US86250A - Improved washing-machine - Google Patents

Description

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Le ters Patent No. 86,250, dated Janna/ry 26, 1869.

IMPRO'V'ED WASHING-MACHINE'.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part 0f the 53m6- To all whom it may concewt Be it kno`wn that I, J OHN Rrr GEN, of St. Louis, in the' county of St. Louis, and State of Missouri, have invented a new and improved lashing-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

proved washing-machine, simple in construction, easily operated, and effective in operation, which will do its work quickly and thoroughly, turning the clothes, pressing and rubbing them, and without the least injury even to the most delicate fabrics, and

It consists in imparting a rubbing as well as a pounding-motion t0 the dash-board, by means of a restingpoint or iulcrum between theacrank and board, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

A is the box or tub of the machine, which is made rectangular' in form, is supported upon legs B, of such a length as to raise the tub to a convenient height, and is provided with a close cover, C, to prevent the water or suds from spattering ont, when the machine is heilig used. y

lo the inner surface of one end of the box Ais secured a stationary rubbing-hoard, I), which may be grooved or perforated, or both, and against which the clothes are pressed and rubbed by the action of the movable rubbing-board E, which is made in two parts, e* and e2, which are hinged to each other at their upper edges, and the lower parts of which are kept apart by coiled springs, c", placed between them, as shown in iig. l.

This construction holds the lower part ot the part e forward, and, at the same time, makes the said rubber elastic.

rlhc forward surface ofthe part e* is grooved or co1'- rugated, as shown in fig. 1.

The part e`,' of the rubbing-board E, near its upper edge, is rigidly and securely attached to the forward ends of the two bars F, which pass back through vertical slots in the rear end-board ofthe tub, or box A, and their rear ends are pivoted to the shaft G, where they are connected together, and held in their proper relative positions by the bar or round, H, which also serves as a handle for operating the machine.

The shaft G, near its ends, is bent twice at right angles, to form a double crank, and is pivoted to the outer ends of the bars l, the inner ends of which are rigidly and securely attached to the end of the box A.

'lo each end ,of the shaft Gr is attached a balancewheel, J, to give steadiness to the movement of the machine.

In the lower ends of the slots, in the end of the tub A in which the bars F Work, are placed frictionroll ers, K, to diminish the friction in operating the said bars.

L are cups or spouts, attached to the outer side of the end of the box A, at the lower end of the slots in said end, to receive any water or suds that may spatter through said slots, and guide it back into the tub.

In using the machine, the clothes to be washed are placed in the space between the stationary rubbingboard D and the movable ilexible rubbing-beard E, and as the machine is operated, the peculiar arrangement of the operating-parts of the said machine causes the movable rubber E to press and rub the clothes against the stationary rubber D, and, at the same time, to turn or revolve the said clothes, so lthat a new p'art of said clothes may be operated upon at each movement of the machine, each point of said movable rubber describing a pear-shaped figure, as shown in dotted red lines in fig. 1.

I am aware that machines have been constructed wherein a yielding pounder has been forced against the wash-board by means of a crank and shaft, and therefore l do not cla-ini these; but

The crank G and shaft F, when supported at the point K, and carrying the dasher E, substantially as and for the purpose described.

JOHN RIN GEN.

Witnesses:

OTHELLO O. H. WEIDNER, HENRY Rose.

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