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US 4,305,265 AGranted
Laundering device
OwnerMarcelo Burgasinventor
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Abstract
A laundering device for use in cleaning articles of clothing composed of a plurality of components adapted to be disassembled when not in use and stored in a container, the device is composed of a frame with downwardly extending removable support legs and a reciprocal shaft including either a motor drive or hand drive for reciprocating the shaft so that when the lower end, which extends between the legs is reciprocated within a flexible pliable bag of soapy water impervious material, a plunger attached to the shaft agitates the water so that the articles of clothing may be laundered.
Claims6
A device to launder articles of clothing comprising,
- a frame comprising,
- a horizontal plate means,
- a plurality of spaced legs each having an upper end and a lower end, and said lower ends extending from the plate and supporting said horizontal plate means at a predetermined height,
- means to connect the upper ends removably to the plate means, and
- said plate means having a central through hole,
- a shaft slidably arranged in the hole, said shaft having an upper portion extending above the plate means and a lower portion extending below the plate means,
- a housing on the plate means and about the upper shaft portion, and means to secure the housing to the plate means, said housing defining a chamber,
- a drive means in the chamber and carried by said housing, said drive means including a drive transmission including gears and a crank arm, connector means interconnecting the upper portion of the shaft and the crank arm for reciprocal movement of the shaft relative to the hole when the drive means is operated.
- plunger means fixed to the lower end of the shaft, and a closed water pervious bag removably arranged about said shaft adjacent the lower end and adapted to hold soapy water,
- said plunger being within said bag and adapted for reciprocal laundering motion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.