US1649008A

US1649008A - Laundry machine

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Publication number: US1649008A
Application number: US529766A
Authority: US
Inventors: William W Winger
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1922-01-16
Filing date: 1922-01-16
Publication date: 1927-11-15
Anticipated expiration: 1944-11-15

Description

Nov. 15, 1927.

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My invention relates to driving and operating mechanism for laundry machines and has for its object the production of a simple,

durable and lessexpensive construction than any heretofore made, as well as a more etficient mechanism, one which is compact in its arrangement and adjustment ofpartsso that the entirestructure will not occupy more tub and bench, i i

It is an object of my invention to soz'oonstructlthe same that. it may' bearranged to operate with a single tub and wringer; or with a pluralityl of tubs and wringer; to operate the washing mechanism alone, or to operate the washing and wringer mechanisms simultaneously. y 7

A further object of" my invention is to provide mechanism for agitating the washer, the operation f the, agitating mechanism being controlled byflevers adapted to be thrown into and out of engagement with the driving rod as required during the operation ofthe machine, and to reduce thenum 'ber of gea'rs and other mechanism heretofore required for transmitting motion to the operating mechanism, "and for regulating the operation of the different parts of the machine. a y o In the accompanying drawings' lhave illustrated what I now considerthe preferred form of my invention, in whichfl have shown an embodiment of the essentialfeatures of my improvements and in these drawings Fig. 1 is an end elevation of mymachine, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same,

' Fig.3 is a bottomplan view of the oscilp p p r p i "31"wh1ch extends at right angles theretoand is pivotally' attached attheoppo'site "side of rlating mechanismf p i r Fig; 4: is a bottom plan yiew f f g lifi d form of oscillating"mechanism f A Fig. 5 is a plan view "of the gear and cam mechanism, a v ;j,

Fig.6 is a; sectional View taken *onjline g L l p Fig. '7 is-a detailiof the oscillatingmech- I Fig. 8 is'aplan iew of acollarand pro jecting connecting member co actin t w th the'cam mechanism,

Figs- 9 and 10 fl e respectively a'plan iew and side elevation of, a modified form of said ring used when twotuhs arebeing operated simultaneously, p I v r Fig. 11' 's a topplan v ew of' a portion of the supportingfframe with the tnb removed,

space than will be occupied by the ordinary taching member 29.

F g. 12 is a of Fig.4, V p p a. V

Fig. 13'is a fragmentary top plan'view ,of the tub with a portion broken away. 1

7 Referring to the drawings, 12, represents a benchor support of any suitable form and construction to sustainthe mechanism hereinafter described. I

'Mount-ed within this; frame at atters,

which, has the necessary connection withany V sultable source of driving power. A pulley 14, is driven by this motor and has a belt "transmission 15 from said motorto a, pulley 16', mountedu on a shaft 17, which is supported in brac rats 18 attached to said frame 12. A sprocket 19 is mountedupon the shatt 17. Supported in bearings 20 is a horizontal T aeiaeg 1E};

detail taken on line shaft 21 which carries a correspondin sprocket 22. A sprocket' chain23 connects and transmits motion to the two sprockets 1922 as shown more clearlyinFigure 2; a

' A bevel gear 24 is carried by the shaft 21 near the opposite end thereof, this gear being in operative engagement with the corresponding gear 25. Formed integrally with the gear 25 is a cam ring26idisposed ecc'entrically with respect'to gear 25. Surrounding the cam 26 is a ring 27, if one tub is used (or ring 28,if two tubs areusged.) a

The oamrings are rovided witha projecting attaching meni er29 tofwhich issecured a horizontally extending rod30, which may be fixed in placeby a cotter pini or it otherwise, the attachment being, made through either of the openings in said at Having engagement with thelopposite end of the rod 30. isa rod the supporting frame to the lever i7. which in turn is bracemember 33; Pivotally attached" atf3fl Extending "laterallyfof thejirame attached to the supporting frame the short arm 35 of which" has engagement:

with the operating rod30, by meansof'a 'pin formed in the edge or the i-odBOfFigfT).

Pivotallyf secured to the supporting frame 36 which normally" re ts: in" a recess37, v

12 is an 'arm 38, one end of Whichisi bent} to extend parallel and in contact with the a V A 100 to this bracemember 33 is aghell crank lever,

is attached at one end to the arm 38, and at the opposite end to a stationary part of the supporting frame 12, by means of which the arm is maintained in the position relative to the rod 30 as it is shown in Figure 3.

The long arm 41 of the bell crank lever extends approximately to the center of the tub 42 and has connection with a. rod 43 which projects beyond the edge of the supporting member 12. To this rod 43 is pivotally secured an upwardly extending arm or lever 44 fulcrumed to a stationary projection 45 connected with the tub 42 at approximately the middle of its height. This arm or lever has connection with a rod 46 and transmits motion to the agitating mechanism inside of the tub, which mechanism is not here shown in detail as it is of the same form and construction as now used on washers of this kind.

Mounted on a pivot 32 is a bell crank lever 47, the short arm 48 of which is attached to the rod 31. A spring 49 has connection at one end with the rod 31, the opposite end of this spring being attached to the supporting frame 12, the function of this spring being to maintain the lever 47 at either terminal of its movement. \Vhen the lever 47 is turned to reversed position as shown in Fig. 7 the tension of the spring 40 will draw the arm 38 against the pivot 36, and when the

recesses

37 and 39 are coincident, the pivot 36 will occupy the recess 39, permitting the rod 30 to be reciprocated without transmitting motion to the bell crank lever 3541.

A vertical shaft 50 supports the crown gear 25 and extends upwardly to the wringer support 51. The wringer 52 is mounted upon said shaft and adapted to be operated through a system of gears (not here shown) whereby it may be operated from the shaft 21 as an independently operable mechanism.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a slightly modified form of mechanism for the operation of the agitator inside the tub. In this instance I provide a shaft 53 which extends through the bottom of the tub and supports the agitator on the opposite end thereof. A pinion 54 is carried on the end of this shaft. Positioned in operative relation with said pinion is a rack bar 55 which has connection at one end thereof with a rocker arm 56, which is pivotally attached at the center thereof to the supporting member 57, and is connected to the lateral members 58 of the frame 12. The opposite end of the rocker arm 56 is pivotally attached to the reciprocating bar 30 from whence the apparatus receives its motion.-

It is more common practice to arrange the pinion driving the agitator in the top of the tub as described in Fig. 13, in which case the pinion 57 is supported in the cover of the tub in a housing 58. A rack bar 59 engages the teeth of the pinion 57, which rack bar has connection with the reciprocating rod 46 which is actuated by mechanism heretofore described.

I claim 1. An apparatus of the class descrlbed, including in combination a supporting frame, a washing mechanism mounted thereon, motor driven mechanism including a driving rod, a cam for reciprocating said rod, a bell crank lever connecting said driving rod with the washing mechanism, and means for throwing said driving rod into and out of engagement with the lever.

2. An apparatus of the class described, including in combination a supporting frame, a washing mechanism mounted thereon, motor driven mechanism having connection with the aforesaid mechanism said latter mechanism comprising a driving rod, a bell crank lever having pivotal engagement therewith and with the washing mechanism, and means automatically controlling the operation of the driving rod as it moves into and out of engagement with the lever.

3. An apparatus of the class described, including in combination the sup orting frame, washing mechanism mounted t iereon, a motor, a longitudinally reciprocating driving rod, cam actuated mechanism connecting said motor to said rod, a bell crank lever having operative engagement with said driving rod, connecting means between one arm of said lever and the agitator of the washing mechanism, and means for throwing said driving rod into and out of engagement with the bell crank lever.

4. An apparatus of the class described, including in combination a supporting frame, washing mechanism mounted thereon, driving mechanism, gears having connection with said driving mechanism, a driving rod, a cam positioned eccentrically with respect to one of said gears, and having connection with said driving rod, a bell crank lever, a detachable connection joining said lever to said rod, and a hand lever for actuating said connection whereby said lever is disconnected from said rod.

5. An apparatus of the class described, including in combination the supporting frame, washing mechanism mounted thereon, driving mechanism, a driving rod operated by the driving mechanism, a bell crank lever having connection with said driving rod for transmitting a reciprocating motlon to the washing machine mechanism, and means for disconnecting said driving rod from the lever.

6. An apparatus of the class described, including in combination the sup orting frame, washing mechanism mounted t ereon, a driving rod. cam actuated mechanism operating said rod, 0. bell crank lever regulating the transmission of reciprocating motion r 1,649,008 r i from said driving rod to the washing mechanlsm, a spring having connection wlth one end of said rod to "maintain said rod in operative engagement With said lever.

5 7. An apparatus of the class described including a supporting frame, a Washing machine mounted thereon, motor mechanism, a shaft rotated by said mechanism, an eccentric wheel carried by said shaft, a band surrounding said wheel, a lever joined to WILLIAM W. WiNGER.