US254296A - Clothes-pounder - Google Patents

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(ModL) L. A. FAULKNER.

CLOTHES POUNDER.

No. 254,296. Patented Feb. 28,1882.

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CLOTHES POUNDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,296, dated February 28, 1882.

- Application filed November 10,1881. (Model) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEROY A. FAULKNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Scandia, in the county of Republic and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Founders; and ldo hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has for its object to furnish an improved clothes-pounder.

It consists in the combination, with the ordinary conical-shaped base or casing, of a series of funnel-shaped water-chambers arranged around the socket which holds the handle, and in a series of semi-conical plates arranged within the conical casing or base, so that their peripheries touch each other, all of which will be hereinafter fully explained.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section, of my improved pounder. Fig. 3 is a view of the under side of the pounder, and Fig.4 is a plan of the same.

a is the ordinary conical base or casing employed in clothes-pounders of the class to which my invention relates. The casin g is provided at its apex with a socket, a, closed at its lower end, to receive the end of the handle, and there are formed through the sides of the casing, just below the lower end of the socket, a series of (preferably three) openings, (0

b are a series of funnel-shaped receptacles or reservoirs,havin g their smaller ends made fast to and so that they open into the base a through the openings M. The larger ends of these reservoirs are closed by the plates 1), through each of which is formed a small opening, W. The funnels b are fixed in position, so that their sides lie against the side of the base a and the rims of their larger ends touch the side of the socket a. This places them in a nearly vertical position, so that the water which may be forced up into them will readily run back into the base a. They are made fast by solder or other suitable means. to the side of the socket, so that they cannot be displaced or drawn downward by wet clothing which may get caught over them.

When the pounder is forced down into the tub the water fills the base and the receptacles b. The air is forced out by the action of the water through the openings a and b. When the pounder is raised the water is pre vented from being thrown out of the receptacles by the closed top. The pressure of the air through the openings 1) will cause the water in the receptacles to be thrown downward in a small but rapid stream through the orifice a into the foot a. This action of the water prevents the clothes from being held by the foot when the latter is raised. The clothes are released at once. In the ordinarypounders the air becomes exhausted from the foot and the clothes are held by the suction thus created. The receptacles, being once filled with water, will not become wholly emptied by raising the pounder. By this means air is prevented from getting into the foot, which may be kept constantly full of water by not raising it too high, and better results be thus secured in the process of washing the clothing.

0 are a series of four semi-conical plates placed within and extended upward about onehalf the length of the base. employ preferably four of these plates, for by this number better results are secured. The circular rims c of these plates are arranged about in the same plane with the rim of the feet a. The rims are formed and arranged so that they touch on their peripheries and brace one against the other. The vertical edges of the plates are placed against and fastened to the inner wall of the base. Each plate is perforated by a series of holes, 0

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the base a, having a series of orifices near its upper end, of a series of funnel-shaped water-receptacles secured to the top of the base and opening into the orifices therein, and having their outer ends closed by plates b, having perforations substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the conical base a, of a series of semi-conical plates, 0, having a vertical length about half the height ofthe In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses on this 24th day of to October, 1881.

LEROY A. FAULKNER.

Witnesses:

ERNEST H. MALITZ, ADDISON FAULKNER.

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