Improvements in the Bearings of Ironing Machines.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Nov., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 8th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 11th Nov., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Bearings of Ironing Machines.
THOMAS CUDLIPP, 8, Church Street, Edgware Road, London, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Ironing macliines more particularly those used for collars, cuffs, shirts and
similar work; have the rollers and shafts working upon fixed bearings.
This places a great strain upon the machine, causing it to be very hard to
work, especially when the rollers get hot and swell; or the oil and grease get
corroded.
To reduce this great strain I fix rollers in the bearings in such a manner that
the spindle or shaft works on the rollers instead of on the bearings.
These bearings have plates at each side to prevent the rollers from working out
sideways.
A groove in the centre of each roller permits a slotted plate to be let in, which
keeps each of them separate, but allows them to work freely.
1000
THOS. CUDLIPP.
THOMAS CUDLIPP, 8, Church Street, Edgware Road, London, 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:
Ironing machines more particularly those used for collars, cuffs, shirts and
similar work; have the rollers and shafts working upon fixed bearings. This
places a great strain upon the machine, causing it to be very hard to work,
especially when the rollers get hot and swell or the oil and grease get corroded.
To reduce this great strain I fix rollers in the bearings in such a manner that
the spindle or shaft works on the rollers instead of on the bearings.
These bearings have plates at each side to prevent the rollers from working out
sideways.
A groove or neck in the centre of each roller permits a slotted ring to be
inserted which keeps the rollers separate from each other, but allows them to
work freely on the interior surface of the bearing or casing, which takes the
pressure.
This ring is loose and entirely independant from the casing and travels round
with the rollers. In some cases we use two or more rings, according to the
width of the bearing.

page_text: The accompanying drawings will more fully explain my invention.
In Fig. I A, shows the end of roller or spindle, D, the plate which prevents the
rollers working out sideways.
In Fig. II A, is the shaft shown through the bearings D, is the side or end
plate.
In Fig. III C, are rollers D, is the end plate, E is the slotted ring which keeps
the rollers in position.
In Fig. 4, shows the rollers in their working position, D is the end plate,
E the slotted ring.
In Fig. 5, C is one of the rollers showing how they are made, F is the groove
or neck which drops in slots of ring E.
In Fig. 6, E shows a section of slotted ring, G the slot which receives neck F
in Fig. 5.
Having now particularly described and ascertained my said invention and how
the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is;-
The adoption of roller bearings to ironing machines more particularly those
used for collars, cuffs, shirts and such like substantially as described.
Dated this 5th day of August 1899.
THOS. CUDLIPP.