Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Sept., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 12th June, 1897-Accepted, 31st July, 1897
I, DONALD MCQUARRIE of 5 Clyde Place, Whiteinch, Glasgow, Ship Plater, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improved means for attaching a wringer to a sink or
jawbox.
Hitherto it has been the custom to provide the framework at the end of the sink
with an upright strip of wood, to which the wringer is clamped, the said strip being
fixed immovably thereto; the consequence being that any water which passes through
with the clothes during the wringing cannot again re-enter the sink.
My invention consists however in mounting the strip of wood for carrying the
wringer so that it can be removed when not required, by which means I am enabled
to place it at a distance from the end of the sink so that the water after passing
through falls back into the sink. The placing of the strip across the sink if immovable
would not of course be practicable as it would interfere with the use of the sink for
other purposes.
In carrying out my invention I employ a piece of angle iron of a length sufficient
to reach across the sink or jawbox and secure it to the framework by means of two
bolts, one at each end, each of which passes through the angle iron and enters a slot
formed on a plate permanently attached to the framework by screws or the like; the
said slots being provided at their ends with an aperture to enable the head of the bolt
to engage with the slot. The angle iron is provided at that part where the bolts pass
through with slots so that it can be adapted to different sizes of sinks.
To the said angle iron I attach, by screws or the like, the usual upright strip of
wood to which the wringer can be clamped, the angle iron being preferably sunk into
the wood to form a flush surface.
In action the bolts are never removed from the angle iron, all that is necessary to
fix or remove the appliance being merely to slacken the nuts so as to allow the heads
of the bolts to be disengaged from the slots in the plates secured to the framework and
vice versa.
Dated this 11th dow of Contab 1000
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I, DONALD MCQUARRIE of 5 Clyde Place, Whiteinch, Glasgow, Ship Plater, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be
[Price 8d.]

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
This invention relates to improved means for attaching a wringer to a sink or
jawbox.
Hitherto it has been the custom to provide the framework at the end of the sink
with an upright strip of wood, to which the wringer is clamped, the said strip being
fixed immovably thereto; the consequence being that any water which passes through
with the clothes during the wringing cannot again re-enter the sink.
My invention consists however in mounting the strip of wood for carrying the
wringer so that it can be removed when not required, by which means I am enabled
to place it at a distance from the end of the sink so that the water after passing
through falls back into the sink. The placing of the strip across the sink if
immovable would not of course be practicable as it would interfere with the use of the
sink for other purposes.
But in order that my said invention may be more readily understood and easily
carried into effect I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the
accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is an elevation and
Fig. 2 a plan illustrating one method of carrying out my invention.
Fig. 3 is an elevation and
Fig. 4 a plan of a modification.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings I employ a piece of angle iron A of a
length sufficient to reach across the sink or jawbox B and secure it to the framework b
by means of two bolts and butterfly nuts C one at each end each of which passes
through the angle iron and enters a slot d formed on a brass or other plate D
permanently attached to the framework b by screws b¹ or the like; each of the
said slots being provided at their ends with an aperture d to enable the head of
the bolt C to engage with the slot. The bolts are formed with a square neck
where they pass through the slots d to prevent their turning. The angle iron is
provided at that part where the bolts pass through with slots E so that it can be
adapted to different sizes of sinks.
To the said angle iron I attach, by screws or the like, the usual upright strip of
wood F to which the wringer can be clamped, the angle iron being preferably
sunk into the wood to form a flush surface.
In action the bolts are never removed from the angle iron, all that is necessary to
fix or remove the appliance being merely to slacken the nuts so as to allow the
heads of the bolts to be disengaged from the slots in the plates secured to the
framework and vice versa.
In cases where the wood work at the side nearest the window is of insufficient
width to allow the slotted plate D to be secured thereto I proceed as shewn in
Figs. 3 and 4 that is to say I employ a small section of angle or other iron G
provided with a slot or aperture g adapted to receive a portion H of the angle
iron A; the said angle or catch piece G being let into the wood and retained in
position by screws or the like. The other end of the angle iron A is secured in the
same manner as first described. Fig. 4 shews the angle iron with the wood portion F
removed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is: -
1. The improved means for attaching a wringer to a sink or the like, substantially
as hereinbefore described and shewn in the accompanying drawings.
2. In means for attaching a wringer to a sink or the like, the combination of the
slotted angle iron A, to which the wood portion F for holding the wringer is secured,
with the slotted plates D permanently secured to the woodwork of the sink, and the

page_text: bolts and nuts C whereby the angle iron can be removably connected thereto,
substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 11th day of June 1897.
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.