Improvements in Wheel Guards or Covers for Washing, Wringing, and Mangling Machines.
Year: 1894

page_text: Dite of Application, 4th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 25th May, 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wheel Guards or Covers for Washing, Wringing,
and Mangling Machines.
We ROBERT SMITH and SHEM PAGET, of The Crown Works, Keighley, in the
County of York, Machine Makers, and INGHAM GOTT, of Victoria Road, also of
Keighley, in the County of York, Foreman, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention for Improvements in Wheel Guards or Covers for Washing
Wringing and Mangling Machines has for its object to so construct and fix the
said wheel guards or covers that they may be easily and readily removed and
replaced and fixed in position to facilitate the oiling and examination of the
connecting wheels and roll bearings.
In the accompanying two sheets of illustrative drawings
Fig. 1 represents a side elevation of a washing wringing or mangling machine
frame with wheel guard or cover constructed according to this invention, and
Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same.
Figs. 3 and 4 represent front and side elevations respectively of a modified form
of hinged fixing for wheel guard or cover.
Figs. 5, 6, and 7 represent front elevation, side elevation, and horizontal section
respectively of another arrangement of hinged fixing for a wheel guard or cover,
and
Figs. 8 and 9 also represent front and side elevations of another modified
arrangement.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 the guard or cover a is hinged to a lug b on the
frame c by a bolt d, while the upper end of the said cover is secured by a thumb-
screw e passing through the frame c into a projecting part f.
It will be seen that by removing the thumbscrew e the cover a may be readily
turned about the pin d, thus giving ready access to the wheels 9 and roll bearings h.
In the arrangement of hinge shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the lug i is formed with
projecting teeth which, when the cover is in its closed position as shown, engages
in a notch in the jaw m and maintains it in that position until removed by hand.
The hole in the lug i is elongated, which permits the said lug to be raised to free
the teeth from their notches in the jaw m and allow the cover to be rotated
about the pin n out of the way of the wheels.
In the arrangement of hinge shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 the lug i has formed on it
a projecting bead o which when the wheel cover is in its closed position as shown,
lies in a corresponding groove in the lug m in which position it is firmly held by
the bolt n and but p, thus maintaining the cover in its closed position until the said
nut p is unscrewed when the bead o being moved free of its groove, allows the
cover to be rotated around the bolt n. The lug m is formed separately from the
frame c and is secured thereto by the stud r and nuts as shown.
In the arrangement shown in Figures 8 and 9 the lug i is provided with an
elongated hole, which, when the nut p is unscrewed, permits the cover to be raised
and then turned about the bolt n to give access to the wheels and bearings. When
the cover is closed and the nut tightly screwed up it is prevented from opening by
fat part g abutting on the lug mas will be readily understood.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
The arrangement and construction of wheel guards or covers for washing,
wringing and mangling machines substantially as described with reference to
Figs. 1 and 2, to Figs. 3 and 4, to Figs. 5, 6 and 7, or to Figs. 8 and 9 of the
drawings.
Dated this 4th day of April 1894.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.