US2124460A

US2124460A - Washing and drying machine

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Publication number: US2124460A
Application number: US150877A
Authority: US
Inventors: John E Cary; Cary Valerie
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1937-06-28
Filing date: 1937-06-28
Publication date: 1938-07-19
Anticipated expiration: 1955-07-19

Description

July 19, 1938. J, E. CARY A 2,124,460

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ATTLORNEYS Patented July 19, 1938 UNITED STATES 2,124,460 WASHING AND DRYING MACHINE John E. Cary and Valerie Cary, Opelousas, La. Application June 28, 1937 Serial No. 150,877

5 Claims.

the removal of such vegetables or fruits from their crates, the washing and drying being efiected mechanically and in this manner a maximum number of crates can be handled with dispatch and without excessive labor and operating attendants in that the machine can be controlled by two operators.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a machine of this character, wherein the drying operation is carried forth through a centrifugal drier of special construction to accommodate crated products and such crated vegetables or fruits prior to the drying operation are subjected to a washing period so as to thoroughly wash and clean the vegetables or fruits and in the washing and drying operation the washing fiuid or liquid will not become wasted as such fluid -or liquid drains back from the drier to the washing tank of the machine.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a machine of this character, wherein a determined number of crates will be handled in a single operation of the machine for the washing and thedrying of the contents of the same, the machine in its entirety being of novel construction.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a machine of this character, which is compa-ratively simple in its construction, thoroughly reliable and efficacious in'operation, enabling the washing to be carried forth with dispatch and automatically, this also being true with regard to the drying of the products, strong, durable, and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which disclose the preferred embodiment of the invention and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of the machine constructed in accordance with the invention, the

drier being shown in vertical section.

Figure 2 is an end-elevation and partly broken away...

" of the arrows.

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical longitudinal sectional view through the machine.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary vertical transverse sectional View taken on the line 44 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 5 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through one of the crate holders of the machine.

Figured is an end View thereof and .in open position.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary top plan view .show-= ing in detail one of the clutch controls for the machine.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary sectional View on the line 8-8 of Figure 4 looking in the direction Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views .in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the .ma-

chine designated generally at A comprises a wash-:

ing .tub it] having a downwardly arched half circular bottom I I and said tub is fixedly supported in a stand or supporting frame I2 having at the transverse center with respect to the tub the upstanding columns or posts 13 which are arranged.

. at opposite sides of said tub exteriorly thereof.

The columns or posts l3 at their upper ends are fitted with suitable bearings I4 in which is ,journaled the center axle !5 of a rotatable reel l6 which is of four-sided formation including -oppo-.. sitely disposed side spoke sills or beams l1 projecting radially from the axle I5 and meet the four corners of the said reel Hi.

The terminals of the sills or beams I! at the corners of the reel iii are fitted with bearings 18 in which are journaled the center stud axles l9 of rotatable crate holders 2!], each being of skeleton form and has a hinged door or cover 2|. These crate holders 2-0 accommodate crated products such as vegetables or fruit, the door or cover 2| of each holder'20 being latched at 22 in a closing position for the retention of a crate therein when loaded.

One stud axle 19 of each crate holder 20 has fixed thereto a pinion 23 adapted for meshing; engagement with a master gear 24 fixedto an oscillatory cranked shaft 25 suitably journaled at 26 in one side wall of the tub Hi. The pinions 23 on the turning of the reel i6 by hand are suc-- cessively brought into meshing engagement with; the master gear 24 and the crank 21 of the shaft 25 has pivoted thereto at 28 a throw rodor pitman 29 which is also pivoted at 30 to a crank 31, the latter being of less length than the length of the crank 21 and is apart of the axle 32supporting and having fixed thereto a power transmission gear 33 driven in a manner hereinafter described. The variance in the length of the cranks 21 and 3| enables a reverse rotary action or oscillatory movement of the gear 24 and the said crank 21 while the crank 3| will rotate in one direction under the rotation of the transmission gear 33 when driven in one direction as hereinafter set forth.

The reverse rotation of the gear 24 causes the pinion 23 to be reversely driven and in this manner when the said pinion is meshing with the gear 24 the crate holder 20 common to such pinion will be caused to turn approximately two and one-half revolutions in one direction and reversely two and one-half revolutions in the opposite direction. When the crate is turned in this manner, it will be submerged in a washing or cleaning liquid or fluid held within the tub I!) so that the crated fruit or vegetables within the said turning. holder 2!) will be thoroughly washed when submerged within the liquid or fluid.

Arranged at one end of the tub l6 and built within the stand [2 supporting the same is a horizontal platform, 34 which is elevated to approximately fiush with a top opening in the tub It] and upon this platform 34 is held a vertically disposed cylindrical drier tank 35 open at its top and within which is arranged a rotatable drier crate holding rack 36 which at its bottom centrally thereof is connected with a rotatably driven shaft 31 vertically disposed and beneath the platform 34 has fitted therewith a beveled gear 33. This beveled gear 38 meshes with a clutch released power gear 39, the release clutch 43 there for being controlled by a hand lever 4i extended upwardly in proximity to the tank 35 and manually controlled by an attendant when on the platform 34. 'The clutch 40 is in association with a power shaft 42 suitably journaled in the stand 52 at one end thereof and operated from any suitable power source.

Cooperating with the power shaft 42 is a driving pinion 43 in association with a release clutch 44 between it and the said shaft 42 and this clutch is under the control of a hand lever 45 arranged in proximity to the tub In at the end thereof remote from the drier tank 35. By the use of the

clutches

46 and 44 power can be shut off from the drier rack 36 and the master gear 24, respectively. The shaft 44 is equipped with the idle and

fast pulleys

45 and 46, respectively, these being conventional in kind and accommodate the power belt from an external power source with respect to the machine.

Interiorly of and at one side of the tub is arranged a reel stop or reel holding stirrup 41 mounted for vertical swinging movement at 48 and operative by a hand lever 49 so that the said stop or stirrup 41 can be brought to a position for engaging any one of the stud axles l9 carrying the pinions 23 when in the path of said stopor stirrup to have the reel l6 brought to a standstill and the said pinion 23 in meshing engagement with the master gear 24 when a crate holder 26 is submerged in the contents of the tub it and in this manner the said crate holder submerged will alternately rotate in reverse directions during the meshing engagement of its pinion 23 with the master gear 24 and thus the loaded crate within said holder 20 will have its contents thoroughly washed within the tub.

Each quarter rotation of the reel I6 submerges a crate holder 20 in the contents of the tub l and brings another crate holder upon said reel to a position with relation to the drier tank 35 so that a transfer of a crate with its contents washed may be made from the holder thereof into the rack 36 for the drying operation. This tank 35 with the rack 36 therein has leading therefrom a drain spout 50 opening into the tub In so that any liquid driven or let off from the contents of the crate within the rack 36 will flow back into the tub and thus in this manner avoid loss by waste of the washing liquid or fluid which might otherwise occur in the transfer of a loaded crate from a holder 20 into the drier tank 35.

The tub ID at its lowermost point has leading therefrom a drain for convenience in the emptying of the said tub, the drain being valved in any suitable manner and such valve not shown.

In the operation of the machine, the loaded crates are placed within the holders 20 and in successive order these holders carrying the loaded crates are submerged in the content of the tub Ill through manual turning of the reel l6 and in a step by step procedure the submerged holder 20 is stopped with the pinion 23 common thereto meshing with the master gear 24 and under its operation the said holder submerged is alternately reversely rotated for the cleaning of the load in the crate held by said holder. After the cleaning of the load of the crate, the reel I6 will be turned so that this cleaned loaded crate can be transferred from the holder having the same:

into the drier rack 36 for the drying operation of the machine, the transferred crate being set upon its end in the rack 36 and through rotation of the rack the drying of the contents of the crate will be had without loss or waste of the:

cleaning fluid let off or thrown from the contents through centrifugal action in the driving of the said rack in that the thrown off liquid flows back into the tub l0 during the operation of the machine.

What is claimed is:

1. A machine of the kind described comprising a liquid holding tub, a rotatable reel supported above said tub and having portions movable into and from the same, a plurality of crate holders rotatably supported by said reel at the portions movable into and from the tub and rotatable independently of each other, pinions connected with the holders at the axes of rotation thereof, a reversely rotating gear arranged with relation to the pinions at the point of movement of the portions of the reel into the tub for successive meshing engagement of the said pinions with the said gear on rotation of the reel, and means manually controlled for sustaining the reel against rotation when one of the pinions is enmesh with the gear.

2. A machine of the kind described comprising a liquid holding tub, a rotatable reel supported above said tub and having portions movable into and from the same, a plurality of crate holders rotatably supported by said reel at the portions movable into and from the tub and rotatable independently of each other, pinions connected with the holders at the axes of rotation thereof, a reversely rotating gear arranged with relation to the pinions at the point of movement of the portions of the reel into the tub for successive meshing engagement of the said pinions with the said gear on rotation of the reel, means 3. A machine of the kind described comprising a liquid holding tub, a rotatable reel supported above said tub and having portions movable into and from the same, a plurality of crate holders rotatably supported by said reel at the portions movable into and from the tub and rotatable independently of each other, pinions connected with the holders at the axes of rotation thereof, a reversely rotating gear arranged with relation to the pinions at the point of movement of the portions of the reel into the tub for successive meshing engagement of the said pinions with.

the said gear on rotation of the reel, means manually controlled for sustaining the reel against rotation when one of the pinions is enmesh with the gear, means for imparting reverse rotation tosaid gear, a tank arranged next to the tub, and a rotary rack within the tank for accommodating a crate on manual transfer thereof from a crate holder into said rack.

4. A machine of the kind described comprising a liquid holding tub, a rotatable reel supported above said tub and having portions movable into and from the same, a plurality of crate holders rotatably supported by said reel at the portions movable into and from the tub and rotatable independently of each other, pinions connected with the holders at the axes of rotation thereof, a reversely rotating gear arranged with relation to the pinions at the point of movement of the portions of the reel into the tub for successive meshing engagement of the said pinions with the said gear on rotation of the reel, means manually controlled for sustaining the reel against rotation when one of the pinions is enmesh with the gear, means for imparting reverse rotation to said gear, a tank arranged next to the tub, a rotary rack within the tank for accommodating a crate on manual transfer thereof from a crate holder into said rack, and driven connections between the said rack and the last-named means.

5. A machine of the kind described comprising a liquid holding tub, a rotatable r-eel supported above said tub and having portions movable into and from the same, a plurality of crate holders rotatably supported by said reel at the portions movable into and from the tub and rotatable independently of each other, pinions connected with the holders at the axes of rotation thereof, a reversely rotating gear arranged with relation to the pinions at the point of movement of the portions of the reel into the tub for successive meshing engagement of the said pinions with the said gearon rotation of the reel, means manually controlled for sustaining the reel against rotation when one of the pinions is enmeshwith the gear,'means for imparting reverse rotation to said gear, a tank arranged next to the tub a rotary rack within the tank for accommodating a crate on manual transfer thereof from a crate holder into said rack, driven connections between the said rack and the last-named means, and controls for the driven connections between the gear and the last-named means and also the latter and the rack.

JOHN E. CARY. VALERIE CARY.