Improvements in Wringing and Mangling Machines.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in Wringing and Mangling Machines.
I MICHAEL STOCKS of High Street Queensbury near Bradford in the County
of York, Plumber and Glazier, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be
as follows:-
The object of my invention is to construct wringing and mangling machines so
that when not in use they may be adjusted or folded within a suitable ornamental
cabinet or chest consequently taking up less room and having a neater appearance
than is now the case.
I hinge or pivot the wringing or mangling machine upon suitable frame or
bearings attached to the inner side of the cabinet or chest, the said machine when
in use being secured in a rigid position by means of bolts passing through side
brackets or through each side of the frame, and thumbscrews.
When the machine is not required the frame is released by means of the aforesaid
thumbscrews and lowered or turned upon its pivot within the chest or cabinet, the
cabinet being constructed with hinged doors and top, which when closed completely
enclose the machine and present a very neat appearance, the said cabinet is also
preferably mounted upon runners for portable purposes.
By this construction of wringing and mangling machines, the rollers are
preserved from dust and other atmospheric influences and kept clean and ready
for use.
Dated this Third day of Tanner 1906
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, Patent Agent for the Applicant.
I MICHAEL STOCKS of High Street Queensbury near Bradford in the County
of York, Plumber and Glazier 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:-
The object of my invention is to construct wringing and mangling machines so
that they stand upon a chest cabinet box or the like when in use, and when not in
use they may be turned over and hang within the aforesaid ornamental cabinet or
chest, consequently taking up less room and having a neater appearance than is now
the case.

page_text: Fig. 2. is an end view of chest or cabinet, showing in dotted lines the position of
wringing or mangling machine when not in use.
Fig. 3. is a plan of Fig. 2. with the cover or lid removed.
I hinge or pivot the wringing or mangling machine A by means of brackets or
lugs B, upon a suitable tube or hollow shaft C, mounted upon a second shaft D
carried by brackets E fixed upon each end of the cabinet or chest F, the machine A
being held in a fixed position upon the hollow shaft C by means of locknuts C³.
When the wringing or mangling machine is being used, it is held in a rigid
position by means of screwed bolts G attached to the back of the cabinet chest box
or the like these bolts pass through suitable brackets or arms J attached to or
forming part of the machine, and held in position by thumbscrews H.
When the machine is not required the frame is released by means of the
aforesaid thumbscrews and lowered or turned upon its pivot or shaft D, and
remains suspended within the chest or cabinet see Figs. 2 and 3.
The cabinet is constructed with hinged doors K and L, movable top N, which
when closed completely enclose the machine and present a very neat appearance.
The said cabinet is also preferably mounted upon runners or castors M for portable
purposes.
By this construction of wringing and mangling machines, the rollers are
preserved from dust, and other atmospheric influences, and kept clean and ready
for use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Fixing and pivotting wringing or mangling machines upon or within a chest,
cabinet, box, or the like, so that when not in use such machine can be turned over
upon its pivot and suspended within the chest, cabinet, box, or the like, substantially
as shown and described.
2. Mounting or pivotting wringing and mangling machines A upon a screwed
hollow shaft or tube C and adjusted or fixed in position by lock-nuts C', such shaft
or tube working upon a second shaft or pivot D, carried in brackets E attached
to the chest or cabinet F; the brackets or arms J, bolts G, and thumbscrews H,
as and for the purposes substantially as shown and described.
Dated this Fifteenth day of September 1896.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, Patent Agent for the Applicant.