US279522A

US279522A - Sheekston

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Publication number: US279522A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-06-19
Anticipated expiration: 1900-06-19

Description

(NoMsdeL) s J. F. BEAM & .S. BRILLINGER.

, WASHING MACHINE.

Patented June 19,1883.

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Witnesses.

N. PETERS PhnXo Lilhcgmphun wadun mn, D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AND SAMUEL BRILLIN'GER, or

SHERKSTON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

WASHING- MACHINE.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,522, dated June 19, 188?.

Application filed February 1:11PM. (No model.)

SAMUEL BRILLING-ER, both subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, J. BEAM, residing in Buffalo, Erie county, New York, and SAMUEL BRILLING'ER, in. Sherkston, Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. \Vashing-Maehin es, of which the following is a specification.

simple and efficient washing-machine capable of being adjusted for large or small washings, adapted for washing clothes, cotton, W001, 850., all of which will befully and clearly hereinafter 1 5 shown by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section throughlinexw, Fig. 5. Fig. 2 is a front view of the corrugated stationary spring washingboard. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a portion of the pump-agitator device, showing a similar view of the agitators. Fig. l is an enlarged side elevation of the device for adjusting the machine for either large or small washings, and

2 5 Fig. 5 represents a plan or top view of the machine complete.

The washing-tub c is provided with theusual supporting-legs, a. The spring washing-board a? is made easily removable by having its lower portion rounded or beveled, as shown in Fig. 1, so that its lower end can be moved in the direction of the arrow and then taken out. It is provided with the ribs a and with the bars or plungers (0, having a spring, (0 for keep- 1.

ing them forward, the construction being such that they may be forced back against a yielding pressure. The pinup-agitating device is composed of the supporting-frame b b and a series of fixed bars or plungers, If, rigidly secured to the part b by pins b, and the collars on the bars I) on the opposite side of the part I). (See Fig. 1, and for a face view of the same see Fi 3.) v i 1) represents a series of sleeves adapted to slide easily over the plungers b Theypass over said plungers and through the portion 1) of the supporting-frame. Each of the sleeves I) are provided with a head or flange, b", for preventing them from coming through the frame portion 1), and behind each sleeve is a The object of our invention is to produce aspiral spring, c, which keeps them all out in the position shown in Fig. 1.

The pump-agitating device is jointed to the machine by pins or bearings c c", which iit into the openings c or (r in the boxes c". When 5 5 in place the bearings c (5" are held in position by the pins d.

It will be seen when the agitating device is secured in the openings 0 the plungers a are farther away from the sleeves and plungers If I)", and consequently.there is more room between them, so that a largeramount of clothes can be washed than if it were secured in the openings Zr, as in that case the several parts would be nearer together, thereby adapting the machine for asmaller washing or for washing smaller articles.

The agitating device is provided with two curved portions, (1, to keep the openings (1 closed during the operation of washing. hen moving the agitating device back, so that its supporting-pins c c" are placed in the openings 0, an opening, (1, is left behind the curved portions, which is covered by the pivoted plates (1*, which can be turned back out of the way when not required for use, as shown by the dotted lines (P, Fig. 5.-

c e e represent the several parts of the handle by which the machine is operated. In operating with the machine the handle is moved up anddown, (see Fig. 1,) one position of the handle being shown by the letter (2 and another position by the dotted lines e.

It will now be seen that when the clothes or other articles are put in place between the agitating device and the washing-board and the handle moved from its upper stroke downward the sleeves are forced against the clothes, and as the handle moves down the said sleeves If are made to move over the plungers b and 0 thereby force the water that is within them out over and through the clothes, the clothes being pushed against the yielding pins or bolts inthe washing-board, the operation being such that the clothes are turned over during the action of the machine and a continued circulation is kept up. The dirt as it leaves the clothes settles down through the perforations f in theiperforated plate f, so that it is separated from them, and they are easily and quickly cleaned or Washed. The perforated plate or bottom f is made easily removable. The agitator is provided with a counterbalanci11gweight, f", so as to make it work easier.

2. In a washing-1naehine, a suds-box provided 'with a stationary washi ng-board having bars projecting from the face of the board, and provided with springs to keep them in their advanced position, in combination with an agitating device pivoted to the suds-box, and having a series of fixed bars or rods provided with sleeves and openings, as described, said bars and sleeves being located in the agitator in the same order, or substantially so, as the projections upon the stationary washingboard, as and for the purposes described.

J. F. BEAM. SAMUEL BRTLLINGER.

Vitnesses:

J. M. CALDWE I, 1;, J urns SANUSTER.