US908808A - Washing-machine. - Google Patents

Description

P. SGHNEIDER.

WASHING momma.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8,

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

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P. SCHNEIDER.

WASHING MAGHINB.

urmoumn FILED JAN. 3, 1908.

908,808. v Patented Jan.5, 1909.

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PHILIP SCHNEIDER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

, WASHING-MACHINE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

Applicationflled .TanuaryB, 1908. Serial No..409,869.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP SCHNEIDER, a

. .sub'ect of the Emperor of Austria, residing .at hicago, in the county of Cook and State .of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines,

of which the following is a specification.

T This invention relates to improvements in that class of Washing machines in which the clothes are held in a rotatable receptacle which. is mounted within .an outer tub or tank, and said receptacle is formed of spaced apart slats and head plates or ends so that the clothes may be washed by the action of the water flowing throu h the slots or spaces between the slats and y reason of the movement given to the clothes on account of the peculiar construction and arrangement of the receptacle.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a washing machine which will runeasily, with minimum effort by the operator, to the end that the clothes or fabrics will be thoroughly cleansed without tearing or otherwise injuring them.

Another object is to. rovide a washing machine which shall be simple and inexpensive in construction, strong, durable and efficient in operation.

Other objects and advantages of the invent-ion will be disclosed in the subjoined description and explanation.

vThe invention consists in the combination of devices and in the novel construction and organization of parts, which will be herein- .after more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

. In order-to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains, to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it, referring to the accompanying draw ngs,formlng1a part of thisspecification, and in which Figure 1 is a view in sideaelevation, embodymg one form of the invention; Fig. 2 a plan view partly in section andfpartly in elevation taken on line2-2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows; Fig. 3 is a plan sectional view,l,showing a modification in the construction of the machine; Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal sectional View, showing still another modified form of the machine; and Fig. 5 is a plan sectional view of a portion of the tub,showing a modification of the means mounted thereon for rotating the clothes reaeptflclcs' Like numerals of reference, refer. to corresponding parts throughout the different views of the drawings.

Referring now to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the reference numeral 10 designates a tank .or ,tub .of any suitable size,

form and material, ,which mayhemounted on suitable legs 11 secured .to each of its sides near its ends, and. connected to other by means of brace bars 12 .ektending; ongitudinally of the tub. Rotatably mounted side by side within the tub by means ofsuitable stub- shafts 13 and 14 which are journaled in the sides of the tub 10, 'aretwo clothes receptacles, which are designated as wholes by the reference numerals 15 and16,

and each of which comprises .two hollow portions 17 and 18, the cavities of'which communicate with one another. .Each of the portions 17 and 18 vof each of the receptacles l5 and 16 consists of two oblon heads .or end pieces 19 and 20 connectec l together by means of a series of spaced apart slats 21 .to permit of the passa e of Water therebetween in the rotation o the receptacles. The heads 20 of each of the portlons 17 and 1 8 are provided with annular openings .to register with one another, and said head pieces are secured together as shown in Fig. 2, -.while the end pieces19 are inc-perforate and are located .at the outer portions of the receptacles. of the compartments 17 ,and 18 is provided with a hinged and slatted door 22 to permit ;ac-

cess to the receptacles, and saiddoors may be fastened by means of buttons 23 pivotally secured to one of the slats 21 near the doorways in said portions. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the oblong portions 1.? and 18 of .each of the clothes receptacles 15 and T 1.6 are secured together. at their inner ends in such a manner that their longitudinal axes .will be at angles and by preference right angles to one another, and it will be seen and understood that they are eccentrically journaled and that in the rotation of vthe receptacles 15..a n d 16 when the portion 17 .o-f the receptacle 15 shall have reached a vertical position, ,as Shown .by dotted lines in Fig. 1, the portion 18 of said receptacle will occupy a horizontal position, whilein the rotation of the parts 17 and 18 of the receptacle 16 the part 17 thereof will occupy a horizontal position when the portion 18 shall have reached a vertical position, in other words, the portions 17 and 18 of each of the clothes receptacles are secured together at their inner ends crosswise of each other and in such a manner that in their rotation they will alternately assume vertical and horizontal positions. Mounted on each of the stub-shafts 14 and preferably on the outer surface of the tub 10 is a gear 24 which mesh with a master gear 25 mounted on another shaft 26, on which is secured a power wheel 27 to be used for rotating the clothes receptacles.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings I have shown a modification in the construction of the machine, which consists in employing a single clothes receptacle, designated as a whole by the reference characters 15 instead of two such receptacles as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and above-described. In this modified construction the clothes receptacle comprises two portions 1'? and 18 communicating at their inner ends with one another and of the same construction as those above set forth, and like the above-described receptacles it is preferably eccentrically journaled on the stub-shafts l3 and 14 at the sides of the tub. Mounted on the stub-shaft 14 in the modification now under consideration is a gear 25 which meshes with a gear 28 journaled on a stub shaft 29, which latter shaft has mounted thereon a wheel 30 to be used for rotating the clothes receptacle.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings I have illustrated another modification, which consists in employing, as in the other constructions, a tub or tank 10 mounted in any suitable manner, but usually on legs as before, and employing two eccentrioally mounted clothes receptacles 17 and 18', each of which is'in the form of a single cylinder instead of having elongated and communicating portions as in the other constructions. The cylinders 17 and 18 are eccentricallyjournaled within the tub side by side on stub-shafts 13 and 14:, and are rotated by means of a power wheel .31, on the shaft 32 of which is mounts ed a master gear 25 which meshes with gears 33 on the shafts 14 at one of the ends of the'cylinders or clothes receptacles. In the modification now under consideration, and by reference to Fig. 4:, it will be understood that the cylinders or receptacles may be formed of slats as in the other constructions, and that they are eccentrically jour' naled and in such a manner with respect to one another that when the major portion of one of the receptacles is at the lower portion of the tub the major portion of the other receptacle will be at the upper portion thereof, and that they will be driven l i by the same power wheel and master gear.

From the foregoing and by reference to the drawings it will be seen and clearly understood that by employing a washing machine constructed according to my invention the water within the tub will be beaten or driven by reason of the rotation and centric arrangement of the clothes receptacles will prevent the clothes or garments rolling or balling as in concentric machines, and cause them to be tossed from one part of the receptacle to the other, thus thoroughly cleansing them.

It will be obvious from the above description that the improved washing machine is susceptible of considerable modificationt without material departure from the prin-jv ciples and s irit of the invention, and this reason do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the precise form and arrangement of the several parts of the machine herein .set forth in carrying out my invention in practice, clothes-receptacles, instead of being formed with slats, may be otherwise'made and provided with suitable openings for the passage of Water, and also, instead of using gears for rotating the clothes-receptacle, I may ploy pulleys 3l and 35 mounted on the stubshafts 36 and 37, respectively, and connect them by means of belts 38, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, in which construction the stub-shaft 37 and turned by means otherwise. I Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. The combination with a tub, of a clothes-receptacle provided with openings of a crank-wheel 39, or

and rotatably mounted within the same and comprising two communicating oblon portions arranged with their longitudinal at angles to one another, the receptacle.

2. The combination with a tub, of a and means to turn clothes-receptacle provided with openings for 85 pulley 35 thereon may be axes 11 O and eccentrically rotatable within the same and comprising two communicating oblong portions arranged with their longitudinal axes at angles to one another, and means to turn the-receptacle.

PHILIP SCHNEIDER.

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