US564653A - Clothes-wringer - Google Patents

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GLOTHBS WRINGER. No. 564,653. Patented Ju1y28, 1896.

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CHARLES P. SEARLES AND ROBERT SHIRLEY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

CLOTH ES-WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ratent No. 564,653, dated July 2s, Iseo.

Application nea 'october 5, 1895.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES P. SEAELEs and ROBERT SHIRLEY, citizens of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes- Wringers; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of our invention is to provide a strong, durable,and effective clothes-wrin ger, and one in which the necessaryA pressure be- .tween the rolls is automatically obtained.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 illustrates a view in side elevation of a wringer embodying our invention, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line a; a: of Fig. 1.

1 1 designate the side guards of the frame, through which the journals of the usual elastic wringer-rolls project. The openings for the upper roll are elongated, so as to allow for the passage between the rolls of extraordinary thickness of the article wrung. The guards are connected by arc- shaped bars 2 and 3, which together with the side guards constitute the frame for the rollers. The ends of the bars are secured in ears 4 by pins.

5 designates the apron, to the opposite ends of which are rigidly secured legs 6 6 and large strong hook-shaped or bow springs 7 7. The legs 6 6 have shoulders S S, which rest on the edge of the tub, and a projection 9 at the opposite side, by means of which it is fastened to the apron. The curved springs 7 are preferably secured to a groove or socket in the under side of the apron by the same bolt that fastens the legs 6 to the apron. The free ends of the springs 7 are bent to form recesses 10, into which the projecting ends of the shaft of the upper roller rest when the wringer is clamped on a tub for use, and in this position the springs provide the necessary pressure between the rollers.- The inner sides of the recesses 10 are formed so that the journals of the rollers may be turned out of the same, as will be presently described. In order to re- Serial No. 564,783. (No model.)

tain the shaft of the upper roller at all times within the confines of the springs 7, their ends are bent down to form stops, as shown at 11.

Pivoted upon projecting ends of the shaft of the lower roller are clamps composed of the arms 12 and 13, formed integral, the arm 18 extending at an acute angle from the arm 12 Co and secured pivotally on studs 14, projecting from the opposite ends of the apron. 'Ihese clamps are placed on their studs inside of the legs 6 and are held thereon by the legs when the latter are fastened in position.

The manipulation of our wringer is very simple. When off the tub, the rolls lie in a plane parallel to the apron, that is, the shaft of the upper roll is turned down out of the recesses 10. In this position the wrin ger may 7o be readily placed onto the tub until the shoulders 8 rest on its upper edge, Then this has been done, the upper roller is turned up, by means of the arc-shaped bars or bails 2 and 3, until the projecting ends of the shaft catch in the recesses of the ends of the springs 7 and as these are of great strength they force the rollers together and downward and consequently the clamps toward the legs G, thus binding the wringer to the tub.

When the wringer is taken off the tub, it is carried and hung up by the bail 3 and the upper roller drops in its elongated bearing away from the lower roller, thus preventing the rotting of the rubber from water held between contacting rollers.

The shaft of the lower roller is furnished with a handled crank for turning it, and, if desired, the two rollers may be geared together, as indicated. To prevent the contact 9o of clothes or other articles with the gears, the guards 1 are made with projecting flanges 15, which extend outwardly somewhat over and around the gears.

From the construction described it will be seen that every part of our wringer, except the rollers, may well and economically be made of metal; that the parts are few in number; that they may be readily assembled, and that a child can place it in position and op- 10o erate it. v

Vhat we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a clothes-wringer, an apron having legs rigidly secured thereto to engage the tub, a clamp at each end of the apron composed of an arm 13 pivoted to the apron and an arm 12 rigidly connected with arm 13, a rollerframe, a pair of rollers therein one of which is movable toward and from the other, the said frame being pivoted to the clamps to permit the frame to move toward the apron, and springs to bear upon the upper roller, subro stantially as described.

2. In a olothes-Wringer, a roller-frame, a pair of rollers therein one of which is movable toward and from the other, an apron 5, legs 6 and bow-springs 7 secured thereto, said bow-springs bearing upon the upper roller, 15 clamps swinging upon the shaft of the lower roller eaoh having an arm 1 3 pivotally connected with the apron and held in place by a leg, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof We affix our sgnazo tures in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES P. SEARLES. ROBERT SHIRLEY. 1Witnesses:

GEO. M. FINCHEL, L. P. MCCULLOUGH.

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