Patent GB-682948-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to wringing or mangling machines
IPC: D06F45/00
Filed: 1949-02-24
Abstract: 682,948. Mangles and wringers. FLEETWAY MANUFACTURING CO., Ltd., and BEUKERS, W. H. Feb. 24, 1950. [Feb. 24, 1949] No. 5096/49. Class 138 (ii). A combined table and wringer comprises a supporting stand 10 formed at its upper region with a hollow box-like structure within which the wringer 21 is pivotally mounted for movement between a raised operative position and a lowered out-of-use position, the box-like structure having a closure member in the form of a table top 29 which is mounted on the stand 10 by a link system and may be moved to any one of three positions, in one of which the table top covers the box-like structure and encloses the wringer, in another it is displaced rearwardly and forms a clothes receiving table for the wringer in its operative position, and in the third the table top is disposed in a vertical plane adjacent the rear surface of the stand and entirely uncovers the box-like structure. The link system comprises a U-shaped link 30 whose side limbs are pivotally connected to the box-like structure by screws 31 and to the table top by screws 32. The arms of the link 30 can enter slots 33 in the rear legs 11 of the stand 10 The box-like structure has a rear panel 15, side walls 14 and a readily removable front panel 17. The bottom of the box-like structure is at least partly closed by a drip tray 18. The projecting end of the wringer spindle may be received in an arcuate slot 35 or, alternatively, the wringer handle and a portion of the spindle may be made detachable or foldable to a position lying within the box-like structure. In the example shown in Fig. 3 the wringer is mounted on a U-shaped frame 22 whose side limbs 23 are pivoted at 24 to the panels 14. The wringer is held in its raised position by means of a spring pressed latch device 27 which engages with an extension 28 of one side limb 23. As shown in Fig. 5, the latch device comprises a metal bar 42 provided with a bevelled nose 43 and is mounted on the side panel 14 by means of a loose fitting stud 46, and a bolt 47, nut 48 and compression spring 49. As the wringer is moved from its horizontal to its vertical position the extension 28 slides under the bevelled nose 43 and becomes locked in a transverse notch 44 in the bar. The latch is released by gripping a tapered portion 45 of the bar and pressing it towards the side wall so as to rock the bar on the stud 46. Fig. 6 shows an alternative latch construction in which an L-shaped plate 50 is pivotally connected to the extension 28 by means of a rivet 52 and has a slot 55 with an upturned notch or recess 56 at one end. A pin 57 on the side wall 14 engages in the slot and enters the recess 56 when the wringer is in its operative position to prevent movement in any direction. The latch is released by manually raising an extension 54. The example shown in Figs. 3, 5 and 6 is mounted on an open four legged supporting framework. In a modification, Fig. 4, the supporting stand 10 comprises a cabinet 38 provided with a pivoted and readily removable door 39, and a removable internal shelf 41 adapted for alternative use as a standing mat. The U-shaped wringer frame is replaced by a circular section rod 62 rotatably supported in bearing cups 64 provided with upper closure caps 65 Fig. 7 (not shown). The wringer rollers are supported in die-cast blocks (not shown) mounted on studs 26 secured to the rod 62 by die-cast junction pieces 63. The wringer latching device 27 is similar to that shown in Fig. 6 and has an internally projecting operating portion 54. A latch device 60, 61 for the table 29 and a pivoted foot steady 36 may be provided in both embodiments. Specification 676,213 is referred to.