US173557A - peavey - Google Patents

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T. H. PEAVEY.

WASHING MACHINE.

.557. Patented Fe:b. 15,1876.

NFFTERS, EROTO UTHOGF IAPD-IER. WASHINGTON a c otters Pate t 7 "hummer Specification forming part 1'0 altwhomHandy concern; H I .Be it known that I, THOMAS? H. P A Y, of Epworth, "in" the "county ofDubuqne and State ofIow-a, have inyented'a new and-1m H proved Washing-Machiue of wh' lowing is a specificatio 1y The essential featu fymyi impr ing-machineisfa contri a nce of the apparatus ibr working ajsivingingWasherinfa, l xshaped tulip-soft 3 he projecting"portions "may be readily detached and stowed away, and a table topvmay be putfon the top'iof the tub, and thus the machine may bejutilized for ajtable \vheunotj required for Washing; and so bsides serving for the'table, will not reqnireto haye a: special p ace provided for storing it during the ,greaterpart'of the time;

d; for washingaj p side elevation ,andparttfrnyimprovedwashj a horizontal-section;

when it 1s not need fa litate the putting asher-sjhaft Lf'A gid "When the tndardjsf are dtach Kigattached ;ito the y are .detachably cm.

ea elever cross pivotedtothe-le er; A und era 1 toiit for packing "TY m P ov EM NrmYWns'HmG-MAcHmEs,

mounted on the supports;

--stantiall'y' as specified.

"N e -1739557, dated February 15, 1876; application filed r I I y v of the notches. The springs It for lifting the washer from the'cloth'es, are mounted independently of the supports'G on bearers S,

and act on the treadle L by the rods T andthe I cross-bar U. The rods are held in the cross'-' 1 bar by a ring-key, V, and the cross-bar and the bearers have a slot, W, to allow the rods to be taken outreadily without detaching the; fring, the same being effected by turning the I ring keyaround to the plane ofthe slots. By.

mounting the springs in this way they can be detached, and also the supports 0 can" be detached and applied more readily thanif The crossbar M is-confined detachably in the notches O ofthe supports 0 by abntton, X.'- The treadleL isworked by a foot-piece, Y, which is con- I t nected to itbythe yokes Z and Z the yoke Z being pivoted to it at theend, so as to al :1ow thefo0't -fpiece to fold over onto the t'r'eadle whenthe-machine is to be packed away,and yokeZ is con necteddetachabl y to the treadle .by' the button Z A is a block so fitted on i the side of the tub that the foot-piece Y may be turned up and secured by its endfunder the-beyeledlowerend of the block. 7 1 The dotted lines Brepresent the table-top 1 1 to be'pnton the tub for utilizing it fora table when the washer and the standardsare taken 7 IOm. it

I -Havih as newv and desire to secure by Letters Patent-, m 1 '1 1; "Thespri'ngs'R,'connected to .treadle-lever g thus described lnyinyentioml ljlbylrods T and crossbar U, independently of supportsO,'substantiallyasspecified.-

l j 2; Thecoinbinatiou of key-'ringsV with rods earersi snbf1; and slotted cross-bar U, and

' The combination 0 notched) su 6. Thejointedisupport c, a d lockin gi-bnt- 7 V f button With treadleklever L,-cross-bars"U andM; and the pports (J, substantially as speci-' lie combination of foot-piece Y, -and yokes Z and Z with the tre ,stanti'allyas specified i 5..Thec0n1bination ofbuttonZ withtrea-' dle-lever Land yoke Z substantially as specifeiied. M

adlefl'eyer, subs2 was I ton QT, combined with the washer-shaft,suhconibined with them and the'fwasher, substantially as specified,

stnntinlly as specified. I

' THOMAS H. iEAVEY. I

7. The rnbbets P and notches O in the supports 0, in combination with treadle-bzn M,

substantially as specified. Witnesses:

8. The arms E of the washer, pivoted to it P. KEAGY, for folding, and having locking-buttons G] E. JACKSON.

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