An Improved Appliance for Pressing Trousers.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left, .20th Nov., 1890-Accepted, 17th Jan., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance for Pressing Trousers.
We, ALFRED COOPER, Tailor, of 18, Aston Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, and HENRY HILLMAN, Tailor, of 62, Allesley Street, also of Birmingham,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide an improved appliance for pressing trousers
to remove creases and the like.
Our improved appliance consists of a roller of suitable diameter, tapering from the
centre to the ends, and of a straight roller preferably of smaller diameter than the
tapering roller. Round each end of each roller a groove is cut. The rollers are laid
side by side and held together by strong india-rubber bands passing round the grooves
and crossed once between the rollers. The leg of the trousers is damped and passed
once round the tapering roller. The straight roller is then laid under the leg of the
trousers, and the indiarubber bands are placed round the grooves as described. The
trousers leg is then rolled tightly round the tapering roller up to the thigh.
The straight roller acts as a fastening and holds the rolled leg tightly.
It is preferable to roll one leg of the trousers at a time.
The tapering roller may be divided longitudinally, and held together by nuts and
bolts at each end, and the bottom of the leg of the trousers is placed between the two
halves of the tapering roller. The nuts and bolts are tightened and the trousers
rolled as before described.
Dated this 22nd day of October 1890
ALFRED COOPER.
HENRY HILLMAN.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance for Pressing Trousers.
We, ALFRED COOPER, Tailor, of 18, Aston Street, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, and HENRY HILLMAN, Tailor, of 62, Allesley Street, also of Birmingham,
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:-
The object of this invention is to provide an improved appliance for pressing trousers
to remove creases and the like.
Our improved appliance consists of a roller of suitable diameter, tapering from the
centre to the ends, and of a straight roller preferably of smaller diameter than the
rapering roller. Round each end of each roller a groove is cut. The rollers are laid
side by side and held together by strong india-rubber bands passing round the grooves
and crossed once between the rollers. The leg of the trousers is damped and passed
once round the tapering roller. The straight roller is then laid under the leg of the
rousers, and the india-rubber bands are placed round the grooves as described. The
rousers leg is then rolled tightly round the tapering roller up to the thigh.
The straight roller acts as a fastening and holds the rolled leg tightly.
It is preferable to roll one leg of the trousers at a time.
The tapering roller may be divided longitudinally, and held together by nuts and
bolts at each end, and the bottom of the leg of the trousers is placed between the two
halves of the tapering roller. The nuts and bolts are tightened and the trousers rolled
as before described.
The accompanying drawings illustrate our invention. Fig. I is a plan of our
improved annlionaa
U on and view of the same

page_text: Our improved appliance consists of a roller a tapering slightly to each end, and a
straight roller b of smaller diameter than the roller a. Round each end of each roller
a groove is cut, through which the india-rubber bands c and d are passed after being
crossed once between the rollers.
The leg of the trousers is damped and passed once round the roller a, the roller b
is placed under the leg of the trousers, the india-rubber bands c and d are passed
round the rollers as before described, and the leg of the trousers is rolled up to the
thigh. The roller b acts as a fastening and holds the roll tightly.
Figs. III and IV shew respectively the plan and end view of a modified form of
our improved appliance.
The roller a is cut longitudinally and held together by nuts and bolts e and f. The
bottom of the leg of the trousers is placed between the two halves of the roller a,
and the nuts and bolts e and f, are tightened. The trousers are rolled as before
described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The appliance consisting of two rollers held together by elastic bands for the
purposes set forth as described and illustrated in Figs I and II.
2. The appliance consisting of two rollers, one of which is divided longitudinally
for the purposes set forth as described and illustrated in Figs. III and IV.
Dated this 19th day of November 1890.
ALFRED COOPER.
HENRY HILLMAN.