US327619A - Atmospheric washing-machine - Google Patents

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D. E. TAYLOR.

ATMOSPHERIC WASHING MACHINE.

No. 327,619. Patented Oct. 6, 1885.

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ATMOSPHERIC WASHING MACHINE.

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EPECI'FIUATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,619, dated October 6, 1885.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID E. TAYLOR, of Dudley, in the county of XVorcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in At mospheric VVashing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full de scription of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 represents a plan or top view of a washing-machine embracing my said improvements; Fig. 2, a side view looking in the direction of arrow to, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, an end view looking in the direction of arrow 1), Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a cross-section on line A B, Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a longitudinal section on line C, Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale, and Fig. 6 a bottom view of the washing'case or hollow plunger, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

In some particulars my present invention may be regarded as an improvement upon the washingmachine for which Letters Patent were granted to me on the 7th day of December, 1880, No. 235,107, and the nature of my present improvements consist in, first, the combination, with the socketed stem or spindle, of the hollow washing plunger or case, swinging adjustable arm, and tightening-clamp, as will be hereinafter more fully described, second, the combination, with the swinging arm, of a vertically and horizontally slotted reciprocating slide and crank, as will be hereinafter more fully described; third, the combination, with the hollow case or plunger, of a rotating washing tub or receptacle, and mechanism arranged for revolving the same, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, the part marked 13 is the washing tub or receptacle, to the bottom of which is secured a supporting stem or spindle, D, which passes through and is supported by the framing E, a nut, (Z, being attached to the bottom of the spindle, as fully indicated in Fig. 5 of the drawings. \Vashing-receptacle D rests upon friction-rolls c, c, and f, thelatter being secured to a spindle, g, which turns in suitable bearings at each end of said spindle. A crank-arm, h, is attached to the middle of shaft and has connected to it at its upper end one end of a link or shackle bar, h, the lower end of said shackle-bar being connected to the lower end of lever F, which is pivoted to the frame G of the machine at 1 the upper end, F, of lever F being forced back by means of a cam, G, 011 the main operatingshaft I, the upper end, F, of said lever F being drawn back in the opposite direction, as the cam rotates, by means of a spiral spring, 6.

To the side of arm h is fastened a pawl, is, pivoted at it, and held in mesh with ratchettecth m on wheel or, tightly fastened on shaft 9 by means of a spring, on, whereby, when lever F is vibrated back and forth by means of cam G, shaft g has an intermittent rotary motion imparted to it, which mot-ion it in turn imparts through friction wheel or rollf to the washing tub or receptacle, thereby giving the tub agradual rotary motion.

Main operating-shaft I is provided on its front end with a crank, I, froniwhich a crankpin, 1, projects and passes through a horizontal slot, J, in the slide-piece J, which has a vertical recess on its front side to receive the swinging spindle J to the lower end of which is secured the hollow plunger or washing'ease K,and which hollow plunger or washing-case is provided with a tubular stem, K, open at its upper end,wherebyit can be slipped tightly upon the screw-cylinder K, which screws upon the threadedlowerporion, J",of theswinging spindle J Tubular stem K extends down into the hollow plunger or washing-case K, and is provided with a circular head, L, as fully indicated in Fig. f the drawings. The upper end of screw-cylinder K is slotted,and has titted around such slotted part a clamppiece, L, provided with cars it, through which a screw, n, passes, whereby the attendant, by loosening screw it, can screw up or down screw-tube K thereby raising or lowering the washingcase K, to adjust it to any desired height, after which, by screwing up screw it, it is securely clamped to'the swinging spindle part J As clamp L encircles the upper part of screw tube K the slot in said tube is covered; but the construction and operation,

with the above explanation, will be well understood by those skilled in the art of making clamp-fits.

To the lower end of washing-case or plunger K are secured a series of loopsprings, M, the inner ends ofsuch springs being connected by an independent skeleton frame, M, said skeleton frame being made in this instance from four wire loops or links, which cross and are fastened to each other, but in such a manner that each set of loop ends 0 of springs M can spring freely in toward each other as skeleton frame M and looped springs M are pressed up into the plunger or case K, when they come in contact with the clothes being washed,the action being, so far as the up-anddown motion is concerned, similar to the action of my clotheswasher patented December 7, 1880; but in that machinethe frame which connected the spring-loops was tight, and my present skeleton frame is an improvement on such form of frame, in that it allows the air and water to pass up and down freely through such frame, whereas in my original machine it would not, thereby to a considerable extent impairing the practical utility and successful operation of such washing-machine. Again, in that machine the head corresponding to head L in my present machine was supported by braces or stays secured to the inner upper side of the washing case or plunger, while the stem by which the case was operated was secured to the upper outer side of the case, whereas in my present invention the hollow stem is inserted through the top of the washing-case and extends down and forms the support for head L, and also a tube or socket for the end of the spindle or handle, by which the washing case or plunger is operated, thus rendering the construction of the device less expensive and more lasting, while the whole is rendered stronger and less liable to become injured or broken by use.

Hinged spindle J is pivoted atpin the slotted sliding or reciprocating piece J, which works up and down in suitable guides in the cross-pieces N N of frame G, and said swinging spindle is also provided with holes 8 8, corresponding with similar holes in the sides of the slotted reciprocating piece J, to enable the operator, by means of a pin, t, to readily detach the lower portion of said spindle from said sliding or reciprocating piece J for the purpose of swinging out the washing case or plunger K to put in or take out clothes from the receptacle D, and also for adjusting the case upon the screw end of said swinging lever, and this adjustment is effected by simply removing pin t, which allows the case or plunger K to swing up, as shown in dotted lines,

and a handle put in the tubular socket, and the device used by hand to wash clothes in the receptacle D or in a separate receptacle.

Thus it will be seen that by my invention the device may be used as a power or hand machine. When used as a powermac-hine, it is operated by means of the handcrank O; or, if preferred, a pulley may be substituted in lieu thereof, when it may be driven by any suitable power.

By the combination and arrangement of the mechanism for reciprocating the washing case or plunger and the feed of the clothesreceptacle D, the latter is rotated at the time the washing case or plunger is raised to its highest position, and at which point it remains at rest while crankpin 1 is traversing the slot J, by which arrangement a new portion of the clothes is brought under the washing case or plunger at each down motion.

As nut d screws against a shoulder on the bottom of spindle D, there is no binding of said spindle, but it is left free to rotate with the clothesreceptacle.

In practice I prefer to make two or more holes in the lower end of lever F, and acorrespond ing numberin the upper end of arm It, so that link h can be changed to give a greater or less motion to the ratchetwheel at each vibration of lever F.

As the operation of the water and air upon the clothes by this general form of washingmachine is quite fully described in my said patent of December 7, 1880, upon which machine my present invention is an improvement, no further detailed description is necessary.

Having described my improvements in atmospheric Washingmachines, what I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination,with the socketed stem or plunger K and hollow adjustable plunger K, of hinged arm. J J pin 8, and tighteningclamp L, said parts being constructed and arranged in relation to each other substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination,with pivoted swinging arm J J of the vertically and horizontally slotted reciprocating slide J, and operatingcrank I I", substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the hollow plunger K, provided with arm J" J, and shaft I, of the reciprocating slide J, leverFF, spring ,1", cam G, link-arm H, pawl 7c, and ratchet m, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

DAVID E. TAYLOR.

WVitnesses:

THos. H. DODGE, g CHAS. D. GAY.

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