US122164A - Improvement in clothes-wringers - Google Patents

Description

JOHN FOX.

Improvement in Cloths Wringers.

Patented Dec.26,1871.

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UNITED S'rA'rns JOHN FOX, OF FARMERSVILLE, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN .CLOTHES-WRINGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 122,164, dated December 26, 1871.

- proved machine taken through the line a: :0, Fig.

2. Fig. 2 is a detail vertical section of the same taken through the line y y, Fig. 1.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved clothes-wringer, which shall be simple in construction, convenient in use, and effective.

in operation; adjusting itself to the varying thickness of the articles passing through it, and being easily adjusted to operate upon larger or smaller articles, as may be desired; and it consists in the construction and combination of various parts of the machine, as hereinafter more fully described.

A are two standards, which are connected to each other and held in their proper relative position by crossbars a. The lower parts of the standards A are designed to be securely bolted to some suitable part of a washing-machine. The standards A are slotted from their upper ends to receive and serve as bearings to the journals of Upon the journals of the upper roller B, and within the slots of the standards A, rest the blocks D, upon which rest the ends of the bar E. The middle part of the bar E projects upward, and is grooved longitudinally to receive the lower or convex edge of the bent lever F, which has lugs, studs, or pivots, f formed upon its sides, which rest upon the upper side of the bar E. a The end of .the inner or short arm of the curved lever F is pivoted to the top bars a of the frame A a. by a pin or bolt, f several holes being formed in the said bars a to receive the said pin or bolt f so that the leverF may be readily adjusted according as larger or smaller articles are to be passed through the machine. Upon the sides of the end of the outer or long arm of the curved lever F are formed lugs or pivots f upon which the lower side of the lever G rests, the upper edge of the said end entering a groove in the under side of the said lever G. The end of the lever G, or a pivot or point attached to said end, enters a hole in the plate H, attached to the outer side of the standard A, several holes being formed in the said plate to receive the said end or point to enable the said lever G to be adjusted according as larger or smaller articles are to be passed through the machine. The free end of the leverG projects upward and passes out through the slotted upper end of the other standardA. Upon the projecting end of the lever G is passed the loop or eye formed upon the upper end of the rod I, to the lower end of which is swiveled the end of the treadle J, the other end of which rests upon the floor, so that the operator, by bearing upon the treadle J with his foot, may apply any desired amount of pressure to the clothes. To the projecting end of the journal of the lower rollerO is attached the crank K, by which the machine is operated. To the projecting journal of the lower roller 0 is also attached a gearwheel, L, the teeth of which mesh into the teeth of the gear-wheel M, pivoted to a bar or plate, N, connected with and supported from the standard A by straps, arms, or brackets 0. Upon the inner side of the gear-wheel M is formed, or to it is attached, a cross-bar, P, the ends of which may project beyond the teeth of the said wheel M. To the projecting end of the journal of the upper roller B is attached a wheel, Q, having two lugs or pins, R, formed upon or attached to its outer side, upon the opposite sides of its center, for the bar P to strikeagainst to revolve the upper roller. By this construction the upper roller B may be raised to allow large articles to pass through the machine without throwing the wheels L M out of gear or affecting their proper working. The wheel Q has a projection form'ed around the center of its inner side to rest against the outer side of the block D and keep it in place in the slot of the standard A. The other block D is kept in place in the slot of the other standard A by a plate, S, attached to the outer side of said standard A, and which may be a solid part of the plate H. The blocks D are kept in place upon the inner sides of the standards A by the ends of the roller B, as shown in Fig. 1. Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-.-

1. The combination of the gear-wheels L M, cross-bar P, and wheel Q, provided with pins or lugs .R, with the journals of the rollers B O of 3. The combination of the rod I and swiveled theclothes-wringer, substantially asherein shown treadle J with the levers F and G to enable and described, and for the purpose set forth. power to be applied to said lever with the foot, 2.. The combination of the blocks D cross-bar substantially as herein shown and described.

E, curved lever Ff f f lever G, and plate H, JOHN FOX.

having one or more holes formed in it, with the journals of theupperrollerB of the clothes-wring- Witnesses:

er to enable pressure to be applied tosaid roller, WILLIAM RILEY,

as set forth. M. JENNIE Fox, (91)

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