US1889008A - Cylinder laundry machine - Google Patents

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Nov. 29, 1932. J. N. WHITE CYLINDER LAUNDRY MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed 001',- 7, 1927 m w m Per abtozwu Nov. 29, 1932. J.- N. WHITE 1,889,008

CYLINDER LAUNDRY MACHINE Filed Oct. 7, 1927 I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 JAMES H.WHm-

Patented Nov. 29, 1932 E-"CEE J'AM'ES .N. 'WHITE, F DENVER, COLORADO GYLINDER LAUNDRY MACHINE This invention relates to cylinder Ilaundry machines and particul'arly 'to thatcl'ass thereof in which there is an outer cylindrical tub within which is revolubly mounteda cylin- 1 4 drical clothes container.

An object of the invention is to provide improvements in the structure and operation thereof with relation to -the dumping of'the clothes fromthe machine after the clothes have been w'ashed'ordried within the machi me, it being understood-that while the' machineis here describedas a washing machine it cam-with appropriate additions not affect ing the features involved in the present inventio'n, be as well usedfordrying clothes.

A further'obj'ect is toprovide'for the dumping o-f the clothes from-thenrachine by providing an outer cylindrical {tub constructed i 'ina pluralityof sections means 'beingpro- 'vided for revolving the lower section when desired.

Afurthcr object is to 'provide a machine of the class described comprising an outer cylindricaltub made'in sectionsnormally statione ary, aninner'cylinder revoluble within the outer tub and means for causing the lower sectionof the outer tub to revolve withthe inner cylinder for dumping the clothes from theinnercylinder.

Other obj ectswill appear fromthe following specifications and claims asillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which like characters "ofireference indicate correspond- .35 ing' parts throughout and in which Figure I is a-front elevation of a four compartment machine showing the'left half of theitub open and dumping'bags attached to the opening in the inner cylinder-ready for the revolution of theinnercylinder and lower section ofthc outer tub for the purpose of dumping clothes from the inner cylinder, the right half of themachinebeing open as to both outert-ub and inner cylinder and the .15 dumping bags being hung upon the racksin therposition indicated in the-next figure.

Figure 11 is a vertical section on line I1-II- ofFigureI lookingin the direction of the arrow.

59 Figure IILi's a'sectio'n taken on line 11-11 *mounted-on shaft 1- and revolub-le therewith enclosed by the approximately semi-cylindesired position. By means oftherim 15a andthe attachment ofthe semi-cylinder 16 Application filed October 7, 1927. Serial No. 2 2,630.

to the fioor as indicated at 2-and which support suitable bearings 3 for shafts isuitably fastened to the ends Set the perforated inner cylinder 6'whichmay be referred to as the container. Thecontainer is therefore revolubly supported by means of theshafts 4 in'bearings 23in standards '1.- The normal revolution of the container 6 is accomplished by power "transmitted from any suitable source-to pulleys 7 ,=thence through shaft 8 and thence through the series of encased cogs indicated at 9, 10 and 11,'cog11 being-fixedly so that'the revolution of the cog 11 revolves the container'ti.

The upper portion of the container6 is drical casing 12 which is supported andlthe ends'of'which are closed by the members 18 which may-be formed-integral withthebearingB as clearly shown in Fig. I.

Roller bearings11 are carried by the stand ards l and on these bearings there'are revo'lubly mounted rings 15 to which rings there is attached by any suitable means an approximately semi-cylinder '16 forming the "lower portion ofthe outer tub or casing. 'Thering 15 isprovide d with a rim'15a which overlaps the roller'bearing 14 and the-roller bearing 14 is provided with a'rim 14a which over laps the ring '15 andthe-semi-cylinder 16'is attached to the rim15a of each of the'rings 15 which rings are-thereby maintained in desired relatively spaced relation and the rims 14a and 15a serve to further maintain the rings 15 and the semi-cylinder 16 in the thereto the rings 15 may revolve upon the bearings 14, carrying the semi-cylinder 16 with them.

The semi-cylinder 16 is provided with a hollow rib 17 for the accommodation of water inlet pipe 18 whereby water may be let in to the semi-cylinder 16 when it is in normal position, a valve 19 being provided for this purpose in the pipe 18. A suitable drainage trap 20 is provided which may be of any approved construction and is therefore not described in detail.

Container 6 is provided with openings 21 for loading and unloading the container and these openings are provided with doors 22 sliding in runways 23 attached to the container 6 and the doors 21 are provided with suitable handles 24.

The stationary semi-cylinder 12 is likewise provided with openings 25 closable by doors 26 sliding in suitable runways 27 and provided with suitable handles 28.

The machine is so constructed that the space therebeneath is open and unobstructed so that any desired receiving devices for the clothes to be dumped from the machine may be placed thereunder but as an improved method of dumping the clothes from a machine of this character I provide a rack 29 hingedly attached at 30 to the front edge of the semi-cylinder 16, the rack being provided with the brace rod 31 pivotally mounted in the outer end of the rack as at 32 and hav ing a suitable seat 33 attached to semi-cylinder 16 for the other end of the brace rod whereby the rack may be maintained in horizontal position as shown in Fig. II and at the right of Fig. I for positioning the bags 34 prior to the dumping operation.

It will be understood that in loading the machine the doors 22 and 26 in the container 6 and the semi-cylinder 12 respectively are open and the clothes are placed in the container and the doors are closed and the Washing or drying operation is performed with the revolving of the container by the means above described. After the washing or drying operation is completed the racks 29 are positioned as shown in Fig. II and the bags 34 are positioned therein and the doors 22 and 26 are again opened whereupon the racks 29 are swung into the openings 21 in the container 6, the openings of the bag being of the same size as the openings 21 and being positioned in the rack 29 so that they will fit in to the openings 21 as clearly shown at Fig. III, lugs 35 being provided for catching under the handles 24 to hold the racks 29 in position with the openings of the bags in the openings 21 ready to receive the clothes from the container 6. When the rack 29 has been swung in to this position the brace rod 31 falls to a position parallel with the rack 29 as clearly shown in Fig. III and suitable means as catch 36 are provided for engaging the brace rod and holding it in this position parallel to the rack 29 during the dumping operation. When the bags have been thus positioned the semi-cylinder 16 with the dumping bags is locked to the container 6 and revolved therewith for dumping the clothes, the locking and revolution being accomplished by the means new described.

Various means may be used for causing the container 6 and the semi-cylinder 16 to revolve from position shown at the left in Fig. I to the dumping position shown at Fig. III but I have illustrated as a convenient and suitable means a ring 37 carried by the ring 15 and having an annular groove 38 forming a channel for finger 39 when ring 37 revolves as hereinafter described. Sleeve 40 is carried by ring 37 and within this sleeve is slidably mounted the lock pin 41 having a hooked portion 42 slidably lying in the channel 43 formed by cutting away a section of ring 37.

When semi-cylinder 16 is in normal posi tion as in Fig. I the hook 42 of pin 41 lies directly beneath finger 39 so that the finger fits into the hook and the movement of the finger to left or right by revolution of the rod 44 on which the finger is fixedly mounted will slide the locking pin to left or right as the case may be.

In Fig. I finger 39 is shown as swung to the left having slid pin 41 to its limit of movement in that direction and in this position the ring 37 cannot revolve because of the posi tion of finger 39 in channel 43. In this posi tion therefore the rin s 37 and 15 and semicylinder 16 are held against revolution. When rod 44 is revolved to swing finger 39 to the right the finger, operating in hook 42 slides pin 41 to the right until the hook 42 is aligned with channel 38 rendering the chan nel 38 continuous or a complete annular channel for finger 39 as ring 37 is revolved.

When pin 41 is slid to the right as last described, its shank protrudes from sleeve 40 into a hole 11a in the frame of cog wheel 11 thus interlocking ring 37 with its attached ring 15 and semi-cylinder 16 to cog 11 and the container 6 through shaft 4, whereupon cog 11 may be revolved by any suitable means worm 45 turned by wheel 46. Through the interlocking above described the revolution of cog 11 causes container 6 and semi-cylinder 16 to revolve together to the position wherein bags 34 are at the bottom as indicated at Fig. III in which position the clothes will fall from the container into the bags. It will be understood that the last mentioned revolution may be continued beyond position shown at Fig. III if necessary in order to dump clothes which stick on the sides of container 6.

The finger 39 is moved to ri ht or left by revolution of shaft 44 and shaft 44 is revolved by weighted arm 47 carried by sleeve 48 mounted on shaft 44 and having lugs 49 adapted to engage lugs 50 on sleeve 51 in which shaft 4:4: is revolubly mounted, sleeve 51 being supported in any suitable manner as by member 51a a fragment of which is shown at Fig. V.

The weight 52 on arm 47, acting through shaft 44, holds finger 39, and with it the pin 4-1, in extreme position to right, permitting revolution of ring 37 with cog 11, or to left, withdrawing pin 41 from cog 11 and locking the ring 37 against revolution, as the case may be.

Many parts and constructions herein described may be changed to those which are standard and/or commonly employed in this art or to any mechanical equivalent, and other changes in structure may be made, without affecting the spirit or substance of this invention and within the scope of the claims.

I claim:

1. In a laundry machine comprising an outer cylindrical casing and a. cylindrical clothes container mounted to rotate therein and having doorways, said outer casing comprising a fixed arcuate section having doorouter cylindrical casing and a cylindrical clothes container mounted to rotate therein and having doorways, said outer casing comprising fixed arcuate section enclosing the upper portion of the container and having doorways therein and an arcuate section nor mally enclosing the lower portion of the container but having a longer radius than said fixed arcuate section and adapted to rotate in outside overlapping relation to said fixed section, and means to rotate the container and the rotatable section to uncover the bottom of the container and drop clothes through said container doorways and out of the machine when the said container doorways are brought to the bottom of the container by such rotation.

3. A laundry machine comprising a cylindrical rotatable clothes container having doorways and a casing comprising two substantially semi-cylindrical sections, one of said sections being fixed and enclosing the upper portion of the container and having doorways and the other of said sections normally enclosing the lower portion of the container but having a longer radius than said fixed section and being adapted to rotate in outside overlapping relation to said fixed section, and means for rotating the rotatable section to uncover the bottom of the container and to rotate the container and drop clothes from the doorways thereof and out of the machine when said doorways are at the bottom.

4:. In a laundry machine having an outer horizontal casing comprising an upper semicylindrical section and a lower semi-cylindrical section adapted to be moved to overlapping relation to the upper section, a perforated drum within said casing, means for introducing fluid into the lower portion of said lower section comprising a hollow rib formed in said lower section and extending from the upper edge thereof toward the bottom thereof, and a pipe unconnected with said lower section but positioned to lie within said hollow rib when the lower section is in its lower position.

5. In a laundry machine having an outer casing composed of an upper and a lower section, the lower section being rotatable, and a cylindrical clothes container mounted to rotate within said outer casing and independently thereof, the upper outer section and the container having openings therein, racks carried by the lowerv rotatable section for holding clothes receiving bags in position below the openings in the container when the container is in pumping position, and means for causing the container and said lower section to be rotated for dumping clothes from said container through said openings into said bags.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

JAMES N. WHITE.

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