An Improvement in Machines for Ironing Shirt Fronts and Cuffs.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Machines for Ironing Shirt Fronts and Cuffs.
I, KATHERINE ANNIE CARTER-COCKBURN, Manageress of Aberdeen Steam
Laundry, Claremont Street, in the Town and County of Aberdeen, North Britain,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In machines for ironing shirt fronts as presently in use the whole front has to
be ironed at the same time, thereby causing it to be marked or creased by the
overlapping edge of the one side of the front being pressed on the other. The
object therefore of my invention is to obviate this, and this I accomplish by
making the table in two parts, a larger and a smaller, and so arranged that
the one part can be lowered or dropped at will by means of a spring whereby the
two sides can be ironed independently of the other, and when the two parts of the
table are required to be on the same level this is effected by the operator pressing
a pedal or lever.
In order that the table may be always dry and in readiness for continuous
ironing, I have the table jacketted and heated by steam.
Dated this 15th day of March 1897.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Patent Agents.
An Improvement in Machines for Ironing Shirt Fronts and Cuffs.
I, KATHERINE ANNIE CARTER-COCKBURN, late Manageress of Aberdeen Steam
Laundry, Claremont Street, but now Manageress of The Belmont Steam Laundry,
Chestnut Row, in the Town and County of Aberdeen, North Britain, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
In machines for ironing shirt fronts as presently in use the whole front has to
be ironed at the same time, thereby causing it to be marked or creased by the over-
lapping edge of the one side of the front being pressed on the other. The object
therefore of my invention is to obviate this.
In order that my invention may be properly understood and readily carried into
effect, I have hereunto appended two explanatory sheets of drawings, which I
will now proceed to describe.
Figure 1 is a front elevation, and
Figure 2 is an end view of the machine shewing my improvements.
In carrying out my invention. I make the table in two parts K and L which are

page_text: so arranged that one part K can be raised independently of the other, and is
accomplished by the operator pressing a pedal or lever N, thereby causing a
second lever O to rise, and this being connected with the projection P of the
table K raises it, thus allowing the two sides of the shirt to be ironed by them-
selves or separately. When the treadle is released the spring M allows the
table to be lowered to its normal position.
When the two parts K and L of the table are required to be on the same level
this is likewise effected by the operator pressing the pedals or levers N which
raises both parts simultaneously, as seen more particularly in Figure 1.
In order that the table may be always dry and in readiness for continuous
ironing, I have it jacketted and heated by steam."
The ironing roller A, which is heated by gas receives its motion by means of
spur gearing B which receives motion from a belt pulley C mounted on a shaft 1)
co-axial with the spur pinion E. The spur wheel shaft is mounted with a
crank G and by means of a connecting rod H, the backward and forward motion
necessary for the ironing roller is obtained. The ironing roller A has guide
pieces I which work in suitable guides J'mounted on either side of the machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
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The improvements in shirt bosom and cuff ironing machines, substantially as
described and illustrated on the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 18th day of December 1897.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Patent Agents.