A NEW OF IMPROVED PRESS FOR PRESSING SHAWLS, CLOTHES, TABLE LINEN, AND VARIOUS OTHER FABRICS, MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, AND SUBSTANCES REQUIRING PRESSURE
Year: 1865

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Bryan Masters at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th December 1865.
I, WILLIAM BRYAN MASTERS, of Shoreditch, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW OF
IMPROVED PRESS FOR PRESSING SHAWLS, CLOTHES, TABLE LINEN, AND VARIOUS
OTHER FABRICS, MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, AND SUBSTANCES REQUIRING PRESSURE,"
to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to the construction of a press for the purpose of
pressing shawls, clothes, table linen, and various other fabrics, manufactured
articles, or substances to which pressure is usefully applied in such a manner
that the requisite amount of pressure may be more equably distributed over
the articles, materials, or substances to be pressed without any greater
expenditure of power.
In order to effect this improvement I employ (in addition to the ordinary
central male and female screw for the purpose of raising or lowering the
moveable bed piece, plate, or cheek of the press,) two or more vertical male
screws let into or secured to the stationary bed of the press and extending
upwards through suitable openings in the moveable bed piece, plate, or cheek
of the press until they reach the upper part of the framing of the press, into
which they are let in or secured. On the upper side of the moveable bed
piece, plate, or cheek, and around each male screw, I place a disc having on its
upper side two or more arms or levers, which arms or levers are either

page_text: In each disc is cut a
upright, curved, or inclined at any convenient angle.
female screw corresponding to the male fixed screw. The framing of the
press is so constructed as to act as a guide for the moveable bed piece, plate,
or cheek, which is recessed so as to correspond with the shape of the upright
part of the framing. When it is desired to use this press the shawls, fabric,
materials, or substances to be pressed are placed between the fixed and move-
able beds, cheeks, or plates of the press, and the centre screw, which is
provided with a screwed disc with fixed arms, or a piece suitably shaped to
receive moveable arms, pins, or levers, is run down so as to grip the materials
to be pressed. This being done the armed discs on the fixed vertical screws
are worked down upon the moveable bed piece, plate, or cheek until the
required amount of pressure is applied. When it is desired to remove the
Pressure the armed discs on the fixed vertical screws are reversed or run up
the said screws, and the moveable bed piece, plate, or cheek is run up by
means of the armed disc on the central moveable screw. I make the move-
able discs with fixed arms, or with holes to receive moveable arms or levers
for the purpose of working the discs on the screws.
I propose also, if found convenient for some purposes, to place this
arrangement for pressing on its side or face, so as to work horizontally instead
of vertically as herein-before described.
I propose to make the whole or parts of this press of either wood or metal,
according to the purpose for which it is intended to be applied.