Improvements in Wringing and Mangling Machines.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 30th July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 29th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 6th June, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wringing and Mangling Machines.
I, ROBERT AUSTIN, of 9 Garnet Terrace, Cumming Drive, Mount Florida, in
the County of Glasgow, North Britain, Laundry Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows, that is to say :-
My said invention comprises constructive improvements whereby the same
machine can be used for wringing or mangling, and can be adapted for use in
connection with ordinary washing tubs, or in connection with special domestic
washing machines such as that described in my Patent Specification No. 1644
of 1892. My improved wringing and mangling apparatus may also be adapted for
use in connection with a steam or power-driven washing machine; or it may be
used apart from a washing machine.
In a modification of my improved apparatus adapted for use with a washing
machine of the kind described in my said earlier Specification, there are two
side standards connected at their lower ends to the base or bottom of the casing
of the machine so that they can be turned into position for use or down out of
the way.
The standards are suitably connected at their upper parts and
provided with two rollers of a usual kind. Below the rollers there is a tilting
board which can be inclined downwards over the edge of the washing machine,
and which when secured in that position itself holds the standards in their
position. The tilting board can rock upon a tube extending from standard to
standard and through them; and through this tube there extends a steel shaft
one end of which is squared to receive a winch handle, whilst the other end
has fixed on it a pinion which gears with an internally toothed wheel fast on
the shaft of the lower roller. The other end of the roller shaft has fast
on it a pinion gearing with a piniou on the shaft of the upper roller, and is
also adapted for receiving the winch handle. The winch handle is applied to
the shaft of the lower roller for wringing operations; and is applied to the
pinion shaft below when greater power is required as for mangling. The
cases have
pressure is applied to the rollers by helical springs which in some
to be arranged below the rollers to economise space. Each standard is made
with slots and each spring is arranged within a lower slot, and its action is
transmitted to the upper roller by four small bars or rods which pass through
shallow grooves in the parts of the standard crossing the slots and made with
the bearings for the roller journals. Three adjustments are provided in con-
nection with the springs, one to take off pressure when the rollers are not in
use, a second to apply pressure_suitable for wringing, and a third to apply a
greater pressure for mangling. For this purpose the tube on which the tilting
board can rock, is availed of for acting simultaneously on the springs at both
sides of the machine. Eccentrics or equivalents on the tube depress blocks up
against which the springs bear; and a lever on the tube serves for turning it,
the lever being held in position by a spring catch arranged to be disengaged
on grasping the lever. Or instead of the lever a small wormwheel may be fixed
on the tube and may have in gear with it a worm on a vertical spindle having
a hand wheel or handle on its upper end.
In another modification the standards are arranged to be fixed in an ordinary
way to or in connection with a tub; or it may be between and in connection with
two tubs in which case the tilting board may be made capable of being inclined

page_text: down towards either tub. In this modification and also in others in which it may
be convenient, the springs may be arranged above instead of below the rollers.
Dated this Twenty-ninth day of July 1895.
Improvements in Wringing and Mangling Machines.
I, ROBERT AUSTIN, of 9, Garnet Terrace, Cumming Drive, Mount Florida, in
the County of Glasgow, North Britain, Laundry Engineer, 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, that is
to say :-
My said invention comprises constructive improvements whereby the same
machine can be used for wringing or mangling, and can be adapted for use in con-
nection with ordinary washing tubs, or in connection with special domestic washing
machines such as that described in my Patent Specification, No. 1644, of 1892.
My improved wringing and mangling apparatus may also be adapted for use in
connection with a steam or power-driven washing machine; or it may be used
apart from a washing machine.
Apparatus as made according to my invention is shown on an accompanying
sheet of explanatory drawings,
Figure, 1, being a transverse vertical section, Figure, 2, a sectional side elevation,
and Figure, 3, an end elevation looking oppositely to Figure, 1, of a part of the
apparatus. Figure, 4, is a sectional elevation of the same.
Figure, 5, is a horizontal section of a part of the apparatus as taken at the
line a-a in Figure, 4, and Figure, 6, is a horizontal section of the same as taken
at the line b-b.
Figure, 7, is another example of a detail.
In these drawings the same reference letters are used to mark the same or like
parts wherever they are repeated.
In a modification of my improved apparatus adapted for use with a washing
machine of the kind described in my said earlier Specification there are two side
standards, A, and B, (only the upper parts of which are shown) connected at their
lower ends to the base or bottom of the casing of the machine so that they can be
turned into position for use or down out of the way. The standards, A, and B,
are suitably connected at their upper parts by a piece, C, and provided with two
rollers, D, and E, of a usual kind. Below the rollers, D, and E, there is a tilting
board, G, which can be inclined downwards over the edge of the washing machine,
and which when secured in that position itself holds the standards, A, and B, in
their position. The tilting board, G, can rock upon a tube, H, extending from
standard, A, to standard, B; I however make no claim to this tilting or rocking
arrangement, having since applying for a Patent, learned that it is not new; and
hereinafter I describe an alternative arrangement. Through the tube, H, there
extends a steel shaft, J, one end, K, of which is squared to receive a winch handle,
whilst the other end has fixed on it a pinion, L, which gears with an internally
toothed wheel, M, fast on the shaft, N, of the lower roller, D. The other end of
the roller shaft, N, has fast on it a pinion, P, gearing with a pinion, Q, on the
shaft, R, of the upper roller, E, and is also adapted for receiving the winch handle.
The winch handle is applied to the shaft, N, of the lower roller, D, for wringing
operations; and is applied to the pinion shaft, J, below when greater power is
required as for mangling. The pressure is applied to the rollers, D, and E, by
belical springs, S, which are arranged below the rollers to economise space. Each
standard, A, B, is made with upper and lower slots, (such as, Bi) and each

page_text: spring, S, is arranged within a lower slot, and its action is transmitted to the upper
roller, E, by four small bars, or rods, S 1, which pass through shallow grooves in
the parts of the standards, A, and B, crossing the slots and made with the
bearings, D 1, E 1, for the roller journals. Means for adjusting the pressure are
provided in connection with the springs, S, and are arranged so that the pressure
can be taken off when the rollers, D, and E, are not in use, and so that pressures
lesser or greater suitable for wringing or mangling can be applied. For this
purpose the tube, H, on which the tilting board, G, can rock is availed of for acting
simultaneously on the springs, S, at both sides of the machine. Cams, H 1, or
equivalents on the tube, H, depress or free from pressure blocks; S2, up against
which the springs, S, bear; and a lever (not shown) may be provided on the tube
to serve for turning it, the lever being held in position by a spring catch arranged
to be disengaged on grasping the lever. Or instead of the lever a small worm
wheel, T, is fixed on the tube, H, and has in gear with it a worm, T 1, on a vertical
spindle, T 2, held in bearings, T 3, on the standards and turned by a handle, T 4,
on its upper end. A stop, T 5, is provided on the wormwheel, T, to prevent the
cams, H 1, from being turned more than slightly less than one revolution without
being reversed.
In another modification the standards are arranged to be fixed in an ordinary
way to or in connection with a tub; or it may be between and in connection with
two tubs in which case the tilting board may be made capable of being inclined
down towards either tub. In this modification and also in others in which it may
be convenient, the springs may be arranged above instead of below the rollers.
An alternative arrangement which may be used instead of the tilting board (G)
is shown in Figure, 7. In this case a board, V, is fixed to the tube, H, and has
hinged to one of its sides, a piece, V 1, capable of being opened to a limited extent.
The apparatus is placed in position at the tub end, and the piece, V 1, is set
against the inside of the tub end so as to hold the standards against the outside of
the tub end.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The construction, arrangement, and combination of parts constituting the
improved wringing and mangling apparatus substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this Twenty-eighth day of April 1896.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.