IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR IRONING
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Hook Davey, of 2, Henry Villas, Holmesdale
Road, Highgate, Middlesex, and Henry Fabian, 9, Bexley Road, Erith, Kent,
for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR IRONING.”
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Hook Davey and
Henry Fabian at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th May
1881.
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WILLIAM HOOK DAVEY, of 2, Henry Villas, Holmesdale Road, Highgate,
IMPROVEMENTS
Middlesex, and HENRY FABIAN, 9, Bexley Road, Erith, Kent.
IN APPARATUS FOR IRONING."
To a revolving cylinder, either made of wood or any suitable material having a
covering of soft fabric, we apply the material to be ironed. On this cylinder we
cause an iron, hollowed to suit the cylinder and heated by steam or gas, to move
forwards and backwards in the direction of the length of the cylinder. In order to
bring up the beads or cords of collars or cuffs, we form a suitable groove or
grooves on the surface of the glossing iron to suit the beads or cords of various
shaped collars or cuffs. The iron and the cylinder each receive their motion through
suitable gearing, and may either be actuated simultaneously or separately, and we
reserve to ourselves the option of using the most suitable gearing to achieve such
purpose. To the iron we apply pressure when so desired, either by a foot treadle
or other means, and in some cases we make our irons reversible. When so desired,
we also heat the revolving cylinder as well as the iron.
We drive the machine either by hand or by power, and have an arrangement by
which we can vary the stroke of the iron as well as its position on the cylinder, also
the relative speeds of the iron and cylinder.
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As a safeguard against the scorching of the ironing fabric on the cylinder when
not at work, the iron is arranged to automatically lift off the cylinder.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Hook Davey and Henry Fabian in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 18th November 1881.
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WILLIAM HOOK DAVEY, of 2, Henry Villas, Holmosdale Road, Highgate,
Middlesex, and HENRY FABIAN, of 9, Bexley Road, Erith, Kent. IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS FOR IRONING."
To a revolving cylinder, either made of wood or any suitable material having a
covering of soft fabric, we apply the material to be ironed. On this cylinder we
cause an iron, hollowed on the underside to suit the cylinder and heated by steam,
gas, or charcoal, or otherwise, to move forwards and backwards in the direction of
the length of the cylinder. When so desired, we also heat the revolving cylinder
as well as the iron. The iron and the cylinder each receive their motion through
suitable gearing, and may either be actuated simultaneously or separately. To the
iron we apply pressure when so desired either by a foot trendle or other means,
and in order to bring up the beads or cords of collars or cuffs, we form a suitable
groove or suitable grooves on the under surface of the glossing iron to suit the
beads or cords of various shaped collars or cuffs. We drive the machine either by
hand or by power, and we have an arrangement by which we can vary the stroke
of the iron as well as its position on the cylinder. As a safeguard against the
scorching of the ironing fabric on the cylinder when the iron is resting, the iron is
arranged to lift off the cylinder, in which case a frame is provided as a temporary
unport for the iron
WILLIAM HOOK DAVEY. (L.S.)
HENRY FABIAN.
(L.S.)