Improvements in and pertaining to Handles for Operating Mangles and other Manual Machines.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Feb., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 10th Nov., 1898-Accepted, 7th Jan., 1899
Improvements in and pertaining to Handles for Operating Mangles
and other Manual Machines.
I, WILLIAM JOSEPH HEAD, trading as The East London Machine Company, of
171 and 173, Mare Street, Hackney, in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is so to construct and fit the handles by which mangles
and other machines that are arranged for manual actuation are to be operated whether
in a rotary or other manner that they can easily and quickly be folded down against
the machines and thus take up no room and be not so liable to damage or causing
damage while they can as easily and quickly be restored to and firmly held in their
operating positions when desired.
To carry out this object an handle is made of wood or other material in any usual
manner and of any size and shape that may be appropriate for the particular
machine with which it is to be used. On the end of this handle is or may preferably
be secured a metal block or it may be only a metallic cap or the end of the handle
itself may be similarly formed which block or other appliance has two parallel sides
creating a not very broad head between such sides and at that end of this head
that is the nearer to the handle a broad shoulder is created on each side of the
head which shoulder is not at right angles with the line of the handle but is duly
bevelled or inclined thereto in such wise that at what may be called the upper edge
of the head and therefore the upper part of the handle when in an operating position
the shoulder is nearer to such handle than at the lower edge of the head and the
extreme end of the head is similarly but oppositely bevelled or inclined.
This head can be entered between the two parallel cheeks of a suitable bracket and
can be there pivoted on a bolt which may pass through the lower outside corners of
the two cheeks and the lower corner of the extreme end of the head or thereabouts.
The outside edges of the two cheeks are also bevelled or inclined in a manner
complementary of the bevelled or inclined shoulders on the head which therefore can
bear against such edges when the handle is in its operating position and the back of
the bracket is closed between the two cheeks which back also on its inner face is
bevelled or inclined in a manner complementary of the bevelled or inclined extreme
end of the head which therefore can bear against such back when the handle is in its
operating position. It is evident therefore that while this handle can be turned on its
pivot into a position at right angles or thereabouts with the line of the bracket it
cannot be moved beyond its operating position wherein it is in line with the bracket
or thereabouts.
A pin is preferably provided with the bracket which can pass through one of the
cheeks thereof into an hole made therefor in the side of the head in the proper
position to firmly hold the handle in its operating position and if necessary an elbowed
or other arm may be provided to support the outer end of this pin being secured it
may be on the cheek or elsewhere. A coiled or other spring can most conveniently
be applied to this pin in such wise as normally to force it inwards and into the hole

page_text: in the head and an handle can then be fitted on the outer end of the pin whereby it
can be withdrawn from such hole against its spring. The inner end of the pin and
the side of the head near and about the hole can be so formed that when the handle
is being turned up into its operating position the pin will be forced backwards and
outwards against its spring until when the handle has reached such position the pin
can enter the hole and will be forced thereinto by its spring.
The bracket that supports this handle can be secured by and through its back to
the necessary part of the particular machine by a bolt or bolts or a clamp or clamps
or any other usual and suitable devices or by riveting or welding or brazing
or any other usual and suitable manner or otherwise as may be preferred in each
case.
Dated this 10th day of Febuary 1898.
HART & Co.,
Agents, 168, Fleet Street, London, E.C.
Improvements in and pertaining to Handles for Operating Mangles
and other Manual Machines.
I, WILLIAM JOSEPH HEAD, trading as The East London Machine Company, of
171/173, Mare Street, Hackney, London, N.E., in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in attaching the handles to the fly wheels
of washing wringing, mangling or other machines so that they may be folded down
into a plane parallel to that of the fly wheel and thus occupy but a little space when
the machine is not in use or operation and be readily and easily returned to the
operating position when required.
The handle is pivoted on the fly wheel to one or between two lugs and is provided
with a securing pin caused automatically by a spring to engage a hole in the
handle when the latter is raised to the operative position.
The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings
in the several Figs. of which a fly wheel is shown with different methods of securing
the handle thereto.
The handle A is made of a barrel of wood or other material placed loosely on a
spindle B in the ordinary way to rotate thereon the end of the spindle B being
formed with a metal block b to engage with lugs C on the fly wheel I to which it is
pivoted by a pin or bolt E.
In Figs. 1 and 2 (Fig. 2 being a section on line v-v Fig. 1) the rim of the fly
wheel D at one side is provided with two lugs C between which the block or end b of
the handle spindle B is fitted and is pivoted in position therein on the stud bolt E so
that it may assume either a horizontal or vertical position. The end of the block b is
made flat to rest or abut against the face of the wheel when the handle is in the
operative or horizontal position as in Fig. 1. A small locking pin F is passed through
an auxiliary lug f and fitted with a spiral spring G to cause it to move inwards. The
block b is provided with a small hole so placed as to receive the end of the locking
pin F when raised into the operative position the pin F automatically engaging
therewith. The block of the handle spindle is bevelled at 1 to automatically press
back the point of the locking-pin F as the handle is raised and a ring f¹ is affixed to
the end of the pin F to draw it back when it is desired to fold down the handle.
In Figs. 3 and 4 (Fig. 4 being a section on line ww Fig. 3) a single lug C is
attached to the side of the fly wheel D to which the block or end 6 of the handle

page_text: spindle B is pivoted by the stud bolt E. A small additional hole c is formed in the
lug C to receive the locking pin F and the locking pin F is carried by the block or
end'b of the handle spindle B it is furnished with a small flat spring Ġ to cause the
pin F to automatically lock or engage with the hole c. The edge of the lug is
inclined at cl to force the pin back as the handle raised into operative position.
In Figs. 5, 6, and 7, (Fig. 6 being a section on line x-x Fig. 5 and Fig. 7 a plan)
the lugs Care formed with a stud by which they are bolted or secured to the fly
wheel. The block or end b of the handle spindle B is fitted between the lugs Cand is
pivoted on the pin E: The end b is provided with shoulders with inclined faces
which abut or rest against correspondingly inclined faces of the lugs C when raised to
the operative position. A small bracket 2 is fitted to the side of one of the lugs C to
carry the locking pin F which is pressed or forced inwards by the spring G to cause
it to automatically engage with the hole in the handle end b when the handle is
raised to the operative position. It will be understood that a single lug may be
fitted to the side of the fly wheel in a similar manner and the locking pin be carried
either on the side of such lug or on the side of the end of the spindle handle.
of
In Figs. 8 and 9, (Fig. 9 being a section on line y-y Fig. 8) a double lug
slightly modified form is shown boited to the side of the fly wheel. The end b of the
handle spindle B is fitted between the two lugs C pivoted on the pin E and the
handle is automatically locked and held in operative position by the locking
pin F and spring G. A single lug may be employed instead of two and the locking
pin and spring may be carried on the side of the lug or on the side of the end of the
handle spindle.
In Figs. 10, 11 and 12, (Fig. 11 being a front elevation of Fig. 10 partly in
section and Fig. 12 a plan) an arrangement is shown for clamping the handle onto
the periphery of a fly wheel D. A strip or band H provided with clamps h at the
ends to secure it to the fly wheel has fitted to it the lugs C between which the end b
of the handle spindle B is fitted and pivoted on the pin E which is placed eccentri-
cally. A second lug f supports the locking pin F which is pressed inwards and
caused to lock automatically by the spring G. A single lug may be attached to the
wheel in a similar manner and the locking pin and spring be carried in either of the
ways hereinbefore described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what
I claim is
1. A pivoted or folding handle for the fly wheels of washing wringing mangling or
other machines provided with a spring actuated locking device which automatically
locks and secures the handle when raised to an operative position substantially as
described.
2. A pivoted or folding handle for the fly wheels of washing, wringing, mangling
or other machines with an automatic locking device constructed and arranged sub-
stantially as described with reference to either of the figs, of the drawings.
Dated this 28th day of October 1898
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.