US90250A

US90250A - Improved washing-machine

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Publication number: US90250A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1869-05-18
Anticipated expiration: 1886-05-18

Description

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Letters Patent No. 90,250, dated May 18, 1869.

`ILJPIRQ'VIED WASHING-MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To 'whom it may concerny Be it known that I, JOHN FANNING, of Detroit, in the county of Wayne, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washing- Machines; and I do declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, and being a part of this specification.

Figure l is a perspective View of my invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line x a: in fig. l.

Like letters indicate like parts in each ligure.

The nature of this invention relates to an improvement in that class of machines employed in cleansing clothes, and consists in a Water-tight box, of any required form, hung, at the centre of each end, upon proper journals, by means of which, and a suitable crank, a rotary motion maybe givenito the box.

A proper door is provided, through which to reach `the interior of the box, said interior being also provided with a series of V, or triangular-shaped spurs, by means'of which, in the rotary motion of the box, the clothes, being operated upon, are thrown from side to side of said box. These spurs are attached to the longitudinal centre of each side of the box, and, in

addition to throwing the clothes, as described, they prevent them from clinging to or'reaching the sides of the box, thereby keepingA a vacuum between the clothes and the sides, through which the water may pass.

Extending diagonally from each corner of said box, and along its longitudinal direction, are attached the anges shown in the drawings, extending from the allowing the water to penetrate through the clothes, thereby cleansing them thoroughly One of the journals upon which the box rotates is hollow, or tubular, and so attached to the box that there maybe free communication between the outer air and the interior of the box.

In the rotation of the machine, it will be found that some of" the water contained therein will nd its way int-o this tubular journal. l provide for carrying off such water, I attach a drip-pipe to the outer end Aof said journal, through which said water may be conducted to any proper receptacle.-

A, in the drawings, represents a square box, suspended upon journals B and C and frame D.

The journal O is hollow, or tubular, and attached, as hereinbl fore described, and at its outer end Vis secured the drip-pipe E.

F are Vshaped, or triangular spurs, a series of which is secured to the longitudinal centre of each of the four interior sides of the box A.

G are flanges, secured to and extending from the corners of the sides' of the box towardA the centre, as shown in the drawings.

H is a door, secured in position by a clamp, I, or any other suitable and known device, and is so packed around its edges as to be perfectly tight when in position.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-L' In a rotary washing-machine, the triangular flanges F, anges G, in combination with cover H, attached by clamp I and thumb-screw, tubular journal C, and

drip-tube E, when combined, as and for the purpose JOHN FANNING.