US 5,916,276 AGranted

Portable wringing device

OwnerClarence W. Walker, Jr.inventor

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Abstract

A wringing device is provided including a housing with a top face, a bottom face, a front face, a rear face and a pair of side faces formed therebetween thus defining an interior space. The top face has an entry opening formed therein and the front face has an exit opening formed therein. A roller assembly is situated within the housing. A drive mechanism is also positioned within the housing and remains in communication with the roller assembly for wringing a piece of cloth when put in the entry opening, whereafter the piece of cloth is dispensed from the exit opening.

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A wringing device comprising, in combination:

a housing having a rectangular configuration with a top face, a bottom face, a front face, a rear face and a pair of side faces formed therebetween thus defining an interior space, the top face having a rectangular entry opening formed therein adjacent the rear face, the front face having a rectangular exit opening formed therein adjacent the bottom face, the housing further including a pair of interior side walls coupled within the interior space of the ho using in spaced parallel relationship with the side faces thus defining a pair of side compartments;
a removable ledge assembly including a pair of cylindrical posts mounted to the front face of the housing below the exit thereof and extending outwardly therefrom and a ledge having a large planar rectangular horizontally oriented plate with an inboard edge with a small vertically oriented flange mounted therto and extending downwardly therefrom with a pair of apertures formed therein for releasably receiving the cylindrical posts such that the horizontally oriented plate extends outwardly from the front face of the housing in perpendicular relationship therewith;
a roller assembly including a first cylindrical roller rotatably coupled between circular apertures formed in the interior side walls of the housing wherein a bottom edge of the first cylindrical roller is in alignment with a top edge of the entry opening of the housing, a second cylindrical roller rotatably and slidably situated within a pair of vertically oriented elongated slots formed in the interior side walls of the housing below the first cylindrical roller, and a metal spring unit including a pair of vertically oriented rods rotatably mounted to an axis about which the second cylindrical roller is situated and a coiled spring portion mounted between the vertically oriented rods for urging the second cylindrical roller upwardly in abutment with the first cylindrical roller;
a drive mechanism including a first gear with a first diameter mounted to an axis of the first cylindrical roller within one of compartments of the housing, a second gear with a second diameter less than the first diameter rotatably mounted within one of the compartments of the housing and in engagement with the first gear, a third gear with a diameter less than the second diameter rotatably mounted within one of the compartments of the housing and in engagement with the second gear, and a motor coupled within the housing adjacent the top face thereof and in communication with the first gear for rotating the same upon the actuation thereof for effecting the rotation of the first cylindrical roller thus allowing a piece of cloth that is situated within the entry opening to be wringed and dispensed from the exit opening;
a switch situated on the top face of the housing and having a first orientation for allowing the actuation of the motor and a second orientation for precluding the actuation of the motor;
and
a drainage assembly including an interior bottom wall coupled within the interior space of the housing in spaced relationship with the bottom face for defining a bottom compartment, the bottom wall having a plurality of apertures formed therein for allowing water to drain from the piece of cloth to the bottom compartment, wherein the same may be expelled from a drainage aperture formed in the front face of the housing.

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Abstract

A wringing device comprising, in combination:

a housing having a rectangular configuration with a top face, a bottom face, a front face, a rear face and a pair of side faces formed therebetween thus defining an interior space, the top face having a rectangular entry opening formed therein adjacent the rear face, the front face having a rectangular exit opening formed therein adjacent the bottom face, the housing further including a pair of interior side walls coupled within the interior space of the ho using in spaced parallel relationship with the side faces thus defining a pair of side compartments;
a removable ledge assembly including a pair of cylindrical posts mounted to the front face of the housing below the exit thereof and extending outwardly therefrom and a ledge having a large planar rectangular horizontally oriented plate with an inboard edge with a small vertically oriented flange mounted therto and extending downwardly therefrom with a pair of apertures formed therein for releasably receiving the cylindrical posts such that the horizontally oriented plate extends outwardly from the front face of the housing in perpendicular relationship therewith;
a roller assembly including a first cylindrical roller rotatably coupled between circular apertures formed in the interior side walls of the housing wherein a bottom edge of the first cylindrical roller is in alignment with a top edge of the entry opening of the housing, a second cylindrical roller rotatably and slidably situated within a pair of vertically oriented elongated slots formed in the interior side walls of the housing below the first cylindrical roller, and a metal spring unit including a pair of vertically oriented rods rotatably mounted to an axis about which the second cylindrical roller is situated and a coiled spring portion mounted between the vertically oriented rods for urging the second cylindrical roller upwardly in abutment with the first cylindrical roller;
a drive mechanism including a first gear with a first diameter mounted to an axis of the first cylindrical roller within one of compartments of the housing, a second gear with a second diameter less than the first diameter rotatably mounted within one of the compartments of the housing and in engagement with the first gear, a third gear with a diameter less than the second diameter rotatably mounted within one of the compartments of the housing and in engagement with the second gear, and a motor coupled within the housing adjacent the top face thereof and in communication with the first gear for rotating the same upon the actuation thereof for effecting the rotation of the first cylindrical roller thus allowing a piece of cloth that is situated within the entry opening to be wringed and dispensed from the exit opening;
a switch situated on the top face of the housing and having a first orientation for allowing the actuation of the motor and a second orientation for precluding the actuation of the motor;
and
a drainage assembly including an interior bottom wall coupled within the interior space of the housing in spaced relationship with the bottom face for defining a bottom compartment, the bottom wall having a plurality of apertures formed therein for allowing water to drain from the piece of cloth to the bottom compartment, wherein the same may be expelled from a drainage aperture formed in the front face of the housing.

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