US371730A - Washing-machine - Google Patents

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DAVID C. BARNARD AND EDWARD L. VALLAGE, OF LOCKPORT, NEV YORK.

WASHING-MACHINE.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Paten-t No. 371,730, dated October 18, 1837.

Application filed April 16, 1887. Serial No. 235,112. (M` del.)

.To ZZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, DAvID C. BARNARD and EDWARD L. WALLACE, of Lockport, in the county of Niagara and State of'New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in washing-machines; and it consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts,which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the machine as when not in use, parts being broken away to show the location of the roller-frame. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the machine as in use, and Fig. 3 is a detail view.

rlhe suds-box A is supported at one end on legs B, and has at its opposite end short legs c, to which are journaled wheels C, on which the machine may be conveniently moved by the user or may be wheeled by a canvasser in selling the machines. Bars D extend lbetween and connect the legs B with legs c below the suds-box A. Spring-bars E are secured at one end to the bars D and are separated at their other ends from said barsby means of interposed blocks d. To the free ends of these spring-arms are pivoted the lower ends of arms F, to the upper ends of which are connected the rear ends of the rubberframe G, which has the handle g at its opposite end, and is provided between its ends with the rub:- ber H.

The bed or roller frame I consists of sides i, the rods J, connecting the same, and the rollers K, journaled between the sides z', as shown.

Thesudsboxisdividedby twotransverse partitions, L L', into three compartments, which, for convenience of reference, we shall refer to as the central compartment, Z, the front compartment, Z', andthe rear compartment, Z2. The partition L is usually made higher than the partition L, so the front compartment will hold the most water; also in order to support the bed or roller frame at the desired angle. It is usual to provide the central compartment with the discharge-opening Z3, a suitable plug being provided to close said opening when i desired.

In operation the compartments Z Z2 contain the water for Washing the clothes, while the dirty water is pressed out of the clothes by the action of the rubber'and rollers, and passes into the middle compartment and out thereofI through the` discharge-opening, the water in the end compartments remaining comparatively clean. By elevating the rollers (which should not be submerged) on the partitions we secure a depth of the end compartments suflicient to properly wet the clothes at once, the clothes being alternately soaked in compartments Z or Z2, and then pressed or rubbed in compartment Z, being soaked meanwhile, as will be understood. Thus the partitions, in addition to forming the box into compartments, serve to elevate the rollers and support them properly over the compartment Z, whereas if the rollers were placed upon the bottom of the suds-box without compartments there could be had but little depth of water in the machine, as the rollers must not be submerged, and there would be no separation of the clean water from the dirty. Boiling water can be used, as the hands need not be put therein. After the rubbing has been completed, the roller-frame may be removed and the several compartments be used--the one for sud'sing the clothes, another for rinsing, and third for bluing the same, thus dispensing with an extra tub. When not in use, the several parts may be adj usted to the position shown in Fig. l and the cover M be applied, when the machine will form a convenient table for ironing or other purposes.

By placing the partitions in the bottom of the suds-boX the bottom of said box is braced and strengthened.

Manifestly the partitions may be made of any suitable height. It is preferred to provide a dischargeopening through the bottoms of each of the compartments, as shown..

It will be noticed that we provide end compartments and a central or intermediate compartment in the suds-box, which are separated by partitions, and support the bed over said intermediate compartment, the end compartments being in practice supplied with water. N ow, in use, it will be seen, the clothes may extendover the bed and rest at each end in the water in the end compartments, thus IOO insuring the thorough wetting of the clothing as the operation proceeds. It will be further seen that by the aid of the rubber the clothing may be manipulated as desired without being touched by the hand, and that all the dirt will be pressed out of the clothing and pass through the bed into the central or intermediate compartment, Where it will be kept from Contact with the clothing. Manifestly, by keeping the clothing being washed from contamination by the dirt previously washed out, the washing is greatly expedited and can be more thoroughly e'ected with less labor than if the dirt mingled with the clothes during the entire operation; also, by having the bedand the dirtreceiving compartment between two water-compartments the clothing may be immersed at both ends in the water while' its central portion is being washed, so that the clothing, with the exception of that part being immediately treatedby the rubber, will be soaking and getting in proper condition for such treatment.

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

The improved washingmachine herein described, consisting of the suds-box, the crossboards or partitions L L', dividing such sudsbox into end compartments, and an intermediate compartment located between said end compartments and formed between the partitions or cross-boards L L', the bed-frame consisting of the sides i, fitting between the partitions L' L', brace-rods J, extended between the sides t', the'rollers journaled in said sides, and the rubber, al1 substantially as and for the purposes specified.

DAVID C. BARNARD. EDVARD L. WALLACE.

Witnesses:

C. BRIGHAM, LETTA BRIGHAM.

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