Improvements in Ironing Machines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Sept., 1897-Accepted, 23rd Oct., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ironing Machines.
I, KATHARIN ELIZA LANDAU, residing at 122 East 41st Street, New York, in
the County of New York and State of New York, United States of America,
Landlord, 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 ironing machines, and the object thereof is to provide
an improved device of this class which is simple in construction and operation,
and which may be used in private houses or in laundries and wherever such
machines are required.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, in which:-
Fig. 1, is a sectional side view of my improved ironing machine: and,
Fig. 2, an end view thereof, part of the construction being broken away and
part shown in section.
In the drawing forming part of this specification, the separate parts of my
improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in each of the
views, and in the practice of my invention, I provide a machine for the purpose
herein specified which consists of a frame composed of ends 5, and a top cross
bar 6, and the ends 5, are preferably composed of angular frames as shown in
Fig. 2, which are provided with upwardly directed extensions 7, with which the
top cross bar 6, is connected.
Mounted in the bottom of the end frames is a treadle plate 8, with which is
connected a treadle rod 9, which is connected with a crank 10, formed on or
secured to a shaft 11, which passes centrally through one of the end frames and is
provided with a gear wheel 12, on the outer end thereof.
Mounted centrally on the top of the main portion of the end frames 5, is a
hollow roller 13, which is provided at each end with a tubular hub 14, and said
tubular hubs project through the end frames, and one of said hubs is provided
with a gear wheel 15, which operates in connection with the gear wheel 12, on
the crank shaft 11, and passing through said tubular hubs, and through said
hollow roller 13, is a gas burner tube 16, provided with burner tips 17, any desired
number of which may be employed, and one end of said burner tube is provided
with a flexible tube 18, by which gas is supplied thereto, and the opposite end of
said burner tube is mounted in and secured in a bracket 19, secured to the
adjacent end frame by means of which said burner tube is prevented from turn-
ing, and said end of said burner tube is also provided with a flexible tube 20.
The roller 13, is provided at one end with a small opening 21, through which a
lighting device may be inserted, and formed the upwardly directed
extensions 7, of the end frames 5, are vertical slots 22, and mounted on, and
adapted to bear on the roller 13, is a pressure device 23, which is provided at each
end with trunnions 24, which pass through said slots, and which are angular in
cross section, and secured to each of said trunnions, is a contractile spiral spring 25,
in

page_text: the lower ends of which are secured to the end frames, and these springs are
designed to pull said pressure device 23, downwardly so that it will bear upon the
roller or upon the article being ironed in the 'operation of the machine as herein-
after described.
The pressure device 23, is circular in cross section, and is also hollow, and one
side thereof projects downwardly and backwardly over the roller 13, and one of
said trunnions 24, is provided with a longitudinal opening through which is passed a
burner tube 26, provided with burner tips 27, and one end of the flexible tube 20,
is connected with the outer end of the burner tube 26, and the pressure device 23,
is also provided at one end with a small opening 28, through which a lighting
device may be inserted.
Connected with the upper end of the pressure device 23, and centrally thereof,
is a chain or cord 29, one end of which is connected with a pulley 30, mounted
in the top bar 6, of the frame, and centrally thereof, and the shaft 31, of the
pulley 30, is provided with a crank 32, and secured to the bar 6, adjacent to said
pulley and transversely thereof, is a supplemental bar 33, in which is formed a
plurality of openings or perforations 34, and the crank 32, is provided with a
pin 35, which passes therethrough, and which is adapted to be passed through
either of the holes or openings 34, in the supplemental bar 33.
The pin 35, is adapted to be removed from both the crank 32, and the bar 33,
and by means of this construction, the pressure device 23, may be raised whenever
desired.
The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description, when
taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the following statement
thereof.
It will be understood that the gas is supplied to the tube 16, through the
pipe 18, and to the pipe 26, through the pipe 20, and the gas may be ignited in
the roller 13, and in the pressure device 23, whenever desired through the
openings 21, and 28.
The roller 13, and the pressure device 23, are highly heated by the burning gas
therein, and in practice, the roller 13, is revolved by means of the treadle 18, and
the operative devices in connection therewith including the treadle rod 9, the
shaft 11, the crank 10, and the wheels 12, and 15, and the articles to be ironed are
passed through the roller 13, and the pressure device 23, and said pressure device
is held in position by the springs 25, and is adapted to yield sufficiently to allow
the articles to pass freely through between the same and the roller 13.
The strength of the springs 25, may be adjusted in any desired manner, and
other springs may be placed over the trunnions 24, in the slots or openings 22,
and the said pressure device may be raised to any desired point, and held in any
desired position by the crank 32, and the devices connected therewith.
My improved ironing machine 'may be employed for ironing all kinds or
classes of articles or garments, and my invention is not limited to the means
herein described for revolving the roller 13, and any suitable device may
be employed for this purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. An ironing machine comprising a suitable frame, a hollow roller mounted
therein, a gas burner tube mounted in said roller, a pressure device mounted over
said roller, and adapted to bear thereon, and provided with a gas burner tube
which is mounted therein, and devices for supplying gas to said burner tubes and
for revolving said roller, substantially as shown and described.
2. An ironing machine comprising a suitable frame, a hollow roller mounted
therein, a gas burner tube mounted in-said 'roller, a pressure device mounted over
said roller and adapted to bear thereon, and provided with a gas burner tube which
is mounted therein, and devices for supplying gas to said burner tubes and for

page_text: revolving said roller, said pressure device being also provided with springs by
which it is drawn downwardly in the direction of or upon said roller, substantially
og shown and described.
3. An ironing machine comprising a suitable frame, a hollow roller mounted
therein, a gas burner tube mounted in said roller, a pressure device mounted over
said roller and adapted to bear thereon, and provided with a gas burner tube
which is mounted therein, and devices for supplying gas to said burner tubes and
for revolving said roller, said pressure device being also provided with springs by
which it is drawn downwardly in the direction of or upon said roller, and said
pressure device being circular in cross section, substantially as shown and
described.
4. An ironing machine comprising a suitable frame, a hollow roller mounted
therein, a gas burner tube mounted in said roller, a pressure device mounted over
said roller and adapted to hear thereon, and provided with a gas burner tube
which is mounted therein, and devices for supplying gas to said burner tubes and
for revolving said roller, said pressure device being also provided with springs by
which it is forced downwardly in the direction of or upon said roller, and said
pressure device being circular in cross section, and the frame of the machine
being provided at the top thereof with means for raising said pressure device,
substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 2nd day of Santambar 1807
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.