Improvements in Presses for Trousers, Cloths, and other Articles.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Presses for Trousers, Cloths, and other Articles.
I, WILLIAM HENRY SWAIN, of Sunnyside, Aldenham Road, Watford, in the
County of Hertford, Merchants' Buyer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to presses for trousers, table cloths and other articles,
the object of my invention being to provide a novel construction whereby the
introduction and removal of articles into and from the press is facilitated.
In a press constructed according to my invention the lower board or plate of
the press has a number of clamping screws pivoted to it carrying wing nuts
and the upper board or plate of the press has a corresponding number of
slotted lugs fixed upon it into which the screws can be turned.
It will be obvious that to open the press it is only necessary to slacken the
wing nuts and turn back the bolts when the top plate can be at once removed
and vice versa when the press is to be closed.
Dated the 21st down of Oatalion 1800
Improvements in Presses for Trousers, Cloths, and other Articles.
I, WILLIAM HENRY SWAIN, of Sunnyside, Aldenham Road, Watford, in the
County of Hertford, Merchants' Buyer, 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:-
My invention relates to presses for trousers, table cloths and other articles,
the object of my invention being to provide a novel construction whereby the
introduction and removal of articles into and from the press is facilitated."
In a press constructed according to my invention the lower board or plate of
the press has a number of clamping screws pivoted to it carrying wing nuts
and the upper board or plate of the press has a corresponding number of
slotted lugs fixed upon it into which the screws can be turned.
It will be obvious that to open the press it is only necessary to slacken the wing
nuts and turn back the clamping screws when the top plate can be at once removed
and vice versa when the press is to be closed.
To enable the invention to be fully understood I will describe it by reference
to the accompanying drawing, in which:-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a press made according to the invention;

page_text: Figure 2 is a plan thereof; and
Figure 3 is an end elevation of the press.
c, c are
is the upper board of the press and b is the lower board thereof.
the clamping screws which are here shewn four in number and are pivoted at
their lower ends at c¹, c¹ to cross-bars secured to the underside of the lower
board b. d, d are slotted lugs for receiving the clamping screws c, c the said
lugs d,d being formed upon the ends of cross-bars e secured to the top face
of the upper board as clearly shewn. ff are the wing nuts which engage the
clamping screws c, c and by means of which trousers, cloths and other articles
such as are shewn at A, A can be pressed in the apparatus.
g,g are thin boards which are provided to separate the different articles when
more than one article is to be pressed at a time.
It will be clear that to insert and press an article all that is necessary is to
slacken the wing nuts f,f and turn back the clamping screws c, e as indicated
by the broken lines in Figure 3; the top board a can then be lifted off and the
cloth or other article A to be pressed is placed in position, the board a replaced
and the clamping screws c, c turned back into the slotted lugs d, d and the
nuts f,f tightened up as shewn in the drawing.
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. The improved press for trousers, cloths and other articles comprising a top
board, a bottom board, clamping screws pivoted to the bottom board and adapted
to enter slotted lugs upon the upper board and tightening nuts engaging the
said clamping screws, substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The combination and arrangement of parts forming the improved press
herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
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1000
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.