US1415768A - Agitator for washing machines - Google Patents

Description

S. BECK.

AGITATOR FOR. WASHING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED Nov 22, 1920.

1,415,768. Patented May 9.1922.

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INVENTOR ATTORN EY g J Simon Beck 8. BECK.

AGHATOR FOB WASHING MACHRNES.

APPLXCATION FILED NOV: 22. 1920.-

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AGITATOR FOR. WASHING MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1922.

Application fl1ed November 2:3, 1920. Serial No. 425,887.

To allwlzomz'tmay concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON Been, a citizen residing at Bathdrum, in the county of Kootenai and State of Idaho, have invented new and useful Improvements in Agitators for l/Vashing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention has reference to washing machines, and is particularly directed to the dashers or agitators therefor.

The primary object is the provision oi an agitator on which the clothes to be washed are suspended and which is so supported on the machine and connected with means that permit a rocking motion thereto so that the clothes are swept through the water in the tub and cleansed in an easy and expeditious A further object is the production of a dasher or agitator for washing machines that has integralmeans for supporting clothes to be washed thereon, and removable means engaged by said integral means for positively retaining the clothes on the latter during the operation of the dasher or agitator.

The foregoing, and other objects which will appear as the nature of. the invention is better understood, may be accomplished by a construction, combination and oper ative arrangement of parts, such as is illus trated by the drawings. 1

In the drawings t Figure 1 is a perspective view of a washing machine having a dasher or agitator constructed in accordance with this invention, parts being broken away and parts be ing in section.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view approximately on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the dasher, with the removable rod arranged between the jaw members for retaining the clothes on the dasher.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the tub portion of the washer to which my improvement is attached. In the showing of the drawings the tub is in the nature of a rectangular member and rests on a suitable support such as a bench 2.

Secured to the upper edges of the tub is a cover 2 provided with a rectangular opening adapted to be closed by a door 3, hinged, as at 4 and latched as at 5.

Passing through suitable elongated openings in the door or cover 3 are the parallel arms 7 which constitute the side members of the improvement. The members 7 are provided with spherical enlargements 8 that are received in suitable bearings 9 on the under face of the door 3. The parallel members 7 have inwardly directed portions 10 through which extend depending portions 11. The portions 11 may, below their juncture with the parts 10, be arranged at a slight inward inclination and are rounded outwardly upon themselves, and from thence continued upwardly, as at 12, and further rounded upon themselves, as at 11. The portions 12, at the juncture of the rounded portion 11 are substantially straight so that the same spaced from the straight portions of the extensions 11. The rounded portions 11 are continued downwardly in a straight line and from thence inclined outwardly, having their ends rounded inwardly, as at 12 and from thence inclined upwardly in opposite directions to the parts 12 and have their ends substantially straight and round ed similar to the parts 11. These elements comprise inner and outer spring jaws between which the clothes to be washed are arranged, and the clothese are held between the jaws by a rod member 13. The jaws being constructed of metal exert a tension toward each other, and the construction be ing round in cross section will not inflict injury to the clothes. Also the employment of the rod is optional, but clothes may be suspended directly upon the rod, if desired.

The agitator is thus in the nature of a frame, and the outer end of the side members or arms 7 are provided with bearings for a transverse rod 6. To the ends of the rods 6 there are pivotally connected the eyes on the ends oi arched arms 14. These arms are connected together, as at 15, and on the connecting element is a revoluble handle 16. By this arrangement, the agitator frame may be rocked on its bearings 8 so that the clothes suspended therefrom will be effectively brought into contact with the washing fluld in the tub, and thus readily cleansed.

Connected to the rod 6 is a ball head on one end of a pitman rod 17.

Journaled in upright bearings 19 on the top of the tub is a transverse shaft having a central crank portion 18, and to the said crank portion the second end of the pitman rod 17 is loosely connected. On one end of prising a pair of spaced inclined parallel loops provided with vertical tips, an oppositely disposed inclined loop extending upwardly from the inner ends of the spaced loops and having a vertical tip disposed in a plane parallel to the tips of the spaced loops, a pair of parallel arms extending upwardly :trom the outer ends of the spaced loops, provided with inclined intermediate portions and having spherical enlargements adjacent to the inclined portions thereof.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

SIMON BECK.

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