Improvements in Ironing Machines.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 12th May, 1891 -
Complete Specification Left, 12th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 19th Mar., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ironing Machines.
We, WILLIAM GLOVER and WILLIAM HENRY HOBSON, of St. James' Road,
Old Kent Road, in the County of London, Engineers and Millwrights, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to ironing machines of that class in which a table upon
which the ironing is effected is arranged to reciprocate between an upper fixed
roller and a lower adjustable drum, motion being imparted to the said table by the
drum.
The means hitherto employed for adjusting the pressure between the table and
the rollers comprise a screw hand wheel which have to be rotated in order to raise
or lower the frame upon which the said drum is supported and this hand wheel is
arranged in such a position that it cannot be controlled by the operator of the
machine whilst the machine is in work.
The object of our invention is to provide means whereby the pressure between
the ironing table and the rollers can be adjusted at will during the ironing operation
and to this end we preferably arrange in conjunction with the free end of the
pivotted frame carrying the said drum, a lever extending to the front of the
machine into a position in which it can be easily grasped by the operative and so
arranged that the movement of the lever will impart the necessary movement to
the frame. A spring catch upon the lever engages with a notched plate or segment
upon the framework of the machine for retaining the lever in any position in which
may be placed.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ironing Machines.
We, WILLIAM GLOVER and WILLIAM HENRY HOBSON; of St. James' Road,
Old Kent Road, in the County of London, Engineers and Millwrights, 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 :-
Our invention relates to ironing machines of that class in which a table upon
which the ironing is effected is arranged to reciprocate between an upper or fixed
roller or drum and a lower or adjustable drum, motion being imparted to the said
table by the lower drum.
The means hitherto employed for adjusting the pressure between the table and
the rollers comprise a screw hand wheel which have to be rotated in order to raise
or lower the frame upon which the said lower drum is supported and this hand
wheel is arranged in such a position that it cannot be controlled by the operator
of the machine whilst the machine is in work.
The object of our invention is to provide means whereby the pressure between
the ironing table and the rollers can be adjusted at will during the ironing operation
and to this end we preferably arrange in conjunction with the free end of the
pivotted frame carrying the said drum, a lever extending to the front of the machine
into a position in which it can be easily grasped by the operative and so arranged
that the movement of the lever will impart the necessary movement to the frame.
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page_text: The lever engages with a notched plate or segment upon the framework of the
machine for retaining the lever in any position in which may be placed.
To enable our invention to be fully understood we will describe how it can be
carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawing in which :--
Figure 1 is a side elevation, and
Figure 2 is a plan of so much of an ironing machine of the class referred to, as
is necessary to explain our invention.
Similar letters in both the figures indicate similar parts.
a is the frame of the machine, & the upper fixed roller or drum and c the lower
or adjustable drum which imparts motion to the table (not shewn in the drawing)
upon which the ironing is effected; d is the frame upon which the drum c is
supported the said frame being pivotted on the bar e to the machine-frame a. All
the said parts are of ordinary construction.
is the lever which we arrange in conjunction with the free end g of the pivotted
framed the said lever being fixed to one end of a bar adapted to turn in the
machine-frame a. On the middle of the bar is a cam or projection which acts
on the middle part of the free end g of the frame d so that the operative standing
in working position in front of the machine can raise and lower the frame by simply
lifting or lowering the lever without stopping the machine.
jis the notched plate or segment on the framework of the machine in which the
lever engages to retain it in any position in which it may be placed.
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. An ironing machine of the class herein referred to having a lever adapted to
act on the free end of the pivotted frame which carries the lower drum and
extending to the front of the machine, substantially as and for the purpose herein-
before described.
2. The improved ironing machine herein before described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.