Improvements in Wringing and Mangling Machines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Jan., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 21st Oct., 1897-Accepted, 4th Dec.,
1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wringing and Mangling Machines.
We, JONATHAN BARNES, RICHARD WALTON KENYON and WILLIAM HENRY
KENYON of the firm of Entwisle & Kenyon of Ewbank Works, Accrington in the
County of Lancaster, Machinists, and JAMES LIGHTFOOT SHORROCK of Hollins
Lane, Accrington aforesaid, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:
This invention. primarily relates to the improvement of the construction of
wringing and mangling machines with three superimposed rollers so that these
rollers may be rotated in either direction without changing the direction of move-
ment of the fly wheel and fly wheel handle.
We so construct or arrange the driving gear that by the movement of a handle
or lever or otherwise one of the wheels may be thrown out of gear with one of the
primary driving train of wheels and into gear with a secondary or intermediate
wheel and thus change the direction of movement of the final or last driven wheel..
In one arrangement we key or otherwise affix to the shaft of the central or
driving roller a double wheel of different sizes or diameters so that a pinion that
gears with the larger one may slide over the smaller one without engaging with
it. A stud wheel is placed to gear with the smaller one and a second double stud
wheel is placed upon a stud SO that the smaller pinion thereof accord-
ing to its position upon the stud may gear either with the other stud wheel or
with the larger wheel upon the roller shaft. This double stud wheel is capable
of being moved to and fro upon its stud or bearing by means of a forked lever or
other shifting device and with the larger wheel is geared the pinion of the fly
wheel which is sufficiently long to remain engaged with it in either position
in which it may be placed. When the sliding stud wheel is in one position the
roller is driven direct from it and when the sliding stud wheel is moved to the other
position the roller is driven from it through the second stud wheel. Instead of
keying a double wheel to the shaft and providing a single stud wheel to gear with
it a single wheel may be keyed to the shaft and a double stud wheel gear with it
the sliding stud wheel gearing with one or other according to its position.
In another arrangement the plate wheel upon the roller shaft is made single but
is capable of being moved to and fro thereon sliding upon a fixed feather or key.
Two stud wheels are placed in different vertical planes with either of which the
sliding plate wheel can engage according to its position on the shaft. These stud
wheels are either one or both double wheels and are geared together so that they
rotate in opposite directions. The fly wheel pinion gears with one of these stud
wheels. Thus when the wheel on the roller shaft is brought into gear with one
of them it is rotated in one direction and when brought into gear with the other it
is rotated in the opposite direction.
In another arrangement a single plate wheel is keyed to the roller shaft with
which the small pinion of a double stud wheel gears, a second double stud wheel
with wheels as nearly as possible of equal diameter gears with the first, the stud
wheels being so placed in different vertical planes that the larger wheels of both

page_text: are capable of gearing with the fly wheel pinion when slid in one direction or the
other. The pinion is arranged to stand out some distance from the fly wheel and
the fly wheel and its pinion are slid to and fro upon the shaft to engage with
either of the stud wheels as desired. Instead of the fly wheel and its pinion sliding
together, the pinion may slide upon the boss of the fly wheel on a feather or fixed
key.
In either of these arrangments the studs for carrying the wheels or pinions may
be fixed in the machine sides or they may be fixed in or carried by a bracket
forming part of or attached to a central bearing to permit of the geared roller rising
and falling without altering its position relatively to the gearing.
In another arrangement a plate or driving wheel on the roller shaft gears with
a small pinion keyed on a stud or back shaft which is capable of being rotated
by a handle. A second pinion also keyed on a stud or back shaft gears with the
other small pinion and is also capable of being rotated by a handle.
By applying the handle to one of these studs or shafts the driving wheel is
rotated in one direction and by applying it to the other it is rotated in
the reverse direction. A: Hy wheel is applied to the back shaft at the
other end of the machine. If found desirable to reduce the size of the plate wheel
or the speed a double stud wheel may be interposed between the pinion and the
plate wheel.
In another arrangement three wheels in gear with one another may be mounted
upon a lever pivoted or mounted loosely upon a disc or wheel keyed to the roller
shaft. Of two of these wheels one or other gears with the pinion of the fly wheel
according to the position of the lever and the other one gears in one position with
an internal toothed ring by which the disc is rotated. When the lever is in one
position No. 1 wheel gears with the fly wheel pinion and No. 3 wheel with the
.toothed ring but when reversed No. 1 wheel gears with the toothed ring and No. 2
gears with the fly wheel pinion. Or the order of gearing may be altered if desired
to produce the same results.
Although this gearing is designed chiefly for three roller mangles to permit of
either pair being worked or fed from the same side it may also be applied to
mangles with two or more rollers to enable the direction of rotation of the rollers
to be reversed while the handle is rotated in the one direction.
Dated this 18th day of January. 1897.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
Improvements in Wringing and Mangling Machines.
We, JONATHAN BARNES, RICHARD WALTON KENYON and WILLIAM HENRY
KENYON of Entwisle and Kenyon Limited of Ewbank Works, Accrington, in the
County of Lancaster, Machinists and JAMES LIGHTFOOT SHORROCK, of Hollins
Lane, Accrington, aforesaid, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described ad ascertained in and by the following statement: -
This invention primarily relates to improvements in the construction of the
driving gear of wringing and mangling machines with three superimposed rollers,
but may also be applied to two roller mangles, and is designed to enable the
rollers to be rotated. in either direction, without changing the direction of move-
ment of the fly wheel and fly wheel handle.
We so construct or arrange the driving gear, that by the movement of a handle
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page_text: or lever or otherwise, one of the wheels may be thrown out of gear with one of
the primary driving train of wheels, and into gear with a secondary or intermediate
wheel, and thus change the direction of movement of the final or last driven wheel.
The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying draw-
ings in which several modifications are shown, the Figs in each case being end
and side elevations respectively.
The
Referring to Figs 1 and 2 we affix by keying or otherwise to the shaft a of the
central or driving roller A, a double wheel 5-6, the part 6 being of a larger
diameter than the other part 5. A stud wheel 4 on a fixed stud bolted to the
framing D is placed to gear with the smaller wheel 5 on the roller shaft. A double
stud wheel 32. is mounted on a stud E and capable of being moved to and fro
thereon, so that the smaller pinion 3, may engage either with the stud wheel 4 or
with the pinion 6 fixed to the roller shaft, the relative sizes of the wheels 5 and 6
being such that the pinion 3, which gears with the pinion 6, may slide on the
smaller pinion 5 without engaging with it. The pinion 2 gears with the pinion 1
cast or attached to the fly wheel 1, and rotating loosely on the roller shaft a.
double stud wheel 3-2 is moved to and fro by a sliding handle or lever G (see
Fig 1) or by a forked lever or other device to bring the pinion 3 into gear as
required with the pinion 4 or 6, the fly wheel pinion 1 being long enough to keep
the pinion 2 always in gear. When the sliding stud wheel 3-2 is in the position
shown, the roller is driven through the stud wheel 5, the motion being transmitted
from the fly wheel through the pinions in the following order, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. When
the sliding stud wheel is moved, the pinion 3 gears with the fixed wheel 6 and the
roller is driven direct from it in the opposite direction, the motion being trans-
mitted through the pinions 1, 2, 3, 6.
Referring to Figs 3 and 4, a single wheel 6 is keyed to the roller shaft a, and
a double stud wheel 45 is placed on the stud C, the wheel 5 of which gears with
the wheel 6 fixed to the roller shaft The stud wheel 3 of the sliding double stud
wheel 3-2 gears alternately with stud wheel 4 or the roller wheel 6 according to
the position in which it is placed. The wheel 2 as before gears with the fly wheel
pinion 1. In the position shown the motion is transmitted through the
wheels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and when the position is reversed it is transmitted through
the wheels 1, 2, 3, 6, the pinion 3 gearing direct with roller wheel 6.
Referring to Figs 5 and 6, a single wheel 6 is mounted on the roller shaft a to
rotate therewith, but is capable of being moved to and fro thereon, sliding upon
a fixed feather or key. A double stud wheel 45 is placed upon the stud C, the
wheel 5 capable of gearing with the roller wheel 6, and the double stud wheel 3-2
on the stud E is so placed, that the wheel 3 gears with the wheel 4 of the other
stud wheel, and is also capable of being geared with the sliding roller
wheel 6. The stud wheel 4 and the stud' wheel 3, being geared
together, rotate in opposite directions, SO the direction of rotation
of the roller wheel 6, is determined by the stud wheel with which it is
in gear. The fly wheel pinion 1 gears with the stud wheel 2, and the motion is
transmitted through the wheels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or through the wheels 1, 2, 3, 6.
Referring to Figs 7 and 8, a single wheel 6 is keyed to the roller shaft a, and
on the stud C is placed the double stud wheel 5-4, neither of which engages
with the roller wheel 6. On the stud E is placed the double wheel 3-2, the
wheel 3 of which gears with roller wheel 6, and the wheel 2 with the wheel 4 of the
other stud wheel. The fly wheel pinion 1 is the breadth of one wheel only, and
it and the fly wheel are capable of sliding to and fro on the roller shaft, the
pinion 1 gearing alternately with the wheels 2 and 5, to give the desired direction
of motion to the roller. The motion is transmitted, when the wheels are in the
position shown through 1, 5, 4, 2, 3, 6, and when reversed through 1-2-3-6.
Instead of the fly wheel and its pinion sliding together, the pinion may slide
upon the boss of the fly wheel on a feather or fixed key.
In either of these arrangements the studs C and E for carrying the wheels or
pinions may be fixed in the machine sides D, or they may be fixed in or carried

page_text: by a bracket forming part of or attached to the roller bearing, to permit of the
geared roller rising and falling without altering its position relatively to the
gearing.
Referring to Figs 9 and 10, a single wheel 3 is keyed on the roller shaft which
gears with a small pinion 2 keyed on a stud or back shaft G which is capable of
being rotated by a handle H. A second pinion 1 also keyed on a stud G₁ or back
shaft gears with the pinion 2 and is also capable of being rotated by the handle H.
By applying the handle H to one of these studs or shafts the driving wheel 3 is
rotated in one direction, and by applying the handle H to the other, the roller is
rotated in the reverse direction. A fly wheel F is applied to the back shaft at the
other end of the machine. The back shaft G is placed below the back board K,
and does not interfere with the working of the machine.
If found desirable to reduce either the size or the speed of the roller shaft
wheel 3 shown in the Figs 9 and 10, a double stud wheel may be interposed
between it and the pinion 2.
Referring to Figs 11 and 12, a disc or plate L is keyed to the roller shaft
and
to this disc is pivoted a lever 1 carrying pinion wheels 2-3-4 on studs thereon.
Fixed over or around these wheels is a stationary toothed ring 5 with internal
teeth with which one of the wheels 2 or 4 on the lever 1 gears. The ring 5 is
bolted to the framing or otherwise fixed. The fly wheel F is placed on the roller
shaft a and is provided with a pinion 1. The pivoted lever 1 is moveable, so as to
bring either of the wheels 2 and 3 into gear with the fly wheel pinion 1, and either
of the wheels 2 and 4 into gear with the fixed toothed ring 5. In the position
shown, the wheel 2 is in gear with the fly wheel pinion 1, and the wheel 4 with
the fixed ring 5 causing the disc L to rotate in one direction, when the lever 1 is
moved the wheel 2 is brought into gear with the fixed ring 5, and the wheel 3 into
gear with the fly wheel pinion 1, reversing the direction of movement of the disc L.
Referring to Figs 13, 14 and 15. An internally toothed wheel 5 is keyed to the
roller shaft a, and on the same shaft but fixed so as not to rotate is a disc or plate L
with a lever pivoted thereto, carrying three wheels 2, 3, 4, similar to those in
Figs 11 and 12. On the shaft is placed to rotate the fly wheel F and pinion 1,
and motion is transmitted therefrom through the wheels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 1, 3, 2, 5.
Although his gearing is designed chiefly for three roller mangles to permit of
either pair being worked or fed from the same side, it may also be applied to
mangles with two or more rollers, to enable the direction of rotation of the rollers
to be reversed, while the handle is rotated in the one direction.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is.-
1. Improved gearing for wringing and mangling machines having two or more
rollers, so constructed that by the movement of a wheel or carrier out of gear with
one wheel and into gear with another, the direction of rotation of the roller is
reversed without altering the direction of rotation of the handle or fly wheel, sub-
stantially as described.
2. In wringing and mangling machines a gearing for reversing the direction of
rotation of the rollers constructed and arranged substantially as described and
shown with reference either to Figs 1 and 2 Figs 3 and 4, Figs 5 and 6, Figs 7
and 8, Figs 9 and 10, Figs 11 and 12 or Figs 13, 14 and 15 of the drawings.
Dated this 20th day of October, 1897.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool & London, Patent Agents.