US76659A - Benjamin keed - Google Patents

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Letters .Patent liVo. 76,659, dated April 14, 1868.

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T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN Be it known that I, BENJAMIN REED, of the city and county of Allegheny, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Wringer; and Ido hereby declare. that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon. i

The nature of my invention consists in suspending" the rollers of clothes-wringers in spring-yokes, which are so arranged, with relation toeaeh other, as that'in the wringing process one roller will yield downwards andthe other upwards.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invcntioml will proceed to-describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of my specification- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement in clothes-wringers.

Figure 2 is an end view of the same. Y

Figure 3 is a transverse section of one of the rollers and its shaft.

In`the drawings, m represents the end-pieces of 'the frame, which are held in position by the cross-bars X and X. rlhe cross-bar X and the guides Z for the spring-yoke A are held in position by the bolts marked 3. The spring-yokes consist of wooden.springbars,. marked A and B, and iron straps, marked c' and J. Near the ends of these straps are openings, through which pass the ends of the shafts 1 and 2 ofthe rolls C and D. To the spring-yoke A is attached a screw-nuit, 7c, which is {itted to the screw t, which passes down through the cross-har Xto the upper side of the spring-yoke B." The clamps e are pivoted, by meansof hinges g, to the endpieces m, in which are secured screws o, which pass through openings in the clamps e, and are providedwith The rolls C and D consist of felt, which is secured on theshafts 1 and 2 by means of water-proof gum. That portionof the shafts on which the felt is placed is provided with a series of projecting points, as shown in g. 3. The shafts are coated with dissolved ,gum-shellac, andthe felt is then kneaded and knit to the shafts in the manner similar to that practised by hatters in securing felt on the body of hats.

As the construction of my improvement in'wringers, and the relation that the several -parts of it'bear to each other, will be readily understood from the foregoing description, and by reference to the accompanying drawings, I will therefore proceed to describe its operation, which is 'as follows:

AThe wringer is secured on the side of thewash-tub or washing-machine, by arranging the wringer.so that a portion of the side of the tub or washing-machine will come in the opening'X2, with the lower ends X3 of the end-pieees m on the inside of the tub or washing-machine, and the clamps e on the outside; the thumb-nutsfv are then turned lso as to force the clamps e against the side of the tub or washing-machine, which will thereby secure the wringer in a Erm position.

` The rolls are brought clse together by turning the screw 7L down into the nut k, which will, by pressing down on the spring-yoke B, force down the roll C, and cause the spring-yoke A to draw upwards the rollD.

The wringing of the clothes 'is performed by turning the roll D, by means of the crank S, and passing the clothes between the rolls 'D and C, which operation .will readily he understood by all who construct or use wringers.

The advantages of my improvement in wringers consist'- First. In so arranging the rolls, with relation to each other, that in the wringing/process, the rolls are each subjected to the same pressure and force.'

Second. Rolls formed o f felt are not liable to split open by the drawing and twisting action ofthe clothesl on the rolls while being passed between them. Third. The fibre of the felt-rolls works in harmony'with the texture of the cloth in the clothes; hence the wear and tear of the clothes will be less when the wringing is performed with felt-rolls, than it will be with any other known rolls. l

Having thus described the nature, construction, and operation of my improvement, what I claim as of my inventionis The spring-yokes A and B, in combination with the rollers C and D, constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as herein described, und for the purpose set forth.

` BENJAMIN REED.

Witnesses:

AARON B. GATE, A. B. SPROUT.

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