US351072A - Washing-machine - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

W. SCOTT.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 351,072. Patented Oct. 19, 1886.

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W ASHlNG- MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,072, dated October 19, 1886.

Application filed January 15. 1985. Serial No. 153,009. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM Soon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Evansville, in the county oi'Vanderburg and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to washing-machines, and it consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of my machine. Fig. 2 is an end View of same with the top removed. Figs. 3 and 4 are elevations of the machine from opposite sides, the top being removed.

The tank or suds-box A is provided in its opposite sides with bearings at. Arms A are projected above the bearing, and formed with openings to receive the latch-bar A by which the trunnions of the cylinder are held in the bearings, as willbe understoodfroin Figs. 2, 3, and 4.. The tank is provided near its top with a rib or stop, 11?, against which the cover B rests, as shown in Fig. 1.

Troughs G are secured or formed on each end and side of the tank A. These troughs communicate one with the other, andare inclined from end to end. These troughs receive the drippings of condensation and splashing from the cover B, which are conveyed to the lowermost point of the series of troi'ighs, where they discharge at G into a basin or other suitable vessel set to receive them. This obviates the wetting and consequent cracking and rust-ing of the stove-top.

It is manifest that in order to have the drippings caught by a vessel that portion of the suds-box provided with the discharge-opening G must project beyond the stove or other suitable support on which the said suds-box may be placed, as the space between the lowermost portion of the trough and the bottom of the box is practically not sufficient to permit the insertion of a vessel.

The tank is provided at its opposite ends with internal rubbers, D D. These rubbers are crimped transversely to provide theproper rubbing-surfaces d, and are secured at their end (1 d to thetank, their sides being detached from the tank. By this construction the rubbing-surfaces d d are permitted to yield, in order to properly operate with an unusual bulk of clothing without giving such pressure as would injure the clothing or render the machine difficult of operation.

The cylinder E has end plates, E, and trunnions E supported in bearings A. One of said trunnions has attached to it a handlecrank, E", by which to revolve the cylinder. Rubbers F are extended transversely between the end plates and set slightly apart. I by preference make these rubbers V-sliaped in cross-section, with their edges pointed outward, so that I secure two edges or contactsurfaces, f, to each rubber F. I make the cylinder with a detachable section, G, which in practice is fastened by suitable means, such as shown, to the body of the cylinder, and may be removed to permit the introduction and removal of the clothing.

In the operation of my machine the sudsbox is partly filled with water and placed on a stove or other suitable heater. The section G of cylinder E is now removed and the clothing introduced into said cylinder, and the section G replaced and secured. Collars, cuffs, and similar small articles are placed between the rubbers F, and extend outward in position to be rubbed by parts F against parts d. The clothing in the cylinder, as the latter is revolved, drops from one to the other of the rubbers F, and the dirt will be beaten thereout. Meanwhile the steam generated in the bottom of the suds-box will rise through the cylinder and assist in loosening and removing the dirt from the articles in such cylinder. Reaching the top or cover, the steam is condensed, and the drippings fall onto the cylinder and clothing. The machine is simple, and combines the advantages of friction and the action of steam in cleansing the clothing.

Having thus described my invention, what 2. In a Washing-machine, the combination of the tank A, having internal rubbers, D,

crimped from a sheet of metal having its upper and lower edges secured to thetank,where- 5 by its central portion may yield, as described, and the cylinder consisting of circular end plates and transverse connecting-bars, substantially as set forth. 7

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 20 presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM SCOTT.

Witnesses:

JNo. W. PUGH, J. W. HUFF.

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