US850061A - Washing-machine. - Google Patents

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PATENTED APR. 9, 1907.

J. w; SEIFERTY WASHINGMAGHINE. I APPLICATION FILED 0OT.27, i906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

" -/NVENTO/? JEIHN -SEIPERT WITNESSES PATENTED APR. 9, 1907.

J. W. SEIFBRT. I WASHING MACHINE;

APPLICATION FILED OUT 27 1906 INVENTOH JOHN WSELFERT ATTORNEYS Waslfing-h Iachiiies,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. JOHN W. smmfifilsfib GEORGIA.

I WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1907.

T o'all whom, it may concern:

-Be it known that I, JOHN W. SEIFERT, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of East Point, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have made an Improvement in of which the following is a-speeification. 3

My invention is an improvement in the .felass'of boiler washing-machines, and comtle prlses certain novel features hereinafter set In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is Fig. 2 is a side view showing the cover raised and the clothes-drum raised and swung laterally off the body of the machine. Fig. 2 is a detail section on line 2*- 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section of the machine. Fig. 4 is a vertical section at right angles to the section illustrated in 'Fig. 3, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the perforated wa- .tertubes which traverse the interior of the.

clothes-drum. Fig. 6 is the line 6 6 of Fig. 2.

The body A of the machine is constructed of sheet metal of suitable thickness, and it is preferably rectangular in form, althou h it may have various polygonal forms, if de-' sired. Within thebody A is arranged a fuelgrate a, (see F ig.-4) and below it an ash-pan a. A water-holder or kettle B is supported on the body A and provided with a pipe 6, having a discharge-cock located outside said body. A cover A, whose lower portion is square, is hinged to and adapted to fit and a detail section on seat upon the flanged upper portion of-the bod A. Within'the space between the ket- {3 and top A is arranged a rotating clothes-drum 03*6119 same having lateral stub-shafts 0 cf, by whichit is normally journaled in notches a", (see Fig. 2,) formed in the top edge of the body A A crank c is a plied to the shaft 0 for revolving the elhthes-drum C. The latter has a reticulated peri hery, which in this instance is shown mar e of woven wire, and its sides are con-- cave-convex and preferably formed of sheet metal of requisite thickness. The drum is traversed interiorly by tubes 0", (see especially Fi s. 4 and 5,) the same extending through t e sides of the drum and being 0 en at their ends and also provided alon glall t leir sides with a series of perforations. 1e tubes are thus adapted to allow free passage of wa- 1 .ter and also to carry up a portion of the same as the drum revolves and allow its discharge upon the clothes contained in the drum.

this means the tubes greatly facilitate the quick washing of the clothes. They are made triangular in cross-section in prefer ence to a cylindrical form, so that as the clothes-drum revolves they may better engage the clothes .and carry short distance, then allowing them to slide oil and fall back into the water. The tubes thus constitute abutments which come in contact with the clothes at each rotation of the drum and serve to roll the clothes upward and also separate and distribute them in an eil'ective manner.

Fuel. being placed on the v grate a and ignited it is obvious that the water which fills the boiler or kettle B will be heated, and] the drum C being partly immersed therein the clothes contained in it will be subg'ectcd to the action of the boiling water an( them upward a such pressure of steam as may be generated. 'The smoke and other uneonsumed gases from the fire-chamber will escape through the lateral pipe a",

po nt 0 posite the kettle B. The pipe is which is attached to the body A at 21* provide with a damperv to regulate thedraft.

When the elothes have been duly treated in the drum (J, the top A is raised, together with the drum C, and the latter is swung oil the body A, as indicated in Fig. 2. FOl'illlS purpose. I employ a lever 1), formed of" parallel side portions-(1,, whose outer ends are connected, the same being pivoted to'brackets ll, extending upwardl'rom the body A, to which they are permanently attached. The lever-arms (I extend on the sides of body A and are bent at a slightly-obtuse angle at their pivotal points and are also bent up ward at an obtuse angle under the stub'sllalts c c. Pinions care mounted on shafts c c and mesh with racks formed on levers l). (See Fig. 6.) i

The end of the lever-armsd are rovided with inwardly-projecting ins d, see Fig. 2",) and the same under ie the horizontal flange a of an; angle-iron attached to the where they pass v ward against-the flanges (1- and raise the cover A, tilting it-l'iackward upon its hinges,

the drum rides down on the arms 1) until its stub-shafts c come in contact with hooked sto sd At the same time thepinsd in the on s of the lever I) come ht contact w|thsto )s (1., (see Fig. 1,) which are formed atthe on s of the angle-irons. Thus the levenl). is

prevented. from tilting farther downward,

and consequently the clothes-drum remains supportedon the sameiexterior to the pivotal points of the lever; .'lhe-lever c" v of the elothes-drum may then be openecL-as shown 4 in F ig. 2, 'to permit discharge of the clothes. In order-to place in. the drum other ClOl'litS which are to bewashed,-'the drum is rotated to bring the cover on the-upper side, and the,

clothes having been inserted'the cover is "closed; and fastened. 'l-hen the =lever I) is ,tilted back to'the.posit-ion'shown in Fig. 1, whereby the elot-hes-drltin rides baek'until it comes in contact with the inner hooks 'or steps d", jwhieh are arranged adjacent to the lower'or inner obtuse angle of the lever.

Itwill be noted that when the leveris .tilted into the position shown in Fig: Z the pins (1 engage the stops 1' ormed at theends of the flanges or guides (fig-and lthns-thecover is locked into position- "The weight of the. .clothes-drun'i 'on'the leverexteriorto the pivotal oints of the lever insurestliis posi+ tion of t to cover untilthe drum is allowed to slide back into ,the body A an(l:resuine its i voted, are pref *rably formed by strap or and iron, w uch is extended downward on i the sides of the body A and laterally at the basethereof, thus forming l'eetc, thatrest on the floor or other base whereon the nut/chine stands. Since these fee-t ef-extend .in the same directi n'as the brackets lC,- it is obvious that their leverage op )oses the tendency prising a hollow-vertical body provided with of the machine to tilt. in t lat direction when the lever is thrown into the position shown in Fig. 2, and the'weigh t of the clothesdrum is supported on the lever exterior to the. The .whole machine, is easily portable, it

being provided on op osite sides with han Iclaim '1. The llHPl'OVNl washing-inachine coma boiler supported in its upper portion, a movable cover, and a r( -ticu|ated drum having laterallyqn iject'ing shafts, a lever pivot ed on supports :Uljtlfitilb to-the 'l'ront otsaid. body, and its free endsextended rearwardly,

beneath the. drum-shat ts, the cover br. ng

the latter removed from the body, as de scribed.

2. The improved washmg-Inaohme comprising a hollow body having an interior boiler, a hinged cover, and a rotatable clothes-drum inclosed in the space between the boiler and the cover, and provided with lateral 'shaf-ts,'and a lever'pivotally connected with the body and having its inner portions constructed with an upward curve or angle and-underlying the drum-shafts, the cover having lateral projections that overlie, and are thus'adapted to enga e, the ends of the lever when the lever is tilted, as shown and described; f

3. The improved washing-machine oomprisin a hollow body, a cover hinged thereto, a lever pivot-ed upon fixed supports attached to the body, the inner ends of the levers having a slidin connectionwith the cover, and a rotatable elotl1es-drum having lateral shafts, which project over the. lever and are adapted to ride thereon, whereby when .the lever-is tilted the cover is raised and the drum-also raised out of the/body and suspended from the levers exterior to said body, substantially as described. '4. The. combination with a body, and a cover hinged thereto, of a lever pivoted to supports on the body, and provided with stops on opposite sides of the pivotalpoints, the-inner ends of the lever being connected with the cover so'that when the lever is tilted the cover is raised, and a rotatable clothesdrum supported normallyin the body and having lateral projections ad'a' 'ited to ride on the lever whenthe same is tilted so-that the druin is raised out of the'b'odya'nd supported laterally exterior thereto, substantially as described.

5. The ooinbination'with a hollow body, and alunged cover having lateral flanges on rec opposite sides, of a lever pivoted to supports on thebody, and havlng at its free inner ends projections,whieh engage the" said flange and the cover, so that the latter is raised when the lever is tilted, substantially as'described.

6. The combination with a "hollow' body having a'eover hinged thereto and-provide with horizontal flanges on opposite sides 'the same having stops at the ends farthest om the'hinge, of a lever pivoted upon supports connected with the body andhavmg devices for engaging the aforesaid flanges and for slidingin contact therewith, so that the cover IS raised and supported in an inclined position when the lever 18 depressed as described. v 7. 'lhe combination with a hollow body,

and a cover hinged thereto and rovided with lateral guides having stops at t eir ends farthest from the hinges, and lever-bars prov substantially as described. q

jecting upward from the front of said body, i JOHN W. SEIFERT. of-a, two-arm lever pivoted upon the said Witnesses: 1 bars, the inner free ends of the lever-arms en- A. MOD. WILSON, Jr.,

gaging the guides of the cover whereby when S. R. JoHNsToN, Jr

the outer end of the lever is depressed the cover is raised and locked in open position,

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