US52160A - Washing-machine - Google Patents

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JOSEPH S. GODFREY, E. J. GODFREY, AND RUSSELL GODFREY, OF LESLIE, MICHIGAN.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52160, dated January 23, 1866.

To all whom it may concern: y

Be it known that we, JOSEPH S. GODFREY, EMMoNs J. GODFREY, and RUSSELL GoD- FREY, all of Leslie, in the county of Ingham and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Vashing-WIachine; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specitication, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal section taken in a vertical plane through the center of our improved machine. Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the position ofthe rubbers when they are in the act of squeezing articles between them. Fig. 3 is a top view of the washingmachine. Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section through the machine,looking toward the daslr ers.

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This invention consists in so constructing a washing-machine having reciprocating rubbers that alternately approach and recede from each other that the articles which are being washed will receive from said rubbers a beating', rubbing, and rolling action, and thus be caused to present new surfaces constantly to the rubbing-slats, as will be hereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand our invention, we will describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents an oblong` rectangular box or wash-tub, which is mounted upon legs, so that one end of this tub will be somewhat lower than the other end. Near the highest end of this tub is a transverse shaft, B, which is rotated by means of a large spur-wheel, B', and a pinion, B2, placed on one side ot' the tub outside. The shaft B has a two-throw crank formed on it, as shown in Fig. 3 at a a. The crank a communicates arectilinearreciprocating movement to the rubber C, and the crank a gives a reciprocating movement to the rubber D through the medium of two pitman-rods, O D. rlhe rubber O slides upon the bottom of the tub, and it is constructed ot' two stepped side boards having slats or bars b b extending transiferseLyT across from one board to the other, as shown in Figs. l and 3. -The forward or acting surfaces of these bars are rounded, for a purpose which will be hereinafter eX- plained.

The rubber D consists of two stepped side boards, havingthe steps inverted so as to overhang the steps of the rubber C when these two rubbers approach each other. This overhanging stepped rubber D also slides upon the bottoni of the wash-tub, and it is also furnished with slats or barsc c, which are arranged parallel to the slats b b ot' rubber C, but in a plane which is slightly above these latter slats. rIhe two arms c c of the rubber D are pivoted at their ends to vibrating hangers d d, which are connected to the inside of the side boards ofthe tub, as shown in Figs. 1,2, 3, and 4, which arms communicate an up-anddown movement to the rubber D at the same time that it receives a back-and-forward movement. These arms are intended to force the slats ot the rubber D downward upon the slats of t-he rubber O when these two rubbers come together. Now, in order to prevent the rubber D from rising two high when acting upon the articles which are placed in the tub to be washed, we arrange guides or holdingdown strips g g over the side boards of said rubber, against which strips the upper part of the rubber presses while acting upon the articles. Then the rubbers recede from each other the rubber D descends again and moves upon the bottom of the tub, as shown in Fio. l. YV hen the two rubbers approach each other with articles to be cleansed` between them the rubberD will gradually risein consequence ot' its more elevated slats c c acting upon the slats b b of the rubber C, and in this way the slats of the rubber D will be caused to glide over those ot' the rubber C, and to rub and turn the articles which are between them. As the rubber D is thus caused to rise it will be brought in contact with the strips g g, and at the termination ofthe stroke the articles will be subjected to a squeezing action. During the receding strokes of the rubbers the articles which are between them will be released and left free to absorb water.

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

l. Constructing' the reciprocating` rubbers C and D with stepped slatted surfaces, tbe slats of which are so arranged that they shall rub7 squeeze, and roll the articles between them, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the rubber C with a rubber,D,Whicl1 receives a baclnvard-and-'or- Ward movement, and also a risingend-falling movement, and which is held down at the proper time to squeeze the articles by means of the strips g g, substantially as described.

3. The combination of two reciprocating' stepped rubbers, C and D, with the swinging supports d d and the holding-down strips gg, all arranged to operate substantially as described.

4c. Arranging the slats ot the rubber D in planes which are above the slats of the rubber C, in combination with the holding-down strips g g, substantially as described.

JUSEPH S. GODFREY. EMMONS J GODFREY. RUSSELL GODFREY. Witnesses:

MARY C. GOVERT, PERNULIA WELLMAN.

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