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US 6,571,586 B1Granted
Portable wringer
AssigneesMichael Ritson, Maurice Willis
InventorsMichael Ritson, Maurice Willis, Ronald Hickman
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Abstract
A portable wringer 11 for a chamois leather comprises a support structure 12, and a pair of rollers 13,14 driven by a crank handle 15. The support structure 12 carries a suction device 18.
Claims28
A portable wringer for removing liquid from a wet leather, cloth or piece of fabric, comprising a support structure;
- a pair of rollers rotatably mounted on the support structure;
- means for urging the rollers together towards a position in which the surfaces of the rollers would make mutual contact along their respective lengths;
- means for rotating at least one of the rollers;
- and a suction means operably coupled to the support structure, the suction means being arranged to adhere to a smooth surface and comprising a flexible disc having a central portion which is movable rearwardly from the plane of the disc in a direction towards the rollers by means of a cam arrangement.
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A wringer as claimed in claim 15, in which one of the rollers is operatively connected to a crank handle, whereby the roller can be manually rotated.
A portable wringer for removing liquid from a wet leather, cloth or piece of fabric, comprising:
- a support structure;
- a pair of rollers rotatably mounted on the support structure;
- resilient members operably coupled to the rollers for urging the rollers together towards a position in which the surfaces of the rollers would make mutual contact along their respective lengths;
- a rotating assembly operably coupled to at least one of the rollers for rotating the roller;
- and a suction device operably coupled to the support structure and arranged to adhere to a smooth surface, the suction device comprising a flexible disc having a central portion which is movable rearwardly from the plane of the disc in a direction towards the rollers by means of a cam arrangement.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.