US88201A - Improved washing-machine - Google Patents

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FRANK D. PARADIS, o

r CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent N. 88,201, dated Ma/rch 23, 1869.

IIMPROVED WASHING-MACHIE.

The Schedule xefened to :in these Letters Patent and making part o! thev same.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, FRANK D. PARADIS, of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specication, in which-- Figure 1 is a top view of my device Figure 2, a side view.

Figure 3, a rear-end view.

Figures 4 and 5, details of the irons H.

The object of my invention is to construct a cheap and efficient device to be used iu washing clothes, which placed on atub.

{can be used with an ordinary tub, as a receptacle for the water and clothes, and easily detachable therefrom.

4 To enable others skilled inthe ait to make and use my'iuventiou, I proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A A represent two strips of wood, eac about two feet long, from two to three inches wide, and from one and a half to two inches. thick, and placed about twelve inches apart, the size and relative position depending somewhat on the size of the tub with which the device isfto be used.

fB is a piece of board, about eight inches wide, placed between' the two strips A A, and somewhat inclined, as seen in lig. 2, and so located as toY leave a suiicient Ispace between it and the side of the tub T, for the clothes to pass through. This board may be permaf men'tly connected to A A, or may be so arrangedarid connected as to be removable.

C is a piece of zinc, one end of which is vsecured to the inner edge of B, and the opposite end issecured to a round piece, g and i, which is supported by springs c c, connected at one end to the roller i, and at the other end to the strips A A. This zinc C is bent down under the cylinder E, as shown in fig. 2, and the'springs c c allow it to yield as may be necessary in use.

D is aboard secured to the top of the pieces A, over the zinc C. It serves the purpose of strengthening the device, keeping the strips A A in their proper position, and it affords a convenient place to lay the clotheswhen taken out, after having been ru-n through the machine.

Eis a corrugatedcylinder of wood, about six or seven inches in diameter; it maybe solid or hollow. As shown, the corrugations are somewhat winding. Thecylinder should, for durability, be covered with zinc fitted to the corrugationsl F and G are gear-wheels, for operating the machine. F maybe about nine or ten inches in diameter, andG about six inches in diameter. The former runs on a pin secured to the board D, or to the piece f. The latter is secured in the usual manner upon a pin connected with the'cylinder, and running in the bearing e.

d is a pin inserted in F, and used for turning the same.

vH represents au iron attached to each end of the strips A, for the purpose of supporting the device upon the tub T.

The ends of A are cut bevelling, so as to it the tub, and the irons H are so formed as tot'the ends of A. They may be permanently secured,vor each iron may have a slot, h, and be secured to the strips A by means of a set-screw, g. When so made, the same machine can be used upon tubs of different sizes.

The board B may have a place, a, at one end, for holding soap, and the other'end b may be made like a wash-board, and covered with zinc, upon which those parts of the clothes, which may not be thoroughly cleaned in the machine, may be rubbed with the hands.

The device should be so constructed and arranged, that when in use, the lower portion of the cylinder E will be constantly in the water.

In use, my device is to be placed over, and in and upon, an ordinary wash-tub, having water enough to partially cover the cylinder E. The article to be washed is to be laid 'uponv the zinc C, so as to be drawn under the cylinder when put in motion.

Thel operator can, with one hand, turn the machine, and with the other, hold the article be'ing washed, to prevent it from being drawn too rapidly under the cylinder; and, being so held, each and every part of such article can be subjected to the action of the cylinder as long as may be desired, the suds being forced rapidly and continuously through the cloth, the same being at the same time rubbed, and pressed between the cyliuder and zinc sheet C.

When the article has been sufficiently rubbed, it may be permitted to pass through the machine, or may be withdrawn-from the front, at the saine time keeping the cylinder in motion, aud thus, wl1en withdrawn, but little water will remain in the clothes.

Several small pieces may be run through at the same time.

I do not confine myself to the form of gearing described.Y

Washiug-rnachines, as usually constructed, are handled with diiiiculty, occupy considerable room, and in summer are liable to become leaky. ates these' objections, and has other manifest advantages.

t:`[aving thus fully described my invention,

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

The bars, or pieces A, supporting-irons H, cylinder E, zinc sheet C, springs c, and gear-wheels F G, when combined, and arranged, and constructed, and operating substantially as and for thepurposes specied.

' FRANK D. PARADIS.

Witnesses:

E. B. SHERMAN, E. A. WEST.

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