US428975A

US428975A - Washing-machine

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Publication number: US428975A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-05-27
Anticipated expiration: 1907-05-27

Description

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F. TAYLOR & J. RODERICK. WASHING MACHINE.

No. 428,975; Patented May 27, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK TAYLOR, OF LEWISTON, AND JOSEPH RODERICK, OF FARMINGTON, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD "IO ENOCH O. GREENLEAF, OF FARMINGTON MAINE.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,975, dated May 27, 1890.

Application filed May 13,1889. Renewed April 26 1890. Serial No. 349,614. (No model.) Q

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FRANK TAYLOR, a citizen of the French Republic, and JOSEPH RODERICK, a citizen of the United States, said TAYLOR residing at Lewiston, in the county of Androscoggin and State of Maine, and said RODERICK residing at Farmington, county of Franklin, State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in i0 \Vashing-ltlaehines; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention pertains to certain new and useful improvements in washing-maehines,

having for its object the production of a simple and inexpensive as Well as durable machine of this class, comprising improved and highly efficient gearing for imparting a reciprocatin g movement to the agitator, the op- 2 5 crating-crank being continuously turned in one direction.

The invention comprises the details of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafter fully set 0 forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of our improved washingmachine. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the gear- 5 ing. Fig. 4 is a view showing a portion of the sectional cover, parts being broken away.

Referring to the drawings, A design ates the tub or receptacle of any polygonal shape, a the supporting-legs therefor, and a a the oppositesidehandles. Theinnerwallsof this tub have spaced-apart bars a secured thereto,

as shown.

B is the removable cover, composed of two sections 1) b, the former being rigidly secured to tub A by three (more or less) hooks Z) engaging studs b. The section or lid 1) is hinged to section b, so as to be raised or lowcred, and can be held closed by a hook I), as shown.

The agitator C is composed preferably of a series of arms cl projecting from a head d attached to the lower end of a' 'shaft D, pro

, handle f.

j ected through an aperture in lid 1), and provided on its upper end with a toothed wheel or pinion d E E are two gear-wheels of peculiar construction fast upon a shaft 6, journaled in brackets e e, secured to lid or cover b. Each of these wheels has two offset toothed portions or sections 6 6 adjacent inner and outer segmental or toothless surfaces e e, as shown. With one of these wheels E gears a pinion F, secured upon a shaft f, supported by brackets e, and provided with a crank- This pinion alternately engages the toothed sections 6 e of wheel E, and by turning the crank-handle motion is transmitted to the agitator through the wheel d By means of the peculiar construction of wheels E E a reciprocal motion is transmitted to the agitator, the inner toothed section of the wheels E E alternately engaging the wheel or pinion (1 while the crank-handle, as well as said wheels, is turned in one continuous direction.

One of the many advantages of the gearwheels thus constructed is thatin the event of the teeth of one section being broken or damaged the wheels can be adjusted on their shaft so as to provide for the alternate engagement of the toothed sections of the gearwheels. The wheel or pinion F, located above and always in engagement with one of the gear-wheels, gives an increased leverage and greater power to the agitator.

lVe claim as our invention- The combination, with the tub, the agitator having a toothed Wheel, and the supportingbrackets, of the gear-wheels having offset toothed sections, the shaft upon which said wheels are secured, the upper wheel or pinion gearing with one of said geai wlieels, and the shaft having a crank-handle, substantially as set forth. 1

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses;

hi FRANK TAYLOR.

mark.

JOSEPH RODERICK. Witnesses:

W. H. JUnKINs, Z. W. FALES.