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Pudwoppa · 14-10-2011, 23:59

All the articles I've read put Tasker as inventing the "geared mangle", and not the first mangle. They all attribute the first mangle to a John Turnbull. One source I found even claimed that the first mangle was some kind of modified printing press and so was un-patentable; I can't find the link.

Would be very interesting to hear what you manage to dig up on the patents Bob.

14-10-2011, 23:59	#27
Pudwoppa Full Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Accrington Posts: 274 Liked: 5 times Rep Power: 2171	Re: The wringer mangle. All the articles I've read put Tasker as inventing the "geared mangle", and not the first mangle. They all attribute the first mangle to a John Turnbull. One source I found even claimed that the first mangle was some kind of modified printing press and so was un-patentable; I can't find the link. Would be very interesting to hear what you manage to dig up on the patents Bob.