IMPROVEMENTS IN MANGLING AND WRINGING MACHINES, AND IN THE STANDS AND COVERS THEREOF."
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Noah Tupholme, of Sheffield, in the County of York,
for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MANGLING AND WRINGING
MACHINES, AND IN THE STANDS AND COVERS THEREOF."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Noah Tupholme at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th February 1881.
NOAH TUPHOLME, of Sheffield, in the County of York. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MANGLING AND WRINGING MACHINES, AND IN THE STANDS AND COVERS
THEREOF.'
This Invention relates to mangling and wringing machines, and to the stands
and covers thereof.
As ordinarily constructed mangling and wringing machines are very incon-
venient articles of furniture when not in use, and take up a considerable space.
This Invention consists essentially in so forming the framing and other parts of
a mangling and wringing machine as that it will disappear below and be retained
in the stand, and further consists in so making the stand and cover of the said
machine as that it will form a table which can be used as an ordinary article of
furniture (say, for kitchen use), the said machine being clear of the top of the
table or cover when not in use, and the said top or cover having the appearance of
and being capable of use as an ordinary table top.
In carrying my Invention into effect the framing of the machine is fitted with
pivots, one on each side thereof, the said pivots working freely in brackets, bushes,
or collars fixed in the ordinary "rail" or framing of a table, or one of the rotating
shafts of the gearing or rollers of the machine can be prolonged and rotate
freely in brackets or bushes fixed on the "rails" or framing of the table so that
the machine can be swung round from its vertical position when in use to a
horizontal position when out of use, and so as a cover or "top" can be placed on
the framing or rails of the said table, and so cover up the machine. When the
pivot of the machine is not placed centrally, so that each end thereof is not
balanced, a spring or springs can be employed to assist in raising the heavy end
D.

page_text: thereof from the horizontal to the vertical position, for instance, a ledge can be
made on the framing of the table under the heavy end of the machine, and a
spring placed thereon so that when the cover or top of the table is removed and
the end of the machine is released (by a catch or otherwise) the spring will raise
the heavy end of the machine; or a helical spring can be placed on the pivot
between the framing of the machine and the frame of the table, which will be
coiled or depressed as the machine is lowered under the top of the table, and
which will expand or uncoil when the machine is released and thus raise the heavy
end of the machine.
The framing of the machine may be made of wrought iron or steel instead of
cast iron, so as to reduce the weight, and the remaining parts of the machine
would be of ordinary construction.
As a modification, the wringing or mangling machine may be made horizontal
and stationary, being fixed within the "rails" or framing of the machine, so that
when the cover or table top is removed the machine can be used in a horizontal
position, or the table can be tilted so that the rollers would be in a vertical
position, and when out of use the framing and top will form, and be used as an
ordinary table.
As a modification of the last described improvement, the legs of the table can
be hinged so that the framing of the table and the machine can be inclined, two
of the table legs being lowered on to the floor in a horizontal position, and the
other two legs be fastened back against the framing out of the way of the operator,
and parts of the table top can be used as stays to support the table and machine
in a working position.
As a further modification, the machine can be lowered under the table top by
means of a rack or racks and pinion or pinions (or wheel or wheels), the machine
being guided in or on slide bars suspended from the framing of the table or
otherwise.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Noah Tupholme in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 9th August
1881.
NOAH TUPHOLME, of Sheffield, in the County of York.
MANGLING AND WRINGING MACHINES, AND
THEREOF."
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
IN THE STANDS AND COVERS
This Invention relates to mangling and wringing machines and to the stands
and covers thereof.
As ordinarily constructed mangling and wringing machines are very inconvenient
articles of furniture when not in use.
This Invention consists essentially in so forming the framing and other parts of
mangling and wringing machine as that it will disappear below and be retained in
the stand, and further consists in so making the stand and cover of the said
machine as that it will form a table, which can be used as an ordinary article of
furniture (say, for kitchen use), the said machine being clear of the table top or
cover when not in use, and the said top or cover having the appearance of and
being capable of use as an ordinary table top.
"
In carrying my Invention into effect the framing of the machine is fitted with
pivots, one on each side thereof, the said pivots working freely in brackets, bushes,
or collars fixed in the ordinary "rail" or framing of a table, or one of the rotating
shafts of the gearing or rolls of the machine can be prolonged and rotate freely in
brackets, bushes, or collars fixed on the rails or framing of the table, so that the
machine can be swung round from its vertical position when in use to a horizontal
position when out of use, and so as a cover or "top can be placed on the framing
or "rail" of the said, table, and so cover up the machine. When the pivot of the
machine is not placed centrally, so that each end thereof is not balanced, a spring or
springs can be employed to assist in raising the heavy end thereof from the
horizontal to the vertical position; for instance, a ledge can be made in the frame
of the table under the heavy end of the machine and a spring placed thereon, so
that when the cover or top of the table is removed and the end of the machine is
released by a catch or otherwise the spring will raise the heavy end of the machine;
or a spring can be placed on the pivot between the framing of the machine and
the frame of the table, which will be coiled or depressed as the machine is lowered
under the top of the table, and which will expand or uncoil when the machine is
released, and thus raise the heavy end of the machine. The framing of the
machine may be made of wrought iron or steel instead of cast iron, so as to
reduce the weight, and the remaining parts of the machine would be of ordinary
construction.
"
As a modification the wringing or mangling machine may be made horizontal
and stationary, being fixed within the "rails or framing of the machine, so that
when the cover or table top is removed the machine can be used in a horizontal
position, or the table can be tilted so that the rollers would be in a vertical
position, and when out of use the framing and top will form and be used as an
ordinary table.
As a modification of the last described improvement the legs of the table can be.
hinged so that the framing of the table and the machine can be inclined, two of
the table legs being lowered on to the floor in a horizontal position, and the other
two legs being fastened back against the framing out of the way of the operator,
and parts of the table top can be used as stays to support the table and machine in
a working position.
As a further modification the machine can be lowered under the table top by
means of a rack or racks and pinion or pinions (or wheel or wheels), the machine.

page_text: being guided in or on slide bars suspended from the framing of the table or
otherwise.
In the accompanying Drawings Figs. 1 to 9 inclusive (Sheet 1) illustrate an
ordinary wringing or mangling machine combined with an ordinary kitchen table.
Fig. 1 is a front sectional view in elevation as taken through the dotted line Y, Z,
(Fig. 2) of the machine as ready for use; Fig. 2 is a plan of the machine as ready
for use, the boards C¹ and C³ being removed; Fig. 3 is an end view of the machine
in elevation as ready for use, the boards C¹ and C² being removed; Fig. 4 is an
end view of the machine out of use, with the boards C1 and C2 in place; Fig. 5 is
a plan of the machine out of use, with the boards C¹ and C2 removed; Fig. 6 is a
plan of the machine out of use, with the boards C, C¹³, and C² in position, and as
used for a table, the principal parts of the machine being shown in dotted lines;
Figs. 7, 8, and 9 are enlarged views, showing the manner in which the machine is
pivotted on and supported by the framing of the table; Fig. 7 is a part front view
The same letters refer to
in elevation, and Figs. 8 and 9 are part side views.
similar parts in each view. A is the table which supports the machine; B is the
metal framing of the machine; C, C¹, and C are the boards which form the tablo
top or cover; D and D¹ are the pivots upon which the machine turns when
lowered under the table top; E is a bracket or bush, and F is a bush in which the
pivots D and D₁ rotate; G is the spring, which is coiled round the pivot D¹, and
which is hooked on to the pins H and H', and which is depressed as the machine
is turned down under the table, and expands as the machine is allowed to rise,
thus assisting in the raising of the machine to its vertical or working position;
the machine in its
J is a swinging link, and K is a wing nut employed to reta
vertical or working position, the top end of the link being seed to the framing
of the table, and the lower end of the said link being secured to the machine.
Figs. 10, 11, 12, and 13 (Sheet 2) illustrate a modification of the above described
improvements, in which the shaft of the bottom roller is prolonged and is carried
permanently in the framing of the table, and the top roller and frame of the
machine are carried on the shaft of the bottom roller, and are rotated round it
until they assume a horizontal position under the top of the table, the machine
being rotated by a worm and worm wheel, by a shaft and the hand wheel or
handle.
Fig. 10 is a side view in elevation, Fig. 11 is a front view in elevation as taken
through the dotted line W, X, (Fig. 12), and Fig. 12 is a plan of the machine in
working order; Fig. 13 is a side view of the table and machine combined, the
table being in use and the machine out of use. A is the framing of the table;
B is the framing of the machine; C is the table top or cover; L is the bottom
shaft; M is a worm wheel fixed on the bottom shaft L; N is the worm which
drives the wheel M; O is the shaft which carries the worm N, and which is
rotated by the loose hand wheel 1 or a handle; Q is one of the brackets carrying
the shaft O; R is a pinion with elongated boss rotating freely on the shaft L and
driving the intermediate wheel S; T is an intermediate pinion driving the
wheel U, the wheel U being fixed on the shaft L and rotating it, and the pinion T
and wheel S being fixed on the shaft 2; P is a bracket carrying the above
described gearing; 3 is a bracket to strengthen the framing of the table.
The loose hand wheel 1 drives the machine in the ordinary manner, and can be
used to rotate the shaft O when it is required to turn down the machine and
replace the cover C for use as a table.
Fig. 14 is a front elevation as taken through the dotted line A, Z, (Fig. 15), and
Fig. 15 is a plan of a combined wringing machine and table in which the machine
is lowered under the table top by racks and pinions. In this modification the
bottom shaft L is driven by a single wheel U and pinion T on the shaft 2; the
whole of the machine is carried by brackets 5, 5, 5, on slides 4, 4, the said slides
having slide bars 6, 6, reciprocating in guide bars 7, 7. To the slides 4, 4, are
fixed racks 8, 8, which are reciprocated by wheels 9, 9, carried by the shaft 10, the
said shaft having a ratchet wheel 11 and ratchet 12 to controll the position of the

page_text: machine; the shaft 10 is carried by and rotates in bushes in supports in the framing
of the table.
Stops will be employed to support the machine when raised to its working
position and when out of use.
To raise and lower the machine the handle or the hand wheel 1 will be fitted on
the square at the end of the shaft 10, and to drive the machine the said handle or
hand wheel will be fitted on to the square of the shaft 2. The position that the
machine occupies when out of use and when the framing of the machine is used
for a table is shown by dotted lines in Fig. 14.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into
effect, I would observe in conclusion, that what I consider to be novel and original,
and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in part
recited Letters Patent is,--
Firstly,―
Improvements in wringing and mangling machines, and in the stands and covers
thereof, by the construction of a mangling machine in combination with an
ordinary table (such as, for instance, an ordinary kitchen table), the said machine
being so supported in and by the table as that it can be turned down under the
table top when not in use, substantially as herein before specified and described and
illustrated in Figs. 1 to 9 of the accompanying Drawings.
Secondly,
'
The construction of a combined table and. mangling machine, as illustrated in
Figs. 10, 11, 12, and 13 of the accompanying Drawings, in which the shaft of the
bottom roller is prolonged and carried permanently in and by the framing of the
table, the top roller and framing of the machine being rotated round the said
bottom roller when required to take a horizontal position under the table top, as
shown in Fig. 13.
Thirdly,
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The
ruction of a combined mangling machine and table, substantially as
illustrated in Figs. 14 and 15 of the accompanying Drawings, in which the
machine is lowered vertically under the table top by means of racks and
pinions.
Fourthly,
The construction of a combined mangling machine and table, in which an
ordinary machine is permanently secured under the loose top of an ordinary table,
the said machine being worked in a horizontal position or otherwise, as described,
substantially as shown in Fig. 7, but without the pivots.
In witness whereof, I, the said Noah Tupholme, have hereunto set my hand.
and seal, this Twenty fifth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
NOAH TUPHOLME. (L.S.)