US51460A

US51460A - Washing-machine

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Publication number: US51460A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1865-12-12
Anticipated expiration: 1882-12-12

Description

N. PETERS PHOTOJJTHOGRAPNEH. WASHINGTON. D. C; l

PATENT OFFICE.

PATRICK KILLIN, OF MOUNT HEALTHY, OHIO.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 51,460, dated Decembcl` 12, 1865.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK IILLIN, of Mount Healthy, Hamilton county, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a full and clear description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawii lgs and letters marked thereon.

My vention relates to a suspended washboard composed of a series of rollers centrally locatedin the frame of the machine, about which passes endless bands or belts, to which are secured round bars, which press upon the wash-board.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved washing1nachine divested of the tub in which it sits. Fig. 2 is a transverse section, showing the wash-board,endless belt, and drums. Fig. 3 is an elevation, in detail, showing the mechanical device for drawing in the feed-roller.

A are base-pieces, to which are secured standards B, which rise vertically from near the center of base-piece A. Secured to standard B are cross-strips l, horizontally placed about midway between the base and top of the standards B. In the extreme ends of the strips G are journals, which bear the drivingpulleys D, which are so corrugated upon their faces as to receive the compressing-bars d. These bars are attached a't each end to v belts e, which are endless and pass about the washboard E. Wash-board E is composed of rollers, which revolve between and are journaled in sliding frames F. These frames F move vertically upon the inside faces of standards B, and are pressed down, so as to come in contact with the compressing-bars l), by means of a spring, f, connecting with the exterior of the frame. A bar, g, passes transversely between the standards, near the top of the inachine, to which is secured a wrin ger.

Operation: The clothes to be washed are inserted between bars d, which may be cylindrical in form, and wash-board E, composed of revolving rollers attached to sliding frames E. By means of a crank-handle the drums D are made to revolve. The clothes are drawn down and under the wash-board and up about its opposite side. \Vhen the motion of the crank-handle is reversed the clothes are drawn back. This operation is continued until the clothes are cleansed. Should the bulk of' clothes be too great, the drums D yield, their journals working in slots c in strips C in opsite direction. The sliding frame F has a vertical movement upon standards B, permitting the clothes to pass beneath the wash-board E, the spring f sufcing to keep the board well down upon the clothes. The spring c answers the purpose of keeping the crankliandle in place, preventing too great motion to the drivin g-drum.

Having described my invention, the use and operation of its various parts, I make the following claims:

l. The adjustable wash-board composed ot' parts E F and spring f, constructed as above described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The endless belt c, compressing-bars d, driving-drums D, constructed as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The adjustable wash-board E, in arrangement with endless belte and compressing-bars d, as described, and for the purpose set forth.

PATRICK KILLIN. Witnesses JOHN SNYDEE, W. HEUGHT.