wiping womens' stays, corsets, supporting bands, mens' coats, jackets, trousers, & waistcoats, chintzs, laundry work, & textile fabrics generally.
Year: 1859

page_text: herein-after discribed, & shown in the Drawings hereunto annexed, for the
purposes of scouring, rincing, dressing, wiping, & glazing womens' stays,
corsets, supporting bands, mens' coats, jackets, trousers, & waistcoats, chintzs,
laundry work, & textile fabrics generally.
Secondly, in the invention of the machinery herein-after discribed & shown
in the Drawings hereunto annexed for the purposes of cleaning, rincing,
scouring, dressing, wiping, & glazing, & pressing womens' stays, corsets,
supporting bands, mens' coats, jackets, trousers,& waistcoats, chintzs,laundry
work, & textile fabrics generally.
Thirdly, in the invention of cleaning, rincing, dressing, wiping, pressing, &
glazing womens' stays, corsets, supporting bands, engineers'jackets, waistcoats,
& trousers, gentlemens' coats & trousers, chintzs, laundry work, window
blinds, and textile fabrics generally, by means of the machine, and in the
manner herein-after ascertained & discribed, and shown in the Drawings
hereunto annexed.
The nature of the said machine, and the manner of operating therewith,
will be particularly ascertained, and discribed by the following discription
thereof, refirance being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the
letters and figures marked thereon :-
Fig. 1 represents a portion of my machine. A, A, (Fig. 1) and B, B, are
peices of timber; C, C, & D, D, are slots cut in the said peices of timber;
E, E, is an upright staff; F, F, F, is a guide wing, attatched to the aforesaid
staff; g, H, is a rod or pole, attatched to said staff & guide wing; that end of
the said rod or pole marked H is attatched to a crank (the crank is not shown
in this Drawing), by which means the staff E,E, with brush i, J, attatched to
its lower end, is moved backward & forward alternately in the directions
pointed by the arrows K & L; M, N, is a plank, hinged to O; under the
plauk M, N, is plac" a simple apperatus (not shown in this Drawing), by
means of which foot pressure will elivate or depress that end of the aforesaid
plank marked M. The aforesaid apperatus shown in Fig. 1 is a scouring
apperatus, and the manner of operating with it is as follows:-The plank
is depress at M, and the article to be scoured is laid on the plank flatly, & in
such a position as to be under the brush i, J; a tap (not shown in this
Drawing, is then turned on, by which a jet of suds is thrown on the article
being scoured. Backward & forward motion is then given to the staff E, E,
by which the brush i, J, is made to pass backward & forward over the article
to be scoured; the plank being elevated at M, the article to be scoured is
brought in contact with the brush i, J, and kept there till the part being
operated on is sufficiently scoured,

page_text: A, A, Fig. 2, is a pendulem staff, the top end of which is fixed in the
slot B, B; E, E, is a peice of timber, in which is a slot F, F, which said slot
acts as a guide to the pendulem staff A, A; ġ, H, is a rod or pole, attatched
at g to the pendulem staff A, A. That end of the pole or rod marked His
attatched to a crank, not shown in this Drawing, by which backford and
forward motion is given to the staff A, A. i, J, is a brush, attatched to the
lower end of the staff A, A; K, L, is a plank, binged to M. Fig. 2 is a
view of a second portion of my machine, which I use for brushing goods
discribed in the tittle of my Invention; I operate with it in the same manner
as that in which I opperate with that portion of my machine shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 shows a third portion of my machine, which I use for brushing &
cleaning purposes. A, A, are posts or standards; B, B2, is a shaft, having
bearings in the standards A, A; E, E, is a plauk, hinged to D. A crank,
(not shown in this Drawing, is attatched to the end of the shaft marked B 2,
by which backword and forward motion is given to a brush marked C, C,
attatched to the shaft B, B2. I operate with this portion of my machine in
the same manner as with the portions of my machine shown in Fig. 1 & 2.
Fig. 4 shows a fourth portion of my machine, which I use for cleaning,
rincing,& dressing the goods & articles mensioned in the tittleofmy Invention.
A, A, A, A, is framework; B, B, B, B, are posts or standards, being, in fact,
part of the aforesaid framework; C, C, H, H, & T, T, are axles, having
bearings in the standards B, B, B, B; F, F, & 9, 9, are brushing wheels,
mounted on the axles C, C, & H, H. The periphery's of the wheels F, F,
& g. 9, are studed with bunches or turfts of hair, Brazilian bass, or other
suitable material, in the manner indicated in the Drawing, Fig 4, at F, F,
& g, g, so as to form the said wheels F, F, & g, g, into wheel brushes or
brushing wheels. L, M, is a suds or scouring liquor pipe, by which a jet of
suds or liquor is thrown on the surfice of any article being cleaned by the
wheels F, F, & g, g.
The manner of operating with the brushing wheels F, F, &g,g, is as follows:
-Rotory motion being given to the said brushing wheels F, F, & g, g, in the
direction pointed by the arrows i, J. I take up the article which I desire
to clean; I then select that part thereof on which I wish first to operate; I
then turn on the supply of suds or scouring liquor; I then thrust the aforesaid
selected part of the article which I desire to clean flatly & evenly between the
periphery's of the brushing wheels F, F, & g, g, at the place pointed at by the
hand or index K, and continue to hold the said selected part of the article
which I desire to clean in the aforesaid position untill it is sufficientlycleaned;
I then proceed in the same manner untill the whole of the said article is

page_text: sufficiently cleaned. N, N, Fig. 4 is a brushing wheel of precisly the same
sort as shown at F, F, & g,g. I use it singlely, as indicated by the Drawing,
& not in conjunction with a second brushing wheel. O, O, is a blank
placed under the wheel N, N, in the position indicated by the Drawing;
that end of the plank marked P can be elivated or depressed by foot
pressure on an apperatus not shown in this Drawing. The manner of
cleaning goods or articles with the wheel N, N, is as follows:-The end
of the plank marked P is depress; the article to be cleaned is laid evenly
& flatly on the plank O, O, at R, R; the plank is then elivated untill the
article to be cleaned comes in contact with the rotating periphery of the wheel
N, N,& held in such position untill sufficiently cleaned. Having thus cleaned
the goods I desire to clean, I then bleach. them by the usual (well-known
process); I then re-scourer them in the manner before discribed; I then
rince them in the following manner, that is to say, the suds or scouring liquor,
hitherto passing through the suds pipe L, M, is shut off, and pure warm
water is supplied in place thereof; the goods are then scoured again in the
same manner before discribed, a jet or stream of pure warm water falling ou
them from the jet pipe L, M, whilst they are being so scoured or ṛinced.
S, S, S, S, are a pair of wiping wheels mounted on the axles C, C, & T, T;
they (the wheels S, S,-S, S, rotate in the directions pointed by the arrows
U, U. The perepherey's of the wheels S, S, S, S, are first covered with india-
rubber (shown in black), then with a soft absorbant fabric (spong I use by
prefirance), shown in blue. The utility of the wheels S, S, S, S, is as follows:
-When goods are diped in starch for the purpose of being starched (women's
stays especially) it is impossiable to discharge all the superabundant starch
which adheres to them by the ordnary procees of haud wringing; it has,
therefore, hitherto been the custom (as far as women's stays are concerned)
to wipe off the superabundant starch which adheres to them by hand labour
with cotton cloths about a yard square. I, however, have gained immence
advantage by usuing the wiping wheels S, S, S, S, for removing the super-
abundant starch which adheres to women's stays upon their being diped in
starch for the purpose of being starched. The manner of operating with the
wiping wheels S, S, S, S, is as follows:-That part of any article from which
I want to wipe the superabundant starch is thrust flatly & evenly between
the periphery's of the wheels S, S, S, S, at the place where the said perephery's
meet & touch each other; it is then drawn out again, whereupon it will be
found the rotating periphery's of the wheels S, S, S, S, has carried away,
absorbed, & wiped off the superabundant starch from that portion of the said
article which was allowed to pass in between the periphery's of the said

page_text: wheels S, S, S, S. I then progress in the said manner untill every part of
the article I desire to wipe has been inserted between the periphery's of the
said wiping wheels & wiped in an efficient manner. In the rear of the
wiping wheels S, S, S, S, are two squeezing wheels not not shown in this
Drawing, whose perephery's rotate & press agains the periphery's of the wiping
wheels S, S, S, S, and thus squeeze out and discharge the moisture absorbed
by the absorbant periphery's of the wiping wheels S, S, S, S. Z, Z, Fig. 4,
is a toothed wheel mounted on the axle C, C, & 1, 1, is a toothed wheel
mounted in the axle H, H; the wheel 1, 1, toothes into the toothed wheel'
Z, Z. V, V, is a toothed wheel mounted on axle C, C; it toothes into the
toothed wheel W, W, mounted on axle T, T. Y, Y, is a wheel mounted on
axle C, C, over which a band passes, & thus gives motion to the wheels
S, S, S, S, N, N, & F, F, g, g. I have brushing wheels in my machine, not
shown in any of these Drawings, the periphery's of which vary in breadth
from three-fourths of an inch to 60 inches, the widest of which I use for for
brushing & cleaning window blinds. Part of my machine (not shown in any
of these Drawings) consists of the machinery patented on the 26th of
November 1855, by Osborne, N° of the Patent is 2661, 1855, which said
part of my machine I use for smoothing and pressing cleaned trousers,
waistcoats, jackets,coats, & womens' stays, corsets, and supporting bands, the
Inventor thereof having designed & used it for smoothing new garments only.
Fig. 5 shows a part of my machine which I use for wiping superabundant
starch from starchey articles. A, A, is a table, on which the goods are laid;
B, B2 is a shaft, having bearings in the standards C, C. To the end of the
shaft B³ is attatched a crank (not shown in this Drawing), by which backward
and forward motion in the direction of the arrows H, i, is given to the said
shaft B, B. To the other end of the shaft B, B³, is attached a wiper
consisting of india-rubber, shown in black, covered with sponge, shown in
blue. When the wiper is drawn into the position indicated by dotted lines
D, D, the squeezer E, E, is elivated (by a simple apperatus, not shown in
this Drawing,) in such a manner as to press out any moisture which the said
wiper may contain; thereupon squeezer E, E, descends, & the wiper advances
to the table A, A. This operation being rapidly repeated, it will easily be
concieved that any starchey article laid flatly ou the table A, A, will quickly
be wiped clean. The squeezer E, E, has a staff F, F, which slides up and
down in the cylendarg, y; and the bottom of the squeezer E, E, is perforated
with small holes.
Drawing, Fig. 6, shows a part of my machine in all respects eccept one
simular to that shown in Drawing Fig.5, the only differance is the substitu-

page_text: tion of the yeilding elastic roller D, D, D, D, D. D, Fig. 6, in place of the
squeezer E, E, &c. in Figure 5.
passes over the roller D, D, D.
rotates, and also yields to the pressure of the wiper, by which process the
moisture contained in the wiper is squeezed out and discharged.
The wiper shown in Drawing, Figure 6,
The said elastic yeilding roller D, 'D, D,
Drawing, Fig. 7, shows a part of my machine which I use for glazing or
ironing trousers, waistcoat, stays, & such like goods; A, B, Fig. 7, is a shaft
having bearings in the standards C, C. To that end of the aforesaid shaft
marked A is attached a crank not shown in this Drawing, by which back-
ward & forward motion in the direction of the arrows D' & D³, is given to
the aforesaid shaft A, B ; E, E, is a hollow polished steel wheel with a plain
smooth periphery, it rotates alternately in the direction of the arrows K & J,
at a greater rate of speed than that at which the shaft A, B, travels. Steam
is supplied to the interior of the wheel E, E, through the center of the shaft
9, g, on which it is mounted.
The manner of operating with the apperatus shown in Drawing, Fig. 7 is
as follows:-Suposing the shaft A,B,is in the position shown in the Drawing
Fig. 7, and traveling in the direction of the arrow D', and I at the same time
have a portion of an article in my hand, which I desire to iron, smooth, or
glaze. I at once lay & hold it flatly on the uper serfice of the shaft A, B, at
H, H, it is immediatly drawn under the smoothing wheel E, E, & if held
flatly and evenly whilst passing under the smoothing wheel, it will be properly
smoohed, ironed, & glazed, it is further nescessary to say, that whilst the
shaft A, B, is traveling in the direction of the arrow D 1, the wheel E, E,
rotates in the direction of the arrow J, & whilst the shaft A, B, travels in the
direction of the arrow D³, the wheel E, E, rotates in the direction of the
arrow K.
A, A, Fig. 8 is a brush attatched to a staff B, B, the staff B, B, has bear-
ings in the timbers C, C, & D, D; E, E, is a wheel fixed on the staff B, B,
round which a band passes and gives rotery motion to the brush A, A; F, g,
is a plank hinged to H. I use the brush A, A, for the removal of stains,
small blotches of dirt, &c., in this manner, that is to say, the end of the plank
mark F is depress by foot pressure on an apperatus not shown in this
Drawing, the stained or soiled part if the article I desire to clean, is then laid
flatly on the plank F, g, so as to be under the brush A, A. The plank is then
elivated at F untill the article to be cleaned is brought in contact with the
rotating brush A, A, and is held in such position untill sufficiently cleaned.
A, B, & B, C, Fig. 9, are hollow smoothing wheels mounted on the axles
E, F, & G, H; they rotate in the direction of the arrows i, J, the manner of

page_text: operating with them is as follows, that is to say, supposing I have an article
which I desire to iron, smoth, or glaze, I first select the part thereof on which
I wish first operate. I then thrust it flatly & evenly between the periphery's
of the wheels A, B, & B, C, at the place where the peri phery's of the said
wheels meet, and allow the part of the article which I desire to iron to be
carried in between the said wheels A, B, & B, C, just as far as I desire the
smoothing wheels to operate upon it and no farther, I then (notwithstanding"
the tendancy of the wheels A, B, & B, C, to carry the article being operated
upon farther in then I desire it to be carried, "I say notwithstanding the afore-
said tendancy of the wheels A, B, & B, C," I draw the article being operated
on out from between the periphery's of the said wheels A, B,& B, C, now it is'
the action of the said wheels A, B, & B, C, on the article (iu question) whilst
being drawn out from between thier periphery's, which gives a glaze & smooth-
ness to the article being operated on, & I find the said smoothing wheels
invalueable for ironing, smoothing, & pressing womens' stays, & such like
articles, the interior of the said wheels are supplied with steam for ironing,
smoothing, & glazing womens' stays. I use smoothing wheels with narrow
periphery's vareing from 3/4th of an inch wide to 4 inches. My machine
however contains a variety of smoothing wheels not shown in these Drawings,
thier periphery's vareing from 4 to 60 inches in width, the widest I use for
ironing window blinds.
Drawing, Fig. 11, shows a portion of my machine which I use for glazing.
chintzs & such like goods. A, A is a rubber hinged to the staff B, B, B; the
staff B, B, B, passes through tenants in the timbers C, C, & D, D; E, E, is
a shaft to that end thereof, which marked F,a crank not shown in this Drawing
is attatched, by which backward & forward motion in the directions pointed by
the arrows g, H, is given to the rubber A, A ; i, J, is a table; the rubber A, A,
presses by its own gravity on the surfice of the table i, J; a simple apperatus
not shown in this Drawing is placed under the table i, J, by means of which
foot pressure will elivate the rubber A, A, & staff B, B, B. The manner of
operating with this apperatus is as follows, that is to say:-The rubber A, A,
& staff B, B, B, is elivated, and the article to be glazed is then laid & held
flatly on the table i, J; the rubber A, A, & staff B, B, B, is then allowed to
decend upon the table i, J, (or rather upon the article laid upon the table to
be glazed); backward & forward motion is given to the rubber A, A, and
the friction of the rubber A, A, on the article laid on the table to be glazed
produces the desired effect, viz., a fine glaze on the surice of the article laid
on the table to be glazed. ;
Fig. 10 is a damping apperatus which I use for damping stays & goods.

page_text: generally; it consists of a pipe charged with clean water at a high pressure; to
one end of which is fixed a rose analogious in principle to those fixed on
gardeners' watering pots; the perferations in the aforesaid rose attatched to
my damper are exceedingly minute, indeed, so much so, that when the water-
cock A is turned on so as to allow the water in the pipe to pass through the
rose B, B, it passes away as fine as mist. This said damper is most valuable
for damping all kinds of textile fabrics previous to thier being ironed,pressed
or glazed. A, A, & B, B, in Drawing, Fig. 12, is a pair of smoothing wheels
which I use for pressing,glazing, & ironing womens' stays, corsets, &c..; they
have smooth periphery's, are polished, hollow, & thier interiors are supplied
with steam by means of simple gearing not shown in this Drawing;. they are
caused to make one-sixth of a revolution in the direction pointed by the
arrows C, D, they then return to the position they were in at starting, & the
method of operating with them is as follows, that is to say:-At the time
when the said wheels are starting in the direction of the arrows C, D, if a
portion of a woman's stay is allowed to be carried flatly & evenly in between
the rotating periphery's of the said wheels A, A, & B, B, on its being
discharged from the said wheels by thier revertion to thier position, at starting
it will be found highly & beautifully glazed, and by proceeding in this manner
one portion at a time of the article in question can be glazed & pressed untill
the whole is campleted. In steam laundries a searcher is imployed to search
the goods after they leave the dollying machines, and remove any dirt not
removed by the dollying process. Now one of my brushing wheels placed.
near by enables said searcher to remove any dirt he may find with great
quickness compared to the old process of haud brushing.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Field in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
22nd March 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
FIELD, Stay Cleaner, of Number 5, Rose Gardens, Ḥaminersmith, in the
County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-third year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Thomas Field, Her special licence that I, the said Thomas

page_text: Field, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Thomas Field, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom, of Great Britain'
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an. Invention for
"A NEW MEANS AND SYSTEM FOR CLEANING IRONING, PRESSING, AND GLAZING
WOMENS STAYS, CORSETS. SUPPORTING BANDS, MENS JACKETS, COATS, TROWSERS
AND WAISTCOATS, CHINTES, LAUNDRY WORK, (THAT IS TO SAY.) GOODS, AND ARTICLES
GENERALLY WASHED BY LAUNDRESSES,) WINDOW BLINDS AND TEXTILE FABRICS
GENERALLY," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Thomas
Field, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Field, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the
letters marked thereon, that is to say :—
The said Invention, consist, firstly, in the actuation of wheel brushes, cir-
cular, bevel, curved, and plain brushes, pumps, wipers, wiping wheels, hollow
box smoothing irons, plain flat smoothing iron, and callandering wheels, by a
mechanical gearing for the purposes of brushing, scouring, cleaning, whiteing,
and glazing, womens' stays, corsets, supporting bands ;. mens' coats, jackets,
trowsers, waistcoats, and canvas overalls, laundry work, and textile fabrics
generally.
Secondly, in brushing, cleaning, dressing,scouring, and prping womens'stays,
corsets, supporting bands, mens' jackets, coats, trowsers, waistcoats, canvass
overalls, laundry work, and textile fabrics generally, by aid and means of wheel
brushes, round, bevel, curved, and plain brushes, pumps, wiping wheels,
wipers, hollow box smoothing irons, plain flat smoothing irons, and callandering
wheels, actuating by mechanical gearing; and the manner of performing the
said Invention is particularly describedand ascertainedin and by the following
description thereof.
A, A, Figure 1 is an aslant view of a brushing wheel or wheel brush ; B,
B, Figure 2 is a depressable shaft rigged under the said brushing wheel 'A, A,

page_text: the said shaft B, B, is hinged at E; C, C, is a jet pipe; D is a stop-cock
attached to the jet pipe C, C. The jet pipe C, C, is in connection with other
pipes and valves leading to and from-clean and dirty suds, hot and cold water
tanks and coppers, by means of which hot or cold water, dirty or clean suds,
or liquor can be thrown on any article placed over the shaft B, B, for the
purpose of being scoured by the rotary action of the brushing whell A, A, the
said pipes, valves, coppers and tanks, are not shewn in this Drawing, the upper
surface of the shaft B, B, I cover with soft materials, india-rubber I use by
preference; a foot lever and gearing, not shewn in this Drawing, is used for
depressing and elevating the aforesaid shaft B, B. The manner of operating
with the said brushing wheel, depressible shaft, and jet pipe, is as follows:-
First obtain the article you wish to scour, then select that part thereof on
which you wish to commence operations, depress the shaft B, B, then lay the
said part evenly over the shaft B, B, in such manner as that the elevation of
the shaft B, B, will bring it in contact with the rotating periphery of the
brushing wheel A, A, turn on the supply of suds, liquor, or water, obtain-
able froin the jet pipe C, C, and continue to hold the article being scoured in
such position until such part thereof is sufficiently scoured, then depress, the
shaft B, B, advance the article being scoured sideways and otherwise vary its
position under the brushing wheel A, A, until the whole thereof is
sufficiently scoured..
Explanation of No. 3.-A, A, is a shaft with a scouring brush attached
thereto; B, B, is a depressable shaft hinged at E; the brushing shaft and
shaft A, A, is made to slide or travel back ward or forward in the direction of
the arrows 1 and H over the depressable shaft B, B.; F, F, is a jet pipe with
stop-cock g; the method of operating with the apparatus shewn in Figure 3
is as follows: The article to be scoured is placed on the shaft B, B, the jet
of suds, water, or liquor, is turned on, and a backward and forward motion of
the brush attached to the shaft A, A, scours that part of the article submitted
to its action, the position of the article being scoured is varied until the whole
is clean. Depressing and elevating gearing, not shewn in this Drawing, is
used in connection with the depressable shaft B, B.
Explanation of No. 4.-A, A, is a shaftor pendulam suspended by pin joint
at B, B; C, C, is a brush attached to the bottom of the shaft A, A; 'the shaft
A, A, travels backward and forward alternately in direction of arrows D and E
in a slot or guiding channel not shewn in this Drawing. A depressable shaft,
not shown in this Drawing, is rigged under the brush C, C, and a jet pipe, not
shewn in this Drawing, is placed near the said brush C, C. The method of
operating with the apparatus shewn in Figure 4 is as follows:-Articles to be

page_text: scoured are laid evenly on the said depressable shaft and submitted to the
brushing action of the brush C, C, their position being varied until the whole
is scoured, liquor or water being thrown continuously from the jet pipe ou the
article being scoured during the time the scouring process continues.
Explanation of Figure 5.-A, A, A, A, a strong framework; B, B, B, B,
are shafts extending from said framework; C,C, is a brush attached to bottom
of framework; the shafts B, B, B, B, slide back word and forward alternately
in direction of arrows D, E, in bearings, and by movement of gearing not
shewn in this Drawing. A depressable shaft and jet pipe, not shewn in this
Drawing, is rigged under and near the brush C,C. The scouring apparatus
shewn in Figure 5 is used in the same manner as the apparatus shewn in
Figures 2, 3, and 4.
Explanation of Figure 6.-A, A, is a shaft; B,B, is a round brush, attached
thereto, rotary motion in the direction of the arrow C,or vise versa, is given to
the said brush. The staff A, A, is hollow, and is made to serve as a jet or
passage pipe for conveying suds, liquor, or water on the article being scoured
by the brush B, B. A depressable table top, not shewn in this Drawing, is
placed under the brush: B, B. D is a stop cock in the staff or jet pipe A, A.
The method of scouring goods with the apparatus shewn in Figure 6 is the
same as used when scouring goods with apparatus shewn in Figures 2, 3,
and.4.
Explanation of Figure 7.-A, A, is a long shaft made to slide or travel
backward and forward alternately in the directions of the arrows B and C, by
gearing, and in slots and channels and framework, not shewn in this Drawing.
D, D, is a soft absorbant material attached to the end of the shaft A, A. By
preference I use india-rubber and sponge. E, E, is a soft, elastic, depressible
roller, over which the absorbant wiper D, D, is drawn by the shalf
the said shaft travels in direction of the arrow B, by which proce any succes-
sive moisture contain in said wiper is squeesed out.
α, a,
when
Explanation of Figure 8.-Figure 8 is an apparatus similar to that shewn
in Figure 7, with this difference only, that is to say, a different process is used
for squeesing the excess of moisture out of the wiper, D,D. G,G, Figure 8, is a
perforated squeezer mounted on a staff H,H,whichsaid staff works upwardand
downward in the cylinder I,I,when the shaft A,A, by travelling in direction of
the arrow B, brings the wiper D, D, over the squeezer G, G; the said
squeezer G, G, rises, and by upward pressure against the wiper D, D, squeezes
out any excess of moisture which the said wiper may contain; after which
the said squeezer immediately descends, and the shaft A, A, and wiper D, D,
advances to and over any goods laid on the table F, F. By continuance of

page_text: which process, and varying the positions of the goods to be wiped, the wiping
process is thoroughly completed.
Explanation of Figure 9.-A, A, is a wheel which I use for wiping starched
goods, its periphery is covered with soft absorbant material. By preference I
first cover it with india-rubber, and then with sponge. It is made to rotate.or
a depressable table top,and the method of operating there with is asfollows:-
The table top is depressed, and goods to be wiped is laid evenly thereon in
such manner as, that elevation of the table top will bring them in contact with
the rotating periphery of the wiping wheel.
Explanation of Figure 10.-A, A, is an aslant view of a hollow polished
metal calandering wheel, heated by lumps of red hot iron, gas, steam, hot
water, or other suitable means. It is made to rotate alternately in the direc-
tion of the arrows B and C.
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Explanation of Figure 11.-A,A, is a side view of the calundering wheel
shewn in Figure 10. D, E, F, is a shaft which is made to traverse backward
and forward under the calendering wheel A, A, alternately in the directions of
the arrows G and H. The, wheel A, A, rotates alternately in the directions of
the arrows B, C, but always at a greater rate of speed thau that at which the
shaft D, E, F, travels. Whilst the shaft D, E, F, travels in the direction of
the arrow. G, the wheel A, A, rotates in direction of the arrow B,.and whilst
the shaft D, E, F, travels in the direction of the arrow H the wheel A, A,
rotates in the direction of the arrow C; the axil of the wheel.A, A, rotates in
slots, and is acted on by a regulating spring, by means of which, the pressure
of the wheel A; A, on the surface of the shaft D, E, F, can be regulated as
desired. The slot, spring, bearings, &c., is not shewn in this Drawing.
Explanation of Figure 12.-A, A, and B, B, are a, pair of callendering
wheels mounted. on axils C, C, and D, D. The wheels A,.A, and B, B, rotate
in direction of the arrows E and F, and the method of glazing fabrics there-
with as follows One part at a time of the article to be glazed in drawn in
evenly between the wheels A, A, and B, B, and is then forcibly drawn. out
again, notwithstanding the tendency of the said wheels to carry at further end.
by, which means the fabric becomes well glazed. By aid of these wheels I
glaze womens stays successfully.
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Explanation of Figure 13.-A, A, and B, B, are a pair of callendaring
wheels mounted, on axils C, C, and D, D, the wheels A, A, and. B, B,.make
one sixth of revolution in the direction of the arrows E, E, and then. revert
to their position at starting; the method of operating with them is as follows:-
One partat a time of the article to be glazed is carried evenly in between the
wheels, A, A and B, B, and then discharged therefrom by the reversion.of

page_text: the wheels to their position at starting, by which means that portion of the
article operated on becomes well glazed.
Explanation of Figure 14.-Figure 14 is a damping apparatus which I use
for damping womens' stays, men jackets, coats, trowsers, waistcoats, canvas
overalls, and small textile fabrics generally. A, A, is a rose, such as is fixed
on the spout of a gardener's watering pot; B, B, is a pipe by which water is
passed into the rose A, A; C is a stop cock inserted in the pipe B, B, the
perforations in the rose A, A, are so exceedingly small that the water escapes
in particles almost as fine as mist.
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Part of my Invention consists in damping womens' stays, corsets, mens'
jackets,coats,trowsers, waistcoats, and canvass overalls and laundry works by
passing the same by hand or mechanical means under perforated water roses,
tubes, series of tubes or vessels filled with water and in connection with cocks,
pipes, and valves, &c., by which the water can be passed through said
perforations, or can be shut. off from so doing.
Having thus described my new means and system for cleaning, ironing,
pressing, and glazing womens' stays, corsets, supporting bands, mens' jackets,
coats, trowsers, and waistcoats, chintzes, laundry work, (that is to say) goods
and articles generally washed by laundress's) window blinds and testile fabrics
generally, and explain the manner of performing and carrying the same into
effect, I declare the advantages I obtain thereby to be as follows, that is to
say, a great saving of time and labor in scouring and glazing the goods and
articles herein-before enumerated, and what I claim and desire to have secured
to me by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is as follows, that
is to say, I claim,―
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Firstly, the Invention of actuating, moving, and motioning of wheels,
brushes, round, bevel, curved, a plain brushes, wipers, wiping, and callendaring
wheels by mechanical gearing for the purposes of cleaning, scouring, dressing
wiping, pressing, ironing, and glazing womens' stays, corsets, supporting
bands, mens' jackets, coats, trowsers, waistcoats, canvass overalls, and laundry
work.
Secondly, Iclaim thesole and exclusive right of cleaning, scouring, dressing,
wiping, pressing, ironing and glazing womens'stays, corsets, supporting bands,
mens' jackets, coats, trowsers, waistcoats, canvass overalls, and laundry work
by aid and means of wheel brushes, circular, bevel, curved, and plain brushes,
pumps, wipers, wiping and callendaring wheels actuated by mechanical
gearing.
Thirdly, I claim the Invention of and exclusive right of using hollow box
or plain flat smoothing irons actuating upon mechanical gearing for pressing,

page_text: smoothing, and glazingwomens' stays,corsets,supporting bands, mens' jackets,
coats, trowsers, waistcoats, and canvass overalls.
Fourthly, I claim the Invention and exclusive right of damping womens'
stays, corsets, supporting bands, mens' jackets, coats, trowsers, waistcoats,
canvas overalls, and laundry work by passing the same by hand or by
mechanical means under perforated water roses, tubes, series of tubes or
vessels filled with water with pipes, valves, and cocks attached thereto, capable
of shutting off or letting ou the supply of damping water.
Fifthly, I claim the exclusive right of using the jet pipe herein-before
described when the same is used in the manner and for the purposes herein-
before described and shewn in the Drawing hereurto annexed..
Sixthly, although I have particularly described and ascertained the nature
of my Invention in and by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal,
dated this Twenty-second day of March One thousand eight hundred and
sixty, and in what manner the same is to be performed and carried into effect,
nevertheless I claim the further right of not confining myself rigidly and
solcly to the claims and particulars herein-before described, as the methods
(herein-before described) of carrying my Invention into effect, may doubtless
be varied without departing from the nature and principle of my Invention.
In witness whereof, the said Thomas Field, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of March in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
THOMAS FIELD.
(L.S.)