Defect (device)

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Professional hot iron in a laundry in Merxleben , 1956

A mangle , also known as a laundry mangle , is a machine that consists of two parallel rollers at a small distance, at least one of which is driven. A material can be stretched with the help of a mangle. In industrial use, this process is known as calendering . The process is very widely used to smooth textiles. Technically, a distinction must be made between the basic construction alternatives cold and hot defects . The hot ironer, also known as the ironing machine , has established itself in laundry care since the 20th century .

Word origin

The term for a smoothing roller has been known since the 15th century. In the Middle Ages, Middle High German called mange a slingshot for military purposes. The word goes back to the Middle Latin manga , manganum from the Greek mánganon "throwing machine" (see also catapult machine , mangonel ). The slingshots were operated with the weight of stone boxes; The same principle as the name was adopted for the treatment of the laundry.

Almond and Mannel are also phonetic forms .

history

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  Ironing with the ironing board

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  Ironing with the ironing board

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  Manually operated cold ironer with stone box

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  Electric cold defect

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  Mangle board with mangle wood, 1806, place of use: Altes Land, Hanover; Stock of the MEK .

Up to the 20th century, washed cloths were stretched by hand and heavy rolling stones were moved back and forth until the wrinkles of the drying process were removed (lack of cold). Later the rollers were heated electrically or with gas (lack of heat), at times the devices were also referred to as "rotating rollers".

Wringer (around 1925)

Also, there were the spin dryer before the invention wringer that operated by the lack principle and were operated manually or electrically to drain wash. Laundry presses have also been used to dehydrate textiles . A room in a house where the mangle was located was called a “rolling chamber”. Because not many people were able to set up such a device themselves, there were shops until the 1950s in which, after registration, the household linen was either “ironed” themselves or by employees of the shops. The devices there were also driven by several drive belts .

Self-ignition of laundry

Vegetable oils or animal fats can even at temperatures above 70 ° Celsius in improperly cleaned and heated wash spontaneous combustion catch fire. When using ironers, there is an increased risk of these processes, which can quickly lead to a fire in the entire device.

See also

• calender
• Laundry press
• Cold deficiency

Web links

Commons : Mangers  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Deficiency  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wiktionary: Lack of laundry  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ^ Friedrich Kluge: Etymological dictionary of the German language. 25th edition, Berlin 2011, p. 598.
2. ↑ Waßmannstrasse 3 . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, part 4, p. 928. "Drehrollen-Steiring".
3. ↑ Albert Tanner: The boat flies, the machine roars. Weavers, stickers and manufacturers in Eastern Switzerland . Unionsverlag, Zurich 1985, ISBN 3-293-00084-3 , picture on page 15.
4. ↑ Rolling chamber . In: Otto Lueger: Lexicon of the entire technology and its auxiliary sciences , Vol. 7. Stuttgart / Leipzig 1909, p. 507.
5. ↑ Self-ignition of laundry - fats and oils are to blame , Vorarlberg Fire Prevention Office, accessed on August 8, 2018
6. ↑ Self-ignition of laundry , Hetzel laundry machines, accessed on August 8, 2018