US1654712A - Safety wringer clothes feeder - Google Patents

Description

Jan. 3, 1928.

w. H. voss SAFETY WRINGER CLOTHES FEDER 2 vSheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 2..192 s between the wringer rolls, thus permitting a greater degree of ease in operation. It will be noted that the form of construction shown in Figs. l to 4, inclusive, has an advantage over the other constructions in thatV due to the rolling, arcuate surface of the head 5 the clothes feeder may take a position at right angles to the wringer rolls or may take a considerable angle therewith, when the clothing is being fed to the wringer, while with the other forms the feeding is not so accurate and positive when the handler makes a considerable angle with the wringer rolls.

It will be clear that the amount of metal required, as well as the weight thereof, may be considerably reduced in the form of ertecution shown in Figs. l to Il, or any form similar thereto, by making the entire head hollow, it being necessary merely to use an amount of metal sufficient to furnish the necessary strength. Anillustration of such a construction is shown in Figs. l2 and 13 in which the head 5 is provided with a hollow or cavity ll2 which communicates through an opening 13 with the opposite side of the head. By providing the head with the cavity 12 andthe perforation 13, a very beneficial action is secured. For instance, when the clothes or fabrics are lifted out of the tub by means of the device the water will run down through the hole or perforation 13 in the bottom of the cup thereby creating a substantial sucking action upon the clothes tending to draw them down tight into the cup, and thereby making it easier to lift the clothes up out of the tub and feed them into the wringer, as otherwise the clothes tend to slip olf the end of the cup.

This opening may be either larger or smaller as desired. vVarious other forms of execution of the invention herein disclosed will suggest themselves to one skilled in the art and it is therefore understood that the specific description of structure set forth above may be departed from without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having now described my invention` l claimz- I l. A laundry device operable as a clothes feeder for the wringer rolls of a washing machine, comprising a head provided with a handle, said head being Aformed with a cav ity to assist in holding fabrics on said head and having a flange projecting forwardly therefrom.

2. A device for feeding clothes between the rolls of wringers, comprising a head having a substantially cylindrical wall pro-.`

Vrolls of wringers comprising a member formed with upper and lower arcuate surfaces adapted to contact with the upper and lower wringer rolls, said member having a relatively thin arcuate lip disposed intermediate said surfaces and projecting forwardly to be positioned between the rolls, said arcuate surfaces being substantially parallel to said arcuate lip.

5. A device for -feeding fabrics between the rolls of a wringer comprising a member having a head formedV with an arcuate surface adapted to contact with Va wringer roll,

said head having a relatively thin arcuatev lip projecting forwardly from said surface, said arcuate surface being parallel with said lip. f

Inwitness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name to this specification.

WILLIAM H. voss.

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