Improvements in Ironing Machines.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ironing Machines.
WILLIAM EXCELL BAKER Fairview Redan Hill Aldershot Laundry Engineer
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to ironing machines of the type in which an endless band
of felt or other such like material ia caused.to travel over a series of rollers and has for
its object the removal of or prevention of the collecting of lumps from such endless.
band which adheres to the rollers and causes spots to appear on the linen ironed..
For this purpose I fix or attach a scraper or cleaner of metal or other suitable
material (which may also if desired be formed as a brush) in close proximity to the
rollers so that as they revolve any lumps collecting upon them will be taken off by
such scraper or cleaner and deposited in a trough or receptacle provided for that
purpose. The cleaner or scraper may if desired be made to press against the
rollers by spring or other suitable adjustment. A modification consists in causing
the scraper or cleaner (which may in this case be of spiral form) to revolve or the
scraper or cleaner may be caused to travell lengthwise along the roller.
Dated this 14th day of November 1895.
ImprovOCALS PS
I WILLIAM EXCELL BAKER of 41 Almeric Road Clapham, Junction London
Laundry Engineer, (late of Fairview Redan Hill Aldershot) do hereby declarè
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 ironing machines of the type in which an endless band
of felt or other such like material is caused to travel over a series of rollers, and
has for its object the removal of, or prevention of the collecting of lumps from
such endless band which adheres to the rollers and causes spots to appear on the
linen ironed. For this purpose I fix or attach a scraper or cleaner of metal or
other suitable material (which may also if desired be formed as a brush) in close
proximity to the rollers so that as they revolve any lumps collecting upon them
will be taken off by such scraper or cleaner & deposited in a trough or receptacle
provided for that purpose. The cleaner or scraper may if desired be made to press
against the rollers by spring or other suitable adjustment.
A modification consists in causing the soraper or cleaner (which may in this case
be of spiral form) to revolve, or the scraper or cleaner may be caused to travel

page_text: may be stationary & be of the full length of the rollers, being fixed or attached
to the two ends of the ironing machine.
In the modification in which a scraper or cleaner (which may be of spiral or
Archimedian screw, or other suitable form) revolves. any suitable gearing may be
employed to drive it upon an axis paralell with that of the roller on which
it acts.
In the modification in which the cleaner & receptacle travels lengthwise along
the roller, any suitable gearing may be employed to drive it or it may be drawn
by hand to & fro along suitable guides on which it works and by which it is fixed
or attached to the ends of the machine.
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. The scraper or cleaner fixed or attached substantially as and for the purpose
described!
2. The scraper or cleaner fixed or attached to remain stationary, to revolve, or
to travel lengthwise along the roller substantially as described.
3. The combination of the scraper or cleaner & receptacle fixed or attached to
operate substantially as described.
Dated this 14th day of August 1896.