IMPROVED APPLIANCES FOR SECURING ROUND IRON SHAFTS IN THE WOODEN ROLLERS OF WASHING AND WRINGING MACHINES
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Hugh Myddleton Butler, of the Kirkstall Forge, Leeds,
in the County of York, for the Invention of "IMPROVED APPLIANCES FOR
SECURING ROUND IRON SHAFTS IN THE WOODEN ROLLERS OF WASHING AND
WRINGING MACHINES."
Sealed the 5th August 1879, and dated the 13th March 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Hugh Myddleton Butler at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th March 1879.
HUGH MYDDLETON BUTLER, of the Kirkstall Forge, Leeds, in the County of
York. "IMPROVED APPLIANCES FOR SECURING ROUND IRON SHAFTS IN THE
WOODEN ROLLERS OF WASHING AND WRINGING MACHINES."
- My improvements consists in securing round iron shafts in the wooden rollers of
washing and wringing machines by means of a flange of metal, which flange has
cast on its inner surface projecting midfeathers, or paps, or serrated concentric
rings, and on its outer side a boss with a keyway cut in it where it fits over the
round iron shaft. This flange is screwed onto the wood roller with three. or other
number of screws, and in the iron shaft I fix a key which fits into the keyway cut
in the boss of the flange. By this means wooden rollers can be used for. washing.
and wringing machines with round iron shafts instead of the expensive forged
square shafts at present in use.
Another mode of performing my Invention is by making a washer with serrated
edges, which are bent over and into the end of the wood roller, and in the centre
of which I punch a square hole, which fits over a square collar with a round hole
bored in it which is keyed on to the shaft.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Hugh Myddleton Butler in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 10th
September 1879.
HUGH MYDDLETON BUTLER, of the Kirkstall Forge, Leeds, in the County of
York.. "IMPROVED APPLIANCES FOR SECURING ROUND IRON SHAFTS IN THE
WOODEN ROLLERS OF WASHING AND WRINGING MACHINES."
My improvements consist, firstly, in ‘securing round iron shafts in the wooden
rollers of washing and wringing machines by means of a flange of metal, which
flange has cast on its inner surface projecting midfeathers, or paps, or serrated con-
centric rings, and on its outer side a boss, which has a keyway cut in it
where it fits over the round iron shaft. This flange is screwed on to the wood
roller, and in the iron shaft I fix.a key which fits into the keyway cut in the boss
of the flange. And, secondly, 'in securing 'round iron shafts in the wooden rollers of
washing and wringing machines by means of a washer with serrated edges, which
are bent over and into the end of the wood roller by milling or otherwise, and in
the centre of which I punch a square hole which fits over a square collar with a
round hole bored in it, which is keyed on to the shaft.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood I will describe the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings. Fig. 1 is a plan of the inner side of my improved
flange; and Fig. 2 is a side. view in section of the 'flange and part of the wooden
roller. a is the flange; b, b, are the projections or midfeathers; c is the 'boss; d is
the shaft; e is the key; and f, f, are the screws which secure the flange to the
roller. The flange is driven or forced on to the end of the roller until the projections
or midfeathers are sunk in the wood, and it is secured in its place by the screws f.
The shaft is then put in and keyed to the flange, thus securing the shaft and roller
firmly together.
Fig. 3 is a plan shewing my improved washer with a serrated edge, and the
square collar keyed on the roller shaft; and Fig. 4 is a side view of the same partly
in section. g is the washer.; h, the serrated edge; is the square collar with a
round hole bored in it; d is the shaft; and e is the key. The washer is placed on to
the end of the roller, and the serrations bent over and into the wood, thereby holding
it in its place. The collar fits into the square hole in the washer and into a recess
cut in the end of the roller, and the shaft is then keyed in its place.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention, and described the manner of
performing the same, I wish it to be understood that I do not intend to limit myself
to the details given, as the same can be varied.
:
I claim First. The improved mode of securing-round iron shafts to the rollers of
washing and wringing machines, as shewn and described in reference to Figs. 1 and
2; and, secondly, the improved mode of securing round iron shafts to the
rollers of washing and wringing machines, as shewn and described in reference
to Figs 3. and 4.
In witness whereof, I, the said Hugh Myddleton Butler, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Sixth day of September One thousand eight hundred
HUGH 'M. BUTLER. (L.S.)