US1381982A - Washing-machine - Google Patents

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I WJCJFORSEE. WASHING MACHINE. APPLICATION H150 mun-1a, 1920- 1 Patented June 21, 1921.

W. -C. FORSEE.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLED MAR. 18, 1920.

1,381,982, Patented June 21, 1921.

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WILLIAM C. EOESEE, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 21, 1921.

Application filed March 18, 1920. Serial No. 366,891.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM C. Fonsnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in thecounty of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washingll lachines; 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;

My invention relates to improvements in washing machines of the type which are mounted on rockers, and my principal ob ject is to provide a machine of this character which although being comparatively simple and inexpensive, will be highly efficient and durable, and easy to operate.

With the foregoing in view. other objects are to provide novel means for removably supporting the washing tank on the rockers; to provide effective means to prevent creeping, of the rockers without in any manner interfering with smooth movement thereof; to make novel provision for heating the water in the washing tank; to provide a unique closure for the washing tank, capable of use as a washing-board; and to equip the washing tank with a novel arrangement of handles for rocking said tank and removing 1t from the rockers.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel construction and arrangements of parts hereinafter fully der scribed and claimed, the descriptive matter being supplemented by the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the washing machine constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section with parts in elevation.

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on the plane indicated by line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. a is a perspective view of the base and the burner carrying slide mounted thereon.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the rockers and associated parts.

In the drawings above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates a suitably constructed base which includes parallel horizontal tracks 2 having upstanding flanges 8 along their outer edges, the two flanges having substantially semi-circular stop blocks 4 located at approximately central points. The stops 4 are located at the inner sidesof the flanges 8 and are of less WIClth thanthe tracks 2 as' shown clearly in Fig. 3. A. pair of rockers 5 rest removably on the tracks 2 and are provided in their outer sides with recesses 6 of substantially semi circular formation. These recesses open through the lower edges of the rockers but are only of a depth substantially equal to half the thickness of the rocker, so that the curved edges of the rockers, adjacent their inner sides, are uninterrupted to rock freely and smoothly upon the tracks 2. The recesses 6 receive the stops 4 and thus. the rockers are held against longitudinal creeping on the tracks, but oscillation of the rockers is not interfered with in any manner.

The rockers 5 and transverse slats 7, 00- act in forming a rocking frame structure to support a preferably rectangular washing tank 8. The ends and sides of this frame structure are provided respectively with cleats 9 and 10, which form upstanding flanges removably receiving the tank 8 therebetween, whereby to hold said tank against both longitudinal and transverse motion, but at the same time allowing the tank to be removed whenever required.

The tank 8 is provided with a longitudinally extending arched handle 11 whose ends 12 are pivoted at 13 to the ends of said tank, the latter being preferably reinforced by a metal band 14. The handle 11 may turn either tothe right or left of the tank 8 so that it may be used to rock the device from the most convenient point. Movement of the handle 11 in one direction or the other is limited by the projecting ends of a pair of longitudinal bars 15 which are suitably secured to the outer side of the tank walls, at or near the upper edges of said walls. In addition to performing this function the projecting ends of the bars 15 carry transverse handles 16 which are used when applying the tank 8 to the rockers or in removing the same. The ends 12 of the handle 11, preferably operate between the handles 16 and the ends of the tank, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2. The ends of the tank 8 are provided with transverse horizontal ledges 17 which are spaced downwardly from their upper edges, preferably about six inches, said ledges having upwardly opening sockets 18, near their ends. A closure 19 for the upper side of the tank 8 is receivedin said tank between the two ledges 17, and the ends of said closure are provided with pairs of projecting pins which are 'but they permit saidvclosure to swing upwardly to either side of the machine and rest against the tank walls as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and when in this position, the closure may beused as an ordinary wash board, for which purpose its lower side is suitably roughened as indicated at 21. By spacing the closure 19 and its supporting ledges 17 downwardly. from the upper edge of the tank, not only can said closure rest against the tank wall, as shown in Fig. 8, when swung upwardly, but any water which may splash around the sides or ends of the closure when the tank 8 is rocked to and fro, will be trapped and will not therefore splash on the floor. if desired, the ends of the tank may beprovided with inwardly extending boards or the like 22,

which serve to prevent excessive splashing of the water as the tank is oscillated.

Iprefer to provide the base 1 with a suitably constructed guide-way 23 with which a slide 24 is removably engaged. This slide carries a burner 25 which may either consume a liquid or gaseous fuel, and said. slide also carries the fuel supply pipe 26. If liquid fuel is to be consumed, the fuel tank 27 will also be supported by the slide 24 as indicated in Fig. 2. By this arrangement of parts whenever it is necessary to heat the contents of the tank, the slide 24 and parts carried thereby may be insertedinto the guide-way 23 and when the burner is. then lighted, the temperature of the water in the tank will be quickly raised tothe required extent. The slide may then be removed if desired but it may remain in the guideway if the operator wishes. I consider the provision of the burner 25 and associated parts of great importance, sincethey permit the water to be heated directly in the washing machine, instead of having the trouble and annoyance of first heating such water on a stove and then pouring it into the machine.

In operation, the water to be used is poured into the tank 8, and the clothes to be washed are placed in said tank. When the necessary heating has now been effected by means of the burner 25, the tank is rocked to and fro by means of the handle 11, and the splashing produced serves to rapidly and easily clean the clothes. lVhenever desired, the closure 19 may be swung upwardly in either direction and used as a wash board,

or when it is desired to carry the tank 8 from one place to another, the handles 16 may be conveniently utilized and the handle 11 may then be swung to the'limit of its movement in either direction, so that it will be entirely out of the way.

The machine is comparatively simple and inexpensive, yet it is easy to operate and is intermediate transverse bar parallel with said end bars, a horizontal elongated plate secured at. its ends to said transverse bar and one of said end bars and flush with the upper surface of the latter, a pair of parallel undercut guide tracks secured on the upper surface of said plate along the edges thereof, a stop cleat secured to the inner end of said plate and extending between said guide tracks, a fiat horizontal slide plate resting on said first named plate and slidably engaged with said guide tracks, the inner end of said slide plate abutting said cleat and the outer end of said slide plate resting on the aforesaid end bar, a burner carried by the inner end of said slide plate, a fuel supply pipe extending from said burner outwardly along the upper surface of said slide plate and projecting beyond the outer end of said plate, and a fuel supply tank supported by the outer end of said pipe and spaced outwardly from the first named tank.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 7 my hand. 7

WILLIAM C. FORSEE.

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