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slats. These slats correspond to the ribs of
a wash board, and therefore the interior of
the cylinder may be said to constitute a cir-
cular wash board. The slats or ribs and the
5 cylinder are provided with devices to agitate
the water in which the cylinder is to be re-
volved, and also to dislodge the clothes which
otherwise would have a tendency to cling to
the slats.
io The preferred form of the device consists
in providing the rods with a series of buck-
ets 24, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. These
buckets are made essentially V-shape in ver-
tical or longitudinal section, and are tapered,
15 the top or mouth being the widest part, and
further in the formation of thebuckets their
rear faces are made flat and their inner faces
convexed or cylindrical, as when so shaped
the buckets are exceedingly effective in oper-
2o ation and do not present sharp edges to cut
or injure the clothes. The buckets are ar-
ranged at predetermined intervals apart, and
their arrangement on the slats is a staggered
one; that is to say, the buckets are alter-
25 nately placed circumferentially, as shown best
in Fig. 2.
The cylinder is made in two sections, an
upper section C', and a lower section C2, the
lower section being much larger than the up-
30 per one; and these two sections have a hinge
connection at one end of the cylinder, the
hinge being designated as 26 in the drawings;
and the top section is locked upon the lower
section by means of a latch 27, located at the
35 opposite end of the cylinder to that carrying
the hinge, as shown in Fig. 2. Where the sepa-
ration is made between the two sections of
the cylinder a wide inwardly-extending mar-
ginal flange 28, is provided for each section,
40o as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
In the operation of this machine, the water,
soap, and other washing material to be em-
ployed are placed in the bottom section A of
the casing; the cylinder is then fitted to place
45 in the bottom section, the top of the cylinder
is opened, the clothes to be washed are intro-
duced into the cylinder, its top section is thenclosed and locked, and the cover section B of
the casing is placed in position over the cyl-
inder. The clothes are thoroughly, expedi- 50
tiously, and conveniently washed by simply
revolving the cylinder through the medium
of the crank arm 18, and the buckets 24 serve
to carry up water as the cylinder revolves and
empty it upon the clothes; the buckets fur- 55
ther serve to dislodge the clothes from be-
tween the slats of the cylinder should they
become fastened at those points, and further-
more the buckets tend to keep the water or
washing compound in a state of agitation and 60
tumble the clothes about in the compound.
When the clothes are to be removed from the
cylinder the top of the casing is removed,
placed in an inverted position and filled with
clear water; into this cover, which now serves 65
as a tub, the clothes may be placed and rinsed
as they are taken from the washing machine.
Having thus described my invention, I
claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
Patent- 70
In a washing machine, a cylinder, the same
consisting of two heads constructed in hinged
sections and provided with semi - circular
pockets formed adjacent to the heads, ribs
semi-circular in cross section, having their 75
ends secured in the pockets with their cylin-
drical faces extending inward, the ribs and
pockets being placed at intervals apart, and
buckets secured upon the inner or cylindrical
surface of the ribs, extending at intervals 80
apart around the entire inner face of the cyl-
inder, the arrangement being an alternated
one, the said buckets being of essentially V-
shape in longitudinal section, having a flat
outer face engaging with the ribs and a cylin- 85
drical or convexed inner face, whereby the
buckets will act constantly to pour water upon
the clothes, agitate the water, and agitate the
mass of clothes without injury to the latter,
as described.
JAMES H. JONES.
Witnesses:
J. S. STIDHAM,
J. H. ARMSTRONG.
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Jones, James H. Washing-Machine., patent, June 6, 1893; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth173439/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.