US762983A - Clothes-wringer. - Google Patents

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Patented June 21, 1904.

I PATENT OFFICE.

VVORTHINGTON BULKELEY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CLOTH ES-WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 762,983, dated June 21, 1 904 Application filed May 31, 1901.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WORTHINGTON BULKE- LEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, inthe county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cloth es-VVringers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to clothes-wringersin which pressure-rollers are combined with:

frame, springs, and adjusting devices to adapt them to general use.

The object of my invention is to provide a clothes-wringer with economical and eflective clamps which of themselves form the entire base of the frame and may swing to any convenient position for securing the wringer to a tub or other support and, if desired, be used as a means for regulating the pressure on the rollers. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of one end of a clothes-wringer with clamp attached at lower part of frame,and the other end is of the same construction as the end shown. held together by bolt L. Fig. 3 is an elevation, partly in section, of one end of a clotheswringer,showingmodiflcation of frame, made of tubing, and utilizing the clamp as an adjusting device, and the other. end isof the same construction as the end shown. Fig. 4C is a vertical sectional view of clamp detached from frame the better to illustrate its construction. Fig. 4 shows the bearing for lower roller detached from clamp. The construction shown in Figs. l and 4: is the same as that shown in Fig. 3.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In Fig. 1 one end of a wringer is shown. The upright frame A is hollow and retains at its upper end the pressure-screw B in connection with the spring O, which in turn rests on the upper sliding bearing D, which rests on the journal E of roller 0, thereby furnishing a yielding pressure which may be regulated by the pressure-screw B. The lower part of frame A retains within its tubular chamber the stationary bearing D, which Fig. 2 is a cross-section of frame Serial No. 62,649. (No model.)

supports the journal E of roller 0, while the bottom of frame A is formed with the internal flange F, which retains within the tubular chamber vertically .under the'lower bearing D the collar H of clamp G, allowing the clamp G to swing freely completely around in frame A, of which it forms the entire base. It can thus be utilized at any angle or from either side, the clamp Gr being provided with the thumb-screw K to secure it to tub or other support. i

Fig. 2 shows the construction of the lower parts of the frames A and A. The lower portions of these frames; are made in two parts, one detachable from the other,and these parts are held together by the bolt L to permit the insertion of the bearings and clamps and to hold the bearings within the frames and the clamps securely connected thereto.

In Fig. 3 one end of a wringer is shown. The style of frame is changed. The hollow upright A takes the form of an arch at its upper end, retaining the spring G which rests on the upper sliding bearing D, which rests on journal E of roller 0, the journal E resting on the bolt L. The lower journal E of roller 6 rests on the sliding bearing D which has its lower surface formed into a cam d to match the upper end of collar H of clamp Gr, which swings on the internal flange F within the tubular chamber under the lower bearing D Two styles of upper frame A A are shown, the better to illustrate the adaptability and action of clamps G G, referred to hereinafter.

In Figs. 4 and 4 the clamp G and lower bearing D are shown detached and separated, thus showing clearly the collar H and cam d.

It is evident as the two sections of frame A, Figs. 1 and'2, are drawn together by the the swinging of the clamp G on the internal flange F raises the cam d, thereby raising the lower bearing D and in turn the rollers e 6", even to the extent of lifting the upper journal E off from the support or bolt L, thus bringing full pressure on the rollers e e.

The frame A or A above the bolts L L may be somewhat varied; but the lower part is made tubular to retain the collars H H of clamp Gr vertically under the lower bearings D D allowing the clamp to swing freely on the internal flanges F F, thus securing elfectiveness and the greatest economy in material, as the clamps G G also form the entire base for frame A or A, while the whole forms practically a neat continuous supporting upright frame.

I am aware that swinging clamps have been attached to clothes-wringers in various ways, but

What 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A clothes-wringer frame consisting of an upper section, adapted to support springs,pressure-rollers and bearings, terminating with tubular chambers containing internal flanges vertically under the lower bearings in combination with clamps, forming the entire base sections of said frame, having upward-projecting collars entering said tubular chambers, all substantially as shown and for the purpose herein set forth.

WORTHINGTON BULKELEY. Witnesses:

ALBERT E. DUNNING, ALLISON M. GIBBoNs.

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