US2346133A - Inner tub washer - Google Patents

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April 11, 1944. F. J. kHlm-:s 2,346,133 I INNER TUB WASHER Filed Feb. 3, 1941 3 Sheets-Sheet l ttv,

ATTQRNEY rrd/2A J Haye;

April 11, 1944;

F. .'J. HAYES INNER TUB WASHER Filed Feb. 3, v1941 3 Sheets-Sheekl 3 |NvENToR ira/LK J Ha Patented Apr. 1l, 1944 INNER TUB WASHER `Frank J. Hayes, Brooklyn, N. Y., assgnor of twenty per cent to -Saul M. Slomsky, Brooklyn,

vN. Y.

Application Femm-ya', 1941, serial No. 377,089

(ci. is-13) 4 Claims.

This inventionrelates to new and useful improvements in an inner tub -Washer.

More particularly, the invention proposes in combination with a sink and tub, an agitator mounted in the tub to do washing, a disappearing wringer mounted across ar.' open top pocket located between the tub and the sink, and a standard electric ironer mounted in a cabinet arranged around the sink and tub.

Still further, the invention contemplatesthat the entire washer be enclosed in a steel easement enameled to harmonize with the color scheme of al modern kitchen or furnished basement or other place. The invention proposes a certain construction of this steel easement which will become clear as this specification proceeds.

'I'he dominating advantageV of the invention residesy in the fact that it takes the washing vmachine out of the portable field and places it as a permanent fixture in the home of the future. It is behaved that this invention will open up a new field to the Washing machine industry, closed before through lack of space.

Still further, the invention proposes the\,pn

struction of an inner tub washer as -briey described which may be manufactured and sold at a reasonable cost.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of anv inner tub Washer constructed in accordance with this invention. 4

Fig.2 is a fragmentary enlarged transverse ver tical sectional View of'a portion of Fig. 1 showing particularly the tub and the mechanism immediately adjacent the tub.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a plan Viewl of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a plan viewbf the transmission mechanism.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is a fragm` tary enlarged vertical sectional view taken on`\ e line 1-1 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentl ry enlarged detailed view of a portion of Fig. 1 howing particularly the control panel for the washer.

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a. schematic wiring diagram of the device.

The inner tub washer in accordance with this invention includes a combination sink and tub having a sink portion III at the left hand end andv the tub portion II at the right hand end. The usual hot and cold water mixing i-lxtures I2 are mounted over the sink and tub portion in a manner so that the water may be let into either one, as desired. An agitator I3 is mounted in the tub for agitating water and clothes therein to wash the clothes. Y

Means is provided for driving the agitator I3. This means includes a vertical shaft III which is coaxially connected with the agitator I3 and which extends through the bottom ofthe tub I I.

A gear I5 is mounted on the bottom end of the' mounted gear 20. A pintle ZI pivtally connects the end of the link i9 eccentrically with the gear 20. The worm pinion 22 meshes with the gear 20 and is mounted upon a drive shaft 23. This drive shaft is adapted to be connected with anpelectric motor not' illustrated on the drawings except schematically in Fig. 10 by reference numeral 88. The arrangement is such that rotations of the drive shaft 23 will cause the gear 20 to rotate which will cause the link I9 to oscillate, oscillating the segmental gear I1 which indirectly causes the agitator I3 tooscillate. This motion agtates the water and clothes in the tub II, and accomplishes the cleaning and washing.

The combination sink and tub is hung upon a wall located to the rear thereof, and in addition is maintained in a horizontal plane by a plurality of legs 25 formed of angular material in crosssection. 'I'hese legs extend from the bottom of the combination sink and tub to' the floor. A cabinet 2B o! stainless steel is built around the bottom portion of the combination sink and tub and covers the legs 25 and all of the-members located beneath the sink and tub. 'Ihis cabinet 26 is provided with a door 21 directly tothe front of the tub to give access to the agitator drivingmeans. It is also provided with a door 28 directly to the front of the sink l0 to give access to the ironer located beneath the sink and which will be hereinafter more fully described.

Adjacent the top and bottom cornersv to the right of the door 28 there is provided a superimposed pair of complementary tracks 29, and

when the door is pivoted to an open position it rubber strips 30". The rubber strips 30h are in turn mounted upon cross bars 30 mounted between certain of the legs 25 supporting the combination sink and tub. The rubber` strips 3l'ib are provided for acting as shock absorbers for preventing the entire tub and sink from vibrating when the device is set in motion.

'I'he folding and disappearing Wringer is mounted across an open top face pocket 32 and in the form of a box is positioned between the tub and the sink. This wringer includes a frame consisting of a pairl of end frame sections 33, see Fig. 6.-

which are joined together with a bridging section 34. The end frame sections 33 are vertical- 1y slidably engaged into the ends of the box forming the pocket. The arrangement is such that the wringer frame is capable of moving vertically.

As shown in full lines in Figs. 2 and 3, the wrlnger is` in'its lowermost position. A pair of superimposed rollers 36 are mounted across the end frame sections 33 and comprise the wringer proper, that is, the rollers between which the wash engages. The bottom roller 36 is resiliently supported by springs 3l which urge it upwards against thetop roller 36. The top roller 36 is mounted on a shaft 33 which has one end passing through one of the end frame sections 33. The other end of this shaft is provided with the gear 39'which meshes with a gear 4i! mounted on the shaft of the bottom roller 36. 'The ar out from the bottom of the housing.` 'I'his verti-v cal shaft 45 is telescopically connected with a tubular shaft 46.

'I'he interengaging endsl of the solid shaft 45 and the tubular shaft 46 are slidably but non-rotatively connected with each other. This is accomplished by the fact that they are square in transverse cross-section, see Fig. 5. They may connected with the gearv 2n. In this way rotations from the drive shaft 23 will be transmitted lto rotate the drive system just described causnects with one end of the handle 5| yand extends through a portion of the bridging section 34. A spring 54 is coaxially mounted on the rod 53 and has one end 54* connected with the rod and the other end 64b attached on the bridging section 34. This spring functions to resiliently urge the rod 53 towards the right, in relation to Fig. 3, so that the handle 5| is moved to the right.

l The other side of the handle 5| is provided with a rod 55 which extends through the bridging section 34 and into the end frame section 33 which is on the right. This rod 55 has a downwardly extending portion 55n which extends to near the bottom end of the said end frame section 33.

The section 55* then continues into an outwardly'4 extended end portion 55b which engages against a rack 51 mounted on a portion of the combination sink and tub. This rack 51 extends to near the top of the pocket. The spring 54 functions to holdthe outwardly extending end vportion 55b engaged with the rack.

When it is desired to extend the wringer into operative position, the top of the bridging section 34 is gripped so that the fingers engage the handle 5| which is then moved to the left, with specific relation to Fig. 3. This moves the rod 65 to the left so that the outwardly extending end portion 55b disengages from the rack 5l. Then the Wringer may be lifted up to the position indicated by the dot and dash lines in Fig. 3. The handle 5| is now released and the spring 54 will move the handle 5| towards the right, moving the rod 55 in the same direction, so that the outwardly extending end portion 55b engages the rack 5l holding the wringer in its raised position. It should be understood that the outwardly extending end portion 55b is now engaging the top portion of the rack 51. When the wringer is extended to its rased position the telescopic shaft d5, 46 merely becomes extended. However, rotations will be transmitted by the telescopic shaft to drive the wringer rollers 36.

The rear wall onthe tub is formed with full tub water line overflow opening and outlet 59 which is connected with the sewerage, not illustrated on the drawings. Immediately adjacent the owrow opening 59, the rear wall of the tub has a small outwardly projecting compartment 66. 'I'his compartment is adapted for holding cakes of blue 6|.

A hingedly mounted door 62 of porous material, such as wire mesh, extends across the compartment 60. Mounted across the porous door 62, there is a waterproof door 63. This waterproof door 63 is slidably mounted in a pair of parallel tracks 64 mounted on the rear wall of the tub A rod 65 connects with the door 63 and extends upwards through a bearing 66. The top end. of the rod 65 is provided with a ring 61 which may be manually gripped so that the door 63 may be moved to an elevated open position. The door 63 can be closed when desired., When the door 63 base cabinet 26 directly behind the door 28. This ironer is so constructed that the door 28 may be opened and the ironer may be extended so that it is ready to be used. 'I'he ironer includes a table 10 which issupported'on an L shaped arm` ll. A brace I2 is extended between the legs 25 supporting the left-hand side of the sink I0, and carries a lug 12a. The L shaped arm 'il has one of its ends pivotally attached tothe lug 12a by means of a pinso as to be capable of swinging in a horizontal plane. This horizontal swinging causes the ironer to be extended from beneath the sink when the door28 is opened. The bottom face of the table 10 is provided with a lug 'lllBL which is pivotally connected to the free end of the L shaped arm ll. The pivotal connecting between the L shaped arm 'Il and the lug ma isv such that the table 'l is capable of being swung vertically upwards to an Voperative horizontal position. The table 10 is provided with hinge'dly mounted side leaf l which may be spread out when the table is extended. A leg 16 is connected with the front end of the table 10. The motor driven roller 18 of the electric ironer is mounted on the table 1i). The usual electric.

heated cover 19 is also supported on the table im. Fig. 4 shows the electric ironer in its folded. position.

1 The electric ironer may be used by first opening the door 28 and then pivoting the ironer iirst outwards and then upwards. When the table 1U reaches a horizontal extended position, the leg it is pivoted to a vertical position and rests on the floor to support the ironer. The leaves i5 are then opened up and held in extended positions in the usual way, details of which arenot shown on the drawings since they form no part of this invention.

Located above the tub .Il there is a. panel 8U having certain controlled 'mechanism for the washer. .There is a time switch 8l controlled by a knob Sie and which may set to time intervals varying from one minute to fteen minutes. The panel board 8U is also provided with a green light 82, a red light B3 and two manually operable switches tt and t5. These parts are connected up in an electric current as illustrated in iiig. 10.

The circuit in Fig. 10 includes an electric plug 86 which may be plugged into the usual wall socket in'the home, or other place. From the plug 36 there is a circuit 8l connecting the green light B2 and the time switch 3i in parallel and connecting the time switch 8i and the electric motor 38 in series. This circuit is provided with the switch 8d to control it. The motor 88 schematically illustrates the motor which is intended'to drive the'drive shaft 23. When the switch till is closed the 'green light 82 will be turned on and current will flow through the time switch iii and when the Atime switch closes through the motor 38, there is another circuit @ik connecting the green light 32, the red'light 33, and the motor B8 -in series. /This circuit 96 is controlled by the switches 84 and 85. With this arrangement the time switch 8l may be turned ofi and then the switches 84 and 85 may be turned on to place the motor 88 in continuous.

operation. In this latter condition both the green light 82 and the red light 83 will be on.

The tub Il is provided with the usual valve controlled drain Ila to the sewerage system.

The operation o! the inner tub washer is as follows:

Fig. 1 shows the inner tub washer as it ap ars when not in use. Now the sink Ill may be used 5 as desired. To use the washer the drain plate 3| is removed, then the tub il is lled with the clothes, water and soap as is required to wash the clothes. The agitator I3 is then set into operation. This is accomplished by" proper control' v 10 of the time switchV 8| and the switches 8l and 85. After a suitable time has passed the wringer is lifted up from its inoperative position, shown by the full lines in Fig. 3 to its operative position, indicated by the dot and dash lines in' this gure.

The clothes are nowpassed through the wringer and stored temporarily in the sink I0. Then the tub H isv drained through the valve con.

trolled drain ll. A Y

The tub is then lled to the full tub line, as controlled by the drain 59. The clothes are placed -into the tub and the agitator I3 is set-into niotion to take any remaining soap or cleanser from the clothes.' During this operation the water is permitted to run so that it isoveriiowing through the opening 59. This washes away all soap and other substances which oats up to the surface of the water. The operation is continued until the clothes have thoroughly rinsed.

The clothes are then passed through the wringer again and stored temporarily in the sink V Having thus described my invention, what claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is: n

l. Y A tub Washer having a pocket slidably housing a Wringer to be movable to an operative position extended from the top of said pocket, a rack mounted along one side of said pocket, a rod slidably mounted on said wringer, means urging said rod into a position in which one end of said rod engages said rack holding said wringer against being moved, and means mounted on said rod, whereby said rod maybe manually moved against said rst-mentioned means to disengage said rod from said rack freeing said wringer to be moved either up or down.

2. A tub washer having a combination sink vand tub with a pocket disposed between said tub and sink and slidably housing a wrlnger to be 60 movable to an operative position extended from the top of said pocket, a rack mounted along one side of said pocket, a rod slidably mounted on said wringer, means urging said rod into a position in which one end of said rod engages said rack holding said vwringer against being moved, and means mounted on said rod, whereby said rod may be manually moved against said rstmentloned means `to disengage said rod from said rack freeing said Wringer to be moved either up or down, said ilrst means comprising an expansion spring coaxially mounted on a portion of said rod and having one end connected with said rod and one end connected to a stationary portion of said wringer-for urging said rod into an extended position in which its end adjacent said rack engages said rack.

3. A tub washer having a combination sink and tub with a. pocket disposed between said tub and sink and slidably housing a wringer to be movable to an operative position extended from thetop of said pocket, a rack mounted along one side of said pocket, a rod slidably mounted on said wringer, means urging said rod into a position' in which one endofl said rod engages said rack holding said Wringer against being moved, and means mounted on said rod, whereby said rod'may be manually moved against said firstmentioned means to disengage said rod from said rack freeing said Wringer to be moved either up or down, said first means comprising an expansion spring coaxially mounted on a portion of said rod and having one end connected with said rod and one end connected to a stationary portion of said wringer for urging said rod intoan extended position in which its end adjacent said rack engages said rack, said latter means comprising a handle xedly mounted on a portion of said rodand slidably disposed within a complementary opening formed in a stationary portion of said Wringer.

4. A tub washer having a pocket slidably housing a wringer to be movable to an operative position extended from the top of said pocket,a rack manual movement of said rod against the action of said spring to disengage said rod from said rack freeing said wringer to be moved, said rod having its free end bent downwardly to extend into said pocket to be able both to engage the lower portion of said rack and to engage other portion of said rack in all extended positions of said wringer relative to said pocket.

FRANK J. HAYES.

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