IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF DRIVING AND REVERSING GEAR PROVISIONAL FOR WASHING, WRINGING, AND MANGLING MACHINES
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Taylor (of the Firm of Thomas and
Taylor), of Salford, in the County of Lancaster, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF DRIVING AND REVERSING GEAR
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Taylor at the
☐ Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
8th July 1874.
I, EDWARD TAYLOR (of the Firm of Thomas and Taylor), of Salford,
in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF DRIVING AND REVERSING
GEAR FOR WASHING, WRINGING, AND MANGLING MACHINES," to be as follows:-
This Invention applies to such washing, wringing, and mangling
machines as are driven by power; and the object of the Invention is to
obtain a simple and casy method of reversing the movement of either
the box or tub, or of the wringing or mangling rollers (or both move-
ments), without the aid of additional pulleys and. straps.

page_text: The machine may be driven either by a single pulley and strap, or by
a toothed wheel, or by a small steam engine applied direct; but for the
sake of illustration I will here describe the gear as actuated by a single
strap and pulley:-The pulley is mounted loosely upon a fixed stud or
shaft, and has cast or otherwise attached to it a bevil wheel; face to
face with this bevil wheel a second bevil wheel is also placed loosely on
the stud or shaft, and a third bevil wheel is mounted in the frame and
gears these two wheels together. On the stud or shaft is placed a long
boss or sleeve which passes loosely through the boss of the second bevil
wheel, and is provided at its outer end with a toothed pinion which
drives the ordinary spur gearing of the revolving box or tub. To the
inner end of this long boss or sleeve is attached a clutch, which (by
sliding the boss by means of a lever) can be put into gear with either
the first or second bevil wheel, so that the revolving box or tub may be
driven either forwards or backwards according to which bevil wheel the
clutch is caused to gear with, the second wheel being necessarily caused
to revolve in the opposite direction to the first by means of the third or
carrier wheel..
The same movement which reverses the action of the tub also reverses
the action of the wringing or mangling rollers, a second lever and an
intermediate wheel being applied in such a manner that when the tub is
in
gear with the driving pinion on the long boss or sleeve the rollers are
out of gear; and when the latter are thrown into gear the tub is thrown
out, the wringing or mangling rollers not being required when the tub
is revolving, and the latter being required to remain stationary whenever
the wringing rollers are in action. The reversing of the wringing or
mangling rollers is very useful in the event of their becoming choked, as
sometimes hannens.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Edward Taylor in the Great Seal Patent Office 3
on the 7th January 1875.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Edward Taylor, Her special license
that I, the said Edward Taylor, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as 1, the said Edward Taylor, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF DRIVING AND REVERSING GEAR FOR WASHING, WRINGING,
AND MANGLING MACHINES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Edward Taylor, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, 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 the said Letters

page_text: The pulley a, a, is mounted loosely upon a fixed stud or shaft b, b,
and has cast or otherwise attached to it a bevil wheel c, c; face to face
with this bevil wheel a second bevil wheel d, d, is also placed loosely on
the stud or shaft b, b; and a third bevil wheel e, e, is mounted in the
frame ff, and gears these two wheels together. On the stud or shaft b, b,
is placed a long boss or sleeve g, g, which passes loosely through the
boss of the second bevil wheel d, d, and is provided at its outer end with
a toothed pinion h, h, which drives the ordinary spur gearing i, i, 'of the
revolving box or tub k, k, in the inner end of this long boss or sleeve';
and connected thereto by a key or feather, slides a clutch 1, 1, and by
sliding this clutch by means of a lever m, m, it can be put into gear-
with either the first bevil wheel c, c, or second bevil wheel d, d, so that
the revolving box or tub k, k, may be driven either forwards or back-
wards according to which bevil wheel the clutch is caused to gear with,
the second wheel being necessarily caused to revolve in the opposite
direction to the first by means of the third or carrier wheel e, e.
The same movement which reverses the action of the tub also reverses
the action of the wringing or mangling rollers n, n, a second lever o, o,
and an intermediate wheel p, p, being applied in such a manner that
when the tub k, k, is in gear with the driving pinion h, h, on the long
boss or sleeve g, g, the rollers n, n, are out of gear; and when the latter
are thrown into gear the tub k, k, is thrown out, the wringing or
mangling rollers n, n, not being required when the tub k, k, is revolving,
and the latter being required to remain stationary whenever the wringing
rollers are in action. The reversing of the wringing or mangling rollers
is very useful in the event of their becoming choked, as sometimes
happens. The intermediate wheel p, p, is moved into gear either with
the driving wheels i, i, of the revolving box or tub k, k, or with the
driving wheel q, q; of the wringing or mangling rollers n, n, by means
of the second lever o, o. Both the levers m, m, and o, o, work upon a
bar s, s, provided with notches for the purpose of holding the levers in
their relative positions when adjusted.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention,
together with the manner in which the same is to be or may be per-
formed or carried into practical effect, I wish it to be understood that I
claim as my Invention, the improvements in the construction of driving
and reversing gear for washing, wringing, and mangling machines,
driven by power, as herein-before described and illustrated by the

page_text: Drawing annexed, or any mere imitation or modification thereof, con-
structed and operating in substantially the same or a similar manner.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Taylor, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Sixth day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five. .
EDWARD TAYLOR. (L.S.)