US68921A - Improved washing machine - Google Patents

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J.` W. WET M o R n, 0 F E n.1 E, Pn N NSYL'V AN I .iii-f- Letters PatcntNo. 68,921, dated September 17, 1867; antedater September 7,1867.

IMPRO'VED `WASHING MACHINE.

To ALL WHOM `IT MAY coNoEnN:

Be it known that I, J. W. WETME, of Erie, in, the county of ric, and State of Pennsylvania, have l invented a. new and useful Washing Machine; andI do hereby declare that the following is :if-full, clear, and exact description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference Vbeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspectiva'icw. Figure 2, a vertical longitudinal section through :u y, figs. 41 and 2, representingn section of the box E F,

Figure 3, a view ofthe bottom o' the pounder.

Figure 4, aview of the separator; and t Figure 5 a view of a cross-section of the bottom of the pounder through z', iig. 2, or z e, iig. 3.

Fig. 1. A, themash-box., about four feet long, twenty inches wide, and eighteen inches deep, with slanting sides, and perpendicular ends. B, the rockingr pounder. C, handle, frame, or lever, by which thc pounder is moved back and forth. fg h t', weight-box. tand 1,1., staples to which hooks are attached, such as iv rv, iig. 2.

Fig. a b, curved base-pieces of the pounder. c e, slats fastened to the base-pieces. These are represented by ij, iig. 3. (Z d, India-rubberpiecos nailed to these slats. They are seen infull at k l, iig. 3. ii i, movable slats with notched ends, fully shown in fig. 5, and at m n, 82e., fig. 3. 'lhey are heldin place as represented, and slide readily in the grooves. n, fixed slat, fastened to tho base-pieces. g h,`iig.`3, isthe view oi' it from the under side of the pounder. jj, pins ofthe separator. i Zm, separator', used to keep the sliding-slats apart when the pounder is used only for pressing theclothes, which are placed on the bottom of the box Gr p r, one of two wire springs inside of' the posts, the upper ends fastened to the braces at r, and the losvcr ends to the movable slat n. The places oi'fastening the lower ends are g and g, iig. 3. When the separatoris removed` and the hook, which is on n, isvreleased from thc'catch on n,fthc springs draw all the movable slats together back towards e j', iig.,3. EF, section of the wash-box. G K, section of the shit-bottom of thc wash-box.` w x, hook to hold the pounder up while the clothes are arranged. Lt/,wedge to hold the separator. z h, hinged staples to hold the end ofthe separator.

Fig. 3. The movable slats are represented ns drawn back, leaving a space between the slatsgt arid g g. r r, notches in the slatsg'in which to take hold of the slatg q, to draw it back'tobe hooked by w. s, place ofthe catch of the hook u', on the opposite side. w, hook to hold q g back and take the pressure off of the movable slats. a: y, line of the section through the bottom, represented by iig. 2. The base-pieces, springs, standard-braces of fig. 2, arc then represented, Vas viewed from the inside of the pounder.

Fig. 4. a b, separator. e, wedge of the separator. d d, wedgeshaped`pins that ta-ll between the movable slats. ff, two of the movable slats.` g and l. z', staples to hold thc separator in place.

The machine is operated as follows, thc (references to the drawings being twig. 2 unless otherwise specified z) 'lhe pounder is locked back,`as represented. The separator lb is removed, and the slat n drawn back and fastened by the hook w, iig. The movable slats are all then slippedV back together, and rest against n. The lighter articles to bc washed are then drawn half through between thc flexible slips-cl, andthe slats e, their ends hanging down. One of thc heavier articles, which is uncqually soiled, is placed above the movable slats, and the soiled parts, such as wristbands and neckbands, arc thrust through the openings, and held by the slat pressed against them. Another of the heavier articles is placed above these slats, and the parts to be washed placed below through the' space /r/'and slot z" pressed against th'em, andV so on until all the articles are placed or the spaces occupied. 1 'lhe slut n is rcleasedfrom the hook and is drawn back by the springs,

thereby pressing all the movable slats together. Hook w a: is then detached at rc, and the pounder B is rocked y by the lever or handle R on the bottolnG K. The proper pressure is then obtained by varying the weights in the box gff. While these articles are thus held by the slats, others may be placed on the bottom, and the pounder rocked over them. With the separator in place, the 'pounder may bc thus used without any articles held by the slats. i v t The principle of my invention is, the holding of the articles to be washed on'the under side of the rocking; pounder, and alternately pressing them on to the bottom 'of the wash-,bos and -lifting them from iti' l i ss,s21

Other modes of applying the principle are as follows Instead of the-springsp 1', fig :2, there can be strips of India rubber nailed on or near the ends of the movable slats, connecting them together and to the fixed slatfe, fig. 3. This would do away with -the necessity of using the separator. The pounder may be4 constructed with all movable slats or with them all fined.v The handle C, fig. 1, may be a single bnr, attachedat l.

The pounden may also be rocked by a. rope reaching 'from Zto n and d, iig. 1. Openings may be cnt in the movable slats, as marked at op, fig. 3, and the pounder then lised without putting in the separator.

What I claim as my invention, and desire t-o secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The slats t'j, faced with flexible strips k Z, and the movable slats m n, fig. 3, constructed and operated as described. v

2. The combination in the pounder B ofthe slats, faced withl strips k Z, movable slats m n, hook 1v, iig. 3,`

weight-box gf, leyer- R, and springsp r, fig. 2., arranged as and for the p'urpo'ses set forth.

3. The combination ot' the separator Z'm, tig. .m'vith the pounder B, as and for the purposes described..

J'. W, WETMORE. Witnesses:

E. GAMPHAUSEN, Gmo. W. WALKER.

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