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discharging upon the clothes in the drum
passes through them and materially assists
in the washing process and, gravitating to
the pocket 19, again passes into the chambers
5 16 through the openings 20, when the opera-
tion just described is repeated.
The drum 15 is of skeleton form and is pro-
vided at its ends with journals 14, which ob-
tain bearings in the parts 12, as hereinbefore
io stated. The journals 14 have arms 22 radi-
ating therefrom, forming a spider-casting, as
indicated in Fig. 6, and these spiders are se-
cured to the ends of the drum in any sub-
stantial manner. One of the journals has an
15 angular opening 23 to receive an angular por-
tion of a crank 24, which is removably fitted
thereto for rotating or turning the drum upon
its journals.
Access is had to the interior of the drum
20o by means of a door 25, forming a portion
thereof and closing an opening provided in a
side of the drum. This door is hinged at one
edge, as shown at 26, and is held closed by a
catch 27 at its opposite edge and which springs
25 over a bar bordering upon the opening closed
by the door 25.
A series of slats or bars 28 are disposed lon-
gitudinally in parallel relation and are located
at regular intervals apart and are secured in
30 any convenient manner to the ends or heads
of the drum and are comparatively thin and
wide and placed with their width extending
radially. The outer edge portions of -these
slats or bars project beyond the plane of the
35 wires 30 and are bent approximately at right
angles, as shown at 29, so as to scoop up the
water when the drum is rotated. The slats
or bars are disposed so that one half have
-their bent edge portions 29 facing in one di-
40 rection and the other half have their bent
edges facing in the opposite direction, thereby
providing for the scooping up of the water
upon turning the drum in either direction.
The bent edge portions facing in one direc-
45 tion are not grouped, but are equally dis-
tributed about the circumference of the drum,
so as to scoop up the water at regular inter-
vals. A series of wires 30, extending in par-
allel relation, are passed through openings
50 formed in the slats or bars 28 intermediate oftheir inner and outer edges and close the
spaces formed between the said slats or bars,
whereby the clothes are retained within the
drum when the machine is in operation. The
inner edge portions of the slats or bars form 55
agitators or beaters and the outer edge por-
tions splashers, paddles, or scoops to insure
a thorough agitation of the water upon turn-
ing the drum. 'The clothes to be washed are
placed in the drum and the suds-box is sup- 6o
plied with a sufficient amount of water, which
latter is heated by starting a fire in the fur-
nace, and when the water boils it will rise in
the chambers 16, discharge through the open-
ings 21 into the drum and upon the clothes, 65
pass through the latter to the bottom of the
suds-box, to be again heated and perform the
operation just described. The process of
washing is greatly facilitated by operating
the drum either by turning it slowly in one 70
or the other direction or by oscillating it upon
its journals, as may be desired. By remov-
ing the cover 8 and withdrawing the crank
24 the drum may be lifted from the suds-box
for any purpose, as will be readily understood. 75
Having thus described the invention, what
is claimed as new is-
In a washing-machine, the combination
with a suds-box, of similar plates applied to
the interior of the suds-box and extending 80
the full length thereof, and curving in oppo-
site directions between their top and bottom
edges, and having their upper edges deflected
and secured to the sides of the box a short
distance from their top edges and provided 85
with openings, and having their lower edges
touching and secured to the bottom of the
box a short distance from a vertical longitu-
dinal plane passing centrally through the box,
and curving oppositely and spaced apart, 90o
forming a pocket, and provided with a series
of openings, substantially as set forth for the
purpose described.
In testimony that I claim the foregoing as
my own I have hereto affixed my signature in 95
the presence of two witnesses.
HENRY 1. ROACH.
Witnesses:
W. F. GILL,
J. N. BLAIE.
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Roach, Henry B. Washing-Machine., patent, August 24, 1897; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174706/m1/4/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.