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(ModeL) H. O CARTER.

WASH BOARD.

No. 313,653. Patented Mar. 10, 1885.

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HENRY G. CARTER, OF MONTOLAIR, NEWV JERSEY.

WASH-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,653, dated March 10, 1885.

Application filed April 5, 1884. (Model d To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY G. CARTER, of Montclair, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVash-Boardsof which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to wash-boards fitted with protectors that not only guard against the splashing of the suds up or on to the person of the operator, but also form a broad bearing-surface or rest for the body of the washer woman or operator when stooping or leaning to the work, and it more particularly refers to that class of waslrboard protectors in which the protector is attached to the wash-board by means of slots and pins. Theinvent-ion is also more particularly designed for use on reversible wash-boards-that is, wash-boards having corrugated zinc or metal rubbing-surfaces 011 their opposite sides or faces.

My invention consists in a springeonnection of the protector with the wash-board, substantially as hereinafter described, and whereby said protector may not only be readily attached to or detached from the board, as required, but the arms of the protecto by their elasticity, serve to securely hold the protector in position when in use; and it also consists in a combination of such detachable protector with a double or reversible wash-board,whereby the same protector may be used on either or-both sides, alternately, ol the board.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 represents a view'in perspective of a double or reversible wash-board with my invention applied; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal sect-ion of the same, also showing by (lot ted lines the protector and one of its springarnls detached.

A A are the legs of the wash-board,mounted with the usual cross-head piece or partial bodysupport and guard O; and D D are upper and lower cross'frame pieces, to which the corrugated zinc or metal plates E E of the double or reversible board are secured.

The protector is composed of a head or cross piece, G, having spring side arms, H H, of a slotted form or construction, and each of which A A, on both or opposite sides of the headboard B, are hooks or suitably-shaped studs d d, with which the looped ends of the elastic arms H H of the protector engage. The distance apart of the elastic arms H H is such that, in order to engage them with or disengage them from the hooks or studs d or d, said arms require to be pressed toward each other .in order that said hooks or studs may pass into or out ofthe slots or openings in the springarms, which provides for their retainmg their proper position when in place, and for quickly detaching the protcctomwnen required, as also for readily changing the protector from one side to the other oi the double or reversible,

wash-board.

To change the protector from one side of the wash-board to the other, first disengage the cross-piece G from the guard G; then press the arms H toward each other until they are free of the hooks, when the prot ctor may be ap plied to the opposite hooks by first pressing the arms H toward each other and allowing them to spring into engagement with the hooks, and then pressing the crosspiece upward and partially over the ed go of the guard G, as shown. The arms H will then exert a downward pressure on the cross-piece G, to hold it firmly to the guard 0.

Furthermore, the two side portions of each elastic wire arm H are so curved or bent apart in direction of their length, and the hooks or studs d or d placed at such distance below the guard O, that when the protector, which swings by its arms on said studs, is adjusted into working position and so that its cross-head piece G engages by its grooved edge with either grooved edge of the guard G, the springarms H H will be more or less straightened or stretched, to hold the proteotorin its engaged positionwith the cross-head piece C.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A removable protector for'wash-boards,

consisting, essentially, of a cross-piece provided with two depending slotted or open springarms, substantially as set forth.

2. In arernovable protector for wash-boards, a cross-piece provided with two open or slotted spring-arms, said arms being formed with bends to cause said arms to exert a pullingstrain when under tension, substantially as set therefrom, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with a reversible washboard provided with hooks or studs (1 d, be low the guard O, of a removable protector consisting of the cross-piece G, having open or slotted spring-arms H, the members of said I 5. In areversible wash-board, the combination, with the guard O, grooved at 0 c, and

the sides A, provided with hooks d d on opposite sides, of the cross-piece G, grooved at b to fit one of the grooves 0, and the bent slotted spring-arms H, secured to said cross-piece G, and adapted to engage the hooks d or d, and hold the grooved edges of crosspiece G and guard O in contact to present an unbroken surface, as set forth.

HENRY O. CARTER.

lVitnesses:

EDGAR TATE, ALFRED H. DAYIS.

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