US660692A

US660692A - Washing-machine.

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Publication number: US660692A
Application number: US73582699A
Authority: US
Inventors: Virgil D Tinkelpaugh; Elzie L Ridgway; John Adems Newton
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1899-11-04
Filing date: 1899-11-04
Publication date: 1900-10-30
Anticipated expiration: 1917-10-30

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No. 660,692. I Patanted Oct. 30, I900. V. D. TINKELPAIIGII, E. L. RIDEWAY- &. J. A. NEWTON. WASHING MACHINE.

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No. 660,692. Patentud Oct. 30, I900.

V. D. TINKELPAUGH, E. L. RIDGWAY G. J. A. NEWTON.

WASHING MACHINE.

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VIRGIL D. TINKELPAUGH, ELZIE L. RIDGWAY, AND JOHN ADEMS NEWTON, OF ELRENO, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

"WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 660,692, dated October 30, 1900.

Application filed November 4, 1899.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, VIRGIL D. TINKEL- PAUGH, ELZIE L. RIDGWAY, and J OHN ADEMS NEWTON, citizens of the United States, residing at Elreno, in the county of Canadian, Territory of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing- Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in washing-machines.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of washing-machines and to provide a simple and inexpensive one which will be portable and which will be capable of rapidly and thoroughly washing clothes without wearing, tearing, burning, or otherwise injuring them.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a Washing-machine constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line E F of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the sad-iron support. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the operating-lever and the construction for fulcruming it on the lid of the boiler. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the rear end of the furnace, the same being partly broken away at one side'to illustrate the arrangement of the grate and the door of the ash-pit more clearly.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

l designates a furnace mounted upon wheels 2 and 2 to render it portable and to enable the washing-machine to be readily removed from one place to another, and the said furnace forms a support for a boiler 3, in which are placed the clothes to be washed. The furnace, which is preferably constructed of sheet metal, is rectangular in plan view and is provided with an upper fire-box or combustion-chamber 4, and it has a lower ash-pit 5.

Serial No- 735,826. (No model.)

One end of the upper portion of the furnace forms a smoke-chamber extending from the combustion-chamber to a smoke-stack 7, and the latter is connected at its lower end with the furnace by an elbow b. The elbow, which is preferably constructed of cast-iron, is se- 1 cured by rivets to the front of the furnace and is provided with an upwardly-extending nipple portion 9, over which is tightly fitted the lower end of the smoke-stack. The rear wheels 2 are arranged on the spindles of a suitable axletree 10, which is secured to the furnace at the bottom of the ash-pit by suitable fastening devices, as clearly illustratedin Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings. The front Wheels 2 are mounted on the ends of an axle 11, and the latter is pivotally secured to a thrce-pronged bracket 12, which is secured to the front end of the furnace by rivets or other suitable fastening devices passing through suitable eyes of the upper end of the prongs and through'the bottom of the smokechamber 6. A tongue or pole is pivotally secured to the front axle, and it is adapted to be readily grasped for moving the washing machine from one placeto another. Within the furnace is arranged a grate 14:, located at the top of the ash-pit and supported by a cleat 15, riveted or otherwisesecured to the walls of the furnace. A lining 16, of cast-iron or other suitable material, is arranged at the back of the combustion-chamber 4 to protect the portion 17 of the rear walls of the ash-pit from intense heat, and the said lining, which is held in position by a cleat 18, is provided at its upper edge with a projecting flange arranged to rest upon the bottom of. the smokechamber, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

An opening 19 is provided at the rear wall of the combustion-chamber to allow fuel to be introduced into the furnace, and a door 20 is connected with the furnace at one side of the opening'by hinges 21 and is secured in its closed position by a latch 22, which engages a catch or keeper 23. An opening 24 is also provided at the rear wall of the ashpit 5 to permit the removal of the ashes "and to admit air to the fire. The ash-pit is'also provided with a door 25, pivotally secured at its lower edge to the furnace and provided at its ends with wings 26, forming a spout in connection with the door 25 when the latter is open. The weight of the wings holds the door 25 in its closed position and a suitable handle 27 is provided for opening the door.

The boiler 3 is preferably constructed of tin or galvanized sheet-iron, and its bot-tom, which forms the top wall of the furnace, is downwardly offset at 28, adjacent to each of its walls, to form a projecting portion and to provide shoulders for preventing the boiler from slipping off the furnace. The clothes are supported out of contact with the bottom of the boiler by a perforated diaphragm 29, having each of its corners bent downward to form legs and cut to present straight edges to the bottom of the boiler. The perforated diaphragm or false bottom is also supported by transverse ribs 41, suitably secured to its lower face and arranged as shown in Fig. 2. The boiler is provided at its corners with perforated diaphragms 32, consisting of triangular plates arranged as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 and having their lower edges located in'approximately the same plane as the diaphragm 29. The .boiler is provided with a lid 33, having a depending flange 34 to fit inside of the boiler. At the front end of the boiler, adjacent to the smoke-stack, is arranged a pair of upwardly-extending cars 35, secured to the boiler by rivet-s or other suitable fastening devices and adapted to be engaged by projecting lugs 37, arranged at the ends of a substantially U-shaped plate or bar 38. The plate or bar 38, which has its ends reduced to form the lugs 37, is secured to the upper face of the lid 33 by rivets, and in removing the lid from the boiler the rear end of the former is raised sufficiently to permit the flange 34 to clear the boiler, whereby the lugs are adapted to be readily withdrawn from the openings of the ears. Arranged within the boiler isa plunger of inverted-funnel shape designed to be reciprocated vertically and provided with a perforated diaphragm 40, located about midway between the top and bottom of the plunger, which is provided at its top with perforations 41. The perforations 41 are arranged beneath a cap or hood 42, secured to the top of the plunger and extending outward over the said perforations to check and deflect the upward flow of the steam and water passing through the said perforations 41. The plunger is secured to the lower end of a tubular stem or plunger rod 46, extending upward through an openingof the lid 33, which is provided with a sleeve 44, having an outwardly-projecting flange 45, located on the upper face of the lid, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The plunger-rod 46, which passes through the top of the plunger and through the cap or hood 42, abuts against a diaphragm 40 and is suitably secured to the same. A shank 47, which is provided with a bifurcated head, is

secured within the upper end of the plungerrod, and the said bifurcated head'has its sides perforated for the reception of a pin 49,which also passes through an operating-lever 50. The lever, which is provided at. one end with a handle, has its other end fulcrumed between the upper ends of a pair of upwardlyconverging bars or links 52. The bars or links 52 have their lower ends bifurcated and pivoted to ears 53, extending upward from the sides of the U shaped bar or piece 38 at points adjacent to the lugs 37. By this construction the pressure exerted on the lever on the downward stroke operates to hold the lugs of the lid firmlyin engagement with the ears of the boiler.

The reciprocation of the plunger creates a circulation of the water about the clothing through the said channels formed between the perforated false bottom or diaphragm 29 and the bottom of the boiler and between the perforated guard-plates 32 and the corners of the boiler. On the downward stroke of the plunger the funnel-shaped pou'nder engages the clothes, squeezing them between it and the diaphragm or false bottom 29 and forcing water through them, and the said water takes an upward course through the plate 40 and through the perforations 41 of the top of the pounder. The water is deflected by the hood 42 and the inclined outer faces of the plunger and caused to flow toward the walls of the boiler, where it travels through the channels formed by the perforated plates 32. The upward movement of the plunger 49 partly reverses the action of the water, and a complete circulation of the same through the clothes and through every partof the boiler is effected.

When it is desired to operate the machine, the boiler is supplied with the proper amount of water and a fire is started in the furnace and the water heated. The clothes to be washed are placed in the boiler upon the diaphragm 29, and the lid 33, together with all the parts attached thereto, is placed onto the boiler. The washing process is commenced by moving the lever 48 upward and downward, which reciprocates the plunger. The garments and other fabrics are prevented from coming in contact with the bottom of the boiler by the perforated diaphragm or false bottom; so that there is no liability of burning the fabrics.

The boileris removable and is adapted to be taken off the furnace to enable the latter to be utilized for heating sad-irons. When it is desired to heat sad-irons, a plate 1 is placed upon the furnace to support the said irons.

What we claim is 1. In a washing-machine, the combination of a boiler, a perforated false bottom or diaphragm arranged within the boiler, the perforated triangular plates located within the boiler at the corners thereof and extending upward from the false bottom or diaphragm, and a vertically-reelprocating plunger, substantially as described.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination of a boiler provided with ears, and having a lid, a substantially U-shaped plate or bar secured to the lid and provided at the terminals of its sides with projecting lugs detachably interlocked with the ears, the links or bars pivoted at their lower ends to the sides of the U-shaped bar or member, an operating-lever fulcrumed on the links or bars, and a plunger connected with the operating-lever, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have aflixed our I 5 'ignatures in presence of two witnesses." VIRGIL D. TINKELPAUGH.

ELZIE L. RIDGWAY. JOHN ADEMS NEWTON. Witnesses:

GEORGE RICHARDSON, SMITH TAYLOR.