US1202903A - Washing-machine. - Google Patents

Description

J. G. SEELIG.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 22. 1915.

Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

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WASHING-MACHINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (rot. 31, 1916.

Application filed October 22, 1915. Serial No. 57,221.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN G. SEELIG, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Ripon, in the county of Fond du Lac and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in VVashingdflachines, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

The invention relates to washing machines.

The invention is designed more particularly to provide a washingmachine in which the agitating elements are a pair of pounders vertically reciprocable within the wash tub and so spaced from each other and from the sidesof the tub as to efficiently accomplish the washing operation without the use of any mechanism for revolving or oscillating them.

The invention further designs to provide a washing machine in which a pair of pounders are alternately vertically reciprocated and so disposed with respect to each other and the walls of the tub that the clothes will always come in contact with them while they move up and down within the tub.

The invention is further designed to provide a pair of pounders and mechanism for alternately vertically reciprocating said .pounders, which mechanism consists of parts located on the lid of the machine, there being an absence of gears on that part of the mechanism located on the lid which makes the machine very quiet.

The invention is further designed to provide a washing machine with two alternately vertically reciprocating pounders whereby there will be twice the agitation than in a one pounder type with the same speed of the operating handle, the two pounders will counter-balance each other and thus make the machine easier to operate.

The invention is further designed to provide a new and improved form of washing machine. 7

The invention consists in several features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a plan view of the device embodying the invention, parts being broken away and parts being shown in section; Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

The device comprises a long and narrow tub 10 provided with a supporting frame work 11 and having an open top for which a cover 12 is provided, agitating means carried by the cover and adapted to be disposed within the tub, and mechanism for operating said agitating means.

The rectangular cover 12 fits within and is hinged to the upper open rectangular top 13 of the frame by hinges 14: and 15. The pintle or shaft 16 of the hinge 15 projects outwardly therefrom and serves as a stud shaft for a driving gear wheel 17 which is mounted on its outer end. The pintle 16 is also journaled in a bearing bracket 18 which is bolted to the top of the frame and is provided with a downwardly extending side portion 18 having a horizontally proj ecting stud shaft 20 upon which a fly wheel 19 is journaled. A pinion 21 journaled on the stud shaft 20 and forming part of or turning with the fly wheel 19 meshes with the gear 17 .and is driven thereby. The cover 12 is provided with a combined latch and handle 12 for convenience in lifting the cover and for securing it in closed position.

It will be noted that the hinge lt is in axial alinement with the hinge 15 and the bearing of the bracket 18, the hinge 15 turning on the shaft 16 as its pintle, so that when the cover with its mechanism is raised, the shaft 16 will be partly turned but the fly wheel will not be lifted as it is mounted on the frame of the machine.

A bracket 22 mounted on the top corner adjacent the pintle 16 has an arm 23 extending outwardly and downwardly and carrying a stud shaft 24. A three arm bell crank lever 25 is fulcrumed on the shaft 21 and the inner end 26 of this lever is pivotally connected to one end of .a link27 which is pivotally connected at-its other end to awristpin 28 projecting from the driving gear 17. The outwardly and upwardly extending arms 29 and 29 are of tubular socket form to receive the end of the operating hand lever 30 which may be used in connection with either of said arms.

The agitating means comprises a-pair of pounders 31 of any desirable form for engaging the clothes within the tub, mounted on vertically disposed shafts ,32 which are slidably mounted within the cover 12 and in shafts of said cover.

. wrist pin 28 and gear 17.

a longitudinally extending bearing bracket 33 mounted on the central portion of the top As previously pointed out, the tub 10 is long and narrow and the pounders 31 are so disposed with respect to each other and to the walls of the tub that the clothes will always come in Contact with them while they move up and down within the tub and so that they may efficiently accomplish the washing operation without the use of any mechanism for revolving or oscillating them. 7

Means are provided for guiding each of said shafts 32 and consists ofla guide member 34 mounted on the end of each shaft 32 and provided with apertured extensions 35 and upright guide'rods 36 mounted on the ends of the bracket 33 are slidably disposed within the aperture 37 of the extensions 35 whereby each shaft 32 will have a straight up and down movement within the cover and tub.

The'mechanism for operating the agitatingn'ieans comprises mechanism for alter-- nately' vertically reciprocating the pounder- 32. This comprises means for continuously rotating the pintle 16 and means operatively connected to the shaft or pintle 16 ,for alternately vertically reciprocating the shafts 32. 1

The means for continuously rotating the shaft 16 consists of the lever 25, link 27 The oscillation of the lever, through the oscillation of the operating handle 30, will, through the connections just described, continuously rotate the shaft 16.

The means 'operatively connected to the shaft 16 foralternately.vertically reciprocating the shafts 32 comprises a crank 38 mounted on the inner end of the shaft 16, a link39 pivotally connected at one end to said crank and pivotally connectedat its other end to a crank 40 mounted on a shaft 41 journaled in. the forked arms 42 of the bracket 33, a connecting member 43 mounted intermediateits ends upon said shaft 41 and provided with oppositely disposed arms 44 having bores 45 therein, and means for connecting said member 43 to the shafts 32. This means comprises plungers 46, the stems 47 of which are slidably mounted in the bores 45 and the forked heads 48 of Which are pivotally secured to the shafts 32 by pins 49 passing through them and through the members 34 secured to the shafts 32. The continuous rotation of the shaft 16 will, through the crank 38, link 39, crank 40, shaft 41, member 43, plungers 46 and members 34 alternately vertically reciprocate the mem 'ber 34 on the guide rods 36 and consequently alternately move the-shaft 32 and pounders power it is only necessary to run a belt around the fly wheel from the source of motion and drive in the ordinary manner.

It will be noted that the operative connection of the two pounders with the oscillating shaft 41 for alternate reciprocation produces a well-balanced construction which makes the machine easier to operate than those of the single pounder type.

The invention thus exemplifies a washing machine in which the washing operation is accomplished by a pair of alternately vertically reciprocated pounders.

am aware that numerous changes may be made in practicing my invention by those who are skilled in the art without departing from the scope thereof expressed in the claims. I do not wish, therefore, to be limited, unless necessary to the constructions I have shown and described. V

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a washing machine, the combination, with a tub provided with a cover, of an oscillatory shaft mounted on the cover, a member carried by said shaft and provided with arms extending on opposite sides of said shaft and having bores therein, plungers slidably mounted within said bores, pounder shafts vertically slidably mounted. in said cover and pivotally connected to said plungers, vertical guide rods carried by said cover, guide members carried by said pounder shafts and slidably mounted on said rods, and pounders carried by said pounder shafts.

2. In a washing machine, the combination with a tub provided with a cover, of a revoluble cranked shaft mounted on the tub, a cranked shaft mounted on the cover, a link connecting said shafts together to impart a vertical oscillatory movement to the shaft on the cover during the continuous rotation of the driven shaft, a member secured to the cover cranked shaft and having hollow ends, plungers slidably mounted within the hollow ends of said member, pounder shafts vertically slidably mounted in the cover and mo vided with pounders, vertical guide posts mounted on the cover, and guide members secured to said pounder shafts and slidably mounted on said guide posts and pivotally connected to said plungers.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN G. SEELIG.

lVitnesses EDA HorrMANN, IRENE HAWLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. i Washington, D. G.

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