US1753040A

US1753040A - Safety attachment for wringers

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Publication number: US1753040A
Application number: US271827A
Authority: US
Inventors: Beitler John
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1928-04-21
Filing date: 1928-04-21
Publication date: 1930-04-01
Anticipated expiration: 1947-04-01

Description

J. BEITLER April 1, 1930.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR WRINGERS Filed April 21, 1928 5 Sheets-Sheet l ATTORNEY J. BEITLER April 1, 1930.

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1a 7 1a .r 4 4 ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 1, 1930 JOHN BEITLER, OF BRENTWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA SAIE'li ATTACHMENT FOR WRINGERS Application filed April 21,

This invention relates to safety means for clothes wringers, the general object of the invention being to provide means for conveying the clothes to and from the wringer,

with means for enclosing the rollers of the wringer and adjacent parts of the conveying means so as to prevent the user from being injured by having his hands caught between the rollers or parts of the conveyor.

I This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement ofthe several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is an elevation with parts in section, showing the improved wringer attached to a tub.

Figure 2 is a plan view with parts in section.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of F igure 2.

Figure 4 is a section on line 44 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig ure 1.

Figure 6 is an enlarged vertical sectional view through the wringer and parts of the conveying means and the shields.

Figure 7 is a section on line 77 of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of one of the V-shaped members.

In these views, the numeral 1 indicates a pair of side pieces attached at their inner ends to each side of the wringer, one at each end thereof, these side pieces extending outwardly and downwardly at an angle, as

shown. The side pieces of each pair are con- 45 nected together by a conveyor board 2 and upper and lower shafts 3 have their ends journaled in the side pieces, with the board extending between the shafts. A plurality of belts 4 pass over each pair of rollers 3, with the upper reach of each belt passing 1928. Serial No. 271,827.

over the board;' Y Each belt is provided with projections 5 for preventing the clothes slipping flUl'll the belts and board and insuring the clothes being carried up the conveyor from the tub to the rollers of the wr'inger, the conveying n eangs on the opposite side of the wringer conveying the ole hes from the wringer into a tub or oiher receptacle which receives the clothes after they pass through the wringer. A cog is attached to one end so of one of the pintlcs of the lower roll the wringer and a pair of outer cogs '5 mesh with the cog 6. One of these cogsis arranged to one side of the wringer and the other at the opposite side thereofand each cog 7 meshes 65 with a cog 8 connected with each upper roller 3 so that the conveyor belts will be driven from the lower roll 01" the wringerl A V- shaped member 9 bridges the space between each upper roller 3 and the lower roll of the wringer, eachN-shaped member being yieldably sup orted from a part of the wringer by the brackets 10 provided with the sprin arms 11 to which the ends .of the V-shape member are fastened, as clearly shown at 11' in Figure 7. These parts are so constructed and arranged that the upper parts of the members 9 are yieldingly held against the lower roll of the wringer. Each V-shaped member is provided with notches 12 in its so outer edges which form spaces for the passage of the projections on the conveyor belts.

A shield or uard 13 is hingedly connected with the upper part of the wringer at each side thereof, as shown at 14. The shields extend outwardly and downwardly at an angle and cover the rolls of the wringers and the upper or inner ends of the conveying means. Their outer ends are rounded, as shown at 15, so that clothes can readily pass under the same by lifting the shields upwardly.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided simple means for conveying clothes from a tub to a wringer and for conveying the cloth-cs from the wringer to another receptacle, thus rendering it unnecessary for the user to place his fingers close to the rolls of the wringer in feeding clothes to the Wringer or removing them from the wringer. The V-shaped members act to carry the clothes from the conveyor to the rolls or from the rolls to the conveyor and by yieldingly supporting the V-shaped members, they are pressed against the lower roll so that the member which receives the clothes from the wringer will prevent the clothes from being wound around the lower roll thereof.

The shields or guards 13 prevent one from placing his hands too close to the rolls of the wringer or to the conveyor belts as they pass over the upper rollers.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. In combination with a wringer, means for conveying clothes to the wringer, means for conveying clothes from the wringer, means for driving both conveying means from one ofthe rolls of the wringer, guards attached to the upper part of the wringer, one at each side thereof and extending outwardly and downwardly over the inner portions of the conveying means, members bridging the space between the upper ends of the conveying means and the lower roll of the wringer and means for yieldingly supporting the members with their upper portions against the lower roll of the wringer.

2. In combination witha wringer, means for conveying clothes to the wringer, means for conveying clothes from the wringer, means for driving both conveying means from one of the rolls of the wringer, guards attached to the upper part of the wringer, one at each side thereof and extending outwardly and downwardly over the inner portions of the conveying means, members bridging the space between the upper ends of the conveying means and the lower roll of the wringer and means for yieldably supporting the members with their upper portions against he lower roll of the wringer, each member being of V-shape in cross secticfii with its pointed part resting upon the ro 3. In combination with a wringer, a pair of side pieces attached to each side of the wringer, said pieces extending outwardl and downwardly at an angle, a conveyor oard connecting the side pieces together, upper and lower rollers journaled in each pair of side pieces, conveyor belts carried by'each pair of rollers, the upper reaches of the belts passing over the board, projections on the belts, a cog attached to one end of the lower roll of the wringler, idle cogs meshing therewith, cogs on t e upper rollers of the conveying means meshing with the idle cogs, bridging members placed between the upper rollers of the conveying means and the lower roll of the wringer, means for yieldingly support ing the bridging members and guards hinge edly connected with the upper part of the wringer, one at each side thereof ard extending downwardly and outwardly for covering the rolls of the wringer and the inner portions of the conveying means.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOHN BEITLER.