Improvements in Roller-guards for Ironing and other Machines.
Year: 1899

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Roller-guards for Ironing and other Machines.
We, THE SOUTH-WESTERN SANITARY LAUNDRY. LIMITED, of 37, John Street,
Bedford Row, in the County of London, and EDWARD LYNN, of 52, Washington
Road, Norbiton, in the County of Surrey, Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to guards for use with the revolving rollers of
ironing and other machines, for protecting the hands of the machine atten-
dant from injury by the said rollers during the operation of feeding thereto
tlie articles to be acted upon in the machine:
In many classes of machines it is necessary for the attendant to bring his
or her hands in close proximity to the revolving rollers in the act of feeding.
the said articles to the machine, whereby considerable risk is run of the
attendant's fingers becoming gripped between the rollers and seriously injured.
It is the object of the present invention to mitigate this liability of injury
to the attendant by providing a guard for the rollers, which guard is so con-
structed that the attendant's fingers will be effectually prevented from approach-
ing the rollers close enough to become crushed thereby.
For this purpose we construct a guard of sheet metal or other suitable material
which is so arranged relatively to the roller that a nose or longitudinal pro-
tuberance with which the said guard is formed will lie in such a position with
relation to the nip of the rollers that it will act as a stop against which the
fingers of the attendant will come into contact before it would be possible for
them to get between the rollers.
In applying our invention to an ironing machine of the kind in which a
table is adapted to reciprocate beneath a heated roller, the said guard for this
roller becomes considerably heated and the mere contact of the attendant's
fingers with the hot nose or protuberance would cause the attendant to imme-
diately withdraw his or her hands from contact therewith before they could be
thrust far enough forward to reach the roller. If desired the said guard when
used with ironing machines may be perforated to allow of the dissipation of
the heat and the aforesaid nose or protuberance may be made hollow to allow
of a current of air to flow between it and the heated roller.
The said guard is preferably provided with eyes on the edge opposite to that
upon which the aforesaid nose or protuberance is formed to permit of its being
pivotally connected to the machine and enable it to be readily turned into a
position to uncover the said roller when occasion arises.
We wish it to be understood that we do not confine ourselves to the use of
this guard with the heated roller of an ironing machine as it is obvious that
it can be equally well-applied to prevent the hands of the attendant from
becoming gripped by the feed or other rollers of any other machine.
Data thie 8th day of July 1899
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents, for the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in Roller-guards for Ironing and other Machines.
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We, THE SOUTH-WESTERN SANITARY LAUNDRY LIMITED, of 37, John Street,
Bedford Row, in the County of Loudon, and EDWARD LYNN, of 52, Washington
Road, Norbiton, in the County of Surrey, Engineer, do hereby declare thie
nature of this invention and in what munner the same is to be performed, to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following 'statement:-
This invention has reference to guards for use with the revolving rollers of
ironing and other machines, for protecting the hands of the machine atten-
dant from injury by the said rollers during the operation of feeding thereto
the articles to be acted upon in the machine.
In many classes of machines it is necessary for the attendant to bring his
or her hands in close proximity to the revolving rollers in the act of feeding
the said articles to the machine, whereby considerable risk is run of the
attendant's fingers becoming gripped between the rollers and seriously injured.
It is the object of the present invention to mitigate this liability of injury
to the attendant by providing a guard for the rollers which guard is so con-
structed that the attendant's fingers will be effectually prevented from approach-
ing the rollers close enough to become crushed thereby.
For this purpose we construct a guard of sheet metal or other suitable material
which is so arranged relatively to the rollers that a nose or longitudinal pro-
tuberance with which the said guaril is formed will lie in such a position with
relation to the nip of the rollers that it will act as a stop against which the
fingers or hand of the attendant will come into contact before it would be possible
for them to get between the rollers.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood and readily carried
into effect we will proceed to describe the same more fully, with reference to
the accompanying drawings in which :-
Figure 1, is a perspective view showing our improved roller-guard applied
to an ironing machine.
Figure 2 is a plan of the said guard and roller, drawn to a larger scale and
Figure 3 is a cross section on the line 1-1 of Figure 2.
A is the guard and B. is the roller with which said guard is employed.
The ironing machine to which we have shewn our guard applied comprises
a table C adapted to reciprocate beneath the heated roller B and between these
parts the articles to be ironed are placed by the machine attendant as is well
understood. The said guard A is preferably constructed of sheet metal and is
bent to more or less conform to the shape of the roller B. The edge of the
guard at the feeding side of the said roller is formed with the nose or longi-
tudinal protuberance A which as aforesaid acts as a stop to prevent the atten-
dant's fingers from becoming nipped between the roller A and the table C.
The guard becomes considerably heated by its juxtaposition to the heated
roller A and consequently serves as an additional means of preventing the
attendant's fingers reaching the roller A because mere contact of the atten-
dant's fingers with this hot nose or protuberance would cause the attendant to
immediately withdraw his or her hands from contact therewith before they
could be thrust far enough forward to reach the heated rollor. In addition to
the aforesaid protuberance we may also provide a lip or flange a laving a
beaded edge the lip or flange acting as a further means for preventing the
fingers of the attendant from reaching the roller even if they should pass
beneath the aforesaid protuberance.

page_text: In order that the guard may not become unduly heated, we provide the same
with perforations A to allow of the dissipation of the heat, and the nose or
protuberance A is made hollow to allow a current of air to flow between it.
and the heated roller B. The said guard is formed with an aperture at A³ for
the reception of a flue pipe A through which the heated air and products of
combustion from the interior of the cylinder can pass away.
The said guard is furnished with eyes A at or near the edge opposite to that
upon which the nose or protuberance A is formed, to permit of the guard being
pivotally connected to the machine frame and enable it to be readily turned
into a position to uncover the said roller when occasion arises. This pivotal
connection also enables the guard to lift slightly should the attendants fingers
get beneath the protuberance and thus allow the attendant to withdraw his or
her hand before it is nipped by the rollers.
The guard is supported in the position shown on the drawings by shoulders A
resting on the frame of the machine.
We wish it to be understood that we do not desire to confine ourselves to
the use of the aforesaid guard with ironing machines as it is obvious that the
same may be employed to prevent the hands of the attendant from becoming
gripped by the feed or other rollers of any other machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim for ironing and other machines is:-
1. A roller-guard' provided with a nose or longitudinal protuberance adapted
10 act as a stop for the attendant's fingers substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
2. A roller-guard constructed arranged and operating substantially as described
with reference to the accompanying drawings for the purpose specified.
SALCA
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.