US1622543A - Washing machine - Google Patents

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March 29 1927.

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UNITED STATES WASHING MACHlINE.

Application filed March 2', 1925.

My invention relates to im rovements in ing machines, and it consists in the com-' Wash binations, constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a Washing machine in which a plurality of washing operationsmay be carried on simultaneously and within the same container.

A further object of my invention is to provide a Washing machine in which the washing operationsimulates a hand washing operation in which the article is first removed from; the water, is then squeezed slightly so as to remove the water therefrom, and is then plunged back into the water, this operation being repeated until the article is clean.

A further object of my invention is to provide a washing machine in which the clothes are held above the washing water which has become dirty whereby the clothes are not contaminated bythis water.

A further object of provide a washing machine in which the clothes container may be removed entireliyl from the water and then revolved at a big speed so as to dry the clothes by drivintg't e water from the clothes by centrifugal orce.

A further object of my invention is to provide a washing machine in which the containers are so connected to the operating mechanism that they will be automatically released from the operating mechanism when a person grasps any one'of the containers.

A further object of my invention is to provide a washing machine in which the working parts of the washing machine may be removed andset out in the sun so as to thoroughly cleanse these parts.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section through the itv being shown in elevation,

Figure 2 is a plan'view of the device with the cover removed,

Figure 3 is a section along the line 33 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a section along. the line 44 of Figure 1, a

my invention is tov Serial No. 12,666.

Figure 5 is a section along the line 6-6 of Figure 4,

Figure 7 1s a section along the line 7-7 of Figure 2, and

Figure 8 is a section along, the line 8--8 of Figure 2.

In carrying out my invention I provide a washing machine comprising a casing 1 having a cover 2 removablydisposed on said caslng. The casing '1' is mounted u on a carriage 3, the carriage uprights 4 and a base 5. The base is mounted upon wheels 6 in the present whereby the washing machine may be moved to any place desired. I

In Figure 1, I show the uprights 4 as porting a platform 7 1 is disposed. The that are adapted to straddle drain pipes 9 carried by the casing 1. The lugs prevent in turn consisting of supupon which the casing device platform 7 has lugs 8 the casing 1 from rotating with respect to v the platform 7.

In the present device the casing is divided into three compartments in which a difi'erent washing operation may be carried on; Partitions 10 extend radially from the center of the casing and are to their upper edges. These notches permit the water tofiow from one compartment to another so as to prevent the overflowing of the. water onto the floor in case any one of the receptacles accidentally receives too much fluid. A clothes container 12 is mounted in each compartment and-the washing machine is provided with novel means for rotating these clothes containers, for moving the containers up and down, for rotating the containers at a high speed when the containers are raised out of the washing water, and for raising the containers still higher when it is desired to remove the clothes from the containers or to move the containers into another compartment.

I will first describe the the containers within the casing 1. Figures 1 and 3 show a motor 13 connectedvto a vertical driving shaft 14 by means of a gear thin 15. The gear train 15 consists of two sets of twogears 16 and 17 and a clutch. mechanism 18 for connecting the shaft 19 of the motor to either the set of gears 16 or 17. It is obvious that when the key 20 connects means for rotating notched at 11 adjacent will be rotated at a slow speed. If the key connects the gear 17 with the shaft 19, the shaft 14 will be rotated at a higher speed.

In Figure 1, I show the shaft 14 as extending up into a container carrying member 21. The shaft 14 is made square at 22 from a point 23 on up to the top of the shaft. The container supporting member 21 is mounted upon a sleeve 24 that is adapted to raise the member 21 by means hereinafter described. The member 21 is adapted to be rotated with respect to the sleeve 24 and to The square portion 22 of the shaft 14 receives a sleeve 25 having a square bore 26. The sleeve 25 carries a beveled gear 27 adjacent to its upper end, this gear being in mesh with'three beveled gears 28. Each of the beveled gears 28 is connected to a shaft 29, see Figure 8, by means of a flexible shaft 30. The lower end of the shaft 29 is rigidly connected to a disc 31 which has a conical shaped upper surface 32. A tubular member 33 is rotatably carried by the arm 34 of the member 21 and is held in frictional engagement with the disc 31 by means of a spring 35. The container 12 has a conical shaped portion 36, see Figure 1, that overlies the conical shaped portion 37 of the tubular member 33. The conical shaped portion 36 is secured to the portion 37 and is rotated when the portion 37 is rotated.

Assume now that the operator places his. hand upon the-container 12 while the container is rotating. The container will tend to come to a stop and of course this cannot happen unless the container is disconnected from the driving shaft 29. The container is automatically disconnected from the disc 31 due to spring 35 which permits the disc 31 to slip with respect to the conical shaped portion 37 when the container is held against rotation. In this "way I provide -a simple automatic means for disconnecting the container from the actuating means. It will be seen from the foregoing that I have shown an operative means for connecting the motor 13 with each of the three containers 12. \Vhen the containers 12 are in their lowermost position, as shown in Figure 1, the gear 16 is connected with the shaft 19 and therefore rotates the containers at a slow speed. It is not desirable to rotate the con tainers at a higher speed because this will cause the water to whirl so as .'to make it almost impossible for it to enter through the openings. in the perforated container. If,-

. however, the containers areraised into the dotted line position shown at 38 in Figure 1,

the containers are raised free "of the water:

' is shown in Figures 1, 3, 4 and 5.

and may now be rotated at a higher speed In this way I provide a simple drying means for the clothes which is adapted to dry the clothes to the same extent as does a wringer. In this way the wringer may be done away with and therefore obviates this extra operation which is necessary in the usual washing machine.

The means for raising the containers 12 into the dotted line position shown at 38 will now be described. This means is adapted to raise and lower the containers from the full line position into the dotted line position while the containers are being rotated. In Figure 1, I show the sleeve 24 as being keyed to the casing 1 at 39, the sleeve being provided with a groove 40 so as to permit the sleeve to be raised and lowered with respect to the casing 1. The sleeve is provided withpivotally mounted upon brackets 46 and 47-.

In Figure 1 I show the brackets as being secured to the platform 7. I v

- The link 43 is rocked by means of the arms 44 and 45 whereby the link will be raised and lowered slightly so as to impart a vertical movement to the sleeve 24 through the medium of the pin 41. The rocking means It will be noted in Figure 3 that one'of the gears 16 carries a rack 48 which is pivotally secured to the gear 16 at 49. The rack in turn is held in' mesh ,with a geaa' 5O so as to oscillate the gear 50 while the gear 16 is rotating. The gear 50 in turn is rigidly secured to the hub 51 of the arm 45 whereby a -rocking or oscillation of the gear 50 will swing the arm 45 from a'vertical position into the full line position shown in Figure 3. Since the arm'45 is connected with the arm 44, the arm 44 will also be swung with the arm 45.

As heretofore stated, the rocking of the arms 44 and 45 will raise and lower the sleeve 24. The sleeve in turn carries the container supporting member 21 and will therefore raise and lower the member 21 so as to lift the containers 12 into the dotted line position38 and then lower them into the full line position (see Figural). The water line of the casing 1 is directly below the bottom of the containers 12 when the containers are raised into the dotted line position 38. I have shown the water line by meansof a broken line 52.

When-the containers are raised into the dotted line position 38 by another means now speed of the containers whereby gal force. .The tainers into the dotted line position to be describedflhe operator may disconnect the container lifting means just described, and throw the clutch 18. so as to increase the will be driven from the clothes y centrifuerator in raisin the conotted line position 38- so as to hold the containers in this position, grasps the actuating handle shown in Figure 1, and swings .it into the dotted line position 54. 1

Figures 4'and 5 clearly show how-the hen-- dle 53. moves the rack 48 out of engagement with the gear 50, and Figure l shows how the handle the containers into the A bracket 55 slidablyreceives the rack 48 and normally holds the rack in engagement with the gear '50. In Figure 5, I clearly show how the bracket 55 isprovided with a slot 56 which slidably receives the end of the handle 53. A sprin 57 is disposed in the slot 56 and yieldingfy holds the rack 48 in engagement with the gear 50. It will filSOubQ noted in'Fi ure 5 that thebraket 55'hasa I fian e 58. in

' .arm59 is rigidly securedto;

' the andle-53 and is swung into contact with the flange 58 bracket 55 in whemthe handle 53 is swung into. the dotted line position 54 shown in Fignre'l. The arm 59 is long enough to swing the bracket 55 away from the gear 50, this movement compressing the spring 57. The moving-away from the gear 50 carries with it the rack48 and therefore disenga es the rack from the gear: 5.0. It will now e seen that further movement of the as to connect the gear 17 -;trifugal force. Y I stated in the first rack '48 will not move the gear 50. The handle 53 when swung into the dotted line position 54- not onlydisconnects the rack 48 from the gear 50 but also-swings the arms 44 and 45 into the dotted line position 44.

of course raises the free of the water within the casing T-he-v operator may now actuate" the clutch 18 so with the shaft 19 whereupon-the-containers 12 will be actuated nta much higherspeed than they formerly were This speed s sufiicient-to cause the water to be driven fromthe clothes by cenv part Qf-the specification that a-difi'erent washing' bperation may be'carried on in each compartment. Assume that in the present instance one of the containers isjwashin'g the clothes in .so'apsuds;

clear water, the clothes, and

a second container is rinsing the clothes in and a thirdoontainer is blueing the -operatorIwis'hes to move the containers so as. to have the container for v 'merly washing the clothesin'soap suds, rinse the clothes inithe' clear. water compartment.

To do this'theoperator-may swing the hiin dle v53 from thedotted line position 54 into" the dottedline pe sitiofi (see Figure 1)..

the water 58 containers 12 into tainers into the next adjoining raise in. The-*arin 45' has. engaged by the notch to function in a normal manner.

This movement still holds the rack 48 out of engagement with the gear 50 due to the fact that the arm 59 still contacts with the flange is movement also swings the arms 44 and 45 into the dotted line position 44" and 45". The arms, of course, carry the link 43 therewith, the link in turn lifting the sleeve to a still higher. positionso as to raise the the dotted line position 38'. The bottoms of the containers 12 are now disposed above the top of the casing 1. The containers are held in the positions 38 and .38 by the operator keeping hold of the handle 53. The operator may swing the concompartment upon releasing a locking mec be described.-

The locking means-is a simple device and is clearly shown in Fi ure 7. The container carrying member 21 has a bore 60 therein that extends radially from the center of the moved so'as to one compartment to another, the pin 63 must first be.man'ually removed from the opening 61 in'which it isv disposed. As soon as the pin'63 is -1'emoved from ,the opening 61, it

ieretoforestated, the conmay then be swung -with next adjacent compartment if desired. Before' the member 21 can be.

swing the containers from its will hear against-the outersurface of the sleeve 24 and v align the pin with the o e'ning. In this way the operator may 0 ange the clothes from one washing operawill dropintothe next opening V --as soonas the member 2l.has been swun g va suflicient distance to tion to another without first haying to re move the clothes from the container. Stops 64-are'carried by the. bracket 46 and preventthe link 43 from moving beyo d the dotted line position 43" shown in Figu e 1,"

It will benoted that. although the arms 44 .and

45 are normally swung by' the rack and 'ar mechanism, the arm- 45 may into the dotted line 45"; by means of the handle 53. Ofcourse, the arm 44 is moved when the arm 45 is "moved. 1 he means for moving the arm 45 be position 45 and y comprise ga disc 65 has a notch66 therea projection 67 that is 66 when the handle 53 1s swung into eitherof the dotted line positions 54 and 54'. I have notched the disc 65 inthismanner-so as to permit the arm 45 From the foregoingdescription. of the ,va-

rious arts of the device the'operation thereofmay e readily understood; When washing 1 the upward stroke therefore the water rushthe clothes the compartments are filled with water approximately to the line 52 shown in Figure 1. The handle 53 is then swung so as to raise the containers 12 into the dotted line'position 38. The clothes may now be placed within the containers and the containers then moved down into the compact; ments. As shown in Figure 1, the containers are smooth and arerounded so as to prevent the clothes from being caught and torn during the operation of the machine. The clutch is now actuated so as to connect the gear 16 with the shaft 19, whereupon the device will be rotated at a slow ,speed. The gears 16 not only cause the containers 12 to rotate, but also cause the rack 48 to actuate the arms 44 and 45' so as to raise and lowerthe containers out of and into 'the water. As heretofore stated, the best washing operatio nv possible is to raise the clothes out of the Water, compress the clothes slightly, and then again submerge the clothes in the water. The washing machine follows this operation as closely as possible in that it raises the clothes out of the water and, due to the rotation of the containers, causes the clothes to compress slightlyfrom centrifugal force, thus squeezing a portion of the water therefrom, and then again submerges the clothes in the water. Furthermore the washing operation creates a partial vacuum within each compartment, this being due to the fact the container in each compartment is suddenly raised which causes the conical shaped portion 36 of each container to create a suction and draw the water upwardwith the movement of the container. On

'es down on the outside of each container, due to the suction of the conical shaped portion 36, and during this movement the coutainer is revolved so asto drive the water out of the'clothes by a slight centrifugal force. On the downward stroke the clothes are sprayed by fine. jets of water that rush through the openings in the container and up through the openings in'the conical shaped portion 36. Of course, some of the water is also forced 11- along the outside ofthe containers and his water overflows into the container and thus prevents the clothes from floating out of the container. The force of the jets of water upon the clothes and ti force of the water that comes pouring over the open top of each container imparts a slight rolling and turning movement to the,

clothes within the container. Aftecthe clothes are washed, the containers'ma'y be'raised to'a position abo the water level, and this is done by means of 1e handle The containers are now free of the water and may be revolved at a high speed when the clutch 18 is actuated so as to shift the gears into high s eed. An R. P. M. offive hundred is best a apted for the dry- I ing operation, although any other speed desired may be used without departing from the splrlt and scope of my invention.

After the, clothes are dried, the handle 53 may be swung into the dotted line position 54 so as to cause the bottoms of'the containers to clear the partition walls 10. If three operations have been-carried on, that: is, the soaping, rinsing and blueing operations, the clothes from the container that have been in the blueing'water may be removed and anew batch of soiled clothes substituted therefor. The containers may now be swung so 7 as to dispose the containerhaving the soiled clothes in the compartment containingthe soap suds. This movement, of course, will move the other containers to the next adjacent compartment whereby the washing machine may again be operated. Of course,

the locking mechanism shown in Figure 7 is operated to permit the containers to be moved from one compartment. to the next.

A point to be borne in mind is the fact Y the clothesare aerated while the containers are being rotated above the water level. It will therefore be seen that the clothes are thoroughly cleansedby the washing operation as well as by the airing of the clothes during the washing operation. As heretofore stated, the machine does away with the use of wringers and therefore very fragile clothing may be handled by the machine. In fact different classes of clothes may be washed After the operator at. the same time, becauseueach class is,

washed in a separate compartment. AIlOlih'.

er novel feature of the device lies in the fact will of course carry with it the containers 12.- This part of the mechanism may be placed in the sun where it will be thoroughly cleansed. It is a. known fact that washing machines after use -for a short timebecome rancid and give forth an odor which is obnoxious. In' the washing machine shown in the accompanying drawing, I provide means whereby the working parts may be entirely removed from the machine so that these parts lnay be cleansed. Furthermore the casing 1 is provided with rounded corners so as to permit the casing to be easily cleaned. In Figure 81 also show an oil pocket 67 which is adapted to feed oil to the sleeve 24 whereby the machine will operate efficiently, This construct-ion also prevents any oil from seeping into the washing compartments. t

It is obvionsthat the containers 12 may be altered in shape slightly so as to carry dishes or other articles whereby the machine will he able to wash these articles just, as effectively as it washes clothes.

I claim:

I 1, In a. washing machine, a carrying member, a sleeve for supporting said carrying member, means forraising and lm'vcring said sleeve so as to raise and 'lower said carrying member, and manually controlled means for disconnecting said first named means from said sleeve and for raising said, carrying member, containers carried by said carrying member and raised above the level of the washing fluid when said manually controlled means isactuated, and means for rotating said containers at a high speed when said containers are in their raised position.

2. A washing. machine comprising a comr prising a compartment adapted to carry water, a container disposed within said compartment, a supporting member for holding the container above the bottom of the compartment, means for revolving said container,=means.f0r automatically raising and lowering said supportingmember so as to raise the container above the water and lower the container into the water within said compartment, and manually controlled means for disconnecting said container-raising means and for ra1sing the supporting member whereby said container is lifted clear of the water, said manually controlled means being movable still further so as to lift the container clear of the top of said compartment.

3. A washing machine comprising a cas-' said means rmraising and lowering said container supporting member, the containers rotating'at a higher speed when said containers are lifted free of the water, said manually controlled means being movable still further so as to lift the containers above the tops of the. compartments.

4. In a device of the type described, a supporting member, a container carried by said member, means for rotating said member, said means including a spring-actuated clutch, whereby said member is automatically disconnected from said rotating means when said container is held against movement.

5. In a device of the type described, a supporting member, a container carried by said member, a driving shaft, a disk rotated by said driving shaft, spring means for causing said disc to frictionally engage with said member to rotate said member, said spring means permitting a disengagement of said disc from said member when said container is held against rotation.

GEORGE .WESLIN RYNDERS.

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