower end within the socket 12 and braced near its upper end by the bracket'5'5, the shaft is aflorded a very substantial bearing and vibration is reduced to a. minimum while the wringer is in operation.

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

1. In a machine of the class described, a bearing socket-provided with a supporting shoulder, a tubular upright bearing member seating at its lower end within said socket and resting upon the shoulder, a bracket bracing the upper portion of the said tubular bearing member, a vrack member mounted upon the bracket, an arm extending from the said tubular bearing member, wringer mechanism supported by the arm,' an operating shaft rotatably mounted within the bearing member, gear connection between the said shaft and said wringer mechanism, and a pawl carried by the said arm and engaging the said rack member.

2. In a machine of the class described, a supporting and bearing device including a socket member, an upright tubular bearing member supported at its lower end for rotation in the socket member, a bracket rotatably supporting the upper end of the said bearing member, a head supported by the bracket and having an annular flange provided at intervals with notches, the upper end of the bearing member extending above the said head, a supporting arm secured upon the said upper end of the bearing member, wrmger meehumsm supported upon the smd'arm, a pawl mounted upon the underside of the arm and engaging at its end mterehangeably 1n the szud notches, a

handle member at the outer end of the arm, connection between the handle member and the pawl for nctuating' the latter, a shaft journaled in the bearing member, means tor rotatlng the smd shaft, and gear eonneetlon between the upper end of the shaft and the wrlnger mechamsm.

t In testrmony whereof I affix my engenure.

HARRY L, OGG. [1,. s.]

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