US868831A - Washing-machine. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED OCT. 22. 1907.

I. L. ANDERSON. WASHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED 1123.18. 1907.

THE NORRIS PETERS co., wnsmuarzm. u. c.

IRVING L. ANDERSON, OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON.

WASHING-MACHINE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1907.

Application filed February 18, 1907. $eria1 N0. 358,070.

To all udzmn. it may com-rm.-

lie it known that I, lnvrNo L. ANnnnsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Edmonds, in the county of Snohomish and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WashingJla chines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object an improved construction of washing machine, which embodies a revoluble drum, with improved means for holding the clothes on the periphery of the drum, together with series of rubbers that are adapted to rest loosely on the clothes on the periphery of the drum and effectively rub the same as the drum is revolved.

The invention also consists in certain constructions and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, i n which:

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved washing machine, the lid being shown in open position; Fig. 2 is a top plan view with the lid open Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view; and Fig. l is a detail perspective view of one of the rubb rs detached.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description, and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the sauu reference characters.

Within'the framework 1 of my improved washing machine, is mounted 21. preferably sheet metal trough or tank 2 and a transversely corrugated drum 3 is mounted within said trough upon a shaft l, journaled in the side sills of the framework, one end of said shaft extending over into a frame extension l and carrying a gear wheel 5 meshing with a pinion 6. The pinion 6 is mounted on the driving shaft of a water meter 8, which is mounted within the framework ex tension and which is supplied with motive fluid by lncuns of a nozzle 9. The drum 3 is provided with two circular heads 10, of larger diameter than its main body portion or periphery and arched bars 11 extend transversely from head to head and are provided with outwardly bent extremities by which they are pi votally connected to the heads. The arched bars 11 are adapted to hold the clothes on the corrugated periphery of the drum ii, and it is for this purpose that they are pivoted to fold down to a greater or less extent upon the drum or upon the clothes held thereon.

The lid or top 12 of the machine is also preferably of sheet metal, like the stationary portion of the trough which it is designed to cover and it is hinged at one edge as shown and is provided at its hinged edge and at its opposite end with transversely extending rods 13. On each of the rods 13 a series of independent and ireely movable corrugated rubbers 14 is swung, said rubbers being corrugated transversely as shown, or otherwise roughened and being all prelerably mounted at one end with their other ends free in the practical operation of the device. Each of the rubbers is reversely curved on its rubbing face as shown, the grooves extending in a longitudinal direction. Each rubber is provided at its free end with a loop 15 and cords 16 pass through the loops of the respective series and also through openings 17 in the sides of the lid 12. By this means, the rubbers may be raised and held up within the lid when the lid is swung back and is being again swung down to a closed position over the trough, while in the practical operation of the machine, these cords are loosened so as to let the rubbers rest by their own weight upon the clothes and effectively rub them and cleanse them during the rotation of the drum.

The two series of corrugated rubbers 14 that are suspended from within the lid or top 12 of the machine, OX- tend towards each other, as shown, that is, the normally free ends of one series extends towards the normally free ends of the other series, a space being provided between the free ends of both series, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3. i

While I have shown a water meter embodied in the construction of my improved washing machine, for the purpose of operating the same, it is to be understood that my invention is not limited thereto as I may run the machine by any power, either mechanical or hand.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A washing machine, comprising a trough, a drum mount ed to rotate in said trough, means for rotating said drum, a lid for the trough, two series of rubbers pivotally mounted in the lid, the rubbers of each series extending towards the rubbers of the other series and the rubbers of each series bein arranged side by side, each rubber being provided at its free end with a loop, and independent cords, one of which is passed through the loops of one series of rubbers and the other passed through the loops of the other series of rubbers, as and for .the purpose set forth.

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

IRVING L. ANDERSON. [L. 5.]

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