Improvements in Washing, Wringing, and Mangling Machines.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Washing, Wringing, and Mangling Machines.
We, ENTWISLE AND KENYON LIMITED, of Ewbank Works, Accrington, in
the County of Lancaster, Machinists, and RICILARD WALTON KENYON and
WILLIAM HENRY KENYON, of Ewbank Works, Accrington, aforesaid, Directors,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Washing wringing and mangling machines are of universal domestic use
and in many houses there is but little room to store them when not in actual
use and it is desirable that they should be constructed so as to occupy as little
space as possible and this invention is designed to construct a handle capable
of being folded into the same plane as the fly wheel which when in position for
operating the machine will be firm and rigid.
In carrying out the invention we construct a lug upon the side of the fly
wheel near the periphery with projecting ribs on one face preferably of
V section and a bolt hole to which the handle is attached.
The spindle upon
which the handle rotates is made flat at the end with a number of grooves of V
or other shape corresponding to the shape of the ribs upon the fly wheel lug.
There are preferably two sets of these grooves one set at right angles to the
other one set of which engages with the ribs when the handle projects and the
other set when it is folded. The handle is attached to the lug by a bolt with a
wing nut and the engagement of the ribs and grooves when the bolt is screwed
up forms a
rigid connection. The ribs or projections may be formed upon the
handle and the grooves upon the fly wheel lug or bracket. A spring may be
placed between the two parts to facilitate the separation of the two parts when
the nut is slackened and a side strip may be applied to increase the rigidity
of the joint when screwed up.
In order to lock the wheel and prevent its rotation the handle may be pro-
vided with a projecting finger or stud and the frame with a lug or notch with
which the finger or stud engages when the handle is folded.
The stud or a pin may pass through the wheel and be forced out by a cam or
projection on the side of the handle when folded to cause it to engage with
the framing a spring of spiral or other form withdrawing it when the handle
is raised.

page_text: improvements in Washing, Wringing, and Mangling Machines.
We, ENTWISLE AND KENYON LIMITED, of Ewbank Works, Accrington, in
the County of Lancaster, Machinists, and RICHARD WALTON KENYON and
WILLIAM HENRY KENYON, of Ewbank Works, Accrington, aforesaid, Directors,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:--
This invention relates to washing, wringing and mangling machines which
are of universal domestic use. In many houses there is but little space avail-
able for storing them when not being used and it is desirable that they should
be constructed so as to occupy as little space as possible. This invention is
designed to construct the operating handle capable of being folded down into
the same plane as the fly wheel and which will be readily returned to the
position for operating the machine and then be held firm and rigid.
It consists essentially in constructing the handle flat at one end and the fly
wheel with a projecting lug to which the handle is attached by a bolt, the faces
of the flat part of the spindle and the lug of the fly wheel being formed with
one or more ribs or projections and the other with one or more grooves or recesses
to hold the handle firmly when in operating position and to permit of it being
folded down when not in use by slackening the attaching nut.
The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which as examples several modifications of the invention
illustrated.
are
Fig. 1. Side elevation of part of fly wheel of machine with handle in folded
position.
Fig. 2. End elevation of part of fly wheel with handle in operative position,
the folded position being indicated in dots.
Fig. 3. Elevation of handle detached showing grooved face of flat part thereof.
Fig. 4. Section through handle on line y-y Fig. 2.
Fig. 5. Horizontal section on line Fig. 1.
Figs. 6 to 10. Vertical sections showing various modifications.
Fig. 11. Side elevation of another modification.
Fig. 12. Elevation of handle detached from Fig. 11.
Fig. 13, Fig. 14. End elevations of parts of wheel and framing showing other
modifications.
On the side of the wheel A at or near the periphery is formed a lug B pro-
jecting a suitable distance from the rim of the wheel to which the handle C is
pivoted. The lug B is formed with one or more projecting ribs 6 on its face
and a hole b to receive a bolt or stud c to form the pivot for the handle C.
The spindle D of the handle C is formed flat at the end d with one or more
grooves or recesses d' corresponding to the ribs bon the face of the lug B.
The projections b on the face of the lug B and the grooves in the face of
the handle spindle D are preferably of V shape and arranged as in Figs. 1 to 5
with two horizontal ribs on the lug and with two sets of grooves on the face d
of the handle spindle D, one set at right angles to the other. One set engages
with the ribs when the handle C is in the operative position and the other set
when it is folded. The handle C is attached to the lug by a bolt c with a wing
nut and the engagement of the ribs and grooves when the bolt is screwed
up forms a rigid connection.

page_text: The projecting ribs 6 and grooves or recesses d¹ may be of any suitable shape
and may be placed close to the edge of the lug as in Fig. 6.
Or the lug may
be provided with a flange as in Fig. 7 or a single rib 63 on the handle such as
in Fig. 8 may be employed.
A projection or flange 63 as in Figs. 9 and 10 on the handle to fit along one
or two sides of the lug B may be substituted for the ribs and grooves previously
described.
The ribs and grooves may be placed to radiate on the faces of the lug B and
spindle D as in Figs. 11 and 12.
In either of the examples shown the ribs or projections may be arranged or
formed upon the handle spindle and the grooves or recesses upon the lug B.
A spring may be placed between the spindle D and the lug B to facilitate
the separation of the two parts when the nut is slackened.
In order to lock the wheel A and prevent its rotation the handle C may be
provided with a projecting finger E and the frame with a lug or notch F with
which the finger E engages when the handle is folded. When the handle is
folded the finger E will project through to the other side of the wheel as in
Fig. 13 and thus lock the wheel.
In the arrangement shown in Fig. 14 a pin or stud G is fitted into the peri-
phery of the wheel with a spring g to hold it in normal position, one end of the
stud projecting at each side. The spindle of the handle is formed witli a cam H
on one side which as the handle is folded forces the pin or stud G through the
wheel causing it to engage with the lug F on the framing. The spring g with-
draws it again when the handle is raised to the operative position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is:-
1. In washing, wringing and mangling machines an operating handle capable
of folding constructed with a flat end on the spindle formed with one or more
grooves or recesses (or the reverse) in combination with a lug on the fly wheel
formed with one or more ribs or projections (or the reverse) whereby the handle
is held firm and rigid in the operative position, substantially as described and
shown.
2. In a washing, wringing and mangling machine the combination with the
fly wheel and folding handle of a finger, pin, stud or the like caused by the
folding of the handle to engage with a lug, notch or the like on the frame to
lock the wheel and prevent its rotation, substantially as described..
con-
3. A folding handle for washing, wringing and mangling machines
structed and arranged, substantially as described and shown with reference to
either of the figs. of the drawings.
Talih 20th day of Sontember 1898
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co..
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.