Patent GB-1088330-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to garment pressing machines
IPC: D06F71/29
Filed: 1965-11-16
Abstract: 1,088,330. Trouser pressing apparatus; finishing fabrics. J. N. McMILLAN. Nov. 16, 1965 [Aug. 2, 1965], No. 48608/65. Headings D1A and D1S. [Also in Division F2] A power operated trouser pressing apparatus comprises a frame work 26 carrying a central buck 16 against which are pressed two movable side bucks 17, 18, a waist band head expandable to hold the waist band and pivotable into position between the side bucks and cuff expanders (19), 20 Fig. 17 (not shown) movable up and down between the central buck and the side bucks. A head 10 which is tilted by a jack 30 comprises a rear portion 10a housing an air supply fan, a mid-portion 10b where steam is supplied and air is heated and a front portion 10c which directs steam and air down inside a garment held on bucks 12 and 13. Plates 33 and 36 mounted in guides 32 on the bottom of portion 10c carry respectively a movable fly buck 11 and movable seat bucks 11a, 11b. Stationary bucks 12, 13 are secured to the bottom of housing 10c. Plates 33, 36 are moved relatively to bucks 12, 13 and another by a rock shaft 37 within head 10 operated by a lever arm 38 adjustably connected to the piston 40a of an air jack 40 and connected to the plates 33, 36 by an arm 43 and links 45, 47. Steam heated fly press 14 is mounted on the end of a bar 54 connected at its other end to the piston 55a of a jack pivoted on a pedestal carried on plate 33 and connected to bar 54 by arm 20 so that press 14 moves with and may be closed against flybuck 11 in all positions thereof. Bucks 16, 17, 18 are steam heated and may have steam outlets. For permanent creasing however, bucks 17, 18 have polished inner faces, and contain oil heated electrically to about 400F; also mounted adjustably along the front edge of each buck 17, 18 there is a spray tube (67) Fig. 24 (not shown) which directs fluid across the inner faces of the movable bucks. Tubes (67) are moved so as not to interfere with the final closure of the bucks. Each buck 17, 18 is pivoted by brackets 72, 73 to a pivoted lever arm 74 carrying a pivoted rock shaft 79 supporting a link 80 connected to the end of an arm 82 and to two pivoted links 84. Arms 82 are operated by a jack 83, the return stroke being cushioned by shock absorbers 86, 87. Bucks 17, 18 are maintained in alignment by spring-biassed guide rods 91. Cuff expander holding frames 104, 105 are vertically slidable and have suspension straps 106, 107 connected to bent rods 111, 112 extending upwardly from a head 109 carried on the piston rod of a cylinder 103. Cuff receiving portions 116, 117 are mounted on flat bars extending forwardly from frames 104, 105. Cuff expanding bars 120. 121 are slidably received in guides 118, 119 on bars 114, 115 and each has upstanding cuff receiving portions 122, 123. Air cylinders (124), (125) Fig. 18 (not shown) operate bars (120), (121) which are retracted by springs 128, 129. During pressing, the operator is protected by a front closure 133 which slides down in front of bucks 16, 17, 18. In operation, the trouser waist is placed on bucks 11a, 11b, 12, 13, with the front between buck 11 and press 14, and buttons 145 are pressed to actuate the jacks 40, 55 to expand the waist band and close press 14 against the fly. The cuffs are placed on the cuff expanders and jack 30 is actuated to tilt head 10 forward and lower closure 133. The action is then automatic, air being supplied to the legs from section 10b and jack 103 being operated to stretch the legs. Steam is circulated through press 14 and is supplied to jets 67 and jack 83 is actuated to close bucks 17, 18 against the legs. After pressing, the steam is cut off and the garment released.