Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Apr 895-Accepted, 29th June, 1895
Is employed, and
Figo, a side view or a modincation in win a moaned support for the roners
Fig 6, a detail of the construction in section
A indicates the main frame of the winger, comprising the upright bars or
posts a a and the connecting top piece or cross-bar b The uprights a a are hollow,
and are slotted vertically as at c to receive the ends of the shafts or axles B C of
the rolls D E
Roll E has its shatt or axle C supported upon olleis d, igs 3 and 4, the stud
axles of which rest upon wooden blocks e seated in the uprights as shown in Fig 3,
and the said blocks being saturated with paraffine forms a perfect anti-friction
bearing which does not requie lubrication
Resting upon tue upper side of the ends of shaft B of roll D, is a second set of
bearing rollers which are carried in the housings q the said housings projecting
through the slots c in the uprights as shown in Figs 2 and 3, and being provided
it their upper ends with a small wheel h
F F indicate a pair of elbow lovers, pivoted at the junction of their aims?
and upon a pin or bolt cared by arms which depend from the top bar b
The aims of the levers bear respectively upon the housings g of the upper
bearing rollers while the arms extend upwaid to receive each, one end of the
sping m, the opposite ends of the springs being connected to the main frame at the
sides of the machine
It is obvious that the springs acting through the levels and the upper bearing-
rollers and then housings will keep the upper winger-rollers, D down into contact
with the companion roller L, with a firm but yielding pressure Also, that either
end of the upper roller E may rise to adapt the wringer to varying thickness of
clothes, without effecting the opposite end, or its pressure mechanism, the two
pressure mechanisms being wholly independent of each other
By employing two short and independent springs we are enabled to wring a thin
article perfectly dry, as well as a heavy article, and to do it easily
It is very desirable to relieve the wringer rolls of pressure when not in use, and
to secure this result, the upright arms of the levers are encircled by a metallic
ring G
By placing a comparatively thick piece of cloth between the rolls, the
upper roll will be raised, and the arms of the levers thrown toward each other
The rin, is now movɩd upward, toward the upper ends of the arms 1 1, and is held

page_text: there by hand until the cloth his pa sed from between the rolls
At this instant
the springs tend to force the upper roll downward but the 1ng G prevents the
levers from rocking, the pressure the ping, cau ing the levers to bear agunst
the ends of the ring with such force as to hold the ring in the po ition in which it
was placed The upper toll however, bong unsupported will fill upon the lower
roll, but will rest thereou ouly with the pressure due to its own weight
When
ready for use, the ring G is slipped downward toward the pivot k, whereupon the
spring pressure is restored to the rolls
In the modification shown in Fig 5 we employ two wheels or rolleis d, to support
and retain in position the opposite ends of the roll E, and prevent the yielding of
the shaft in either direction, the axles of which are supported in the same manner
as herein before described, the frame being simply widened to admit of the new
arrangement, and the ends of the shaft of the upper roll D are each held in place
by a pun of rolls or wheels f, the housing a being intended to admit of this
ringement, the construction of these parts being in othet respect the same as in
the form herein before described
In this form of machine, however the plate O, which deflects the water into the
tub or other ve sel, is pivotally supported between the sides of the frame, and may
be turned in either ducction and held in position by a set-screw o, in order to diect
the water to either side, particularly where the wringer is mounted between two
adjacent tubs
The standards or legs R, in connection with which the screw-clamp S, operates
to secure the winger to a tub or other vessel have secured thereto a covering or
tup of soft rubber, preferably dovetailed longitudinally therein, and the end of
the screw-clamp is also similarly provided with a ficing or disk of rubber, convex
on its outer sui face and provided with an annular integial flinge which is sprung
over the bearing face of the clamp, the object being to obtain a close and tight
connection with the tub or vessel to which the wringer is to be secured and to
protect said vessel from breakage or injury when the latter is composed of porcelam
or other fragile material
Having thus described our invention, what we claim is
1 In a wringer the combination, with the main fiame provided with a top ross
bar having arms depending therefrom, of an upper and a lower roll mounted in the
frame below the cross-bir, independent elbow levels pivotally connected with said
arms, the outer free ends of which operate to force the top roll toward the lower
roll, and independent springs connected with the respective levers and the main
frame substantially as shown and described
2 In winger the con bination of a mun frame provided with a top cross bar,
an upper and lower 1ll mounted in said 1 ime below said cross bar, independent
levers pivoted to the under side of the cross bai to press the upper roll toward the
lower one, and independent springs connecting the respective lever with the mun
frame substantially as shown and described
3 In a winger, the combination with the main frame, of an upper and a lower
oll mounted therein, two elbow levers pivotally connected with a cross bar of the
frame, and a spring connected with each and said frame, and ring encircling the
upper arms of the lever, subst intially is shown and described
4 In a wringet, the combination of frame provided with a top cross bar having
arms depending therefrom clbow levers pivotally connected with said arms, an
upper and a lower roll mounted in the frame below the cross bar, the shaft of the
lower roll at each end being supported and held in place by t vo rollers mounted
below the same, and the shalt of the upper roll at each end being held in place by
two rollers mounted above the same and adapted to be pre sed downward by the
free ends of the elbow levers substantially as shown and described
5 A winger, the rollers of which are supported and guided at each end by a
roller or rollers the shafts of which are moun ed in housings having anti-frictional
wooden blocks or supports for the shafts substantially as shown and described

page_text: 6 A wringer, the water board of which is pivotally supported below the rolls,
between the sides of the frame and adapted to be tilted or inclined in either
direction substantially as shown and described
7 A wringer, in which the standards or posts and the clamps by which the
wringer is secured to a tub or other vessel, are provided with soft rubber or similar
facings or coverings, substantially as shown and described
8 In a wringer, the combination with the main frame, of an upper and a lower
roll mounted in the frame below the top cross bar, independent elbow levers
pivotally connected with said frame, the outer free ends of which operate to force
the top roll toward the lower roll and independent springs connected with each
lever, and the frame, substantially as shown and described
9 In a roller, the combination, with the frame thereof, of an upper and a lower
roll, the shaft of the lower roll being supported and held in place at each end by
two rollers mounted below the same, and the shaft of the upper roll being held in
place by two rollers at each end thereof, mounted above the same and adapted to
be pressed downward toward the lower roll substantially as shown and described
Dated this 30th day of April 1895
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, WC, Agents