US1570545A - Wringer - Google Patents

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Patented Jan. 19, 1926.

UNITED. s'ra'rss PATENT OFFICEJ ALPHEUS W. ALTORFER/OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO ALTORFER BROS. OOH- PANY, OF EAST PEORIA, ILLINOIS, A. CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS. I

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Application filed April 10, 1924. Serial No. 705,558.-

T all whom; it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALPHEUS, W. ALTORFER a citizen of the United States, a resident 01 Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois. have invented new and'useful Improvements in Wringers, of which the-following is a specification. A

This invention has reference to wringers, and it has for its principal object to provide a quick releasing means for'the compression on the wringer rolls in the event of a person accidentally getting the fingers or hand caught between the rolls, or in the event of fine fabrics becoming entangled.

The invention has for a further object to improve and simplify the compressionand releasing means described and clalmed in Letters Patent 1,502,225,. granted to my assignees July 22. 1924; y In said patent there is disclosed duplicate coacting levers and a singlecontrol lever; whereas, in the present disclosure 2. single compressionmeans, coacting means and lever control is provided, which both sim' lifies and le'ssensthe cost. t is common in 0th disclosures to pivot the control lever so that it is moved laterally or cross-wiselof the wringer frame, in either direction. This is-of considerable advantage. It provides a. release where the pressure applied by the attendant 1s a push. or pull, toward or from the body, rather than a downward or ,sidewise movement of the I arm, which is both'inconvenient and allows of very little body pressure:

That the invention may be .more .fully understood, reference is bad to the accompanying drawi'r'igs, illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention,'in wh ch:-

Figure l'is a side elevation, partly 1n section, showing a wringer frame and rolls.

and my invention'embodied therein;

Figure 2 is a partial plan view of Figure "1 as the same would appear looking down on the line 2-2. in said figure, and

Figure 3 is a detail elevation of the conline 3--3 Figure 1.

trol lever, as the same would appear on the Like characters of reference denote c0rresponding parts throughout the figures.

The frame 1 of the wringer maybe of suitable construction and made applicable to the swinging or stationary ty e, as may be desired. If of metal it is preamble to construct the same of duplicate sections, such as 2 and 3' formed at their opposite ends with upstanding?) omed to form arrels in which are vertically slldable members 5 having associated semi-spherical bodies 4- with their lower ends bearing blocks -6 to i and adapted to receive power from a suitable source, not shown, for operating the same. The structure shown contemplates gearless operated wringer rolls. f

It is arran ed to apply pressure to the slidable mem ms 5 to retam or hold the rolls 8 and 9 in'cooperative relation. Such means preferably comprises a resilient bar ,12 disposed longitudinally of the wringer frame its opposite ends bearing down on the slldable members 5. To said resilient bar 12 Ined1ate1ts ends is connected a block 13 I A with which the lower end of a. threaded rod 14 engages. Said rod is dis osed in a vertical pos 1t1on and has a threa ed relation with a bushing 15' vertically slidable in the crosshead of the wringer frame, said rod on its upper end being provided with a knurled d s 16 by means of which the rod may be screwed down to increase the spring pressure through the resilient bar to the slidable members 5, or to release such pressure, as the case ma be. The bushing .15 is vertically slidab e and adapted to movev upward w1th the resilient bar 12 as I' shall now explain. Q

- In normal operative position the bushin 15 1s in the position shown in Fi re 1' an so held b a lever 17 fulcrume at 18 on the crossand of the-wringer frame and disposed longitudinally thereof, one end of the lever 17 hearing down on the bushing 15 with the bar 14 adjusted to apply the desired pressure to (provide the necessary compression to he] the wrin er roll 8 in proper working relation with t e roll 9. The opposite or outer end of said lever is held raised by a shoulder 19 formedor provided on a ref is preferably fulcrumed on an extension 22 projecting upwardly from the cross-head wringer frame'fi'neither direction. The desirab lity of this will be seen at a lame. It

- rovides for a push or pull on t e control ever 20' which we more effective operation than would result from a downward or sidewise arm movement. With the lever 20 o erative in an upstanding position, as

s own in Figure 1 it will be readily seen that if an arm is not available an attendant could use her head' and push the lever over into a released position to free.the lever 17 and permit the resilient bar to operateto release he wrin er rol1s. Suchan arrangement is further. esirable, due to the fact that an attendant maybe in a position with the tub intervening so that a push or pull would be the only efleotiv mode of actuating'said control lever, andw en a hand is caught or finenfabrics have become entangled quick action is desirable.

, What I claim is: l

1. In a wringer in combination, a wringer frame, wringer rolls journaled in said frame, a single means to apply pressure ata central point mediate the'en'ds of said rolls resultmg inimpinging. frictional contact between sald rolls,.,means tohold said pressure applyin means, and a control member at one and 0 said frame to co-aet with said holding means and pivoted to the frame to be swung cross-wise t ereof in either direction.

2. In a wringer, in combination, a wringer frame, Svringer rolls journaled in said frame,

a resilient member'disposed' above and longitudinally of said rolls coacting with the opposits ends thereofi means for adjusting the nally of said ro Is and arranged to apply pressure to the o posite ends thereof, a lever pivoted on said rame ap roximately centrally thereof and .arrange with said bar to hold it in operative osition, and a control lever pivoted on said rame at one end thereof to be swun cross-wise thereof in either direction, an adapted to have a cam-like action with said first mentioned lever to hold it in operative position.

4. In a wringer, in comblnation, a wrin or frame, wringerrolls journaled in said frame, a resilient bar disposed above and- .longitudinally of said rolls and coacting at its opposite ends with said rolls, means ar; range centrally of said bar to adjust the compression action thereof, a lever pivoted on said frame and arranged to hold said adto co-act justin .means, and a control lever pivoted on sai frame at one end thereof to be moved side-wise in either directlon, and provided with a beveled shoulderadapted to ride beneath said first'mentioned lever to engage it and hold-it in o erative sition.

In witness w ereof, fixed my hand this 8 th day of April, 1924.

ALPHEU-S w. ALTORFKER.

have hereunto af-

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