US987839A - Washing-machine. - Google Patents

Description

J-. W. VINES.

WASHING MACHINE.

APBLIOATION FILED NOV.3,'1910.

987,839. Patented Mar.28,1911;

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

JAMES W. VINES, 0F WILLS POINT, TEXAS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented Mar. 28, 1911.

Application filed November 3, 1910. Serial No. 590,525.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMns W. VINES, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVills Point, in the county of Van Zandt and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing- Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in washing machines.

The object of the invention is to provide a washing machine having improved means for agitating and rubbing the clothes whereby they will be thoroughly cleansed.

with this and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and particularly pointed outin the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings z Figure 1 is a side view of my improved washing machine and water heating mechanism; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof; Fig. 3 is a top plan View; Fig. 41 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 4:& of Fig.

2; Fig. 5 is an inner side view of the upper rubbing board; and Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the water heating mecha- IllSIIl.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the tub or body portion of my improved washing machine, said tub being preferably of cylindrical form and may be constructed of any suitable material. The tub 1 is supported at a suitable elevation on legs 2, said legs also supporting platforms 3 which are arranged on opposite sides of the tub 1, as shown. In the upper portion of the tub is arranged a cross bar 4t having on its outer ends hooks 5 which are adapted to be engaged with cleats 6 arranged on the inner side of the tub adjacent to its upper edge, as shown.

In the bottom of the tub 1 is arranged a stationary rubbing board 7 having on its upper surface an annular series of radially disposed ribs or corrugations 8. In the center of the rubbing board 7 is formed a circular passage through which is adapted to project a nipple 9 with the lower outer end of which is adapted to be connected the inner end of a water supply pipe 10, hereinafter described. Secured to the stationary rubbing board 7 over the inner end of the nipple 9 and spaced a suitable distance therefrom, is a spider or bearing frame 11 in which is revolubly mounted the reduced cylindrical lower end of a rubber operating square shaft 12. The upper end of the shaft 12 is also reduced to form a cylindrical bearing surface engaged with a centrally disposed bearing aperture formed in the cross bar 4, whereby said shaft is revolubly mounted. On the top or extreme upper end of the shaft is formed a rectangular stem 13 with which is engaged the inner end of an operating handle or crank 14 whereby the shaft may be revolved in either direction. Slidably mounted on the shaft 12 is an upper -clothes rubbing board 15 having on its inner side an annular series of radially disposed ribs or corrugations 16 which are adapted to engage the clothes disposed in the tub between the lower stationary rubbing board 7 and the upper board 15. The upper board 15 slides loosely on the shaft and is revolved thereby when the shaft is turned by the crank handle hereinbefore described.

In order to heat the water in the tub 1 and to maintain the same in a heated condi tion, I provide a simple water heating mechanism comprising a large pipe 17, the length and diameter of which may vary according to the size of the washing machine to which the same is applied, said pipe having, however, a heating capacity suflicient to heat the water necessary for the machine to which it is attached. The pipe 17 is closed at its opposite ends by suitable caps and to one end thereof is connected the outer end of the water supply pipe 10. To the opposite end of the heating pipe 17 is connected a drain pipe 18 in which is arranged a drain valve 19.

The water in the pipe 17 and tub 1 may be heated in any suitable manner and when the washing machine is arranged out of doors, the pipe 17 is adapted to rest upon the ground and a fire is built over and around the same, thus heating the water therein and causing the same to circulate through the supply pipe 10 into the tub 1, wherein the heated water is supplied for washing the clothes. When the washing machine is used in doors, the pipe 17 may be heated. In one side of the tub adjacent to the bottom thereof is arranged a drain pipe 20 whereby the water may be readily drawn from the tub.

By means of the pipe 17 and its connection with the tub it will be seen that I have provided a simple and inexpensive heating mechanism whereby the water in the tub may be quickly heated and kept in a heated condition during the washing operation.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A washing machine comprising a support,

a tub mounted thereon, platforms on the support at opposite sides of the tub, radial rubbers secured rigidly upon the bottom of the tub, a spider secured centrally upon the bottom of the tub, a shaft square in crosssection having its lower end journaled in said spider, a rubber slidably mounted on said shaft and adapted to be operated thereby, keepers on the inner side of the tub at the top of the same, a cross-bar having its ends engaging said keepers, the upper end of the shaft being journaled in and extending through said cross-bar, and an operating handle secured to the upper end ofthe shaft above the said cross-bar.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES WV. VINES. Witnesses:

J. A. FOSTER, H. I. BROWN.

Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing' the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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