Improvements in and relating to Pressing Appliances for Seams and Folds:
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 9th July, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 9th Apr., 1898--Accepted, 9th July, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Pressing Appliances for Seams
and Folds:
I, WILLIAM DURHAM FORD, of 98, Brandon Street, Motherwell, in the County,
of Lanark, Wholesale Clothier, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
It relates to appliances for pressing the seams and other parts of garments
and other articles and has for its chief object to enable the said work to be
done more rapidly than it can be done with the appliances hitherto in use.
In carrying out one modification of the invention a frame or stand is made of
suitable form for supporting a spindle fitted with a cylinder and a handle pulley
or other device for its revolution; a steam pipe Bunsen burner electrical appliance
or other agent is inserted within or applied to the aforesaid cylinder for the
purpose of heating it, and conveniently near this cylinder (preferably beneath it) a
small pulley carried by a lever arm is fitted. Treadle or other devices are con-
nected with the said lever arm for the purpose of pressing the pulley which is at
its end against the aforesaid cylinder.
When it is required to open and press the seam or seams of a coat sleeve or
such like article the lever arm and its pulley are inserted within the sleeve or
such like article and when the said arm is manipulated by the treadle or other
devices, the small pulley and seam are pressed against the revolving (hot)
cylinder; the small pulley assisting the sleeve to travel onward as it is pressed.
These devices are designed for pressing the seams of other articles than those
of coat sleeves.
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JOSEPH
LOCKWOOD,
263, Argyle Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Inventor.
Improvements in and relating to Pressing Appliances for Seams
and Folds.
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I, WILLIAM DURHAM FORD, of 98, Brandon Street, Motherwell, in the County
of Lanark, Wholesale Clothier, 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:-
It relates to appliances for pressing the seams and other parts of garments
and other articles and has for its chief object to enable the said work to be
done more rapidly than it can be done with the appliances hitherto in use.
Price R71

page_text: The invention will be better understood if reference is made to the accom-
panying drawings, in which:
Figures 1 to 3 are elevation and plan views representing one modification of this
invention.
Figures 4 to 6 are similar views in elevation and plan representing another
modification of the invention.
Figures 7 and 8 are elevation and plan views representing a further modification
of the invention.
Figure 9 is a detail.
Similar letters of reference and numerals throughout the illustrations indicate
corresponding parts.
In carrying out one modification of the invention comprising pressing appliances
to be operated by manual steam or other motive power a frame or stand A, B, C
such as shewn in Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawings is made of suitable form for
supporting a spindle D fitted with a cylinder and a handle e³, pulley d², or
other devices E e¹, e, e³, et for its revolution. A Bunsen gas burner F, f¹, steam
pipe, electrical appliance or other agent (such for instance as a heated metal
block or core) is inserted within or applied to the aforesaid cylinder for the
purpose of heating it. Conveniently near this cylinder (preferably beneath it)
a small pulley 97 carried by a lever arm g6 is fitted. Treadle or other devices G, g¹
to g are connected with the said lever arm g6 for the purpose of pressing the
pulley g which is at its end against the aforesaid cylinder d¹. The spindle D) is
suitably made for working in bushes a, e, contained upon the sides A and C.
The plates c¹, c² and tie bars c³, c Figs. 1 to 3 unite the sides A, C of the
frame together. The treadle G and arm g¹ are fixed immoveably upon the rod g
and the latter supported by and free to move in the parts A and B. The rod g5
is fixed immoveably in the brackets a¹, 5, and the joint piece 8 containing the
parts g³, 96, rotates thereon as the toggle lever arrangement gl to go is operated by
pressure applied to the treadle G. The spindle E carrying one or more
pulleys e, e, and fitted in bushes a², c, is adapted for driving or revolving the
cylinder d when the latter is heated as before described, by means of motive power
applied to, the handle e (dotted lines) Fig. 2, to the crank e6 (dotted lines)
Fig. 3 or to the pulley Figs. 1 to 3. The belt e shewn by dotted lines
in Fig. 1 indicates a suitable mode of operation namely by connecting
the pulley 2 with a steam engine or other motor and transmitting
the motion to the cylinder d' by means of the belt et (dotted lines)
carried over the pulleys e¹, d² the diameters of which are adjusted so as to give the
requisite speed to the cylinder.
When it is required to open and press the seam or seams of a coat sleeve or
such like article the lever arm 96 and its pulley 97 are inserted within the said
sleeve or such like article and when the said arm is manipulated by a downward
pressure applied to the treadle G which operates the toggle lever devices g¹ to g
the small pulley g and the aforesaid seam are pressed against the revolving
cylinder (which is heated by means of the Bunsen gas burner F); the small
pulley assisting the sleeve to travel onward during the process of pressing.
These devices are designed for pressing the seams of other articles than those of
coat sleeves and the dotted lines H, Figures 1 to 3 indicate a moveable or other
board upon which the garment or article to be pressed is spread out, the pulley g
protruding slightly above the board through a suitable aperture therein. The
sleeve or other article to be pressed is sometimes placed upon a sleeve board and
this board with the said article are passed together between the pulley or carrier g
and the hot cylinder d¹.
The spindle D is sometimes made to carry two cylinders, one upon each of its
ends as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2 and the frame A, C is also capable
of being extended so that more than one cylinder carrying spindle D can be
fitted therein and operated from the driving spindle or shaft E; treadle and toggle

page_text: lever appliances as previously described and drawn are combined with each such
cylinder.
Another modification of the invention is represented in Figs. 4 to 6, and 9
of the drawings and comprises a frame made up of parts marked A*, C*, c, c², c³, cs,
united together and having a spindle E mounted in bushes a², c and fitted with
a driving pulley e. Brackets * support a rotating spindle * which carries the
treadle G an arm g' with which the toggle lever devices g2g3 g6 are connected.
An immoveable rod g* serves the double purpose of uniting the sides A*, C*,
together and to carry a sleeve g*, to which are connected two arms g, each
arm having on its extreme end a pulley g. A pressing, sleeve, or other, board h
is supported upon these arms and pullies g, g' and when a downward pressure is
applied to the treadle G this sleeve * is made to rotate slightly upon the bar g*
and the arms 9 with pullies g press the aforesaid board and any garment
or article thereon against the cylinder * which is heated by means of gas flames.
through a Bunsen burner F which passes through or into the interior of the said
cylinder.
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Each of the sides A*, C*, contains a slot a wherein the ends or trunions
the said cylinder are supported and moved. A circular disc J with side bosses j
is fitted eccentrically upon the spindle E and enclosed within an open frame
composed of four bars united to plates,, Figures 6, 8 and 9. An arm j
unites the frame of this eccentric to a crutch shaped rail with terminal rings j
for enclosing the reduced ends or trunions of the cylinder *. When the
spindle E is revolved the disc J moving within the frame j',,, imparts a
revolving or rolling motion to the cylinder d as it is moved to and fro' within
the slots at. The bars move upon the peripheries of the two side bosses j
which are concentric with the driving shaft E and insure a straight instead of
an elliptical motion being imparted to the parts to j*.
The dotted lines h¹ indicate a pressing board upon which the article to be
pressed is placed or spread and when through the operation of the treadle G this
board and its cover are pressed against the hot and moving cylinder the latter is
made to travel with a rolling motion backward and forward upon the seam or
article to be pressed the process being continued for a long or short period accord-
ing to the varying requirements. By means of the devices described and drawn
under this modification thick seams, parts, and articles can be retained and pressed
as long and repeatedly as required between the cylinder and pullies g before the
articles are removed. The gas pipe f¹ Figures 4 to 6 is fitted with several moveable
joints for their equivalents which enable it to move in unison with the to and
fro motion of the cylinder d*.
A series of such cylinders can be operated from one driving shaft E.
A further modification of this invention as last described is represented in
Figures 7 and 8 wherein the cylinder is mounted within slides a contained in
a pivotted frame K which is supported between the sides A** C** upon brackets,
trunions or centres concentric with the driving shaft E. A counterbalance to
this cylinder is made by extending the frame (or an arm from that end of it
which is opposite to the cylinder) and suspending from it any required number of
dead weights (or spring equivalents) similar to those of a weighing machine.
The Bunsen gas burner F with its pipe fl and multiple elbows or joints resemble
those of the last named modification. A treadle G* with chains or rods con-
necting it to the said rocking frame K enable this frame with its cylinder to be
pressed downwards upon the seam, fold or other part of an article made ready
upon the fixed board h².
Greater pressure can be applied to the garment or article
by thus pressing the hot cylinder d* down upon the article by means of the
treadle G and pivotted arms K than by pressing the article upwards against the
cylinder d by means of the treadle G and counterbalanced arm and toggle lever.
devices g¹ to 96.
The parts marked 3 Figures 6, 7 and 8 represent an open ended or tubular
spindle upon which the cylinder d¹ is fitted. Instead of this cylinder being
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page_text: always heated with gas flames, it is adapted for being fitted with a solid metal core
(or cores) previously heated and inserted at the open ends of the spindle d³. Such
metal cores are removed and re-heated; one being heated whilst the other is in use.
For thick seams folds or materials where great pressure is required the form
of this pivotted or oscillating frame composed of the arms K united together is
more suitable for supporting the cylinder and hot-pressing articles therewith, and
the devices J to jare more suitable for the revolution of this cylinder than the
devices described under the first modification would be.
As a slight variation of this last named modification the hollow spindle d³ is
fitted in centres (not slides) within the frame K and revolved by means of chain
pullies (and gearing) fitted upon the spindles d³ and E.
Instead of the driving power for revolving the hot presser or cylinder being
transmitted by an eccentric and rod devices, or a belt et, chain pullies and gearing,
the spindles D, d³ and E with their necessary equipments may be placed much
nearer together and rotary power transmitted from one of them to the other by
means of toothed and geared wheels.
The hot presser d₁* Figures 7 and 8 may be made in the form of a hollow trough
or box for receiving a heated metal core or gas burner and moved to and fro'
within the slides a¹, the pressure being imparted by means of the treadle G*.
In each and all of the modifications of this invention the power for forcing the
material against the hot-presser or the hot-presser upon the material is treadle
power aided by a pivotted arm lever, frame or their equivalents. For pressing
thin materials the hot cylinder is by preference fixed in an unyielding frame the
treadle and lever power being applied to force the material against the hot
cylinder, but for thick and heavy materials the frame most suitable for holding
the spindle of the hot-presser is a yielding or pivotted and oscillating one; the
treadle power and leverage being applied in this last named case to move the hot-
presser against the material instead of moving the material against the hot-presser.
I am aware that previous to my invention appliances have been made for
tailors and clothiers use, adapted for operation by means of steam or other motive
power in which a pressing cylinder revolved and was heated by means of gas
Hames passing through a burner inserted within it and that the article to be
pressed by it was fixed upon a board and made to pass between the hot cylinder and
a moving carriage: it will therefore be understood that I do not claim such devices
broadly as my invention.
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:-
First, in a pressing appliance for operation by steam or other motive power the
combination therewith of a pivotted arm 96 carrying a pulley 7 adapted for being
moved by treadle power and forcing the seams or other parts of garments or
articles against a revolving and unyielding hot-presser substantially as herein
described with reference to Figures 1 to 3 of the drawings or any mere modification
thereof.
Second, in a pressing appliance for operation by steam or other motive power the
combination therewith of a pivotted arm, or arms, 6 adapted for being moved
by treadle power and forcing the seams or other parts of garments or articles
against an unyielding hot-presser adapted for moving to and fro' in one or more
slots substantially as herein described with reference to Figures 4 to 6, of the
drawings or any mere modification thereof.
Third, in a pressing appliance for operation by steam or other motive power the
combination therewith of a pivotted arm or arms 6 carrying one or more pullies
or rollers adapted for being moved by treadle power and forcing the seams or
other parts of garments or articles against an unyielding hot presser adapted for
revolving but otherwise stationary substantially as described herein with reference
to Figs. 4 to 6. of the drawings.
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page_text: Fourth, in a pressing appliance for operation by steam or other motive power
the combination therewith of a pivotted hot-presser supported by one or more
arms K pivotted to the structure and adapted for being revolved and for being
forced by treadle power upon the seams or other parts of garments or articles
placed upon a roller g.
Fifth, in a pressing appliance for operation by hand steam or other motive
power the combination with a frame A, B, C, of a cylinder d' adapted for being
revolved also for being heated by gas supplied through a burner F, also of a
pivotted arm 96, a pulley 97 also a treadle and lever devices G to go substantially
as herein described with reference to Figures 1 to 3 of the drawings or any mere
modification thereof for the purposes specified.
Sixth, in a pressing appliance for operation by hand steam or other motive
power the combination with a frame A*, C* of a cylinder * adapted for being
revolved also of a gas burner F, pullies treadle and lever devices G to g
substantially as herein described with reference to Figures 4, 5, 6 and 9 of the
drawings or any mere modification thereof for the purposes specified.
Seventh, in a pressing appliance for operation by means of hand steam or other
motive power the combination with a frame A** C** of a cylinder d¹* adapted for
being revolved, of a gas burner F, a pivotted frame K with treadle device G*
substantially as herein described with reference to Figures 7, 8 and 9 of the
drawings or any mere modification thereof for the purposes specified.
TIT 111 1
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11000
JOSEPH LOCKWOOD,
263, Argyle Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant.