US1157178A - Washing-machine. - Google Patents

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JOSEPH C. PET-IT, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF TO CHARLES E. HALL, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 19, 1915.

Application filed January 9, 1915. Serial No. 1,293.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH C. PETIT, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to centrifugal washing machines and the object thereof is to provide a washing machine of this class Which will be capable. of thoroughly cleaning the fabrics or the like without unnecessarily wearing, tearing or otherwise injuring the same.

Another object is to provide mechanism whereby the liquid used for cleaning the clothes will be caused to thoroughly circulate through the fabrics being washed.

A further object is to provide a washing machine in which the fabrics can be rinsed, blued and partly dried after being washed without being removed from the machine or touched by the hands of the user.

A further object is to provide a machine which will be equally adaptable for washin dishes or the like.

I accomplish these objects by the machine described herein and illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, in which:

'Figure 1 is a central vertical section, partly in elevation, of my improved washing machine. Fig. 2 is a section on the. line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the circulating channels.

My device consists preferably of an outer tubular receptacle 5, open at the to which is supported at a suitable distance rom the floor or other su port by legs 6 of which there are prefera lywfour. Mounted within receptacle 5 is a perforated tubular container 7 for containing the clothes which areto be washed, said container being of such size that the walls thereof are spaced apart a short distance from the walls of receptacle 5. A shaft 8 is rigidly secured near its lower end to the bottom of container 7 and projects a short distance below the same and terminates in a pivot 9- whichpivot is received in a bearin 1O securedto the bottom he other end of shaft 8 extends up; dly and is received in a hearing 11 mounted upon 0 crating shaft 12, which last shaft is revo ubly mounted in bearings 13 and 14 secured near the top of member 5. Extending upwardly from the bottom of container 7 centrally thereof and surrounding shaft 8 is a perforated casing 15 which is adapted to prevent the clothes within the container from contacting with shaft 8. Extending from the outer walls of casing 15 to the inner walls of container 7 at each side thereof are partitions 17 and 18 which divide container 7 into two chambers for a purpose hereinafter disclosed. Mounted upon shaft 8 near the top thereof is a bevel gear 19 which meshes with a bevel gear 20 secured upon shaft 12. A handle 21 is mounted upon the outer end of shaft 12 and provides means for rotating said shaft. 'A cover plate 22 is provided to fit Within receptacle 5 just above the top of the container 7 and has a central opening 23 therein.

Secured to the under side of plate 22 are a series of radially extending chutes or channels 24 which channels extend from the walls of receptacle 5 to and terminate at the edge of the central opening 23 in plate 22. A cook 25 is provided in the wall of the outer receptacle 5 near the bottom thereof by means of which the liquid therein may be drawn off. A gas or other burner 26 is provided for heating the liquid in the containers but may be omitted if desired.

In the operation of my device the shaft 12 and gear 20 are removed by releasing thumb nut 27 which allows bearing 13 to be detached from the outer casing. The cover plate 22 is then removed by means of handles or grips 28, the central opening 23 therein being of sufiicient size to allow gear 19 to pass freely therethrough. The clothes or other articles to be washed are then placed in the container 7. Water or other liquid is then poured into receptacle 5. The cover plate and operating shaft are then replaced. The handle is grasped by the user and the operating shaft rotated. As the operating shaft is rotated container 7 is rotated through gears 19 and 20 and the liquid is driven by centrifugal force through the clothes and out of container 7 into receptacle 5 and thence upwardly to the top Where it .is caught by the chutes or channels 24 and directed into the top of casing 15 from which it passes throu h the perforations therein into container and then through the clothesas before. This operation will be continued as long as shaft 12 is rotated. Partitions 17 and 18 are provided to prevent. the clothes from winding around cas ing 15 and also assists in starting the centrifugal action of the device.

While I have shown my container as being formed of perforated material it will be understood that I may make it of wire screen or any other suitable material. It will be further understood that I do not limit myself to the use described herein but ma adapt my device to any other use to Wh1ch it may be put.

Having described my invention what I claim is:

1. A washing machine comprising an outer cylindrical non-revoluble casing open at the top; an inner perforated cylindrical casing revolubly mounted Within the outer casing, said inner casing being open at the top and being shorter than the outer casing, the walls and bottoms of said casings being spaced apart; a central perforated tube secured to. the' bottom of said inner casing and extending to the top thereof; imperforate partitions connecting the outer wall of revolubly mounted within the outer casing centrally thereof, saidinner casing being open at the top and being shorter than the outer casing, the walls and bottom of said casings being spaced apart; an upwardly extending perforated tube mounted within said inner casing centrally thereof and secured thereto at its lower end and extending to the top thereof; a plurality of imperforate partitions in said inner casing extending from the walls thereof to theouter walls of said tube and forming a plurality of independent chambers therein; a vertically extending shaft passing through the bottom of the inner casing centrally thereof and in rigid engagement therewith, the lower end thereof being adapted to form a pivot for the inner casing; a bevel gear secured upon the upper end of said shaft; another shaft mounted horizontally in bearings secured to thetop of the outer casing; a bevel gear on said shaft meshing with said first mentioned gear a crank on 'said horizontal shaft whereby the same may be rotated; a closure for the top of the outer casing mounted therein at a point slightly above the top of the inner casing; and horizontally opening radial troughs secured to the under side of said closure.

n 3. The combination with a cylindrical outer non-revoluble casing having legs, a bearing on the bottom centrally thereof, and a closure for the top, said closure having radial U-shaped troughs secured to the underside thereof; of an inner perforated cylindrical casing revolubly mounted within said outer casing; a vertically extending shaft having its lower end passing through the bottom of the inner casing in rigid engagement therewith adapted tobe received in the bearing of the outer casing to form a pivot for the inner casing; a horizontal shaft revolubly mounted in bearings secured to the top of the outer casing; a bearing on. said shaft in which the upper end of the vertical shaft is revolubly mounted; a bevel gear on the upper end of said "ertical shaft; a bevel gear on said horizontal shaft meshing with the gear on the vertical shaft whereby said shafts are rotated in unison;

a crank on the end of the horizontal shaft for rotating the same: and an upwardly extending perforated tube surrounding said vertical shaft within the inner casing and secured to said casing at its lower end; and

I a plurality of imperforate partitions extending from said tube to the lnner wall of the inner casing whereby said inner casing is divided into a plurality of separate chambers.

In witness that I claim the foregoing 1 have hereunto subscribed my name this 19th day of September, 1914.

JOSEPH (J. PETIT.

Witnesses:

C. H. GATGHEL, FRANK WATERFIELD.

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