Year: 1887

page_text: I, PAUL LOCHMANN, of Gohlis-Leipzig, in the Kingdom of Saxony, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My invention relates to washing machines, and its purpose is a washing receptacle
having a device for agitating in a peculiar manner the liquid in the receptacle and
also the articles under process of washing therein, so that the latter may be quickly
and easily washed.
The agitating device consists essentially of a board or platform arranged parallel to
the bottom of the trough or receptacle in which the washing is performed, said board
or platform being capable of being moved back and forth over the said bottom and
during such movement to approach and recede from the bottom-being always however
parallel to the bottom.
Referring to the accompanying drawings Figs. 1 and 2 are vertical sections of a
washing machine provided with the improved agitator. Fig. 1 showing the latter in
its resting or normal position. Fig. 2 the same carried to the left or to the right as
shown in dotted lines.
A is the trough or receptacle, in the bottom of which the articles to be washed are
placed. W is the aforesaid board or platform, it may he of convenient breadth and
length to enable it to be moved as shown in Fig. 2. To render such board or plat-
form more energetic in its agitating action on the contents of the trough it is
perforated and covered on the underside with corrugations transverse to its direction
of movement in the trough. The bottom of the trough may also be corrugated as
shown. To give the board or platform the desired movement it is slung at the centre
or otherwise on the lower end of a lever h pivoted in the lid of the trough or other-
wise and extended upward in form of a handle by which it may be moved to and fro.
To retain the board or platform parallel to floor of the trough, the said board is
further connected to the lid of the trough or otherwise by one or more rods or
frames S S parallel to the aforesaid lever h. The said agitator is preferably hung
from the lid of the trough, since when the lid is opened the agitator is removed from
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page_text: the trough and the washed articles or those to be washed may be more commodiously
removed from or placed in the trough.
With such agitator the articles under process of washing are rolled upon or over
each other on the bottom of the trough and are subjected to continually changing
currents of water or washing liquid, passing through the perforations of the board or
platform.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The combination with a washing trough of a perforated board or platform
parallel to the bottom of said trough and adapted to be inoved back and forth and to
and from the bottom of said trough.
2. The combination with a washing trough having a currugated bottom of a
perforated and corrugated board or platform parallel to the bottom of said trough, and
adapted to be moved back and forth and to and from the bottom of said trough.
3. The combination with a washing trough of a board or platform parallel to the
bottom of said trough and adapted to be moved back and forth and to and from the
bottom of said trough, and a lever h pivoted in the lid of said trough and connected
to said board or platform, together with sling or slings S¹ S¹ parallel to said lover,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 19th day of September 1887