GB589896A - Improvements relating to wringers with reversible drip trays - Google Patents

Abstract

589,896. Wringers. CO-OPERATIVE WHOLESALE SOCIETY, Ltd., and MOORE, J. R. March 30, 1945, No. 8091. [Class 138 (ii)] The drip tray of a wringer is in the form of a single fitting having upper and lower walls 2, 1 projecting from either side of the rollers. The fitting is rockable between two positions in which either upper wall 2 is inclined or horizontal, so that the machine can be used from either side; when inclined the upper wall keeps articles fed to the rollers clear of drain water passing away to a drain hole 4 at the outer edge of the lower wall, whilst when horizontal it lies adjacent the lower roller just below the nip and serves. as a mangling board. In Fig. 1 the fitting is formed from a metal strip, folded over at its two ends to form the upper walls, and secured to end plates 5. The latter have inverted T-slots 10 by which they are engaged over the journals of the lower roller, and which limit the rocking movement about pivots 7. The upper walls 2 may, alternatively, be removable to facilitate cleaning the interior of the fitting. In Fig. 2 the upper walls are formed as separate parts 15, 16 secured to a lower tray part 14. The upper parts have inturned lugs 20 to engage the lower roller or its journal, or, as shown, ribs 21 formed on the side frames. This constitutes the pivotal mounting of the fitting, movement being limited by T-slots 23 in the side frames in which pins 22 on the fitting work. Specification 523,273 is referred to.