Patent GB-191020168-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Presses for Garments.
Inventor: LILLY JOSEPH
IPC: A47G25/72
Filed: 1910-08-30
Granted: 1911-07-06
Abstract: 20,168. Lilly, J. Aug. 30. [Cognate Applications, 25,779/10 and 3312/11.] Presses.-In a garment press of the kind having loose pressure levers which are adapted to bind kinkwise upon upright pillars when the pressure is applied, mechanical means are employed to exert the pressure between the free ends of the levers and the pressing-board. The invention is described in its application to trouser-presses having a base-board 18 carrying upright pillars 19 in pairs. The pressure levers 24 slide upon the pillars 19. By mechanical means arranged between the inner ends of the levers 24 and the pressure-board 21, pressure is applied to the garment, the same pressure causing the levers 24 to tilt and grip the uprights 19, as shown in Fig. 4. In this form, rotative cams 28 are shown. These are independently actuated by handles 34, and are pivoted on pins fixed in the top board, which pins also have slots to guide the pressure levers. The cams may be connected in pairs or wholly by toothed gearing, as indicated in Fig. 11, for example, or by links attached to a central crank-plate, so that they may be simultaneously operated by a single handle at 43. Provisional Specification 3312/11 states that a cover-plate may be provided to protect and conceal the gearing. According to Fig. 5, the pressure levers are arranged on vertical pivots 36 on the pillar sockets 25<a>, which slide on non-circular uprights, and their inner ends 24<a> are swung inwardly to engage with the cams or with cam-members 26<g> fixed upon the pressure-board. This arrangement enables the pressure-board to be hinged either to the pillar socket or, as shown in Fig. 7, to brackets 38 slidable on the uprights 19<a> at one side; the top may be in two parts, each longitudinally hinged in this manner. In another modification, shown in Fig. 15, levers 46, linked to a bar 48 engaging the pressure-board, are pressed against the pressure levers by a screwoperated nut 45, to which they are attached. The pressure levers are directly or indirectly carried by the pressure-board so as to be lifted simultaneously when the pressure-board is removed. In the form shown in Fig. 4, the levers carry trunnions 33 working in slots in brackets 31 on the pressure-board, which may have handles for lifting purposes. In the form shown in Fig. 12, the levers have screws 51 passing through them into metal cross ledges 23 and encircled with springs abutting upon the screw - head and the bottom of a recess in the lever; this arrangement enables the levers to grip the uprights readily on the application of pressure. The uprights 19<b> may be longitudinally pivoted, as shown in Fig. 12, so that the pressure-board may be lifted bodily or tilted. In this case, the cross ledges 23 are extended to support the uprights, and may be also bent back as at 53 to provide a second bearing to enable the uprights to resist the outward pressure better. In certain forms, usually when stretching-devices are incorporated, the top board may be hinged laterally between the clamps. According to Provisional Specification 20,168/10, quick-threaded screws or cam levers may be used to exert the pressure.