US1200965A - Washing-machine. - Google Patents

Description

C. MILLER.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 1m20.191s..

1 200,965. Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

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Witfwooeo C. R. MILLER.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.20, 1916.

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C. R. MILLER.

' WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 2o. 1916.

1,200,965. n PaIenIed oI. 10,1916.

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UNITED STATES PAIEIV OFFICE.

CHARLES it. MILLER, or' coLLIiv-svrLLnmnX AS, ASSIGNOR OF FIFTY ONE-HUNDREDTHS TO T. A. KEY, 0F WHITESBORO, TEXAS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of LetterspPatent:

` Patented oet. 1o, 1916.

Application led anuary 20, 1916. Serial No. 73,118. l

This invention relates to improvements in washing machines, one object of the invention being the provision of a machine 1n which the elements that act upon the clothes simulate as near as possible the rubbing action of the human, and at the same time, act upon the clothes with the least possible wear.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a washing machine in which Vtwo rubbing rollers are so mounted and controlled, as to permit an intermittent feeding and rubbing of the clothes being washed, this action being capable of reversal atwill so that the clothes being acted upon will be thoroughly cleansed.

A still further object :of this invention is the provision of a washing machine in which the feed-ing and rubbing rollers may be separated to permit the easy introduction or removal of the clothes from therebetween.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention resides in the combina-- tion and arrangements of parts as hereafter set forth, the scope of the invention being limited only by what is claimed.

In the accompanying drawings -Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete machine taken from the operating sidel thereof. Fig. 2 is a front end view thereof. f Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional viewT through the complete machine. Fig. 4 is, a top kplan view of the'machine. Fig. 5 is a view taken kfrom the opposite side to Fig. 1. Figs. 6

and 7 are detail views of adjacent mechanis that controls the two rollers. v

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 designates the main frame, which has the tub bench 11, and the vertical standards 12. Carried Xedly by the upper end of the standards 12 and extending above and par# allel to the bench 11, is a frame 13, in the outer end of which is journaled the oscillatory shaft 14, which carries thereon ixedly the roller 15, having the feeding and rubbing surface 16, which is preferably corfu# gated. -At the ends of the shaft are provided the crank arms 17, the purpose of Vwhich will presently appear.

The hinges 18 support the swinging frame 19, from the upper end of the standards 12, for movement to and from the frame 18, the

shaft'20 being journaled in the free endV thereof, so that the roller 21 provided'with the corrugated'surface will be held in contact with the roller 14 therebelow. The two coiled springs 23 attached to the outer ends of the frames 13 and 19 hold the frames resiliently together, thus permitting the clothes to be washed to be accommodated' between the rollers, both when being inserted and removed and during the washing thereof.

There are two ratchets 24 and 24 iXed upon the respective ends of the shaft ,20, the teeth of one being disposed oppositely to the teeth of the other, while carried by the re` spective' members of the frame 19, are the spring held pawls 25 and 25', one of which is adapted' to engage its ratchet, while the other is disengaged. To control this action of the pawls, a shaft 26 is journaled in the4 and carries upon one end the fly wheel 31,'

while fast/to vthe other end is the small pinion 82, which meshes at all times with the larger drive pinion 83, journaled to the standards 11. A link 34 is connected eccentrically of the pinion 33, and is connected to the manually operable lever v35, which in turnl is vpivoted at 86 to one side of the frame 10. By this means the reciprocation of thelever 36 will impart rotation to the shaft 30, and as the shaft 30, has fast thereto exteriorly of the frame 13, the two eccentrics 37, the two straps 38 which fit upon and are rockedbyjlthe rotation of thefeceentrics and have their free 'ends connectdit'the" cranks 17, will cause the lower roller 111 to` be oscillated.'l 1 Y In order to separate the rollers tov` .permitlj of the introduction and removal of thev clothes from therebetween, a foot lever-iss' pivoted at 40 to the frame 10,A and is oper,-`4 ablyfconnecte'd tthi-Toughitheili'nk 41 'toftheffA frame 19 at 42. Thus by depre,ssingthe-xfor ward end of the foot lever, the roller 2l isv elevated-and ,k the space @between athei:,two-r` rollers increased,`'so that clothesfmaybe Lada justed therebetween:` v

From-l they :foregoing description ,vtalienin connection withfthe drawings,fthefoperationif of the present washing machinewis readily;` understood, but brieiy-statedsitsis aszefolf'` lows t, lWith ga wash A :tuby placed;l uponzvgthef bench 1 1 withfthe.` suds wate`1;,the ,i foot lever 39 is depressed totsepanratethe roller forfthe a insertion of one end v of .,the g article' being ,i washed. Thepfoot lever; s--.ncm`zl released Y and-r, the ,spring 23 t drawsithef roller y21 toward s therolleryll.y The-lever 35 is;nowyrecipno-` cated and-the` roller V14 isiirst moved 4in thefgV direction to move the clothes a Short-dislf tance and Y throughv l,the i clothes :E impart ,a i slight rotatiomto, the. rollenT 21K. Asone of the fpawlsx25 or gfis disengaged', andthe;- other is engagely Vwith i-its ratch'eus the; aref; verse-imovementof-the rolleif 111 is a rubbing? action` upon the clothes,y as the-roller V21v` is held by the pawl and"ratchet,from-move`-V ment .in ,ai reversedirection. Thusgfthis'facvQ-f tionxis continued J until .the articleof'apparel. has knearlyj-passed "frombetweenther-,rollersgr at which time y, the'` operator" gnasps `the-haueI dle 28 and, releases the previouslyfengaged pawl and engages the -previously gdisengaged pawl, so'that when theJ leverV 35 i is ,continuedi in operation they clothesr-Qwill ,.be; fedslin'ff-a reverse direction. Thusby 'this:qmechanismg-V the clothes are 1 intermittently moved land z. rubbedA j while stationary or nearly ,rsof,` @thu sf' imitating ,asfnear as possible i the-hand lrubr bing' action: This ;operation 3nlayzggbe:"L cons-l tinued asi-desired untilthe article fisfcleanedi,

W'hat I claim, as new, is z* 1..A washing machine, .including a supe-f portingjstructure, a framerfcsecured' `to' `thea, upper end i thereof and'v projecting; SubSta-u-, tiallyg; at; right angles thereto,;a`n oscillatory feed and-"rubbing rol-ler; journaled in? their. outer end ofithefffr'ame, :an auxiliary frame mounted for swinging; nuolvementi?atvithew,y upper `end i off ther supportingistructure and` extending] above the` `frame Vfornmovementifito a; and from thefra'me,@a second rolleia'joura naledwinxthe .efree end .ofthe swinging framesfor movement into *,andrroutfof engagemelnl',E` t

the arms for oscillation, means for oscillating said roller, a swing-ingaframemounted rollerjournaledin the-free endv ofthe 'swingt-.5

inggmframerfonfmovement 'into'A andaout `of engagement with Lthe lirst'i-v-roller, springs. for

holdingfthelffrollers resiliently together,- and selectvezmeans'ffor regula-tingsthe direction of rotationf-,imparted 4ftAo/i the i second roller and consequently the clothes ,when-between,

the rollersxr- 3. A `gw'ashinggmachine,including- ,a iframe, v Y

a tub bench carriedf-thereby, an overhanging,

superstructure disposed abovethe'fbench and f': connectedlf `to f the1fraIne,"-;a j feed roller.l jour# l naledfforoscillation in `the .superstructure,1f

an auxiliary framehingedly` connected tof the superstructure? with its #free y end; above the `rol-ler, a secondf-roller.- mounted :for rota-1` tion-:in-l theahinged frame, means-forV moving i the hingedeisframef zto; Eengagef :or 1 disengagefI the jfrolglers, means g for :oscillating Vthe first i roller; and; sel'ective '1 m'eanss :mounted:l uponx,

the hinged :frame-1` 'fori controllingithe direc:y tion of rotation of the secondfrollenl 4.1Azfwashing `machine',including a frame,

,an overhangingn, superstructureu` carried-1 thereby-,'u arr' oscilla-tory;shaftrfhavingm crank jounnaledinlthe"superstructure, a roller fastv to saidashaft;meanssconnected to ther-crank`- inglygfzconnected to `the#superstructure for movement;pthereabove, a .secon'clr roller jour- A naled: ini thefarms-y fon rotationy two ratchets fast to said last'aarolleigfonebeingthereversel of therotliereI two: pawls5lone to each-ratchet:

operated y camsconnected1.:for i simultaneous pawlsb.v .whereby as lthe first roller is oscil- 1 il 1'5 movement .mounted sin the.: arms` for: engag-A s lng fonefand `disconnecting the other.V 'off the latedothe second roller'. is alternately'rotated andhalte'd.

5. washingnma'chinm :including .fa frame 1 having an uprightytwo arms carried adjacent fthe'ilfnpperrends; of y@the upright `and "at right=.angles`theretog a rollerf'journaled"for oscillationinbetweenffthe `freie ends:Y of said exterior ofljonesof the,arms,` a- .drivejshaftl Journaled `1n the* upright, s an 2 eccentric,`

mounted thereon, a strap connecting the eccentric to the crank, two arms mounted above the first arms for movement to and from the rst arms, a roller journaled in the second two arms for coacton with the first roller, said rollers being held resliently together, two oppositely disposed ratchets connected to the last roller, apawl for each ratchet,' and means for operating said pawls, whereby one is engaged as the other is dis- 10 engaged from its ratchet.

'In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHARLES R. MILLER.

i Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents cach, by addressing the Commissioner et Patente.

Washington, D. C.

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