US1086292A - Ironing-machine. - Google Patents

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A. R. GUSTAFSON.

IRONING MACHINE. APLICATION FILED APR. 22, 1913.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

AXEL R. GUSTAFSON,.0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS;

IRONING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb; 3, 1914.

Application filed April 22, 1913. Serial no. 762,772;

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Ann R. GUSTAFSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My. present invention relates to improvements in ironing machines, and is designed especially with the purpose .of providing these machines with easily manipulated and smoothly operated parts.

The invention relates especially to the movement and supporting parts of the carriage upon which the compression rollers are supported, to a special attachment for use in ironing lace curtains or similar articles, and to other novel combinations of parts as will appear hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment. of my invention constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles of the invention, and one which has proven highly satisfactory in actual use.

Figure 1 is an end view of an ironingmachine embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the machine, broken away for purposes of illustration. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the machine looking in a directionopposite that of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail, enlarged. view of a roll for attaching lace curtains when ironing. Fig. 5 isa side view of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is an en-' larged, detached view of a part of carriage for thecompression rollers, a d the actuating lever. Fi 7 is a transv rse sectional view of B/POItlOIl of the carriage and track of Fig. 6.

In the embodiment of my invention as illustrated, the machine is supported upon the side frames 1, 1 which are of usual metal-' lic construction, and the heater roller 2 is journaled between these frames as usual. The heater roller is supplied heat from the burner pipe 4 as usual, and is driven from the motor 5 through the medium of the pul- A clothes receptacle 16 is supported, below the feed table 17, in convenient position for use by the operator when working the iron ng machine. I

Thetwo compression rolls 18. and 19 are supported by their journals 20 and 21 in the carriage 22', and are furnished with the usual padding or canvas covering. The carriage and pivoted at 27, 27 in the side plates 15.

Each lever arm25 is provided with an antifrict-ion roller '28 which engages the cam face 29 on the carriage'22, and when the lever arms 25 are pulled over as in dotted (1 line position Fig. 1,- the moving contact of the roller 28 on the cam face 29 lifts the carriage upon its track, and is held in recess 29'. A pair of threaded rods 30 are screwed through ears 31 on the side plates 15, and

each rod extends through a perforation inv the carriage to guide a coiled spring 32 which is located between the ear 31 and the carriage to force the compression rollers against the heated roller. The compression rollers are revolved from the large wheel 11 by means of the smaller gears 33, 34:.

The articles are fed to the rollers from the feed table 17, as usual and pass between the rollers which are revolved from the motor 5.

For ironing lace curtains and similar articles I provide a roller 35, with pins 36 projecting therefrom, and journaled by its pintles 37 in the slotted plates 38. These plates are attached to the feed table, at its opposite end corners by means of turn screws 39.

When operating the ironin machine, the attendant, having lighted the urner to heat the heater roller as required, starts the motor which revolves the rollers through the train of gears as described. The carriage is in position to locate the compression rolls in their proper relation to the heater roll, and the carriage and compression rollers held in this relation by gravity and the springs. The clothes are fed to the machine by the operator as usual, and drop into the proper receptacle.

When feeding lace curtains, the curtain is first attached to the roll by means of the line of pins, and the roll suspended by its pintles in the slotted side plates 38. The curtain is then rolled upon this roller. The filled roller is removed, reversed and then replaced in the slotted plates, so that the free end of the curtain maybe fed to the ironing rollers. When first entered between the ironing rollers the curtain is guided and handled by the operator, but after passing between them for a considerable distance, the curtain is drawn from its roll by the movement of the ironingrollers, and in this manner is fed with facility and simplicity to and through the rollers.

The compression rollers are held in place with resiliency and respond easily tothe passage of the articles between the rollers.

The combination with a frame having an 30 inclined track and a heated roller, a carriage having wheels on the track, compression rollers on the carriage, guide rods between the frame and carriage and springs on said rods, a cam edge on the carriage, 35

and a lever engaging said edge whereby thecarriage may be moved to render the com pression rollers inoperative.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature; in presence of two witnesses. V AXEL R. GUSTAFSON. Witnesses:

IRWIN D. GRoAK, EMIL KWARTL'

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