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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
GEORGE P. WALTER, OF BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-IIALF TO
WILLIAM IH. FLESHER, OF SAME PLACE.
WASHING-MAC H IN E.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,958, dated February 24, 1891.
Application filed September 18, 1890, Serial No. 365,416, (No model.)
To all Zhomns it zayg concern.: mounted upon a shaft 14, that is journaled
Be it known that I, GEORGE P. WTALTER, a in the sides of the body and in hangers 15,
citizen of the United States, residing at and is adapted to be rotated to raise the ad-
Brownwood, in the county of Brown and State jacent end of the stationary rubber to lessen
5 of Texas, have invented a new and useful the space between the latter and the rotary 55
Washing-Machine, of which the following is cylinderto increase the pressure on the clothes
a specification. being operated upon. The shaft may be held
The invention relates to improvements in in any desirable position by a pawl and
washing-machines. ratchet 14 or equivalent means. To prevent
Io The object of the present invention is to injury to the clothes by too great a strain, the 6o
simplify and improve the construction of other end of the stationary rubber is provided
washing-machines and increase their efficacy with rods or pins 16, which pass through per-
and produce a thorough rubbingof the clothes forations in the extended ends 17 of a cross-
and to prevent the latter being torn or in any-. bar 18, and the upper ends of the rods 16 are
15 wise injured by the rubbing action. threaded and provided with nuts 19 and wash- 65
The invention consists in the construction ers 20, and spiral springs 21 are arranged on
and novel combination and arrangement of the rod and interposed between the cross-bars
parts hereinafter fully described, and illus- and the washer and form cushions which are
trated in the accompanying drawings, and adapted to give when there is too great a
20 pointed out in the claims hereto appended. strain on the clothes, thus preventing injury 70
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical see- to the latter. The cross-bar 18 is secured to
tional view. Fig. 2 is a similar view taken the lower face of a beveled strip 22, which is
at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail fastened to the body near the upper edge
view. Fig. 4 is a side elevation. Fig. 5 is a thereof. The cover 3 is hinged to a stationary
25 side elevation of a modification, portion 23 of the top, and this part 23 is pro- 75
Referring to the accompanying drawings, vided with slots 24, through which the rack-
1 designates a semi-cylindrical body con- bars 12 project when the stationary rubber is
structed of sheet metal or other suitable ma- drawn up.
terial and supported by legs 2, arranged at It will readily be seen that- the washer is
30 its ends, and it is closed by a hinged cover 3, simple, strong, and durable, and is capable of 8o
and has centrally mounted within it a rotary producing a thorough rubbing of the clothes
rubbing-cylinder 4, which acts in conjunction without liability of injuring the same.
with a stationary rubber 5, and clothes to be In the accompanying drawings I have
washed are passed between the rotary cylin- shown.the shaft 7 extended beyond the body
35 der and the stationary rubber and are thor- and provided with the crank-handle 9 for ro- 85
oughly rubbed bythe parts when the cylinder tating the cylinder or roller; but instead of
isrotated. Thecylinder iscomposed of three this construction the shaft may carry a cog-
disks 6, which are mounted upon a shaft 7 wheel, and a pinion may be mounted upon
and are arranged near the ends of the body the separate shaft to mesh with the cog-wheel,
40 and at a point intermediate of their ends, and and the shaft which carries the pinion may 9c
slats 8, having their outer faces curved and have a crank-handle, as illustrated in Fig. 5
being secured to the peripheries of the disks. of the accompanying drawings; and I desire
The shaft 7 has one end extended beyond the it to be understood that such changes as these
body and provided with a crank-handle 9, by may be made without departing from the
45 means of which the machine is operated. The spirit of the invention. 95
stationary rubber consists of a series of slats What I claim is-
10, flexibly connected by wires 11, and ex- 1. In a washing-machine, the combination
tends around the curved bottom of the body of the body, the rotary rubbing-cylinder, the
and has one end provided with rack-bars 12, cross-bars 18, secured to the body, the sta-
50 the teeth of which are engaged by pinions 13, tionary rubber having one end provided with roo
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Walter, George P. Washing-Machine., patent, February 24, 1891; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172617/m1/3/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.