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&lt; PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. 0 C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT McCAIN, OF ROOTSTOWN, OHIO.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 27,643, dated Marell 27, 1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Robebt McCain, of Rootstown, in the county of Portage ancl State of Ohio, have invented a new and use5 ful Improvement in Washing-Machines; ancl I do hereby declare that the folloxving is a full, clear, ancl exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and marks 10 thereon.

The improvement under this invention is more specially designed for the washing of hair for use in matresses, cushions, etc., but is susceptible of being used for the washing 15 of any article. In the machine having my improvement are embraced means for pounding the hair, or article being washed, ancl means for rubbing the same, ancl the two sets of means are so arranged in relation to 20' each other that the hair, or article being washed, may readily be taken from the pounding chamber ancl placed upon the rubbing table, ancl as to allow of the rubbing part of the machine ancl the pounding part to be used at the same time, or of their being used separately; while the arrangement also permits of the entire removal of the rubbing part.

Of the draxvings forming part of this specification Figure 1, is a longitudinal section of a washing machine having my improvement; ancl Fig. 2, is a top view of the machine.

In each of these figures like marks and letters are used to designate like parts.

The pounding part of this machine and the rubbing part are both embraced in a frame of rectangular form, which is supported by legs or standards (a), connected together by a base strip (δ), and at the top united by side and end pieces (&lt;?) xvhich extend downward not quite half the depth of the frame, or to such distance as may be desirable. These side and end pieces in connection with a bottom plate (cZ) ancl a partition plate (e), a top plate (/) ancl a cloor (/) form the pounding chamber.

To the partition plate (e), xvhich forms the back of the pounding chamber are attached half tubes (A), ancl to a pounder or traveler (Z) are also attached like half tubes (j), the rounded surfaces of the one set of half-tubes fitting into the spaces (Z·) between the half-tubes of the other surface. The pounder (Z) in its movements is guided by bars (Z) attached to the sides of the cham25 ber, and it is moved backward ancl forward across the inclined bottom (cZ) and against the half-tubes (A) of the back (e), by a rocl or bar (m) affixed to it at one encl 60 and hingeci or pivoted to a vertical lever (n) at the other end. This vertical lever (n) is pivoted to the horizontal bar (δ) of the frame; it is also rigidly connected to the horizontal lex^rer (o) ancl to a brace-bar 65 (p)—the horizontal lever (o) having a cross foot-bar (/) ancl a strengthening bar (r).

A hand frame (s) is hinged to the foot-bar (/), and by the upward and downward movement of this hand-frame the levers for op- 70 erating the pounder (Z) may be actuated by hand-power either alone or in connection with the power of the foot acting upon the foot-bar (/). Thus the foot and hands of the operator max' both be made available to 75 operate the pounder or only the foot or the hands alone.

The rubber becl, as is shown by the drawings, is of curved form in the line of the traverse of the rubbing roller. This becl (Z) 80 is detachable, one of ends resting upon the top of the back (e) and the other end resting on the top of the end piece (&lt;?),—the flanges at each end serving to keep the bed in place. The roller (w) has helically arranged riclges 85 (u) upon its surface and rotates upon its shaft (w), which is attached to a vertical lex'er (®), ancl the lex'er (as) has a hand bar (/) by which it may be moved backward and forward, and a foot-bar (.s) attached to a frame (s'), 90 to the side bars of which the lex'er (a?) ispivoted. Thus the rubbing roller may be moved either by the hands of the operator alone, or by the hands ancl foot acting together; which allows of its pressure upon 95 the hair, or article, being washed, greater or less as may be desirable, ancl enables the operator to use the roller to press out the washing water ancl thus aid in drying the hair or whatever article is being washed. 100

The movements of the roller are facilitated by a wire or cord (/') extending to a spring (as') which is attached to the bottom plate (cZ). The bed (7) also to a certain extent may be made to assist the spring, if the 105 becl be constructed of sheet metal, or if it be made to rest on springs.

As has formerly been stated, the arrangement of the means herein described allows of the rubbing means being used either alone 11« or in connection with the pounding means, or of the pounding means being used alone £2

27,643 in connection with the rubbing means; and, as is obvious, the arrangement also allows of the one or the other set of means being used separately and distinct from the other 5 in a machine constructed for pounding only or in a machine constructed for rubbing only.