US645464A

US645464A - Washing-machine.

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Publication number: US645464A
Application number: US71686799A
Authority: US
Inventors: Cyrus A Dodge
Original assignee: WALTER J ZUILL
Current assignee: WALTER J ZUILL
Priority date: 1899-05-15
Filing date: 1899-05-15
Publication date: 1900-03-13
Anticipated expiration: 1917-03-13

Description

No. 645,464. Patented Mar. l3, I900.

C. A. DODGE & W. J. ZUILL.

WASHING MACHINE.

(Application filed May 15, 1899.)

{No Model.)

WITNESSES: ZZJQJM 18mm mm NrrRD STATES PATENT FFicE.

oYRus A. DODGE AND WALTER J. ZUILL, or SYRACUSE, New YORK; sAID DODGE AssIeNo TO SAID ZUILL.

WASHING-MACHINE.

srEcI FIcA'rroN rormiil art of Letters PatentNo. 645,464, dated March 13, 1906. Application filed May 15,1899. Serial No. 716,867. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CYRUS A. DODGE and WALTER J. ZUILL, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

Ourinvention relates to washing-machines; and it consists in a new integral supportingframe to be used with'a machine of the airpressure class. Heretofore tubs have com-' monly been made of wood and the clamps and arms on which the operating mechanism is sustained set and fixed on the tub at any desired point; but with theimprovement in metallic construction and decrease in cost galvanized-iron tubs have lately begun to come into use and have largely displaced those of wood. IVhile they are cleaner and more durable, yet being lighter and thinner than the wooden tubs, some special means is necessary to support them and to reinforce the bottom and sides, so that the operating mechanism can be secured in position with sufficient stability for practical use, and at the same time this supporting means should be so made that the whole mechanism can be moved easily from point to point when de sired or maintain its position firmly when in use. To this end we have devised a simple and effective supporting-frame composed of three members or legs of channel iron or steel secured together by diagonal braces set on edge in contact with the bottom of the tub within the chime and connected by bolts through the chime to the legs. The upper portions of these legs are set closely against the outside of the tub, extending upwardly to the reinforced upper margin of .the tub, and the lower or leg portions are bent slightly outwardly the more firmly to support it.

It is evident that if the arm or frame supporting the washer were clamped to the thin edge of the metal such a support would be unstable and the metal of the tub itself would be quickly bent and broken. This is overcome by our construction and a firm support afforded for the frame by means of apeculiar supporting-piece consisting of a pair of integral jaws with a space between them,

so as to span the reinforcing-wire and upper margin of the tub, and having an integral Vertical post to which the pounder-frame is rotatably fitted. The outer of these jaws is made of such size as snugly to fitthe groove formed between the upper end of the channel-iron and the outer surface of the tub, and this supporting-standard is bolted in that po-' sition. To insure the stability of the tub when in use and permit its being pushed from point to point when desired, we have fitted the legs with rollers peculiarly arranged, so that their axes or axles are constantly re tained parallel to each other and in the same position. By forming the axle-jaws respectively integral wit-h a flat plate or piece adapted to fit within the lower end of the legs and arranged each at such an angle to its axle that the rollers are all maintained parallel, so that the force applied to the tub parallel to the axles moves it easily from point. to point, but at right angles thereto, the tub remains stable, whereby convenience in operation of the washer and wringer is insured.

Our invention will be better understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which the same reference-numerals indicate the same parts in all the figures.

Figure I is an isometric view'showing our peculiar supporting-frame with the tub and the rotating washer-frame arranged in position thereon. Fig. II is a bottom plan view of said frame and tub. Fig. III is an enlarged view, partly in section, through the upper end of one of said legs, showing the standard and washer-supporting frame. Fig. IV is an elevation'of said standard detached. Fig. V is a reverse elevation of the preceding. Fig. VI is a section on line VI VI of Fig. III. Fig. VII is an enlarged elevation of one of the rollers with its inclined plate.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the metallic tub; 2, the bottom thereof, preferably corrugated for the sake of stiffness; 8, the chime; 4, the legs formed of channel steel or iron bolted to the tub, having their lower portions slightly bent outwardly and their upper portions acting as braces to the side of the tub.

5 is the continuous triangular strap set on edge within the chime in contact with the bottom of the tub, having flattened points 6 6 arranged adjacent to the legs and secured thereto by bolts 7 7, extending through the chime. By this construction the sides of this strap extend diagonally along the tub-bottom, bracing and stiffening it, so as to undergo the operation of the washer without injury.

The legs extend upwardly to the upper margin of the tub, finished in the usual mannor by reinforcing-wire, over which the metal is turned. A standard or supporting-piece having inner and outer jaws spans this upper margin of the tub and is secured in position by bolts, with its outer jaw fitting within the channeled upper end of one of the legs. This standard is an integral piece formed with the inner jaw 11, having its outer face slightly convex to fit the inner surface of the tub and preferably reinforced by

rib

12, 13 being the outer jaw fitting snugly groove 10 between the upper end of the channel-iron and the tub and separated from the inner by grooved slot 14:, fitting the edge of the tub, 15 being the vertical post to which is fitted sleeve 16 any usual construction.

of supporting-arm 17, having integral post 18, on which is carried the washer mechanism, of

The rollers rollerplates and jaws are differently formed for the respective legs, so that the rollers are all arranged and maintained parallel, 20 being the roller fitted to rotate on axle 21, secured in fixed position in jaws 22, integral with legplate 23, the angle between which and the jaws is varied to suit the leg to which it is to be secured, so that the axes will all be parallel, the enlarged roller and plate shown in Fig. VII being that fitted for the leg on the right.

Our supporting-frame, as here shown, is light, strong, and simple and particularly adapted for its purpose of affording a stable support for operating mechanism and thin metal tub now preferably used therewith.

Having. thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture a washing-machine support forsustaining the tub of thin metal and the pounder, having in combination three supportinglegs of channelsteel arranged with their concave sides in contact with theouter surface of the tub, extending upwardly to about the upper edge of the tub and downwardly and outwardly below the tub, said legs being secured together about midway of their length by metallic bars extending diagonally across the bottom of the tub in contact therewith from one leg to the others, plates fitted in the lower end of said legs on their concave sides, jaws integral with each of said plates, said jaws being arranged at difierent angles to their respective plates, so that the axes of the three pairs of jaws are parallel, and rollers journaled in said jaws, substantially as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a wash ing-machine support for sustaining the tub of thin metal and the pounder, having three supporting-legs of channel-steel arranged each with its concave side adjacent to the outer surface of the tub, said legs extending upwardly and downwardly below the tub and being secured together about midway of their length by metallic bars set on edge, extending diagonally across the bottom of the tub in contact therewith, and in combination there with a single standard having an upwardlyextending post for the pounder and an integral downwardly-extending pair of jaws, the inner jaw of the pair fitting the inner surface of the tub and the outer fitting the outer sur face of the tub and arranged within the concave upper end of one of said legs.

3. In combination in a washin -machine, a metallic tub, three legs of channel-iron ex* tending downwardly and slightly outwardly from the bottom of the tub forming a support therefor, and extending upwardly along the sides thereof, said legs having their concave faces arranged adjacent to the tub, a continuous strap bent in a triangular form with flattened points set on edge inside of the chime of the tub with its points arranged adjacent .to the legs, and a single bolt through each of said flattened ends, said leg and the portion of the chime arranged therebetween.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto signed our names. CYRUS A. DODGE. [L. s] WALTER J. ZUILL. [L. s.] WVitnesses:

H. M. SEAMANS, M. T. BROWNELL.