Ironing Machine for Collars, Cuffs, Shirts, Fronts, and all Articles to be Glazed or Polished.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Mar., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 4th Nov., 1899-Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Ironing Machine for Collars, Cuffs, Shirts, Fronts, and all Articles to
be Glazed or Polished.
I, FÉLIX ANDRÉ, Inventor, of 72, Avenue de la Reine, Boulogne s/Seine,
France, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
My invention consists in the combination of a circular or rectilineal develop-
ment of collars, cuffs, etc., when ironing, with an iron device or basin giving an
identical pressure in both cases.
My ironing machine consists essencially of two metallic frames, resting on
any table by means of screws or any other fastening. These braced frames
carry a smoothing-iron or basin, having a series of holes to admit the external
air required to burn the gas employed as a fuel to heat the iron during the
working of the machine. In the inferior part of the basinlike smoothing iron,
under the gas-burners there is a cross channel having a series of holes intended
to supply fresh air just opposite the openings used as burners during the com-
bustion of the gas. Thus I increase the temperature of the smoothing-iron or
basin to its maximum and I am able to control its intensity by means of a tap
of any form placed on the pipe which supplies the gas.
With the same apparatus, if there is no gas-supply, the method of heating
as above may be supplied by cast iron blocks heated in any fire.
My smoothing iron or basin has all the advantages of an ordinary hand smooth-
ing iron, but his interior face is terminated by an arched part or cylindrical
section in order to obtain easily the glazing by friction on the collars, cuffs,
fronts and sleeves, or any article to be glazed by this kind of work.
The horizontal oscillating shaft of the smoothing-iron is placed towards the
upper part of each metallic frame. Two arms or levers having the same oscillat-
ing axis as the smoothing iron are used to regulate the pressure of the iron during
the operation. For that purpose I use a vertical screwed rod provided with a
thumb-nut and a six sided nut. Two washers having one convexed face are
placed, one beneath and the other above the junction of the levers on the oscil-
lating shaft of the smoothing iron so that I am able to regulate by means of
elastic rings and their double nut, by hand, the degree of pressure of the smooth-
ing iron during, or before the ironing of a collar etc. Owing to this arrangement
I am able to modify the pressure with one hand and without the aid of any tool
at will. An arm serves as a support for the up-, or the down-movement of the
vertical screwed rod. Two bearings receive an horizontal shaft for a removable
table.
For instance, if, to perform the ironing of a collar, I use a cylinder_as_a
circular table it will be sufficient, after having regulated the pressure of the
smoothing iron, to place the collar on the said cylinder arranged between the two
frames so that the end, that will be acted upon first, will be opposite a flat tongue
made previously on the cylinder. By turning a crank, keyed on the horizontal
shaft, until the work is done, the collar is disengaged and ready for delivery to

page_text: the client. The flat tongue of the cylindre is always facing the smoothing-iron
or basin in order to avoid the direct contact, during the stop, of the flannel-
packing which encircles the cylinder with the arched part of said basin, the
temperature of which is always high; thus the deterioration of the packing is
avoided. This flat tongue-piece is intended to do away completely with the
pressing-treadle, thus diminishing the fatigue caused by the latter.
To the same machine one can also fit a rectilineal or straight table with
rectilineal movement.
To operate the rectilineal table upon which the collar lies, one turns the crank
in the same manner as a circular table. The horizontal shaft of the crank is
provided with two grooved pulleys. Those two pulleys having conical grooves
mash with iron-pieces having the same conical section and are mounted on the
metallic disk, connected to the rectilineal table which receives the collar, so
that by turning the crank I obtain by mere adhesion the rectilineal movement
of the rectilineal table under the smoothing iron. The bringing over of the
table is made sure by the pressure exerted by the smoothing-iron by means of
its levers which are regulated by screws.
Since the beginning of the movement of the rectilineal table the latter is guided
by friction-rollers which keep it perfectly horizontal. To avoid the direct con-
tact of the packing of the table with the smoothing iron, which is always hot,
the said rectilineal table is always kept out of reach of the iron, while at rest.
The ironing of the collar is done in a similar manner as described above.
London 16th day of March 1800
Ironing Machine for Collars, Cuffs, Shirts, Fronts, and all Articles to
be Glazed or Polished.
I, FÉLIX ANDRÉ, Constructeur Mécanicien, of 72bis, Avenue de la Reine,
Boulogne-sur-Seine, in the French Republic, but now residing at 22, Rue de l'Est,
Boulogne-sur-Seine, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:--
My invention consists in combining a circular development of a rectilineal
one of the collar etc., whilst being ironed, with a device of smoothing-iron or
cup, giving an identical pressure in hoth cases.
On the accompanying drawings the Fig. 1 is a front-elevation of my ironing
machine with its frame, its ironing cup and the circular table on which the
collar etc., is to be developed. The Fig. 2 is a transversal view according to the
fig.; whilst the Fig. 3 is a plan-view of the cup and its side-levers.
The Fig. 4, 5, 6, show the same machine for ironing but with a rectilineal
table developing with the same speed as that of Fig. & 2, under the ironing
cup, having a similar arrangement as for its moveable joint and its mode of
pressure.
My ironing machine consists essentially of two metallic frames ", a¹, resting
upon any suitable table by means of screws or any other fastening. The said
frames are provided with cross-pieces and carry an ironing-iron or cup b, com-
prising a series of holes c, c, to permit the entrance of the exterior air necessary
for the combustion of the gas employed as a fuel for heating the iron whilst the
machine is working. In the inferior part of the cup-shaped smoothing-iron

page_text: and beneath the gas-railing d there is a transversal channel e Fig. 1, 2, having a
series of holes for the purpose to admit the exterior air just in front of the open-
ings which serve as burners during the combustion of the gas. Thus I raise the
temperature of the smoothing-iron or cup to the maximum of heat whilst I am
able to regulate its intensity by means of a cock of any construction mounted
upon the gas-feeding branch.
In the same apparatus if there is no plant for gas-heating the above described
heating may be replaced by the use of cast blocks heated in any fire-place.
My smoothing-iron or cup b possesses all qualities of an ordinary hand-smooth-
ing-iron, unless I terminate its inferior face by a curved part or a cylinder
section, in order to obtain easily the glazing by the friction upon the collar or the
cuffs, fronts, collars and wrist-bands of shirts, or of any other article glazed by
this kind of work. With the same elements I may replace the cup of the Fig. 1
by a cylinder heated in the same manner as described above.
The horizontal oscillating axis f of the smoothing-iron B is situated near the
superior part of each metallic frame. Two branches or levers 61, 6ª, connected
with the oscillating axis of the smoothing iron serve to regulate the pressure of
the iron during the work. To this end I provide a vertical rod 9, which is
screwed and provided with a finger-nut g', and with a six sided nut 7". Two
washers having one convex face are disposed, one above the other, under the
junction of the levers b¹, 61, so that with the elastic rings gil gland
their double nut I am able to regulate with the hand the degree of pressure of
the smoothing-iron 6 during or before the ironing of the collar etc. Owing to
this arrangement I am able to modify with one sole hand and without the
aid of any tool the pressure at will. A cross-piece h serves as a fixed bearing-
point for the raising or lowering movement of the screwed vertical rod g. Two
bearings receive an horizontal axis i having a crank j.
To effectuate the ironing, say, of a collar, if I use a moveable cylinder k as a
circular table, it will be sufficient, after having regulated the pressure of the
smoothing-iron b to put the collar on the said cylinder disposed between the
two frames a, a, so that its first extremity to be applied, will be opposite to a
flat tongue disposed in advance on the cylinder. By turning a crank ; keyed
on the horizontal axis i until the end of the operation the collar is liberated
and ready to be delivered to the customer. The flat rib ¹, of the cylinder is
always opposite to the smoothing-iron or cup b to avoid the direct contact, during
the rest of the flannel-clothing which surrounds the cylinder k with the curved
part of the said cup the temperature of which is always kept very high, thus
avoiding the destruction of the clothing. The said flat rib has been provided to
suppress totally the pressure-treadle in order to diminish the fatigue which
would be caused by the treadle.
In the same machine I may substitute to the moveable cylinder & also a straight
table A, I say a rectilineal one (Fig. 4, 5) and receiving a rectilineal movement
which to be developed requires the use of the levers 61, 63, of the cup b out of
the frames a, a¹, (Fig. 6); the vertical rods g, g, being provided with the same
accessories as on the Fig. 1, 2.
To start the rectilineal table 7, upon which rests the collar one turns the crank j
as for the circular table. In this case the horizontal axis i of the crank is pro-
vided with grooved pulleys m m². These pulleys provided with conical grooves
(Fig. 5) embrace irons having the same conical section and which are fixed on
the metallic plate 1, connected to the rectilineal table which receives the collar
so that as I turn the crank j I obtain by the mere adherence the rectilineal
feeding of the rectilineal table under the smoothing iron b. The feeding of
the table is made sure owing to the pressure exerted by the smoothing iron
with the aid of the levers which are regulated by tapped screws whilst the table l
is guided by small rollers n n¹ o o¹ (Fig. 4 & 5).
The rectilineal table is guided by the rolls from the beginning of its course
and kept by them perfectly horizontal. To avoid the direct contact of the clothing

page_text: of the table with the smoothing iron which is always hot I provide the table
to be always out of the reach of the smoothing iron.
The ironing of the collar takes place under the same conditions as those stated
above.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is: --
1º In an ironing-machine. etc. developing the collar circularly with the
cylinder or in a rectilineal manner with the table in combination with a
cup 6 heated and exerting an identical pressure during one or the other develop-
ment; for the purpose to obtain a perfect glazing by the use of the right hand
of the work-woman to actuate the crank and the pressure of the cup 6 being
regulated from the beginning.
20. In an ironing machine of the kind described in the first claim providing
a smoothing-iron having a semi-cylindrical or a cylindrical section and the
holes, the channel e and the interior openings mentioned in the course of
this specification and situated opposite to a circular table having a large flat part,
in combination with two branches 6', able to move at each successive variation
of the pressure exerted by the said iron, at the moment of ironing for the purpose
to obtain a perfect glazing.
30-In an ironing-machine of the kind claimed in the first claim providing
and disposing the said iron situated in the front of a flat table 7 in combination
with two branches or levers, able to move externally at cach variation of the
pressure exerted by the said iron at the moment of ironing, for the purposo to
obtain porfect glazing.
4° In an ironing machine of the kind claimed in the first claim providing
an axis i, able to receive indistinctly either a circular table performing a circular
movement or a flat table performing an alternate movement, in combination
with the grooved pulleys.
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