US65858A - George arnold and jacob greve - Google Patents

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@latten tatre @anni @frn GEORGE ARNOLD AND JACOB GREVE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

Letters, Patent No. 65,858, dated Jane 18, 1867.

i IMPROVED WASHING MACHINE.

TO ALL 'WHOM I'l MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, GEORGE ARNOLD and Jason Gnnvn, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing Machine; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of thc same, reference being had to the accornpanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a top view of the machine.v Figure 2, a vertical section.-

Figure 3, a detached section. Like letters of reference refer to lik-e parts in the several views presented. A, iig. 1, is an oblong square box mounted upon `the legs B, and in which is arranged the rubbing apparatus,

consisting. of' a rigid or betteln wash-board, C, fig. 3, and a movable board, D.V The lower hoard is connected to and supported in-a-n inclined position by a pair of springs, E, fig. A1, the inner ends of which are connected to the under side of the board, whereas the other ends reach to and lap over the end of the box, and are secured to the saine by the thumb-screw G. H, iig. 2, areside plates or guides fastened to the sides of the lower board `and made to project above the'same, between which the movable or upper hoard is placed and kept in position.

Between these sides, at each end, is a roller, I I', iig. 1, which is also indicated by the dotted lines a in fig. 2. Immediately-below the roller l is a corresponding roller, J, journalled in tho stay indicated by the dotted lines K, fig. 2, and in which figure are the relative positions ofthe two rollers. It willhe seen in fig. 3 that the corrugations in the lower board are regular and rounded, whereas the movable board is provided with deep angular notches a, havingone common direction toward the rear -end of the machine, the purpose of which will hereafter be shown. -To each side of the lower board is pivoteda slottedvarm, L, and which are 'connected to each other by a cross-bar or rod, M. Between these arms theupper rubbing-board is placed, and is operated by the same by a'short lug, N, projecting from each side of the board into the slotted arms. In order to keep the upper board in close relation to the lower one, and to produce the necessary degree of pressure upon the clothes while being rubbed, the two are attached to each other by a rubber spring, O, or its equivalent.

The manner of 'using this machine is as follows: The water and clothes are thrown into the box, after being properly soaped and sudsed; they are then passed between the rubbers over the front roller, as the upper board is pushed backward and forward by the operator, either by the handle P or by the arms. The peculiar shape and direction of the notches in this board are such as to draw the articles to beA rubbed from the box over the roller, and continue it thro`ugh between the boards, at the same time rubbing them in each alternate movement of the board. As the articles reach the rear 4end of the machine they are made to pass betwcenthe rollers a J,

which if the articles are small will be suiiciently wrang dry, and will, therefore, not require to be run through the wringer which is attached to the box in front of thc rollers, through which the larger articles are passcdias they leave the rollers if not wrung suiiiciently dry. As above observed, the lower rubbing-boardis attached to the springs E. By these springsthe rear end of the rubbing apparatus is 'pressed upon the bottom of the box, and hence the roller Iwill by this means be pressed down upon the roller J, the degree of pressure being according to the force exerted upon the boards; thereforethe clothes will be wrang more or less as the pressure applied. The position of the rear end of the rubbing apparatus, when down upon the bottom of the box, is indicated by the dotted lines In, fig. 2, in which position the two rollers I and J will touch each other.

The 'special advantage ofths machine is that the clothes do not require handling after entering between the boards ,in` order to bring the dirty parts to the action of the rubbers. They are drawn in by the peculiar shape of the notches in the upper board, rubbed and passed through, and'then wrang out by the rollers, in one conJ tinuous operation, thus dispensing with the use of a clothes-wringer unless the clothes are quite large.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The rubbing-board C, as arranged in combination with the board D, provided with angular notches a', arms L, and springs O, for the purposeand in the manner set forth. p

2f The rubbing-board C, rollers Il', as arranged 'in combination with the roller J, springs E, and box A,

as and for the purpose described.

GEORGE ARNOLD,

JACOB GREVE.

Witnessesi l W. H. Bussines, J. H. BURRIDGE.

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