US2589619A - Attachment for laundry machines - Google Patents

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March 18, 1952 J, LEEF 2,589,619

ATTACHMENT FOR LAUNDRY MACHINES Filed April 9. 1949 2 SHEETSSHEET 1 170/222 fllea/ Mar 9 J. H. LEEF 2,589,619

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Patented Mar.18,1952, 2,539, 19

UNITED STATES;- "PATEN OFFICE" I 2,5s9,r 1ei ATTACHMENT FOR LAUNDRY MACHINES John H. Leef, Minneapolis, Minn. Application April 9, 1949, Serial No. 86,480

1. Claim. (01 259-93) rivets 6, is a stub shaft 1 which is journalled in eh elongated bearing 8. Bearing 8 is secured fast, by means of bolts or the like 8,. to the im- My invention relates generally to improve'f-wments in drum or cylinder-type laundry device and, more particularly, to improvements there, for. v erforate rear wall Ill of a housing or casing li Still more specifically, my invention relates to n which the drum i is adapted to rotate. Houshorizontally-disposed laundry tumbler cylinders ing II has an annular front Wall lZdefining' a which are normally journalled only at their central opening I2 axially aligned with the closed rear ends to a supporting frame for roopening 3. The'openings 3' and 12' are nortation about their own axes. man closed by a swinging cover plate [3 hinged I have found that with such devices, due to; to the front wall 12 as indicated at 3. The the fact that the drums are rotatively supported?" v drum I may be rotated by means of a sprocket only from their rear ends, undue stress is placed; ywheel M fast on the shaft 1, by means of a upon the bearings. This results in relatively; chain l5 connected to a source of power, not rapid bearing wear, bearing replacement (with shown. the consequent tying up of the machine), and the I 15 Preferably and as shown, the casing or housing use of increased amounts of power, required to, f s Supported in Sp re iI-he ground turn the drum or cylinder because of increasec'l v means of front and rear l s in he n re friction. of skirts l6 and ii respectively. My novel at- The primary object of my invention is the 1 "tachment f machines f thev a v -d provision of a ttachm nt, including a pair of 20 scribed, comprises a base member i8, shown as supporting rollers, which may be readily secured I" being an a ed a le on which is ad pt to the stationary supporting frame of such a to be rigidly Se y means of bolt/S Or the device for rotatively supporting the front end of ik t0 the from; below and in Sp d the drum or cylinder, whereby the objectional "r a n to the under Side housing H a features of said machine above-described, are ylindel' Working p y through e fo largely eliminated, wardly-projecting shelve 29 of the base member A still further object of my invention is the 18 e a pair of spaced adjustment sc ews 21.

provision of such a device which may be readily Ada ed to be adjustably secured to the front secured to a machine of the type in question intermediate the base member 1 and the and which may thereafter be adjusted to com- 0 under Side of the housing H is a yoke 22 having pensate for Wear, disalignment, and the like. 1,9 of spaced Toners 23 projectingtupwardly A still further object of my invention is the therefrom Headed bolts 24, which Work in provision of such a device, which is inexpensive V to produce simple in construction, and durable l llmlted vertical adjustability of the yoke 22 with in i respect to the base member 18 and the under The above and still further objects of my i of 638mg and m i the invention will become apparent from the folmlsmg H 15 cut away as lpqlcated lowing detailed specification, appended claim, rollers to {make penpileml .supportmg and attached drawings gagement with tne under side or the casing i,

Referrm to th g as indicated at 21.

g e drawn Wherem like char It should be obvious that, in order to initially acters indie t l'k t a e 1 8 par 5 throughout the Several obtain the desired height of the rollers 23, both views:

Fig. 1 is a frontelevation of a rotating cylingg ggi fig fg f g gfg z ggg y r f ig g t: der g g zshowing my nm'el device adjustments thereafter due to wear' it is but e ur l H s e 2 ere a necessary to loosen the bolts 24 (whereby to per- 15 Vertlcal axla'l section taken i'nit relative movement of the yoke 22 with -re secttth f't Referring with greater particularity to the ri 6 ion 16 and adlust the drawings, the numeral 5 indicates, in its entirety, s n i i a horizontallydisposed cylinder including a rear co if fifi gfig g fi ifif ifi ggi flfi wall 2, an annular front wall 3 defining a central 1 Tbler type used in cial laundiies. It opemng 3' n a umfer n i ynd d out: should be obvious to those skilled in 1 the art Wall shown as having e i a plurality f I that the invention may be utilized *tosupport perforations 5. Projecting axially from rear ,the; front end of imperforate tumbling'drums of wall 2, and made fast therewith by means of iis general character in washing machines.

tically-extended slots 25 in the yoke 22, permit- While I have described and shown a commercial form of my invention, it should be obvious that the same is capable of modification without departure from the scope and spirit of the invention as" defined in the appended claim.

What I claim is:

In a device of'the class described, a generally cylindrical housing, a horizontally-disposed cylindrical tumblingzdrum within-T said housing, means journalling the rear end of said tumbling drum to said housing, said housing and drum having aligned openings in their forward ends for the insertion of material to the inside of said drum and removal of material therefrom, a supporting leg for said housing, said leg being spaced rearwardly from the forward ends of" said hous-J i. ing and tumbling drum, said housing being prov intermediate the base member and the under side of said housing, a pair of laterally-spaced f. rollers journalled on said yoke on axes parallel to the axis of said tumbling drum, said rollers vided with aperture means intermediate said 4 leg and the front end thereof, means for rotatably supporting the front 'end-o'f said tumbling-g drum, said means comprising a base, member secured fast to the front supporting leg below the front end of said housing and tumbling drum,

a yoke vertically adjustably secured to said leg adjusting means between said base, member and JOHN H. LEEF.

said yoke for varying the height of said rollers.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 'i859,4'12 Schutz July 9, 190"! 2,289,162 Amonsen July '7, 1942 a FOREIGN PATENTS *Number, Country 1 Date 468,790 France July 16, 19 14

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