Improvements appertaining to Wringing and Mangling Machines.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 29th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 29th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 18th May, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
Improvements appertaining to Wringing and Mangling Machines.
We, HENRY CROFTS LONGSDON of the Firm of W. Summerscales and Sons
Limited of Keighley in the County of York, Machine Makers, and FRANK
WILKINSON of the same place, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows, that is to say :—
In connection with machines for wringing and mangling clothes of the class
wherein wooden rollers are used, it is found that by reason of these rollers, being
almost always in contact with each other, facilities for the lodging or retaining of
moisture upon them are afforded to their detriment and to the loss of the owner
by the consequent decay of these said rollers.
To obviate this defect by the employment of comparatively cheap and efficient
means for readily separating the rollers from each other when the machine is not
in use, is the object of this invention.
This object we attain by mounting an oscillatory shaft to extend lengthwise
across the machine. On this shaft are formed suitable lever arms to which are
hinged or pivotted rods reaching into contact with each end of the upper roller's
shaft so that by the oscillatory shaft they may be moved to raise the upper roller
clear of the lower roller, while by an appropriate holding piece mounted on the
framework in suitable proximity with the handle or lever by which the oscillatory
shaft is manually operated, this latter may be held in its proper raised position.
Or again, instead of this holding piece being used, the jointings of the rods to the
lever arms may be such as to secure their holding-in-position without the additional
piece, or further in place of these lever arms eccentrics may be used in which case
the rods are formed to suit this altered device.
Dated this 28th day of Jun 1901
H. C. LONGSDON,
F. WILKINSON,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.
Improvements appertaining to Wringing and Mangling Machines.
We, HENRY CROFTS LONGSDON of the Firm of W. Summerscales and Sons
Limited of Keighley in the County of York, Machine Makers, and FRANK
WILKINSON of the same place, Manager, 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 :-
In connection with machines, for wringing and mangling clothes, of the class
wherein wooden rollers are used, it is found that by reason of these rollers being
almost in contact with each other, facilities for the lodging or retaining of
moisture upon them are afforded to their detriment and to the loss of the owner
by the consequent decay of these said rollers.
To obviate this defect by the employment of comparatively cheap and efficient
means for readily separating the rollers from each other when the machine is not
in use, is the object of this invention.

page_text: In the accompanying sheets of drawings Fig. 1 is end elevation of a sufficient
portion of a wringing or mangling machine to show the application of our improved
parts. The rear end frame alone being shown, while the other one is omitted in
order that the parts behind it might more clearly be seen.
Fig. 2 is part sectional back elevation of the same machine.
Fig. 3 is a drawing in detail illustrating our improved parts in another position.
Figs. 4 and 5 are similar views to Figs. 1 and 3 respectively and are illustrative
of a modified formation of our improved mechanism.
We attain the object of our invention by mounting an oscillatory shaft a to
extend lengthwise across the machine. On this shaft a are formed suitable
cams bbl over which the rods c c are made to take. These rods c c being made
to reach into contact with the ends d d of the upper roller's shaft so that by the
shaft a being rotated from the position shown by Fig. 1 in which the rollers e and f
are shown as in contact with each other, into the position shown by Fig. 3 the
upper roller e is raised clear of the lower roller f. The movement of the shaft a is
effected by means of the hand lever which, without the aid of any additional
parts will at all times retain its position shown by Fig. 1 while when moved into
position shown by Fig. 3 by the pin h (shown in broken lines Fig. 1) being
slided into an opening g'-made in said lever g it is securely held in this latter
position.
Instead of cams bb being formed on the shaft a, suitably formed lever arms k
as shown by Figs. 4 and 5 may be employed, in which case the rods c c¹ are
pivotally coupled to these arms k so that on the handle lever g being moved into
the position shown by Fig. 3 by a projecting piece m on the end frame A arresting
the further progress of the arm k, the lever 9 and other parts are by the weight
of the roller e kept securely in position without necessitating the handling or
moving of a separate pin as herein before described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is ;-
1. The combination in a wringing or mangling machine of an oscillatory shaft
carrying cams, connecting rods for operating in connection with these cams, and a
handle lever with means for securing it in position substantially as specified.
2. The combination in a wringing or mangling machine of an oscillatory shaft
having lever arms attached thereto, connecting rods pivotally attached to these
lever arms, and means for moving and holding said shaft substantially as herein
specified.
3. The combination and arrangement of parts for operating the upper roller of
a wringing or mangling machine substantially as herein specified.
Dated this 28th day of March 1895.
H. C. LONGSDON,
F. WILKINSON,
Per Samuel Hey,
Ageut.