The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-03-13
OcALA STEAM LAUNDRY
ADDS TO IT'S PLANT

Several months ago the Ocala
Steam Laundry put in several pieces q
of expensive time and labor saving
machinery which increased the eff (
cheney of the plant very materially. {
This week, however, they have {
made the greatest stride since the !
purchasing of the business by Mr..
Howard years ago. It has always
been Mr.. Towards aim to have the
most efficient laundry in the state, and [
he has been working to that end con-
stantly.
Superintendent w. H. Fuller has
Just installed and regulated several
pieces of machinery that he is very
proud of and after days of toll, reg
ulating and adjusting, has his new
machines working as smoothly as one |
could desire. With these machines he
can turn out far more work than for
merly, in less time and do it better.
One of the machines is the Hof-
j man press, a beautiful machine, heat
ed and operated entirely by steam.
This machine is made to press Palm
Beach duck or any light weight suits.
1t has surface half as large as
coat when buttoned, administers
gentle pressure, or 700 pounds if need
ed. and takes the wrinkles and
/ creases out as no hand ironing can.
1t is operated by trip lever and the
pressure is instantly regulated, it be-
ing applied by a scissors shaped set
of leaves. One touch of another lever
sends a volume of steam all through
the lower "jaw" on which the padding
and the garment rest, permeating ev-
cry particle of the garment, removing
dirt and making it more amenable to
the work at hand. Another attach
ment on this machine, in the shape of
!, a huge steel egg, heated internally
by steam, is called the puffer, and it is
the slickest article you ever saw for
: ironing the shoulders of suit, or any
other garment with bag or looseness
: in it, where the ordinary press OF
even hand iron can hardly get at it
!, Dampening cups appear or disappear
l under the edge of the machine table
: at will
: Another machines or really two O
y them, for it is two complete devices
is called the cuff and neckband pres
: or ironer 1t applies very powerful
!. pressure with a system of doubl
Il cams. This machine is the Barnes
Erbe type. 1t is operated by foo
u levers and one side handles cuffs an
= the other neckbands, and they ar
y ironed or rather pressed very rapid
= and far better than by hand. Tn
= domestic finish in secured to pei
g feet degree with this machine and, q
!" well as all of the other machines, wit
u the use of steam it is impossible
., burn the garment, though any pres
7. ~ sure or degree of heat that may
II desired can be obtained. The necl
&c band ironer has cute little devit
: that opens the little pocket, where
no fellow has such time getting in b
hu back collar cutton, and separates
n from the band of the shirt, SO tn;
III the button may be freely inserted,
We great aid to the Ego to church NOV
~ ment, by the way"
or The third and large machine is Il
le' bosom press, where the bosoms
en- shirts are pressed by steam, under t
eli powerful presses, on thick pads
ms yielding cloth, so that the buttons a
m, uninjured, not even creasing the fro
ell of the garment. This machine
ost really double, for while one wom
ap- puts in a shirt another removes o
from the other side, swinging t
va lever and placing the garment und
l pressure as soon as the other one
OF removed. The pressure on this N
our chine is very great, if desired, is re
ma ulated at will and is applied by
Oh spiral screw, which trips automa
bay cally when the maximum pressr
e. desired is reached.
at While the steam heat is kept to
high degree, the machines allow W
We tilation around the necks of the shi
ate and +ba damnness that might 9th
can wise collect there passes out. A m
attractive domestic finish is given
shirt bosom by this machine, g
after passing through there it goes
the women who finish them by ha
and The machine turns out sixty fini
an ed shirts per hour. The steam pr
ter sure on the common pipe line tells
am glance just how much steam pr
sure or heat is being applied and
c. can be regulated at will, % pou
being the working pressure.
tin, When asked if there was anyth
else he wanted in the laundry,
Rob Fuller said there wasn't much I
that could be had, as they had N
Or of the latest machinery and all
they had need for, and he did
eals know of a laundry that had anyth
on them in the state, only possibly
:. c. or two as to size.