Improvements in Ironing Machines, commonly known as Skirt and Body Ironers.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ironing Machines, commonly known as Skirt and
Body Ironers.
I, EDWIN JOHN LANE, of 62, Penshurst Road, South Hackney, in the County
of London, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention relates to skirt and body ironing machines of the type in
which a rotating roller is used in combination with a heated concave bed and
the objects of my invention are:-
First to enable my improved machine to occupy less space than
required
Secondly to 'enable the bed to be raised from and brought down to the roller
parallel thereto
by machines of this type as at present constructed.
Thirdly to more efficiently iron the material under treatment by reciprocating
the bed lengthwise.
Now according to this invention instead of supporting the roller at one end
only as usual I support the same at or about the middle of the length thereof
by keying or otherwise securing the roller to a shaft rotating in suitable bearings.
One of these bearings forms the outer extremity of a hollow arm cast in one
with or attached to the frame of the machine the outer bearing being formed in
or attached to the frame of the machine the shaft passing through the hollow
arm.
The roller may be made in two pieces to facilitate boring and turning.
The bed which is hollow and concave on the underside is suspended above the
roller by a system of levers or linkwork forming a parallel motion so that when
the bed is raised and lowered the concave portion thereof remains parallel
to the periphery of the roller throughout its entire length.
The bed is heated by means of steam gas jets, electricity or by any other
suitable means and is normally raised out of contact with the roller by means
of links pivotted to the said bed and to a counterweighted lever which lever may
be oscillated by a suitable treadle so that when the treadle is depressed the bed
is brought down into contact with the roller.
A countershaft driven from the driving shaft by means of suitable gearing
has a crank or excentric thereon the rod of which is pivotted to the bed so as to
cause the bed to reciprocate along the roller when the machine is in use.
The frame of the machine may be carried up above the arm carrying the
roller and curved over to support the counterweighted lever.
Machines constructed as herein before specified are about two and a half feet
shorter than machines of this type constructed in the usual manner.
Dated this 9th day of February 1899.

page_text: Improvements in Ironing Machines, commonly known as Skirt and
Body Ironers.
I, EDWIN JOHN LANE, of 62, Penshurst, Road, South Hackney, in the County
of 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:―
This invention relates to skirt and body ironing machines of the type in
which a rotating roller is used in combination with a heated concave bed and
the objects of my invention are:-
First to enable my improved machine to occupy less space than is required
by machines of this type hitherto constructed.
Secondly to enable the bed to be raised from and brought down to the roller
parallel thereto and
Thirdly to more efficiently iron the material under treatment by reciprocating
the bed lengthwise.
Now according to this invention instead of supporting the roller at one end
only as usual I support the same at or near the middle of the length thereof
by keying or otherwise securing the roller to a shaft rotating in suitable bearings.
One of these bearings forms the outer extremity of a hollow arm cast in one
with or attached to the frame of the machine the other bearing being formed in
or attached to the frame of the machine the shaft passing through the, hollow
arm.
The roller may be made in two pieces to facilitate boring and turning.
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The bed which is hollow and concave on the underside is suspended. above, the
roller by means of a system of levers or linkwork forming a parallel motion so
that when the bed is raised and lowered the concave portion thereof remains
parallel to the periphery of the roller throughout its length.
The bed may be heated by means of steam gas electricity or by any other
suitable means and is normally raised out of contact with the roller by means
of links and a counterweighted lever which lever may be oscillated by a suitable
treadle so that when the treadle is depressed the bed is brought down into
contact with the roller. A countershaft driven from the driving shaft by means
of suitable gearing has a crank or excentric thereon the rod of which is pivottert
to the bed so as to cause the bed to reciprocate along the roller when the machine
is in use.
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The frame of the machine may be carried up above the arm carrying the
roller and curved over to support the counterweighted lever.
Machines constructed as herein before described are about two and a half feet
shorter than machines of this type when constructed in the usual manner.
And in order that my said invention may be fully understood I will proceed
to explain the same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 represents side elevation of an ironing machine constructed according
to this invention..
Fig. 2 represents end elevation of same.
Fig. 3 is side elevation partly in section of roller, bed and a portion of the
frame of the machine.
The same letters denote the same parts in all the figs.
The frame of the machine is made in four portions a b c c whereof a supports
the roller, bed and driving gear; 6 supports the weighted lever d and table f
while care legs. The portion a of the frame as shewn by Figs. 1 and 3 has

page_text: formed in one piece therewith a hollow arm g having a bearing formed at its
outer end to receive the shaft h to which is keyed the roller the said shaft
being also supported in a bearing & formed in or attached to the frame a. j is
the main driving shaft which is rotated by means of a pulley which is locked
to the shaft by means of a suitable clutch when the treadle is depressed and
the bed brought into contact with the roller i.
Secured permanently to the shaft j is a worm wheel m which gears with a
second worm wheel n keyed to the shaft h. o is a spur pinion also keyed to
the shaft which gears with a spur wheel p rotating on a stud or secured to
short shaft supported by a bracket bolted to the frame of the machine, s is
a bearing for supporting the shaft j, t is a hollow concave bed of iron steel or
any other suitable material, which bed is heated by steam gas electricity or any
other suitable means.
u is a connecting rod one end of which engages with a pin pin the wheel 2
and the other end with a pin t' in the bracket attached to the bed t.
vis a bracket bolted to the bed t which bracket moves to and fro on the rod w
which latter is firmly secured in the U shaped arm which is raised and lowered
by means of the lever y the short arm of which carries two rollers between
which the bracket slides, the arm being compelled to move in a vertical
plane by means of the links y¹ the said links being pivotted to the frame a
and to the arm so as to form therewith a parallel motion to compel the bed to
remain at all times parallel to the roller throughout its entire length.
z is a rod connecting the end of the lever y to one end of the lever d and B is
a rod connecting the other end of the lever d to the treadle D.
C is the treadle shaft. A is a counterweight to balance the bed t and to keep
the said bed normally raised out of contact with the roller i the weight A being
hung from the lever d for convenience but the said weight may be placed on
the lever y if desired.
The roller is preferably made in two pieces as shewn for convenience of
manufacture but it may be made in one piece if required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
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1. In an ironing machine the combination with a rotating ironing roller of a
reciprocating hollow heated concave bed normally raised out of contact with the
said roller and adapted to be depressed by a suitable treadle the said bed always
remaining parallel to the roller substantially as and for the purpose stated.
2. In an ironing machine the combination of a frame having a hollow arm g
with a shaft h, passing through the said arm and supported by the said arm and
bearing k, and a roller keyed to the said shaft at or near the centre of the said
roller all substantially as specified and shewn by Fig. 3 of the accompanying
drawings.
3. In an ironing machine the combination of a hollow heated reciprocating
bed t with a bracket attached thereto suspended from a lever y, a rod w secured
in an arm, links y¹ y pivotted to the arm and to the frame of the machine
and means for depressing and reciprocating the said bed all substantially as
and for the purposes stated.
4. Ironing machines constructed as shewn by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Ninth day of November 1899.
T. E. HALFORD,
82, Mark Lane, London, E.C., Agent for Applicant.