US711795A - Washboard. - Google Patents

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Patented Oct. 2|, |902.

(No Manel.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT H. STOCKERT,

OF TOPEKA, ILLINOIS.

wAsHB-OARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 711,795, dated October 21, 1902.

Application iiled May 29, 1901.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, ALBERT H. STocKERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Topeka, in the county of Mason and State of Illinoirs, have invented new and useful Improvements in Washboards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to washboards; and its object is to provide a washboard of durable construction having a pivoted corrugated brand-board forming, in connection with the frame, a soap-holder.

The construction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, and its novel fea*- tures will be defined and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of one side of the board. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section. Fig. 3 is au elevation of the soap-holder.

The reference-numerals l and 2 designate the sides, and 3 the top, of the washboardframe, preferably formed of galvanized metal and rounded at the top, as shown. The inner surfaces of the sides of the frame are provided with guides 4, between which is supported the rubbing-board 5. The ends la of these guides 4 are beveled, as shown, for the purpose hereinafter described. One side of the board 5 is formed with projections 6 of pyramidal form arranged in parallel rows, while the opposite side of the board is formed with a series of transversely-disposed grooves 7.

To support the board within its frame, I employ two grooved supports 9 and lO, each formed with perforated outturned ears 11, riveted or otherwise firmly secured to the sides of the frame. The ends of the grooved supports are beveled to conform to the shape of the ends of the guides 4. Secured to the inner faces of the sides l and 2 ofthe frame, below and in alinement with the ears 1l of the support 10, are the strips 1a and 2a. These strips are substantially triangular in cross-sectional contour and have their ends beveled, the upper beveled ends being adapt- Serial No. 62,412. (No model.:`

ed to bear against the ears 11, while their opposite ends extend to the lower ends of the frame sides, as shown in the drawings. These strips are adapted to project inward a suitable distance and by their arrangement form shields for the ears l1, thereby preventing the clothes ,from being caught or torn on the said ears ll of the support 10. As shown in Fig. 2, these supports 9 and 10 are oppositely disposed and receive the upper and lower edges of the board. The upper support 9 also serves as a soap-shelf in connection with a brand-board 12, formed'with trunnions 13, mounted in bearings of the frame. The brand-board l2 is formed with vertical corrugations 14 to prevent the soap from adhering thereto and to allow the water to drain off of the soap, thus effecting a material saving.

Depending from the under side of the crossbar 3 of the frame are two pins l5, between which the holder l2 extends, said pins serving as stops to limit the movement of the holder.

I preferably construct the board proper of glass or other vitreous material, although the invention is not restricted to the use of any special material.

I claim- A Washboard comprising side bars having guides vertically arranged on the inner surface thereof, a two-faced rubbing-board mounted in said guides, and supports at the top and bottom of said board consisting of transverse channeled plates having perforated lugs secured to the side bars a corrugated brand-board pivoted at its upper part to the side bars and having a limited movement in either direction and serving the purpose of a soap-receptacle on either side of the washboard, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT H. STOOKERT.

Witnesses CALVIN STUDYVIN, RICHARD ECKARD.

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