Improvements in Ironing Machines
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 25th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 27th Apr., 1889
RESERVE
Improvements in Ironing Machines,
We EDWARD TAYLOR and BROOKES HEYWOOD both of Stockport in the County
of Chester Engineers do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
:-
This invention relates to that class of machines which are employed for ironing
cuffs collars, shirt fronts and other similar small articles wherein a bed or ironing
board is caused to reciprocate to and fro beneath a heated metal roller.
The principal novel features of the invention are first an improved construction of
ironing roller whereby we are enabled to use steam as a heating medium instead of
gas, so as to heat the roller' more equally and economically than heretofore, secondly
a means of automatically reversing the movement of the ironing table, and thirdly a
means of keeping the flannel or other covering of the ironing table at the requisito
state of tension.
We make the body of the ironing roller of a hard sheet gun metal cylinder with
cast ends, and axles formed hollow for the admission of steam; by this method of
manufacture we can make them sufficiently strong to resist a pressure of say, one
hundred pounds to the square inch at the same time that they are sufficiently thin to
radiate the required amount of heat.
The ironing table (which we prefer to make of slate) travels to and fro upon rollers
carried by an adjustable frame and is driven by means of a drum or cylinder upon
which it rests, and an alternate circular motion is given to this drum by spur gearing
from a driving shaft.
On this shaft is keyed a fixed driving pulley between two loose pulleys, all of the
same diameter. Two driving straps are employed one crossed and the other open,
and these straps are guided by strap forks attached to a sliding bar. The latter is
moved to-and-fro by means of a lever actuated by a cam which is cast or attached to
worm wheel in gear with a worm cast to or fixed on the boss of one of the loose
pulleys, and as the latter revolves the cam causes the lever to bring the crossed and

page_text: open driving strap alternately onto the fast pulley and thus turns the driving shaft
alternately in opposite directions, and this reversed motion is communicated to the
bed roller upon which the ironing table rests.
At each end of the ironing table we form a recess in which we mount a wooden
roller. The ends of the ironing blanket or cloth are tacked to these two rollers and
means are provided for turning these rollers round so as to stretch the ironing blanket
or cloth, and a pin or similar device is employed for fixing the rollers when
adjusted.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ironing Machines.
We EDWARD TAYLOR and BROOKES HEYWOOD both of Stockport in the County
of Chester Engineers 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 that class of machines which are employed for ironing
cuffs, collars shirt fronts and other similar small articles, wherein a bed or ironing
board or table is caused to reciprocate to and fro beneath a heated metal roller.
The principal novel features of the invention are first an improved construction of
ironing roller whereby we are enabled to use steam as a heating medium instead
of gas so as to heat the roller more equally and economically than heretofore,
secondly a means of automatically reversing the movement of the ironing table,
and thirdly a means of keeping the flannel or other covering of the ironing table at
the requisite state of tension.
The nature of our said invention and the manner in which the same is to be per-
formed or carried into practical effect will be readily understood on reference to the
sheet of drawings hereunto annexed and the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1. on the drawing is a vertical section taken through about the centre of our
improved ironing machine.
Fig. 2 is an elevation of the reversing apparatus. Fig. 3 is a plan view of one
end of the ironing board showing the means which we may employ for straining the
flannel, and Fig. 4. is a sectional view of a modification of the same.
a is the frame, 6 the bed roller, c the ironing table, and d the heated metal ironing
roller.
We make the body of this roller of a hard sheet gun metal cylinder d with cast
iron ends d and axles formed hollow for the admission of steam; by this method of
manufacture we can make them sufficiently strong to resist a pressure of, say, one
hundred pounds to the square inch at the same time that they are sufficiently thin to
radiate the required amount of heat.
The ironing table c (which we prefer to make with a slate surface, as at cx Fig. 4)
travels to and fro upon rollers e carried by an adjustable frame f and is driven by
means of a drum or bed roller b upon which it rests, and an alternate circular motion
is given to this drum b from the driving shaft h by means of spur gearing as
follows:
On the shaft (see Fig. 2) is keyed a fixed driving pulley i between two loose
pulleys k, all of the same diameter.
The latter is
Two driving straps (not shown) are employed one crossed and the other open, and
these straps are guided by strap forks m attached to a sliding bar n.
moved to and fro by means of a lever o actuated by a camp which is cast or attached
to a worm wheel 9 in gear with a worm r cast to or fixed on the boss of one of the loose
pulleys and as the latter revolves the cam p causes the lever o to bring the crossed

page_text: and open driving strap alternately onto the fast pulley i and thus turns the driving
shaft h alternately in opposite directions and this reversed motion is communicated to
the bed roller b upon which the ironing table crests, by means of spur gearing
represented by the two dotted circles x, x.
The lever o is connected to or disconnected from the sliding bar n by means of a
bolt g which can be put out of gear at any time, and the bar n can then be actuated
as desired by the levers and treadle t shown on Fig. 1.
The ironing blanket or cloth may be fixed at one end by tacks to the wood work of
the ironing table c and its other end may be tacked to a movable wooden bar u (as
shown at Figs. 1. and 3) the said bar being provided with adjusting screws for
stretching the blanket or cloth.
Or one or both ends of the table c may be formed with a recess in which is
mounted a wooden roller was shown at Fig. 4. and one or both ends being tacked to
the wooden roller or rollers the latter may be turned round, so as to stretch the
blanket, and fixed when adjusted by a pin y or similar device.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
:
First. The general novel construction and arrangement of parts constituting an
improved ironing machine substantially as herein before described and illustrated by
the drawings annexed.
Secondly. We claim the improved construction of ironing roller consisting of a
hard sheet gun metal cylinder with cast metal ends and hollow axles substantially as
and for the purposes described.
Thirdly. We claim the apparatus shown and described for automatically reversing
the movement of the ironing table.