Improvements in Wringing Machines.
Year: 1888

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wringing Machines.
PETER BURT Engineer 42 Roslea Drive Glasgow, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:―
The frame of this machine is made of Wood or Iron. The Rollers are put into the
Machine by a slot open from the bottom of frame, the bush for the bottom roller is
then put into the slot, and is held in its place by the bottom roller, or may be fixed to
the frame with bolt and screw. The principle of this arrangement is, in putting in the
rollers from the bottom of the frame, and using the bush to fill up the said opening or
slot in the frame, through which the rollers are put in, thus enabling the frame to be
made solid at the top, and much lighter and stronger. The clamp for fixing the
machine is made with a universal joint so constructed that no matter at what angle
the fixture to which the machine is fastened may be, the machine is always in an
upright position, this is obtained by having pivots fixed to the bottom parts of the
bushes in each side of the machine, on which pivot there is a stud fixed at a right
angle to it.
The clamp which has a hole in it to fit the stud in the pivot is held in its place by
a nut screwed on to the point of the stud. The shoulder of the stud and the side of
the clamp which goes next to the shoulder are corrogated to fit each other, so that
when the nut on the point of the stud is screwed up tight by hand, the clamp is
fixed in that position.
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page_text: PETER BURT of the "Acme" Machine Company Laundry Engineers Henrietta
Street Glasgow, Residence 42 Roslea Drive Glasgow 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 :-
The improvements in Wringing Machines consist of a new method of forming the
side frames, of entering the rollers into the side frames, and of a special form of
universal joint for swivelling the whole machine into the position required.
Figs. 1 2 and 3 represent respectively. the elivation, side elivation, and plan of a
Wooden framed Wringing Machine to which the improvements are applied.
Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively the elivation and sectional plan of the side of an
Iron frame Wringing Machine.
Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views of the universal Joint.
In figures 1, 2 and 3 A A are the sides of the machine and in these, slots B B are
cut the width of the roller spindles C C. The Bushes D D are first inserted in the
slots B B, then the rollers are dropped into their place and lastly the pieces E E
which also act as under Bushes are put in and held in position by the bolts F F.
The universal joint is shewn clearly in Figs. 1, 2, 34 and 5 and it consists of the
pivot Ground which a stud H "fixed at right angles to it" swivels, and ordinary
clamp I having formed on it a boss K'is swivelled on the stud H. The face of this
boss is corrigated at Land a similar corrugation is cut on the shoulder of the stud;H,
when the nut M is tightened by hand the corrugations prevent slipping and hold the
machine in the position desired.
In Fig. 6 and 7 N is the Iron framework and O is a loose piece with two
projections P P solid with it. These projections fit into corresponding recesses QQ .
in the frame N. The space R corresponds to the slot B in figures 1.2 and 3 and the
loose piece O serves the same purpose as the loose piece E in figures 12 and 3, only,
in this case after the top bush and rollers are dropped into the slot or space R, the
loose piece is driven in and the projections P P fitting tightly into, the recesses QQ
obviate the necessity of bolts as in the figures 1 2 and 3.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is-
1st. The method of entering the rollers from the underside of the frames and filling
up the slot so formed by a piece which acts also as a bush.
2nd. The special form of piece O shewn in figures 6 and 7.
3rd. The special form of universal joint as shewn applied to Wringing machines
figures 1, 2, and 3.
Dated this day Fourth of January Eighteen hundred & eighty nine.