US604292A - Washing-machine - Google Patents

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Patented May 17, 1898..

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JAMES S. BEATTY, OF SIMPSONVILLE, KENTUCKY.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 604,292, dated May 17, 1898.

Application filed June 19, 1897. Serial No. 641,474. (No model.)

A To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMEs S. BEA'ITY, of Simpsonville, in the county of Shelby and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, 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 washing-machines and its object is to provide an improved and simple washing-machine which may be set over any convenient receptacle to wash the clothes therein.

My invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device in its operative position. Fig. 2 is a side view showing the parts thrown out of the operative position.

The numeral 1 indicates the frame of my device, which I preferably make with a pair of curved sides 2, held together by suitable cross-ties. Openings 3 are formed near the bottom of said frame. Cross-bars 4 extend from any one of said openings to one of the openings upon the other leg to form a rest for awashing-tub or the like. Bearings 5 are provided at theupper end of the frame. A cross-tie 6 is also provided thereon. A shaft 7 is held in said bearings andis provided with a crank and handle 8. A swinging frame 9 is supported upon said shaft. Rollers 10 and 11 are held in said swinging frame. The roller 10 is mountedtherein to remain stationary with reference to said frame, and the roller 11 is mounted to slide therein. Springs 12 normally hold said rollers in engagement. Cog-wheels 13, provided with long teeth similar to those in use upon ordinary wringers and for the same reason, are carried upon the rollers 10 and 11. A sprocket-wheel 14 is held upon the roller 10 to rotate the same. A sprocket-wheel 15 is held upon the shaft supporting the swinging frame and is connected to the aforesaid sprocket-wheel by a chain 16.

By reason of the swinging frame the device may be thrown back to assume the position shown in Fig. 2 when it is desired to remove or insert the tub. When the tub is inserted, as shown in Fig. 1, it rests on the cross-bars 4, and said device may be swung down so that the rollers rest near the bottom of the tub. These rollers may, if desired, be made smooth or corrugated, and in either case as the crank-handle is turned backward and forward the clothes in the tub will be caught between the rollers and moved therethrough, the water being squeezed out as in awringer, but with this difference, that the operation is repeated and the clothes do not require to be removed from the water to place them be tween therollers, but will usually catch therein practically in an automatic manner.

It is obvious that my device may be used, when swung back, as an ordinary wringer.

It is obvious that many minor changes may be made in the form of my device without departing from the material principles thereof. I do not, therefore, desire to confine myself to the exact form herein shown and described, but wish to include all such as properly come within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my device, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a washing-machine, the combination with a supporting-frame, of bearings formed thereon, a shaft held in said bearings, a sprocket-wheel formed upon said shaft, a crank held upon the same, a swinging frame supported upon said shaft, a roller held to rotate in said swinging frame near the end thereof, a similar roller rotatably mounted in said frame and held to rotate therein, gears connecting the said rollers, springs to normally hold said rollers together, a sprocket mounted upon one of said rollers, anda chain connecting said sprocket with the first-mentioned sprocket, substantially as described.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination with a pair of arched supporting-bars having a series of spaced holes near the ends thereof, of rods connecting said bars, adjustable supports held upon said bars adapted to be attached thereto at any of said openings, bearings formed upon said arched bars, a shaft extending across said bearings, a sprocket mounted upon said shaft, a crank held upon the same, a swinging frame held upon said shaft, aroller mounted to rotate in said swinging frame at the lower end of said shaft, a similar roller slidably mounted in said frame and adapted to rotate therein, gears connecting said rollers, a sprocket formed upon one of said rollers, and a chain connecting the said sprocket with the sprocket upon the shaft, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES S. BEAT-TY. Witnesses:

JOHN T. MIDDELTON, l MAURICE T. SMITH.

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