Year: 1885

page_text: We, JAMES KENYON, JONATHAN BARNES and RICHARD WALTON KENYON all of
Accrington in the County of Lancaster Machine Makers do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the end framing of machines for wringing and inangling
fabrics in which an upright frame is employed to support rollers between which
the fabrics pass.
We purpose making these frames chiefly of wrought iron so that while being
sufficiently strong to bear the strain that is necessarily brought to bear on them,
they will be light and portable. We will therefore construct the frames chiefly of
wrought iron tubing held together by castings preferably chilled. In this way a
number of pieces of tubing may be cut off if required, or suitable length to take
the places assigned to them and their ends and other parts as required joined by
the castings. This may be done in a variety of ways which will be equally
serviceable to bring the frame into the required shape, which is broad at the base
and narrower at the top to receive the bearings and journals of the rollers. In
most cases four castings will be sufficient to connect the tubing into a frame and
four-five or six or more pieces of tubing may be employed according as it is found
more convenient or advantageous to place them in one position or another; for
instance, one tube may form the outside of the bottom of the framing with a cross-
bar at the bottom and an upright between joined to a central casting with two
uprights projecting therefrom, the tubes may be cut before entering the central
casting all being thereby connected together entering with straight ends, and fixed
by a pin hole or slot which is surrounded by the molten metal during the process
of casting, or the ends may be curved or turned inwards so as to obtain a secure
hold in the metal. A stronger frame may be made by passing the two top tubes
downwards through the casting until they reach the cross rail at the foot, these
may pass either straight through the casting in the centre or be curved therein
either to the right or left thus preventing liability to become loose therein. Where
a stronger frame is required at the bottom part the outside tubes may be curved in
the central casting and brought down into the centre, the two upper tubes to
support the journal being fitted into the casting.
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page_text: In some instances instead of a chilled casting cast round the parts the central
casting may be loose and fitted onto the tubes after casting the tubes, being held in
position and secured to the several parts by set screws, but we prefer the chilled
castings.
Improvements in Frames for Machines for Wringing and
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Mangling Fabrics.
We, JAMES KENYON, JONATHAN BARNES and RICHARD WALTON KENYON, all of
Accrington, in the County of Lancaster, Machine Makers, do hereby declare the
Dature 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 the end framing of machines for wringing and mangling
fabrics in which an upright frame is employed to support rollers between which
the fabrics pass.
Our object is to make these frames chiefly of wrought iron, so that while being
sufficiently strong to bear the strain that is necessarily brought to bear on them,
they will be light and portable. We will therefore construct the frame chiefly of
wrought iron tubing held together by castings preferably chilled.
The accompanying drawings fully illustrate our invention, and the various ways
in which the tubing and castings may be arranged in relation to each other.
A are pieces or lengths of tubing cut to the required lengths to occupy the
positions assigned to them in the framing. B are castings preferably chilled, which
are cast in position around the ends of the tubes A, and hold the tubes rigidly in
position forming the frame. These frames are all of one general shape, broad at
the base to make a firm stand, and narrow at the top to form supports and guides
for the bearings and journals of the rollers. In order to obtain this shape, the
tubes A may be disposed in a variety of ways, and five or six lengths may be
employed. In most instances however, four castings B will be sufficient.
In Figure 1 one tube a is shown passing through the central casting 6 forming
the outside rails or bars of the lower part of the frame. Two tubes c project
upwards from the central casting b, their ends fitting down into it form the
supports and guides for the journal of the rollers. d projects downwards from the
central casting b, the top end fitting into the casting b and the bottom end into a
casting e through which another tube f passes, the ends off and of a are joined
together by the castings g which carry wheels or runners for the frame.
In Figure 2 two tubes h are employed to form the outer bars of the lower part
of the frame, the ends only entering the central casting 6 instead of passing right

page_text: through it. This allows room for the upright tubes c to have their ends more
securely embedded in the metal of the central casting, in other respects the
description of Figure 1 will apply to this Figure.
Figure 3 shows a frame constructed similar to that of Figure 2 with the excep-
tion that the lower ends of the upright tubes c are curved where they are embedded
in the central casting b, which gives them a firmer grip on the metal and renders
them less liable to pull out or wear loose. The arrangement of tubes shown in
either of the Figures 1, 2 or 3 may be slightly modified by using two upright
tubes instead of the one c shown.
In Figure 4 a frame of somewhat stronger type is shown, the two upright tubes i
which take the place of those marked c in the previous Figures are continued down
through the central casting b until they meet the bottom rail or tube f and are
connected thereto by the casting e. The outside tubes h are placed similar to those
in Figure 2.
Figure 5 differs from Figure 4 in that the tubes i are curved inwards or towards
each other where they pass through the central casting, and are brought closer
together in the lower part of the frame.
Figure 6 shows the tubes i curved outwards or from each other in the centre,
and fitting into two castings e, e¹, through which the bottom rail f passes.
The arrangement shown in Figures 4, 5 and 6 could be modified by curving, but
one of the central tubes i, or by curving both in the same direction, say to right or
left, but this would spoil the symmetry and appearance of the frame.
In Figure 7 the outside tubes ; of the lower part of the framing are curved
or bent, where they pass through the central casting b, approximately to U-shape,
the second legs returning parallel to the first, and joining the castings e, e¹, on rail f.
The upright tubes o may be fixed in the central casting either as shown in this
Figure or in Figures 1 or 3.
The tubes may be held securely in the castings by means of eye bolts as in
Figure 1 by being curved at the ends as in Figure 3, or by having a cross pin stuck
into them as in Figure 2. Or a hole or notch may be cut, into which the molten
metal will flow or those ends upon which but little strain or pressure comes, may
be slightly roughened or left as cut off, and the metal cast around them.
In some instances instead of a chilled casting cast round the parts, the castings
may be cast separately and fitted onto the tubes afterwards, the tubes being held
in position and secured to the several parts by set screws, but we prefer the
chilled castings.
Where like letters are shown on the drawings they refer to like parts.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we wish it to be understood
that we do not claim broadly the use of wrought iron or metal tubing in the
construction of framing for wringing and mangling machines, as we are aware
that such has been done in several ways, but we declare that what we claim is
A frame for machines for wringing and mangling fabrics made of a number of
pieces or lengths of wrought iron tubing held together by castings, arranged and
constructed as herein described and shewn in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, each
taken separately and as a whole.