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or bearing pin 20 has a pinion 25 rotatable
therewith.
Pivoted at 26 to one side of the casing 1
is a lever 27, to which the rack 28 is pivoted
5 at 29. The teeth of this rack 28 mesh with
the teeth of the pinion 25, so that by impart-
ing an oscillatory movement to the lever 27
the rack 28 is reciprocated, which in turn
rocks the pinion 25, and also the cylindrical
10 or drum shaped agitator 21. The pinion 25
is provided with a flange 30, thereby pre-
venting the rack from moving laterally out
of engagement with the pinion. It is to be
observed that the opposite walls of the slot
15 24 adjacent where one face of the plate 23
(which is secured by the screws 31 to the
casing 1) engages one face of the casing 1,
are provided with guide grooves 32, which
receive the plate 33 shown particularly in
20 Fig. 5. The lower end of the plate 33 is
provided with a. semi-circular- recess 34 to
engage the bearing pin or pintle 20 to hold
it in its bearing.. An arm (which is riveted)
35 is formed integral with the plate 33, and
25 extends laterally, and overlies the rack 28,
to hold the teeth thereof in mesh with the
teeth of the pinion, in other words, prevent-
ing the rack from disengaging upwardly
from Said pinion. The upper end of the
30 plate 33 has a lateral extending portion 36,
which covers the upper end of the slot 24,
there being a latch 37 pivoted at 38 to the
upper edge of the plate 23, so as to overlie
the lateral portion 36 of the plate 33, to hold
35 the plate 33 in its slots or guides. The latch
37 has a notch in its free end, to engage a
pin 39, to hold the latch in the position
shown in Fig. 4.
The cylindrical or drum shaped agitator
40 comprises the opposite sides 40, to which the
transverse slats 41 (which are arranged at
spaced intervals) are secured by the screws
42. Substantially diametrically opposite
portions of the cylindrical slat wall of the
45 agitator are provided with abutment strips
44, to confine the clothes in the lower part
of the agitator, in other words, prevent the
clothes from being thrown toward the cover
or closure 45 of said agitator. The cover or
50 closure 45 of the agitator is provided with
transverse slats 46. The cover or closure is
provided with plates 47, which are pivoted
at 48 to the plates 49, which are in turn se-
cured to the bottom portion of the agitator.
55 The pivot 48 consists of a rod 50 extending
from one set of plates 47 and 49 on one side
of the agitator, to corresponding plates 47
and 49 on the opposite sides of the agitator.
Metal bands 51 and 52 are connected to the
60 rod 50 by meiuzs of a roll, and are extended
about the slats of the agitator and its cover
or closure, to hold the slats more secure.
The metal bands 51 opposite where the clo-sure is hinged to the agitator have their ends
bent under and secured to the lower edges 65
of the sides of the closure or cover. The
metal bands 52 opposite whe:e they are con-
nected to the rod 50 have their ends overly-
ing and secured to the upper edges of the
sides 40 of the agitator. The cover or Cdo- 70
sure of the agitator has a suitable latch plate
54 to hold the same locked to the bottom
portion of the agitator.
In Figs. 6 and 7 the rack 28 is pivoted at
55 to a gear 56, which is mounted upon a 75
stub shaft 57 of a plate 58, which may be se-
cured at 59 to the side of the casing of the
washing machine. Also mounted upon a
stub shaft 60 of the plate 58 is a pinion 61
and pulley 62, both of which rotate as one 80
body, so that by belting any suitable power
to the pulley 62, the pinion 61 (which is in
mesh with the gear 56) is rotated, thereby
imparting movement to the gear 56, which
in turn will reciprocate the rack 28, which 85
will rock the pinion 25.
The invention having been set forth, what
is claimed as new and useful is:
1. In combination, a washing machine cas-
ing having its opposite side walls provided 90
with vertical slots, a cylindrical drum slat-
ted agitator having bearing pins mounted in
bearings at the lower ends of said slots, a
rack and pinion connection for one of the
bearing pins, and means for imparting mo- 95
tion to the rack, to rock the pinion and agi-
tator, guides adjacent one of the slots where
the rack and pinion is rotated, and means in
said guides performing the dual function of
holding the bearing pin with the pinion in 100
the bearing of a slot and the rack in en-
gagement with the pinion.
2. In combination, a washing machine cas-
ing having its opposite side walls provided
with vertical slots, a cylindrical drum slatted 105
agitator having bearing pins mounted in
bearings at the lower ends of said slots, a
rack and pinion connection for one of the
bearing pins, and means for imparting mo-
tion to the rack, to rock the pinion and agi- 110
tator, guides adjacent one of the slots where
the rack and pinion is rotated, a plate .
mounted in said guide to hold the bearing
pin having the pinion in its bearing, said
plate having a laterally extending rigid arm 115
overlying the rack to hold the rack in mesh
with said pinion, and a latch for holding
the plate in its guides.
In testimony whereof I have signed my
name to this specification in the presence of 120
two subscribing witnesses.
MARION L. McANALLY.
Witnesses:
R. S. RiGs,
G. E. JHAM][LTON.
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McAnally, Marion L. Washing Machine, patent, March 7, 1916; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth858706/m1/4/?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.