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ALFRED L. D. MOORE, OF LA GRANGE, TEXAS.
Letters Patent No. 107,283, datet Septeinber 13, 1870.
IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.
The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the rania.
To all thom it vaty concern: that there is space fur the length of the teeth of the
Be it known that I, ALFRED. L. U. MOOni, of wheels between the rims II.
La Grange, in the county of Fayette and State of At the bottom of the machine or vessel B the
Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement cylinder D is supported oin- one or more rollers, to
in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that prevent undue friction and relieve the wheel B of
the following is a full, clear, and exact description weight.
thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art It will be seen that the open cylinder D will be re-
to make and use the same, reference being had to volved when the wheel E is revolved.
the accompanying drawing forming part of this spec- The clothes to be washed are secured to the cylin-
iftication. der I by means "of the rods I, as represented in
The object of this invention is to furnish an eti- fig. 1.
cient and durable machine for washing clothes and In fig. 1 tite machine is seen in operation. The
wringing them; and clothes are carried around between the corrugated
The invention consists in the construction, ar- wheels, and at every revolution are dipped into the wa-
rangement, and combination of parts hereinafter de- ter in the vessel B.
scribed. As the clothes pass through between the corrun
In the accompanying drawing-- gated wheels, any required amount of pressure is
Figure 1 is v vertical section of 'trie machine applied by means of the spring J, attached to the
through the line r x of fig. 2. cover C.
Figure 2 is a vertical section of fig. 1 through the K is a cord which is attached to the end of the
line y y. spring. The other end is secured to the ratchet-.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding wheel crank-shaft L.
parts. 1I is a, pawl which is attached to the vessel B, by
This machine is made to be used either with or which the ratch et is held after the desired amount of
without a furnace for boiling or heating the water in pressure is obtained.
washing, the machine being provided with legs for In the arrangement seen the vessel B is made of
its support when it is used separately from the furill- metal, so that, if necessary, the water may be kept
nace. at the boiling-point, and even a pressure of steam
In this example of my invention 1 show the inma- may be obtained. By this arrangement the clothes
chiue combined with at furnace. are soon cleansed.
A is the furnace or fire-box, which is rectangular The wringing is dolne while the clothes are in the
in form, and of sufficient size to receive the machine, sante position, by turning the crank back and forth,
as represented in the drawing,. so as not to dip them into the water.
B is the washing-vessel, which, with its cover C, In washing light clothes, it is not required to put
contains the washing-cylinder. on any pressure, the weight of the cylinder and the
Tihe lower portion of the vessel B is circular in cover being sufficient.
form, corresponding in some measure with the dia- t is a stand attached to the side of the machine,
meter of the loose open cylinder D. to which are attached a pulley and hooks, for raising
E is a wheel which is tist on and revolved by the the wheel and cylinder from the vessel, slots being
crank-shaft F. The outer surface of this wheel E is made in the sides of the vessel, which allow the
corrugated. journals of the wheel to be raised clear therefrom.
G is a corrugated wheel, which is supported on When the wheel and cylinder are removed, the
jotunals in the cover C. The corrugations of this vessel I nay be used as an ordinary wash-tnb or
wheel correspond with those of the wheel E, so that boiler.
the teeth ongage with each other, tihe wheel G being O represents the fncet for drawing off the water
revolved by the wheel . from the vessel.
The open cylinder 1) is formed by connecting two P is a pipe for carrying the smoke of the furnace
ins, I II, by means of transverse rods I. 'These above the head of the operator, when the machine is
rods are placed on the inner surface of the rims, and used oat of doors.
are so arranged that they correspond witih the corru- This machine may be made of either wood or metal,
gations on the wheels and fit into the spaces between or of a combination Of )both, as may be desired.
the teeth, as seen in fig. i. i Having thus described my invention,
The cylinder D is much larger in diameter than I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
the wheel lE, (as represented,) and also broader, so Patent-
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Moore, Alfred L. D. Improved Washing-Machine., patent, September 13, 1870; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165248/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.