US534958A

US534958A - Washboard

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Publication number: US534958A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1895-02-26
Anticipated expiration: 1912-02-26

Description

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,958, dated February 26, 1895. 7 Application filed July 28, 1892. erial No. 441.485. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that we, PETER J J OEOKEN and ANDREW WEISS, citizens of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga. and State of Ohio, have invented ordiscovered certain new and useful Improvements in Washboards, of which improvements the following is a specification.

The invention described herein relates to certain improvements in protectors for washboards, and has for its object a protector so constructed and connected to the washboard frame as to be automatically shifted to and held in operative position by contact with the edge of the tub when the board is placed in operative position therein; and it is a further object of this invention to provide a protector which can be automatically shifted from one side of a double faced washboard to operative position on the opposite side thereof and held in such position, by contact with the edge of the tub.

The inventionwill be hereinafter more fully described and particularly claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a washboard having our improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a view of the same partly in front elevation and partly in section. Fig. Sis an end elevation of the construction shown in Fig.1. Fig. 4. is. a front elevation of a modified arrangement of the protector, the latter being movable between the brand board and head piece and its supporting arms being arranged inside of the side bars of the board. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of the same, the plane of section being indicatedby the line 00, as, Fig. 4. Figs. 6 and 7 are views similar to Figs. 4 and 5 showing the supporting arms of the protector outside of the side bars, and Fig. 8 is a view in elevation of a further modification, the brand board being movable with the protector, and Fig. 9 is a sectional elevation of the same, the plane of section being indicated by the line y, y, Fig. 8.

In the practice of our invention the washboard is constructed, as regards the side bars 1, head piece 2, cross bar 3, brand board 4. and rubbing faces 5 in the usual or any suitable manner. The protector 6, which by preference is made concavo-convex in cross-section, is arranged to move transversely of the board at a point a suitable distance above the rubbing faces, as for example, above the head piece 2, as shown in Figs. 1,'2 and 3, or below the head piece, as shownin Figs. 4 to 9 inclusive. The protector is provided with arms 7, extending down on both sides of the board toward the rubbing faces sufficiently to insure their striking against the tub when the board is placed in operative position therein. These arms, which preferablyhave their lower ends pivotally connected to some portion of the washboard and form the supports and guides for the protector, are so constructed that one or the other edge. or portion will extend beyond one or the other side of the board so that when the board is placed in position in the tub, one edge or part of the arms will strike the edge of the tub, and thereby shift.

the protector into operative position on the then upper side of the board. By turning the washboard over the opposite edges or projecting parts of the arms will bear against the edge of the tub, and by reason of the weight of the board, the protector will be automatically shifted to operative position above the upper rubbing face.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the arms 7 may consist of triangularly shaped pieces of wood arranged outside of the side-bars 1 of the washboard, and pivoted at their apices to the side bars in line with or approximately so with the cross-bar 3; or in lieu of the wooden pieces, the arms may be formed by suitable bent pieces of wire as shown at 7* and 7 in Figs. 4, 5, G and 7, the arms in Figs. 6 and 7 being pivoted to the outer faces of the side-bars. I

For convenience in packing washboards together for shipment or storage, it is preferred to arrange the arms outside of the side-bars, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7, but they may be arranged as shown in FigsJi, 5, 8 and 9. In Figs. 4: and 5, the pivotal support for the wire arms is formed by holes in the brandboard 4 at points near the cross-bar 3, while in Figs. 8 and 9, the lower ends of the arms 7 c are provided with curved notches 8 adapted to fitover rounded portions 9 of the cross-bars.

In the constructions shown in Figs. 1 to 7 inclusive, the brand-board is fixed between the side-bars, cross-bar and head-piece in the usual manner, except that in the arrangement shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7, the upper edge of the brand-board is cutsaway to permit of the passage of the protector.- If desired the brand-board may be attached to the protector so as to move therewith as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the lower edge of the brandboard being rounded and resting in a transversely curved groove 10 in the upper side of the cross-bar 3.

In the constructions shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 8 and 9, the movement of the protector is limited by stops 11, on the longitudinal edges of the protector, said stops being adapted to engage the head-pieces 2.

In the construction shown in Figs. 4c and 5, the wires forming the arms serve as stops by engagement with the stationary brand-board, while in Figs. 6' and 7, the stops are formed by lugs 12, projecting from the corners of the protector.

It will be observed that the protector has its pivotal points outside of line connecting the corners CL of the protector, such line forming the cord of a circle, so that said protector is capable of swinging movement from one side of the washboard to the other. This arrangement of the pivotal points is a characteristic difference between our improvement and the construction shown in Patents Nos. 150,315 and 35%,113, wherein the pivotal points of the protectors lie within a line connecting corresponding corners of the protectors shown in said patents, so that a movement of said protectors produces onlya change of angle of the protectors to the rubbing faces of the boards, and not a change of movement of the protector from one side of the board to the other.

We claim herein as our invention 1. A protector secured to one end of radial arms having a pivotal support at their lower portions on the frame of the washboard, with reference to being shifted in position by a swinging movement substantially in the arc of a circle, to working position on either side of the washboard, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a washboard, a protector and arms having their upper ends connected to the protector and extending down toward the rubbing face, said arms being pivotally connected at their lower portions to the washboard and being provided with portions that project beyond the side bars of the main frame, on one side of the board, whereby the protector will be shifted to operative position with reference to the rubbing face on the opposite side of the washboard on being placed in the tub in position for use, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination of a washboard, a protector and arms having their upper ends connected to the protector and their lower portions pivotally connected to the washboard, said arms being provided with portions that project beyond the side bars of the main frame, whereby the protector will be shifted to operative position with reference to either face of the washboard when it is placed in the tub in position for use, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the frame, the doublefaced rubbing board secured therein, the pro tector, arms having their upper ends connected to the protector and their lower ends pivotally supported by the frame, whereby the protector will be shifted to operative position with reference to either of the washboards, when it is placed in the tub for use and a brandboard connected to the protector and movable therewith, substantially as set forth.

5. In a washboard, the combination of a protector movable from side to side of the washboard below the head piece thereof and triangularly shaped arms having their upper ends secured to the protector and their lower ends resting upon the cross bar of the washboard, substantially as set forth.

6. In a washboard, the combination of a protector movable from side to side of the washboard, triangularly shaped arms having their upper ends connected to the protector and their lower ends pivotally supported on the frame of the washboard, and stops for limiting the movements of the protector, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

PETER J. JOEOKEN. ANDREW WEISS. Witnesses:

J. B. SToWE, L. G. HOWLAND.