US1145169A - Ironing-machine. - Google Patents

Description

F. W. SMITH, JR.

IRONING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25. 1912.

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FRIEND W. SMITH, 31%, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIG-NOR TO THE KING MACHINE COMPANY, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRIEND W. SMITH, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain improvements in ironing machines such as are particularly designed for the purpose of ironing corsets, and has for its object to enable the operator to confine the smoothing operation to a comparatively narrow surface of the goods without tilting the iron, and with this end in view my invention consists in certain details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and then particularly pointed out in the claims which conclude this description.

In the annexed drawings I have shown a construction for carrying out my improvement, wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of the ironing machine; and Fig. 2 a top plan view of the iron.

I have not deemed it necessary to illustrate or describe any mechanism for moving the iron forward and backward along the surface to be ironed, since the reciprocatory rod to which the iron is connected may be actuated by any suitable mechanism which latter of course forms no part of the present invention.

The shape of the iron which I utilize is such that the face of the same is widest at the central portion and tapers from that point toward the ends, so that such face gradually increases in width from the ends to the middle.

In ironing certain articles, such as corsets, it is necessary to confine the smoothing operation at times to a certain portion of the goods, as for instance the belt or waist portion, which is comparatively narrow, and such portion should be smoothed without allowing the iron to smooth down the adjacent portions of the corset, and this has heretofore been accomplished by tilting the iron and maintaining the latter in a i tilted position during the smoothing of such if}; portion of the corset.

In my improvement the iron always remains in a substantially horizontal position while the ironing board itself is tilted, and, in order that the nose of the iron may not dig into the goods as the iron traverses the inclined board, I prefer to so construct the reciprocatory rod which carries the iron that the iron is gradually elevated in different horizontal planes as it travels up the incline of the board and then gradually is lowered as it travels down such incline, all of which will be understood from the following description 1 is any suitable table or bench, and 2 a support for the ironing board mounted on said bench. 8 is the ironing board which is suitably located on said support, in the present instance pivoted thereto at the point 4 at the forward end of said board.

5 is any suitable treadle pivoted to the floor beneath the machine, and 6 is a rod whose ends are pivotally connected respectively to said treadle and to the rear portion of the ironing board, so that it will be clear that when the treadle is depressed the inner end of the ironing board will be elevated.

7 is any suitable casing or analogous structure secured on the table 1 and within this structure is secured a rod 8 around which is loosely supported an idle roll 9, and 10 is a reciprocatory rod or pitman which is cut away at any desired point intermediate of its length so as to form an inclined way or portion 11 which terminates at its ends in abrupt beveled portions 12. The degree of incline of this way or portion 11 corresponds to the degree of the incline of the ironing board, and such portion normally rests upon the roll 9 so that it will be clear that as the rod 10 reciprocates forward and backward said rod will be gradually elevated or lowered as the case may be.

13 is the iron which is pivotally connected to the outer end of the rod 10, and is preferably provided with a lug 14 on the upper face of its rear end, this lug being normally separated by a space from the underside of said rod.

The operation of my improvement is as follows: As the rod is moved rearwardly the iron will travel up the incline of the board 3 the lug 14. coming in contact with the underside of said rod so as to prevent 35 board and maintaining it in inclined posithe iron from accidentally lying fiat against the inclined surface of such board. During the travel of the iron along the ironingboard, only. the nose portion of the iron will be in contact therewith, and when the board is thrown to its highest working elevation, as illustrated in the drawings, the iron will have only a relatively narrow bearing on the material resting upon the board. Should the board be lowered slightly, but still held in working relation with the iron, the'width of the strip which is being ironed will gradually widen. As the rod 10 nears its limit of motion in each direction, the in clines or bevel portions 12 will cause the rod to be elevated and as a consequence the iron will be bodily lifted above the plane of the ironing-board.

The drawing merely illustrates one of many structures which could be devised for carrying out my invention, and many changesin details of structure, all within the spirit of my invention, are contemplated, and therefore no particular limitation should be inferred from the foregoing description which has been given for clearness of understanding only.

I claim:-

1. In a machine of the character described, the combination of an iron the width of whose face increases from the nose to the center, a reciprocatory rod to the outer end of which said iron is connected whereby the latter is moved forward and backward, an ironing board, means for inclining said tion during the ironing operation, and automatically controlled and operated devices for elevating the entire iron bodily above the plane of the ironing board at the ends of the forward and backward movements of said iron.

2. In. a machine of the character described, the combination of an ironing board, means for inclining said board and maintaining it in inclined position during an ironing operation, a rod capable of'forward and backward movements and provided with a way which is inclined to correspond with the incline of said board, a stationary roll upon which said way rests, and an iron suitably connected to the outer end of said rod and having a face increasing in width from the nose to the center, whereby said iron will be moved up and down said inclined board and will have an ironing contact of limited width.

3. In an ironing machine, the combination of an iron-supporting rod; means for inoving the same to and fro in a path inclined to the horizontal; an iron pivotally suspended from the end of said rod; an-ironing-board lying below said rod and iron, and pivotally supported at one end; and means under the control of the operator for changing the elevation of the free end of the board and maintainingit in such adjusted position, whereby the ironing relation between said board and iron will be varied. p

4. In an ironing machine, the combination of an iron-supporting rod; means for moving the same to and fro in path inclined to the horizontal; an iron pivotally suspended from the end of said rod; an ironing-board lying below said rod and iron, and pivotally supported at one end; means under the control of the operator for changing the elevation of the end of the board and maintaining it in such adj usted position, whereby the ironing relationbetween said board and iron will be varied; and means for bodily elevat ing the rod, and consequently the iron, at the end of each forward and backward stroke.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRIEND w. SMITH, JR.

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