US1995998A - Clothes washing machine - Google Patents

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March 26, 1935. B. NEFEDOV CLOTHES WASHING MACHINE Filed June 28, 1934 INVENTOR Baez? JVefecZoU ATTORNEYS WITNESSES BY M .5 washtubs and -.disconnected at. will.

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. otornsswAsHmG MAC INE v t Basil Nefe'do'v, Brooklyn; N. Y. J Application June26,f1934,'Seriall\lo. 732,501 'z-olaims. o1,259 '1'01 This invention relates to clothes washing'maseparately and in perspective view in'Fig. 6 with chines andhas 'for anobject'to provide an im-'; certain parts turned from the position shown proved construction wherein the actual washing in'Fig..2 through an arc ofabout 90 degreesz I members. may beconnectedtovarious forms of It will-be observed that, generally speaking,"the' V Y 1 washing structure 5v consists of a swinging mem '5 Another object of the present invention is to ber 6 and a stationarymember 7'. a The swing-l provide'a washingwmachine for clothes 'which ing member 6 is provided with a bar or stem 8' is adapted particularly to be. r'emovably con-. which is secured by rivets or other means to a I nected to, a ;conv entional washtub, the structure beater or stirrer, 9, and is also-secured to a ham 10 being such that when properly mounted on a dlestructure, 10 by suitable rivets. The handle 10 washtub the washing or. beating member may structure is p b y p o d d With a p 11 be readily, actuated. l y f whereby an operator may readily grip thehan- .An additional object mQre specifically, is to dle 11 and swing the parts back andi'forth, as provide"v in ,a' washing machine .a', supporting indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. The bar ,15": structure with a slotandasbeating structure or shank-8R. provided with rounded portions 12 having a, bar extending through the slot and and 13 and;..with av quarediportion l'i. The

pivotally mounted at a point adjacent the slot, portion 14 is provided with a numberof aperso that one end of the beating structure will be 11 5 in W ich metal Sleeves 15 are mounted. within the tub and the other, end extending, When it is desired to assemble the parts, the beyond the tub so as to be grasped and readily beater 9 is turned to' the position shown in. Fig. 20 actuated manually, 6 and may be readily passed through the slot 16 In the accompanying drawing' v 1 in the stationary member 7 and then. turned Figure 1 is a front view of ,a'clothes washing when either the rounded part 12 or 13 is in machine disclosing an embodiment of the inthe slot so that the squar d po 14 may r vention, the same including a tub and washing y slide into the slot: The q d P t is 25 mechanism, certain parts beingbroken away; of a size to readily slide back and forth in the I Figure 2 is a sectional view through Figure 1 slot but cannot rotate therein. The stationary, approximately on the line 2-2; 1 member '7 may be formed of any materiallas, for, Figure 3 is a top plan view of the structure instance, Wood, a d is not Only provided With th shown in Figure 2; j v slot 16 but with a plurality of pairs of apertures :30

Figure 4 is anenlarged sectional view through 17 through which the, bolt 8 s ad p ed. to exa clampand associated parts shown in Figure 2 tend. he b 13 also eXtends t 0f Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional View the metalsleeves 15,as,i1lustratedinFig- ,which through Figure 2,,approximate1y on the line extends throughthe highest sleeve sothat the 5-5; f 1 1 beater 9 is at its lowest point in the tub 1. The' 35 Figure 6 is a detailed perspective view ofthe metal sleeves act as a bearing-sothat as the beat 3 washing structure shown in Figure 2. ing structure is swung back and forth the wear Referring to the accompanying drawing by will be unappreciable. A wing nut 19 holds the numerals, 1 indicates a tub of any desired kind bolt 18in place but maybe readily removed at 40 as, for instance, the usual tub now in common any time so that the bolt may also be removed. 4O

use made of slatestone, porcelain or other mate- When this is done the parts may be drawn up to rial, and usually placed either infthe cellar or the position shown in Fig. 6 and thenturned unkitchen of a home. Atub of this kind is usutil the beater 9 readily 'slidesthrough the slot 16.

' .ally mounted on suitable supports preferably a The swinging member may then be laid downfl short distance from the wall with a rather narthe stationary member 7 and this member re- 45 row plate 2 mounted at the rear upper edge of moved from the tub, whereby the parts may be the tub and extending to a point in contact tied together and stored awayin minimum space. with the wall. One or more hinges 3 are con- In order to hold the stationary member 7 in nected to the plate 2 and to these'hinges is conplace a comparatively thin plate of metal 20 is nected a metal top 4 which is adapted to cover secured by rivets, screws or thelike 21 to the end 50. the tub 1. of the stationary member 4. The parts are so The structure just described is old and well proportioned that the outer end 22 of plate 20 m'ay known and forms no part vof the present inbe inserted between the tub 1 and the plate 2 as vention except in combination. 'Coacting. with shown in Fig. 2. The opposite'end of the sta- 5 the tub I is a washing structure 5 which is shown tionarymember '7 to the plate 20 is provided with v 10 e v a usedjas shown particularly in Figs; 2 and 4 wherea clamping structure 23 which is formed with an erally extending leg 28 of structure 25'may act' as a clamping flange in respect to one of the walls of the tub 1. The downwardly extending leg 29 coacts with the leg 28 for clamping the tub 1. Rubberor other cushion members 30'and 31 are by a good gripping action is secured without in- V of the tub. The angle plate and associated parts I supporting plateat one end and a tub gripping juring the tub. I .a

When the device is first applied the end of plate 2 20 is thrust beneath plate 2 and-then the angle plate 24 is caused to rest on top of the frontwall are then pressed inwardly into thecushion mem ber 31, pressed tightly against the outer'surfaces of the tub, andthe depending part 28 is pulled over'until the cushion 31 carried thereby is pressing tightlyagainst the inner surfa'ceof the'front wall of the tub. After this has been done the wing nut 26 is rotateduntil the -hut '26 has clamped the parts rigidly. together, whereupon the washing structure is firmly secured to the tub and with the tub forms acomplete washing ma-f chine.

When it isdesired toremove the p'arts, the'wing nut 26' is loosened and the device is swung up warclly slightly "untilmembers 25 an'd2'9 are free from the tub. After this has been .done the stationary structure 'lfis given apull'until the plate 20 is moved from beneath plate 2. It will be readily seen thatthe -device may-be'quickly ap-' plied to a tub andalsoquickly removed -therefrom without injuring the tubor the device. Also the agitating device or beater 9 may be raised or lowered according tothe depth of the tub or I the height of the clothes to be washed.

I claim: V I a 1. A washing machine including a tub and a removable washing structure associated there with, said washing structure comprising aswinging' part and a stationary part, said stationary part havinga slot extending an appreciable part of its length through which the swinging part extends, means for pivotally connecting the for pivotally connecting said swinging part being the other end, while the stationary part has a member atgthe opposite end.

2. A washing machine 'including a stationary swinging part to the stationary part, said means i tures, means: for holding said stationary barf in'q I operative positiongabeating paddle, a rodfcon 1 nected to said paddle and-extending;through said slot; saidirod having a1 pluralityof apertures, a.

gripTcOnnected to said's'rodat the-'iendop posit] said beating paddle, andmeansia'dapted to'be-m positioned "in any pairv of said apertures in said stationary-lbar and also in any pair of; apertures said stationary bar, said last-mentioned means thereof in the plane of saidslot. I

f. :4 BASIL insaidrod' for. pivotally supporting said rod on

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