Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 18th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 23rd Nov. 1888
I, EPHRAIM DEATH of Albert Works, Leicester in the County of Leicester,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It is usual to press hosiery goods by stretching them on thin wooden battens
and pressing these between two steam heated surfaces, the one being that of
a fixed casing or bed and the other being a casing raised and lowered by a screw.
In constructing these casings, instead of casting each of them on a core in the
usual way, so as to form an internal cavity for the steam, I first joint together a
number of wrought iron pipes and bends forming a zig zag course for the steam and
then on and around these pipes I cast the iron body of the casing. As the steam
pressure is sustained by the wrought iron pipes and bends, the cast iron is not liable
to give way and the whole is strengthened.
I
Instead of employing a single moveable casing that can be raised up from or
lowered down to the stationary bed, 1 employ two of these the one above and the
other below the bed, and I connect these by levers and links so that when the one is
screwed down towards the bed the other is simultaneously screwed up towards it.
thus double the capacity of the press for work, as hose can be simultaneously pressed
above and below the bed, and, as the two moveable casings nearly balance each other,
the labour required is only that for giving the desired pressure. The lower casing is
preferably connected to the upper by rods with adjustable springs so that it can be
accurately adjusted to give more or less pressure as desired.
Instead of screws, hydraulic pressure may be employed where it is available.
CT1008
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Aricant.

page_text: I, EPHRAIN DEATH of Albert Works Leicester, in the County of Leicester,
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 :-
It is usual to press hosiery goods by stretching them on thin wooden battens and
pressing these between two steam heated surfaces, the one being that of a fixed
casing or bed and the other being a casing raised and lowered by a screw or
other wise. In constructing these casings, instead of casting each of them on a core
in the usual way, so as to form an internal cavity for the steam, I first joint
together a number of wrought iron pipes and bends forming a zig zag course
for the steam and then on and around these pipes I cast the iron body of the
casing.
As the steam pressure is sustained by the wrought iron pipes and bends the cast iron
is not liable to give way and the whole is strengthened.
Instead of employing a single moveable casing that can be raised up from or
lowered down to the stationary bed, I employ two of these, the one above and the
other below the bed, and I connect these by levers and links so that when the one is
screwed down towards the bed the other is simultaneously screwed up towards it. I
thus double the capacity of the press for work, for hosiery goods can be simultaneously
pressed above and below the bed, and, further, as the two moveable casings nearly
balance each other the labour is only that required for giving the desired pressure.
The lower casing is preferably connected to the upper by rods with adjustable springs
so that it can be accurately adjusted to give more or less pressure as desired. Instead
of screws, hydraulic pressure may be employed when it is available. Fig. 1 of the
accompanying drawings shews on the one side a half clevation and on the other side
a half vertical section of a hosiery press according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan
on a of Fig. 1. A is a stationary bed heated by steam passing in a zig zag manner
through a set of wrought iron pipes and bends B which are first jointed together and
then put in a mould and have iron cast over and around them, as above described.
C is the upper follower worked by the screw D, and E is the lower follower which is
connected by side rods F to two levers G that are mounted in the top frame H and are
linked to the upper follower C.
Thus when the upper follower C is raised or lowered by means of the screw D, the
lower follower E is simultaneously lowered or raised; and thus goods placed between
A and C and between A and E can be simultaneously operated on.
The side rods F
are provided with springs and adjusting screws K. Although I have shewn only the
bed A arranged for steam heating, obviously either or both of the followers C and E
might be constructed in the same manner with pipes cast in, these pipes being
connected to suitable supply and discharge pipes by double or telescopic joints or by

page_text: spring pipes, allowing for the movement of the followers. The pipes cast into the
beds or followers might obviously be arranged as flat coils or otherwise so as to give a
lengthened course for effective distribution of the heat over the surface of the bed or
follower.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Constructing the steam heated bed or follower of a hosiery press by forming
wrought iron pipes so as to constitute a zig zag or equivalent lengthened course for
the steam, and casting iron over and around them, as herein described.
2. A hosiery press having a stationary bed and two followers the one above,
the other below the bed connected so that they work together, substantially as herein
described.