US1462573A - Washtub - Google Patents

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- ing 1s so formed that a space is formed back Patented July 24, 1923.

narran l sraras MAMIE HAGAMAN, OF PERTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY.

WASHTUB.

Application led August 10, 1921. Serial No. 491,079.

To all whom it may concer/a:

Be it known that I, MAMIE HAGAMAN, a citizen 'of the United States, residing at Perth Amboy, in the county of Middlesex `and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful VVashtub, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention is a wash tub, and the object of the invention is to provide a tub of the laundry type, having the same exterior contour as the conventional laundry tub, but provided interiorly with a rubbing surface which may be used in lieu of the usual washing board.

The object of the present invention is to provide a tub which, from external appearances will look like a conventional laundry tub, but which is provided on its interior with a rubbing surface so constructed .that there will be no cracks or crevices or joints in which impurities can lodge.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tub of the character specified, wherein the rubbing surface will have the desired' angle of inclination and will be so constituted as to aiord immediatelyY upon the same,'a shelf or ledge on which the articles to be rubbed, may be conveniently su ported.

Aside from the foregoing genera. considerations, the tub of the present invention provides, back of the rubbing surface, and within the confines of the tub, a receptacle in which brushes, soap, washing powder, etc.,

may be stored, in concealed position, and the f tub may be further provided with a receptacle in which the soap may be temporarily supported during the washing operation.

In 'the preferred construction, the tub `is cast with the rubbing surface and the soap receptacle integral therewith, and the castof the rubbing surface so that soap, brushes, etc., may be housed therein when not in use. This receptacle is normally closed by a door so that the articles contained therein may be concealedfrom view.

Features of the invention, other than those adverted to, will be apparent from the hereinafter detailed description and claims, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. l

The accompanying drawings illustrate one practical embodiment of the invention, but the construction therein shown, is to be understood as illustrative, only, and not as deining the limits of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tub, embodying the present invention, a portion of the tub being broken away so as to more clearly show the interior thereof; j

Figure 2 is a section on theline 2 2 of Fig. 1;

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and,

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a door employed in conjunction with the tub.

The tub of the present invention embodies a back 1, twoends 2, a front 3, and a bottom 4, all of which are of the conventional form and shape, with-the exception of the front 3.

The larger portion of the front 3 has the conventional inclination to the horizonal, but cast integrally with said front is a box like structure 5, the forward face 6 of which has a lesser angle of inclination to the horizontal and is provided with outstanding integrally cast projections 7 which are staggered with respect to one another and form surface 6 into the rubbing surface. In practice, this rubbingsurface may conveniently have an inclination of approximately 30, to the horizontal, as it has been found that a surface so positioned may be most readily employed in the rubbing of clothes. The top of the box like structure 5 is recessed to provide a basin 8, extending substantially the width of the rubbing surface, and this basin or ledge lforms a convenient support for the clothes to be'rubbed.

I also' find it a great convenience to form adjacent each side of the box like structure 5 an integrally cast soap dish 9. shown best in Fig. 3, and this soap dish will retain the soap in a convenient position while the washin is being carried on.

The interior of the box like structure 5 is cast hollow or cored out, as is shown in Fig. 2, so as to provide a chamber or receptacle 10 for the storage of soap, brushes, house cloths and other accessories and this receptacle may be normally closed by a door or closure 11. The receptacle 10 is preferably stepped on its inner face so as to iit in the doorway of the receptacle and has a locking bar 12 by meansy of which it may be secured in position. The locking bar 12 is positioned interiorly of the door 11 and secured at its centre to the spindle 13 of a knob 14. When the locking bar is in the position shown in Fig. 4, the door may be pushed into the doorway, where upon the turning of the knob 14 will swing the locking bar so that its ends will be posi- 'so as to tioned back of the fianges 15 which form the door casing. When the parts are so positioned the door will be locked in place. The knob 14 may be turned, however, to release the door and permit of access to the articles contained therein.

T-he'tub of the present invention besides being unusually convenient for the washing of clothes, is highly sanitary for the-reason that there are no cracks or crevices and all parts of the interior of the tub are exposed ermit thorough cleansing of the same. Al angles are preferably filleted during the casting operation so that sharp angles or corners in which dirt would be apt to lodge are not present.

I find in practice that the particular ,rubbing surface shown produces very remarkable results in the washing of clothes, without injuring the clothes, each of the projections 7, being rounded. ,f These projections are preferably set in horizontal rows, parallel to one another and the projections of each arestaggcred laterally with respect to the projections of adjacent rows.

The construction shown in the drawings is that which I preferably employ but such construction may be changed in details without departing from the spirit of this invention.

Havin thus fully described the invention, what I c aim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A wash tub having bottom, front, back and end walls, and a hollow box-like projection extending rearwardly from the inner face of the front wall and provided with an inclined rubbing surface on the rear side thereof, the side and bottom walls of said projection being imperforate and the front wall of the tub being provided with a doorway through which access may be had to the interior of the hollow box-like rojection.

2. A wash tub having bottom, ront, back and end walls, and a hollow imperforate boxlike projection extending rearwardly from the inner upper portion of the face of the front wall and provided with an inclined rubbing surface on the rear side thereof, said box-like projection being of less width than the width of the front wall and of less depth than the depth of the tub, whereby said projection is spaced from the opposite ends of the tub and from the bottom of the tub.

3. A wash tub having bottom, front, back and end walls, and a hollow box-like projection extending rearwardly from the inner face of the front wall and provided with an inclined rubbing surface on the rear side thereof, the interior of the hollow projection constituting a storage chamber which is closed except for an opening through the front wall of the tub, and a door` for normally closing` said opening.

In testimony whereof I have signed the foregoing specification.

MAMIE HAGAMAN. r

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