Box mangle

In a cold deficiency, also called underwear or role, it is a machine that is used from the 19th century to smooth linen. It represents a primitive type of deficiency represents the cold lack solidifies the fibers and the laundry gets new luster.

Operation

During cold mangles dry or excessively wet laundry is wrapped with linen cloths lack of wood rolls ( so-called Great Danes ), which serve as a base for a slowly reciprocating, 500 -pound box. The loading of the machine was front part, on two mutually open guard. The mechanism allowed the opening of the guard only at stopping the box on the other side of the machine. Here, the case is raised slightly, so that the roller can be removed with the ironed laundry. Lack box was filled with stones, lead and or sand.

The machine was operated at its launch by hand and set later using electric drives in function. With the introduction of the rotary iron, she lost some of its significance.

The cold defect was in the GDR for household use developed ( Kombinat Textima, later Textima GmbH). Here were used as a substitute for up to 1000kg steel box filled with stones, lack feathers or rubber. The weight was about 50kg, now weighing equipment, only 28 to 30kg. The two rollers are pressed together at about 7000N ( 700kg ). The " Great Dane " ( roll) is not taken out. It is only pulled out the ironing cover and placed the laundry. You can optionally heated at current devices the upper roller so evaporates at pulling the blanket, the lack of moisture in the washing.

Dissemination

In general, the cold defect was privately operated in commercial operations, in outbuildings of the house owner or in collective bodies. More rarely a wash-house were built with the facilities of the workers housing cooperatives (AWG ) of the GDR. But as housing estates that were built around 1900, were often given a " wash house " with cold deficiency.

The housewives were able to book in a "lack book" time in the premises known colloquially as "role" or "deficiency" named and take a fee the system into operation. Since the 60s, the "modern housewife " uses the designed for the budget cold deficiency. Today, the old systems already own museum pieces.

Cold ironers are now produced by two manufacturers in Saxony. The demand stems from the high energy savings and improved garment care.