No. 707,409.
Patented Aug. l9, I902.
O.‘GUITAR.
WASHING MACHINE.
(Application ?led Nov. II 1900.)
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ODON GUITAR, OF COLUMBIA, MISSOURI.
WASHING I-MACHINE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of‘ Letters Patent No. 707A09, dated August 19, 1902.
Applioation‘?led November 1,1900. Serial No. 35,105. (No model.)
or bar F.
To all whom, it may concern:
The operator seizes the said bar
Be it known that I, ODON GUITAR, residing and by alternately pushing upward and pull
at Columbia, in the county of Boone and State ing downward on the same the levers E’ and 55
of Missouri, have made certain new and use
segments E are vibrated, with the result that
ful Improvements in “lashing-Machines, of the clothes-receptacle B is rotated ?rst in one
direction and then the other.
which the following is a speci?cation.
In using the machine the casing A is ?lled
My invention is an improvement in that
class of washing-machines, adapted both for with hot suds-water to a point indicated by
laundries and domestic use, in which a per
a, Fig. Q-that is to say, to a level with the
forated rotary drum is adapted to rotate with lower sides of two opposite compartments 1)
in a cylindrical casing, the clothes or other when the same are in horizontal position.
fabrics being alternately immersed in suds Steam may also be introduced in machines
used in, laundries. Then the clothes to be 65
water and raised out of the same at each ro
washed being placed in the several compart
tation of the said drum.
15 The details of construction, arrangement, ments and the doors of the latter secured by
and operation of parts are as shown and de fastenings, the clothes-receptacle B is oscil
lated, as before stated, whereby its several
scribed.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 compartments are alternately carried into and 70
is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. out of the suds-water. In such operation it will
2 is a vertical cross-section of the same. Fig.
3 is a perspective view of the clothes holder
or receptacle.
be seen that one of the ?at sides of each com
partment strikes upon and passes through the
water in’ such manner that the latteris forced
The oblong cylindrical casin g A is support; through its openings with great rapidity and 75
ed by four legs a and provided at the top into > and through the clothes and out on the
25 with a large opening which is normally closed opposite sides of the compartment. In other
by a detachable cover a’. The said casing words, a current or currents of hot suds ?ow
through the compartments and the clothes
iVithin it is arranged the rotary clothes contained therein. The form of the clothes
holder or receptacle B. The same is con holder or the arrangement of its rectangular
may be constructed of wood or sheet metal.
structed of thin sheet metal or wood, in the compartments radially to the shaft, whereby
they present ?at surfaces to the Water, with
parallel rear sides, enables the water to enter
lar and perforated on three sides to allow and leave the compartments with greater ra
water to enter and discharge freely. One pidity and force than is practicable with a cir~
form of the Greek cross, each hollow arm or
section 1‘) thereof being oblong and rectangu
35 side of each section b has a cover I)’, which
is hinged at the inner edge and held closed
when the holder is being rotated by means
of sliding bolts N, or other suitable fasten
ing. A shaft C passes through and is duly
85
cular or cylindrical shape. Experience has
demonstrated that the arrangement of the
compartments 1) at right angles to each other,
as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, is the most of 90
?cacious—that is to say, if the number of
secured in the center or hollow central por
compartments were such as to necessitate
tion of the clothes-holder B and has its bear
their arrangement ata less angle to each‘other
ings in the ends of the casing A.
due space would not be provided between v
‘
I propose in practice to operate-that is, them for due action of the water on the 95
rotate-the clothes-holder B by any suitable clothes. In brief, it is requisite for the best
45 means, the same depending on the size of the
machine and the power used. I illustrate
effect that the ?at side of each compartment
shall strike upon the water with a consider
able degree of force and that the space be
sisting of spur-gears D, ?xed on the ends of tween it and the adjacent compartment shall
shaft 0, and toothed segments E, which en be suf?cient to allow a free circulation of
gage said gears D and are provided with lever water. This cannot be obtained if a great
means adapted for manual use, the same con
arms E’, pivoted to the ends of the casing A,
number of compartments be employed. Fur
and connected at their outer ends by a rod
ther, while the arrangement of two such com—
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partments directly opposite each other would 2 and 3) for taking up suds-water,‘ which, as
the compartments rise from the latter, ?ows
four at right angles to each other the number through the adjacent openings in the periph
have the same e?ect as the arrangement of
would be too small to accommodate a consid
erable quantity of clothes. The compart
ments being successively raised out of the
suds and remaining out of the same during
quite half the rotation of the holder B time
is allowed for the bulk of the water contained
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in the meshes or interstices of the clothes to
run out before the clothes are again sub
merged, when they are again acted on by new
currents of water, as before, with the result
that they are rapidly washed or cleansed
15 without rubbing or appreciable wear. It is
further apparent that in the course of rota
tion of the clothes-holder B the clothes are
tossed and turned, so that different surfaces
are constantly presented to the action of the
water. It is further apparent that this result
is promoted by the quickly-alternating rever
sals of rotation of the clothes-holder B.
I attach to one of the outer angles of each
hollow section or compartment b of the holder
25 B a double lip or curved ?ange G (see Figs.
eral sides of said, compartments and is show;
ered upon the clothes. The said ?ange being
double and turned in opposite directions it is
apparent its action is the same whichever be
the direction of rotation of the holder B.
What I claim is—
In awashing-machine of the class described, 35
the combination, with the cylindrical suds
holder, of the rotatable clothes-holder com
prising four radial, rectangular receptacles
having perforations in their parallel sides and
outer ends, and curved ?anges which are ar
ranged at the outer corners of said recepta
cles, their convex sides being placed in con
tact and thus curving in opposite directions,
as shown and described for the purpose speci
?ed.
ODON GUITAR.
Witnesses:
SOLON C. KEMoN,
_AMos W. HART.