US905683A - Mechanical movement. - Google Patents

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J. H.. FLOWERS. MECHANICAL MOYEMEN T.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 4, 1906. 905,683. Patented Dec. 1,1908.

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ATTORNEYS J. H., FLOWERS. MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.-

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4 1906. 905,683.,

Patented Dec. 1,1908.

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J54 mum/5335s 5% 46 41' lA/VENTOr? ATTORNEYS ll STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JUllh ll. FLOWERS, OF ENTERPRISE, OREGON, ASSIGNOR Ol OIv ll-l-lAIiF TO OF ENTERPRISE, OREGOX.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

scripti on. This in reaction relates to mechanical movemerits and. is'particularly useful in connection with washing machines, churns, and devices of similar character in which an alternating rotary movement of certain parts is des reci proca then ant The obi red, or in which certain parts are to be .ly rotated in one direction and l v of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient mechanical movement for driving washing machines churns or devices of similar character from a continuous uninterrupted rotary motion, and giving the certain parts an alternating rotary move in eiit.

The invention consists in the construction and combination o't parts, to be more fully described hereinafter and directly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanymg drawings forming a part of this specification, in

which siniilar characters of reforence indicate coriespondiiig parts in all the figures.

I I I iguie 1 is a side elevation of my device,

showing; parts of the same in one position; Fig. 2 is a s milar View, SllOWlllQ a part of the ca si 'tion of n View, and l tainer.

lteferri n away and the container in ion; his. 3 is an end elevt iy nvention; l i 4 is a top plan I; is a cross section of the conno more particulai'lyto the parts, dards of the usual construction, h ing their bases 2 adapted to be securely attached to a lloor,

and having;' bearings b at their upper ends.

A shaft 4. is rotatably mounted in the bearings 25 and extends the supports 1. mounted betwe n i laterally beyond oneof A. cylindrical casing 5 is he supports 1, the shaft 4 passes therethrough and is adapted to rotate Within suitable openings.provided for the purpose in the sides 6.

The casin is held rig-id to prevent its rotation with the shaft 4 by means between t bolt bars Textending he supports 1 and abutting against Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 1906. Serial No. 533,084.

"7 the lower portion of the casing. The under JOHN O. BUTTER,

Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

side of the casing is provided with a steam 1nlct 8 and a steam outlet 9, toperm-it steam to enter the same and escape therefrom for the purpose of heating A door or lid 10 is pr the casing of hinges 11 and a latch container of the W the device interiorly. ovided in the side of and is secured in place by means 12 of the usual conholes 16 to permit the entrance Within the ater and soap-suds with which the casing is partially filled when the device is in operation, as Well as more thor-' oughly to permit The container has a lid or door 17 s it. by means of hinges usual construction.

the steam to heat the same. ecured to 18. and a latch 19 of the The arrangement is such that in a certain position of the container thc'door therein and the door of the casing to permit the placing in or taking register, out of the clothes or other washed.

Rigidly shaft 1-, support objects to be The shaft 4- passes through the container as well as the casing.

mounted upon the end of'the which projects laterally beyond the 1, is a flat member 21.

Mounted upon the outer face of the member and projecting perpendicularly of pins of a circle h therefrom is a SEIlES 22 arranged successively in the arc avinp its center at the center of the shaft 4. A similarly curved plate or bar 23 having a plurality of per ed to fit connects these en stitutc a dpubleupon the ends of the cn 'a 'cd on either face by a .iinion.

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member portion, and of 21 has a proj and a progection at the member.

The

ection 24 near its upper the opposite An arm 26 extends from the support adjacent to the member 21 carrying at its free e whit-lithe proyection 2-.

limiting the rotation of the shaft 4. arm 26 has lateral pro]cctions 29. The pro- 29 are PIOYltlGCl with openings jcctions within which is a rod 30 having at its A. helical spring 32 surrounds the stop 31.

rod 30 between the projections 29.

nd a pin 27, against l is adapted to abut,

The

end a.

The

forations adaptpins rigidly ds of the pins. which confaced rack adapted to be arrangement is such that the projection o1- tne member ".41. abuts against tne stop at) when the member is I'ULLLQVU to a certaln PUSLLIOH, and by this means the rotation is lilllltbCl. t collar 33 l'lgluly mounted on the rod between the pro ections 2.? compresses tne. spring when the member 21 snakes the Stop 01., whereby the rdLaLlOl'l is stop ed nun llbLle ul' no Jar, tne spring'prouomg a Uub'LJJUIUllg eit'ect. N

A. buplPvL'b 3e aua teu LU be secured to a .tloUI and Mining U .|\\'u1' uiy extending 3.11115 35 piouueu at lhbil' upper ends with nearings at) is located near Llle member 21. A Silent 54 is rocatabiy mounted within the bearings be and has an end projecting laterally beyond the bearings-remote Iroin the member 21, and upon this projecting end is mounted a pulley on, to which power may be applied in the usual manner by means of a. belt: joined ty eno. plates at whicn are bolted in place, is puotany mounted upon the shaft 34. Upon the sides of the bracket are bolted edge plates a2, between which and the sides 40 are formed bearings 43, 44: and 15. By means-of the bearings 43 the bracket is' pivotally mounted upon the shaft 37, upon which is also rigidly secured a pinion 4:6. '1 he pinion 46 meshes with a second-pinion at? mounted in the bearings 44, which in turn meshes with a pinion 48 in the bearings 45. The shaft 1-9 of the pinion 48 extends toward the member 21 and has mounted thereon a pinion 50,the teeth of which are adapted to engage with the pins consti tuting the rack upon the member 21. It will be understood that the bracket 39 can be pivoted about the shaft 37: and when the pinion 504engages the under face of the rack, the end of the bracket will be slightly depressed, while' if the pinion 50 engages with the opposite side of the rack the end of the bracket will .correspondingly be raised.

Airupright 51 is secured to the floor near the end of the bracket 39, and has a plate 52 with laterally disposed ends 53, through which passes in suitable openings a rod 54 having an end adapted to abut against the under side of the bracket. A helical spring 55 surrounds the rod between the ends 53, and abuts against a rigid collar 56. upon the rod. The tension of the spring forces the rod upwardly against the underside of the bracket, thus pressing the gear wheel 50 upwardly against the under side of the rack when the engagement of the pinion is with that face of the rack. -The rotation of the pulley 47 is transmitted through the intervening pinions to the pinion 50. As this rotates it rotates the member -21 through the rack, the latter moving with the rotation of the pinion 50. When the last pin of the rack reaches the pinion, the same pivots about that A bracket 39, having its sides 10 last pin, and as the bracket is forced upward the pinion simply turns about the last pin onto the upper side of the rack with which it meshes, thereby rotating the member 21 in an opposite direction. When the pin at the other end of the rack reaches the pinion the same operation is gone through in a reverse direction, the pinion merely pivoting about the last pin of the rack, to mesh therewith,

- of the member 21 and the shaft 4, to which. the latter is secured. 'At the upper'end of the upright 51 is a toe 57 adapted to engaee with a projection 58 upon the bracket 39, to limit the upward movement of the latter, thereby insuring that the pinion 50 will not be thrown .out of mesh with the uppen face of the rack by the upward pressure of the spring 55. The arrangement is such that as one end of the rack reaches the pinion 50 the projection 24 strikesagainst the pin 27, thereby stopping the rotation of the member 21, while the pinion 5O pivots about the end pin onto the other faceof'the rack. Similarly, when the opposite end of the rack reaches the. pinion 50 the projection 25 strikes the stop 31, to stop the rotation of the member The construction and arrangement of the details of the washing machine are such that when the pinion 50 meshes with the rack side 14 of the container is substantially horizontal, and when the pinion is at the end of with the horizontal is a maximum; thus the clothes or'other objects-within the container are not rolled about,--but are allowed to drop from one side to the other of the container,

the water and soap-suds, WlliUil are agitated within the same and through the openings 'm its sides. The cleats 15 upon the side 14 Within the container near one end thereof,

mum inclination, thereby permitting the ob- The casing 5 is provided with a drain faucet 59 on its under side, by means of which the casing may be emptied of the water there within when the device is in use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A device of the class described, comprising a driven shaft, a member rigid with ally therefrom constituting a double-faced rack, a pivoted bracket having a pinion adapted to engage with each face -01' said rack, means for rotating said pinion, means for limiting the rotation of said shaft, and means for normally forcing said bracket toward said .member.

the rack, the inclination of the fiat.- side l t.

thereby thoroughly coming in contact with.

said shaft and having pinsprojectng later-' and again reverses the direction of rotation near the middle point of the latter, the flat are for the purpose of holding the objects while the flat side is approaching its maXijects to drop from one side to the other.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a frame having stops, a driven shaft, a member rigid with said shaft and having projections, said member further having a double-faced rack, a pivoted bracket having a pinion-adapted to engage with each face of said rack',.said projections being adapted .to engage said stops to limit the rotation of means for rotating said pinion.

4. A device of the class described, comprising a frame having stops,'a driven shaft, a member-rigid with said shaft and having a double-faced rack, said member having projections adapted to engage said stops to limit the rotation of said member, a bracket piyotally mounted near said member and a pinion "thereon adapted to engage with each face of saidrack, means for rotating said pinion, means for forcing said bracket to-- wards said rack, and a stop for'limiting the upward movement of said bracket.

5. A device of the class described, com prising a frame, a driven shaft, a member rigid with said shaft, said member having 'a double-faced rack and projections, stops on said frame adapted to engage with said projections to limit the rotation of said member, a pinion movable in a substantially vertical direction and adapted to engage with each face of said rack, and means for rotating said pinion.

i 6. A device ofgthe class described, comprising a driven shaft, a member rigid with said shaft, said member having projections and a double-faced rack, an arm having a pin adapted to engage with one of said projections, and a rod adapted to engage with another of said projections, a spring adapted to resist the movement of said rod, a pinion adapted to engage each face of-said rack, and means for roLating said pinion.

7. A device of the class described, comprising a driven shaft, a member rigid with said shaft and having a double-faced rack, a support, a driving shaft carried by said support, a bracket mounted upon said driving shaft, a pinion mounted upon said driving shaft, a second pinion carried by said bracket and adapted to engage with each face of said rack, means for transmitting the rotation of said first pinion to said second pinion, and means for operating said driving shaft.

8. A device of the class described, comprising a drivenshaft, .a member rigid with said shaft, a double-faced rack formed in the arc of a'circle and mounted on said member, a support, a bracket pivotally mounted upon said support, a pinion carried bysaid bracket and adapted to engage with each face of said rack, means for rotating said pinion, a

spring adapted to force said bracket upwardly, and a stop adapted to limit the up ward movement of said bracket.v

9. 'A device of the class described, comprising a driven shaft, a member rigid with said shaft, said member having laterallyprojecting pins constituting a double-faced rack formed in the are of a circle, a pinion movable in a substantially vertical direction and adapted to engage with each face of said rack, said pinion being adapted to pivot about an end pin of said rack to travel from one face to the other face thereof, means for forcing said pinion upwardly, means for limiting the upward movement of said pinion, and means for rotating said pinion.

10. A device of the class described, comprising a frame, a driven shaft rotatably mounted upon said frame,'a member rigid with said shaft, a double-faced rack on said member, a support, a pivot shaft carried by said support, a bracket pivotally mounted upon said pivot shaft, a pinion carried by said bracket and adapted to engage with each face of said rack, a second pinion upon said pivot shaft, means for transmitting the rotation of said second inion to said first pinion, means for limiting the rotation of said member, a spring forcing said bracket upwardly, a stop limiting the upward movement of said bracket, and means for rotating said second pinion.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of tWo subscribing witnesses.

JOHN H. FLOYVERS. l/Vitnesses S. F. PACE, J no. S. Hooom.

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