US554177A - Mollie s - Google Patents

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' UNITE STATES ATENT FFICE- MOLLIE S. GARNES AN D GEORGE HENRY ZIMMERMAN, OF POOAHONTAS, VIRGINIA; SAID GARNES ASSIGNOR TO SAID ZIMMERMAN.

WASHBOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,177, dated February 4, 1896.

Application filed April 17, 1895. Serial No. 546,068. (No model.)

1'0 ctZZ whom it may concern.

Be it kn own that we, MOLLIE S. GARNES and GEORGE HENRY ZIMMERMAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Pocahontas, in the county of Tazewell and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Washboard, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in washboards.

The object of the present invention is to provide a washboard with novel means whereby the same is adapted to be held in place within the washtub at any desired angle or inclination, thus obviating the liability of the washboard slipping and interfering with the work.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the course of the subjoined description.

The invention consists in a washboard hav ing its side frame-bars grooved on their outer opposite faces, and provided with slotted retaining-plates, within which are mounted longitudinally-sliding blocks which carry an gular clamping-jaws, said clamping-jaws being adapted to engage with a washtub for the purpose of holding the washboard at the desired inclination relatively thereto.

The invention further consists in certain novel features and details of construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a washboard constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to a washtub. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken longitudinally through one of the side bars of the washboard-frame, in line with the vertically-extending slot in the retainingplate. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the angular clamps, showing also the sliding block in which said clamp is swiveled.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the main side bars 1 of our improved washboard are connected at their upper ends by the usual headboard 2. The washboard is also provided with the usual soap boX or holder and with a plurality of parallel rods 4, which are galvanized to enable them to resist rust and form the rubbing-surface of the washboard, said rods being slightly greater in length than the distance between the inner adjacent faces of the side bars 1 of the washboard-frame, and let into corresponding series of sockets in the inner faces of the side bars 1, as shown. The side bars are connected at or near their top and bottom by suitable tie bolts or rods 5 and nuts, which prevent their moving apart and releasing the rods 4.

The outer opposite faces of the side bars 1 of the washboard-frame are grooved lengthwise and adapted to receive an oppositelydisposed pair of sliding blocks 6, which are held in place within said grooves by means of an elongated slotted plate or metallic strip '7, the slot in which is appreciably narrower than the width of the groove and also the width of the sliding block, which moves lengthwise of said groove. The slotted retaining-plate 7 maybe held in place by means of screws or other suitable fastening device, and is adapted to effectually prevent the escape of the sliding blocks, while at the same time permitting them to move freely within the slots.

An oppositely disposed pair of angular clanips 8 are pivotally connected with said sliding blocks 6, as more clearly illustrated in Fig. 3, said clamps being approximately V-shaped and provided with set-screws 9 in the outer or rear arms thereof, by means of which said clamps are adapted to be engaged positively with the washtub upon the outside.

By reference to Fig. 1 the manner in which the improved washboard is applied will be readilyunderstood. The washboardis placed within the tub and the angular clamps are drawn upward and passed over the upper edge of the tub sides. The washboard is now manipulated to bring it to the desired angle or inclination with relation to the tub, when the set-screws of the clamps are tightened against the exterior surface 'of the washtub, which has the effect of holding the washtub rigidly in its inclined position until released by reversing the set-screws.

The Washboard as above constructed is very simple and may be manufactured at slight cost.

It Will be apparent that the form of the clamps may be changed, if desired, and that other changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction and arrangement may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the ad vantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

In a Washboard, the side bars or uprights provided with longitudinal grooves in their outer faces, in combination With blocks slidably mounted therein, angular clamping-

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