US1586403A - Washing machine - Google Patents

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0. L. BRALEY WASHING MACHINE led Feb. 1 1922 May ,25 1926.

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IN VEN TOR. Charles L. Bra/c] ATTORNEY! Patented May 25, 1926. I

' ,UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE...

' CHARLES L. BRALEY, OI CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOH OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES I.

NOFTZGEB, OI CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AND ONE-HALF TO THE i MACHINERY COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

WASHING MACHINE:

Application filed February 1, 1922.- Serial No. 533,202.

' 's invention relates to improvements in shing machines.

e main objects of the invention are:

First, to provide an improved washing machine in which a batch of laundry may be effectively and successively subjected to all the washing 0 erations, as washing, rinsing and bluing, without stopping the machine, the admission of the washing and rinsing and bluing water and the drainin of the water being automaticall control ed.

Second, to provide an improved washing machine in which the eriod of washing and rinsing may be 'regu ated to meet the requirements of the particular wash or the wishes of the operator. Third, to provide an improved washing machine in which the drain valve is automatically 0 mad. and held open during a period in w ich rinsing water is delivered to the washin cylinder, the cylinder being in operation urin such period.

Fourth, to provide an improved washing machine in which the hot and cold rinsing water delivery may be timed as desired.

Fifth, to provide an improved structure having these advantages which is comparatively. compact and simple in structure and may be quickly and easily adjusted to per- ,form the desired operations.

Further 1 objects, and objects relating to structural details, will definitely appear.

from the detaileddescription to follow:

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the devices and means described in the followin specification. The invention is clearly fiefined and" pointed out in the claims.

A structure which is a preferred embodi ment of myginventionf is clearly illustrated intheaccompanyin drawing, forming a party of this application, in which:

Fig. I is a front elevation'of a" washing machine embodyin. the features of m invention, portions 0 the tub or receptac e being broken away also portions of the power shaft and water supply pipes.

Fig-II is an end view looking from the right of Fig. I. y j

Fig. II 'is an enlar ed detail view on a line corresponding to 11119." 2 2 of Fig. I, showing details of the washing cylinder reversing mechanism and control.

Fig. III is a detail front. elevation, par.-

these journals is tially in vertical section, showing the arrangement of the water supply valves and their actuating tappets. Y

Fig. IV is afragmentary plan view part ally in section on a line corresponding to l.ne 4-4 of Figs. I and II. Fig. V is an enlarged detail view, partially 1n vertical section, on a line correspondmg to hne 55 of Fig. IV, showing details of the actuating slide and its driving means. Fig. VI is an enlarged detail view of the washing cylinder driving means control looking from the. right of Fig. I.

Fig. VI is an enlarged detail of the connections for the control means, shown in VI, to the actuating slide.

Fig. VII is a detail section on a line cor- AMERICAN LAUNDRY responding to line 77 of Figs. I, III and VIII, showing details of the drain valve mechanism. r 4 Fig. VIII is a detail view partially in section on a line corresponding to'line 8-8 of Figs. IV and VII. a

' IX is a detail section one line corre- F1 sponding to line 99 of Figs. III and IV,

showing details of the water supply valve tappets.

In the drawing similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views, and the sectional views are taken looking in the directionof the little arrows at the ends of thesection lines.

Referring to the drawings, the supporting pedestals for the cylindrical washing receptacle or tub 2. The washing cylinder '3 is shown conventionally and is 1 represents 7 provided with. tubular journals 4. One of provided with a gear 5 inion 6 on the shaft 7. as a fixed or driven pulley loose pulley 8*at each side driven from a The shaft 7 8 thereon and a thereof. Belts9, one of which isftwisted to secure a reverse drive, are driven. from the pulley 10 on the power shaft; The belts are alternately shifted to and from the driven pulley to theidlers by means 'of'a belt shift ing mechanism consisting of the shifting fork 12 carried by the slide 13, which is'os- I cillated on the support or carrier 17by the cam14 on the wormgear 15. Theworm gear 15 is driven from the worm 16 on the shaft 7 which is connected to the outer pulley-S. The driving belt for this'pulle'y "is.

arranged so thatit never complete y leaves the pulley, lapping thereon when in driving engagement with the driven pulley 8, so that the worm 16 is continuously driven The cam acts upon the carrier 17 which is connected to the slide by the latch 18. The details of this cylinder driving mechanism form no part of my present invention except that I provide means for controlling or stopping the machine through these parts. I have illustrated this reverse driving mechanism in order to make clear the operation of the machine.

Thetub 2 is provided with a drain valve 19. The structure illustrated is adapted for supplying the washing machine with washing water or suds, hot and cold rinsing water and bluing water. I illustrate conventionally in Fig. I a tank A in which the suds or washing water is prepared and a tank B for bluing water. The hot and cold rinsing water may be taken from any suitable source. The water is delivered to the washing cylinder through its tubular journals by means of the nozzles 20. The supply pipes 21 are connected to the valves 22, 23, 24-and 25,-see Fig. IV, for the washing Water or suds, the hot and cold and bluing waters, respectively. These valves 23and 24 are connected to suitable sources of sup ply, the valves 22. and 25 bein connected to the tanks A and B, respective y.

At the rear of the washing machine proper is a pair of uprights 26 on which the shaft 11 is mounted and one of these carries a bracket 27 for the motor 28 connected to the shaft 11 by the belt 29. Above the washing machine is a slideway 30 for the actuating slide 31. This slide is provided with a rack 32 and is driven from the pawl 33 on the shaft 34. Each rotation of the shaft 34 advances the rack one tooth. I

The shaft34 has a Worm gear 35 driven from the worm 36 connected to a pulley on the shaft 11 by the belt 37. The rack is connected to the latch 18 by means of the chain 38, one end of which is adjustably engaged with the hook 39 on the actuating slide,-see Figs. VI and VI water valve, the tappet 42" the hot rinsing water valve and also the bluing valve. These tappets are mounted on rods 43 mounted parallel to the slideway 30 so that as the slide travels along its way it engages the tappets shaft 53. which also carries an arm 54 con-- nected to the valve rod or stem 55 of the drain valve 19, so that when the tappet rod is moved along by the actuating slide these tappets engage the arm 52, thereby opening the drain valve and holding it open for predetermined periods. These tappets are made up of adjustably connected sections 56 which may be adjusted relative to each other to regulate the period of opening and the 'tappets are adjustable on the rod to time the opening.

With the parts thus arranged, the washing Water or fluid or suds, as it is usually called by laundrymen, is admitted in the desired quantity and the hotand cold rinsing water valve tappets are arranged so that the suds is admitted and the machine operated for the desired period and the water drained and the hot and cold rinsing water admitted for the desired periods.

In the arrangement illustrated the hot rinsing water is first admitted, the combination of hot and cold rinsing water admitted for a period and then the cold rinsing water is admitted, the drain valve being held open during this period so that the rinsing water is drawn off, thereby rinsing the clothes under the most satisfactory conditions. After the rinsing operation the drain valve closes and the tappet 4 opens the bluing Water valve admitting bluing in the desired quantities while the machine is still in operation, and finally the drain valve is opened to drain off the bluing water and the machine is stopped through the mechanism described, thus making the several operations entirely automatic.

I have shown in the accompanyin drawmg a machine designed for admitting the suds and hot and cold rinsing and bluing waters in any combination, the same being I have illustrated and described my im-' These tappets may be provements in an embodiment which I consider very practical. I have not attempted to illustrate or describe various modifications which I contemplate, as I believe the disclosure made will enable those skilled in the art to which this invention relates to embody or adapt the same as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a Washing machine, the combination I of atub, a drain valve therefor, a washing cylinder provided with a tubular journal, driving means for said Washing cylinder, supply valves connected to deliver said cylinder through'said journal, an actuating slide, driving means for said slide, supply valve tappets actuated by said slide and slidably mounted so that they maybe adjusted in relation to each other and to said supply valves, said tappets each comprising sections adjustably associated so that the length of the tappets may be adjusted to determine the period of opening of the supply valves, a drain valve tappet adjustably mounted on said actuating slide so that the actuation of said drain valve may be timed, said drain valve tappet comprising sections adjustably associated so that its length may be regulated, and means for controlling said cylinder driving means adjustably connected to. said actuating slide.

- 2. In a washing machine, the combination of a tub, a drain valve therefor, a washing cylinder provided with a tubular journal, suppl valves connected to deliver to said cylin er through said journal, an actuating slide, supply valve tappets actuated by said slide and slidably'mounted so that they may be adjusted in relation to each other and to said supply valves, said tappets each comprising sections adj ustably associated so that the length. of the tappets may be adjusted to determine the period of opening of the supply valves, and a drain valve tappet adjust-ably mounted on said actuating slide so i that the actuation of said drain valve may be timed, said drain valve tappet comprising' sections adjustably associated so that its length may be regulated.

3. In a-washing machine, the combination of a tub, a drain valve-therefor, a washing .slidablv mounted.

cylinder provided with a tubular journal, driving means for said washing cylinder, supply valves connected to deliver to said cylinder through said journal, an'actuating slide, driving means for said slide, supply valve tappets ,.actuated-, by-said slide ard 5e s a justed in relation to each other and to said supply valves,,a drain valve tappet adjustably mounted' on said actuating slide so that the time of actuation of the drain valve may be controlled, and means for controlling said to said actuating slide.

4. In a washing machine, the combination of a tub, a drain valve therefor,'a washin 7 cylinder provided with a. tubular journa supply valves connected to deliver't'o sa' cylinder through said journal, an actuatin slide, supply valve tappets actuated by said slide and slidably mounted so that they may be actuated in relation to each other and to said supply valves,and a drain valve tappet adjustably mounted on said actuating slide so thatthe time of actuation of the drain valve may be controlled.

5. In a washing machine, the combination of a tub, a drain valve therefor, a w ashin cylinder provided with a tubular journa, driving means for said washing cylinder, supply valves connected to said cylinder through said journal, an actuating slide,driving means for said slide, supply valve tappets actuated by said slide and each comprising sections adjzustably associated so that the the tappets may be adjusted to determine the period of opening of the supply valves, a drain valve tappet actuated by said slide comprising sections adjustably associated so that its len th may be regulated, and. means for controlling said cylinder driving means adjustably connected to said actuating slide.

6. The combination with a washing ma chine, of a drain valve therefor, supply valves for said washing machine, an actuating slide, driving means for said actuating slide, slide rods mounted at the sides of said .actuating slide, supply valve tappets slidably mounted on said slide rods, said tappets each comprising sections associated so that the length of the tappets may be adjusted to determine. theperiod of opening of the supply valves, a'tappet rod actuated by said actuating slide, and a drain valve ta'ppet adjustably mounted on said tappet rod so that the actuation of said drain valve may be timed, said drain valve tappet comprising sections associated so that its length may be regulated.

a 7. The combination with a washing ma- I said'ivashing machine driving means arljustably connected to said actuating slide.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

CHARLES L. BRALEY. [n a] Certificate of Correction. I V It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,586,403, granted Mlay 25, 1926,

ppm the application of Charles L. Braley, of Chicago, Illinois, for an improvement- 111 Washing Machines, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 3, line 15, claim 1. after the word deliver insert the Word to; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed'and sealed this 5th day of October, A. D. 1926.

' M. J. MOORE,

[SEAL] Acting C mssz'oner of Pqtents.

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