An Improved Combined Ironing and Mangling Machine.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 13th July, 1894-Accepted, 6th Oct., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combined Ironing and Mangling Machine.
A communication by HEINRICH DÜHRKOOP, of 8, Rahlhorststrasse, and Adolf
BOGASKE, of 15, Ratzeburger-Allée, both of Lübeck, in the Empire of
Germany, Master Smith and Machine Maker respectively.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of The Agency_for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool, and 6 Bank Street, Man-
chester, both in the County of Lancaster, and 323 High Holborn in the County
of Middlesex, Civil 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 :-
This invention has for its object a machine which, owing to means for heating the
rollers whilst mangling, renders it possible to simultaneously iron articles passing
through the mangle.
In the accompanying drawings:
Figure 1 shows a longitudinal section of the mangling machine :
Figure 2, an end view, partially in section:
Figure 3, a longitudinal elevation: and
Figure 4, an end view from the opposite side, showing the method by which the
rollers are heated.
As may be seen from the drawings, the build of the mangle resembles that
commonly employed for household purposes. The mangling rollers w and ware
movably arranged between the standards a and a', which are maintained at a given
distance apart by means of a cross bar b.
These rollers are hollow, and are
fixed on spindles n and n' by means of naves of suitable length. In place of
the mangling rollers, plates (which may be heated) together with rollers, may be
employed.
In order to secure a good working of the ironing and mangling machine, both
mangling rollers are further placed on special rollers arranged for this object: the
under roller w', resting on stout rollers p, whilst the upper roller to is equally
guided by similar rollers r arranged at the sides and standing under the pressure of
a spring f, which presses the upper roller on to the under one. Both rollers are
operated by means of the usual crank handle in combination with suitable gearing.
In order to provide for the heating of the rollers wo and w' in the most simple
manner possible, they are at one end entirely open, but when at work, are closed in
order to carry off the vapour. The bearings t and t, provided for better guiding
the roller spindles, are arranged in such a way as to be easily removable. Baskets
or boxes i and may be placed on the spindles n n¹, through the standards a,
which boxes are filled with ordinary wood charcoal. The boxes hang in narrow
loops on the spindles n and n³, and are easily revoluble on these latter. The
cylindrical ends of the rollers facing the standard a' are perforated, and the size of
the openings may be altered by suitably moving slides provided for the purpose.
An air tube also leads into the interior of each roller, which air tube is fed
from a bellows k placed under the rollers. The bellows are attached to a cross
bar
and are operated by means of a rod 7 connected to a crank pin m on a crank
0, which latter receives motion from the spindle m¹.
wheel
In place of the bellows, a fan or other suitable blowing apparatus may be employed.

page_text: In order to be able to simultaneously iron the linen, or other articles, when they
are being mangled by this ironing and mangling machine, the following points must
be observed:-
The heating box i must be filled with fresh charcoal, and the regulating slides
or dampers vv drawn out so far that a moderately strong draught into the interior
of the mangling rollers is produced. If the spindle n' be then revolved by means
of the handle provided, the spindle n will be simultaneously set in rotation; so that
both rollers and w' will be revolved in opposite directions. By the rotation
of the spindle n', the bellows will be simultaneously operated, and air will be
driven through the tubes into the interior of both rollers wand w¹. According,
then, as the regulating slides vand v' are more or less opened, or closed, and the
number of revolutions of the rollers is greater or less, a more or less intense heat
will be produced in the heating boxes i and . When the rollers w and w¹ have
been thus heated in the manner herein before described, the mangling, and simul-
taneously the ironing of the washed articles, may be performed in the ordinary way
and manner without further trouble.
The pressing together- of the two rollers takes place by the tension of the
spring and may be adjusted to suit the various articles which are to be mangled.
The rollers and p securely support and guide the mangling rollers, and prevent
the vibration of the same, which would otherwise easily be caused.
It is not necessary to watch the heating, as, according to the position of the
regulating slides or dampers and v¹, the draught into the interior of the rollers
may be suitably regulated, and the heating is directly dependent on the number
of revolutions of the rollers. In place of the heating being performed by means
of charcoal, gas, steam, or petroleum may be employed by means of suitable
arrangements.
The ironing and mangling machine of the form of construction hereinbefore
described is particularly suitable, in consequence of its easy handling, both for
household and hotel purposes. The room occupied by it is very small, as the table
plate may be folded down when not in use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A combined ironing and mangling machine, consisting in the arrangement of
hollow rollers capable of being heated by means of heating boxes filled with
charcoal which are suspended therein in such a way as to be easily revoluble on the
spindles of the rollers, and receiving from a bellows a supply of air during the
rotation of the rollers, such draught of air being capable of regulation by means
of slides suitably arranged in the ends of the rollers, substantially as hereinbetore
described and shown on the accompanying drawings.
2. A mangling machine having hollow rollers adapted to be heated in a suitable
manner substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents.