A Guard for Ironing Machines.
Year: 1899

page_text: A Guard for Ironing Machines.
WILLIAM EXCELL BAKER, of 27, Chancery Lane, London, Laundry Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be us follows:-
This invention relates to ironing muchines for ironing collars cuffs shirts
and such like articles in which a heated cylinder or roller rotates and reverses
on a bed or table such bed travelling to & fro as the cylinder reverses the direc-
tion of its rotation and has for its object the prevention of accidents to the
operators hands by their being caught by the cylinder. For this purpose I
attach a guard constructed of metal or other suitable material in such a manner
that when the bed and articles are being passed under the cylinder and away
from the operator the guard will be in a position so near the bed as to prevent
the operators hands from passing under, but when the cylinder reverses the
direction of its rotation and the articles are returning on the bed towards the
operator the guard is automatically raised to allow the articles an unobstructed
return. Such guard may be in the form of a cover to the cylinder and on
being raised on one side of the cylinder may if desired be arranged to lower to
operate on the other side of such evlinder. The guard may be attached to the
cylinder by means of springs, or a spring may be attached to operate between
the guard and cylinder so as to cause the revolution of such cylinder in either
direction to carry over or lift such guard untill it has contact with a stop pro-
vided for that purpose, or any other suitable mechanism or arrangement may be
employed for attaching & raising & lowering the guard.
Dated this 0th day of Vovember 1800
WILLIAM EXCELL BAKER, 27, Chancery Lane, London, Laundry Engineer,
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:-
This invention relates to ironing machines for ironing collars, cuffs, shirts
and such like articles in which a heated cylinder or roller rotates and reverses
on a bed or table, such bed travelling to & fro as the cylinder reverses the direc.
tion of its rotation, and has for its object the prevention of accidents to the
operator's hands by their being caught by the cylinder. For this purpose I
attach a guard constructed of metal or other suitable material in such a manner
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page_text: near
the
bed
as to prevent
the
cylinder
that when the bed and articles are being passed under the cylinder and away
from the operator the guard will be in a position so
the operators hands from passing under but when
reverses the
direction of its rotation and the articles are returning on the bed towards the
operator the guard is automatically raised to allow the articles an unobstructed
return. Such guard may be in the form of a cover to the cylinder and on
being raised on one side of the cylinder may, if desired, be arranged to
operate on the other side of such cylinder. The guard may be attached to the
cylinder by means of springs or a spring may be attached to operate between
the guard and cylinder so as to cause the revolution of such cylinder in either
direction to carry over or lift such guard untill it has contact with a stop pro-
vided for that purpose, or any other suitable mechanism or arrangement may be
employed for attaching and raising and lowering the guard. In order that my
invention may be more fully understood 1 will describe the same by the aid of
the of the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Fig. 1 shows a section of the apparatus, A being the cylinder, B the travelling
reciprocating bed or table, shows the guard in position to protect the
operators hands when the bed or table and articles are passing under the
cylinder from its side. (1 shows the guard raised or out of position on its side
When the direction of
of the cylinder to allow the articles a free pussage out.
the travel is reversed and the bed returns with the articles to the side of the
guard (such guard will be raised (after the manner before described and
shown for C 1) to allow the articles a free return passage out on its side and the
guard (1 will be lowered to guard its side. D) shows a shield or cover which
may be perforated or made of wire work to allow the steam to escape and which
may be attached to operate with the guards and C1.
Fig. 2 shows an end view of one method of operating the guard which con-
sists in using a spring E clipped on each end of the cylinder such spring's
having projections F attached to them for the purpose of carrying the guards C
and ('1, Fig. 1. The pressure of the springs E on the cylinder will cause such
springs to travel with the cylinder carrying the guards with them untill contact
is made with suitable stops (provided to determine the position of such guards)
when the cylinder will run in the springs. When the cylinder reverses, the
springs and guards will travel back again with the cylinder untill contact is
again made with a stop. Any other suitable method may be employed for
operating the guards, which may be automatically raised and lowered by con-
nection with other working parts of the machine and which may if desired be
caused to rise vertically or at an angle from the table instead of working around
or upon the same axis as the cylinder.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st. In ironing machines of the kind described the use of guards to be lowered
near to and raised from the table or bed substantially as and for the purpose
described.
2. In ironing machines of the kind described the use of guards caused to be
automatically raised and lowered by connection with the cylinder or other
operating part of the machine substantially as described.
3. Guards for ironing machines substantially as described and illustrated
in the drawings.
Dated this 7th day of August 1900.
LVALT