Improvements in Clothes Washing Machines.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 4th May, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 4th Feb., 1895--Accepted, 4th May, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Clothes Washing Machines.
We, JOSEPH FLETCHER PHILOW of Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, U.S.A.,
Salesman, and JAMES HAMILTON REED of N. 2nd Street, Clinton, Ohio, U.SA.,
Photographer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a washing machine in which two are shaped rubbers
are swung in opposite directions at the same time by a single lever.
The suds box has a concave bottom at a little distance from which is mounted an
Oscillating rubber of similar outline and at a little distance above this rubber
another oscillating rubber. The articles to be washed are placed between the two
rubbers and these then swung in opposite directions in their bearings by means of
lever mechanism. By the adjustment of a link rod between the operating levers
either rubber may be made to swing through a longer arc than the other rubber.
The rubbers may be readily removed from the suds box for the purpose of
facilitating the introduction and removal of clothes from the machine. The suds
box is heated by a gasoline heater of ordinary construction the pipe from which
is hinged to said box.
Dated this 4th day of May 1894.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.
We JOSEPH FLETCHER PHILOW of Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, U.S.A.,
Salesman, and JAMES HAMILTON REED, of N. 2nd Street, Clinton, Ohio, U.S.A.,
Photographer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
This invention relates to a washing machine in which amongst other things, two
are shaped rubbers are swung in opposite directions at the same time by a single
lever.
In the drawing
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a washing machine constructed in accordance with
this invention. Fig. 2 a sectional elevation thereof.
Fig. 3 an enlarged side view, its upper end part broken away, of the standard E
seen from the same side of the machine as at Figs. 1 and 2.
Fig. 4 another view of the standard E seen from the right hand side of Figs. 1
and 2.
Fig. 5 an enlarged perspective view of the lower end part of the part
standard E.
of the
Fig. 6 an enlarged side view of the lower end part of the part
standard E.
of the

page_text: Fig. 7 an enlarged side elevation of the lower end part of the arm G and its
journals and of its bearing standards partly in section, and side elevation of an
adjacent fragmentary part of the suds box seen from the left hand side of the
machine as it is shewn in Figs. 1 and 2.
Fig. 8 an enlarged side elevation of the lower end part of the standard G seen
from the same direction.
Fig. 9 an enlarged side elevation of a part of the lower end part of the part G2
of the standard G seen from the same direction as at Fig. 8.
Fig. 10 an enlarged side elevation of the lower end part of the part G¹ of the
standard G seen from the same direction as at Fig. 7.
Fig. 11 an enlarged elevation partly in section of a part of the lower end of the
part G2 of the standard G seen from the same direction as at Fig. 7.
Fig. 12 a section in line 12-12 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 13 a top view of the machine, without the cover and with the operating
lever and its link connections with the rubbers, removed.
A is the suds box of ordinary construction having a concave bottom a, or bottom
curved in the arc of a circle with a soap box al at one side and formed as shewn so
that a clothes wringer may be mounted on the bar or board a² when the cover a³ of
the suds box is removed. The sides at of the suds box are preferably formed of
wood and the bottom a is of galvanised sheet iron or other suitable metal beneath
which heat can be applied. The machine is supported on legs a two of which are
provided with castors a' on which it can be moved. Three sides a³ of the space
below the suds box are enclosed by sheeting fixed to the legs a to form a
chamber a with one open side a¹º. A spout a¹ and plug a" are for emptying the
suds box.
B is a lower rubber having an outline conforming to the bottom of the suds box
and is of ordinary construction with semicircular sides b to which are fixed rubbing
"ollers preferably of cylindrical forms in cross section. The rubber B is
suspended in an ordinary manner within the suds box by means of pintles 62
which project from its sides and are jourualled in grooves 63 in the upper edges
of the, sides a of the suds box, whereby the rubber can be readily lifted out or
replaced.
C is an upper rubber having an outline conforming to the arc shaped bottom of
the rubber Band is also of ordinary construction with semicircular sides c¹ to which
are fixed the rubbing slats c² preferably square in cross section. The rubber C is
suspended by means of pintles c³ each journalled in a vertical groove din a
standard D. The grooves d permit of lifting the rubber C out of the rubber B
and replacing it and also furnish bearings at different heights as may be required
for the pintles when a greater or lesser quantity of clothes is to be washed in
placing them between the rubbers B and C. A bar e extends across the top of
the rubber C and a standard or arm E is fixed to the middle thereof. The
standard E is formed in two parts e, e', as shewn in detail in Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, each part
having a series of transverse grooves e2 which when the parts are near together form
bearings for a journal. Parte has a projecting end e³ fitting into a recess e' at the
lower end of part e and forming a hinge to permit separation of parts e, el, towards
their upper ends. A V shaped recess in the lower end of part el fits over an
inverted V shaped projection e on the part e and thus holds the part e from lateral
displacement on the part e which is bolted to the bar c¹. By means of a bolt and
nute the parts e, e', may be drawn towards each other to compensate for wear of
the bearings e and the journal therein.
The arm G has laterally projecting journals g at its lower end which are conical
as shewn in Fig. 7 and are carried in corresponding bearings h in blocks H.
A bolt passes through a slot 2 in each bearing block H and into the side of the
suds box. A bolt 3 passes transversely through blocks H and is fixed by a screw
The bearing blocks may be adjusted and fixed by said bolts and slots h
and bolt and nut 3 in an obvious manner. In one piece with the arm G or fixed
thereto at its lower end is a quadrant shaped plate g¹ having holes g² and a hole g³
nut.

page_text: concentric thereto. The lever handle I is held at its bottom end to the quadrant
plate g' by a bolt ¹. The lever I may be adjusted as shewn in Fig. 1 in a nearly
upright position as shewn in full lines or in a nearly horizontal position as shewn in
dotted lines, as may be preferred, or said lever may be adjusted to any position
according to the hole in the quadrant in which the bolt i is placed. The upper
end of arm G has a separable part G¹ shewn more clearly in Figs. 8, 9, 10, 11.
The lower end of part G₁ has lateral extensions 9 and is rounded to fit in a
recess go in the other part G2 of arm G. The parts G1, G2, are held in alignment
laterally by means of a tapering part g on the part G seated in a V shaped
recess in part G. G', G2, have bearings g³ for a bolt g2 by which one end of a
link rod J is pivotted to the arm G the other end of said link rod being pivotally
connected with the arm E by a pin j. go is a bolt connecting G and G² and may
draw these parts together to compensate for wear of the bolt k and its bearings g.
K is a link rod with one end connected by the bolt k with the arm G and the other
end (Fig. 2) by the bolt with the lower rubber B. Bolt k¹ is held in a bearing k²
between two plates 1, 1, bolted to the side of said rubber and can be drawn towards
each other by a bolt 12.
M is a gasoline heater of ordinary construction having a supply reservoir m,
feed pipe m', burner m² and valves m³. The vertical part of the pipe m¹ is held to
the suds box by hinges N each of which is formed of a part n with an eye n' fixed
to the suds box and a part n² with a pintle n³ and an eye n through which the
pipe passes and which can be fixed after adjustment by a thumb screw n. The
burner m² can be swung through the open side a into the chamber a until it
strikes a wire R to arrest it when centrally located beneath the suds box (Fig. 12).
By simply lifting the heater the pintles n³ are withdrawn from the parts n and it
may then be removed from the machine. By adjusting the vertical pipe the burner
may be placed nearer to or further away from the bottom of the suds box.
In operation, the rod J is removed from the standard E and the rubber C lifted
out of its bearings or high enough to place the articles to be washed in the
rubber B. The rubber C is then replaced and the connection made between the
rod J and standard E. The operator then rocks the handle I to give motion to
the arm G and through link rod J and arm E, to impart an oscillating or rocking
motion to the rubber C while at the same time the oscillating motion of the arm G
will through link rod K impart an oscillating or rocking motion to the rubber B
the two rubbers swinging in opposite directions. The lid a³ is then removed and
the articles taken out of the machine by a reverse proceeding to that of placing
them therein. By the adjustment of the link rod J in the different bearings in the
arms E and G, either rubber may be made to swing through a longer arc than
the other rubber and thereby cause the rubbers to move at different speeds if
preferred.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim, is :-
1. In a washing machine of the kind referred to, in combination with the suds
box A having an arc shaped bottom, the rubbers B, C, baving a conformity of
outline with each other and with the arc shaped bottom of the suds box, a
standard E fixed to the upper rubber, a standard G having the operating handle
fixed thereto, a link rod J adjustably secured to, and pivotally connecting the
standards or arms E and G and a link rod K adjustably secured to and pivotally
connecting the standard G and the lower rubber B, for the purpose specified,
substantially as described and shewn.
2. In a washing machine of the kind referred to, in combination with the suds
box A, the rubbers B, C, the standard E consisting of two parallel parts adjustably
secured together and fixed to the rubber C and provided with a series of bearings e²,
the standard G having a series of bearings g8, a connecting link rod J adjustable
in the bearings 2 and 98 an operating lever I and a link rod K pivotally connecting

page_text: the arm G and the rubber B, for the purpose specified substantially as described
and shewn.
3. In a washing machine of the kind referred to, in combination with the suds
box A, the rubbers B, C, a standard E fixed to the upper rubber C, a standard G,
a connecting link rod J and an operating lever for the purpose specified
substantially as described and shewn.
4. The general arrangement and combination of parts constituting the clothes
washing machine substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 4th day of February 1895.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.