IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR IRONING AND DRESSING WOOLLEN AND OTHER TISSUES
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to François Paul Henri Cahuzac, of No. 18, Rue de
l'Echiquier, Paris, Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR IRONING AND DRESSING WOOLLEN AND OTHER TISSUES."-A
communication from André. Lyon, residing at Alger, No. 32, Rue
Napoléon, in the Empire of France.
Sealed the 6th July, 1865, and dated the 18th January 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said François Paul Henri
Cabuzac at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 18th January 1865.
I, FRANÇOIS PAUL HENRI CAHUZAC, of No. 18, Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR IRONING AND DRESSING WOOLLEN AND OTHER TISSUES,"
a communication from Audré Lyon, a person resident at Alger, No. 32, Rue
Napoléon, in the Empire of France, to be as follows:-
My improved apparatus consist of three distinct tables of different dimen-
sions according to the nature and requirements of the articles to be operated
on; these tables, which are hollow, are made each of two sheets of metal,
the bottoms being flat and the tops slightly convex.
When the articles to be pressed and ironed are large and of stout material,
the table I make use of is similar in all respects to those just mentioned, with the
exception that thetop is perforated with a number of small holesto allow of free
passage to the steam or hot air with which the table is heated by means of pipes
arranged in a suitable manner for that purpose; all the tables are heated in
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page_text: the same manner and by the same means, and all alike are covered with
cloth or canvas, or other material, the texture being sufficiently fine to allow of
the steam (in the instance of the last-mentioned table) penetrating to the
article placed on the table, which, after being allowed to remain a few seconds
on brushing it all creases and folds disappear; it may then be stretched and
ironed or pressed.
For felt hats or bonnets, and other similar articles, 1 make use of a mould
of any desired form on which the article is placed; steam is supplied to it in
the same manner as to the tables, and the metal of which it is formed is also
perforated with holes,and the whole covered with cloth or canvas. The steam
being supplied from a boiler placed above the table, it can readily be fixed to
the wall and supported by one or more legs or brackets.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said François Paul Henri Cahuzac in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 17th July 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, 1, FRANÇOIS
PAUL HENRI CAHUZAC, of No. 18, Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris, Merchant,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Pateut, bearing date the Eighteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-ninth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said François Paul Henri Cahuzac, Her special licence that I, the said
Franquis Paul Heuri Cahuzac, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said François Paul Henri Cahuzac, my executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from
time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, aud vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of
Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR IRONING AND
DRESSING WOOLLEN AND OTHER TISSUES," a communication from André Lyon,
a person resident at Alger, No. 32, Rue Napoleon, in the Empire of
France, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said François Paul
Henri Cahuzac, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what

page_text: manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said François Paul Henri Cahuzac, do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement and accompanying Drawings, that is to say :-
My improved apparatus consists of three ironing tables of dimensions
varying according to the nature and requirements of the articles to be
operated on; they are hollow, and made of two sheets of metal, the bottoms
being flat and the tops in the case of two slightly convex; all are covered
with cloth or canvas, and heated in the manner herein-after described.
When the articles to be pressed and ironed are large and of stout material
I make use of a table having its top perforated with small holes to admit of
free passage to steam or hot air, the cloth or canvas with which it is covered
being of a sufficiently fine texture to allow its penetrating to the article placed
on the table, and thus damp it after allowing it to remain a few minutes;
on brushing all creases and folds disappear; it can then be stretched and
ironed or pressed.
For felt hats or bounets and other similar articles I make use of moulds
of any desired form, and made of two pieces of metal, the outer one being
perforated with holes and covered with cloth or canvas.
The above descriptiou will readily be understood, reference being made to
the accompanying Drawings.
Fig. 1 is a plan, and Fig. 2 a section following the line 1, 2, of a table
divided into two compartments a and b by the division c (but it may also be
made without). Steam is introduced to the compartment a by the pipe d, or
to the compartment b by the pipe e, or both can be supplied at the same time;
each pipe is furnished with a cock, so that steam or hot air, as the case may
be, can be turned on or off as desired. The condensed steam generated in
the compartments a and b escapes through the respective pipes h and h¹, and
is carried off by the discharge pipe h².
The top of the table f, Figs. 1 and 2, is couvex and perforated with small
holes for the passage of steam or hot air; it is covered with cloth or canvas g.
This table is used for ironing and dressing coats, cloaks, and similar articles,
but for velvets or high-napped stuffs it is admirably suited, as it does not
necessitate their being ironed.
The tables shewn, Figs. 3 and 4, are also of metal, and heated in the same
manner as Fig. 1, but they are not perforated as that is, and are used prin-

page_text: cipally for finishing things which have previously been prepared on that
table; these tables vary in form to suit the different articles to be operated
on, the former being for large things and the latter for straight things, such as
trousers, sleeves, and such like articles; the condensed steam is carried off
through the pipe B.
Fig. 5 shews one of the tables connected to a stove or copper K, having a
receiver or generator from which steam is conducted to the interior of the
table; C is the manometer; D is where the safety valve is placed; and E is
the discharge pipe.
Fig. 6 shews a plan and an elevation of a mould for preparing felt hats
(steam is introduced in the same manner as to the tables); it is formed of
two hollow pieces of metal m and n, the steam being supplied by the pipe »;
the two pieces fit closely one on the other, and turn on a pivot on the
support v. The mould is pierced with holes and covered with cloth or
canvas o. The dimensions and forms of the moulds would, of course, vary to
suit the articles to be operated on; and one of the great advantages of this
system is, that the hat or bonnet need not be removed till the operation is
completed, which is the reverse with the old system, as every time the mould
cools it has to be reheated, and consequently necessitates the removal of the
hat each time.
I must here remark that the steam being supplied to the tables from above
permits of their being fixed to a walli; they may be supported by one or
more legs or backets j¹, see Fig. 2.
Having thus described my Invention, what I claim and desire to secure by
Letters Patent is, the employment of hollow metal tubes and moulds for
ironingand dressing woollen and other tissues, substantiallyas herein described
and shewn by the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Francois Paul Henri Cahuzac, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of June, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
Witness,
J. CLAES,
18, Rue de l'Echiquier.
F. P. H. CAHUZAC. (L.S.)