Improved Apparatus for Pressing Trousers and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 27th May, 1898
Complete Specification Left. 17th Jan.. 1899-Accepted, 25th Feb., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Pressing Trousers and the like.
I, HENRY COWLEY, of 19, York Street, Hackney Road, in the County of
London, Cabinet Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to apparatus for pressing the legs of trousers and the
like, the object being to keep them in shape, giving to them the appearance of
new articles.
For the purposes of my invention, I provide two slabs of wood or other
suitable material, of sufficient size to cover the article to be pressed,
forming the top and bottom respectively of the press. I also provide
two screw cramps
or
with long U shaped jaws
arms, arranged so
that the said slabs may be placed between them. The lowermost slab may be
bolted to the lower jaw of each cramp, the uppermost slab being left free or
loosely connected to the pair of screws. Bearing plates are preferably used for
distributing the pressure of screws, and it is obvious that I may employ one
cramp or any desired number instead of two only, as above mentioned.
The apparatus may be constructed to take several pairs of trousers or the
like, division boards of wood or thick card being inserted, if desired.

page_text: the slabs A A¹, together with the clothing, are placed before the cramps are
swung into position for use. 00¹ are the arms or brackets carrying the
cramps B B firmly secured thereto, and said arms 0 0₁ are pivotted upon the
top of the rear legs K K¹ so as to be capable of being swung out laterally.
This is shown more clearly by the broken part of Figure 2, P being a pin
attached to arm working in a vertical bearing or metallic sleeve Q, situated
within the top of the leg K.
The height of the pieces N N relative to the cramps 13 B₁ may be so adjusted,
that when the arms carrying the cramps are swung into working position, the
lower jaws lift up the slabs slightly, just sufficient to take the weight or pressure
thereof. To facilitate this result, I may bevel the under part of the rear edge
of slab A¹ as at a, and the bend of the jaw also being rounded off as at h (partly
for the sake of strength), the two will act against one another with the desired
result.
It will be easily seen that by the foregoing arrangement, the trousers or the
like can be very easily adjusted between the slabs, the cramps being swung out
of the way.
When several pairs of trousers or the like are to be pressed together, it is
advisable to separate them by sheets of stout cardboard or other like material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. The apparatus for pressing trousers and the like as hereinbefore described
with reference to Figure 1.
2. The apparatus for pressing trousers and the like as herein before described
with reference to Figure 2.
3. Apparatus for pressing trousers and the like, in which is combined a pair
of slabs, U-shaped cramps, and presser screws, in the manner hereinbefore
described.
4. Apparatus for pressing trousers and the like, in which is combined a pair
of slabs, U-shaped cramps, presser screws, and bearing plates, both the lower
jaws of each cramp and the bearing plates being hollowed so as to permit of the
slabs bending under the pressure, for the purpose and in the manner herein-
before specified and described.
5. Apparatus for pressing trousers and the like, in which is combined a pair of
slabs, and U-shaped cramps, the latter being mounted upon movable arms or
brackets whereby they are enabled to be swung on one side when not in use
for the purpose and in the manner herein before specified and described with
reference to Figure 2.