Improvements in Machines for Ironing and Velouring Felt Hats and other Head Coverings.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 30th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 14th Dec., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Ironing and Velouring Felt Hats
and other Head Coverings.
WILLIAM MORGAN of 2 Foster Lane Cheapside London Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of an upper and lower driving shaft each carrying a cone and
connected by an endless driving belt-These shafts and cones work at differential
speeds A reversible spindle fitted with a suitable block is mounted on the upper shaft
This spindle is furnished with bevel gearing and otherwise fitted and arranged to
allow of its revolving at any desired speed either in a vertical horizontal or angular
position Such spindle is operated by a handle keyed to the upper shaft at one end
The machine is driven by steam or other power By my invention a felt hat or other
head covering can be placed on its own block and ironed or veloured either in a
horizontal vertical or oblique position and with the requisite velocity.
Dated 20th 1000
ELT & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Ironing and Velouring Felt Hats
and other Head Coverings.
WILLIAM MORGAN of 2 Foster Lane Cheapside London Engineer 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 :-
This Invention relates to an improved construction of ironing machine for felt hats
and other head coverings whereby the hat can be fixed on its own block whether oval
or round and ironed first in a horizontal position and subsequently without removing
it from the block it can be raised to a vertical or angular position and ironed and
veloured at a higher velocity thus producing a more even finish and effecting a
considerable economy both in time and labor.
Such improved machine consists of a suitable frame carrying an upper and lower
driving shaft on each of which a cone is keyed These cones are placed in reverse
directions as shewn in Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings and are connected
by an endless driving belt so that the machine can be run at differential speeds say
from 60 up to 600 revolutions per minute or more The lower shaft and cone are
driven by means of fast and loose pulleys and motion is imparted to the upper shaft
and cone by the endless belt before mentioned Fitted to the upper shaft is a rocking
or swinging shaft. whereon the hat block is mounted This rocking or swinging shaft
is furnished with bevel gearing and is otherwise fitted and arranged to allow of its
revolving at any desired speed either in a horizontal vertical or oblique position It is
operated by means of a handle keyed to ilic upper shaft.
If desired my improved machine can be driven by power.
DRAWINGS.
Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings shew views in side and end elevation
of my improved ironing machine In these figures similar letters of reference indicate
corresponding parts-a is the frame of the machine-b the lower driving shaft-e the
cone keyed thereon-d the upper driving shaft-e the cone keyed thereon in the
reverse direction- an endless driving belt passing round the two cones y bevel
gearing which is keyed on to the upper driving shaft and also to the rocking or
swinging shaft which latter is driven by such bevel gearing This rocking or
swinging shaft serves to carry the hat block whereon the hat or other head covering
to be operated on is mounted- is a carrier or frame wherein the rocking shaft

page_text: a quadrant o mounted on the machine as shewn in Fig. 2 In this figure the rocking
shaft and hat are shewn in a vertical position in full lines and in a horizontal position
in dotted lines.
Fig. shews a view in side elevation of a modified construction of my improved
ironing machine for felt hats and other head coverings In this figure P is a double
headstock made of iron or other suitable material which is fixed firmly to the work-
mans bench Mounted in such headstock is a driving shaft. fitted with a double set
of fast and loose pullies L L' and K K'-N are strap forks by means whereof the
operator can move the straps (which are not shewn in this figure) on to either the
larger or smaller driving pullies thus obtaining a quick or slow movement as desired.
The shaft J imparts motion to a toothed wheel or friction disc E which together with
a second toothed wheel or friction disc F forms a bevel gearing. This bevel gearing
actuates the rocking or swinging shaft C which is held in any position by a frame D
This frame is mounted loose on the shaft J behind the toothed wheel E Fixed to the
opposite side of such frame is a spindle M carrying an arm & fitted with a spring H
and furnished with a handle Q by means whereof the frame D is adjusted and fixed in
any convenient position either vertical or horizontal or at any convenient angle
between R is the taper neck of the rocking shaft which is adjusted and held in
position by means of screw nuts S and of the collar B Either the ordinary solid irons
or gas irons may be used in combination with my improved ironing machine and such
irons can be applied by hand being simply held against the work.
I would here observe that I am fully aware that ironing is a process that is well
known in connection with the manufacture of felt hats and other head coverings and
I make no claim to such process as being novel in itself but only to the improved
means for carrying the saine into operation in the manner herein before described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
1. Fitting a machine for ironing and velouring felt hats and other head coverings
with a rocking or swinging shaft mounted in a suitable frame and actuated by bevel
gearing and otherwise constructed arranged and fitted substantially in the manner and
for the purposes hereinbefore described and shewn.
2. Fitting such machine with a lever arm furnished with a suitable spring and
handle as hereinbefore described and shewn in Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings
in order to lock the rocking shaft in any desired position.
3. Fitting such machine with a slotted quadrant substantially in the manner herein-
before described and shewn for locking the rocking shaft in any desired position.
4. The improved construction of ironing machine for ironing and velouring felt hats
and other head coverings substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn at
Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
5. The improved construction of ironing machine for ironing and velouring.felt hats
and other head coverings substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn at Fig. 3
of the accompanying drawings.
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