Improvements in and connected with the Drip and Mangle Boards of Wringing and Mangling Machines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Improvements in and connected with the Drip and Mangle Boards of
Wringing and Mangling Machines.
We, HENRY LAMBERT WILSON, and ARTHUR WILSON, both of Atlas Works,
Clayton-le-Moors, in the County of Lancaster, Machine Makers, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in wringing and mangling machines,
the object being to so construct such machines that the position of the drip or
mangle board can readily be adjusted in relation to the nip rollers so as to form
either a mangle board, a drip board, a roller protector, or a bottom or basket table
as may be required. The invention is inexpensive to construct and extremely
simple in use, and has no complicated slides either on the frame or ends of the
mangle or drip board.
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According to this invention we employ an ordinary mangle or drip board in
each end of which is a recessed metal bracket flush with the end of the board.
the inner sides of each frame are cast pins or projections or flanges, there being
one pin or projection about linable with the nip of the rollers, and two projections
or flanges opposite the centre of the bottom roller and at right angles thereto.
Below the centre of the bottom roller and also behind such roller are other pins or
projections, and below these are also two other pins or projections.
When the board is slided or placed between the flanges or projections at right
angles to the roller, a mangle board is formed opposite to the centre of the bottom
roller. When placed between two of the lower pins or projections and with two of
the latter in the recessed brackets, a mangle board is formed below the bottom
roller. By withdrawing and turning the mangle board upside down and inserting
it between the pins or projections a drip board is formed, the inner sides of the
board being slightly inclined so as to allow the outer part to fall or incline down-
wards. A stop pin or projection prevents the board moving inwards.
If the board is withdrawn and placed vertically in the frame so that the top pins
are received in the recessed bracket and the bottom edge of the board rests on
other projections, a roller protector is formed, and the board is also out of the way
when the machine is not in use.
By placing the board on projections near the bottom of the frame with preferably
a projection above the board, a basket or bottom table is formed.
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1807
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in and connected with the Drip and Mangle Boards of
Wringing and Mangling Machines.
We, HENRY LAMBERT WILSON, and ARTHUR WILSON, both of Atlas Works,
Clayton-le-Moors, in the County of Lancaster, Machine Makers, 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:-
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This invention relates to improvements in wringing and mangling machines,
the object being to so construct such machines that the position of the drip or
mangle board can readily be adjusted in relation to the nip rollers so as to form
either a mangle board, a drip board, a roller protector, or a bottom or basket table,
as may be required. The invention is inexpensive to construct and extremely
simple in use, and has no complicated slides either on the frame or ends of the
mangle or drip board.
Such being the nature and object of our said invention, the following is a com-
plete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in
which:
Fig. 1 is a sectional end view of a mangle or wringing machine with the drip
or mangle board shewn in its several different positions.
Fig. 2 is a side view of part of a drip or mangle board shewing the recessed
bracket.
According to this invention we employ an ordinary mangle or drip board 1, in
each end of which is a recessed metal bracket 2 (see Fig. 2) flush with the end of
the board 1. On the inner sides of each frame 3 are cast pins or projections and
flanges, there being one vertical flange or projection 4 about lineable with the nip
of the rollers 5-5, and two projections or flanges 6-6 opposite the centre of the
bottom roller and at right angles thereto, that is, horizontal. Below the bottom
roller 5 and towards the back of such roller is a pin or projection 7, and below this
are also two other pins or projections 8-9.
When the board 1 is slided or placed between the flanges or projections 6-6 at
right angles to the roller 5, a mangle board is formed opposite to the centre of the
bottom roller 5. When placed on two of the lower pins or projections 8-9 and
between the latter and the bottom roller 5, a mangle board is formed below the
bottom roller. By withdrawing and turning the mangle board 1 upside down
and inserting it between the pin or projection 8 and roller 5, with the pin 9 on
each frame 3 in the recess 2, a drip board is formed, the outer end of the board
being slightly inclined by reason of its being supported by the pins 9 in the
recesses 2. A stop pin or projection 7 prevents the board moving inwards when
the board I is in the position of a mangle board below the bottom roller 5.
If the board 1 is withdrawn and placed vertically between the flange or pro-
jection 4 and the rollers 5-5, and the bottom edge of the board 1 rests on the pin
or projection 9, a roller protector is formed, and the board 1 is also out of the way
_when_the-machine-is not in use.--.
By placing the board on flanges or projections 10-10 near the bottom of the
frame 3 and with, preferably, a projection or projection's 11 above the board, a
basket or bottom table is formed. At 12-12 are pins or projections for prevent-
ing the board 1 touching the rollers.
The insides of both end frames 3 of the machine have like flanges, pins, or pro-
jections, and there may be similar flanges or projections 4-6 and pin 9 at both
sides of each frame 3, that is, at the opposite sides of the rollers 5-5, so that

page_text: provision is made for the ordinary back board which may thus also form a roller
protector.
In the drawing the board is shewn in the several various positions, but it will
be understood that there is only one board, and the drawing is as shewn in order
to elucidate the description.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
(1) The mangle, drip, or back board 1 having the recessed metal brackets 2
combined with the end frames 3 having thereon the flanges pins, or projections, as
and for the purpose herein described and substantially as illustrated by Fig. 1 of
the annexed drawings.
(2) The mangle, drip, or back board I having the recessed metal brackets 2 com-
bined with the end frames 3 having thereon the flanges 4-6 and pins or pro-
jections 7-8 and 9, as and for the purpose herein described and substantially as
illustrated by Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 4th day of February 1808
HENRY LAMBERT WILSON,
ARTHUR WILSON,
By their Agents,
Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.