Improvements in Ironing Machines.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 14th May. 1890
Complete Specification Left, 14th Feb., 1891--Accepted, 14th Mar., 1891
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ironing Machines.
I, HENRY MATHERS, of New Forge House, Maralin, Lurgan, Linen Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
This invention relates to ironing machines and it has for its object to construct a
simple and efficient machine which will iron continuously.
In carrying out my invention I preferably fit or carry on a table a large roller
or cylinder which is, preferably, covered in the same manner as a smoothing table
with blanket etc. The cloth to be ironed is drawn or passed over this large roller
or cylinder and whilst being drawn over is operated on by one or more
preferably small cylinders or rollers suitably carried in a frame and heated by
steam supplied from any convenient source. Where a number of small rollers or
cylinders are used some of them may be fluted or ribbed so as to grip the
material and some may be plain or smooth.
The small cylinders or rollers are preferably made to revolve on the top of the
large roller or cylinder, although they may be otherwise situated.
If desired the machine may be duplicated in its action by having a number of
small rollers acting on top of the large one and a number acting on its underside.
In this case double boards or shelves or their equivalent may be used to support
the cloth.
Two or more of the machines may be made to operate together.
The rollers may be revolved by hand or by power.
In some cases it may be found desirable to lieat the large instead of or as well as
the small ones.
The large and small rollers may be fluted, if desired.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ironing Machines,
1, HENRY MATHERS, of New Forge House, Maralin, Lurgan, Linen
Manufacturer, 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 ironing machines and it has for its object to construct
a simple and efficient machine which will iron continuously.
In carrying out my invention I preferably fit or carry on a table a large roller
or cylinder which is preferably, covered in the same manner as a smoothing table
with blanket etc.
The cloth to be ironed is drawn or passed over this large roller or cylinder and
whilst being drawn over is operated on by one or more preferably small cylinders
or rollers suitably carried in a frame and heated, preferably, by steam supplied from
any convenient source. Where a number of small rollers or cylinders are used
some of them may be fluted or ribbed so as to grip the material and some may be
plain or smooth.
The small cylinders or rollers are preferably made to revolve on the top of the
large roller or cylinder, although they may be otherwise situated.

page_text: And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I have here-
unto appended three explanatory sheets of drawings whereon :—
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the machine.
Fig. 2 a front elevation, and
Fig. 3 a view of the opposite side of the machine from that at Fig. 1.
Referring to the drawings, whereon the same reference letters, wherever repeated
indicate the same parts.
The ironing machine consists of a frame L in which is supported a horizontal
shaft M carrying a large, preferably, wooden drum or cylinder K which is or may
be clothed or blanketed with felt or other like suitable material.
On the shaft M is a spur wheel E which gears with a worm N on the shaft I.
The shaft I which is carried in bearings 1, 12 is driven by means of a belt
pulley A. The shaft I has on it a bevel wheel O which gears with the bevel
wheel P on the shaft J. At the back end of the shaft J is a pulley B (see Fig. 2)
which drives, by means of the band or belt Q the smoothing rollers D, C, H, (see Fig. 3).
The belt Q passes first over the pulley D₁ fitted to the axle a of the roller D then
down round the guide pulley D2 carried on the frame L up again over the pulley C¹
on the axle of the roller C, down again round the guide pulley C² on the frame
and then up over the pulley H' on the axle of the roller H.
The rollers D, C, H, which are carried in bearings a, b, c, and have also
hollow axles or trunnions a, b, c. Through the trunnions and hollow rollers steam
or gas is passed by means of the pipes d, e, f y, are stuffing glands. The steam
from the rollers may if necessary be exhausted through the pipe connections d', e',
(the connection for the roller H is not shown on the drawings); or if preferred
steam may be supplied to both ends of the rollers and either retained therein or be
exhausted in any suitable manner.
Instead of supplying the steam through the connections d, e, f, it may be supplied
through the connections d', e',ƒ³.
The rollers D, C, may be fluted as shown at Fig. 2 and the roller H be plain or
all three cylinders may be fluted or be plain as desired.
The modus operandi of my machine is as follows:-
The material to be ironed is fed to the machine from the table F from whence it
is caught up by the grooved roller D and passed under it and the rollers C and H
to the receiving table G. As the large cylinder or drum K revolves continually
the work goes on without stop or drawback. The small heated rollers are, by
preference, made to revolve at a more rapid rate than the large cylinder.
If desired the machine may be duplicated in its action by having a number of
small heated rollers acting on top of the large one and a number acting on its
underside. In this case double boards, or shelves or their equivalent may be used
to support the cloth.
Two or more of the machines may be made to operate together.
Although I have shown the machine as adapted for being operated by power it
may be adapted for being operated by hand.
my
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
An ironing machine constructed substantially as hereinbefore described with
reference to the drawings annexed.
Dated this 12th der of February 1901
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.