US1358507A

US1358507A - Washing-machine

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Publication number: US1358507A
Application number: US338094A
Authority: US
Inventors: Berford Patrick John
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1919-11-14
Filing date: 1919-11-14
Publication date: 1920-11-09
Anticipated expiration: 1937-11-09

Description

P. J. BERFORD.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION r|LEnnov.14. 1919.

1,358,507. PatentedNov. 9, 1920.`

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IIII,I

P. J. BEHFORD.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLlcATIoN'rlLED Nov. 14. 1919.

1,358,507. Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

4 SHEETs-SHEET 2.

P. J. BERFRD.

WASHING MACHINE. APPLacATlN FILED uqv.14, 1919.

Patented N ov. 9, 1920.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

P. J. BERFORD.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. I4, I9I9.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920;

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UNITED STATES PATRICK JOHN IBERFORD, OF SPRANKLES MILLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of-Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

Application led November 14, 1919. Serial'No. 338,094.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK J. BERFORD, a subject of the King of England and citizen of Canada, residing atSprankles Mills, in the county of Jefferson and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vashing Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

' This invention relates to improvements in washingzmachines, and more particularly to that type of washing machines known in the art as dish washing machines.

The object of my invention is to construct a dish washing machine of a compact form that will be efficient and easy of operation.

Another object of my invention is to spray water simultaneously from above and below the articles to be cleansed and in this manner insuring perfect cleansing.

Another object of my invention is to construct' a washing machine which when not 'in use will not only require little room, but which can be used as a table or like piece of kitchen furniture.

ln the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved washing machine.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

is a top plan view with the top,d operating handle and dish racks removed.

`lig. et is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on the line 414-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of a modiiied form of my improved washer, showing the p washer with a cylindrical shape.

Fig. 6 is an' enlarged sectional view of the upper edge of the dish container, showing its tubular form and the manner in which the water is sprayed into the container.

Fig. 7 is a top plan view with thecover removed,l of my improved washing machine, showing a modified form of dish rack.

F ig. 8 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on the line 8--8 of Fig. 7,.showing the nozzle extending up through the modified form of dish rack.

Referring now to the drawings my improved washing machine compriseshan open work supporting frame A, va water containing vessel B, an inner dish container C, dish rack D, cup and silver rack E, and an operating element F. Y v

The supporting frame A of my improved part of this invention and the washer can be made in any desired shape, Fig. 5 showing a modification of the washer with a container of a circular shape.

In the preferred form, the vessel B contains the. water with which the dishes in the container C are cleansed, as that member is reciprocated vertically in the vessel B. The outer water containing vessel B is of a rectangular shape with rounded bottom as at l and suspended within the supporting frame by having the upper end of its walls bent outwardly and over the cross-frames 2 of the washer support A, as shown at 5. The vessel B is made of any'light metal and provided with a drain pipe 6 and valve 6.

rlhe dish container is of a similar configuration as the vessel B and so designed that it can be reciprocated within that member. To accomplish this the container C is made ofa less depth and cross-section than the vessel B,which allows a `free and easy movement of the dish containerl C within the water vessel B. The upper endsv of the walls of the dish container C are bent to a tubular shape as shown at 7, with the depending outer edge 8 of the wall bent to as sume a line in a parallel plane to the container walls'with a space 9 between it and the walls of the container C. This forms in eiect an elongated perforatedspray nozzle alongthe upper edges of the container C -To assure a water-tight fit of the wall of the vessel Band the depending edge 8 of the container, the' depending edge 8 is provided with a gasket 10, which extends completely around the container C and is -fastenedto it in any suitable manner.l To force the water W, which enters the tube 7 by way of the passage or space 9 downwardly into the dish containerfC, the tubular upperl edge'7 of the said container C is provided with a lurality of holes 11 in its inner lower quarter. In" the bottom of the container there are a plurality of nozzles 12 with perforated stops 12', which ,spray water into the container C, as it is forced downwardly into the water vessel B. plurality of flap valves 13 open "water vessel B.

shown in Fig. 2.

A cup and silver rack E of woven wire 1s are 1n a circle around the nozzle 122. It 1s- 'as the dishl container C starts its upward A top 32 is hinged as at 33 and when the movement and thereby allow the water that washer is not in use is open as shown in has been sprayed into the dish container C Fig. 2. to rapidly drain into the water vessel B, and he operating element as described above the said valves 13 close when the container is of the form preferred, but it will be un- C begins to descend. A line mesh screen 14 derstood that any suitable form of operis provided to cover the outlet valves 13 to ating means may be employed without deprevent any food or foreign matter that?A parting from the spiritof the invention. may have been washed from the articles in\ eferring now to the modified form of the container C, from escaping into the my washer, asl shown in Fig. 5 of the draw- A ings, only the dish container C is shown. Supported around the nozzle 12 by resting In this form the upper edges of the conlpon the round bottom ofthe dish container tainer C are bent into a tubular form, as is a dish-rack D made of woven wire, to at 7 and provided With perforations 11, a ord quick drainage, and composed of a as in the preferred form. The food catchbottom 15 and a plurality of uprights 16 ing screen 14 and the perforated nozzle 122 against which the plates 16 rest, as clearly are shown in the center of the bottom of f the container C. The outlet valves 13' mounted above the dish rack D, 'and just understood that the supporting frame A, below and in full play of the Water s ray water vessel B and dish racksv would be from the holes 11 1n the tubular edgeg'of modified to give the similar results in the the dish container C. .This rack consists modified .form as are obtained in that of the of a bottom 17 and a plurality of uprights preferred.

18, and is mounted upon a longitudinal bar The operation 19 with end braces and supporters 20. The as follows: outer ends 19 of the bar 19 rests in open top sockets 21 in the ends of the dish container of my improved washer is and the water vessel B is filled about one- C which permits of its easy removal from half full of water. The handle 27 of the imparted to the rack E is due to the fact the container. This construction permits operating element F is grasped and raised the rack E to rock transverselyof the disk and lowered, carrying with it the dish concontainer C and this rocking movement is tainer C. As the dish container C is forced limited by the lugs' 22, which protrude from down into the water vessel B, water is the end walls of the said container. As forced in a spray' from the nozzles 12 up clearly shown in Fig. 2, of the drawings, and around the dishes in the. rack D, and this rack E carries cups 23 on its, outer the articles in rack E are played upon by edges while a space 24 1n the center of the the water which having entered the space rack is suitable for silver. 9 is sprayed from the holes 11 in the tubular As stated, the rack E is Within the full edge 7 of the dish container C, and a rockplay of the water spray that is forced from ing motion is thus imparted to this rack the' holes A11 in the tubular edge 7 of the in the manner hereinbefore described. Due container C, and the rocking of this rack to the fact that water can only get into the allows the inside and outside of the cups dish container C in a limited number of 23 to be alternately sprayed with water. It places, the result is that it enters with conwill be understood that the rocking motion siderable force which insures perfect cleansing of the articles therein. The rockin mothatthe cups on-the high side of the rack tion of the rack Eiwarrants perfect ci weight causes them to overbalance the lower thereon. When the dishes have been washed thus produced.

side of the rack and a see-saw movement is and removed from the machine the water is drained from the vessel B through the pipe The operating'element F of the washer is 6, which if desired can be connected with a frame composed of two parallel side bars the drainage s stem yof the house. vBoth 25 and 25', having their inner ends pivot-,a the racksDand are removable by the sinally mountedin the top of the two elongated gle operation of lifting Ithem out of the conrear perpendlcular uprlghts 1, as .at 26 and tainer C. All food and foreign matter ans- 'become filled with water and their greater ing, both inside and out, of the cups held 26 and their two outer ends jolned by a handle 27). Each

bar

25 and 25 has a downv' wardly depending member 28 and 28 fase s. J Two v4links 29 and 29 have their ond tened respectively intermediate its pivotally fastened to the members 28 and 28 respectively, and their other ends pivo'tallyA fastened to the ends of the dish container C, as at 30 and 30. y.

washed from the dishes will have settled upon the screen 14, which can be'lifted out and easily cleaned. With the replacement of the screen and the dish rack, the water is in condition to operate u on the used dishes from another meal. y depressing the operating handle 27 to its lowest position and closing the top 32 of themachine, all possible odor is excluded from the room The valve 6 in the drain pipe 6 is closed I,

, center ot' each half respectively.

and the machine can be used as a table or some like piece of kitchen furniture.

It will be noticed that the nozzles l2 eX- tend throughand above the bottom of the dish rack D and afford a washing means for milk bottles, coffee pots and deep dishes which may be slipped over their upper ends, as shown in Ifigs. 2 and 8.

Figs. and 8 show a further modification of my improved washing machine in respect to the dish rack I). In this modiiied form the dish rack is divided by a transverse upright 34 into two equal parts. Two nozzles 12, only, are used and these pass through the bottom and into the dish rack in the ircular dish supporting uprights 36 are provided to support the dishes 37, as shown in Figs. 7 and S. The innermost dish supporting uprights are placed a sufiicient distance from 'the nozzles l2 to provide a space 38 around them so that a milk bottle, coffee pot, or

a deep dishcan be put over their upper ends.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim-and desire to secure by Letters Patent .is-

l. A washing machine comprising a frame support carrying a liquid containing vessel, an inner article container in sliding engagement with said vessel provided with upper and lower liquid spray nozzles communicating with the liquid vessel, loutlet valves, rocking article supports within the container, and means carried by the frame support to reciprocate the container within the vessel to force liquid 4from the vessel into the container through said spray nozzles.

2. A Washing machine comprising a covered frame support carrying a `liquid containing vessel therein, an article container having liquid spray nozzles in communication with the liquid vessel and outlet valves, rocking article supports in the container andI positioned Within the play of the nozzle sprays, and .means whereby the article container is reciprocated within the vessel to force liquid from the vessel into the container through lsaid spray nozzles.

3. A washing machine comprising a liquid containing vessel, an article container vertically movable therein, the container having lower inlet and outlet openings, an article supporting rack at its lower p0rtion receiving water from the lower inlet openings, a rocking article support above the lirst said support, the upper edges of the container havin outlet openings in conn munication with the vessel and with the container, the outlet openings positioned to spray water in the articles of the rocking support to cause it to rock, and means for reciprocating the container within. the vessel.

4. A washing machine comprising a liquid containin vessel, an article container vertically mova le therein, the containerhaving lower inlet and outlet openings, the opposite upper edges of the container having an inwardly overhanging horizontal tube with openings in communication with the vessel, an article support in the lower portion of the container, an article support above the first said support, and means for reciprocating the container within the vessel to force water from the vessel into the conltainer through said openings.

In testimony whereof I hereunto atiix my signature; PATRICK JOHN BERFGRD.