US99747A - Improved washing-machine - Google Patents

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@etent- @Biblica FORTUNE L. BAILEY,OF FREEPORT, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 99,747,

dated February 15, 1870.

IMPROV'ED WASHING-MACHINE.

'The Schedule referred to :in these Lette *04C To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fon'rUNn L. BAILEY, of Freeport, in the county of Shelby, in the State of Indiana, have invented a new and improved Washing-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon. y

The nature of my invention consists in providing the ordinary washing-tub with a false bottom, which is irregularly corrugated, and on this bottom plays irregularly corrugated, rotating, and revolving cones, connected with a tubular shaft by arms, on which they rotate' and revolve.

,To enable others. skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to `describeits'construction and operation. v

l provide for the ordinary washing-tub lugs A A A, which are secured to the inside of the tub, by means of screws, nails, or otherwise, at any height to give the amount of water desired. On these lugs rests the false bottom B, without any additional fastening, and can be put in or taken out at will.

The false bottom B is made to lit any desired size of tub, and is irregularly corrugated, as shown in Figure 2.

The cog or rib number 1 runsfrom circumference to the center, cog number 2 runs from the circumference to the line at T, cog number 3 runs from circumference to the line at 0,and cog number 4runs from circumference to the line at T, whilst cog number 5 runs from circumference to the center, as cog number l, and so ou in this manner until there is a circlewith a variation of size of cogs to suit the size of false -bot- 1 screw or other device, and extending up to about the height ofthe tub. This post is the center of action for the cones G G, and keeps them to their proper place.

The false bottom B can be perforated so asto allow the dirt to settle below as soon as it is freed from the ln using false bottoms-as described, the work is done in less time and more evenly than when the cogs all run to the center and the false bottom is dat on the tub-bottom.

The tubular shaft D is made of suitable length, say ten or twelve inches long, with as many arms E E as desired, substantially secured to the lower end of the shaft D, and of suitable length to suit the cones and bottom.

the crank or handle F, by which thel machine is worked.

The cavity in the shaft D is of suicient size to pass freely down over the post G in the false bottom B.

The post C is the center of action on which the tubular shaft D rotates. The cones G G, whenhnng upon the arms E E of this tubular shaft D, are allowed to rotate and revolve freely around the tub.

The cones VG G are secured on the arms E E of the tubular shaft D by means of screw-taps or taps riveted on the outer ends of the arms E E.

The irregular corrugated cones or rollers G G are made to match with the irregular corrugated false bottomB, as shown in fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings, the cogs on the'cones G G matching the broader, so as to cause a slight rub onthe cones as the cones pass over them, which facilitates the work very much.

lVashing-machines, as above desrribed, may he made of wood, metal, or any other suitable'material. When made of metal, they are thoroughly galvapized, so as not to rust.

When the machine is completed and ready for use, the false bottom B is placed in the tub and rests upon the lugs A A; then lill the tub with water, until the board B is covered about two inches; then spread the clothes in on the bottom B; then place the cones in the tub. The tubular shaft D passes down over the post C, the cones G G resting upon the clothes to'be washed. Then, by a rotary or backward and forward motion of the handle, the work is performed.

What I claim as my improvement in a washingmachine is The construction and combination of the false bottom B and the cones G G with irregular corrugations, as at 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, tubular shaft D, lever F, handle e, and device to connect cones and shaft and attaching lug A, as shown and described.

FORTUNE L. BAILEY.

Witnesses z D. W. PLAGE, vJlaoo ROTHENBERGER.

Ou the upper end of the tubular shaft D is secured l valleys ofthe false bottom B, with exception that the l cogs I on the cones are made slightly narrower or

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