An Improved Presser and Stretcher for Trousers.
Year: 1895

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Date of Application, 4th July, 1895
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Presser and Stretcher for Trousers.
ROBERT BROWN COLLEY 25 King Street Jersey Tailor and Outfitter do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Trousers adjuster and presser consists of a screwboard a few inches shorter than
the trousers and 12 to 18 inches wide, the trousers placed on the board forming a
pleat from centre of bottom over instep to centre opposite heel, a clamp two &
half inches wide placed across the trousers bottom held down by three thumb
screws or other fastners to the screwboard, a yard measure is stamped on the
edge of the board, the trousers pulled to length on measure, and another clamp at
the right end of the screwboard fastning them down, the trousers held in this
position is easily adjusted and shaped to the cut of the legs and bottoms, top
press board fits between the two clamps held down by four thumb screws two on
each side, weights added on press board if required, a hot water plate presser
replaces the press board for hot pressing made of zink or other metal, removing all
creases and drying and pressing the trousers, when two or more trousers require
pressing a press paper is placed over each pair thus allowing each pair to be
properly adjusted to length and shape.
Dated this Third day of July 1895
ROBERT BROWN COLLEY,
25 King Street, Jersey, Tailor and Outfitter.
An Improved Presser and Stretcher for Trousers.
I, ROBERT BROWN COLLEY of 25, King Street, St. Heliers, Jersey, Channel
Islands, Tailor and Outfitter 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 :-
My invention relates to a portable press for trousers so constructed that any
distortion of the garment, bagginess at the knees, creasing, etc. caused by wear or
otherwise may be corrected and the trousers adjusted and pressed to their proper
shape, the press possessing the further advantages of compactness, durability, and
capability of holding several articles at the same time while there is an entire
absence of small loose parts liable to be mislaid.
The press consists of a pair of presser boards provided with metal cross bars
which serve as battens and enable pressure to be applied by means of wing nuts
screwing on coupling screws which are hinged to the projecting ends of one set of
cross-bars and engage with slots in the ends of the other set of cross bars on which
the nuts bear.
The boards are made of wood for the sake of lightness and cheapness and the
contour of each approximates to that of the trousers when the latter are folded.
lengthwise in the centre line of the leg portion and the latter laid one on top of the
other. The lower or base board is a single piece but the upper board is made in
three separate portions, viz. :-
-two short clamping portions serving to hold the
garment stretched and a long intermediate presser portion, the latter being
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page_text: provided with two or more cross bars or battens, the short end portions which
together make the upper board of equal length with the lower having but one cross
bar each.
In placing the goods in the press and removing them therefrom the three
portions of the upper board can be wholly detached without removing the nuts thus
obviating the risk of the loss of any portion of the apparatus.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a
plan of the press and Figure 2 a cross section thereof drawn to a larger scale.
A B are the upper and lower presser boards respectively, the upper board A
being in three separate portions a¹ a² a³ as shewn; c c¹ are the metal cross bars or
battens secured to the external surfaces of the boards and having ends c which
project beyond the boards at opposite sides a sufficient distance to receive the
clamping screws and nuts. The screws d are hinged to the lower cross-bar c¹ at n
and when in the locked position they are received in slots e in the upper cross-bars.
The wing nuts f as will be seen screw on the ends of the screws d and bear upon
the upper cross-bars and enable sufficient pressure to be applied to the garments
placed between the boards A B.
The boards are of a less length than the trousers but are slightly broader and
the upper or waist portion of the trousers carrying the brace buttons hangs loosely
over and is not placed between the boards, that portion of the garment not requiring
to be submitted to pressure.
The press is adapted to receive several pairs of trousers at the same time, its
capacity being determined by the length of the coupling screws.
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The extreme ends of the screws may be "burred over or provided with a stop
for preventing the nuts from being wholly detached from the screws.
In using the press the trousers having been carefully folded longitudinally along
the centre line of the legs and the latter superposed, the garment is laid on the
base board B. The end portion a² of the upper board is then placed across the
bottom of the trousers and tightly clamped in position. The trousers are now
drawn on so as to be stretched lengthwise and are secured at their upper end by
clamping the corresponding portion as of the upper board in its place. When thus
stretched upon the lower board B the trousers can readily be smoothed and adjusted
to their proper shape whereupon the middle portion a' of the upper board may be
fixed in place and all the screws tightened up.
Figure 3 shews a hot-water pan which may be used with advantage in place of
the intermediate portion a' of the upper board A when time will not permit of the
garment being left in the press so long as is necessary to allow of the required
result being attained in the ordinary way. This pan which is preferably formed
of sheet metal and is of the same size and shape as the middle portion a¹ of the
upper board A is adapted to be filled with boiling water through a suitable
aperture provided with a closing plug and when thus filled would be merely laid
upon the trousers after the latter have been stretched and clamped upon the base
board B as already described and would by its cwn weight and heat effect the
pressing of the garment in a few minutes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
A combined presser and stretcher for trousers and other articles consisting in the
combination of a base board, two short clamping boards or portions to hold the
garment stretched, a long intermediate presser portion, and means of connecting
the clamping and pressing portions to the base board consisting of pivoted screw-
bolts, notched lugs, and wing-nuts, substantially as specified.
This 7th of A: 1006
A. M. & WM. CLARK,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.