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Clothes Wringer
- Material
- METAL-STEEL; WOOD - UNKNOWN; RUBBER
- Description
- Metal clothes wringer. This clothes wringer consists of a wooden rectangular water board that is varnished and bevelled on one side. Attached to the top of both ends is a metal brace that looks like tongs. These tong-like braces hold the rubber rollers in place. Attached to one side of the lower …
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Sub-Category
- MAINTENANCE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Description
- Metal clothes wringer. This clothes wringer consists of a wooden rectangular water board that is varnished and bevelled on one side. Attached to the top of both ends is a metal brace that looks like tongs. These tong-like braces hold the rubber rollers in place. Attached to one side of the lower roller is an arched metal handle with a wooden oval hand grip. A thin metal bar extends the length of the wringer. Below the bar on both ends is a red metal coil. These coils sit upon the tong-like braces. The coils are held in place by a metal rod that is attached to the clamp underneath the water board. Wing nuts on top of the bar adjust the pressure of the wringer rollers.
- Narrative
- Metal clothes wringer used for wringing out clothes to remove excess moisture in order that the clothes could be hung out to dry. Clothes wringers such as this one were used in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Clothes wringers such as this one can be found in various early 1900 catalogues.
- Material
- METAL-STEEL; WOOD - UNKNOWN; RUBBER
- Height
- 32
- Width
- 18
- Length
- 79
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1991.175.1
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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