Improvements in Machines for Ironing, Shaping, Heating Collars, and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Nov., 1895-Accepted, 7th Dec., 1595
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Ironing, Shaping, Heating Collars,
and the like.
We, GEORGE HOUSTON HOLLIS, Manager, and ROBERT CLARENCE HOLLIS,
Assistant, both of 806 King Street, Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of
Delaware, United States of America, 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 :-
Our invention relates to that class of machines especially adapted for ironing,
shaping, and heating collars, and the like at the bands or folds thereof, said
machines being also applicable for general ironing purposes, and to this end' the
invention consists in providing the ironing bed employed, with a projecting flange,
and locating the heating device adjacent thereto, a rotatable iron being located
above the same.
It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will be hereinafter set
forth.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 represents a side elevation of an ironing machine embodying our
invention.
Figure 2 represents a front elevation of the same.
Figure 3 represents on an enlarged scale, a detail view, partially in section,
showing the rotary bed employed, and the means for heating the same.
Figure 4 represents on an enlarged scale, a sectional view of the iron employed
and its adjuncts, and
Figure 5 represents a detail view showing the rotary shaper and manner of using
the same.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.
A designates a stand or pedestal on which the principal operative parts of the
machine are supported.
B designates a frame mounted on the upper portion of the same, in which is
provided a bearing for the rotatable shaft C, said shaft being actuated by means of
the gear D, which meshes with a pinion E mounted on the shaft F, upon which
latter the belt pulleys G are employed, although it is evident that other means may
be employed for rotating said shaft C.
H designates an ironing bed employed, the same consisting of a disc mounted on
the shaft C, and having a suitable body provided with a pointed or bevelled
periphery J, one side of said body portion being provided with an annular flange K,
angularly mounted thereon, the location and extent of which flange will be evident
from Figures 1 and 3, said flange having extended thereinto the nozzle M of a
pipe L, into which the heating medium is introduced, whereby it will be seen that
by the employment of said flange, the periphery J of the bed H will be prevented
from being blackened or otherwise' discoloured; so as to injure the collars during
the process of ironing.
N designates the iron employed, the same consisting of the wheel or roller P,
which is provided with a V-shaped groove, and is rotatably mounted upon the
shaft Q, which latter is attached to the bent arm R, which is pivotally mounited
at-Supon the frame: B.

page_text: T designates muslin, cloth, or other suitable material which is attached to the
grooved face of the roller P, said cloth being held in position by means of the
circular or other shaped strips V, which are attached to either side of said
roller.
W designates a rod having one end connected with a suitable portion of the bent
arm R, while its other end is connected to the treadle X, said treadle having
connected therewith one end of the spring Y, while the other end of the latter is
attached to the pin Z or other fixed point, whereby the normal tendency will be
for the iron N to be slightly raised above the shaper H.
A¹ designates a horn or rotary shaper which is suitably attached to the
extremity of the shaft C, said horn in the present instance being secured there-
upon, as will be understood from Figure 3.
The operation is as follows:
The bed H is caused to revolve by any suitable means, and is heated to the
desired degree by means of the heating medium introduced into the nozzle M of
the pipe L, it being evident that by the employment of the flange K, the flame is
prevented from reaching the peripheral point J of said bed, or from crocking or
blackening the same, so as to injure the collars. The iron N being now raised
above the shaper, the article to be ironed is placed thereupon, and the foot placed
upon the treadle X, whereby by reason of the intermediate connections, the iron
is lowered and is pressed against said article, it being noticed that by reason of the
rotation of the bed, the article is fed along under the iron, and the extent of the
impression of the latter upon the article may be regulated by proper pressure
upon the treadle X.
After the collar is ironed, it may be formed or shaped by applying the same to
the iron A¹.
The machine is applicable for general ironing purposes but it will be apparent
that it is especially serviceable for ironing collars at the bends of the same, without
breaking them.
Especial attention is called to the function of the rotary shaper A', the applica-
tion of which being understood from Figure 5, the collar B₁ being shown in the
act of being shaped after being ironed, and said collar. receiving no polish in the
present instance.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1st. In an ironing machine, a standard, a shaft rotatably mounted thereupon, a
rotary bed on said shaft, a flange on said bed, and means for heating the latter,
in combination with an iron pivotally mounted above said bed, substantially as
described.
2nd. In an ironing machine, a standard, a shaft rotatably mounted thereupon,
a bed secured to said shaft, a flange attached to said bed at an angle thereto, a
heating device located adjacent said flange, an iron movably mounted upon said
stand, and having a V-shaped recess in its face adapted to be in contact with the
periphery of said shaper, substantially as described.
3rd. In an ironing machine, the herein described iron consisting of the roller P,
rotatably mounted, having a V-shaped groove therein, cloth or other material
surrounding said groove, and circular or other shaped plates or strips V for holding
said cloth in position, substantially as described.
4th. In an ironing machine, the standard A, the shaft C rotatably mounted
thereou, the bed H having a pointed or bevelled periphery J, the flange K attached
to the side of said bed, the nozzle M projecting into the space between said flange
and said bed, the iron N rotatably mounted upon its pivotal support and constructed
as shown, a rod W, a treadle X and a spring Y, the above parts being combined
substantially as described.
5th. In an ironing machine, a movable iron, a rotary bed having a flange

page_text: attached to its side as described, and a heating jet adjacent said flange, in com-
bination with means for moving said iron towards or away from said bed, substantially
as described.
6th. In a machine of the character described, a rotary shaper adapted to be used
cold, and means for imparting rotation thereto, substantially as described.
Dated this 1st day of November 1895.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.