US692546A - Wringer attachment. - Google Patents

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Patented Feb. 4, I902.

.J. REID &. L. M.'HUQPER. WRING ER ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed Apr. 13, 1896.)

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' .1. REID &. L. M; HOOPER.

WBINGEB ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed Apr. 13, 1896.)

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v v v v JOHN REID, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK, AND LOUIS M. I-IOOPER, OF RUTHER- FOR-D, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO THE J. L. MOTT IRON WORKS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,546, dated February 4, 1902.

Application filed April 13, 1896.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN REID, of Yonkers, in the county of Westchester and State 1 of New York, and LOUIS M. HOOPER, of Ruth 5 erford, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey,citizens of the United States, have invented an Improvement in WVringer At-' tachments, of which the following is a speci-' fication. i

Washtubs 'are extensively made use of, each tub being made of one piece of porcelain, and such tubs are usually grouped. together with two or three adjacent tubs in the group, and in the ordinary operations of washing the 15 clothes are passed through a wringer from they afford for the accumulation of unsanitary soapsuds and'similar materials.

The objectsof the present inventionare to provide for supporting and adjusting the porcelain tubs so that the top edges are brought parallel to each other, to provide a movable wringer-base that rests-upon the'adjacent edges of the tubs at the top thereof and 'to which wringer base the wringing-machine is v removably connected, and to provide for'securing the wringer-base to the rounding and smooth surfaces of the tubs'in such a manner 4 that such wringer and its base are not liable to slip or change position by the force exert ed in revolving the wringer-rolls, and we also fit the deflector-board in such a manner that it may be used for directing the water that is 4; squeezed out of the clothes into either one of the tubs, such deflector being supported in such a manner that it can be easily changed in its position and is but little wider than the deflector-boards usually employed, notwithstanding the distance between the interior surfaces of the adjacent tubs.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the wringer and its base and a cross-section through the porcelain tub. Fig. 2 represents the adjacent ends of the tubs, oneof them being in section, the wringer being shown in, elevation, with the gearing and crank-handle :removed. Fig. 3 is a section transversely of the wringer and its base in larger size. Fig. 4 is aplan view of the wringer-base. Fig. 5 is a plan view at the upper end of the adjacentlegs and supports for the tubs. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the socket that receives the end of the wringer-base'. Fig. 7 is'an inverted plan view representing hinges that may be made use of for supporting the wringer-base I at theback end. Fig. 8 is an elevation of the same; and Fig. 9 is a detached section at the line a: m, Fig. 3.

We have shown portions of two tubs A B. These are of porcelain or other material and of any desired characteror configuration, and these tubs are to be grouped together, two or three of such tubs in the group, and they are supported by legs 0, which legs may be of any desired character, and it is generally preferable to provide recesses in'the bottom surfaces of the tubs for the reception of studs 3 at the upper ends of the legs that pass into such recesses, so that the leg is not liable to become separated from the tub orthe tub to slip upon the legand the supports, and upon the upperpart of each leg a screw-thread is cut, and the nut 4 is provided for acting against the under-surface of the tub or the intervening cross-bar and braces for raising or lowering the tub to bring the upper edges of the. adjacent tubs substantially on the same level, and we make use of braces E, extending from theupper portion of each leg to the bracket F, that is fastened to the wall or other support at the back, and these braces hold the top of the leg and the tub to the wall, so as to prevent any movement of the tub away from the wall, and we make use of the cross-bar D, extending from one tub to the other and connecting the adjacent legs, and it is advantageous to make the openings in this cross-bar elongated, so as to allow for the slight variations that may arise in the positions of the legs C, and this crossbar D has a central notch at its front edge, for a purpose hereinafter described. \Ve usually provide a screw 5, passing through the braces E and acting against the under surface of the tub near the back edge for supporting such tub at this place. These porcelain tubs are usually of considerable thickness for obtaining the necessary strength, and consequently they are very heavy, and their weight when properly supported, as aforesaid, is usually sufficient for obtaining the necessary stability of the tubs in the washing operation and also with the wringer if properly connected to the tubs themselves.

The wringer-base G is preferably of wood and sufficiently wide to cover the adjacent upper edges of the tubs, and an eyebolt 6 passes through the wringer-base and receives the upper end of the tie-rod I, which tie-rod is screw-threaded at its lower end and provided with a thu mb-n utacting below the crossbar D when the tied-0d is swung into the central notch of such cross-bar, as before mentioned. By means of this tie-rod the wringerbase can be drawn down upon the top edges of the washtubs with sufiicient force for holding such wringeubase firmly in position; but in consequence of the surfaces of the porcelain tubs usually being smooth and glazed we make use of rubber cups 7, preferablyintroduced into recesses in the under surface of the wringer-base and connected by screws 8, and these rubber cups are placed in such a position as to beimmediatelyover the central portions of the convex edges of the tubs. Hence the pressure from screwing up the tierod causes these rubber cups to assume the concave shape corresponding to the convex upper edges of the tubs, and in this manner lateral slipping is effectually prevented.

In many places it is most convenient to make use of porcelain backs A B with the lower edges lapping over the top edges of the tubs at the back, and these porcelain backs are secured against the wall in any desired manner, and there is aspace between the ends of these backs, and in this space a metal socket H is secured to the wall in the proper position for receiving into it the back end of the wringer-base G, such back end being made narrower to fit such socket, and by this construction the back end of the wringer-base is reliably supported without taking a hearing upon the tubs themselves. Hence'the wringer-base has three points of bearing-- the one in the socket at the back end and the other two by the rubber cup 7 upon the top edges of the tubs.

In some instances the separate backs A B are dispensed with and a vertical slab of marble or similar material is extended all along the back of the tubs. \Vhen this form of setting is provided, it is advantageous to make use of arms K, bolted to the slab, as seen in Figs. 7 and 8, and the bolt 9, passing across through the pivot-arms K and through the rear end of the wringer-base G, forms a connection at the back end and upon which the wringe-r-base can be swung up out of the way, or the bolt 9 can be withdrawn to allow the wringer and its base to be removed from the tubs.

The upper surface of the wringer-base is advantageously slightly convex to shed the water in either direction, and there are dripplates 15 at the sides of the wringer-base, and such plates overlap the top edges of the tubs sufficiently to cause the water to drop into the tubs, and thus prevent water passing down between the tubs, and upon the wringer-hase are plates 13, suitably secured, each having a recess, and the wringer-fraine L is provided with hooks at one side to enter the-recesses in the plates 13,and arms 11 at the other side, through which the clamp-screws 12 pass, the ends of which screws enter the recesses in the plates 13 at the opposite side of the wringerbase to secure the wringer-frame firmly but removably to the wringer-base. i

The wringer-rollers M and handle or crank N are to be of any desired character, as the wringer itself forms no necessary part of the present invention; but inasmuch as the dis tance between the inner surface of one tub and the inner surface of the adjacent tub is much greater than that usually existing in tubs that are divided by a single partition it is necessary to provide means for directing the water that is squeezed out from the clothes in the wringing operation 'into one tub or the other, and with this object. in view the de flector-plate O is made rather wider than the deflector-plates which are usually employed in wringing-machines, and at the ends of the deflector-plate are the projecting pivotslti, which also have been made use of in ordinary wringers. We, however, provide the grooved plates P, facing each other and fastened to the inner surfaces of the wringer-frames, and these plates are provided with grooves 17, the ends of which are curved as half-circles, or nearly so, and the pivots 16 of the deflector pass into these grooves, and there is a rest-piece R centrally below the wringerrollers, and it is now to be understood that when the deflector O is in position for use the pivot-pins 16 are in the curved or half-circle ends of the grooves 17, and hence the deflector is held down against any lifting action from the clothes drawing against the lower edge thereof; but when the deflector is to he moved so as to direct the water that is squeezed from the clothes into the other tub such deflector is drawn downward and then lifted so as to unhook the pivot-pins in the halfcirele ends of the grooves 17, so that such pivot-pins can be raised in the grooves and slid across to the other side of the wringer and hooked under the other half-circle ends of the grooves 17, the inclination of the deflector being reversed, and the rest-piece R IIO supports the deflector near the inner and higher end in either of the positions aforesaid. It is usual to provide ribs 18 at the ends of the deflector O to prevent the Water running over the ends of such deflector.

It will be apparent that the recesses in the bottom of the tub for the upper end of the leg is a convenient way of preventing the leg the upper parallel adjacent edges of the tubs,

a device at the rear end for remo vably conmeeting the wringer-base to the Wall, an eye connected to the under side of the wringerbase, a tie-rod connected thereto and passing freely down between the tubs, a cross-bar beneath the tubs and rigidly connected to the respective front legs and. receiving the tierod to hold the wringer-base in position, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the two adjacent porcelain tubs, of a Wringer-base and rubber cups fastened to the under side of the wringerbase and resting upon the convex upper edges of the tubs so as to support the wringerbase and aid in preventing lateral motion, a notched cross-bar beneath the tubs and a tierod connected at the upper end to the wringerbase and adapted to pass into the notch of the cross-bar and a nut upon the tie-rod for clamping the wringer-base and rubber cups upon the top of the tubs, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with the separate adjacent tubs, of a Wringer-base adapted to rest upon the top edges of the tubs, means for clamping such wringer-base in position, and a separate support for the back end of such wringer-base, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with the separate adjacent tub's, of a wringer-base adapted to rest upon the top edges of the tubs, means for clamping such Wringer-base in position and a socket fastened to the Wall and receiving the rear end of the wringer-base, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with the earthenware tubs, of a removable wringer-base adapted to rest upon the adjacent top edges of the earthenware tubs, plates secured at the opposite edges of the Wringer-base and extending below the bottom surface thereof and plates having recesses adapted for engagement by the clamping devices of a wringer, and a tierod connected to the wringer-base and means for holding such tie-rod at the end distant from the wringer-base forsecuring the base with a wringer to the tubs, substantially as set forth.

Signed by us this 10th day of April, 1896.

JOHN REID.v L. M. HOOPER.

Witnesses:

EDWARD HAMMANN, CHAS. H. BANTJE.

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