An Improved Washing-machine.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 9th July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 9th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 9th May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Washing-machine.
I, JOHN PITT BAYLY of 18 Fulham Place, Paddington, in the County of
London, Patent Agent, (a communication to me from abroad by Johanna Anderson,
of Braceville, Illinois, U.S.A., no occupation,) do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows :—
This invention has relation to washing-machines in which the beater rotates
horizontally, and it consists in the construction and novel combinations of devices,
all as hereinafter described.
A cylindrical vessel or tub is provided, in which the clothes are placed for
washing. This tub or tank is formed with an interior annular shoulder around its
bottom, and above the same with an interior annular ledge or shelf bearing, parallel
to the annular shoulder. Concentric to the annular shoulder, and rising from the
bottom, is the central seat-wall, which receives the wash-board, which is designed
to be held in fixed position in said seat. The diameter of this corrugated wash-
board is about equal to that of the rotary beater. Between this wash-board and
the annular bearing-shoulder is an annular interval or recess, in which are located
rotary rollers, which are radially disposed between the shoulder and inner seat-wall,
the journals of the rollers being seated in bearings of said shoulder and seat-wall.
These rollers are slightly tapering, preferably from their outer ends inward, and
their upper surfaces are nearly on a level with the wash-board.
Between the lower shoulder and the upper ledge are a series of vertical rollers,
which extend around the tub, forming a roller-lining to its side wall. The journals
of these rollers have their bearings in the upper face of the shoulder and in the
ledge, and they, as well as the radial rollers of the bottom, are preferably made with
angular faces, so that they will readily turn when the clothes are moved around in
the tub by the rotation of the beater.
The beater consists of a block, preferably of cylindrical form, having secured to
its bottom downward and outward inclined feet and to its sides upward and outward
inclined arms, which are designed to engage the mass of clothes in the tub and pull
the same around when the beater is rotated. The beater is a solid block of some
weight, and is substantially adjustable on a squared stem of the rotary shaft, said
beater having a loose squared bearing, through which the squared stem passes.
The length of the squared stem is made greater than the vertical thickness of the
block to provide play for the latter which can move up and down on the squared
stem as the mass of clothes may press it up or allow it to fall. At the same time.
on account of the engagement of its squared bearing with the squared stem of the
rotary shaft, the block is made to receive positive rotary motion, whatever be its
position on the stem. The lower end of this stem is provided with stops to prevent
the block from descending below a certain level.
The rotary shaft is seated in a bearing in the larger portion of the cover or lid,
which is connected to the smaller section by hinges. One section is securely
fastened to the ledge of the tub, and the other section when depressed rests on said
ledge. When the one section is raised, the beater is lifted out of the tub. The
one section carries gearing and the shaft, which may be turned by means of a crank
or other suitable device.
J. P. BAYLY,
Applicant.

page_text: An Improved Washing-machine.
I, JOHN PITT BAYLY, of 18 Fulham Place, Paddington, in the County of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a com-
munication to me from abroad by Johanna Anderson, of Braceville, Illinois, U.S.A.,
no occupation,) to be as follows:-
Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view.
Fig. 2 is a vertical central section.
Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the bottom, and
Fig. 4 is a detail view of the beater.
This invention has relation to washing-machines in which the beater rotates
horizontally; and it consists in the construction and novel combinations of devices,
all as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the appended claims.
In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the cylindrical vessel or
tub, in which the clothes are placed for washing. This tub or tank is formed with an
interior annular shoulder around its bottom, as indicated at B, and above the same with
an interior annular ledge or shelf bearing C, parallel to the annular shoulder B.
Concentric to the annular shoulder B, and rising from the bottom, is the central
seat-wall D, which receives the wash-board E, which is designed to be held in fixed
position in said seat. The diameter of this corrugated wash-board is about equal to
that of the rotary beater.
Between this wash-board and the annular bearing-shoulder B is an annular
interval or recess F, in which are located the rotary rollers G, which are radially
disposed between the shoulder B and inner seat-wall D, the journals of the rollers
being seated in bearings of said shoulder and seat-wall, as indicated. These rollers
are slightly tapering, preferably from their outer ends inward, and their upper
surfaces are nearly on a level with the wash-board E.
Between the lower shoulder B and the upper ledge C are the vertical rollers H,
which extend in series around the tub, forming a roller lining to its side wall.
The journals of these rollers have their bearings in the upper face of the shoulder B
and in the ledge C, and they, as well as the radial rollers of the bottom, are
preferably made with angular faces, so that they will readily turn when the clothes
are moved around in the tub by the rotation of the beater.
The beater K consists of a block I, preferably of cylindrical form, having
secured to its bottom the downward and outward inclined feet J and to its sides the
upward and outward inclined arms J', which are designed to engage the mass
of clothes in the tub and pull the same around when the beater is rotated. The
beater is a solid block of some weight, and is substantially adjustable on the squared
stem L of the rotary shaft m, said beater having a loose squared bearing a, through
which the squared stem passes. The length of the squared stem is made greater
than the vertical thickness of the block to provide play for the latter, which can
move up and down on the squared stem as the mass of clothes may press it up or
allow it to fall. At the same time, on account of the engagement of its squared
bearing with the squared stem of the rotary shaft, the block is made to receive
positive rotary motion, whatever be its position on the stem. The lower end of this
stem is provided with stops S to prevent the block from descending below a certain
level.
The rotary shaft is seated in a bearing in the larger portion P of the cover
or lid R, which is connected to the smaller section R¹ by the hinges vv. The
section R¹ is securely fastened to the ledge C of the tub, and the section P when
depressed rests on said ledge. When the section P is raised, the beater is lifted
out of the tub. The section P carries the gearing cd and the shaft e,
which may
be
turned by means of a crank or other suitable device.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
1. In a washing-machine, the cylindrical tub having the annular bottom
shoulder B and above it the annular bearing-ledge C, the bottom seat-wall D,
concentric with the annular shoulder, the central wash-board, the series of radial
rollers journalled on the shoulder B and the seat-wall D, and the series of vertical
rollers around the wall journalled on the shoulder B and the ledge C, substantially
as specified.
2. In a rotary washing-machine, the combination, with a tub having rollers on its
bottom and side wall, of the squared rotary stem having stops at its lower end, and
the automatically adjustable beater-block having a loose square bearing on said
stem and provided with oblique side arms and the oblique projecting feet, substantially
as specified.
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J. P. BAYLY,
Applicant.