US1932097A - Washing machine and the like - Google Patents

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Oct. 24, 1933. B. R. BIGGS WASHING MACHINE AND THE LIKE Filed July 26, 1929 1N V EN TOR. 35W/7A R 5/663 BY@ @m4/WLM A TTORNEY Patented Oct. 24, 1933 A UNETED STATES PATENT OFFICE WASHING MACHINE AND THE LIKE Bertha R. Biggs, Los Angeles, Calif. Application July 26, 1929. Serial No. 381,165

4 Claims. (Cl. 141-9) My invention relates to washing machines and ting and inverted relation to each other forming the like, and the objects of my invention are: a table.

First, to provide a washing machine which is par- Like characters of reference refer to similar ticularly simple and economical of construction parts and portions throughout the Views of the 5- and also one which is .very light, though rigid, drawing. 60

' and adapted to be readily conveyed from one The supporting frame of my apparatus is a room or from one place to another; second, to tall portable structure preferably made of strucprovide a washing machine of this class which tural iron. It consists primarily of up-rights l, may be used for washing clothes, dishes, or other 2, 8 and 4, horizontal supporting members 5 se- -10 articles; third, to provide a washing machine of curing together in pairs the upright members 1 65` this class having an exterior receptacle and an and 3 and the upright members 2 and 4, and a interior foraminous receptacle or tray which may plurality of cross members or cross connecting may be raised read-ily from and above the eX- members connecting and securing rigidly relaterior receptacle to permit ready access to the tive to each other the pairs of upright members,

washed clothes, or other articles, within the exsaid cross connecting members in this instance 70` terior receptacle or whereby dishes, or otherarconsisting of a plate 6 secured at its opposite ticles, placed within the foraminous receptacle edges to the lower pair of horizontal supports, or tray may be raised from and above the eX- a plate 7 positioned above the plate 6 and secured terior receptacle when the same are washed; at its ends to the upright members l and 2, and

--270 fourth, to provide novel means at the upper poran inverted channel shaped or bridge member 8 75 tion ofthe frame on which the receptacles are connecting the upper ends of the two pairs of supported for raisingthe foraminous tray from upright members. The cross connecting memthe water contained in the receptacle; fifth, to ber 8 is preferably secured to and supported at provide a novelly constructed portable supportits opposite ends by frame members 9 which are 2.5 ing frame'for a machine ofthis class having a in the form of trusses and connect or span the 8O plurality of horizontal supports for supporting 1110981" ends f @30h Pair 0f upright members. the washing means and trays on various eleva- The upright mem-bers l and 2, which are prefertions thereon; and,- sixth, to provide as a whole ably at the rear side of the frame, are prefera novellygconstructed machine of this class and ably in the form of angle irons for rigidity of one which will not readily deteriorate or get out construction, one of the flanges thereof serving 85 of order. as a stop for the tray mounted on the frame. With these and other objects in view, as will The other or front upright members 3 and 4 are appear hereinafter, my invention consists of cerpreferably made of strap iron and positioned with tain novel features of construction, combination their flat sides toward each other. Thus, the

and arrangement of parts and portions as will opening of the front side of the frame is larger 90 Y 4Q Figure 1 is a perspective View of my new apiron with one of the flanges of each directed be hereinafter described in detail, reference bethan at the rear side, facilitating the placing ing had to the accompanying drawing and to the of the tray within the frame on the horizontal characters of reference thereon which form a supports 5. It will be here noted that the horipart of this application in which: zontal supports 5 are preferably made of angle paratus embodying my invention in one form; inwardly forming horizontal ledges on each pair certain parts and portions thereof being broken of upright members.

away and in section to facilitate the illustration; At the lower ends of the upright members and other parts being shown by dotted lines are attached suitable casters lO for readily conv 45 mounted thereon; Fig. 2 is a perspective view on veying the apparatus from place to place. 00

an enlarged scale showing the exterior or water The trays aforementioned, and designated 2l containing receptacle of the washing means sepin the drawing, are relatively flat trays having arate and apart from the other elements; Fig. 3 relatively low upwardly extending iianges suris a perspective view on an enlarged scale of the rounding the saine, and preferably made of sheet foraminous tray adapted to be placed within the metal. One of these trays is shown on a re- 105 receptacle; Fig. 4 is a perspectiverview of a form duced scale in Fig. 4 and others are shown supof tray adapted to be removably positioned on the ported on the frame in Fig. 1. These trays, as supporting frame; and, 5is a fragmentary shown, are oblong and are supported at their elevational View of a portion of the supporting ends on inwardly extending flanges of the horframe showing a pair of trays mounted in abutizontal supports 5. 110

On one of these trays 21 is removably supported the washing means which consists essentially of a receptacle A and a tray B. The receptacle A consists of a receptacle member 31 which is provided at its opposite ends with downwardly extending legs 32 which support the receptacle on one of the trays 2l. Against and to the inner sides of the opposite ends of the receptacle member 3l are secured tray supporting members 33 which are in the form of housings. These supporting members are channel shaped vertically from end to end, that is, they are of substantially U-shaped cross section, with the open side of the U-shapedirected outwardly against the end walls of the receptacle member 31. At the edges of the flanges of the channels are provided laterally extending flanges 33a which secure the members 33 to the receptacle member 31. The channels of the members 33 are open from end to end so that there are no pockets therein in which water may lodge and be prevented from escaping when the receptacle member 31 is drained. These supporting members extend in vertical directions and are provided in the bottom walls of the channels, which are the inner sides of the members 33 extending toward the central portion of the receptacle member, with vertical slots 33h which terminate short of the lower ends of the members 33 and provide bearings for the tray A. The upper ends of the slots 33h are ared outwardly so as to facilitate the introduction into the slots of trunnions bearing the tray B. At the lower portion of the receptacle member 3l is provided a suitable coclr 34 for draining the same. At the upper portions of the opposite ends of the receptacle 31 are provided handles 35 to facilitate the manual handling of the receptacle A or to permit the same to be more readily raised or lowered from the frame by means hereinafter described.

The tray B is substantially in the form of a cylinder with a small portion cut away at one side of the axis. At the axis of the tray member, designated 36, are trunnions' 37 which are mounted onV the end walls of the tray member. These trunnions are'adapted to be inserted into the slots 33h and to rest at the lower ends of such slots whereby the tray B may be readily oscillated from side to side. At the ends of the trunnions 37 may be provided heads, as shown in Fig. 3, said heads being positioned within the housing members 33 for centrally locating the tray B within the receptacle member 31. The side and end walls of the tray member 36 are perforated to permit water to pass therein and therefrom. Within the tray member are provided a plurality of transverse partitions 38 and, if desired, longitudinal or short longitudinal partitions 39. All of these partitions are preferably perforated as shown. At the opposite ends of the tray member 36 are provided handles 40 to `facilitate the raising of such tray from the receptacle member 31.

It will be here noted that when the apparatus is used as a clothes washing machine, the clothes are placed within the receptacle member 31 and the clothes and water therein are agitated by the oscillation of the tray member 36. When the apparatus is used as a dish washer, the dishes are placed within the several compartments of the tray member 36, and as the tray member is oscillated back and forth by hand, the dishes are washed. After the dishes are washed, the tray member 36 is raised from the receptacle member 31, permitting the dishes to drip and also to dry.

From the under side of the bridge member 8 depends supports 41 at the lower ends of which are rotatably mounted sheaves 42 and 43, the latter of which may be made wider than the former. On one of the truss members 9 is also mounted a wide sheave 44, as shown in Fig. 1. Around these sheaves extend chains 45 and 46, the former of which extends around or over all of the sheaves, and the latter extends around or over the sheaves 43 and 44 only. 'Io the end of the chain, or other iiexible connector 45, which extends downwardly from the sheave 42 and to the end of the chain or other flexible connector 46 extending downwardly from the sheave 43 are secured hooks 47 which are adapted to be connected to either the handles 35 of the receptacle member 3l, or the handles 40 of the tray member 36, for raising the same as stated above. The chains or other flexible connectors 45 and 46 are connected together and extended downwardly at the outside of the frame in a single chain or exible connector. At the lower end of vsaid single chain'is secured a suitable hook member 48 which is adapted to hook under one of the several horizontal supports for holding the hooks 47 and therefore the receptacle member Bland the tray member 36 in the desired raised position.

It will be here noted that two of the horizontal supports 5, namely the supports designated 5 and 5, may be positioned relatively close to each other so that a pair of trays 2l may be inserted in abutting relation between 'such horizontal supports with portions thereof extending from the frame.` When these trays are inverted, as shown in Fig. v5, the same form a convenient table on the frame.

At one side of the frame may be pivotally mounted a shelf 51 for supportingk articles thereon in convenient relation to therwashing means and the tray, said shelf being pivotally mounted at its inner edge on the frame. If desired, such shelf may be raised about its pivotal axis to a vertical position and out of the way. This shelf may be supported by a strap 53 which is pivotally connected at its lower end to the shelf 51 and pivotally connected at its upper end to a U-shaped retaining rail 52 which is pivotally mounted at the vends of its legs to the same side of the frame at which the shelf 51 is mounted, and also directly above the shelf. The retaining rail Y52 may be held in a horizontal position by chains 54 which facilitate the holding of the shelf 51 in a horizontal position.

Though I have shown and described a particular construction,,combination and arrangement ioo iio

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of parts and portions, I do not wish to be limited to this particular construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions, but desire to include in the scope of my invention, the construction, combination and arrangement substantially as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letter Patent is:

1.V In an apparatus of the class described, a

frame, a receptacle mounted on and within the frame, a perforated tray positioned within and pivotally mounted on the receptacle, means at the upper portion of the frame for raising thetray from the receptacle, said means comprising sheaves at the upper portion of the frame, chains extending around the sheaves, and downwardly therefrom at one side of the frame, and means at the opposite end of each chain extending downwardly from the sheaves for separately connecting each chain to the opposite end of the perforated tray.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, a frame, a receptacle mounted on and within the frame, a perforated tray positioned within and pivotally mounted on the receptacle, means at the upper portion of the frame for raising the tray from the receptacle, said means comprising sheaves at the upper portion of the frame, chains extending around the sheaves, and downwardly therefrom at one side of the frame, means at the opposite ends of each chain extending downwardly from the sheaves for separately connecting each chain to the opposite end of said tray, and a hook on the ends of the chains which extend at the side of the frame for engaging a portion of the frame for holding the tray in a raised position.

3. In a dish washing machine, a frame, a receptacle readily removably mounted within said frame, a perforated tray positioned within and pivotally mounted at its opposite ends on said receptacle provided with upwardly extending loop means at its opposite ends, and means at the upper portion of the frame for raising the tray from the receptacle, said means including sheaves suspended from the upper portion of said frame inwardly from the ends thereof in spaced relation to each other, chains extending around the sheaves and downwardly therefrom along the outside of said frame at one side thereof, and hook means at the opposite ends of each chain extending downwardly from the sheaves for separately connecting the chains to said loops at the opposite ends of the perforated tray.

4. In a dish washing machine, a frame, a receptacle readily removably mounted within said frame, a perforated tray positioned within and pivotally mounted at its opposite ends on said receptacle provided with upwardly extending loop means at its opposite ends, means at the upper portion of the frame for raising the tray from the receptacle, said means including sheaves suspended from the upper portion of said frame inwardly from the ends thereof in spaced relation to each other, chains extending around the sheaves and downwardly therefrom along the outside of said frame at one side thereof, hook means at the opposite ends of each chain extending downwardly from the sheaves for separately connecting the chains to said loops at the opposite ends of the perforated tray, and another hook means on the ends of the chains which extend at the side of the frame provided with a handle portion thereon, said last mentioned hook means being adapted to engage portions of the frame at one end only for holding the tray in variable raised positions.

BERTI-IA R. BIGGS.

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