US246749A

US246749A - Washing-machine

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Publication number: US246749A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1881-09-06
Anticipated expiration: 1898-09-06

Description

(ModeL) I. GERARD '& P. TREMBLAY.

WASHING MAGHINE. No. 246,749;

Patented Sept. 6, 1881.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ISIDORE GERARD AND PETER TREMBLAY, OF NEWTON, KANSAS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,749, dated September 6, 1881. Application filed March 15, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ISIDORE GERARD and PETER TREMBLAY, of Newton, in the county of Harvey and State of Kansas, have invented a new Improvement in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of our invention is to provide an improved washing-machine which is simple in construction and convenient and effective in use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of our invention with the cover removed, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same, taken on line 00 m of Fig. 1.

A represents the body or water-reservoir of the machine, which is rectangular in form and supported upon suitable legs, B B, ateach corner. Journaled in the boxes 0 0, formed on the side boards of the reservoir A, is the shaft D, which carries the cylinder E, which latter is formed of the circular end disks, F F. and the rollers ff, which are loosely pivoted to and between the disks at equal distances from the centers thereof, as shown. The circular disks are tied together within the series of rollers on opposite sides of the shaft by the bars 0 e. The ends of the shaft D are provided with the cranks G G, through which motion is imparted to the cylinder E by means of the foot-levers H, which are pivoted at h h to the rear legs of the machine, near the floor, and connected to the cranks by the pitmen J J, and connected together in front of the machine by the footboa-rd K, and one end of the shaft is provided, also, with the fly-wheel L.

The wash-board is formed of the bent bars a n, which are hinged to pieces n n at the front of the reservoir, and the board N, which is screwed or otherwise secured to the bent bars in such manner as to form a concave portion, N, immediately under the cylinder. The

wash-board is vertically adjustable by means of the rocking bar or shaft P, which isjournalcd in the sides of the reservoir in rear of the cylinder and attached to the cross-bar d of the wash-board by the horizontal arm 1) and hooked connecting-Hake. The shaftPis moved to adjust the board by means of the vertical arm p and the operating-rod R, which is pivoted to the arm 19, and extends to the front of the machine, and is provided near the front end with the offset 8, which engages with the notched rack T, secured to the side of the res ervoir. By this means the adjustmentot' the board is under the instant control of the person using the machine, and can be adjusted with every variation in size of the garments or articles being washed.

The top of the reservoir is covered with the removable cover S, which prevents the water in the reservoir being splashed out, and it is provided with the hinged door W near the rear end, as shown.

Though we have described our invention as being operated by loot-power, it'is obvious thatit might be operated by steam or horse power, in which case suitable pulleys would be attached to the shaft D and the foot-operating mechanism would be dispensed with.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with a pivoted bed of a washing-machine, of the rocking bar P, the cross-bar d, the armsp 1), the hook-link c, and the rod 1%, pivoted to said armp, whereby the pivoted bed may be readily adjusted by the operator, as described.

ISIDORE GERARD. PETER TREMBLAY. Witnesses:

FELIX P. SWEMBERGH, FRANK ZURCHER.