IMPROVEMENTS IN WASHING MACHINES

PERFECTIONNEMENTS AUX LAVEUSES

Claims

Claim lst In a washing machine in which a convex rubber is pivoted within an open chamber having a concaved corrugated bottom, the combination of a flattened surface centrally located on the bottom of the box, and projecting above or below the corrugations, for the purpose of causing the clothes to turn over when acted upon by the action of the rubber. 2nd In a washing machine composed of an open chamber having a concaved corrugated bottom, the combination of a rubber having transverse bars longitudinally grooved and bevelled on their edges to form projecting angles. 3rd In a washing machine, in which a convex rubber is pivoted within an open chamber having a concaved corrugated bottom, the combination of dash boards located at either end of the chamber and separated from the corrugations by an inclined board. 4th In an open chamber having a concaved corrugated bottom, a convex rubber composed of transverse bars connected together at their ends by a plate provided with a pivot, in combination with vertical metallic guides provided with grooved wooden caps, for the purpose of permitting the free vertical movement of the rubber, without allowing it to jump out of place. 5th In a washing machine provided with rollers for wringing the clothes, two standards rigidly secured opposite to each other, at one end of the clothes box, and having vertical slots cut downwardly from their top end to a point near the top end of the clothes box, at which point bottom bearings are formed to receive the spindle of the lower roller, in combination with a top roller rest¬ing on the one below it, and having top bearings formed for its spindle in the bottom end of blocks adjustably fitted into the vertical slots made in the standards, the said blocks being secured together by a cross-bar held in position by bolts and nuts so arranged in connection with a spring, that the required springing movement between the rollers is secured by the vertical adjustment of the upper roller. 6th Rollers for wringing the clothes, two standards secured at one end of the clothes box at an outwardly inclined angle and having slots cut in them, to receive the spindles of the rollers, the lower one being provided with a crank and supported in stationary bearings, while the bearings of the upper roller are formed in blocks adjustably fitted into the vertical slots in the standards, and connected together by a cross bar, in combination with compression bolts arranged in connection with springs so as to permit the required adjustment of the upper roller while imparting necessary compression. 7th. In a washing machine having at one end a wringing attachment, the combination of vertical strips placed on the inside of each standard, so as to prevent the clothes coming in contact with the journals of the rollers. 8th In a wringing attachment, a board placed immediately below the rollers and slanting towards the washing machine, in combination with a bevelled bar fixed to the said board parallel with, and fitting closely to the lower roller.