US610996A - Washing-machine - Google Patents

Description

Patented Sepi. 20, i898.

J.. MILLER.

WASHlNG MACMNE.

' (Appication led Apr. 22, 1897,)

(No Mode.)

UNITED STATES ATENT Erice.

WASHING- MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,996, dated September 20, 1898.

Application filed April 22, 1897. Serial No. 633,262. (No model.)

way, in the county of Union and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Vashing Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to washing-machines which depend for their operation upon the combined action of suction, forcing, and pounding, whereby the dirt is removed and the clothing cleansed.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings an the following description.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form, proportion, and the ininor details of construction without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to a full disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure l is a perspective View of a washingmachine embodying the improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section thereof.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in both views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The drum lis of cylindrical form and is open at its lower end andA closed at its upper end and is formed in its sides at a point midway between its top and bottom with a series of openings 2, which are in the same horizontal plane. An arched bar 3 extends over the upper or closed end of the drum and is riveted, soldered, or otherwise secured at its ends to the sides of the drum, and its horizontal portion is centrally apertured for the to bracing the upper end of the tubular guide 5, forms a handle by means of which ,thel machine is held in place when in operation and by means of which it is readily moved from one place to another.

The hollow plunger 6, of less diameter than the drum, is provided to operate therein, and consists of a head and a depending rim,which parts inclose an air-chamber which materially assists the washing process, as will appear lnore fully hereinafter. By having the plunger of less vdiameter than the drum and centrally disposed an annular space is had between it and the drum for the passage of water upon operating the plunger. The rod 4 has a handle 7 at its upper end and is threaded at its lower end to receive a pair of nuts 8,

between which the hollow plunger is held,

and by properly adjusting the nuts the plunger can be moved with reference to therod 4 and has adjustable connection therewith. The rod 4 operates through the tubular guide 5 and is limited in its downward movement by the handle 7 engaging with the upper end of the tubular guide at its junction with the arched bar 3, and this rod is limited in its upward movement by the uppermost nut 8 engaging with the lower end of the part 5. The head of the hollow plunger is reinforced by a disk or plate 9 placed thereon and held in place by the upper nut S. Hence upon depressing the rod the pressure is transmitted to the head of the hollow plunger in such a manner as to prevent its center portion being depressed or bent out of shape.

In operation the clothes to be washed are placed in a tub with sufficient suds-water to about cover them, after which the drum is placed upon the bulk of clothing or other articles and the hollow Vplunger is reciprocated within the drum, the upstroke creating a vacuum and causing the suds-water to move upward in the drum and through the clothes or articles, and upon depressing the plunger a part of the water is forced 'back through l IOO the drum above it will escape through the openings 2, whereby a circulation is insured and water prevented from accumulating in the upper portion of the drum to such an eX- tent as to interfere materially with and prevent the free operation of the plunger.

I-Iavng thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- A washing-machine comprising a cylindrical drum closed at its upper end and open at its lower end, and having a series of openings in its sides midway of its ends, an arched bar secured at its ends to the sides of the drum and having its horizontal portion centrally apertured, a tube connecting the middle portion of the arch with the closed end of the drum and projecting into the latter a short distance, a rod having a handle at its upper end and passing through the said tube and guided in its movements thereby, a hollow plunger open at its lower end and of less diameter than the drum, and adapted to reciprocate therein, and secured to the lower end of the said rod, and a reinforcing-plate secured to the lower end of the said rod for backing the head of the hollow plunger, substantially as set forth.

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

JESSE MILLER.

Titnessesz F. A. THOMPSON, S. A. LoUGI-IRY.

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