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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM W. KONE, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.
WASHING-MACHINE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,840, dated November 17, 1885.
Application filed April 28, 1885. Serial No. 163,733. (No model.)To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. KONE, of
Houston, in the county of Harris and State of
Texas, have invented certain new and useful
5 Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do
hereby declare that the following is a full,
clear, and exact description thereof, reference
being had to the accompanying drawings, and
to the letters of reference marked thereon,
ao which form part of this specification.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1
represents a plan view of the invention. Fig.
2 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line
x x of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the hol-
15 low shaft that conveys steam to the machine.
The invention relates to washing-machines,
and is more especially designed for army or
prison use, or for use in hotels, or wherever
washing is to be done on a large scale, though
20 it may be made of small capacity for domestic
use, if desired.
The invention consists in the construction
and novel arrangement of parts hereinafter
described, and pointed out in the appended
25 claims.
Referring to the accompanying drawings by
letter, A designates a rectangular trough, of
convenient length to be easily secured to the
bolsters of a wagon. The interior of the trough
30 is provided with rounded receiving and de-
livery ends a a', respectively, for a purpose
hereinafter explained.
B is a transverse shaft journaled in proper
bearings on the upper edges of the sides of the
35 trough, at about the center of the same, and
B'isa pulley on one end of said shaft extended
outside of its bearing.
C is a wheel fixed to and turning with the
shaft B. The wheel is composed of a central
40 hub of proper diameter, and the blades c, tan-
gential thereto, which equally incline there-
from toward the end a' of the trough when on
the top of the wheel. The wheel is about one-
half as wide as the length of the shaft B inside
45 of the trough A, and is covered by a semi-
cylindrical housing, which keeps the water
from splashing out of the trough. If desired,
a wringer-roller, X, may be secured to the
other half of the shaft B, and will turn almost
5o in contact with a horizontal board, x, running
from the inner side of the housing o' to the
opposite side of the trough. The lower sideof the wheel C,which moves from the receiving
end a, turns near the block D, secured to the
floor of the trough A, and provided with the 55
transverse corrugations d below said wheels.
E is a transverse casing, preferably of cylin-
drical form, and having its floor bolted down
to the transverse board e, which is secured
across the trough A over its end a'. e' are 6o
openings through the board e and floor of the
casing, for a purpose hereinafter explained.
The upper half of the casing is hinged at e',at
its outer side,to the lower half, so that it may
be turned off from the latter, and when on is 65
secured in place by a latching device, e'.
F is a transverse hollow shaft, which turns
in bearings f, secured centrally to the sides of
the lower half of the casing, as shown. The
said shaft has fixed upon and rotating with it 70
within the casing E a steam-chamber, G, pref-
erably hexagonal in section, and having se-
cured within its angles the ribs g, V-shaped
in section, and pointing radially inward.
g' is a longitudinal door on one side of the 75
steam-chamber, having one end hinged to the
said side and the other securable by buttons
or detents of suitable construction.
f' are openings in the shaft F, through which
steam escapes into the chamber G, the steam 80o
entering the shaft (from the boiler of the steam-
engine, which drives the machine by a belt to
the pulley B') through a flexible pipe or other
proper means. The said pipe is joined to the
end of the shaft opposite the pulley B' by a 85
rotary coupling of any proper construction.
The end g' of the chamber G, on the opposite
side of the pulley B', is detachably secured
thereto by the fixed detent g' and spring-detent
g3, as shown. 90
H is a boxing secured to the inner surface
of the end g' of the steam-chamber, and pro-
vided in its lateral extensions with the open-
ings h, which communicate with the inside of
the steam-chamber. Shaft F turns in a central 95
opening in the boxing H, and the portion
within said boxing has an opening, h', through
which the interior of the shaft and boxing com-
municate.
7e is a diaphragm or partition transverse in ioc
the shaft F between the opening h' and the
nearest opening f'.
The steam in escaping from the chamber G
passes through the openings h into the boxing
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Kone, William W. Washing Machine., patent, November 17, 1885; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171132/m1/2/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.