US95600A - Charles muhl - Google Patents

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CHARLES MUHL, or" BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 95,600, dated Ocl0bcr 5,1869.'

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

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

:To all whomit may concern;- p

Be it'known that 1, CHARLES MUHL, of Bloomingin the county of McLean, and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rotary \Vashing-Machines; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description thereof, reference being had to the and to the letters of refer-.

accompanying drawings,

a part of this specification.

' The nature of my invention consistsin the construction-oi the cylinder of a rotary washing-machine,

said cylinder being formed of a series of troughs, open- 'on its outer side in the centre, a pin or journal, 11,

which rests in suitable supports or boxes in the sides of the boiler A.

One of the journals 1) is hollow, and a crank, 01, is inserted into the same through the side of the boiler, so as to revolve the cylinder in either direction.

The heads a a are connected together by means of a series of alternating troughs, e e and t' i.

The troughs e 0 open internally in the rotary cylinder, while the other troughs, 'i t, open outwardly, and have theininner edge perforated, as seen in'fig. 2, by which the water is taken in at the back and poured into the cylinder and upon the clothes when the cylinder is turned.

, The troughs e e and i t are placedsuitable distances apart, and along the entire circumference of the heads a a, thus forming a cylinder in which the clothes are placed.

any suitable manned on the otherl Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A cylinder for washing-machines, constructed as herein described, of the heads a a and troughs e eand t t, the said troughs opening alternately into and outpu rposes herein set forth.

2. In combination with a wash-boiler, a revolving ner described, and for the purposes set forth. v

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto'set my hand, this 1st day of September,

. CHARLES MUHL.

Vitnesses:

Tnos. SLADE,

W.'M. HATCH.

The heads a a are divided or cut at suitable points,-.. so as to form a lid or cover and body of the cylinder, the said lid being hinged on one side and fastened in.

ward from the cylinder, substantially as and for the cylinder, when constructed substantially in the man-

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