IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PRESSING, SMOOTHING, AND FINISHING GARMENTS OR PARTS OF GARMENTS, ALSO FOR PRESSING WOOLLEN OR OTHER WOVEN OR FELTED FABRICS."
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Buckley and John Camm Buckley, both of
Leeds, in the County of York, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR PRESSING, SMOOTHING, AND FINISHING GARMENTS OR
PARTS OF GARMENTS, ALSO FOR PRESSING WOOLLEN OR OTHER WOVEN OR
FELTED FABRICS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Buckley and John
Camm Buckley at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
23rd February 1881.
JOSEPH BUCKLEY and JOHN CAMM BUCKLEY, both of Leeds, in the County
of York. " IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PRESSING, SMOOTHING, AND
FINISHING GARMENTS OR PARTS OF GARMENTS, ALSO FOR PRESSING WOOLLEN OR
OTHER WOVEN OR FELTED FABRICS."
This Invention consists in a combination and arrangement of mechanism or
apparatus, by the use of which we facilitate the pressing, smoothing, and finishing
of garments or parts of garments; it is also applicable for pressing woollen or other
woven or felted fabrics, and by such Invention a great saving of time and labour is
effected.
Within suitable framework and in bearings adjustable or otherwise we mount a
hollow metal roller, such roller being heated by a flame of gas in its interior or
other equivalent means. Below this roller is provided a table, on which is carried
a platform (supported thereon by springs or their equivalents to give elasticity to
the pressure). On this platform are placed the garments or parts of garments or
material to be pressed and finished; a rotary motion is imparted to the roller
simultaneously with a direct horizontal movement of the table. In this movement

page_text: the above mentioned platform passes under the roller, carrying with it the material
to be pressed, their distance apart being capable of adjustment; we also provide an
arrangement whereby the direction of the action or movement of the cylinder and
table may be reversed for the purpose of bringing the material again to the front
of the machine, such reversing being effected through ordinary reversing gear either
automatically by an adjustable tappit arrangement or by the attendant. The table
on which the platform is placed may be fitted so as to work on rollers or pulleys
or on slides similar to an ordinary planing machine, the required motion being
transmitted through rack and pinion or a crank eccentric or their equivalents from
some suitable motive power.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Joseph Buckley and John Camm Buckley in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 23rd August 1881.
JOSEPH BUCKLEY and JOHN CAMM BUCKLEY, both of Leeds, in the County
of York. "
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PRESSING, SMOOTHING, AND
FINISHING GARMENTS OR PARTS OF GARMENTS, ALSO FOR PRESSING WOOLLEN OR
OTHER WOVEN OR FELTED FABRICS."
The object of our Invention is to effect a saving of time and labour in pressing,
smoothing, and finishing garments or parts of garments, also in pressing woollen or
other woven or felted fabrics.
This Invention consists in a combination and arrangement of mechanism or
apparatus, by the use of which we facilitate the pressing, smoothing, and finishing
of garments or parts of garments; it is also applicable for pressing woollen or other
woven or felted fabrics, and by such Invention a great saving of time and labour is
effected.
Within suitable framework and in bearings adjustable or otherwise we mount a
hollow metal roller, such roller being heated by a flame of gas in its interior or by
other equivalent means. Below this roller is provided a table, on which is carried
a platform (supported thereon by springs or their equivalents to give elasticity to
the pressers). On this platform is placed the garments or parts of garments or
material to be pressed and finished. A rotary motion is imparted to the roller
simultaneously with a direct horizontal movement of the table. In this movement
the above mentioned platform passes under the roller carrying with it the material
to be pressed, their distance apart being capable of adjustment; we also provide an
arrangement whereby the direction of the action or movement of the cylinder, and
table may be reversed for the purpose of bringing the material again to the front of
the machine, such reversing being effected through ordinary reversing gear either
automatically by an adjustable tappit arrangement or by the attendant.
The table on which the platform is placed may be fitted so as to work on rollers
or pulleys or in slides similar to an ordinary planing machine, the required motion
being transmitted through rack and pinion or a crank eccentric or their equivalents
from some suitable motive power.
And in order that our Invention may be more completely understood, reference
is given to the accompanying Drawings and to the letters and marks thereon.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2, a front elevation; Fig. 3, a plan looking at the
top.
a is the framework, and b, b, are the bearings therein which may be fixed or
adjustable; in these bearings b we mount the hollow metal roller c; this roller is
so constructed that it can be heated by a flame of gas in its interior, or other
equivalent means may be employed for heating it. Below this roller c is provided
a table d, on which is carried a platform e supported on the adjusting screws f
and f, and supporting springs or their equivalents may be employed to give
elasticity to the pressure. On this platform d are placed the garments or parts of
garments or material to be pressed. When the machine is in operation a rotary
motion is imparted to the hollow roller c from driving shaft g through gearing h,
and simultaneously with this a direct horizontal movement is imparted to the
table & carrying the platform e. In this movement the platform e passes under
the roller b, carrying with it the material to be pressed. The distance and pressure
between the roller b and the platform e is regulated through the medium of the

page_text: adjusting screws fand f¹, to which the required motion is transmitted from the
attendant through hand wheel i, shaft j, worms k, and worm wheels 2.
The required horizontal movement is imparted to the table e from driving
shaft g through pinion m and rack n, and the table e is supported on the runners o
mounted on the shaft p within the framework a; or instead of these runners o
the table e may be supported in a similar manner to an ordinary planing machine
table.
q
An arrangement is made whereby the movement of the table e and that of the
roller b may be reversed simultaneously either by the attendant or automatically,
and for this purpose we employ the driving pulleys q and q¹, one of which is
actuated by a cross belt and the other by a straight belt from main shaft, which
has the effect of causing them to revolve in opposite directions; between these
pulleys and q¹ is provided a sliding double clutch r, which is keyed so as to
work freely on the driving shaft g. This clutch is brought into gear with the
toothed bosses s and s¹ by the attendant through the hand lever t; or when the
reversing motion is required to be automatic we employ the adjustable stops u,
which during the movement of the table e come in contact with the fingers v
and v', through which a radial movement is imparted to the lever w; this being
coupled to the hand lever't by connecting rod x imparts the necessary movement
to the clutch r for reversing the motion of the table d and roller c.
We would have it here understood that we do not confine ourselves to the herein
before reversing arrangement or means for transmitting motion to the table e, as
other equivalent known means may be employed for these purposes.
The adjustable. piece y is employed in connection with this machine when
required for dividing the seams, and its exact configuration varies in accordance
with the nature of the work for which it is employed.
Also, instead of a straight table and platform when preferred we apply a curved
table mounted on arms pivotted within the framework, and to this a backwards
and forwards movement may be given simultaneously with the rotary motion of
the hollow roller by means of cranks, eccentrics, or their equivalents, the reversing
arrangement being similar to that described for the flat table.
Having now described the nature of our said Invention, and described with the
aid of Drawings how the same may be carried into practice, we would have it
understood that we do not limit ourselves to the precise details or configuration
of the parts we have described and shewn, as the same may be varied or modified
without departing from the nature of our said Invention, but what we claim and
desire to be secured to us by Letters Patent is,—
First. The mode of applying and transmitting power to pressing machines, as
described with reference to the two driving pulleys q and q¹, the clutch r, and the
handle t, together with the arrangement for making the reversing motion automatic
by the parts u, v, w, and x, substantially as described and set forth.
Second. The mode of increasing or diminishing the pressure by raising and
lowering the platform e, substantially as and for the purposes described.
Third. The general arrangement and combination of parts forming a cloth
pressing machine, substantially as shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Camm Buckley, for myself and on
behalf of the said Joseph Buckley, have hereunto set my hand and seal,
this Twentieth day of August, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighty one.
JOHN C. BUCKLEY. (L.S.)