On Horizontal Axis Patents (Class 68/273)
  • Patent number: 6571586
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Ritson, Maurice Willis, Ronald Hickman
  • Patent number: 5916276
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Inventor: Clarence W. Walker, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5193364
    Abstract: A chamois wringer includes a base plate with an arm pivotally connected thereto. A first roller is mounted on the base plate, and a second roller is mounted on the pivotable arm such that pivoting of the arm will bring the second roller into rolling contact with the first roller. A chamois threaded between the rollers will be placed under compression as it is pulled between the rollers, to remove excess water from the chamois.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Inventor: Russell A. Leenders
  • Patent number: 4889049
    Abstract: An improved wringer device is provided for squeezing water from a cloth or chamois when fed between a pair of adjacent rollers. Each roller is made from thermoformed plastic, or molded elastomeric material with an outer surface defining a plurality of axially aligned curvilinear hill and valley surfaces. The hill surface of one roller meshes with a valley surface of the adjacent roller to assist in feeding the cloth through the rollers and to maximize efficiency by minimizing required cranking force. The device includes a first support member for mounting to a wall, a second roller support member selectably connected to the first member, and a third roller support member fixedly secured to the second member, a pair of rollers with substantially parallel axes and each supported between the second and third support members, and a crank interconnected with one of the rollers to drive that roller, which then drives the other roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1989
    Inventors: Stephen R. Foster, Thomas R. Oschmann