US2116363A - Drainboard - Google Patents

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y 1938. J: L. PERKINS 2,116,363

DRAINBOARD Filed July 21, 1936 II II INVENTOR.

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BY Mala/wad Patented 3, lift? a Julian LPi-kihsl West sprig Application July .2 1, 1936 S eria,

This invention relates to improvements in clothes wringer apparatus and is directed more particularly to improvements in drain boards for wringers. w,

The principal objects of .the invention are 1di- I rected to the provision of adrain board structure'for a wringer wherein a drain board is piv'-..

deed. to a wringer so it may beqswu'ngaway from:

x the rolls and it has a lower drip board with an upper apron or guide for guiding clothes into and. between or away from the rolls of thewringers As a special feature'of the invention the apron.

is ofsuch a nature as to permit water to flow .therethrough and onto the drip board. when-"the? clothes are passed between the wringerrollsfor .are bein g fed therefrom; f y. I a Various other novel featuresand advantages: of the inventionvwill be hereinafter "more fully; referred to in connection with the accompanying, description of the present preferred form thereof In the drawing: 1 i i l 1. Fig. 1 is a transverse sectional elevational View through a wringer and showing the novel features oi the invention associated therewith;

, Fig. 2, is a side elevational view of a wringer showing the drain board construction of the invention associated therewith;

the invention will be fully described.

The novel features of the invention are adapted for use in connection with Wringers of various forms. A typical wringer is shown for purposes of description, and has end frames 2 and rolls 4 and 6' journalled therein, and the said end frames are tied together in some suitable manner as by a longitudinal bar member 6.

The end frames and longitudinalbar member, or such other connecting means between the said frames as may be desired, will provide a strong, rigid structure for the rolls. To this frame structure, which will be hereinafter referred to as the frame, the drain board structure of the invention is attached, preferably for swinging movements thereto.

A drain board of the invention indicated by ID is disposed at either side of the wringer and being alike, one only will lee-described in detail.

The drain board iii preferably consists of a frame which has end portions l2, an upper longitudinal portion l4 and a lower longitudinal portion It. The end portions l2 are formed as in Fig... -:to:project;upwardlyifrom' the Wringer and then -.inwardly,so,,1;hat the'end portions are connected to; the: lower-longitudinal portion.

gl Ih'ewuppersendsl-of the endmembers l2 are, turned inwardly and downwardly as shown at 5 I-8-,'\'so ..that the upper longitudinal member I4 is connected torthesuppenends of the end members l2. 'I?he..frame imaybei'of wire or .rod for purposes-ofreconomy; n manufacture and for light- 11655;? 3 :MH, M. 1.34:

' dripiboard Zilhas its ends secured to the end members ofithe frame and is disposed to incline downwardly as shown more clearly. in Fig. 1. An apron foriguidingethe;clothes into the rolls and foriwreceivingrthem as theyaare delivered by the rollsis provided above the drip board. According toi- .one. rfeature;: of this invention the said apron isiofssuch aonature that water may pass therethrough and fallonto the drip board below.

To this iendy-ai-plunality of wires or rods 24 extend from therupperxl'ongitudinal'frame member l4- outwardly ,and downwardly and have their lowenenids secured to. a longitudinal member 26. The ends of member 26 are secured to end members l2.

It may here be stated that the various elements may be secured together by brazing, welding or in any other suitable way, all to the end that there is provided a strong, rigid structure which is light in weight. w

The drain board issecured to the wringer frame for swinging movements preferably at its lower side so that the upper portion may be swung away from the Wringer rolls. To this end, plates 3!! such as shown in Fig. '3 are secured by O bolts 32 or the like to the longitudinal member 5 which have their ends 3| turned upwardly and then downwardly to provide longitudinal slots or bearings having open sides disposed downwardly. The drip board is cut away as at 34 to expose hinge parts ll of longitudinal member Hi there being a member 39 at or near each end of the longitudinal member I6.

The hinge parts ll of the member l6 are receivable in the sockets of members 30 and the parts function to permit the drain board to swing so its upper side may swing towards and away rom the rolls. The drain board is mounted on the frame by moving it upwardly so the hinge parts I! enter the sockets of members 30 at each end of the longitudinal member 6.

To retain the drain'board or boards in operable position, spring means is provided. This preferably consists of one or more spring members such as shown in Fig. 3 and hasloops 40 arranged to yieldingly bear on the lower side of the drip board 20. Intermediate coiled portions 42 are carried by projections 44 of a plate or plates such as 46 secured to the under side of the longitudinal frame member 6.

The spring device is so made that the loops 40 bear against the under side of the drip boards and yieldingly hold them in position, yet the drain board may be tilted outwardly against the spring or springs. By moving a loop 40 away from the drip board, the longitudinal members i6 may be dropped from the sockets of the members 30 to facilitate the drain board being re-r moved from the wringer. I

It will be observed that the drain board is so constructed that water is conducted by the lower drip board away from the wringer and that the apron facilitates the guiding of theclothes to or away from the rolls, while any water therein falls through the apron and onto the lower drip board. Should the material being passed into the wringer become jammed, the'drain board may be tilted forwardly away from the rolls to facilitate the ready and easy removal of the material.

To facilitate water being conveyed onto the drip board, there is provideda drip board 50 below the lower roll which has end parts 52 that are pivoted as at 54 to the end frames. The pivotal connections facilitate this drip board being tilted in one way or the other. As shown in Fig. 1 the board. 50 is tiltedso as to direct water onto the drip board at the left.

While I have describedthe invention in great detail and with respect to a preferred form thereof, it is not desired to be limited thereto since many changes and modifications may be apron thereabove provided with openings theretfirough spaced substantially throughout its surface, and connections between said drain board and wringer frame, the said openings being bounded by spaced apron-forming members.

2. The combination with a wringer frame of, a drain board having a lower drip board and an apron thereabove provided with openings therethrough spaced substantially throughout its surface, and connections between said drain board and wringer frame, the said connections consisting of parts associated with the drain 1 board pivoted in parts associated with the wringer frame whereby the said board may be swung relative to said frame.

3. The combination with a wringer frame of, a drain board having a lower drip board and an upper apron thereabove provided with openings therethrough spaced substantially throughout its surface, sockets on said frame, hinge parts on said drain board removably and pivotably disposed in said sockets, and spring means acting on said drain board yieldingly holding the hinge parts in said sockets whereby the drain board may swing relative to said wringer.

4. A unitary drain board comprising in combination, a frame including end and longitudinal members, the end members being disposed in different planes, a lower drip board secured to said members, and spaced bars extending transversely above and over the drip board secured to the longitudinal members forming a drain board provided with openings substantially throughout its surface.

5. A unitary drain board comprising in combination, a frame having spaced end members extendin forwardly, upwardly and rearwardly,

longitudinal members extending between and connected to the first-named members, a drip board secured to said members, and an apron

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