US643603A - Washing-machine. - Google Patents

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No. 643,603. Patented Feb. I3, I900. J. KISSEL.

WASHING MACHINE.

(Application filed Sept, 11, 1899.] (No Model.)

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No. 643,603. Patented Feb. l3, I900. J. KISSEL.

WASHING MACHINE.

(Application filed Sept. 11, 1899.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets$heet 2.

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JACOB KISSEL, OF SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN M. ZELLER, OF SAME PLACE.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0.643503, dated February 13, 1900.

Application filed September 11, 18. 39. Serial No. 730,096. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AOOB KIssEL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sioux Falls,Minnehaha county,St-ate of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and my preferred manner of carrying out the invention is set forth in the following full, clear, and exact descri ption,terminatin g with claims particularly specifying the novelty.

This invention relates to washing-machines, more particularly to that class wherein the clothes are rubbed between two members; and the objects of the same are to reduce the labor required in running the machine, prevent strain and wearupon the clothes as far as possible, and to cleanse separately the finer and coarser fabrics at one operation. These are attained by constructing the machine substantially in the manner hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as shown in the accompanying drawings, where- 1n Figure l is aside elevation of this machine complete. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a central transverse section thereof. Fig. 4 is a section similar to Fig. 2, excepting that the cover is raised. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail of the flexible bottom.

Similar letters refer to like parts in all the views.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the body, which is a box mounted on legs and provided interiorly with ribs, as usual, and across its ends at the bottom with slides a, and J designates upright guides at the center of the sides of this body. E is the cover, hinged, as at e. No novelty is claimed for the parts thus far described. The flexible bottom (best seen in Fig. 5) comprises a crosshead 0, rigidly supporting transverse straps b, to which are pivoted the inner ends of bars 13, connected by slats B. The ends of the cross-head move between the guides J, and its body is supported by an expansive spring D. The inner ends of the bars B are pivoted at c to the straps b, and their outer ends rest upon the slides a, all as seen in Figs. 2 and 4. The

beater is somewhat similarly constructed. It consists of bars F, pivoted at i to straps secured to a cross-head I, said bars carrying slats F, like those on the flexible bottom. The outer ends of said bars F are supported by links G, pivoted at g beneath the cover E, so as to have a swinging motion as their inner ends rise and fall, the extremities of the cross-head I moving meanwhile between the guidesJ above the cross-head O. In their normal position it will be seen that the members of the beater stand at an angle to the members of the flexible bottom.

While any suitable means may be employed for driving the beater, I preferably mount a shaft in a standard H, rising from the cover, provide one end of the shaft with a crankhandle M and the other end with a crank L, attach a pitman-rod N to the crank L, and pivot to the pitman-rod a second rod K, which slides vertically through a hole 70 in the cover E and is rigidly {connected with the upper cross-head I. Rotation of the crank-handle M causes vertical reciprocation of the rod K and with it the cross-head I, and as the inner ends of the members of the boaters move up and down their outer ends swing around the pivots g, which support the links G.

The body having been wholly or partially filled with suds and the clothes to be washed placed upon the flexible bottom, the cover, with the beater, is brought down so that the ends of the cross-head I enter between the guides, and subsequent manipulation of the crank-handle M or other driving means causes the beaters to have an up-and-down motion at their inner ends and a swinging outwardand-inward motion at their outer ends, while the members of the flexible bottom have an up-and-down motion at their inner ends and an outWard-and-inward motion at their outer ends, which rest upon the slides a. This peculiar motion, I have found, effects a thorough washing of the clothes, assisted by the ribs within the body and the slats across the beaters and across the flexible bottom.

The exact sizes, shapes, proportions, and materials of parts are not essential to the successful operation of the whole, and I do not therefore limit myself to the precise details of construction save in so far as are hereinafter claimed.

hat is claimed as new is- 1. In a washing-machine, the combination with the body having fixed slides at the ends of its bottom, and a flexible bottom consisting of two members whose inner ends are yieldingly supported so as to permit of vertical movement and whose outer ends rest upon said slides; of a beater above said flexible bottom and also in two members, links sup porting their outer ends so as to permit them to swing in a substantially horizontal plane, and means for moving their inner ends vertically, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination with an interiorly'slatted body having upright pairs of guides at the centers of its sides, and a yieldingly-supported flexible bottom in two members whose inner ends are connected with a cross-head having its extremities standing between said guides; of a cover having an opening, a rod moving therethrough, mechanism for reciprocating the rod, a flexible beater in two members whose inner ends are pivotally connected to a cross-head whose extremities stand between the guides when the cover is closed, connections between the crosshead and rod, and means for supporting the outer ends of the members, all as and for the purpose set forth.

In a washing-machine, the combination with the body having fixed slides at the ends of its bottom and guides at the centers of its sides, a spring rising from the center of its bottom, and a flexible bottom consisting of a cross-head resting on the spring with its ends moving in said guides, straps fixed to the cross-head, bars pivoted at their inner ends to the straps and resting at their outer ends upon said slides, and slats secured across the bars in pairs; of a beater supported by the cover and consisting of two members and an inner interposed cross-head whose extremities stand between the guides, means for supporting the outer ends of the members and means for reciprocating said cross-head vertically, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a washing-machine, the combination with the body having upright pairs of guides at the centers of its sides, and a yieldinglysupported flexible bottom within said body; of a cover hinged to the body, links pivoted beneath the cover, a beater consisting of a cross-head whose extremities are adapted to enter between the guides when the cover is lowered, bars pivotally connecting said crossheads and links and constituting members of the heater, and slats connecting the bars in pairs; and means for reciprocating the crosshead vertically, as and for the purpose set forth.

JACOB KISSETJ.

Witnesses:

O. O. Conn, O. E. MCKINNEY.

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