US980199A - Clothes-pounder. - Google Patents

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J. L. CARDER. CLOTHES POUNDEB. APPLIOATION FILED JUNI: 1s. 1910 Patented Jan 3, 1911.

JAMES L, CARDER, OF LS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

CLOTHES-POUNDER.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3, 1911.

Application lfiled June 18, 1910. Serial No. 567,698.

To all lwhom fit may concern:I

Be it known that I, J AMES L. CARDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Clothes-Founder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a clothes washing vdevice of the class known as clothes poundvupward stroke of the pounder, therebyreducing the labor involved in the manipulation thereof.

Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention, and referring theret: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan of the device. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the, line :c3-m3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isa transverse section on the line v4-m4 in Fig. 2.

The device comprises a conical or funnelshaped outer shell 1, a conical inner shell Q, means connecting and supporting said shells, so as to form a c amber 3 therebetween, and a handle 4 for supporting and -operating the shells. y

The means for connecting the shells consists .ofV a sleeve 5 extendin wit-hin the smaller end of each conical s ell and fastened to the respective shells, so as to space the shells apart. The inner shell 2 is preferably formed at a more obtuse angle than the outer shell, so that the shells converge toward their lower ends formino a comparatively narrow annular outlet 7 or the chan1 ber 3 between the shells at the lower ends thereof. The .sleeve v5 is perforated, as at 8, so as to establish communication between the chamber 3 and chamber 9 in `the interior of said sleeve, said chamber 9 constituting a valve chamber and containing a valve 'l0 which-slides within ythe sleeve 5 and is guided therein. Sleeve 5 is partly closed at its lower end and is provided with a valve port or opening 1Q therein for cooperation with the valve 10.

The inner shell 2 is preferably provided on the interior thereof with a plurality of pockets 13 open at the bottom and converging upwardly, said pockets being closed except at their'lower ends and being preferably formed as sectors of cones. Poc (ets 15 may also be provided onthe outside of the outer conical shell l, said ockets 15 being open at the lower end and) formed as sectors of cones attached to the shell 1, tubes 16 being provided communicating with the interior of said pockets and with the space on the inside of. theinner shell 2 between t-he inside pockets 13, said tubes 1(5extending through the chamber il. The handle 4 is secured within the sleeve 5 in any suitable manner.

The operation of the device is as follows: By means of the handle .4, the device is forced down into the water and ontotho clothes with the result that the air imprisoned within the inner shell 2 and .compressed by the downward pressure of the device, forces the valve 1() upwardly and passes through the ports 'l2 and 8 into the chan'iber 3, said chamber therefore serving us a compressed air reservoir or storage chambe and delivering air, in an annular sheet or jet which issues at all pointsof the device around the same, passing violently through the water and aiding the circulationv and forcing of the water through the clothes.'

On account of the imprisonment of the air within the blind pockets. 13, a cushioning effect is produced aiding in the lifting of the device. after its downward thrust.v The outer pockets l5 operate mainly as auxiliary to the operation of the inner cone and the air chamber 3, the air passing up through said outer pockets `into the inner chamber, so that said pockets increase. the amount of air compression prm'luccd hy the apparatus.

As thc device is raised by means of the handle-l, pressure on the inside of the inner shell 2 is relieved, allowing the valve l() to descend and close the port 12, thereby re` taining a portion of the compressed air within the chamber 3.

lVhat I claim is: y

1. A clothes pounder comprising conical inner and outer shells with a chamber therebetween, means establishing communication from the interior of the inner shell to the said chamber, a valve controlling said means of communication to. open the commu. :cation when the air within vthe-inner conical shell and to close the communication upon release of such pressure, the said inner and outer conical shells being separated at their lower ends to form a contracted annular outlet for the saidair chamber.

2. A clothes pounder comprising a conical. outer shell, a conical inner shell, a sleeve connected to said shells and supporting the same whereby an air chamber is formed between the shells, said shells being separated at their lower ends to forma contracted annular outlet, and said sleeve having] an interior valve chamber and being perfo-rated to establish' communication between said valve chamber and said air chamber, a valve movable in said valve chamber, said valve chamber having an opening in its lowerA part communicating with the interior of the inner conical shell, and a handle secured to said sleeve.

3. A clothes pounder comprising conical inner and outer shells with a chamber therebetween7 means establishing communicatief from the interior of the inner shell to thesaid chamber, a valve controlling said means of communication to open the communica-l tion when the air is compre-.sed'within the is compressed'i separated at tracted annular outlet for the said air chammunication upon release of such pressure,

.the said inner and outer conical shells being their lower ends to form a conber, and pockets on the inside of the inner shell7 said pockets being open at the bottom and closed at their upper portions.

4. A clothes pounder comprising conical inner and outer shells with a chamber therebetween, means establishing communication' from the interior of the inner shell to the said chamber, a valve controlling said means of connunication to open the communication when the air is compressed within the inner conical shell and to close the communication upon release of such pressure, the said inner and outer conical shells being sep-l arated at their lower ends to form a contracted annular outlet for the said air chamber, pockets on the outside of .said outer shell, said pockets being open at the bottom,

and means for establishing communicationl between the upper portions of said pockets and the interior of the inner shell.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 10th day of June, 1910.

JAMES L. CARDER. In presence of ARTHUR P. KNIGHT,y FRANKL. A. GRAHAM.

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