Patent GB-191018431-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Presses for Ironing Shirts and the like.
Inventor: GUGGENHEIM SOLOMON DANIEL
IPC: D06F71/20
Filed: 1910-08-04
Granted: 1911-04-27
Abstract: 18,431. Guggenheim, S. D. Aug. 4. Ironing-machines for treating special articles; shirt clamps.-In a press for ironing shirts, blouses, &c. the. shirt - supporting member is fixed, and the pressing-member is pivotally mounted, and is forced downwards by a toggle arrangement. A pivoted ironing-plate is interposed between the shirt and the pressing-member, and a special independently-operated iron is employed for ironing the rear shoulder parts of the shirt. Means for automatically stopping the machine when in its operative and inoperative positions, a particular form of ironing-plate and shirt-supporting surface, and an expansible neck-band former are also described. The shirt is laid upon the cylindroconvex support 3, the neckband being arranged around the former 21, and the rear shoulder portions are pressed against an ironing-surface 7 by means of a shaped heated iron 17, which is mounted on wheels and drawn into position by manipulating a hand-lever. The ironing-plate 63, pivoted to brackets 68, is then laid upon the shirt front and the driving-mechanism started. The gearwheel 98 now rotates, and, through a rod 96, raises a swinging frame 90 pivoted at 94 into the vertical position. This frame supports the pressing-member 76 by means of a swinging arm 86, and the member is also loosely pivoted at 73. The connexion between the arm 86 and member 76 is such that' the pressure is transmitted from one to the other through convex and plane surfaces 87, and not through the pins connecting the two parts. The means for automatically stopping the machine is as follows. The driving-shaft 100 loosely supports a frame 105 carrying a pinion 102, and intermeshing pinions 103, 104 forming a reversing-gear. A lever 123 is bifurcated at one end to engage a pin on a pair of geared cams 116, 117 provided with projections 119, 120. A bar 111 is notched at 112 to receive a pin on the tail 106 of the frame 105. In the position shown in Fig. 1, the hand-lever 108 has been shifted to start the drive, and the gear-wheel 98, driven through pinion 102, is about to commence rotating counterclockwise. As soon as this occurs, a roller 127 on the gear-wheel moves away from one end of the lever 123, which thereupon shifts slightly and rotates the cam 117 sufficiently for its projection 120 to pass a pawl 113 on the bar 111. When the gear-wheel 98 has completed half a revolution, and the upper pressing- member 76 is fully raised, a second roller 128 engages the lever 123 and causes reverse movement of the cam 117. The pawl 113 is therefore engaged and the bar 111 is raised so that the tail 106 is released and the gear-frame 105 by gravity takes up a non-driving position. By shifting the bar 111 to engage again the pin on the tail 106, the gear-wheel 98 is caused to rotate, but in the reverse direction, and, by means of the projection 119 and a second pawl 114, the drive is again stopped at the end of the half - rotation. The neck - band former, Fig. 6, consists of a semicircular body 37 movable upon a pair of toothed forks 27 by means of pinions 31 rotated by a thumb-piece. The work-support, Fig. 13, may have a depression 132 containing padding to take the central' longitudinal box-pleat of a blouse, and the interposed ironing-plate 135 is provided with a corresponding unpadded ridge 138.