Improvements in and relating to Wringing and Mangling Machines.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Wringing and Mangling Machines.
I, CHRISTINE HAYNES, of 131, Park Road, Hockley, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Manufacturer of Toilet Requisites, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the class of wringing and mangling machines in
general use for household purposes consisting of two wood rollers about 6 inches
diameter and from 20 to 30 inches long such wood rollers being mounted between
cast iron side-cheeks and such cast iron side-cheeks being held rigidly together
by means of a bottom stretcher plate and a top distance piece through which
passes a screw to compress a spring bearing against caps that fit over the spindle
of top roller.
The wringing and mangling machine as hereinbefore described I do not claim
as my invention but merely describe it as a means of identifying and describing
the new part constituting the invention that is provided by me for use with a
wringing and mangling machine.
The wringing and mangling machine hereinbefore described is usually pro-
vided with a drip board by means of which the water squeezed out of the clothes
during the process of wringing is carried clear off the machine but unless a tub
or some other vessel is pushed in front of the wringing and mangling machine
the wrung out water flows off the drip board on to the floor of the room or place
where the machine is used.
One part of my invention consists in providing a shallow vessel between the
cast iron side so that the wrung out water will be caught by means of my new
shallow vessel.
In some cases the shallow drip water vessel is of suitable depth to pass under
the rollers and also to pass over and rest on the usual centre stretcher bars
provided some three inches more or less below the under surface of bottom roller
the inner surface may be ribbed or corrugated. I improve the ordinary cast iron
cheeks of wringing and mangling machines by providing on the inside of each
cheek suitable projections forming a groove on the inside of each cheek, so that
the ends of my improved drip receiving vessel can be slidden into such grooves
and held therein rigidly and securely in a somewhat similar manner to that in
which a drawer is suspended and held securely and yet with facility for with-
drawing from out of the grooves aforesaid.
Having now described the method by which my drip water vessel is secured
to a new machine over the usual stretcher bar or stretcher bars I wish it to be
distinctly understood that where the usual stretcher bar or stretcher bars is or
are situated so close to the underside of bottom roller as not to permit of my
improved vessel being used between the bottom roller and the stretcher rod or
rods, I use my improved drip water receiving vessel under the stretcher rod or
rods and provide the projections hereinbefore described lower down on the inside

page_text: face of the cheeks; my improved drip water receiving vessel will be provided with
a suitable outlet plug or tap.
The invention as herein before described will be complete in itself and can
be used to catch the drip water squeezed from clothes during the process of
wringing.
Having described the method of securing my improved drip water vessel
between the side-cheeks of new wringing and mangling machines under this
patent, a second modification of my invention consists in utilizing any existing
wringing and mangling machine to receive my new drip water vessel, such old
style.wringing and mangling machine side-cheeks not being provided with the
new projections herein before described such old style wringers must be provided
with some equivalent fastenment, to receive the ends of my improved drip water
vessel; I therefore provide suitable clips; one, two or more of my improved clips
would be secured to one side-cheek of any old style mangle so as to project inwards
and form the required ledge or groove suitable to support my improved drip water
vessel; one, two or more such clips would also be secured to the other old style
cheek.
By a third modification of my invention I utilize the drip water receiving vessel
but in addition provide a cover thereto which may be flush with the back and
front edges of the vessel or which may extent beyond the back and front edges.
This cover is provided to form a level table extending any desired distance in
front and behind the wringing and mangling machine so that after the clothes
have been wrung and brought back to the machine to be mangled such clothes
will be supported in a convenient position at the front of the mangle and bo
delivered on to a convenient wide projecting back part of the table, in contra-
distinction to the old method of using the wringing and mangling machine whereby
the clothes after passing through the rollers are frequently nipped between the
roller and the back end of the usual short board provided to receive the mangled
clothes, or between the back edge of the drip board angular strip, or between
both the short mangling board and the edge of the drip board angular strip..
Dated this 31st day of May 1898.
Improvements in and relating to Wringing and Mangling Machines.
I, CHRISTINE HAYNES, of 131, Park Road, Hockley, Birmingham, in the County
of Warwick, Manufacturer of Toilet Requisites, 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 the class of wringing and mangling machines in
general use for household purposes consisting of two wood rollers about 6 inches
diameter and from 20 to 30 inches long such wood rollers being mounted between
cast iron side-cheeks and such cast iron side-cheeks being held rigidly together
by means of a bottom stretcher plate and a top distance piece through which
in some casses passes a screw to compress a spring bearing against caps that fit
over the spindle of top roller.
The wringing and mangling machine as herein before described I do not claim
as my invention but merely describe it as a means of identifying and describing

page_text: the new part constituting the invention that is provided by me for use with any
design of wringing and mangling machine.
The wringing and mangling machines hereinbefore described are usually pro-
vided with a drip.board by means of which the water squeezed out of the clothes
during the process of wringing is carried clear off the machine but unless a tub
or some other vessel is pushed in front of the wringing and mangling machine
the wrung out water flows off the drip board on to the floor of the room or place
where the machine is used.
One part of my invention consists in providing a shallow vessel between the
cast iron sides so that the wrung out water will be caught by means of my new
shallow vessel.
In some cases the shallow drip water vessel is of suitable depth to pass under
the rollers and also to pass over and rest on the usual centre stretcher bars
provided some three inches more or less below the under surface of bottom roller,
the inner surface may be ribbed or corrugated I improve the ordinary cast iron
cheeks of wringing and mangling machines by providing on the inside of each
cheek suitable projections forming a groove on the inside of each cheek so that
the ends of my improved drip receiving vessel can be slidden into such grooves
and held therein rigidly and securely in a somewhat similar manner to that in
which a drawer is suspended and held securely and yet with facility for with-
drawing from out of the grooves aforesaid.
Having now described the method by which my drip water vessel is secured
to a new machine over the usual stretcher bar or stretcher bars I wish it to be
distinctly understood that where the usual stretcher bar or stretcher bars is or
are situated so close to the underside of bottom roller as not to permit of my
improved vessel being used between the bottom roller and the stretcher rod or
rods use my improved drip water receiving vessel under the stretcher rod or
rods and provide the projections hereinbefore described lower down on the inside
face of the cheeks; my improved drip water receiving vessel will be provided with
a suitable outlet plug or tap.
The invention as herein before described will be complete in itself and can
be used to catch the drip water squeezed from clothes during the process of
wringing.
Having described the method of securing my improved drip water, vessel
between the side-cheeks of new wringing and mangling machines under this
specification, a second modification of my invention consists in utilizing any existing
wringing and mangling machine to receive my new drip water vessel, such old
style.wringing and mangling machine side-cheeks not being provided with the
new projections herein before described such old style wringers must be provided
with some equivalent fastenment to receive the ends of my improved drip water
vessel; I therefore provide suitable clips; one, two or more of my improved clips
would be secured to one side-cheek of any old style mangle so as to project inwards
and form the required ledge or groove suitable to support my improved drip water
vessel; one two or more of such clips would also be secured to the other old style
cheek.
By a third modification of my invention I utilize the drip water receiving vessel
but in addition provide a cover thereto which may be flush with the back and
front edges of the vessel or which may extend beyond the back and front edges
This cover is provided to form a level table extending any desired distance in
front and behind the wringing and mangling machine so that after the clothes
have been wrung and brought back to the machine to be mangled such clothes
will be supported in a convenient position at the front of the mangle and be
delivered on to a convenient wide projecting back part of the table, in contra-
distinction to the old method of using the wringing and mangling machine whereby
the clothes after passing through the rollers are frequently nipped between the
roller and the back end of the usual short board provided to receive the mangled

page_text: clothes, or between the back edge of the drip board angular strip, or between
both the short mangling board and the edge of the drip board angular strip.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawings
the manner in which my invention is constructed and used.
Figure 1 represents a cross section of mangle shewing side view of drip water
vessel or pan.
Figure 2 represents an enlarged broken off mangle-side shewing reversable
drip-water-vessel in position carrying a wood cover.
Figure 3 represents an enlarged section of the sliding side of a reversable
pan carrying an "L" shaped runner.
Figure 4 represents a cross section shewing a means of securing the guide by
bolting to cheek of mangle.
Figure 5 represents a plan of the mangle-side and lug shewn at Figure 2.
Figure 6 represents a side view of Figure 2.
Figure 7 represents a front view of Figure 1.
Figure 7 represents an isometrical view shewing broken off portion of mangle
cheek carrying a removable pan slide.
Figure 8 represents Figure 3 in its reversed position ready for use as a mangling
table.
Figure 9. represents a broken off plan of corner of pan shewing one of two
springs for securing the pan between the mangle cheeks.
Figure 10 represents an enlarged cross section of Figure 14.
Figure 11 represents an isometrical view of one of four clips for carrying the
pan where guides are not provided.
Figure 12 represents an isometrical view of a method of supporting the pan.
Figure 13 represents a plan of pan shewing wood cover in dotted lines.
Figure 14 represents a front view of a pan support.
Figure 15 represents a cross section of upper portion of mangle with pan removed
to shew sliding groove.
Figure 16 represents a view similar to Figure 15 with a narrow pan in position
over which is a wood cover to form a mangling table.
Figure 17 represents a plan of the pan and cover Figure 16.
Figure 18 represents an enlarged section of one of the sliding sides of the
non-reversable pan illustrated at Figures 16 and 17 shewing wood .cover and
securing ear.
Figure 19 represents a section of sliding side of reversible pan with wide carry-
ing grooves and a set-pin method of securing.
Figure 20 represents a section of the sliding side of a reversable pan the slide
grooves being formed in the pan and a single projection on the mangle side.
Figure 21 represents a section of the sliding side of a reversible wood pan.
In carrying out my invention in relation to new mangles I in some cases provide
two projections a forming a groove b as shewn at Figures 2, 7 and 15.
Each side or cheek of the mangle would be provided with the projections a and
the groove b.
I next provide a shallow drip-water-vessel or pan c as shewn in working position
at Figure 7 and as shewn in the enlarged detail illustrations Figures 2 and 6;
in order to miss the mangle stud pin d I form my pan with concave sides as
shewn at e; the pan is provided with an upper bead or projection f and with a
lower bead or projection g.
In using this simple arrangement the pan is slidden under the rollers so as to
project from each side of such rollers in the manner shewn at Figure 1, the pan
is then in a convenient position to receive the drip water during the ordinary
process of wringing wet clothes through the rollers h and i, the wrung out clothes
would be delivered in the usual way in the direction of the arrow j; when the
usual arms k of a mangle cheek are provided the back board may be slidden in
position as shewn at 1; in other cases I provide a board such as shewn at m
Figure 1 and as shewn in detail at m Figure 2, such board m being provided with

page_text: the under batten n to keep the board m from warping. The pane would be used
in the position shewn at Figures 1 and 7 until the whole of the clothes were wrung
through and the washing completed, when the pan gets nearly full the wrung out
water is discharged through the plug hole o shewn at Figure 13 into a bucket or
other convenient vessel, it will be therefore readily understood that a person using
a wringing and mangling machine fitted with my improved drip-water-vessel c
could do the work without wetting the clothing of the operator; after the washing
had been completed the pan c could be withdrawn from the wringing machine and
set up endways in any convenient position to occupy a small space and when the
time came to mangle the dry clothes through the rollers h and i the pan c would
be turned with its bottom upwards so as to introduce the lower beads or projec-
tions 9 into the grooves 6 thus presenting a flat surface suitable to answer the
same purpose as the ordinary pair of boards supplied with a wringing and mangling
machine, the pan c can also be used in the position shewn at Figures 6 and 7 to
receive the mangled clothes; the mangled clothes dropping into the empty dry
pan.
I will now proceed to describe details in relation to the sliding of the pan and
the securing of it between the mangle cheeks; in lieu of the bead
9 I in some
cases provide the "T" shaped projection gl shewn at Figures 3 and 8.
Although the weight of the pan together with the contact of the projections g
within the grooves b may be sufficient to prevent the pan from moving either
backwards or forwards, nevertheless I prefer in some cases to use a simple spring
as shewn at p. Figure 9 one on each side of the pan the convex part p¹ of each
spring bearing against the inner faces of the mangle cheeks.
In other cases I cast or form a lug q on the mangle cheek as shewn at Figures 2,
5 and 6 into which is secured a screwed pin which is provided to take connection
with pierced ears s provided on each side of the pan, the pierced holes in the
ears s pass over the screwed pins r the fly nuts t are then screwed over the pins r
thereby securing the ears s of the pan c against the lugs 9 of mangle cheeks.
Instead of using the wide reversible pan shewn at Figures 1 and 7 suitable
for use to receive the mangled clothes, I in some cases use a narrow pan u as shewn
at Figures 16 and 17. This pan is of sufficient dimensions to receive the drip
water during the process of wringing the wet clothes, but it is not of sufficient
width to receive the mangled clothes therefore I use mangle boards over the
pan u in the manner clearly illustrated at Figures 16, 17 and 18; I have shewn
in dotted lines at Figure 17 two boards but I do not confine myself to using two
boards as I may use one board, two boards, or any desired number of separate
parts in accordance with the width of the mangle, in each case producing a flat
surface projecting from the front and from the back of the mangle as shewn at v
and w Figure 17.
Instead of providing a narrow groove as described in relation to Figures 1, 2, 7
and 15 I prefer in some cases to use a wide groove formed by the projections & as
shewn at Figure 19, this wide groove receives the drawer or pan in the manner
illustrated by clipping the top and bottom of the pan instead of clipping the bead
only and it will be readily understood that by providing the projections to extend
a suitable distance beyond the narrowest or bottom side of the pan as shewn in
dotted lines at y Figure 19 the under bead or equivalent angle piece z can be
dispensed with.
When the angle piece is used with the short projecting ribs the pan can be
secured in position by means of the set pin a a
As an equivalent for the narrow groove b and its two projections a I prefer in
some cases to provide one projection only as shewn at bb Figure 20 and then
instead beads being formed on the pan at top and bottom I provide the grooves co
and d d as shewn at Figure 20.
The drip-water-vessel has been referred to as a pan nevertheless I do not confine
myself to using metal in the formation of the drip-water-veseel as I may use

page_text: wood, wood pulp, cotton pulp or any substance suitable to form a drip-water-vessel
and suitable for use to receive the wrung out drip water from washed articles and
I have shewn at Figure 21 a simple method of making a reversible drip-water-
vessel out of wood, I have shewn in dotted lines at ee Figure 12 and in full lines
at Figure 21 projections which can be formed as a substitute for the groove b
these projections could be provided to receive either of the pans shewn
Figures 1, 7 and 16. Further modifications of my invention consist in utilizing
any existing wringing and mangling machine to receive my new drip-water-
vessel.
at
In carrying out my invention in relation to the utilization of existing wringing
and mangling machines I provide any of the new projections herein before des-
cribed as forming part of the side cheeks of a new wringing and mangling
machine but the projections utilized on existing wringing and mangling machines
are made in loose separate parts and afterwards secured to existing or old style
wringing machines, Figure 4 represents a separate loose groove piece secured to
an old style wringing and mangling machine by means of pins and nuts.
The groove piece ff is shewn similar to the cast on parts a and a of Figure 7
but the projections equivalent to a and a of Figure 7 are joined together by means
of the bottom web gg the groove piece shewn at Figure 4 can be made with a
groove sufficiently narrow to receive the sliding overhanging part g of the tray or
drip-water-receiver in the manner fully described in relation to Figure 7 so that
after the tray has been used to receive the drip-water it can be turned upside down
and slidden into the groove to form a flat surface or table to receive the mangled
clothes, the groove piece shewn at Figure 4 instead of being formed with a narrow
groove can be formed with a wide groove equivalent to either the short pro-
jections or the dotted in long projections y shewn at Figure 19.
Figure 14 represents a removable projection equivalent to b b Figure 20,
Figure 10 represents an enlarged section, through Figure 14 on the line A, B, from
which it will be seen that the removable projections provided on each side of an
old style wringing and mangling machine can be made out of sheet metal pressed
into the section represented at Figure 10, or it can be stamped, cast or other-
wise produced. Figure 11 shews one simple means of supporting a tray between
the cheeks of any existing wringing and mangling machine; in some cases two
clips on each cheek are provided in the manner shewn at Figure 11 and such
clips can be utilized to receive an over-hanging top part of the pan, or such clips
may be utilized to receive the bottom of the pan.
In other cases four clips may be used on each cheek thereby forming a groove
equivalent to the groove formed by the projecting ribs y shewn at Figure 19.
The stretcher bars shewn at Figure 12 extend from cheek to cheek to receive
the drip pan and such stretcher bars or rods are connected to the mangle bars or
sides by means of a nut as shewn at hh: instead of connecting the bars or rods
in the manner shewn in full lines at Figure 12 they may be connected in the
manner shewn in dotted lines and so form a pan-receiving support which can be
attached to any wringing and mangling machine without having to drill holes in
the mangle checks in the manner shewn under the modification represented at
Figure 4.
Figure represents a groove-piece similar or equivalent to the groove-piece
shewn at Figure 4 but provided with slotted ears which project beyond the
mangle cheek, so that hook headed bolts jj can be used to secure the groove-
piece to the mangle cheeks by means of the nuts kk.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st. A drin-water vessel used between the sides or checks of a wringing and

page_text: manging machine as illustrated and described in relation to u Figures 16
and 17.
2nd. In combination with the drip-water-vessel u of a wringing and mangling
machine, removable boards used over the drip-water-vessel as illustrated and
described in relation to v and w Figure 17.
3rd. A reversable drip-water-vessel secured between the sides or cheeks of a
wringing and mangling machine, for use in its normal position to receive the
drip water from wrung qut clothes and for use bottom-side-up to form a level
surface to receive the clothes mangled through the machine rollers, as illustrated
and described in relation to Figures 1 and 7.
4th. The securing of the drip-water-vessel of a wringing and mangling machine
in a usable position between the sides or cheeks of the machine by means of extra
projecting parts q on each cheek carrying a pin r the pin r taking into a hole
formed in a projecting part s secured to the drip-water-vessel, the projection s
being locked on its pin by means of the fly nut t, as illustrated and described in
relation to Figures 2, 5, 6, 13 and 18.
5th. The securing of the drip-water-vessel of a wringing and mangling machine
in a usable position between the cheeks of the machine by means of springs, one
on each side of the drip-water-vessel as illustrated and described in relation to
Figure 9.
6th. The securing of the drip-water-vessel of a wringing and mangling machine
between the side cheeks of the machine by means of a set pin as illustrated and
described in relation to a a Figure 19.
7th. The providing of a groove on the inside of each cheek of a wringing and
mangling machine to receive the drip-water-vessel so that the vessel can be
slidden between the mangle cheeks or withdrawn from between the mangle cheeks
as illustrated and described in relation to a and b Figures 1, 2 and 7.
8th. The providing of a groove in the inside of each check of a wringing and
mangling machine to grip the top and bottom faces of the drip-water-vessel, as
illustrated and described in relation to Figure 19.
9th. The providing of an upper and lower groove on the drip-water-vessel to
slide over projections formed on the mangle cheeks as illustrated and described
in relation to bb cc and dd Figure 20.
10th. The providing of a drip-water-vessel made of metal, wood, or other suit-
able material sliding over single projections in contradistinction to sliding between
projections as illustrated and described in relation to Figure 21.
11th. The providing of separate attachable runners on the inside of each cheek
of any existing wringing and mangling machine so as to convert the old-style
machine into a wringing and mangling machine carrying one of my drip-water-
vessels, connection being made by means of screws passing through the cheeks
of the mangle as illustrated and described in relation to Figure 4.
12th. The providing of separate. attachable runners on the inside of each cheek
of any existing wringing and mangling machine so as to convert the old-style
machine into a wringing and mangling machine carrying one of my drip-water
vessels, connection being made without boring holes in the mangle sides, as
illustrated and described in relation to Figure 7*.
13th. The providing of separate attachable runners to the inside of each cheek
cf any existing wringing and mangling machine so as to convert the old style
machine into a wringing and mangling machine carrying one of my drip-water-
vessels, connection being made without boring holes in the mangle sides, as
illustrated and described in relation to Figure 11.
14th. The providing of separate attachable runners to the inside of each cheek
of any existing wringing and mangling machine so as to convert the old style
machine into a wringing and mangling machine carrying one of my drip-water-
vessels, connection being made without boring holes in the mangle sides, as
illustrated and described in relation to Figure 12.

page_text: 15th. The making of runners (for use in carrying my drip-water-vessel) out
of folded stamped or pressed sheet metal, as illustrated and described in relation
to Figures 10 and 14.
Dated this 2nd day of August 1898
ALFRED WILLIAM TURNER,
Cobden Buildings, 67, Corporation Street, Birmingham,
Agent for the Applicant.