US723420A - Washing-machine. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTBD MAR. 24, 1903.

M. L. STODDARD.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION 1111.31) JUNE 25, 1902.

Q @5 @QQQ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MERRITT L. s'ro nAED, or CL VELAND, OHIO.

WASHING- MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 723,420, dated March 24, 1903.

Application filedJ'une 25, 1902.

full, clear, and exact description of the inven tion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it: appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part'of this specification. V

This invention relates to washing-machin es,

and particularly to that class thereof having a rubber oscillating in a semicyli'ndrical or segmental suds-box.

The object of the invention is to improve the construction of the surfaces between which the clothes are rubbed and which effect the cleansing result.

A further object is to generally improve and simplify the construction of such machines, particularly by the provision of an improved removable bottom mat orboard in the suds-box.

With these and other objects in view the invention is hereinafter described and claimed, and an embodiment thereof is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the rubber and suds-box. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a portion of the washboard or mat removed from the suds-box. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 5 is a cross-section of one of the slats forming said mat.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates the semicircular suds-box, supported on legs 6. The rubber is indicated at 7 and swings on an axle 7 the ends of which enter vertical slots formed in castings S, secured to the suds-box. This construction is common in the art and permits-vertical movement of the rubber to adjust itself to the thickness of clothes underneath. a

The wash mat or board, against which the clothes are rubbed, is formed of slats 9, and the rubber 7 is faced with similar slats, fastened to the edges of the side pieces thereof. The mat or stationary board is formed of such slats, joined together by flexible wires 9 to Serial No. 113,080. (No model.)

which the slats are stapled, as at 9 This lets the mat take the shape of the bottom of the suds-boxyfrom which it is spaced by the thickness of the wires andmon which it rests *between'stops 6 'The mat isreadily removable, as it is not fixed to the suds-box.

irregular rubbing-surfaces. Perforations 10 are formed in the bottoms of the cups to allow the escapeof the dirt removed from the clothes throughtheslatsv to the lower'side or beneath those forming the washboard or mat. This dirt collects and settles between the washboard and the bottom of the box as the water flows in and out through the holes referred to. p r

The simplicity and cheapness of the machine are obvious. The slats are preferably formed of Wood, and the bottom of the sudsbox may be formed of Wood or metal, preferably the latter. The only other metal parts are the axleand its bearings. The'wavelike or back-and-forth motion of the Water produced by the swing of the rubber causes a flow of water through the cups and holes whichv effectively carries the water through the clothesand thoroughly washes them, and as fast as the dirt collects it settles under the board at the bottom of the box, and the water is thereby kept cleaner than would otherwise be the case. The absence of projections on the face of the rubber or washboard avoids tearing or injuring clothes or fine fabrics.

What I claim is-- In a washing-machine and in combination a suds-box, a removable washboard therein comprising slats flexibly connected together, each having a'series ofsubstantially cuplike recesses in its face and holes from each recess throughthe slat, a nd a rubber having substantially the same curve as the washboard and comprisingslats, each having a series of recesses of the same shape in its face, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I-affix my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

JOHN A. BOMMHARDT, V GEORGE WOLF.

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