IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MANGLING CLOTHES AND FABRICS."
Year: 1871

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LETTERS PATENT to Humphrey Pridden, of, Bradford, in the County
of York, Violin String Maker, for the Invention of "IMPROVED
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MANGLING CLOTHES AND FABRICS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Humphrey Pridden at
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the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 12th December 1871
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I, HUMPHREY PRIDDEN, of Bradford; in the County of York, Violin.
String Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVED: MACHINERY VOR, APPARATUS FOR MANGLING CLOTHES AND FABRICS,"
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Humphrey Pridden at
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the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
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I, HUMPHREY PRIDDEN, of Bradford; in the County of York, Violin
String Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVED: MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MANGLING CLOTHES AND FABRICS,"
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This Invention has for, its object the construction of a light and
inexpensive machine for mangling clothes and fabrics.

page_text: I employ a pair of squeezing rollers supported by and working within
suitable end frames. An arm at the back and front of each frame serves
to support two small rollers for purposes herein-after referred to.
Between the squeezing rollers I introduce a board of hard wood on
which the clothes or fabrics to be mangled are laid. On motion being
given to the squeezing rollers by ordinary gearing and hand wheel, the
board is propelled or caused to traverse (by the frictional contact of the
periphery of the bottom squeezing roller on the under side of the
mangling board and the frictional contact of the top squeezing roller on
the clothes or fabrics) between the said rollers.
The rotation of the hand wheel, on being reversed will traverse the
board and fabrics in the contrary direction, and thus a "to-and-fro"

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that I, the said Humphrey Pridden, my executors; administrators, and
assigns, or such "others as I,, the said, Humphrey, Pridden, my executors,
administrators; and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others;;
from time to time and at all times thereafter-during: the term therein..
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS FOR MANGLING CLOTHES AND FABRICS,"
upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Humphrey Pridden, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under or their, or, one
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed; and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of
5 the said Letters Patent.
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☐ NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Humphrey, Pridden, do, shereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to .be.particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement. and accompanying. Sheet of Drawings, that
is to say:
"This Invention has for its object; the construction of a light and
inexpensive machine for mangling clothes and fabrics.
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I employ a pair of squeezing rollers supported by and working within
suitable, end frames. An arm at the back and front, of each frame
5 serves as supports for two small rollers for purposes herein-after referred
to. Between the squeezing rollers I introduce a board of hard wood, on
which the clothes or fabrics to be, mangled are laid. On motion being
given to the squeezing, rollers by ordinary gearing and hand wheel, the
board is propelled. or caused to traverse (by the frictional contact of the
O periphery of the bottom squeezing, roller on the under, side of the
mangling board and the frictional contact of the top squeezing, roller on
the clothes or fabrics),between the said rollers.
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The rotation of the hand wheel on being reversed will traverse the
board and fabrics in the contrary direction; and thus a "to-and-fro”
5 traverse of board and fabrics between the squeezing rollers is obtained.T([

page_text: -The small rollers above referred to serve as, supports to the mangling,
board, and the necessary-pressure of the squeezing rollers is obtained:
through the agency of spiral or bow spring and adjusting screw or
screws, or by weighted levers in the usual manner.
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In order that the Invention may be clearly understood I herein give 5
reference to an accompanying Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof.
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Fig. 1 is a section of a portion of a machine constructed in accordance
therewith, taken across the squeezing rollers, about half full size, and
Fig. 2 is another section taken longitudinally thereof, about 'one qua
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full size.
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A and B are the said rollers which are,,supported in, end frames, or
framework C, the top roller B being capable of moving up and down in
slots D'of the frame, and having pressure applied thereto by either spring,
or weighted lever in the usual manner. Two other smaller rollers. E are
supported in the frames with their top surfaces placed in a right line 1
with the top of the bottom squeezing roller: A board or table:Fais,
introduced or is placed between the two rollers A and B and supported by:
the rollers E, so that when rotary motion is given to the squeezing, rollers
by the hand wheel G alternately in opposite directions, the-board-or
table will travel and reciprocate. horizontally between them. Clothes, or 2
articles of clothing, or fabrics orequiring to be mangled are placed upon
the board or table, and by the motion thereof are passed under the
roller B as many times "to and fro" as desirable, whereby they become
mangled or pressed and smoothed: To prevent any slipping or non-
movement of the board or table while the rollers are in motion;-by-reason² 2
of unevenness of thickness or inequalities of the clothes occurring, I fix
a rack H underneath the table and a wheel I on the shaft of the roller -A7
which gear into each other? Also the rollers are geared together by the
wheels. J and K so that the table is compelled to move by and with the
motion of the said rollers. This machine may be used for wringing 3
clothes by taking out the table Fand-sliding the wheel K out of gear
with the wheel J-by means of the levers-L, when the-wheels.M:and:N___
will come into gear with each other, and so the rollers may-be-used for
wringing in the usual manner.
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"Having thus,described the nature of my said Invention, and shewn by 3
Drawings in what manner, the same is to be or may be performed or put

page_text: into practice, I would have it distinctly understood that I do not confine
myself to the precise construction or arrangement of the machine as
shewn and described; but what I claim as my Invention is, the intro-
duction or application and use of a board or table between any ordinary
pair of squeezing rollers for the purposes and in manner substantially as
shewn and described:
In witness whereof, I, the said Humphrey Pridden, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Eleventh day of June, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight, hundred and seventy-two.
HUMPHREY PRIDDEN.
(L.S.)
Witness,
WALTER BRIERLEY,
(Tasker & Brierley,)
Patent Agent,
Halifax & Bradford.