Improvements in Wringing Machines.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 13th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 15th Dec.,
1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wringing Machines.
I, WILLIAM STEEDMAN, of 27 Beaverhall Terrace, Edinburgh, in the County
of Midlothian, North Britain, Mechanic do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in wringing machines for fixed-in tubs
more particularly.
1
The improvements are, firstly, in the mode of mounting the wringer upon
the tub.
The feet of the cheeks, or uprights, of the wringer stand inserted within grooves
formed in a metal sole plate, or within metal pieces thereof; the said sole plate
being secured down upon the frame of the tub, or sink, by screw nails, or by any
other mode of attachment.
The wringer is in this way removable from the sole plate, and therefore from the
tub, at any time. The wringer is thus applicable to all fixed-in tubs, or sinks, and
renders unnecessary the insertion of any board inside the tubs or any arrangement.
of wood and brackets placed over the top of the tub, such as have been used
heretofore.
There may be grooves on wringer and dovetailed studs on sole plate or there.
may be grooved snugs cast on the sole plate, with holes for pinching screws therein
and the wringer made to fit into the grooves or studs and fixed or unfixed with
pinching screws.
Secondly, in accordance with my improvements, the water board of the wringing
machine projects beneath the under roller on a slope and is attached to the cheek
by bolts or otherwise. A portion of the water board projects from the reverse side
half way up the lower roller with a margin of projection having a raised bevelled
edge or fillet so as to prevent any water escaping into the basket or other
receptacle laid beneath for the clothes which have been passed through the
wringer; in this way securing that all water that comes out of the clothes flows.
directly back into the tub.
Dated this 12th day of February 1894.
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wringing Machines.
I, WILLIAM STEEDMAN of 27 Beaverhall Terrace, Edinburgh in the County
of Midlothian, North Britain, Mechanic, 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 relates to improvements in wringing machines more particularly
applicable for fixed-in tubs.
The improvements are firstly in the mode of mounting the wringer upon
the tub.
The feet of the cheeks or uprights of the wringer, stand inserted within grooves
formed in a metal sole plate; or within metal pieces thereof; the said sole plate
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page_text: being secured down upon the frame of the tub, or sink, by screw nails, or by any
other mode of attachment.
Secondly in accordance with my improvements a water board is provided below
the bottom roller and is so constructed and arranged, that all water from the
clothes flows back into the tub thus preventing any water draining into the clothes
basket or other receptacle.
Figure 1. is a sectional end elevation of the wringer constructed in accordance
with my said improvements.
Figure 2 is a plan of the metal sole plate.
A, A are the ordinary rubber rollers.
B is the metal sole plate.
C is the water board.
The feet d of the cheeks or uprights D are inserted within the retaining pieces b
cast or otherwise formed on the sole plate B as shewn in elevation Fig. 1. and in
sectional plan Fig. 2.; the said sole plate being secured down upon the frame F of
he tub or other vessel by screws inserted through the holes 6' in the sole plate.
The wringer is held securely by means of the pincing screws 6 operated by the
key . The wringer is thus removable from the sole plate and therefore from the
tub at any time. The wringer is thus applicable to all fixed-in tubs, or sinks, and
renders unnecessary the insertion of any board inside the tubs or any arrangement
of wood and brackets placed over the top of the tub, such as have been used
heretofore.
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In lieu of the retaining pieces I may employ any equivalent of the same for
example the face of the sole plate may be grooved to receive the feet of the
wringer; or I may cast on the said sole plate two or more dovetailed studs with
corresponding grooves on the underside of the uprights of the wringer.
As shewn in Fig. 1 the water board C is inclined so that as the rollers are
rotated in the direction of the arrows, any water from the rollers is caused to run
back into the tub. The front of the board has a raised portion or guard c
extending the width of the rollers, to keep the water from escaping into the
clothes basket or other receptacle which may be beneath the front of the rollers.
The said water board may be secured in any convenient manner such as by means
of the bracket pieces or edges d', Fig. 1, cast or formed upon the inner sides of the
cheeks or uprights of the wringer.
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:-
(1.) The general arrangement and construction of the improved wringer
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
(2.) The sole plate B and the manner of mounting the wringer upon it
substantially as and for the purposes herein before described.
(3.) The water board C substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore
described.
Dated this 12th day of November 1894.
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.