US1269513A - Washing-machine. - Google Patents

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R. E. SMlH. WASHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED AUG-6.1917.

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WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED Aua.6. I9II.

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ATTORNEY.

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RICHARD E. SMITH, F LIMA, OHIO.

WASHING-MACHINE.

To all whom z'ft may camera.'

Be it known that I, RICHARD E. SMITH, a citizen of the v'United States, residing at Lima, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to a washing machine and particularly to a machine driven by'power for washing a large number of clothes at one operation, and has for its object to provide 1n such a machine a washing and a rinsing tub in which may be placed a prforated basket for holding the clothes to `forth with means for holding cleaned, said basket through suitable gearlng being given a rotary and also a vertically longitudinal movement.

Another object of the invention is to provide a washing machine of `the class set the-basket at different points of elevation -1n the washing tub and in the rinsing tub and also with means for changing the speed of ,the basket, both rotary and reciprocating, upon changing said basket from one tub to the other.

A further object of the invention is to provide a washing machine which, while thoroughly eiicient for the service desired, shall contain relatively few parts and which'may be operated by persons unskilled in the use of machinery.

With the above as the principal objects in vlew, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the complete machine with the parts shown imposition for washing the clothes,

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the man-- ner of changing the washing device from one tub to another, a portion of the machine being shown in section,

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on v the line 4--4 of Fig. 3,

Fig. 5 is a detail view partly in section of the means for vertically reciprocating and rotating the clothes holding basket,

Fig. 6 is a detailed sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5,

Fi 7 is a sectional view on the line 7-7 of Flg. 6,

Fig. 8 is a plan view showing the top of Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 11, 1918.

Application led August 8, 1917. Serial No. 184,701.

with a copper bottom 14. A cover 15 which may be of wood is adapted to fit over the tub that at the time, is in use. Mounted below the washing tub 12 is a lamp or other form of heating device 16, which, when the same consists of a lamp, is provided w1th oil from a reservoir 17 through a pipe 18.

Near one edge of the bench or table 10 and midway between the tubs.12 and 13 is a vertical shaft 19, rotatably and also longitudinally slidable in a bearing 2O secured to the bench or table and an upper bearing 21 supported by two downwardly 4extending braces 22, secured to the side of the bench or table 10. A third brace or bracket 23 passes between the tubs to the top of the bench or table and is secured thereto. By this means, the upper bearing is held rigidly in alinement with the lower bearing 20.

Below the top of the bench or table 10 the vertical shaft 19 has mounted thereon a beveled gear wheel 24 connected lthereto by a sliding key so that the shaft may move4 longitudinally of said gear but be rotated thereby. Below the beveled gear 24 is a bearing 25 through which .the shaft 19 passes and which rotates to a limited extent on said shaft. A boss 26 on one side of the bearing 25 receives one end of a-horizontal shaft 27 carrying a beveled gear wheel 28 in mesh with the beveled gear wheel 24. The shaft 27 extends to near one end of the bench or table 10 and is provided on its outer end with a friction wheel 29, the end of the shaft just within said friction wheel passing through and is supported by a depending lever 30, pivoted at its up er'end in a bracket 31 on the under side o the table and connected at its lower end through link 32, that extends across and below the table, to an lupright hand lever 33, which passes upwardly through the bench and is pivoted at the upper side thereof, said lever-terminating in a hand grip 34. A locking device 35 on said lever coperates with a notched segment 36 on the bench to hol the lever in any adjusted position.

Depending from the `under side of the bench top 10 is a bracket vbearing 37 in which rotates a short shaft 38, its outer end being provided with a drive pulley 39 adaptedy to be rotated from any source of power, while its inner end has keyed thereona flanged friction pulley 40 having a friction hub 41 within the flanged portion thereof. The

friction wheel 29 extends within the anged pulley 40 and by means of the han'd lever 33, may be brought into engagement with said hub or with theinner surface of the iange 42, thereby changing the speed and also the direction of rotation of the friction wheel, its shaft 27 and through the gearing the vertical shaft 19. v

Pivoted to swing horizontally about the upper end of the vertical shaft 19 is a horizontal rod 43 having a bearing 44 on one end for mounting the same on the shaft 19, said rod extending across the cover 15 at one side and to which hinges 45, secured to the top 15 are pivoted. Above the bearing 44 is a beveled pinion 46 secured to the upper end of shaft 19, said pinion meshing w1th a like pinion 47 on one end of a horizontal shaft 48 journaled in an upright bracket member 49 bolted on the cover 15 and extending to the center thereof. UThe opposite end of the shaft 48 'carries a beveled gear 50 engaging a beveled pinion 51 mounted on a vertical shaft 52 passing through the inner end of the bracket member 49 and centrally through the cover-15, the lower endof said shaft supporting a clothes carrying basket 53. The shaft 52 is adapted to slide vertically through the beveled pinion 51, being rotated by said pinion through a key movable in a key-seat 52a extending longitudinally of the shaft 52. The basket 53 is of i cylindrical shape having sides which are preferably forme of perforated sheet metal and having 'a bottom of reticulated or wovenmesh material. The basket is closed by a two-part to 54 hinged together at 55 in the central ine so that either side may be raised when desired.

Carried by the shaft 52 is a block 57 slidable upon said shaft and secured theretoby a key 58 "having a flat side 59 which, when turned toward the shaft 52, permits said block to slide longitudinally on the shaft, as in Fig. 7, but when turned half around, said key engages one of two grooves 60 and 61 formed in said shaft and locks said block against horizontal movement. In one side of said block is a horizontal groove 64 ada ted to-receive a roller 65, on one end o a crank pin 66 that projects from the adjacent face of the beveled gear 50 and serves to impart a' vertical reciprocatorymovement to the shaft 52 and basket 53 as thebeveled 'gear rotates. At the same time the bevel Laconia gear 50 actuates fthe beveled pinion 51 andy rotates said shaft.

In the operation of the above described washing machine, the clothes to be washed are placed in the basket 53 and the latter in the washing tub 12 and lowered to thev bot-y and the heater 16 lighted to keep the water i at a high temperature. The hand lever 33 is then moved to cause the friction disk 29 clothes basket. This movement of the baskety 53 causes the water in the tub 12 to circulate thoroughly through the clothes and by means of soap and other chemical substances Vin the water, thoroughly clean them.

After the clothes have been washed, the operation -is halted by moving the hand lever 33 a suflicient distance to bring the friction disk 29 into position between the hub 41 and the flange of the friction pulley 40. The vertical shaft 52 can then be raised after turning the key 58 as previously described, until the groove 61 is in position to be engaged by the key. In this position the basket 53 will be near the top of the tub and in wringing position. The next shaft to the position indicated in dotted` lines in Fig. 3. From this position, the

.elevated portions are swung around as indicated in Fig. 2 until they are over the rinsin tub 13 when they are lowered so that t e basket 53 will enter the tub and the top 15 be supported on the upper edge of the tub. The friction disk 29 is now moved into engagement with the inner surface of the anfge 42 of the pulley 40 so that\ the speed o the rotating parts will be increased and though rotating in a direction opposite that when washing, such movement is immaterial to the proper operation of the machine as the basket 53 may rotate in either direction with the same result. The clothes being rinsed thoroughly, they are removed by raising the top 54 of the basket. After the washing is completed, the water is removed from the tubs through faucets 70 and 71 connected to the bottoms of said tubs.

What is claimed is:

1. In a washing machine the combination with adjacently supported washing and rinsing tubs, a vertical shaft between said tubs, adapted to rotate and to be moved longitudinally, a bracket journaled on said shaft, a clothes basket supported by said bracket in position to be swung over and inserted in either of said tubs, means rotatable by said shaft for imparting to said basket a simultaneous rotary and rectilinear movement, means for driving said shaft, and shifting means operating on said driving means for causing it to rotate at different speeds.

2. In a washing machine the combination with adjacently supported washing and rinsing tubs, a vertical shaft between said tubs adapted to rotate and to be moved longitudinally, a bracket journaled on said shaft, a clothes receptacle, an upright shaft projecting upwardly from said clothes receptacle and rotatable in said bracket, gearings operated by said first named shaft or imparting a rotary and rectilinear movement through the upright shaft 'to the clothes receptacle, and driving means for said vertical shaft for optionally imparting different speeds thereto.

3. A clothes washin ing a washing Itub an a rinsing tub admachine comprisjacelitly supported, a vertical shaft between said tubs, a Swingin bracket on said shaft, a clothes receptac e, an upright shaft fastened to said receptacle and journaled in said bracket `to move longitudinally and adapted to swing freely with said bracket over either of said tubs lfor insertion thereinto, driving mechanism between the vertical shaft and said receptacle for imparting a silnultaneous rotary and rectilinear movement thereto, and driving means for the vertical shaft capable of being rotated at different speeds.

4. A washing machine comprising a stand or bench, a washing tub and a rinsing tub adjacently supported thereon, a vertical shaft journaled on said bench between the two tubs adapted to be rotated at different RICHARD E." SMITH;

Witnesses: p

EUGENE T. LIPPINoo'rr, FLEErA MARSHALL.

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