US1400388A - Washing-machine - Google Patents

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L. 1. ST UKEY. WASHING MACHINE,

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 192}- Patented 1m 13, 1921.

.2 SHEETS-SHEET A. JSVTU/IE) Jrro 5' ME UNITED sTArss PATENT OFFICE.

LAWSON J. STUKEY, OE PITTSBURG, KANSAS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Application filed May 17,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAWSON J STUK-EY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Crawford and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-"Wachines; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as'will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same;

The present invention relates to a washing machine, and aims to provide a novel and improved laundry appliance of that character for efficiently washing clothes, fabrics, and the like.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a washing machine having a basket adapted to be reciprocated within the tub or casing for thoroughly agitating the clothes and water to obtain an efiicient'cleaning action.

A further object is the provision of a novel basket of that kind for holding the clothes and agitating the water through them.

A still further object is the provision of novel actuating means for reciprocating the basket.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of the machlne, with the cover removed.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 4, portions being shown in elevation and the top of the basket being removed.

Fig. 4: is a section on the line 44 of Fi 3, portions being broken away.

3. rectangular tub or casing 7 is provided of suitable size, which is preferably supported on le s 8, and opposite handle bars 9 are secured to opposite walls of the tub at the rim thereof, and have handles 10 projecting beyond the other side walls for con-- venience in lifting or carrying the tub. A cover 11 is fitted on the rim of the tub to Specification of Letters Patent.

to the frame.

Patented Dec. 13, 1921. 1931. Serial n 470,273.

prevent water from splashing therefrom when themachine is in operation. Disposed for vertical reciprocatory mo-.

tion inthe tub is a clothes basket 12 compris mg a suitable frame 13 and wire meshor screen side walls 14. having large openings for the ready passage of water therethrough. The bottom of the basket is composed of a set of parallel slats or bars 15 which are inclined transversely thereof,to form water deflectors. Said slats or deflectors 15 are spaced apart to provide slots between them for the upward and downward passage of water therethrough, anl the slats of thetwo halves are inclined reversely, as seen in Fi 4.

he basket has a top or closure 16 fitted therein and composed of a suitable frame 16 and a wire mesh or screen panel 18. secured This top 16 is adjustable in the basket, for holding the clothes within the basket for vertical motion therewith. When the basket is full of clothes, the top will be disposed adjacent to the rim of the basket, whereas tially filled, the top is pressed down until the clothes, when dry, support the top thereon. Vertical top-supporting bars 19 are secured to opposite walls of the basket on the interior thereof, and the top 16 has latches 20 engageable in apertures 21 provided in said bars, whereby the top can be secured in different vertical positions, each of said bars having a series of such apertures, as seen in Figs. 3 and 4%. By adjusting the top in the basket according to the amount of clothes therein, the clothes are confined to the bottom portion of the basket, although they can be loose between the bottom and top, thereby avoiding the undesirable relative vertical motion of the clothes and basket with respect to one another beyond a slight amount to permit of the agitation of the clothes.

The basket is guided for vertical movement in the tub by means of channeled or grooved shoes 22 secured to opposite sides of the basket on the exterior thereof and engaging vertical rails 23 secured to opposite side walls of the tub on the interior thereof.

In order to move the basket up and down, a crank shaft 24 is journaled in bearings 25 secured to opposite walls of the tub 7 near the upper edges thereof, and said shaft has cranks 26 adjacent to said walls and conwhen the basket is only para of the tub nected by pitmen tom portion of the frame 13, so that the rotation of the shaft will impart vertical reciprocatory motion to the basket. A fly and balance wheel 28 is secured to one project- 29 at thatside of the shaft opposite to; the cranks 26, for balancing the mechanism. 7

The weight 29 substantially balances the basket and clothes therein, whereby the mechanism will operate easily and smoothly.

A pinion 30 is secured to the other projecting terminal of the shaft 24k at that side opposite to the balance wheel 28,

and is disposed within and meshes with an from the bars 19 and thetop 16 of the hasket removed, the clothes can be readily placed inthe basket. The top 16 is then replaced within the basket and is permitted to settle on the clothes, and the latches are then engaged with the respective apertures 21 of the bars 19, thereby fastening the top in the basket. The water and soap arethen put in the tub,.and the cover 11 applied. By rotating the wheel 31, the crank shaft will reciprocate the basket up and down with a fast motion, and the clothes are carried up and down with the basket, thereby agitating the water and clothes for cleanor links 27 with the bot- 111 terminal of shaft 24:, and has a weight although it can serve as a pulley ing the clothes. The basket having its side walls, top and bottomforaminous will per- "Unit the water topass through easily, so as to pass through the clothes. Furthermore,

the deflecting slats 15 will cause the agitation of the water, inasmuch as said slats will deflect the water toward and away from the center of thebasket as the basket moves downwardly and upwardly, respectively. This will not only agitate the water, but also agitate and stir up the clothes in the basket. After the machine has been run a sufficienttime to clean the clothes, theyare readily removed when the cover 11 and hasket top 16are removed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is V V 1. A washing machine comprising a tub, and a clothes basket mounted for reciprocation in said tub and having a set of transversely-inclined slats for deflecting the water during the reciprocation of the basket for agitating the water and clothes within the basket. 7

2. A washing machine comprising a tub,

and a basket 'rnounted in thetub for vertical reciprocation and having. slats, at the,

bottom thereof, someofthe slats being in clined transversely in one directlon and the other slats being inclined transversely inanother direction for deflecting the'rwater during the reciprocation 'ofthe basket and agitating the water and clothes within said basket. Q i

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. v

,LA WSOll J. STUKEY. Witnesses:

ANNA M. QUINN, MARY Z. Benson.

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