Improvements in or applicable to Drying, Ironing, and Finishing Machines.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 26th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 7th Dec., 1895
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Drying, Ironing, and Finishing
Machines.
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I WILLIAM LITLER BRADFORD of The Crescent Iron Works Salford, in the
County of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to a machine for drying ironing and finishing clothes or
other textile fabrics or articles; and the invention consists mainly of a machine
constructed with two or more rollers: resting on and working in concave heated
metal beds situated side by side.
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The articles are first drawn by the first roller between itself and its heated bed,
for the purpose of partially drying them, and are delivered by. and from this
first roller over a heated casting to and between a second roller and bed situated
at a lower level where the drying is completed, and where the articles are also
ironed and finished or glazed. Thus the drying ironing and finishing are completed
at one operation.
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The first roller is formed of a suitable diameter, preferably of larger diameter
than that of the second roller, and is made of wood or other suitable non-
conducting material and has no pressure against its bed, beyond its weight; the
sectional size. of its bed is equal to about one third of the circumference of the
roller, and I propose to heat this first bed either by a lower pressure of steam or
otherwise to a lower température than that of the second bed.
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This first roller is not heated by steam, or other means, but the second roller
is heated, and also works under heavy pressure against its bed which. is also of
greater sectional area than the bed of the first roller.
The above arrangement for the first roller and its bed is intended to prevent the
articles from sticking to the roller and thus not taking their proper course into
the second roller bed.
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The first roller is also fitted with lever and treadle gear, so that it can be raised
by the operator at will when feeding the articles into the machine or when he
wishes to withdraw an article on account of creases or for any other reason.
The bearings of the spindle of the first roller are also connected radially with
the centre of its driving pinion so as to prevent its spur wheel from getting out of
gear when the roller is raised.
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The above arrangement of the first roller and its bed with treadle and other
attachments are suitable for application to existing ironing or similar machines.
Dated this 25th day of January 1895.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant,

page_text: Improvements in or applicable to Drying, Ironing, and Finishing
Machines.
I WILLIAM LITLER BRADFORD of The Crescent Iron Works, Salford, in the
County of Lancaster, Engineer, 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 a machine for drying ironing and finishing clothes or other
textile fabrics or articles; and the same will be readily understood from the following
description on reference to the accompanying drawing which shews in elevation,
partly in section, a drying ironing and finishing machine constructed according to
my invention.
The machine is constructed with two or more rollers a a¹ resting on and working
in concave heated metal beds situated side by side.
The articles are first drawn by the first roller a between itself and its heated
bed b, for the purpose of partially drying them, and are delivered by and from
this first roller a over a heated casting c to and between a second roller avand
heated bed'' situated at a lower level where the drying is completed, and where
the articles are also ironed and finished or glazed. Thus the drying ironing and
finishing are complèted at one operation.
The first roller a is formed of a suitable diameter, say equal to. that of the
second roller b as shewn or preferably of larger diameter than that of the second
roller, 'and is made of wood or other suitable non-conducting material and has no
pressure against its bed, beyond its weight, the sectional size of its bed bis equal
to about one third of the circumference of the roller a, and I propose to heat this
first bed b either by a lower pressure of steam, or otherwise to a lower temperature,
than that of the second bed b¹.
This first roller a is not heated by steam, or other means, but the second
roller a is heated by a pipe a² capable of sliding in a fixed stuffing box a³ and
also works under heavy pressure against its bed which is also of greater sectional
area than the bed of the first roller a.
In the machine illustrated the pressure of the roller at in its bed bis obtained
by the great weight of the said roller which is made of thick metal.
The above arrangement for the first comparatively light roller a and its bed b
of comparatively smaller sectional area is intended to prevent the articles from
sticking to the roller and thus not taking their proper course into the second
roller bed.
The above arrangement of the first cr drying roller and its bed and other
attachments are suitable for application to existing ironing or similar machines.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. The combination of two rollers working in two beds the first roller being
raised above the level of the second roller and working in a bed of comparatively
less sectional area substantially as and for the purposes bereinbefore set forth and
as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
2. The combination of two rollers, working in heated beds, the first roller being
comparatively light and not heated and the second roller heavy (or weighted) and
heated, the bed of the latter roller being heated to a greater degree than that of
the first roller substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the
drawings annexed.

page_text: 3. The combination with a suitable existing or known ironing apparatus of a
drying unheated roller at a higher level and working without pressure in a heated
bed and a heated casting or its equivalent for conveying the articles under
treatment from the said roller and bed to the said ironing apparatus substantially
as herein before set forth.
Dated this 24th day of October 1895.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.