Laundry Mangle, Taylor and Wilson

Laundry Mangle – hand powered
Overview: A floor standing laundry mangle whose primary purpose was to press household linen and clothing smooth. It has two wooden rollers which are rotated via a geared crank handle. The top roller exerts pressure via two spring-loaded adjustable turn screws at either end of the roller. A removable feed-in/feed-out board is fitted to each side of the bottom roller to support the wet washing before and after going through the rollers.
The mangle is fixed to a cast iron frame sitting on four non-swivelling 90mm metal wheels. A connecting metal rod, between the top roller adjustable turn screws, has an oval cast iron badge displaying the words ‘Trade Mark’, and a depiction of a condor.