US67801A - ethridge - Google Patents

Description

@ditch tetra Battiti i @fitta y STEPHEN RAWDON AND L. T. ETHRIDGE, OF DARLlNG-TON, WISCONSIN.

Letters .Ptent No; 67,801, dated August 13, 1867i IMPEOVED WASHING MACHINE.

To ALL wHoM Ir` MAY conocen.

Be it known that we, STEPHEN RAWDON and4 L. T. ETHRIDGE, lof Darlington, in thecounty of Lafayette, and State of Wisconsin, have invented a ,new and useful improvement in Washing Machines; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and 'exact Adescription of the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, making partl of this speciiioation, and in whch Figure 1 is a sectional perspective view of a washing machineconstructed in accordance with and embracing our improvement.

The object of our improvement.. is the production of a washing machine'which is cheap and simple-in its construction, easy. and eihcient in its operation onethat is not liable to get out of order, and that Amay be easily and quickly repaired, should it become broken; and toths end our invention consists in constructing the machine with semicircular or-nearly s'emicircular heads or ends, connected together bya series of round or halfV round ties or'rods constituting the rubber, and provided with a sheet-metal bottom or .its equivalent, and a removable top, and witha' lever for operating the machine or tub, the whole suspended upon a longitudinal pivot or axis, and operated in the manner hereinafter described. v

To enable others to make and use our invention, we will describe its construction and operation,.lwith reference to the drawing, in whichl A represents one of the semicircular heads or ends B B are the ties or rods, by means of which the ends Aare connected to each other, and which, in arrangement, are made to conform to the curved edges or faces of the heads; these ties or rods maybe made in form shown in .the drawing, or in any other suitable form, as4 round or half round, as desired, `and may be arrangedht such distances from each other as to constitute, when covered, a rubbing surface extending over the whole of the curved bottom of the tub. C is the bottom of the 'Y tub, secured tightly to the curved edgesof the heads or ends A, which may be made of sheet metal,A or, if preferred, of boards tngued and grooved or jointed; and D D arestrips orboards secured to the ends or heads on the top, in such manner as to lap over, or. form`otherwise a ready means of securing the edgesof the metal bottom C, where metal bottoms 'are used. E is.a removable cover, located between the strips 4D D, adapted to be readily removed and replaced, and secured when in place by means of buttons F, or spring-catch, &c.,`as may be preferred. G are pivots, secured to the end pieces-A, or, if preferred, a shaft may be used, passing through the tub from end to. end, so arranged as tobalance or nearly balance the weight of said tub. H is an upright framing,.

4of any suitable construction, made in this instance in form resembling an ordinary saw-horse or buck," and in the upper part of which the pivots G have their bearings at the opposite'ends of the tub. I is a handle or lever, secured in a. socket, or staples, at one end ofthe tub, by means of which a vibratory or rocking motion is given to the tub when in'operation, either by hand, or by the application thereto of any suitable mechanical power.

From the foregoing description of the construction of our machine, its operation will be readily understood. The articles to be washedare placed in the tub, with the requisite quantity of water, 85e., and the cover E is secured in place, when, by the rocking of the tub in the manner described, -they are caused to roll back and forth over -the rubbers B, in such-manner as quickly and effectually to cleanse them, without any liability whatever of their being torn or injured in the operation. The machine constructed as above described, but

somewhat smaller in dimensions than is required for the washing machine, has been found in practice to work admirably as a churn. K

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The machine or tub, consisting of the semicircular ends or heads A, connected together by means of the ties or rubber B, and .bottom C, and provided with the removable cover E, and handle or lever G, 'in combination vwith uprghtframe H, all arranged and operating in the manner and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof We have hereuntosubscribed our names -this 21st day of June, 1867.

STEPHEN RAWDON, L. T. ETHRIDGE.

Witness es:

Win McGnANAHA'N, SMITH McGRANAHAN.

Images