US1143299A - Gearing for clothes-wringers. - Google Patents

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' G. W. MOOREI GEARING FOR CLOTHES WRINGERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8, 1913.

1,143,299. I Patented June 15, 1915.

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G. W. MOORE.

G EARING FOR CLOTHES WRINGERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-8,1913- 1,14;3,299, Patented June 15, 1915.

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azflwywj WEED same-Pi GEORGE w. Moons, or TULSA, oKnAHoMA, esslelvon T0 IMPERIAL MANUFACTURING COM]? OF SAND- SPRINGS, OKLAHOMA, A CORPORATION OF KANSAS.

.GEABING FOR CLOTHES-WBINGERS,

Specification of Letters Batent.

Patented June 15, was.

Application filed March 8, 1913. Serial No. 753,056.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE Moons, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Tulsa, in the county of Tulsa and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Gearing forClothesobject is to produce a mechanism which will be capable of driving the wringer in reverse directions and be provided with convenient means for reversing the direction of drive at will. i A

A further object is to produce a device of this character which will compromise as fewparts and occupy as small space as 'possible and be attached directly to one of the wringershafts of a washing machine and interposed between the wringer and the driving mechanism of the washer.

With these general objects in view,the mvention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction as will appear in the following description of one of .the embodiments of the same shown in connection with a washingmachine of the oscillatory drum type, referencebeing made to the drawings, in which- Figures 1 and 2, are side and end elevations respectively of a washing machine of the oscillatory drum type. Fig. 3, 1s a s de view of the clutch arranged in connection with one of the wringer shafts, the gear box being partly broken away to disclose the interior, and Fig. 4 is a vertical sectlon through the clutching and reversing mechanism for the said wringer shaft.

Referring to the drawings, a washing machine 1, is shown of the oscillatory drum type having a wringer 2 .at one endand a shaft 3, to be driven by suitable connection from a motor 4. The details of the wringer itself and those of the washer and the washer drive will not be enlarged upon since they do not form a part of my invention,

within the upper end of the'gear casing 7 and mounted loosely upon the outer end of the shaft 10 of the lower roll 5. The sprocket 9 may be secured to or formed integrally as shown with the gear 11, which is also mounted idly on the shaft'l0. Said shaft also carries loosely a sprocket spaced from the shaft hearing by a collar 13 and 1 from the gear 11 by a sleeve 14, which is keyed to the shaft 10 and carries a clutch 15 slidably engaging said key. This clutch 15 is providedwith a pair of jaws 16 on each of its opposite faces adapted to engage wlth 811111131 jaws on the adjacent faces of the gear 11 and sprocket 12. The clutch is thrownconveniently, by means of a lever 17 pivoted at 18 to the gear box and carry-' ing a yoke 19 provided with pins engaging a channel of the clutch in the usual manner. The lever carries a dog 20 adapted to engage any one of three recesses 21 at the top of the gear casing as the lever is moved to throw the clutch into engagement with the gear or sprocket or to intermediate or neutral position.

The lever is so mounted as to have slight lateral play on its pivot 18 andis held normally to the right in Fig. 1, by aleaf spring 22 thus seating the lug into the recess with which it is registering.

Directly below the .wringer shaft 10 is mounted a short counter-shaft23 having its opposite ends supported respectively in the shaft frame and the outer wall of the gear casing 7 On this shaft is journaled a. gear 25 meshing with'the gear 11 and provided with a sleeve hub 26 to the outer extremity of whichand vertically below sprocket 12 is secured a sprocket wheel 27 Sprocket 12 is adapted to be driven from the wheel 27 by means of a chain 28. v

The operation of the parts will now be readily understood. So long as the clutch remains in intermediate positionthe wringer rolls remain motionless and the gears 11 and 25 and wheels 12 and 27 simply turn idly on their shafts. If the clutch be thrown to the left in Fig. 4, the shaft 10 is connected for motion with'gear 11, theother gear 25 and wheels 12 27 continuing to do no work, but if the clutch be thrown to the right in Fig. 4, the shaft 10 will take its motion no longer" from gear 11 but from sprocket wheel 12, which as will be apparent from an inspection of Fig. 4; rotates in a diply reversed.

rection directly opposite to that of gear 11 so that the movement of the shaft 10 is sim From the above detail description it will be seen that I have produced a simple and efiicient mechanism for carrying out the objects of the invention and while the embodiment shown the same, I reserve the right to make such changes and modifications as may properly fall within the appended claims.

I claim 1. In operating mechanism for wringers, a wringer shaft, a continuously driven gear wheel loosely mounted thereon, a sprocket wheel loosely mounted on said shaft, a counter shaft adjacent the wringer shaft, a combination gear and sprocket wheel mounted on said countershaft, the gear wheel meshing with the first-named gear wheel, a sprocket chain connecting the sprocket wheel element of said combination wheel with the first-named sprocket wheel and adapted to rotate the latter reversely to the direction of rotation of the first-named gear wheel, means to drive the said first-named is one practical form of loosely mounted thereon, a second counter a shaft mounted beneath said wringer shaft, a combination gear and sprocket thereon connected operativelv with said first-named gear and sprocket respectively, means for driving said first-named gear from said continuously driven counter-shaft, and a clutch mounted on said wringer shaft between said first-named gear and sprocket wheel and adapted to clutch said wringer shaft for rotation with either said first-named gear or said first-named sprocket wheel.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. MOORE.

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