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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE
JAVIES W. VINES, OF WILLS POINT, TEXAS.
WASHING-MACHINE.Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar. 28, 1911.
Application filed November 3, 1910. Serial No. 590,525.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, JAMES W. VINES, a
citizen of the United States, residing at
Wills Point, in the county of Van Zandt
5 and State of Texas, have invented certain
new and useful Improvements in Washing-
Machines; and I do declare the following to
be a full, clear, and exact description of theI
invention, such as will enable others skilled
10 in the art to which it appertains to make
and use the same.
This invention relates to improvements in
washing machines.
The object of the invention is to provide
15 a washing machine having improved means
for agitating and rubbing the clothes where-
by they will be thoroughly cleansed.
With this and other objects in view, the
invention consists of certain novel features
20 of construction, combination and arrange-
ment of parts as will be more fully described
and particularly pointed out in the append-
ed claim.
In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1
25 is a side view of my improved washing ma-
chine and water heating mechanism; Fig.
2 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof;
Fig. 3 is a top plan view; Fig. 4 is a hori-
zontal sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig.
30 2; Fig. 5 is an inner side view of the upper
rubbing board; and Fig. 6Gis a longitudinal
sectional view of the water heating mecha-
nism.
Referring more particularly to the draw-
35 ings, 1 denotes the tub or body portion of
my improved washing machine, said tub
being preferably of cylindrical form and
may be constructed of any suitable material.
The tub 1 is supported at a suitable eleva-
40 tion on legs 2 said legs also supporting
platforms 3 which are arranged on opposite
sides of the tub 1, as shown. In the upper
portion of the tub is arranged a cross bar 4
having on its outer ends hooks 5 which are
45 adapted to be engaged with cleats 6 arranged
on the inner side of the tub adjacent to its
upper edge, as shown.
In the bottom of the tub 1 is arranged a
stationary rubbing board 7 having on its
50 upper surface an annular series of radially
disposed ribs or corrugations 8. In the cen-
ter of the rubbing board 7 is formed a circu-
lar passage through which is adapted to
project a nipple 9 with the lower outer end
55 of which is adapted to be connected the in-
ner end of a water supply pipe 10, herein-after described. Secured to the stationary
rubbing board 7 over the inner end of the
nipple 9 and spaced a suitable distance there-
from, is a spider or bearing frame 11 in 60
which is revolubly mounted the reduced cy-
lindrical lower end of a rubber operating
square shaft 12. The upper end of the shaft
12 is also reduced to form a. cylindrical bear-
ing surface engaged with a centrally dis- 65
posed bearing aperture formed in the cross
bar 4, whereby said shaft is revolubly mount-
ed. On the top or extreme upper end of the
shaft is formed a rectangular stem 13 with
which is engaged the inner end of an oper- 70
ating handle or crank 14 whereby the shaft
may be revolved in either direction. Slid-
ably mounted on the shaft 12 is an upper
clothes rubbing board 15 having on its in-
ner side an annular series of radially dis- 75
posed ribs or corrugations 16 which are
adapted to engage the clothes disposed in
the tub between the lower stationary rubbing
board 7 and the upper board 15. The upper
board 15 slides loosely on the shaft and is 80
revolved thereby when the shaft is turned by
the crank handle hereinbefore described.
In order to heat the water in the tub 1
and to maintain the same in a heated condi-
tion, I provide a simple water heating mech- 85
anism comprising a large pipe 17, the length
and diameter of which may vary according
to the size of the washing machine to which
the same is applied, said pipe having, how-
ever, a heating capacity sufficient to heat the 90
water necessary for the machine to which it
is attached. The pipe 17 is closed at its op-
posite ends by suitable caps and to one end
thereof is connected the outer end of the
water supply pipe 10. To the opposite end 95
of the heating pipe 17 is connected a drain
pipe 18 in which is arranged a drain valve 19.
The water in the pipe 17 and tub 1 may
be heated in any suitable manner and when
the washing machine is arranged out of 100
doors, the pipe 17 is adapted to rest upon
the ground and a fire is built over and
around the same, thus heating the water
therein and causing the same to circulate
through the supply pipe 10 into the tub 1, 105
wherein the heated water is supplied for
washing the clothes. When the washing ma-
chine is used in doors, the pipe 17 may be
placed in the fire box of a range or furnace
and the water therein and in the tub thus 110
heated. In one side of the tub adjacent to
the bottom thereof is arranged a drain pipe987,839.
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Vines, James W. Washing Machine, patent, March 28, 1911; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513410/m1/3/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.