IM- PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR PRESSING AND IRONING THE SEAMS AND
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Milbourne, the younger, of Bethnal Green,
in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR PRESSING AND IRONING THE SEAMS AND

page_text: The iron can be detached from the swing arm and be used by hand in 35.
the ordinary way.

page_text: My improved machine is operated as follows:-The article to be
ironed or pressed is placed upon that portion of the drum which slightly
projects through the table top, and the heated iron is adjusted to give
the requisite pressure thereupon; on working the treadle the drum
rotates and carries the said article with it or along the table, and the
article is thereby pressed or ironed.
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In certain cases, such as the seams of thick cloth, soap is used to
stiffen the part to be pressed; for this purpose I fix a small arm in
front of the iron, which arm carries a piece of soap or a sponge charged
with saponaceous matter, which acts upon the seam as desired.
The iron can be used either stationary or moving, which moving is
effected by connecting the said swing arm by a rod to another' arm
which is actuated by a crank or cam on the said crank shaft, which
operation moves the iron backwards and forwards as in the ordinary
process of ironing. When the ironing or pressing process is completed'
the said cam is carried back to its normal position by the operator, when'
the pressure is withdrawn from the iron by a spiral spring fitted to the'
said framing; this spiral spring is made stronger or weaker by means of
a screw closing or opening such spring.
SPECIFICATION. in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent;
filed by the said James Milbourne in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 27th January 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
MILBOURNE, the younger, of Bethnal Green, in the County of Middlesex;
Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said James Milbourne, the younger,
Her-special licence that I, the said James Milbourne, the younger,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
James Milbourne, the younger, my executors, administrators, "and"
assigns, should at any time agree with; and no others, from time to
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page_text: At the back part of the table a I
another cylinder g' is fitted, which
Upon the sliding
which cylinder g³
toothed pinion fitted on the drum axle e; on this axle e is mounted the
hollow drumf, the periphery of which is covered with woollen cloth or
other suitable material. The said drum fis so fitted and arranged that
the upper portion of its periphery is flush with or slightly above the top
surface of the table a, see Figure 1.
fix the hollow cylinder 9, in which
cylinder g¹ is raised or lowered as required by the screw A, or by a cam,
and is tightened or held in place by the screw 9.
cylinder g¹ I fit the horizontal hollow cylinder 9, in
the straight end of the swing arm slides; to the other end of the
arm & the hollow iron or goose i is jointed or pivotted. This arrange-
ment admits of the iron being turned about in the process of ironing or
pressing, and also of the arm h being lengthened or shortened as desired,
so as to place the iron above the drum for beyond it, so as to iron or
press articles upon the table a. The iron is lowered, and pressure
applied to it by means of a cam on the lower end of the bent lever j, or
by two friction rollers and a wedge forced between them operated from
the handle of the said iron; the said cam. is operated by turning the
lever downwards. An additional pressure can be imparted to the iron ¿
by the operator, who is supposed to have its handle constantly in
hand, so that he can reculate the pressure and direction of the iron i

page_text: The machine and the iron i may be made to any size or form to suit
the different uses to which they may be applied.
The iron can be detached from the arm 7, and be used by hand in
the ordinary way.
My improved machine or apparatus is operated as follows:-Tho
article to be ironed or pressed is placed upon the upper part of the
drum f, and under the iron i; the heated iron i is then adjusted to suit
the requisite pressure upon the said article by raising or lowering the
sliding cylinder g', and with it the arm 7, by turning the wheel land
screw, and then turning down the lever j. On working the treadle
arrangement & the drum frotates and carries the said article with it or
along the table top a, and the iron being operated by the same move-
ment the article is thereby pressed or ironed.
In certain cases, such as the seams of thick cloth, soap is used to
stiffen the part to be pressed; for this purpose I fix a small arm in front
of the iron i, or in any other convenient place, which arm carries a piece
of soap or a sponge charged with saponaceous matter, which acts upon
the seam or article as desired. When the ironing or pressing process is.
completed the said cam is carried back to its normal position by raising
its lever to the position slicwn in the Drawing; when the pressure
caused thereby is thus withdrawn from the iron the said iron is raised
by the spiral spring m fitted to a projection of the framing; this spiral
spring is made stronger or weaker by means of a screw inside it closing.
or opening such spring.
The iron i can be applied either stationary or moving; this moving is
effected by connecting the said arm / by a rod n to another arm n', which
-is-actuated by the crank or cam on the said crank shaft c; this operation
moves the iron backwards and forwards as in the ordinary, process of
ironing.
Having thus fully described and ascertained the nature of my said.
Invention, and the method of performing the same, I wish. it-to bo
understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details or dimen- .
sions of the several parts now illustrated, as they admit of considerable"
variation; but I claim as my Invention, and desire to secure by the
herein-before in part recited Letters Patent, the machinery or appa-
ratus for pressing and ironing the scams and joints of woollen

page_text: garments and other articles, substantially as herein described and shown
in the Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Milbourne, the younger,
have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of
January, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and seventy-six.