US652841A - Clothes-washing machine. - Google Patents

Description

No. 652,84l. Patented luly 3, |900.

Z. GAILLARD. ULOTHES WASHING MACHINE.

(Applicution led Apr. 5, 1,899.)

(No Model.)

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zlNADE GAILLARD, or LA ROCHE, FRANCE.

CLOTHES-WASHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 652,841, dated July s, 1900.

Application filed April 5,1899. serial No. 711,838. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that LZNADE GAILLARD, a citizen of the French Republic, residing at La Roche, Haute-Savoie, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Washing Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to a clotheswashing machine which comprises a washingvat provided witll an interiorly-corrugated bottom and in which a hinged plate is moving between the stationary bottom of the vat and a second horizontal movable plate which has its under side corrugated and which may be raised or lowered, as desired, with the hinged plate. Both vertical and transverse motions of the hinged plate are obtained by means of a crank and eccentric acting mechanism, so that the clothes which are attached to the hinged plate, so as to surround the same, are irst rubbed between the corrugated plates, owing to the transverse motion, and then beaten between these plates, owing to the vertical motion, these two motions combined effecting finally the washing.

In the example given in the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine with sectional view of the vat. Fig. 2 is a side view, partly in section, of the machine.

a is the vat, which rests on stands c and the bottom of which slopes in order to facilitate the evacuation of the water through the tap b. A plate d, corrugated on its upper side, is iixed on the bottom of the vat and is provided with holes d for the passage of the water, while a second plate e, which is corrugated on its under side,can move vertically on guiderods g.

The clothes-carrying plate f is located between two corrugated plates CZ e and is coupled to a swinging rod h by a curved rod or strap c'.

The actuating mechanism is supported on a frame Z, secured to one side of the vat ct and carrying at its lower part the actuating-shaft s, on which is secured v a ily-wheel m, with a crank-handleand a toothed wheel n. At the upper part of said frame is a sleeve, in which turns a shaft t, provided with a toothed wheel o, which receives its motion from the pinion n by lneans of a chain u. The shaft 15 carries at its inner end a crank a: and ali eccentric disk p, having a yoke fo, the latter supporting at its lower part a rod k, provided with a slot q and pivoted on the axle y. The eccentric disk communicates to the rod 7s a reciprocating motion around the said axle y, and this motion is transmitted to the rod h and to the clothes-carryin g plate f by means of a removable pin fr, which engages the groove q of the rod 7c. Furthermore, the rod e', which is in front of the eccentric-rod, is guided in bear, ings j w on the frame Z and receives a reciprocating vertical motion froln the crank 0c, which is provided with a stud 1, engaging the triangular opening 2 of the rod a. At the lower end of the latter is pivotally connected the rod h, to which is attached the clothes-carrying plate.

Both the stationary plate d and movable plate chave their corrugations parallel to each other and at right angles to the. direction of motion of the reciprocating clothes-carrying plate.

The washing-vat is provided with a, lid formed of two parts, one of which, 3, is hinged near the frame l, so as to be capable of being lifted against the said frame, while the other part 4, which is provided with handles for removal, is simply laid on the vat.

For operation the vat is filled with soapwater, and after having attached the clothes on the hinged plate a horizontal reciprocating motion is transmitted to the latter by the eccentric-rod 7c, connected to the rod h by means of the pin r. In this way the clothes are rubbed and washed between the two corrugated plates. Then by removing the pin o from its seat and by engaging the stud l into the opening 2 a vertical reciprocating motion is communicated to the clothes-carrying plate and to the movable corrugated plate,-

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ltion with the vat, a stationary plate, a movable plate, both having parallel and opposing corrugations, an intermediate clothes-plate, and detachable means substantially as described for reciprocating said clothes-plate vertically and horizontally, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a clothes-Washing machine and in combination with the vat, a stationary corru gated plate d, a vertically movable corrugated plate e, an intermediate clothes-plate, a vertical rod, a swinging rod, a removable pin uniting said rods, a yoke connecting the vertical rod with the clothes-plate, and means operatively connected with said rods Whereby the clothes-plate can be reciprocated vertically and horizontally, substantially as described.

3. In a clothes-Washing machine and in co mbination with a vat, a stationary corrugated plate and a movable corrugated plate, with an intermediate clothes-plate loosely connected With a central Verticals11aft,said shaft, another shaft carrying a chain-Wheel and the drive-Wheel, a frame carried upon the vat, a shaft t in said frame, a chain-Wheel fast thereupon, a chain connecting said chain- Wheels, a disk mounted upon shaft tand having a yoke pivoted to the frame, said yoke, a triangular opening in said Vertical shaft, means for engaging the lower end of said yoke with said Vertical shaft, and a crank engaging said opening, as and for the purpose set forth,

. In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ZNALDE GAILLARD. Witnesses:

EMILE GRIMONT, E. BOULANGER.

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