US824065A - Attachment for washing-machines. - Google Patents

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No; 824,065. PATENTED JUNB'IQ, 1906.

Y o. A. COLBY.

ATTACHMENT FOR WASHING MACHINES.

APPLICATION rum) we. 14, 1905.

AMEN} GRAHAM 00,. rlmmumoummus. wAsHmeroN. a li 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

: CHARLESLA. COLBY, OF ST. JOSEPI-L'MISSOURI.

To all whom it may concern:

Be'it known that I, CHARLES A. COLBY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at St. Joseph, inthe county of Buchanan and State of Missouri, have invented certain new; and usefulImprovements in Attachmentsfor Washing-'Machines; and I do 1 declare the following to be a-full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as I TO will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains't'o make and use the same, ref-' erencebeing had to the'accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

The object of my'device is to provide anattachment suited to. operate washing-machines which are constructed with fly-wheels,

25, a detail top view of a lever and a pitman broken away and duplicate plates connecting the same. Y v 5 Similar letters refer to similar parts in the two views. I i

A is a washing-machine, and B a wheel ing-machines operating with fly-wheels, said wheel having the ordinary connection with the usual interior mechanism of a machine.

3 5 C is a lever,and D. a supporting-arm'rigidly attached to the base or standards B B of the machine. Near the outer end and on the top of this arm there is a rigidly-fastened L-shape rod. The lower end of lever C is provided with a hole with which said L+ sha e rod engages, the lever being thus carrie pivotally. The lever is retained on said L-shape rod by the use of a pin or other convenient removable means.

v 4 5 H is a pitman carried at its wheel end upon Specification of Letters Patent. v hpplication filed August 14,1905. Serial No. 274.102.

similar to that commonly used with wash- ATTACHMENT FOR WA I Patented June 19, 1 906.

the, outer end of a crank-pin h, the inner end of the pin engaging with a spoke of the wheel, the; pin being provided at each end with the necessary washer and nut and the length of the rod being sufficient to allow the spoke and end of said pitman, which are carried side by side, to have the necessary play. The outer end of the pitman is. held spaced from thelever by plates I I, rigidly attached to the pitman upon opposite sides by bolts it, the other ends of said plates being carried on i the lever by a pivot'J. Said pitman may be attached to a spoke at any desired point; but

to secure thehighest speed it is preferably connected With the spoke of an ordinary size washing-machine fly-wheel about three to four inches from the hub or center. I The movement of this lever back and forth is so limited in distance that a machine with this attachment can be readily operated by a person sitting as well as standing, and the speed that can be attained by the use of the attachment is such that laundering may be greatly accelerated.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is{

In an attachment for a washing-machine provided with aflywheel, a supporting-arm I rigidly attached on the lower part of the machine, an L-shape rod near the outer end of I said arm, a vertical lever its lower end carried pivotally on said rod, a reversing-arm, a crank-pm on said wheel carrying the inner end of said pitman, the duplicate plates rigidly fastened on the outer end of said pitman, the outer ends of said plates having pivotal connection with said lever, and the washers, nuts, bolts and pin-fastenings substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses. CHARLES A. COLBY.

1 Witnesses:

CLARA R. BARLOW, Lawson TARWATER.

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