US2064544A

US2064544A - Wringer

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Publication number: US2064544A
Application number: US703355A
Authority: US
Inventors: Walter L Kauffman
Original assignee: Lovell Manufacturing Co
Current assignee: Lovell Manufacturing Co
Priority date: 1933-12-21
Filing date: 1933-12-21
Publication date: 1936-12-15
Anticipated expiration: 1953-12-15

Description

WRINGER Walter L. Kauffman, II, Erie, Pa., assigner to Lovell Manufacturing Company, Erie, Pa., a

corporation of Pennsylvania Application December 21, 1933, Serial No. 703,355

6 Claims.

Clothes wringers are usually provided with some sort of a guide, or hand-rest by means of which the clothes may be readily directed to the bite of the rolls. Where these rests, or guides project a substantial distance from the rolls it is desirable to have them so formed that they may be readily assembled on the wringer frame and preferably detachably secured to facilitate shipping. It is also desirable to have these rests so connected with the frame that when connected they are practically rigid with the frame. The present invention is directed to an improvement in the manner of mounting guides, or rests on the wringer frame. Features and details of the invention will appear from the specification and claims.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing as follows:-

Fig. I shows a front elevation of a wringer with the rest in place.

Fig. 2 an end elevation of a wringer rest at one side of the wringer being in section on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 a rear view of a part of a rest showing a connecting member thereon. I

Fig. 4' a perspective view of a part of the side stile showing the connecting members thereon.

Fig. 5 an enlarged section of the connecting means between the rest and stile, the section being on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1.

I marks a wringer frame, 2 and 3 rolls mounted therein. The frame includes the usual side stiles Il. The frame is preferably formed of sheet metal.

A rest 5 is preferably in the form of a stamping and has brackets 6 at the ends. These brackets have outerwalls 'I, inner walls 8 and front walls 9, the front walls being curved inwardly at the top and with the side walls of the bracket forming closures, o-r housings which seat on the front face of the stiles. Each bracket has a spring catch I I which is provided with a shank I2 which extends along the under-side of the` front wall 9 and is riveted to the front wall by a rivet I3. The catch has a hook finger I4 which extends downwardly along the face of the stile and into a recess I5 which is formed by lips struck up from the front wall of the stile. The spring catch is so fashioned both with relation to its shank and by reason of the fact that the hook I4 when released springs toward the front wall 9 that when the hooks are placed in the recesses and the rest forced downwardly the hook is put under stress with relation to the shank and draws the bracket into spring-pressed engagement with the front face of the frame. By reason of this structure the bracket may be readily and quickly assembled and when assembled is substantially rigid on the frame and all rattling, or movement, under the operation of the wringer is avoided.

It will be noted that the hand-rest has the hook portion 5a which finishes the inner edge of the hand-rest and this extends down within the trough-shaped bottom Ia forming the base of the frame. This prevents the pulling outwardly of the hand-rest to an extent that would injure the spring.

What I claim as new is:-

1. `In a wringer, the combination of a frame; a hand-rest on the front of the frame; and a resilient connection between the rest and frame exerting a pulling force on the frame and rest drawing them together and holding the rest in spring-pressed engagement with the front of the frame, said connection being housed by the rest.

2. In a wringer, the combination of a frame; a hand-rest on the front of the frame, said hand-rest being in the form of a stamping with end brackets having walls forming recesses facing the frame; and resilient connections between the brackets and the frame, said connections being housed in the recesses and exerting a pulling force on the frame and rest drawing them together and holding the rest in spring pressed engagement with the face of the frame.

3. In a wringer, the combination of a frame; a. hand-rest on the front of the frame, said handrest being in the form of a stamping with end brackets having walls forming recesses facing the frame; and spring hooks secured in the recesses in the brackets and adapted to engage the frame for securing the rest in spring-pressed engagement with the frame.

4. In a wringer, the combination of a frame having side stiles with hook receiving recesses therein; a hand-rest on the front of the frame formed of a stamping with brackets at its ends, said brackets having walls forming recesses facing the stiles; and spring hooks arranged in the recesses in the brackets and extending into the recesses in the frame.

5. In a wringer, the combination of a frame; wringer rolls mounted in the frame; a normally stationary plate form hand-rest on the front of the frame in front of and in direct feeding relation to the bite of the rolls; a connection between the rest and frame having a resilient member holding the rest in spring-pressed engagement with the front of the frame; and interlocking means between the rest and frame limiting the outward swinging of the rest.

6. In a. wringer, the combination of a frame; wringer rolls mounted in the frame; a normally stationary plate form hand-rest on the front of the frame in front of and in direct feeding relation to the bite of the rolls; and a connection between the rest and frame having a resilient member holding the rest in spring-pressed engagement with the front of the frame, said hand-rest having a downwardly extending portion interlocking with a portion of the frame to limit the out-swinging of the bottom of the hand-rest.

WALTER L. KAUFFMAN, II.