US104725A - Improved washingrmachinb - Google Patents

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@Hilka gisten aient l To all 'whom it` may concern l Beit known thatl, SAMUEL O. FnrNK, of the city of Indianapolis, county of Marion and State of In'diana, havemade new and useful Improvements in- `Washing-Machines and I do hereby declare ,the following to befa full andexact descriptionof the same, reference being had to the drawing thataccompanies and forms partei' this specification.` j Tile objectief my invention is to facilitate and make easy the process of washing clothes with verylittle labor, ltojwitc i After thclclothes lhavebeen placed iu the-cylinder` .M,\prepared as used for washing, and the water in V the boiler brought to aboiling he'at, the cylinder can `be revolved by means ot' the crank O, sopas to move the 'position of the clothes' or keep them in constant motion, thereby allowing the boiling waterthat comes. upt-hrou'gh the conductors G and N, to `pass through the holes in theends and circumference of the cylin-` derinto and through not only those nearthc top, but all of them, it being "a wellVV known fact, that even cold water, allowed to run on and through said clothes, will inv a shorttime cleanse them without labor'. But

ting and steaming,;the process must bemuchshortened, and save thewean and tear ofthe clothes, thereby making my machine `(or improvements) of vast public' utility. j

i galvanized iron, zinc, or other suitable material.

Figure 42 `represents `a`partition or diaphragm, A, made of galvanized iron, zinc, or other suitable mal terial` to` tit closely in the inside of the tank, with per.- v forations, as'shown in iig. 2, letter B, or some otherI poinato let the waterfall back into the bottom of the `tank 'or boiler, `afterbeing thrown up by. heat @through thepipesl yG AG, andN N, connected with the partition A, at thesidesand ends, asshcwn in fig. 2', lettersGrGr,a-ndNN;` l

' if the water ismade `to pass through the clothes boil- Figure 1 represents` the tank o r boiler, made of SAMUEL c; FRINK ,or INDIANAPOLIS, NDIANA.'

t Letters Patent No, 104,725, dated Jane`28, 1870.

Hann- 4I1\/11"R c vr..n WASHINGTMACHINE;

` The Schedule referred to in thse Letters Patent and making parl: of the same,

Figure 3 represents a piece of canvas or anysnitable cloth, of one or morek thicknesses, placed either below or above the perfor-ations on a frame in the partition A, and held there by any suitable device, to hold the force ofthe water, when brought to a boiling heat under the partition A, thereby forcing the boiling water to go up through the tubes G G, and N N.

The conductors N N in the ends ot' the diaphragm are so constructed as to form a hollow journal Afor the cylinder to revolve upon, and at the same timel conduct the boiling water into the center of each end of thecylinder.

Figure 4 represents the cylinder', made of copper, zinc, orother .suitable material, with wood or metallic ends, with a hole in each center, torreccive the hollow journals. l A

The holes in the circumference of -the cylinder M, letters D D D D are made to come opposite the tubes G G, sothat the boiling water will pass intothe cylinder and through the clothes, while they are kept in motion by means ofthejgcared'wheels and crank attached to the yend of the cylinder, as shown infig. 5 `of drawing.

I claim as my improvements in washing-machines- 1. Ilhe construction of the tubes N N, which serve as journals, and for the introduction of water into the cylinder M,Ain combination with diaphragm A', as

shown and described.

`2;'1he revolving cylinder M, when constructed with its openings D D, in combination with conducting-tubes N N and G G, and diaphragm A, and boiler A, as shown and described. v

3. In combinationA with the above, the wood perforated button X, constructed with the covering of cloth, in the manner shown and described.

' SAMUEL C. FRINK. 1 Witnesses: j Y

*19.70. FRINK, H. A. MOORE.

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