US1794974A

US1794974A - Clothes-washing implement

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Publication number: US1794974A
Application number: US251566A
Authority: US
Inventors: Etta H Mccauley
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1928-02-03
Filing date: 1928-02-03
Publication date: 1931-03-03
Anticipated expiration: 1948-03-03

Description

March 3, 1931. E. H. M CAULEY CLOTHES WASHING IMPLEMENT Filed Feb. 5. 1928 INVENTOR. Y au Z 2% ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 3, 1931 PATENT OFFECE ETTA H. MGCAULEY, 01' NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOTHES-WASHING IMPLEMENT Application filed February 3, 1928. Serial No. 251,566.

The present invention consists of aclothes washing implement which is particularly adapted for hand use to force the wash water through the clothes for the purpose of effecting thorough cleansing of the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a washing implement which may be manipulated without the expenditure of much manual effort and greatly expedites the washing of theficlothes in a thorough manner.

A further object of the invention is to provide a washing element which is simple 1n construction and inexpensive, and may be used as a manual implement or in a mechanically operated washing machine with equally effective results.

Other objects of the invention will be apparent from the following description of the present preferred form of the invention, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of an implement constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing the handle fraginentarily; and,

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the same.

The device of the present invention consists of a suction head generally designated 3, which in the presentinstance, is shown to be of semi-spherical configuration and may be made of rubber or other suitable material. A handle receiving socket'4 issues from the closed end of the head and has mounted therein a handle 5 which may be of any desired length. The marginal edge of the head is thickened, as indicated at 6, and is provided with a series of recesses 7 therein, each of which communicates with an opening 8 which extends upwardly an appreciable distance into the wall of the head, as illustrated in Figure l. The recesses 7 serve as cups and when pressure is exerted on the head, the cups dilate with the result that the openings 8 are enlarged. This not only permits the recesses or cups to be flexed to a point where the bottom of the cup is uniplanar with the margin of the head, but in addition permits the water to pass through the cup, even though only for a short distance, to thereby insure circulation of the water through the clothes at the point where the head impinges the latter.

An annular series of cups 9 is formed on the inner periphery of the head 3, adjacent the socket 4, each cup communicating with an opening 10 which passes completely through the head 3. The head 3 is of course relatively shallow so that the exertion of pressure on the handle 5 causes the head to be flexed outwardly, so as to bring the cups 9 into contact with the clothes being washed. Preferably the wall of the head 3, at the point where the cups 9 are formed thereon, is thickened in order to prevent premature deterioration at this point where the pressure is applied. The cups 9 engage the clothes so as to draw them against the annuli of the cups. When pressure is exerted upon the handle 5, the openings 10 will expand sufliiently to permit the passage of water therethrough, thereby effecting circulation of water through the clothes.

It is also desirable that the head 3 be provided with a series of openings 11 which extend around the head at a point approximately midway the ends of the latter. These openings are, in the present instance, shown to extend around the head in the same plane, but if desired they may be staggered. These openings also permit passage of water therethrough when the head is depressed through the instrumentality of the handle 5, in order to permit circulation of water through the clothes and the head.

It has been found in use of this device that when the head is placed over an article of clothing, the portion of the article encom passed by the head is drawn into the latter and the suction is sufiiciently great to draw water through the clothes and through the head with an extremely desirable cleansing effect upon the article of clothing, and without tearing or damaging the latter in any way. The portion of the head adjacent the socket l which contains the cups 9 has little or no flexibility, the flexure of the head being almost entirely limited to the portion of the head beyond the cups 9. lVhere the head is used in a mechanical washing machine, the

theoryoof operation is the same and any num f ber of heads may be used.

., Although I have herein described the preferred form of my invention, it is of course to be understood that various changes may be made therein Within the scope of the claim hereto appended.

What is claimed is: V A clothes Washing implement including a suction headembodying a hollow semi-spherical flexible portion, the inner Wall and marginal edge of which are each fo 'med to. provide cups, each of hich has an opening which extends through the head.

'ETTA MOCAULEY.