Improvements in Combined Ironing and Airing Machines.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Sept., 1895
Complete Specification Laft 6th Luna 1506 Mannatad
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Date of Application, 7th Sept., 1895
Complete Specification Laft 6th
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Combined Ironing and Airing Machines.
We, WILLIAM GEORGE HANNA of 15 Charing Cross, and ROBERT WALKER HANNA,
of 551 Sauchiehall Street, both in the County of the City of Glasgow, Laundry
Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of our invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to and comprises improvements in the construction
or arrangement and combination of the parts of machines for ironing or imparting
a certain finish on one or both sides of materials such as are operated on in steam
or other laundries, factories, print or bleach works, and which, or a modification
thereof, may be used in the preparing or finishing of such goods as cuffs, collars,
fronts, and the like, as also for airing same or delivering them in a dry state.
In order to impart a finish to both sides of materials such as table cloths, napkins,
sheets, collars, cuffs, fronts and piece goods in factories, print, and bleachworks,
the goods are carried or fed into this improved combination ironing machine by
means of a travelling endless band of suitable material which operates in conjunction
with the machine and a spreading revolving roll, which may have spiral grooves,
spreading out from centre line to right and to left towards each side is carried in
bearings on machine frame in position over and in contact with this endless band.
This roll has the effect of stretching the material to full width and at same time
taking creases ont, allowing goods to be fed with greater ease, more accurately, and
with less danger to the operator than heretofore and can be driven in conjunction
with machine or independently as desired. By this arrangement, the goods are
automatically fed to the combined ironing and airing machine and the first motion
passes the goods to and between a felt packed roll carried in adjustable bearings
and a semi circular steam or gas heated chest, in the form of a saddle.
This semi-
circular heated chest is stationary and has a polished ironing surface and is placed
in position under the revolving roll which gives the necessary forward motion to
the material to be finished and carries it against the polished surface of the semi-
circular heated chest thus ironing one side. A stripping revolving roll, brush or
other equivalent arrangement is fixed at a certain position at back of the felt packed
roll for preventing starched or other goods from adhering to and passing round the
roll as is often the case in certain other machines, and this contrivance also assists
the revolving roll to carry or feed the goods on to a second revolving felt packed
roll placed under another semi circular heated chest which is stationary. By this
second packed roll the goods are carried against the polished face of second heated
semi-circular chest and are consequently ironed on the opposite side. The revolving
motion of this second roll carries the goods automatically in continuous motion to
a third felt packed roll which is in motion and is placed above a stationary semi-
circular heated chest having a polished surface against which the goods are carried
under pressure by the third revolving roll and thus receive an additional ironing
or polishing on the side previously ironed by the first roll and heated chest, this
attains the much desired object of having both sides ironed by being once passed
through machine, but having one side better ironed than the other.
The goods pass
from this automatically to a new and original arrangement for airing the goods after
being ironed, which consists of a steam or gas heated fluted cylindrical polished roll
having corrugations or half round grooves at a few inches apart longitudinally, but
these grooves may be in a circular or a spiral form if desired. The goods are now

page_text: carried automatically by the ordinary motion of the machine on to a travelling
endless band of any suitable material which in turn carries the goods between it
and the grooved cylindrical heated roll the object being to thoroughly air the goods
after ironing, the grooves in cylindrical heated roll admitting a continuous current
of hot air between the ironed articles and the heated grooved cylindrical roll and
thereby effecting an object never before attempted or attained of ironing and airing
goods at one operation.
The felt packed rolls, the grooved heated cylinder, and semi-circular chests, are all
supported on a suitable framing and certain of them are carried in sliding bearings
having elastic springs placed above and below; and such of the felt packed rolls,
semi-circular heated chests, and grooved heated cylinder as required to be raised, are
by any suitable mechanical contrivance which may be an arrangement of bevel wheels
or screws and worm wheels simultaneously lifted out of position or lowered, and the
pressure adjusted as required. The upper semi-circular chest is also arranged in such
a mechanical manner as to enable it to be raised and swung clear of the rolls and
replaced again as desired by a simple movement of a hand lever.
Dated this 6th day of September 1895.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.
Improvements in Combined Ironing and Airing Machines.
We, WILLIAM GEORGE HANNA, of 15 Charing Cross, and ROBERT WALKER HANNA,
of 551 Sauchiehall Street, both in the County of the City of Glasgow, Laundry
Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of our invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement in writing that is to say —
This invention has reference to and comprises improvements in the construction
or arrangement and combination of the parts of machines for ironing or imparting
a certain finish on one or both sides of materials such as are operated on in steam
or other laundries, factories, print or bleach works, and which or a modification
thereof, may be used in the preparing or finishing of such goods as cuffs, collars, fronts,
and the like, as also for airing same or delivering them in a dry state.
And in order that our said invention and the manner of performing or carrying
same into practice may be properly understood, we have hereunto appended an
explanatory sheet of drawings in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation and
Figure 2 a corresponding section, with part of the framing removed, of a machine
constructed and arranged in accordance with our improvements.
Referring to these drawings:
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In order to impart a finish to both sides of materials such as table cloths, napkins,
sheets, collars, cuffs, fronts, and piece goods in factories, print and bleach works, the
goods are carried or fed into this improved combination ironing machine by means
of a travelling endless band a of suitable material which operates in conjunction with
the machine and a spreading revolving roll a¹ driven by gearing which may have
spiral grooves, spreading out from centre line to right and to left towards each side, is
carried in hearings on machine frame in position over and in contact with this endless
band a.
This roll a' has the effect of stretching the material to full width and at same
time taking creases out allowing goods to be fed with greater ease, more accurately
and with less danger to the operator than heretofore, and can be driven in conjunction
with machine or independently as desired. By this arrangement the goods are
automatically fed to the combined ironing and airing machine and the first motion
passes the goods to and between a felt packed or blanket roll B carried in adjustable
bearings 6 and a semi-circular steam or gas heated chest A in the form of a saddle.

page_text: This semi-circular heated chest A is stationary and has a polished ironing surface and
is placed in position under the revolving roll, B which gives the necessary forward
motion to the material to be finished and carries it against the polished surface of
the semi-circular heated chest A thus ironing one side. A stripping revolving roll C
brush or other equivalent arrangement, it being shown as a plain roll in Figure 1
and as a brush in Figure 2, is fixed at a certain position at back of the felt packed
roll B for preventing starched or other goods from adhering to and passing round
the roll as is often the case in certain other machines, and this contrivance also
assists the revolving roll to carry or feed the goods on to a second revolving felt
packed or blanket roll B' placed under another semi-circular heated chest A' which
is stationary. By this second packed roll B' the goods are carried against the
polished face of second heated semi-circular chest A¹ and are consequently ironed
on the opposite side. The revolving motion of this second roll B' carries the goods
automatically in continuous motion to a third felt packed roll B 2 which is in motion
and is placed above a stationary semi-circular heated chest A 2 having a polished
surface against which the goods are carried under pressure by the third revolving
roll 12 and thus receive an additional ironing or polishing on the side previously
ironed by the first roll B and heated chest A and this attains the much desired
object of having both sides ironed by being once passed through machine, but
having one side better ironed than the other. As shown in Figure 1, guide or
stripping rolls C1 C2 may be interposed between the second and third rolls in an
analogous manner to that C between the first and second rolls.
The goods pass
from the third roll B2 automatically to a new and original arrangement for airing
the goods after being ironed, which consists of a steam or gas heated fluted
cylindrical polished roll D having corrugations or half round grooves at a few
inches apart longitudinally, but these grooves may be in a circular or a spiral form
if desired. The goods are now carried automatically by the ordinary motion of the
machine on to an endless travelling band d of any suitable material passing round
a series of driven and guide rollers and which in turn carries the goods between
it and the grooved cylindrical heated roll D the object being to thoroughly air the
goods after ironing, the grooves D1 in cylindrical heated roll D admitting a continuous
current of hot air between the ironed articles and the heated grooved cylindrical
roll D and thereby carry away all evaporation and effect an object never before
attempted or attained of ironing and airing the goods at one operation.
The felt packed or blanket rolls, the grooved heated cylinder, and semi-circular
chests, are all supported on a suitable framing and as shown some of them are carried
in sliding bearings b having elastic springs placed above and below while screws b 2
are used for adjusting the pressure on the ironing and airing rolls. Such of the felt
packed rolls, semi-circular heated chests, and grooved heated cylinders, as require to
be raised, are by any suitable mechanical contrivance which may be an arrangement
of bevel wheels or screws and worm wheels simultaneously lifted out of position or
lowered, and the pressure adjusted as required.
This is effected as shown in the drawings by having a line of horizontal shafting E
These
at each side of machine, with a series of bevel wheels E' mounted on same.
wheels El gear into corresponding wheels E3 mounted on vertical spindles E 2 which
have screw threaded upper ends E4 working into screwed bosses in the frames 63
carrying the bearings of the rolls or chests to be elevated. The first and third
rolls B and B 2 are thus raised and lowered, and the corresponding saddles A and A 2
are stationary; while the second saddle A' is moveable and the roll B' is mounted
in stationary bearings. The airing roll D is raised and lowered the same as the
first and third rolls B and B 2 the object being to elevate the heated surface until
such time as it is required. The chest A has spindles or trunnions formed in it
which pass through bearings 64 in the sliding frame 63, and hand levers care
mounted on the ends of these trunnions. These hand levers 'c are adjustably secured
in any desired position on the slotted links c' by thumb screws at c 2 so as to enable
the chest A to be raised and swivelled clear of the roll.
Instead of the saddle A and roll B' being placed intermediate between the rolls

page_text: and saddles A B and A 2 and B 2, they may be interchanged with the positions of
either of these. And the airing roll D may be either fluted or plain, and travel
at a greater speed than the travelling blanket or goods passing under the roll; or
the travelling blanket may be dispensed with and the roll revolve at a suitable speed
over an ironing table.
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
First. In an ironing and airing machine, the ironing of both surfaces of the object
passing through same by rolls and heated saddles at one operation substantially as
herein described in reference to and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Second. The method of effecting the combination of ironing and airing in the
same machine and at the one operation, substantially as herein described in reference
to and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Third. In a combined ironing and airing machine the method of automatically
airing the goods as they come from the ironing appliances, substantially as herein
described in reference to and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Fourth. In an ironing and airing machine the arrangement and use of plain rolls
brushes or equivalent organs, between the blanket rolls substantially as herein
described in reference to and shown in the accompanying drawings.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.