An Improved Washing Machine.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 21st June, 1893
Complete Specification Left. 21st Mar., 1894-Accepted, 21st June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Washing Machine.
I, PHILIP VOLLMAR, of Chatham, Ontario, Canada, Inventor, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a washing machine whereby the soiled
linen is cleansed by a rubbing action.
By this invention a tub or receptacle is provided and contains a semi-circular
rocker which is rocked by levers deriving their motion from a crank-handle. The
convex outer surface of the rocker conforms to the concave inner surface of a pivoted
section, which, by means of levers and a spring or springs is kept in yielding
contact with the rocker.
The linen to be cleansed is drawn by the motion of the rocker between itself and
the pivoted section, where the friction upon it removes the dirt.
Dated this 21st day of June 1893.
W. H. MUNNS,
Applicant's Agent.
An Improved Washing Machine.
I, PHILIP VOLLMAR of Chatham, Ontario, Canada, Inventor 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:-
My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in a washing
machine and has for its objects a novel device of this character, of simple and
economical construction, one which may be easily operated and which shall be of
superior efficiency.
My invention contemplates the employment of an oscillating rubber and a
movable bumper, so constructed and arranged that the rubber will clean the clothes
by squeezing them and forcing the suds through and out of them, the rubber then
retracting to permit the suds to penetrate the clothing again, the operation being
continued until the clothes are thoroughly cleansed.
My invention is further designed to provide mechanism as above outlined, which
may be operated without wearing and damaging the clothing.
To these ends my invention consists of the devices and appliances, their
construction, combination and arrangement, as hereinafter specified and claimed,
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which :-
Fig. 1 is a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 is a view
in detail of the arm H.
I carry out my invention as follows:-
A represents any suitable tub supported upon legs A¹. A' is a cover therefor.
B denotes an arc-shaped oscillating rubber constructed in any suitable manner,
as with metal heads or sides B', with which are engaged suitable ribs b.
B' denotes cross braces or arms joining the upper edges of the rubber at the end
thereof and secured intermediate its ends upon pivots C.
B* denotes additional arms engaged at one end with the rubber and at the
opposite end upon said pivots C. Said pivots being engaged upon the side of

page_text: the tub. This construction will obviously allow the rubber to have an oscillatory
movement in the tub.
D represents levers, one end of each being pivotally connected with one of the
legs of the washer as shown at d. With the opposite ends of said levers is engaged
an operating handle D¹.
E represents connecting rods having a pivotal connection with the rubber at
one end and with said levers at the opposite ends, as shown at e and e. By means
of the handle, an oscillatory motion may be given to the rubber.
F denotes a segmental bumper or rubber which may, in itself, be constructed in
a manner similar to that of the rubber B, although I do not limit myself to any
specific construction thereof.
G denotes arms having a rigid engagement with said bumper at one end, the
opposite ends of said arms being connected with the rubber B by the intervention
of oscillatory arms H, having a jointed engagement therewith, as shown at g. The
arms H are engaged toward their lower ends upon the pivots C the said arms being
provided with hubs H' engaging the pivots. The lower ends of the arms extend
below said pivots and are formed with a lateral flange h.
J represents a rod extending across the rubber and uniting cross braces B³
thereof. The flange of the arms H are located against said rods J and are
retained thereagainst by means of a coiled spring K, until the tension of the spring
is overcome. The spring K 18 constructed with arins k, k¹, engaged intermediate
their ends upon the pivots C. The arm & impinges against the rod J.
The opposite arm of the spring engages upon a cross rod J¹, uniting the cross
braces B.
The bumper F is supported by rods L, having their lower ends jointedly
engaged with said bumper as at L' their upper ends working in suitable bushings
at 1, near the top of the tub. As so constructed it will be observed that when the
handle is thrown downward the bumper F is drawn toward the rubber to squeeze
the clothes there between. The lower ends of the arms H being retained against
the rod J, until the tension of the spring is overcome, as above observed it will be
seen that when said tension is overcome, the rubber B may continue its travel
without drawing the bumper nearer to said rubber.
This further travel gives to the fabrics therebetween a rotatable movement and
changes their position. An opposite movement of the handle throws the bumper
away from the rubber, as shown in dotted lines Fig. 1 whereby the suds are again
allowed to impregnate the clothes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination with a tub, of an oscillatory rubber, a movable bumper,
oscillatory arms connecting said bumper with said rubber, and springs exerting
their tension upon said arms substantially as and in the manner described.
2. In combination, a tub, an oscillatory rubber B, a bumper F, oscillatory arms
having a jointed connection with said bumper and with said rubber, and a spring
exerting its tension upon said rubber and arms, whereby when the tension of the
spring is overcome, the rubber may oscillate independent of the bumper, substantially
as described.
Dated this 91st day of March 1901
W. H. MUNNS,
Agent for Applicant.