US555063A - Wash ing-machine - Google Patents

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ERASMUS \V. ALLEN AND ALBERT W. ALLEN, OF OTTAXVA, KANSAS.

MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 555,063, dated February 25, 1896.

Application filed February 6, 1895. Serial No. 537,469. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ERASMUS V. ALLEN and ALBERT W. ALLEN, of Ottawa, in the county of Franklin and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved ashing-Machine, of which .the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to improvements i1 washing-machines. 1

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of washing machines and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one capable of thoroughly and rapidly washing clothes without wearing, tearing, or otherwise injuring the fabrics.

The invention consists of the novel construction and arrangement of parts, which hereinafter will be more Particularl y described and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a central longitudinal sectional view of a washing-machine constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a tranverse sectional view of the same.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures of the drawings.

1 designates a substantiallysemicylindrical washing-machine body supported by legs 2 and comprising semicylindrical sides 3 and a curved sheet-metal bottom 4 connected with The washing-machine body is provided with a hinged cover 5 and has centrally journaled within it a transversely-disposed oscillating agitator 6, which co-operates with a pair of auxiliary agitators 7, journaled between the sides of the body and suspended within the latter adjacent to the ends thereof.

The agitators are constructed of sheet metal mounted on substantially rectangular frames 8 and 9, and provided with perforations. The frames 9 have their terminals bent outward to form journals for the auxiliary agitators, and the central frame 8 is constructed in substantially the same manner, one of the sides of the frame being extended to form a crankhandle 10. The auxiliary agitators are located a sufficient distance above the curved bottom of the washing-machine body to enable the clothes being washed to pass readily beneath the auxiliary agitators and become interposed between them and the ends of the washing-machine body, which is provided with flat inclined faces 11. Portions of the clothes being washed are located between the central or main agitator and the auxiliary agitators, and when the main agitator oscillates to either end of the washing-machine body the clothes at that end are compressed between the two adjacent agitators and also between the auxiliary agitator and the adjacent inclined end face 11 of the washing-machine body. The main agitator causes the auxiliary agitator to swing toward the said inclined end face 11, and the water and suds are expelled from the clothes through the perforations of the two agitators by the squeezing operation. The clothes are then carried to the other end of the washing-machine body by the central oscillating agitator and the squeezing operation is repeated, thereby forcing the suds through the clothes and quickly removing the dirt and stains.

The washing-machine is provided at one end with a wringer-receiving board. The cover has a loop or handle 12, and the crank-handle 10 is provided with a supplemental handlepiece 13 to shorten the crank-handle to enable the operation of washing to be performed by a person in a sitting position, the crankhandle being of a length to be conveniently grasped by a person when standing.

The legs 2 of the washing-machine body are connected by longitudinally-disposed horizontal bars let, with which is slidingly connected a platform 15, adapted to be extended beyond the washing-machine body to form a support for a clothes-receptacle or the like to receive the clothes after the operation of washing has been completed, or to contain the clothes to be placed in the washing-machine body.

After the clothes have been placed in the washing-machine body, the cover is secured in its closed position by pivoted buttons or other suitable fastening devices, preferably mounted on the sides of the washingmachine body, and the body is provided at one side with a drain-opening, in which is placed a suitable plug during the operation of washing.

It will be seen that the washing-machine is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that the oscillating agitator (i is arranged to engage and oscillate alternately the auxiliary agitators, and that during the operation of washing the clothes are carried from one end of the washing-machine body to the other, and are compressed between the agitators against the inclined end faces of the washing-machine body.

Changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

\Vhat we claim is In a Washing-nrachinc, the combination of a Washingqnachine body provided at its ends with inclined faces diverging downwardly, a pair of auxiliary oscillating agitators suspended Within the Washing-machine body adjacent to the ends thereof and located above ERASMUS \V. ALLEN.

ALBERT W. ALLEN. \Vitnesses:

U. M. BEAOHY, WM. ll. "OODLI'EF.

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