US3299A - Washing-machine - Google Patents

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beater with the arms to it Fig. 6,.the fly Vor inch at the ends. There is a connecting link ATEN'I" OFFICE.

JOSEPH C. RICH, OF PENFIELD, NEV YORK.

. WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 3,299, dated October 12, 1843; Antedated April 3, 1843.

To all whom t may concern.' y

Be it known that I, JOSEPH C. RICH, of Penfield, county of Monroe, and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful. Improvement in Vashing-Machines; and I; do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings makingl a part of this specification, `in whichi Figure l is a perspective View. Fig. 2` isan end view. Fig. 3 is a top vieW-the lids being removed. Fig. 4t represents the bottom board of the tub; Fig. 5, the

balance wheel; Fig. 7, the crank shaft, and fly wheel. Fig. 8; the spring board and connecting rod attached. Fig. 9, the connecting rod or link. Fig. 10, the board fastened to the top of the tub on the back side. Fig. 11, the loose board on .the forward part of the tub. Fig. 12, the piece to hold the spring boardV in place. Fig. 13, the grooved piece of metal fastened to the arms of the beater to receive the ends of the spring board &c. Fig. 14:, the block forming the box for the crank-end of the shaft to run in. Fig. 15, the wash board. Fig. 16, the three cornered piece under the wash board.

To enable others to make and use my invention I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct a tub T of one an'd a fourth inch plank ten inches deep at the front side and eleven inches deep at the back side fifteen by twenty-four inches at the bottom t and twenty-one by twenty-four inches at the top (or any other size suited to this machine) the ends standing perpendicular the sides flaring so as to fo-rm the tub into the above shape. This tub is to rest on a frame U as represented in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. I construct a beater (pletter B Figs. 3 and 5) with arms to it and hang it to upright pieces V as shown at Figs. 1 and 2 fastened to the sides of the tub so as to swing inside of it to and from the front side of the tub within half an inch of the bottom. There is to be a spring board E Figs. 3 and 8, of suiiicient length to slide into the grooved pieces I fastened on each side of the arms B2 of the beater 4this spring board should be only two inches at the center tapered to half an y e attached to the center of the spring board E-tl1e end of the connecting link is to be let into the center of the spring board about one-fourth of an inch and confined there with straps of iron bent over the journals on the sides ofit (as shown at E2). These straps of iron are fastened to the spring board with a screw passed through each end; the grooved pieces I may be cast of iron. Iconstruct a horizontal crank shaft about fifteen inches long attached to a fly or balance wheel as shown at letter D; this shaft is to be placed about three inches from the back of the tub in such manner that the end of the crank will be in the center between the ends of the tub, and to be so formed as to receive the end of the connecting rod or link e on it, thus connecting the crank to the beater; the straight end of the shaft reaches through the side of the tub far enough to hang the ily wheel. The fly wheel O should weigh about twenty-six pounds andshould be about sixteen inches in diameter; the wheel, shaft, and connecting rod may be made or cast of iron; the crank end of the shaft runs in a box J the other end running in the hole where it is put through the side of the tub, the spring board is kept from flying out of the grooves by the block or button H fastened to the arms of the beater. There is to be a handle L fastened to the wheel to turn it with. I construct a wash board K about ten inches wide the length being `equal to the length of the tubJ and fasten it to the front of the inside of the tub. About three inches from the bottom I fasten a three cornered piece m under the edge of the wash board; the crank tothe shaft should be two and a half inches long; the connecting rod or link e should be about five inches long with a hole in the end to slide on the crank. Vhen this machine is thus constructed it is ready for use; the clothes to be washed are to be put in front of the beater with the usual quantity of soap and warm water suficient to cover the bottom of the tub to the depth of about one inch; then turn the wheel steadily from two to three minutes at the rate of about seventy revolutions a minute; then draw off the water and clean water and turn it again as above and the clothes will become perfectly clean excepting very dirty shirt-collars and wristbandsthese will require some `rubbing on the wash board attached for that purpose; there should be a sufficient quantity ofclothes put in the machine at a time to cause the spring board, as the beater is pressed against them, to spring about one-fourth of an inch at each revolution of the wheel; the spring board should be changed in to the different grooves as a large or a small quantity of clothes are to be washed at once in the machine. This machine is propelled with such force in consequence of the crank shaft being attached simply by a connecting rod or link and spring board immediately to the beater, with the force of the heavy fly wheel to keep the motion steady, that clothes can be washed clean in at least half the time and with half the labor usually required by any other process of washing, it is simple in its construction and operation and not liable to get out of repair and is kept in motion with that ease that a child twelve years old will turn the wheel to do a large washing; it does notI injure the clothes--the operation of washing them is such that the beater presses the dirt out of them, and as the wheel is turned the clothes roll over in the machine, so that every part receives the pressure of the beater alike, and the crank is so short, and the power is applied so near the bottom of the beater, that it requires but little exertion in turning the wheel to give the requisite force to the beater upon the clothes. The stationary wash board is another great addition in this machinewhen it is desired to rub any clothes it is always ready and saves the necessity of taking the clothes from this tub to another.

That I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is The combination of the adjustable spring board E with the beater B and crank-shaft, D in the manne-r and for the purpose set forth. I

JOSEPH C. RICH. Witnesses:

WM. P. ELLIOT, J. J. ROANE.

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