US36210A - Improved wash ing-mac mine - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES SAMUEL ETTER AND It. B. NEU-MAN,

PATENT OFFICE. v

OF FAYETTEVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPRovED- WASHING-MACHINE.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL ETTEE and B. B. NEUMAN, of Fayetteville, in the county of Franklin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Washing-Machine; and we do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this speciiication, in which- Figure l isa longitudinal vertical section of our machine, the section being taken in the line x w of Fig. 2, the red lines showing thev position of the rubber removed from the tub for the purpose of affording more ready access to the clothes. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.

Similar letters of reference 'indicate corresponding parts in the two gures.

This invention consists in suspending the rubber within the tub from a shaft which is journaled at its ends in the upper ends of standards rising from a compound lever Whichis fulcrumed at its back end to the projecting ends of two of the supportinglegs of the tub, and connecting the rubber to an oscillating compound lever by rods or hooks, whereby the rubber may be easily detached from its actuat. ing-lever, and by a simple movement of the pressure-lever be turned up into such a position as to afford convenient access to every part ofthe tub to facilitate the handling of the clothes and the cleansing of the tub and rubber, all as will be hereinafter fully explained.

Io enable others skilled in the art to fully understand anduse our invention,we will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A represents an oblong rectangular wooden box' provided with inclined ends and supported on four legs, a a b b,which are attached by screws or otherwise to the sides of the box near each end. The lwo legs a a, in front and opposite of each other, at their upper ends are Hush with the top of the box, and the two legs b b extend or project a short distance above the top of the box or tub. l Inside of the tub, and near the bottom thereof, inthe middle is a wash -board or concave rubbing-surface, which is composed of a series of rollers, c c, havingjournals at their ends which are fitted to revolve in boxes B, attached to the innersides of the tub. A greater or less number of rollers may be used in the concave, according to the size of the machine.

C represents an oscillating rubber composed of a corrugated rubbing-surface in lconvex form corresponding with the wash-board or concave rubbing-surface, with larms D D extending upward from its opposite sides. yThis rubber is suspended by its arms from a shaft, E, which extends transversely of the tub and is supported at its ends in the upper ends of standards dd', which rise from the compound lever F near its back end. This lever F at its back end is fulcrumed or attached by pivots e to the projecting ends of the legs d d 0n the inside.

H is a compound lever which is attached by pivots g g to the inner front sides of the tub near the bottom, arid projects some distance above the top of the tub. The oscillating rubber C is connected to and receives its motion from the compound lever H through fthe medium of rods or hooks I I, of which there are two, one on each side. These rods or hooks are attached to the arms D D of the rubber C atone end by pivots h, and at their opposite endshave a cylindrical hole made transversely through them. The rods or hooks have an inverted V-shaped notch cut through their bottom side into the cylindrical holes to allow them to be hooked or caught over the wrist- I pins ,which project from the inner side of the compound lever lH,to connect the rubber and lever together when it is desired to adapt the machine to use or to be lifted oft' when it is desired to disconnect them to allowV the rubber C to be turned up out of the way to afford facilities for manipulating the clothes. By lifting the rods I I off from the wrist-pins t' the rubber can be removed from the tub, without laying hands upon it, simply by turning the lever upon its pivots so as to allow its standards to rest against the upper back edge of the tub,which edge Vsupports the rubber in such a position (shown by red lines in Fig. l) over the end of the tub as to allow all drainings or drippings to fall therein.

Operation: The requisite quantity of water is iirst put in the tub while the rubber is inI the position shown by red lines in Fig. 1. The clothes are then soaped and placed in the tub upon the Wash-board or roller rubbing-surface. By taking hold of the leverF and bringing it forward the rubber is brought down upon the clothes. The rods or hooks I I are now caught over the wrist-pins t' of the lever H, when the machine is ready for use. The operatornow,by applying one handto the'lcver and Working it backward and forward, imparts an oscillating motion to the rubber,while his other hand is free to regulate the pressure of the rubber on the clothes by raising or de-I pressing the lever F. v

The above machine is simple in its construction and operation and enables a person to perform a Washing with comparative ease and dispatch, requiring but little exertion to operate it,and doing the Work in an effectual and thorough manner.

Having thus described our invention, .what Y We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The compound lever F, standards d d, and pivots e e, in combination with the compound lever H, pivots g g', wrist-pins i i', hooks I 1', and rubber C,When arranged to operate in connection with the Wash-board in the manner and for the purpose set forth. f

The above specification of our improved Washing-machine signed this 30th day of June, 1862.

SAMUEL ETTER. R. B. NEUMAN.

Witnesses:

JAMES H.`GR1DLEY, CHARLESSMITH.

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