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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
HENRY C. ANDERSON, OF WHITESBOROUGH, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN
B. CHOICE, OF SAME PLACE, AND CIIARLES C. CLEMANS, OF GRAYSON
COUNTY, TEXAS.
WASHING-MACHINE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,978, dated April 29, 1890.
Application filed July 31, 1889. Serial No. 319,262. (No model,)To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, HENRY C. ANDERSON,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Whitesborough, in the county of Grayson and
5 State of Texas, have invented a new and use-
ful Washing-Machine, of which the following
is a specification.
My invention relates to improvements in
washing-machines; and it consists in certain
io novel features hereinafter described and
claimed.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is
a perspective view of my improved washing-
machine with the lid removed. Fig. 2 is a
r5 vertical longitudinal section of the same with
the lid in position. Fig. 3 is a central trans-
verse section. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective
view of a portion of the cylinder, and Fig. 5
is a detail view of the ends of the pipes for
20 conveying steam and hot-water to the cylin-
der and the slide for closing the ends of said
pipes.
In carrying out my invention I employ a
boiler A, which may be of any desired size
25 and of any suitable material, and is provided
at about its center with a semi-cylindrical
cover B, above which the cylinder is arranged,
and the ends of the boiler are provided with
fiat covers, which extend from its semi-cylin-
30 drical cover to the ends of the boiler. One
of these flat covers C is provided with an in-
let-opening D, through which water may be
poured into the boiler, and this inlet-opening
is normally closed by a cap E, as shown. The
35 other flat cover C is provided with a safety-
valve F to permit the steam to escape if it
should get above a certain pressure. Within
the boiler, near one end of the same, I arrange
a series of pipes G, the upper ends of which
40 project through the semi-cylindrical cover B,
so as to direct steam against the cylinder, and
one of these pipes is extended downward to
a point near the bottom of the boiler, so that
the hot water may pass up through the said
45 pipe into the cylinder. The upper ends of
these pipes are closed, when so desired, by a
slide HI, which is mounted in suitable cleats
I on the inner surface of the cover B and pro-
jects through the side of the boiler, as clearlyshown. The slide is provided with a number 50
of perforations H', which normally register
with the ends of the pipes, so as to permit the
flow of the water. When the slide is moved,
however, the body of the slide is caused to
cover the ends of the pipes, and thereby cut 55
off the flow of water. In one side of the boiler,
near the lowest point of the semi-cylindrical
cover B, I provide the outlet pipe or spout J,
through which the dirty water may be dis-
charged. 60
The cylinder is constructed of the usual end
disks and provided with a hinged section, so
that the clothes may be passed within the
same, and it is supported in the sides of the
boiler by engaging the trunnion K at one end 65
and the crank-shaft L at the opposite end in
suitable notches in the upper edges of the
boiler, as will be readily understood, and when
in position it rests within the recess formed
by the semi-cylindrical cover B and the side 70
walls of the boiler. A lid M is arranged over
the cylinder to prevent the escape of steam,
and thereby accelerate the washing of the
clothes.
The cylinder is provided at intervals along 75
its periphery with the transverse rows of open-
ings N, and on its outer side has the buckets
O, which project over the said openings and
are substantially V-shaped, so that they will
direct the steam and hot water through the 80
said openings into the cylinder, and also serve
as wings or pistons, so that the cylinder will
be caused to revolve by the action of the
steam. Within the cylinder I secure to and
between the ends of the same the rods P, 85
which are arranged so as to pass over the
openings O, as clearly shown. Theserodsserve
the triple function of braces to strengthen the
cylinder, as guards to prevent the clothes cov-
ering the openings N, and thereby prevent- 90
ing the entrance of the steam, and also as rub-
bing-bars to loosen the dirt from the clothes.
In practice the clothes are placed in the cyl-
inder, the boiler is filled with water, and the
machine is then placed over a fire. When 95
the water begins to boil and form steam, the
steam and the boiling water will rise through
the pipes G and act on the buckets O to rotate
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Anderson, Henry C. Washing-Machine, patent, April 29, 1890; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172355/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.