US359035A

US359035A - Wash-bench

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Publication number: US359035A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-03-08
Anticipated expiration: 1904-03-08

Description

(No Model.)

0. SHEPARDSON.

WASH BENCH.

No. 359,035. Patented Mar. 8,1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTIS SHEPARDSON, OF STUBGIS, MICHIGAN.

WASH-BENCH.

EPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,035, dated March 8, 1887.

Applicntitn filed July '7, 1886. Serial No. 207,958. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Orrs SHEPARDSON, of Sturgis, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved \Vash-Bench, of which the following is .a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a wash-bench, and has for its object the production of a cheap, useful, and effective article for household use.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

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 all the figures.

Figure ,1 is a perspective view of my washbench extended for washing. Fig. 2 shows my improved bench in side elevation when folded for use as a wringer-support only, a wringer being shown attached thereto. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a bracket employed, illustrating the attachment.

Two main standards, A A, each consisting of a continuous piece, slotted at their upper ends to receive the mechanism of a wringer, and held together by round braces a a, form the centralsupport of my combinedwash-bench and wringer when folded out, as shown in Fig. 1. Upon the opposite edges of each of these main standards A A, at a suitable distance from the floor, are secured, through their rear sides, two metal brackets, I) Z), cast with extended sides or wings continuous with the back, and pivoted within these brackets thus placed on each side of the main standards A, through their wings, are longitudinal bars B 13, whose inner ends are beveled to admit of folding up parallel with the main standards A, when desired, and partially beveled upon their outer ends to clear the floor when thus folded up, and rest upon the small flat space left thereon, as seen in Fig. 2.

Short standards G G are pivoted to the longitudinal bars 13 B, near their outer ends, by means of round braces passing through from side to side, and another set of round braces, d d, unite and strengthen the said short standards C G O 0 near the bottom. These short standards form the legs or supports for the longitudinal bars B B when folded down, and together constitute a bench for a wash-tub each side of the main standards A, as shownin Fig. 1. The main standards A A, the longitudinal bars B B, and the short standards 0 0 form the frame of my wash-bench.

Upon the round bracebar a of the main standard A are pivoted centrally two longitudinal stretchers, e 6, whose outer ends are grooved out to fit and bear against the round braces d d of the short standards 0 0, thereby stiffening the entire frame and preventing the said short standards from folding up when in use as legs for the benches.

Upon the upper outside edge of the short standards 0 G and fastened thereto are metal stops it, which, curving inwardly and up with more orless of a twist, form a hearing or support for the projecting ends of the longitudinal bars B B when the benches arein position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and astop adapted to space the short standards 0 O and the main standards A when the bench is folded, as shown in Fig. 2.

When it is desired to fold the wash-bench up to use the wringer alone or place it away, the stretchers c e are lifted up out of engage ment with the round braces 01 d, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the short standards G O are drawn under and up to a position beneath the recessed brackets b 1), thereby bringing thelongitudinal bars 13 Bin avertical position parallel with the main standards A, which are elevated from the floor simultaneously with the said adjustment, the said longitudinal bars being thereby converted into legs or supports for the entire frame. The main standards A, carrying the wriuger, are held .in an elevated position by the recessed brackets b b, and the wash-benches are retained in a folded position by means of hooks attached to the edges of the short standards 0', engaging with eyes secured in the edges of the corresponding short standards C, as illustrated in Fig. 2. My wash-bench thus folded is self-supporting, and stands so firm upon its support that the wringer may be used alone with perfect ease.

If desirable to use but one tub, the washbench not in use may be folded up out of the ICO way. The main standards A will then rest upon the floor and the folded bench at a slight angle against it.

In the operationofmyinvention when folded, as in Fig. 2, the hooks are unfastened and the short standards 0 0 carried down toward the floor, which movement presses the bars 13 B outward, allowing the main standards to rest upon their lower ends, the short standards being carried forward until they also rest upon the floor, causing the bars 13 B to assume a longitudinal position. The stretchers e e are then brought into engagement with the round braces d d, and a bench is formed upon each side of the main standards A A adapted to hold a tub or tubs.

I am aware that wash-benches have heretofore been constructed to hold awash-tub upon each side of a central standard carrying a wringer,and the device capable of being folded against the main standards when not in use, and I do not broadly claim such as my inven tion.

Having thus fully described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination, with the main standards A, slotted to carry a wringer and provided with recessed brackets b I), attached at the edges below the center thereof, and a transverse bottom brace, a, having pivoted thereon oppositely and centrally extending longitudinal braces e e, of the longitudinal bars B B, pivoted in said recessed brackets, having outwardly projecting beveled ends, the short standards 0 0, provided with bottom braces,

d d, and upwardly and inwardly extending stops t, attached to their upper outer edge, adapted to support the projecting ends of the said bars B B when the bench is open and constitute spacing-blocks when said bench is folded, and devices for locking the standards when the bench is folded, substantially as shown and described.

OTIS SHEPARDSON. Vitncsses:

CATHERAINE SHEPARDSON, Mrs. G. F. PHARIS.