Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Mar., 1888
Specification Accepted, 4th May, 1888
We, WILLIAM ADDISON of 90 South Wellington Street, in the City of Hamilton,
in the County of Wentworth, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada Carpenter
and JOHN ADDISON of 94 South Wellington Street, in the said City of Hamilton,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of our invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by tho
following Statement :-
Our invention relates to wooden Mangles, and our improvements consist in the
manner in which the rollers are fixed in the frame and the compression brought on
them by screw bolts, and the device for fixing the mangle up against the wall, closing
it up, and holding it in a compact space when not in use, and readily letting it out
and having it ready for use, as hereinafter described and claimed.
In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a front view of the Mangle. Figure 2
is a side view of the same, shewing it closed up against the wall when not in use.
Figure 3 is also a side view of the Mangle shewing it opened out from the wall, and
ready for use. K is a board or other fixed support permanently secured against the
wall and provided with the eyes X at the top, and the brackets M near the bottom.
The Mangle frame consists of the side bars E and F each provided with suitable cross
pieces, and pivotted together with the hinges P at the bottom. The sido bars F are
pivotted to the brackets M¹ near their lower ends, and the said bars have the levers L
pivotted to them, each provided with a long and a short end furnished respectively,
with the hooks N and O, which engage with the said eyes X from above and below, as
shewn in the drawings, and thereby hold the side bars F parallel with the wall, or at
an angle with the same, with the lower ends of the side bars F resting against it.
A, are the mangle rollers secured upon the shafts C journaled in the side bars
E and F which are strengthened by the addition of pieces W at the top, to better
support said shafts.
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One of the shafts is provided with the handle D which has a split end, d, and is
secured to the shaft by the bolt d¹: The two rollers are caused to revolve
simultaneously by the gear wheels B secured to them by dowel pins, b, or otherwise
caused to turn with the shafts.
The pressure of the rollers is regulated by the thumb nuts J which work upon the
screwed ends of the bolts g' let into the side bars F at the back, with the square

page_text: tapering washers glet into the side bars E at the front, for the said thumb screw to
bear against.
T is a table pivotably connected to the side bars E at the top by the hinges t, so
that it may be folded over the top of the rollers when the mangle is not in use: and
Y are supporting levers pivotted to the side table at one end and sliding in the guide V
when the table is turned on its hinges. When the table is turned as shewn in
Figure 3 these levers rest upon the handle shaft C, and the top part of the said guides,
and thereby support the table.
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 combination of a support secured to a wall, a mangle frame pivotably
connected to the lower part of said support, and the lever L provided with ends of
unequal length provided with hooks and N pivotted to the mangle frame, and
engaging with the upper part of said support, substantially as set forth.
2. The combination with a mangle frame provided with the side bars E and F
pivotably connected at their lower ends, of the table T pivotted to side bars E. the
guides V projecting from side bars F, the rollers journaled upon shafts in the upper
part of frame and the supporting levers Y pivoted to the table, as described.
3. The combination with a Mangle frame in connection with the side bars E and F
of the screwed bolts g. head gl washer g² and thumb nut J. for regulating the pressure
on the rollers A, as set forth.
Dated this Twenty eighth day of December 1887.