Improvements in or relating to Ironing Machines
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 18th May, 1899-Accepted, 29th July, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Ironing Machines,
A communication from THE S. H. SINCLAIR COMPANY, of 8, South Canal Street,
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.
ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 111, Hatton Garden, in the County of London,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
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This invention relates especially to an improvement in ironing machines of
the type employing a reciprocating ironing-board and an ironing-roll co-acting
therewith, though certain features of the invention may be employed in machines
of other types.
The object is to provide a machine of generally improved construction, wherein
the means for reciprocating the ironing-board, the means for regulating its adjust-
ment with relation to the roll, the means for varying the relative speeds of the
ironing surfaces, and the means for securing the article to be ironed to the
ironing-board, are within ready reach of, and under easy and perfect control by
an operator located in front of the machine.
Generally stated, the invention consists in an improved ironing-board and
clamping means for securing a garment to the board; in an improved gearing
for regulating the relative speeds of the roll and ironing-board; in improved
means for adjusting the ironing-board with relation to its roll, or perhaps more
properly for regulating the frictional contact between the ironing-board and the
friction-roll by which it is reciprocated; and, finally, in certain other novel
features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawings-
Figure 1 is a view in right side elevation (facing with the machine) of the
improved ironing machine; Fig. 2, a broken detail view of a portion of the right
side of the frame, showing the train of gears employed for effecting a reversal
of direction of movement of the ironing-board: Fig. 3, a plan sectional view
(taken on line 3 of Fig. 2) of the same detail, showing in addition two friction-
disks, by the employment of which, alternately, the reciprocatory movement of
the ironing board is secured; Fig. 4, a detached view of the rock-arm carrying
said reversing gears; Fig. 5, a view of the left hand side of the machine showing
the gearing by means of which a change in speed for the ironing-roll is obtained:
Fig. 6. a sectional view (on line 6 of Fig. 5) showing a detail of the operating
lever for moving said last-named gears: Figs. 7 and 8, details of the portion of
the frame which receives said lever, and of the detached lever itself: Fig. 9, a
vertical longitudinal section taken on line 9 of Fig. 14, the section plane being
shifted to cut the base or support of the ironing-board close to one side-piece:
Fig. 10, a broken view of the front portion of the frame and the mechanism for
adjusting the "swing," or pivoted frame, in which is journaled the friction-roll
which moves the ironing-board; Fig. 11, a detail of a spring shown in Fig. 10;
Fig. 12, a transverse vertical section taken on line 12 of Fig. 1; Fig. 13, a

page_text: sectional view (on line 13 of Fig. 1) showing a driving pulley which is given a
continuous rotary movement in one direction and from which all the parts are
driven as desired through the medium of the friction-wheels shown in Fig. 3,
and which are caused to contact alternately with the inner surface of the pulley-
rim Fig. 14, a plan section taken on line 14 of Fig. 1; Fig. 15, a top plan view
of the ironing-board and attendant parts; Fig. 16, a top plan sectional view of
the base of the ironing-board, the section being taken as indicated at line 16 on
Fig. 17; Fig. 17, a broken vertical section on line 17 of Fig. 16 showing the
central or neck-clamp closed; and Fig. 18, a similar view showing the neck-
clamp released.
The main frame is conveniently formed of right and left side frame sections A
and B, respectively; upper and lower cross-bars C, C', respectively, connecting
the front ends of said sections, and upper and lower cross-bars D, D. respectively,
connecting the rear ends of said sections. The right section A comprises prefer-
ably front and rear uprights A' A², top bar A³, horizontal connecting bars A* A5,
a vertical bar A joining bars A4 and A5, and a horizontal bar A joining bars A¹
and A. The section B is similarly constructed, the parts being designated by
the letter B with numerals corresponding to those used in the description of the
section A.
Upon the rear uprights A2, B2, at a convenient height are brackets E and F
connected by a shaft G upon which is pivoted near its end a yoke-like frame H,
the sides H H² of which are supplied with bearings H3 H4 in which is journaled
the shaft I of a friction-roll I¹. At its front end the yoke is provided with a
head H having on its under surface a semi-spherical cavity which receives a
hall J adjustably connected with mechanism for supporting the front end of the
yoke in a manner to permit the same to be readily raised or lowered through
the medium of said mechanism.
At opposite sides of the friction-roll I¹, the yoke is supplied with standards K
and K in which are journaled front and rear rolls K2,, K³, respectively, whose
upper surfaces are approximately in a plane with the upper surface of said
friction-roll. Upon these rolls rests the flat bottomed base-piece or support L
of the ironing-board L. Above the ironing-board, in such position that the
board may be brought into close contact therewith, is an ironing-roll M journaled
in central uprights or standards supported by the top bars A3 and 133 of the
frame sections A and B, and supplied with any suitable heating means, as with
the gas burner M2 shown in Fig. 12. The roll M is supplied at the left end
(facing with the machine) with a gear M³. The ironing-board L¹, through the
medium of the friction-roll I¹ and the ironing-roll M, through the medium of
the gear M³, are given movements capable of reversal and change in relative
surface speeds by gearing now to be described.
Journaled in suitable bearings A8 and 138 depending from the horizontal bars At
and B of the sections A and B, is what may be termed a main shaft N, which
projects at both ends beyond the side frame sections. On the outer side of the
hearing As at the right side of the machine the shaft is supplied with a rigidly
attached gear (Fig. 13), and, adjacent thereto with a loose pulley P held in
place by a cap-piece s secured to the shaft end by a screw-bolt s; and outside the
bearing 18 at the left side of the machine, it is provided with two rigidly joined
or integrally formed gears and r of different diameters.
By preference, the pulley P is provided with spokes or arms P¹ having their
inner surfaces in a vertical plane while the outer surfaces are tapering or ribbed
to give the requisite strength. The rim of the pulley is not symmetrically placed
on the spokes, but projects inward farther than it does outward, and this widened
inner rim portion is provided on its interior surface with an annular groove g.
preferably of V-shaped cross-section, which receives the beveled peripheries of
two friction-disks and n. The direction of movement of the ironing-board
and roll is regulated by these two disks, which are for this purpose, journaled
on studs and n carried by a rock-arm Q, capable of moving back and forth

page_text: through a small are to cause the disks to engage the pulley alternately. The
rock-arm is provided centrally with a boss Q, at which point it is pivotally
mounted on the projecting end of a shaft Q fixed in the bars A and B where
it is confined longitudinally by a bearing on the inner surface of the bar 337
(Fig. 14) and a shoulder Q which bears against the inner surface of the bar A
(Fig. 3). Outside of the rock-shaft on the extreme end of the shaft is journaled
an idler pinion Q. Journaled on the studs and p¹ to rotate with the disks n
and p, and shown in Figs. 2 and 3 as formed integrally with the disks, are
pinions 2 and 22, the former of which meshes with an idler m journaled on a
stud m¹ and in mesh with the pinion Q, and the latter of which meshes directly
with the pinion Q. The pinion Q is in mesh with the gear t on the shaft N,
and it will be observed that motion is transmitted from the loose pulley P on the
shaft N to the disk which happens to engage the pulley and thence through
one set or train of the pinions just described back to the shaft N. It will be
observed, also, that, inasmuch as there is one more idler in one of the trains than
in the other, the direction of movement of the shaft N will reverse with a change
from one disk to another as the pulley contacting disk.
At the inner side of the journal-box A8 the shaft N is supplied with a rigidly
attached pinion which meshes with an idler (Figs. 1 and 14) which, in turn,
meshes with a gear rigidly secured to the shaft I of the friction-roll.
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At the opposite side of the machine the members r, 1 (Fig. 5) of the compound
gear on the shaft N mesh with idlers and , respectively, journaled on studs
carried by a rock-arm R. An idler with which either idler k or may
be caused to mesh transmits motion to the gear M³ of the ironing-roll. The rock-
arm R is provided with a boss (Figs. 8 and 14) at which point it is perforated
and pivotally mounted on the shaft N between the journal-box B8 and the
compound gear on the end of the shaft adjacent thereto. It is further provided
with bosses and at which points it is perforated to receive the idler studs
and above mentioned. The rock-arm or lever R is operated by a handle R¹
near which handle the lever is provided with an inwardly projecting bolt which
moves in a slot in the upright 13 of the frame. The position of the lever is
regulated by a small auxiliary spring-held lever Re pivoted on the lever R and
supplied at one end with a pivotally secured pin 4 which projects through a hole
in the lever R and into any one of the three perforations and in the
upright B, according to the position of the lever R. The lever R is further
secured in any given position by means of the clamping action of a nut 13
supplied with a hand lever as shown, and a lock-nut 4, both of which nuts are
upon the bolt. By means of the lever and gear mechanism just described a
change in the speed of the ironing-roll is effected, without any positive change
in the speed of the ironing-board.
In Figs. 1 and 14 is shown the means for throwing the rock-arm Q to different
positions to cause either of the friction-disks and to engage the pulley P,
or both to clear it as desired. Extending crosswise of the main frame at the
front of the machine and close to the floor is a foot-hoard S, supported by
forwardly projecting arms S1 and S2 rigidly secured to a rock-shaft $3 journaled
in bearings A, B depending from the horizontal bars A and B of the side
sections of the frame. Outside the bearing A the shaft is provided with a rock-
arm S, the end of which is pivotally joined to the lower end of a connecting
rod S, which, in turn, is pivotally joined at its upper end to the rear end of
the rock-arm Q which carries the friction-disks and n. Confined between a
collar at the lower end of the rod S³ and an outwardly projecting lug h¹ on the
frame bar A³ through which the connecting-rod loosely passes, is a coil spring ha
which serves normally to hold the rock-arm S+ depressed so as to bring the disk
into engagement with the pulley rim. Upon the lug h¹ is a sliding block h
slotted to receive the connecting rod S and thicker at its rear portion than at
its front portion. Pivotally joined to the rear end of the sliding block at the
lower end of its vertical member is a bell-crank lever T pivoted to the frame at T

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and provided with a forwardly projecting member T2, the movement of which
is limited by a guard T3, and which ends at the front of the machine in a handle T*.
Above the sliding block on the connecting rod is a collar which is engaged
by the upper or cam surface of the thick portion of the block when the block
is shoved forward by the action of the bell-crank. This movement raises the
connecting-rod against the action of its spring and locks the rock-arm Q in such
position that neither of the friction-disks engages the pulley P. Downward
pressure upon the foot-board or treadle S releases the pressure upon the cam
surface of the sliding block and the block is withdrawn by the action of gravity
upon the horizontal arm T2 of the bell-crank. The connecting-rod is of two
parts joined by a right and left threaded union to permit adjustment in length.
In Figs. 5, 9, 10 and 14 is shown mechanism for adjusting the height of the
front end of the "swing" or pivoted frame carrying the friction-roll I. A hand-
lever is pivotally secured at its lower end to the horizontal bar 13 of the frame
at a point near the front end of the machine. Its position is regulated by
means of a toothed segment of a circle gl upon the top-bar 133 of the frame, and
a lever operated spring-held pawl g carried by the lever V. Near its center the
lever V is provided with a bolt or stud gwhich moves in a slot g in the upper
end of a connecting link 5 which is also pivotally joined at g to a part rigid
with the main frame. The lower end of the link is pivotally joined to the
end of a connecting rod g having a laterally curved lower end 8 pivotally joined
to the long end of a curved lever g pivoted between lugs 10 g on the lower front
cross-bar C of the frame. The bar C is of T-shaped cross-section with the
stem projecting to the front, and the lug gi is cast on the stem, while the
lug is cast on the upwardly projecting portion C3 of the cross of the T. The
short end of the lever g is shown as a disk, on the front side of which is a pin gl
which engages a slot on the front or long fork g of a bifurcated lever g¹³.
the stem of which is pivoted to a lug g16 on the cross-bar C. The long fork g
and the short fork (Fig. 9) of the bifurcation are provided with lugs 18
grooved to support the ends of a pin which projects forwardly and rearwardly
from a horizontally disposed block slidably connected by means of bolts g
with slots in the lower ends of upright pieces having secured between
their upper ends a second block. Passing loosely through perforations in these
blocks and through the stem C2 of the cross-bar C at its center, where is supplied
a boss is a vertical shaft the upper portion of which is threaded to receive
the ball above mentioned, and the lower portion of which is threaded to receive
a collar forming nut and lock-nut g27 28 bearing upon the block g. The shaft
projects above the ball J and passes loosely through the head H of the swing
and a lug g on the top cross-bar C. Nuts go serve to limit the upward move-
ment of the shaft and of the front end of the "swing." The, shaft is equipped
with a hand-wheel " for convenience in adjusting. A quite heavy spring g
is coiled about the shaft between the blocks g20 and 2 which allows some give to
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the " swing' as the ironing-board passes beneath the ironing-roll. A second
coil spring confined between the cross-bar C of the frame and the block 20
serves to break the shock of a quick lowering of the swing by means of the hand-
lever V. The lever g, it will be observed, is bent rearwardly to cause its end
to clear the vertical flange C of the cross-bar as the lever is lowered. By means
of the mechanism just described the front end of the swing may be quickly raised
or lowered to accommodate the ironing-board to the work being done, while the
parts may be readily adjusted with relation to each other to cause the final
adjustment of the swing to fall within the range of action of the hand-lever V.
The link g, it will be observed, is swung about the stud by the movement of the
stud g within the slot g. The upper end of the link g is thus given a movement
in such an arc as to afford the desired range of vertical movement with but little
forward and rear movement.
As shown in Figs. 1, 5, 9 and 12, the supports K and K', which carry the
rolls K and K³, serve also to support guides for the ironing-board, comprising

page_text: flat strips ff, whose inner margins project beneath the side margins of the
board, and angle-irons f f which serve to confine the board laterally.
The ironing-board L' (Figs. 9 and 12 and 15 to 18 inclusive) is supported on
a cast-metal chair W having forwardly and inwardly converging vertical wings
eel, which meet at e, from whence upper and lower longitudinal ribs e e extend
to near the front end of the board. The chair is provided with feet e³ which rest
upon the base-plate L and are suitably secured thereto. Attached to the base-
plate are upwardly and outwardly flaring sheet-metal side-pieces L and L3 which
serve to prevent any portion of the garment being operated upon from becoming
entangled in the relatively moving parts of the machine. The improved ironing-
board here shown is one for use in ironing shirts. The board proper is supplied
with a neck-band receiving recess which preferably extends materially beyond a
half circle. To work in a recess extending beyond a half-circle a clamp has
been devised for the neck-band which has a movement peculiarly adapted to
the function it has to perform. X is the neck-clamp of circular form which may
extend throughout or in excess of a half-circle. The ends of the are are joined
by rods d d joined by a right and left union by means of which a change in
the outline of the are to conform to a circle of greater or less diameter is effected.
The neck-clamp is carried by an arm which is rigidly secured to the clamp at
the center of the are and is pivotally joined at its lower end to a block d provided
with laterally projecting pins d d which move in inclined slots in guides de do
which flank the path of the block and are joined by an inclined web do affording
a bottom-plate upon which the block slides. A spring confined in a socket d
with which the base of the chair W is provided and bearing against the block
serves to force the block upward along its guides when the operating lever is
released. Pivotally joined to the arm near the lower end thereof is a connect-
ing-rod c, which extends forwardly through a perforation el in the web e' and
is pivotally joined at its front end to a rock-arm carried by a rock-shaft s
provided with an operating handle c. It will be observed that with the mechanism
just described the neck-clamp is given a forward and downward movement in
closing, which enables it to enter the circular recess and causes it to draw the
neck-band down firmly and evenly into the recess; and in opening, the clamp
is given an upward and rearward movement which causes it to clear that portion
of the ironing board which projects to the rear beyond the half-circle. With
the shoulder-clamps such a complex movement is not required, and accordingly
the shoulder-clamps bb' are carried by rock-arms b2b on a rock-shaft 6 operated
by an arm b, linked by means of a connecting-rod passing forwardly through
an opening in the web e of the chair W to the arm 68 of a rock-shaft provided
with an operating handle 610. In Figs. 17 and 18 a cloth piece covering a
felt piece a is represented as fastened to the board. Any suitable means for
securing the skirt of the shirt to be operated upon may be supplied. In Fig. 9
is shown a block 612 of square cross-section, which is pivotally secured at its ends
to brackets 6 (one only of which is shown) projecting forwardly from the
front end of the board and serving as a means for securing the skirt. In Figs. 1
and 9 is shown a U-shaped guard Y which is secured at its forwardly projecting
ends to the uprights K³ and the bottom or web of which is in the path of the
rear end of the ironing-board and prevents the board from moving to the rear
beyond a predetermined point.
The operation is as follows:
Motion is imparted to the pulley P from any suitable source, and the operator
by touching the foot-lever S with his foot releases the block 3 which is withdrawn
from beneath the collar on the connecting-rod $, and the rod is immediately
forced down by the spring h² till the friction disk is caused to contact with
the pulley-rim. Motion in a certain direction (according to the direction of
movement of the pulley) is now communicated through the pinions 2Q and
geart to the shaft N upon which the pulley P is loosely mounted. From the
shaft N motion is imparted to the friction-roll I' through the pinion 7 (Fig. 13),

page_text: idler (Fig. 14), and gear 1. Motion is also imparted from the shaft N to the
ironing-roll M through the medium of the large or small member of the compound
gear and connected gearing, according to whether the greater or less speed
of the ironing-roll is desired. The gearing is such, of course, that the contacting
surfaces of the ironing-board and ironing-roll move in the same direction.
When the ironing-board has run its length and a reversal is desired, the
operator presses the foot-treadle clear down, thus throwing the disk n into contact
with the pulley-rim and withdrawing the disk from contact. This effects a
reversal in the direction of motion of the shaft N by reason of the extra pinion
in the train of the gearing connected with the disk n, and causes necessarily a
simultaneous reversal of the ironing-board and ironing-roll.
Preparatory to the beginning of the ironing operation, a shirt is placed upon
the ironing-board and clamped at the shoulders and neck-band. The neck-clamp,
by reason of the complex movement above described, serves to draw the neck-band
down evenly, while the portion of the ironing-board which projects beyond the
half-circle permits the ironing action to extend to the entire bosom surface of
the shirt surrounding the neck-band.
Changes in details of construction within the spirit of the invention may be
made by those skilled in the art, hence it is to be understood that no limitation
is intended by the above particular description, given for the sake of perspicuity,
except as shall appear from the appended claims. The co-acting ironing-board
and roll, for instance, may be replaced, so far as certain novel features of the
gearing are concerned, by any co-acting movable ironing members to which
independent positive movements are given, the motion being imparted from a
common source in substantially the manner above described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:-
1-In an ironing machine, the combination with the frame, of movable ironing
members, a shaft having gear connection with said members, a pulley loosely
journaled to rotate constantly in one direction, friction-disks capable of alternate
contact with said pulley, and gear connections between said disks and said shaft
for securing a reversal in the direction of movement of the shaft with a change
in pulley contact from one disk to the other, the whole operating to effect
reversals in direction of movement of the ironing members, substantially as and
for the purpose set forth.
2-In an ironing machine, the combination with the frame, of movable ironing
members, a shaft having gear connection with said members, a pulley loosely
journaled on said shaft, disks movably journaled to permit alternate contact with
the pulley, gears connecting the disks and said shaft for effecting a reversal of
the shaft with a change in pulley contact from one disk to another, and means for
shifting the disks, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
In an ironing machine, the combination with the frame, of an ironing-
board and a co-acting ironing-roll, a shaft journaled in the frame having gear
connection with each of said ironing members, a pulley loosely journaled on said
shaft, a rock-arm pivoted to the frame, a gear rigid with the shaft, a pinion
journaled concentrically with the pivotal point of said rock-arm and meshing
with the gear on said shaft, a pinion journaled on the rock-arm at one side of
said pivotal point and meshing with said concentrically journaled pinion, a
friction-disk rigid therewith, an idler pinion journaled on the rock-arm at the
opposite side of its pivotal point and meshing with said concentrically journaled
pinion, a pinion journaled on the rock-arm flanking the idler and meshing there-
with and provided with a rigidly attached friction-disk, and means for oscillating
the rock-arm, substantially as and for the purpose set forth
4-In an ironing machine, the combination with the frame, of a reciprocating

page_text: ironing board, an ironing-roll journaled in the frame above said board, a shaft
journaled in the frame, gear connection between said shaft and the ironing-
board, a rock-arm pivoted on said shaft near one end, a gear composed of two
members of different sizes rigid with the shaft adjacent to the rock-arm, two
idlers journaled on the rock-arm in mesh with said compound gear members,
gearing connected with the ironing-roll with which either one of said idlers
may be caused to engage at will, and means for rotating said shaft alternately
in different directions, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
5-In an ironing machine, the combination with the frame, of a reciprocating
ironing-board, an ironing-roll above said board, gearing connected therewith,
a shaft journaled in the frame, a large and small member compound gear at one
end of said shaft, a rock-arm pivoted on said shaft, idlers journaled on said rock-
arm meshing with the members of said compound gear, either one of which is
thrown at will into mesh with the gearing connected with the ironing-roll,
gearing connected with said shaft for reciprocating the ironing-board, a gear
on the shaft at the side of the machine opposite the ironing-roll gears, a pulley
loosely journaled on the shaft adjacent to the last mentioned gear, friction-disks
alternately movable into contact with the pulley, and gears connecting each of
said friction-disks with the gear on the adjacent end of said shaft, whereby a
reversal of the movement of the shaft may be effected, substantially as and for
the purpose set forth.
6 In an ironing machine, the combination with the frame, of a movable
ironing member, a shaft journaled in the frame, a pulley loosely mounted thereon,
two friction-disks within the rim of said pulley and alternately movable into
contact therewith, gears connecting each disk to the shaft whereby a reversal
of the shaft is obtained with a change in the pulley contacting disk, and gears
connecting the shaft to said ironing member, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
7-In an ironing machine, the, combination with the frame, of a movable
ironing member, a shaft journaled in the frame, a loosely journaled pulley, fric-
tion-disks alternately movable into contact with the pulley, gears connecting
each disk to said shaft, gears connecting the shaft and said ironing member, and
spring and foot-operated mechanism for moving the disks alternately into
and out of contact with said pulley, the whole operating to give to the shaft, and
through it to the ironing member, alternate movements in opposite directions,
substantially as described.
8 In an ironing machine, the combination with the frame, of a co-operating
ironing board and ironing-roll, a shaft journaled in the frame, gear connection
between shaft and roll and between shaft and ironing-board, a loosely journaled
pulley, disks journaled on a rock-arm to permit them to be moved into alternate
contact with the pulley, gear connection between each disk and said shaft, a
connecting-rod pivotally secured to an end of the rock-arm, a foot-treadle
connected with said connecting-rod for moving the rock-arm in one direction,
a spring for moving said rock-arm in the opposite direction, and means for
holding said rock-arm in opposition to the action of said spring in a position
to prevent contact of the pulley with a disk, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
9 In an ironing machine, the combination with the frame, of a movable
ironing member, a shaft journaled in the frame, means for communicating motion
from shaft to ironing member, a loosely journaled pulley, disks journaled on a
rock-arm and alternately movable into contact with said pulley, gear connection
between each disk and said shaft, a connecting-rod pivotally joined to said rock-
arm, a spring for moving the rock-arm in one direction, a foot-treadle for moving
it in the opposite direction, a bell-crank lever pivoted to the frame, and a sliding
block connected with one of the arms of the bell-crank and engaging the frame
and a projection on the connecting-rod and serving to lock the connecting-rod

page_text: against the action of said spring in such a position as to cause both disks to
clear the pulley, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
10-In an ironing machine, the combination with the frame, of an ironing-roll,
an ironing board beneath said roll, a friction-roll beneath the ironing-board for
moving the board, a shaft journaled in the frame, gear connection between shaft
and ironing-roll and between shaft and friction-roll, a pulley loosely journaled
on the shaft, friction-disks alternately movable into contact with the pulley, gear
connection between each disk and said shaft, and means for effecting the alternate
movement of the disks into pulley contact, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
11 In an ironing machine, the combination with the frame, of an ironing-roll
journaled therein, a pivoted frame or "swing" beneath said ironing-roll, an
ironing board supported by the swing, reciprocating means for the ironing-board,
and means for adjusting the height of the front end of the swing, comprising a
lever g pivotally joined to the front end of the frame, connecting means between
said lever and the front end of the swing, lever g' having pin and slot connection
with the lever gl5 and itself pivotally secured to the frame, and lever and link
connection between the frame and the lever g' for moving the latter, substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.
12 In an ironing machine, the combination with the frame, of an ironing-roll
journaled therein, a pivoted frame beneath said roll, an ironing-board supported
by the pivoted frame, reciprocating means for the ironing-board, and means for
adjusting the front end of the pivoted frame, comprising a vertical shaft, ball-
joint between shaft and front end of pivoted frame, pivoted lever g, spring
connection between said lever and shaft, pivoted lever g having pin and slot
connection with the lever g, and link and lever mechanism connecting lever g
and the main frame, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
13 In an ironing machine, the combination with the frame, of an ironing-roll
journaled therein, a pivoted frame beneath said roll, an ironing-board supported
by the pivoted frame, reciprocating means for the ironing-board, and means for
adjusting the front end of the pivoted frame, comprising levers go and g pivotally
connected with the frame, yielding connecting means between said levers and
the, front end of the pivoted frame, a lever V pivotally joined to the frame, a
link g pivoted to the main frame at one point and having pin and slot connection
with the lever V at another point, and a link g joining link g to lever g³, sub-.
stantially as and for the purpose set forth.
14 In an ironing machine, the combination with the frame, of an ironing-roll
journaled therein, a pivoted frame beneath said roll, an ironing-board supported
by the pivoted frame, reciprocating means for the ironing-board, and means for
adjusting the front end of the pivoted frame, comprising levers and links V
ggg, bifurcated lever g, shaft 920, ball J having threaded connection therewith
and affording a bearing for the front end of the pivoted frame, movably connected
perforated disks upon said shaft the lower one of which is supported by the
bifurcated head of the lever g15, and a spring coil confined between the disks,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
15-The herein described improved shirt-ironing board, comprising an ironing-
board proper having a neck-band-receiving circular recess the periphery of which
extends beyond a half-circle, a suitable support therefor, and means for clamp-
ingly engaging the shirt neck-band, comprising a neck-clamp, a spring-held
slidable rocking arm or stem supporting the clamp, inclined guides for the
base of the stem, and means for moving the stem slidingly and rotatingly to give
to the clamp the desired movement, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
16 The herein described improved ironing-board, comprising an ironing-board
proper having a neck-band-receiving circular recess, a suitable base for said
board, and means for clampingly engaging the neck-band of the shirt, comprising
a neck-clamp, a stem supporting said clamp, a block d' pivotally connected
to the lower end of said stem, an inclined guide-way for said block, a spring for

page_text: holding said block at the upper end of its traverse, a connecting-rod pivotally
joined to said stem between said block and said neck-clamp, and means for
reciprocating the connecting-rod, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
DL 1
1011 XL 1000
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.