US527360A - Washing-machine - Google Patents

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WASHING MACHINE.

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I UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES D. CAVANAUGH, OF LEBANON, ASSIGNOR TO NATHAN S. ALTHOUSE AND JAMES H. KNOLL, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

' SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 527,360, dated October 9, 1894.

H Application filed January 23, 1894:. Serial No. 497,795. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES D. CAVANAUGH,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Leb-i and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings--Figure 1 is a perspective view of a washing machine constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the washing machine. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the gearing.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates an oscillating washing machine body, journaled on a supporting frame or stand 2, and provided with an interior rubbing surface 3; and 4 designates a reversely oscillating approximately semi cylindrical rubber, which is provided with an exterior rubbing surface 5. The body 1 has a curved bottom and ends to conform to the general configuration of the rubber 4, and clothes or other fabrics to be washed are placed in the body between the rubbing surfaces 3 and 5,

and when the body and the rubber are reversely oscillated the clothes are thoroughly rubbed. A semi-cylindrical top or cover 6 is arranged on the body, 1, and is hingedly connected with one side thereof by separable hinge castings 7 and 8.

The stand 2 is preferably pyramidal with On one side of the body is secured a segment 12, which is provided on its upper concave periphery or face with teeth; and a smaller segment 13 depends from and is rigidly secured to one of the extended journals 11. at its inner side at its convex face or periphcry with teeth; and these two segments mesh with a pinion 14 journaled on a stub shaft 15 of the frame, whereby when the body is oscillated the rubber 4 will be reversely oscillated. The body is provided at one end with a handle 16, by means of which the washing machine is operated.

The extended journals ll are formed intogral with vertically disposed bars 17, which are arranged in grooves or ways 18 of the sides of the oscillating rubber 4, and which are provided with rack bars 19 forming upward extensions of the bars 17, and adapted to be engaged by sliding latches 20 of the 0s cillating rubber, whereby the distance between the rubbing surfaces 3 and 5 may be varied and the pressure exerted on the clothes during washing may be adjusted. The grooves or ways 18 are arranged on the exterior faces of the sides of the oscillating rubber 4, and the rack portions of the bars 17 extend upward through openings of plates 21, and the latches 20 are mounted on a cross-bar 22, and are arranged at the inner sides of the racks.

It will be seen that the Washing machine is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction, that it is efiective in operation, and that it is capable of thoroughly and rapidly washing clothes or other fabrics without liability of injuring them. It will also be seen that the washing machine body and the rubber 4 can be rapidly reversely oscillated at the expenditure of a minimum amount 1 of labor, and that the oscillating rubber is capable of vertical adjustment to vary the distance The depending segment 13 is provided between the rubbing surfaces to accommodate a greater or less quantity of clothes, and to regulate the pressure on the latter.

Changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention'.

What I claim is- 1. In a washing machine, the combination of a supporting frame, an oscillating body journaled on the frame and provided with a tooth segment, an oscillating rubber arranged within the body and having a segment connected with it and provided with teeth arranged opposite those of the segment of the body, and a pinion mounted on the frame and interposed between and meshing with said segments, whereby the body and the rubber are caused to oscillate reversely, substantially as described. 7

2. In a washing machine, the combination of a supporting frame, an oscillating rubber, an oscillating body journaled on the frame and receiving the rubber, journals supported on the frame and extended through the body and adjustably connected with the rubber, whereby the latter may be raised and lowered, and gearing connected with one of the journals of the rubber and with the body for re-, versely oscillating the rubber and the body, substantially as described.

"racks to secure the rubber at the desired adjustment, substantially as described.

4. In a washing machine, the combination of a supporting frame, a body provided with hollow journals arranged in suitable bearings of the supporting frame, an oscillating rubber provided with journals extended through the body and arranged'within said hollow journals, a segment depending from one of the journals of the rubber and provided at its outer periphery with teeth, a segment secured to the body and provided on its upper face with teeth, and a pinion journaled on the frame and meshing with the segment, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

I JAMES D. OAVANAUGII.

Witnesses:

W.'S. JOHNS, O. W. FEW.-

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