US426486A - Combined clothes and dish washer - Google Patents

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M. A. www. GMBNED CLOTHES AND DISH WASHER. No. 426,486.

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M. A. WILCOX.

COMBINED CLOTHES AND MSH WASHER.' No. 425,486. PatentedApr. 29, 1890.

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CMBINED CLOTHESAND DiSi-i WASHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,486, dated april 29, 1890.

Application led April 25, 1889.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that i, MARGARET A. VVILCOX, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Clothes and Dish "Washers, of which the following' is a specification, reference being had therein to the ac llhis improvement relates to a washing-machine of that class in which there is a fixed semicircular tank or tub to receive the operating' parts, and which may also be utilized f for washing either ciothcs or dishessandthe invention consists in the peculiar arrangement, combination, and construction of parts, hereinafter described, and then definitely pointed ont in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l shows a vertical central longitudinal'section of a machine constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 represents a wire mat or shelf to be used therewith as a rubbing-surface. Fig. 3 is avertical central cross-section of the machine. Fig. etisa horizontalsection of awater-distributer. Figo is a perspective view of a modification with parte broken away and most of the screens removed.

Referring now to the details of the drawings,

and more particularly to the machine shown by the first four figures, A represents the outer tank or tub, being seinicireula-r in form and supported onornamental legs a. Vithin this tank swings the cradle B on a shaft-C, which 'is rocked bythe crankD and handle d.

This lcradle has slots or openings D, through which are passed phains E, oner end of each being fastened to ring e, fast in .the tank, and the other end attached to one of the mats or rubbing-surfaces F F F. Besides these mats F there are three other mats or rubbing-surfaces G GV G, the lowest of which G rest-s on the curved sides of the cradle, while the othn ers have trunnions f f, which rest in sockets on the vertical sides of the cradle. .Above the cradle is a watendistributer, preferably made in the form of avhollow'oval ring H, having a series of small nozzles 7LY projecting therefrom, with curved passages connecting with the interiorof the distributer. Ait one side the dis- Serial No. 308,558. (No model.)

tributer is connecibdwith a T l, which passes through the side of `the tub or tank A, and the T and distributer are so connected that the nected by piping i with a boiler of any cenvenient kind, but preferably with that shown at K, which has a concave bottom k, beneath which .is a series of circles 'of gas-jets L for heating t-he water. This boiler is preferably connected withthe city water-pipes by the pipe M; but where there is `no such convenience a pump N, of any convenient form, may `be used, and which maybe connected withthe boiler. by a pipe 0. Where gas is not convenient, gasoline or kerosene burners may be substituted for the gasjetsshown.

The tank A is provided with a Waste-pipe P and cock Q, lto allow the water to be drawn oif as required. Below the tank A is shown a coil of gas-pipes R, by which the water may be heated, if preferred, or the heat kept up,

as desired. Surrounding this gas-pipe is a short tube or petticoat S, by which the heat is retained around the bottom of the tank. The bottoms of the tank and boiler are both preferably double to vprevent injury to the inner bottom of said tank and boiler. Y

In Fig. 5 the arrangement of parts is somewhat diierent, the washer being set on one end of an ordinary kitchensink, and is shown Without 4the upper mat-s and without the gasheater vbeneath it. Instead of the pump shown in Fig. l ,one of diierentformJ is employed, such as is commonly used in oon-` nection with sinks' Vvwifier'ethere is nowaterservice. A pipe is shown in dotted lines connected withthe faucet on the pump, by which water directly from the pump may be used,

if desired, for any purpose. Either` of these'.

arrangements of' parts may be,used as de-` sired for a1clothes-Washer or for washing4 dishes; butofbourse when the apparatus shown inFig. 5 is used Yfor washing 'clothes the mats should be used, and if the apparat-us shown in Fig.1"is to be used for washing dishes the mats should then be'removed, ex-

cepting the lower one. i'

The tank is preferably made of galvanized 'lop suspended indnpendently 0f Ithe Cmde, un the mcmbers of the other set being arranged alternately with the members of the first Set l mld connected to and moving with the cradle und between the members of said rst Eet, Witnesses:

Substantially as describe@ v (.3. W'. HASKHIS, In tcsnwny wlmmo a-fx. my Sgmmwel TVM. A. KAISER in uragano@ of two witnesses nhs 22d da f DE,

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