US118519A - Improvement in wringing-machines - Google Patents

Description

PATENT OFFICE.

WHITLEY DENTON, OF AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN WRlNGlNG-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,519, dated August 29, 1871.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WHITLEY DENToN, of Amsterdam, in the county of Montgomery and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved wringing-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in machinery for wringing tubular knit or woven goods and it consists in a spreading device of novel construction to be used in connection with a roller wringing-machine, whether having one or more sets of rollers for expressing the water from the goods, to untwist and spread out the goods as they are fed or drawn in between the rollers, all as hereinafter described.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a wringing-machine provided with my improvement, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

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A is a long' frame having two pairs of expressing-rollers, B, and one set of three rollers, O; also, guiding-plates D E F for passing the goods1 G (representedin dott-ed lines) through to wring out the water as they come -from the washingmachine. These tubular goods are frequently in long pieces, which become twisted in the washing, and have to be untwisted and spread out by hand as they are drawn along into the machine, or they will enter between the rollers in folds, knots, and lumps, which materially interfere with the well-doing of the work. I therefore propose to provide an untwisting and spreading device to save the expense and labor of an attendant This I do by the employment of a broad plate, H, of zinc or other suitable material, with theroval end I and the yoke-shaped guiderod K at the front, which extends in advance of the-rst set of rollers B nearly to the front of the table, while it extends the other way between the rst set of rollers and nearly to the second set, and it is provided with a rib around the edges to prevent cutting the goods. In front of the first set it is provided with rollers L-one on the upper and the other on the lower sidewith inclines M leading from the surface to the sides of the said rollers'most distant from said plate. The rollers L act against the front set of rollers B to prevent the dividin g-plate from being drawn through said rollers B while drawing the fabric in, the said fabric being opened at one end as it is presented to the spreader, and drawn along over it, as indicated by the dotted lines, one side passing over tlre upper side of the plate H and the roller on the upper side, while the other passes under the plate and the lower roller.

Spreaders of different widths will be provided with each wringing-machine for goods of different widths.

It will be seen that this improved attachment for wringing-machines will untwist, spread open, and adjust the goods as well or better than it could be done by the hand of a person constantly attending for the purpose, thus saving a considerable item of expense.

The construction of the spreader may be varied, of course, within' certain limits without departing from the spirit of my invention. I do not, therefore, limit myself to the precise construction here shown. The wringing-machine may, ofcourse, have one or more sets of rollers, according to the extent it is desired to express the water; but the application of the spreader will be the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I. claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A spreader, adapted for untwisting and spreading tubular goods as they are drawn in between the rollers of a wringing-machine, substantially as herein specied.

2. The combination, with awringing-machine, whether having one or more sets of rollers, of a spreader, substantially as herein specified.

WHITLEY BENTON.

Witnesses:

JNO. K. WARNrcx, MYRON W. REID.

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