US81583A - Improved mop-weinger - Google Patents

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'Be it known that I, MYitoN J. BAItcALo, of Mount Morris, in the county of Livingston, and State of New York, have invented 'ai certain new and useful Improvement in Mop-Wringers; andI dohereby declare that the following is a full and exact descrptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification. A Figure 1 s a view in perspective of4 my improved arrangement, with the pail in section.

Figure 2, a diagram showing the action of the rollers. Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures. My invention consists of` a skeleton arrangement, of peculiar constructiomadapted to be applied to or removed from an ordinary pail at pleasure, and holding two adjusting 'pressing-rollers acting in conjunction within xed stationary roller in such a manner as to produce vthe maximum of wringing effect, as hereinafter described. y

In the drawingsi A indicates an ordinary wooden pail, with a bail. .Inside this rests the skeleton B, that sustains the wringi-ng-rollers C D D. This skeleton is composed of two hoops, b b,'one above the other, fitting the interior angle of the pail, with three or more standards or connections, c, el, c2, ser-ving to stilen them.

The two. standards cl'c2 extend above the top of the pail a suitable distance to servo as bearings to the fixed roller C, and then turn down outside the pail a suitable distance to serve as bearings for the treadle or foot-lever E, which carries at the ends the pressing-rollers D,D. i l

The rellers'D D are made of unequal diameters, and theirjournals rest in short arms, ff, pivoted to the ends oi' the treadles, so that the rollers can turn over, or adapt themselves to diii'erent'positions.

vThe large roller C has a'erank, g, by which hand-power may be applied, nhri'c'iesired.` The reaction of the treadle, to throw the rollersapart, is produced by a spring, It, connecting with one of the bearing-'standards c* a2, or hooking over the top of the pail. i

The construction of the skeleton, as above described, is specially intended to apply inside the pail, and to remove at pleasure, thereby leaving the pail free tobe used for other purposes, and untrammellcd by any attachmentsvwbatever. i Nocastngs, sockets, or otherpartsare madextures to the pail, as in other cases where the rollers are made removable- The bearing of the skeleton, all around theinterior et' the pail, gives great steadiuess by the large contact, and efeetually retains the whole in place. To accomplish this most' ciectuallyfthe lower hoop of the skeleton does not reach to the bottom of thel pail, and. therefore the same has the opportunity to settle down till it becoinesxed in place. y

`y theern'ploymcnt of the pairof pressing-rollers D D', connected with the tlex'ible .or turning-arms'ff, the same are made to adapt themselves to the proper position on theilargc roller C. The lower pressing-roller first striking, carries the other up over the main 'roller, sons to produce :a high contact. This flexibility or adaptation of the rollers, through the medium of arms ff, enables the contact of all the rollers to be positive, and it also allows either roller, or either end ot' either roller, to spring away from the main roller in passing knots in the cloth, without in anywso affecting its fellow.

The free pivot-ing of the arms allows the largest of the pressing-rollers D D\to be turned -up or down as occasion may require. 1

Sorfar as Iam aware, only two rollers have ever before been used in mop-wringers. The use of three, arranged-as above described, secures many advantages, among which are Vthat I produce a greater wringing contact, by giving a durved form to the cloth that passes through with a double contact. By this double action, I can use the leverage of. the upper roller upon the lower, to prduce a greater pressure ot`- the latter, by simply drawing the cloth through vertically or backward over the upper roller. Theseand other advantages make this wringer the most effective in usic.

By the employment; of the crank g, the cloth muy be run back and forth a suitable number'of times to produce o more effective wringing than is produced by simply drawing the cloth once through the rollers in the usual manner. It also enables thedevice to be used very'conveniently as o eIothes-wringer. The crank, however, oon be employed or not, :1s desired.

I am aware that u. wringing-apporhtus has before been made removable from the pail such 1 do not broadly claim.

What I claim, is-

1. The skeleton-freine B, made up of the hoops b b and standards ce" c, and having combined therewithv the rollers C D D and bail-or treudle E, the whole being' so 'arranged as to be appliedto the inside of an ordinary pail, as herein set forth.

2. The combination, with the stationary roller C, of the pressingrollcrs D D', mounted upon the arras f f, arranged as described, and operating in the manner and for the purpose specified. l

In Witness whereof, I ha've hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.l

MYRON J. BARCALO.

Witnesses:

vMeNEIL SEYMOUR, ALFRED P. DEAN.

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