US1432807A - Clothes wringer - Google Patents

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L. TER MAAT.

CLOTHES WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAYIB. 1921.

1,%32,87 Patented Oct. 24, 1922. 2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

L. TER MAAT.

CLOTHES WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 192!- L fi y, Patented Oct 2 1, 1922 2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

Patented Get. 24, 1922..

err-arse LAURENCE TEE MAA'I,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CLOTHES WRINGER.

Application filed May 18,

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LAURENCE TER MAAT, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes Wringers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to clothes wringers and its object is to provide a power driven wringer with means for facilitating delivery of wet articles to the rolls and at the same time obviate the necessity of putting the hands near the rolls, with consequent risk of injury, when feeding articles thereto; also to increase the efficiency of the wringer by providing means'for making it certain that all the water pressed out by the rolls will flow into one tub and that the articles passed through the rolls will deliver into another.

I have accomplished these objects by slightly modifying the construction and arrangement of the wringer rolls and by equipping the wringer with a safety feeding apron of special construction, including edges which cooperate with the rolls in a manner to cause water to be retained on the apron anld articles placed thereon to be fed to the r0 5.

With these main and other incidental objects in view, my invention consists of the organization, details of construction, parts, or their equivalents, hereinafter described, and more particularly defined in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a wringer constructed according to my invention.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section on the line 3-3 Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of the rolls with the apron shown in cross section.

I have illustrated my invention in connection with a power driven wringer mounted on a suitable support A and driven through the gear case B in the usual manner. Ordinarily, the wrin er will be positioned between two tubs, D, as in Fig. 1.

The wringer frame may be of the usual construction illustrated, the various parts of which need not be described. On the inner side of each of the vertical end members of the frame and near their lower ends I secure a pair of horizontally extending bracket members 10 which extend in parallel relation an equal distance from each side of the 1921. Serial No. 470,602.

wringer frame beneath the rolls. On the ends of the members 10 there are j ournaled rollers 11 and spaced inwardly a short distance from these are second rollers 12 which are mounted in adjustable, bearings controlled by set-screws 12 and act as tension controlling means for the apron. The wringer rolls, ordinarily of equal length, are modified to carry out my invention by makingthe upper roll somewhat shorter than the lower one so that the lower roll projects a little beyond the upper roll at each end, as at 13. The wringer rolls and rollers 11 and 12' just described serve to support an endless feeding and delivering apron 14 which passes between the wringer rolls, around the supporting rollers 11 and over the idler tension rollers 12. As evident from the drawings, the relation of the supporting rollers to the wringer rolls is such that both the upper and lower runs of the apron inclines downwardly and outwardly fromthe rolls on either side and water carried on the apron will therefore not drip therefrom except at the ends over the tubs.

The apron 14 is of special construction and constitutes an important part of my invention. It may be of any preferred water proof fabric or composition, its distinctive feature being that its edges are enlarged for' thickened and therefore raised above the surfaceof the apron. The upper rolls of the wringer extend from one raised edge of the apron to the other and the raised edges are brought into contact with the ends of the upper roll as they pass over the lower one, as indicated at 15, Fig. 4. In the present instance I have shown the apron edges as thickened by means of a cord 16 inclosed in hems on the edges of the apron. When the apron is stretched over its supports, the

thickened edges, which press on the rollers 11 and on the lower wringer roll, are forced to project above thesurface of the apron which therefore presents a trou h-like shape. Incidentally, the corded or thlckened edges reinforce the apron, prevent the stretching, and, due to contact with the ends of the upper roll, keep the apron in properposition.

It results from the construction described that water pressed from the clothes cannot flow over the edges of the apron, but must flow down the apron into the tub, and also that articles passing through the rolls will be retained on the apron and properly delivered. It further results that the articles placed on the lower part of the apron will be raised and guided thereby to the rolls, making it unnecessary for the person feeding the wringer to bring hand or fingers within dangerous distance of the rolls.

It will therefore be evident that I have provided a novel construction which increases the efliciency of this class of devices and makes for safety in their operation, and I claim as my invention:

1. In a wrin'ger, the combination with the pair of wringer rolls of an inclined movable conveyor apron engaged between the rolls 7 and extending from end to end thereof, and

means comprising a projecting portion on each edge of the apron engaging the ends of the upper roll for guiding the apron and preventing escape of Water over the apron v edges.

2. A Wringer comprising a pair of Wringer mediate the ends of said supports.

3. A wringer comprising a pair of wringer rolls, one of saidrolls projecting beyond the other, and an endless apron supported to pass between said rolls and formed with projecting edges engaging the ends of the shorter roll.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

LAURENCE TER MAAT.

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