US1209124A - Ironing-machine. - Google Patents

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D. M. COOPER.

xRoNINd MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED NOV I4 1912.

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IBONING MACHINE, `APPLC/mou FILED Nevin. 191.2.

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D. M. COOPER. y IRONING MACHINE.

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-f am @ma PATENT @WEE DANIEL MHCOOPER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW' YORK, assieme rro AMERICAN LAUNDRY MACHINERY COMPANY, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO, .A CORPORATIONOF OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Dec. 19, 1916. i

4Application led November 14, 1912. Serial No. 731,264.

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My invention relates. to improvements(ji'trr lroning machines, with reference partip'nvi,

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larly to the class ofmachinery employed pressing shirt bosoms, and embodying a stationary platen andmovable presser, the lating and retaining the garment, andit has for its object to provide a novel arrangement of parts for effectively clamping the` neck bands of varying sizes.

Another object of my invention consists 1n providing a relatively movable bosom board which is so connected to the adjustableelements of the neck band clamp that the neck band o'i2 the garment will always maintain' the same relative position on the board, the shoulder'and neck portions of the shirtdgeing always maintained at the same points 'of the board.

.c A still further object of my invention reA sides in a novel form of clamping mechanism for engaging' the lower end of the garment whereby it may be stretched until it is Vtightly and smoothly held upon the board and in means for locking the clamping device in engagement with the ,garment until it is ready to be released. 3

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combina'- .tions of parts vall as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification. c

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a longitudinal, sectional view of a portion of an ironing machine having embodied therein a preferred form of my invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 21h-2a of Fig'l; Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of the machine,

- with parts in section; Fig. 4 is a plan View -of the neck band clamping means; Fig. 5 is a plan view of the neck band engaging devices; Fig. 6 is a similar view of the stationary neck band-engaging member; Fig. 7 band engaging member is providedy withv esignates the stationary platen, whibhA is engaged by a vertically movable presser adapted to carry a garment, the presser being supported in bearings 2. The

ter being provided with means for support! presser embodies a support 3, above which is arranged the garment supporting` device or bosom board 4, the latter being slidable upon the' support. ATo this end,`the bosom .board embodies la base 5, provided with a nfthe iresent embodiment of the inven- ."ti'om l steam chamber 6, and carrying a 4toothed rack 7, which is engaged by a gear segment 8 mounted upon the shaft 9, the latter being provided with an operating lever 10 Vfor moving the" bosom board longitudinallyv of the support. In vorder to hold the board in its adjusted position and lalso to return it to .normal position, the base 5 carries spring actuated-mds 11 which are located on opposite sides of the support and are movable within `the guides 12. Upon the support 3 are pivotally mounted spring controlled clutches 13 in engagement with the rods 11', and. serving to hold the latter in their adjusted position until released by the pawl 14, the latter being formed on a sleeve xedly mounted on the rock shaft 15, which maybe operated by the lever 16 secured theretmf,

17 is a neck band engaging l'member which is stationary relatively to the support and is mounted upon a post 18, the latter being attached as shown iii Fig.\,l,to the plate 19, secured in any suitable'mlanner to the sup-v port, as by means of bolts 22. The base 5 of the bosom board is .tlidable upon the plate 19, and has a dovetaiiled joint with the support 3 as shown lin Fig. 2.

Arranged upon the stationary neck band engaging member 17 is a' pair of guideways 23 which are angularly disposed and receive the slides 24, the latter forming parts of the adjustable neck band engaging devices designated at 25. The stationary neck i curved flanges 26 adapted to engage the front portions ol the neck band while 27 are flanges on the adjustable neck band engaging devices which cooperate with the rear corner portions ol the neck band and are movable forwardly and rearwardly to ei'ect close engagement with neck handset different sizes. For accomplishing this movement, the slides 24 Aare provided with pins or projections 2S which engage slots 29 in the yoke member 30, the latter being suitably attached to a standard 31 which is secured at yits lower end to the flange 32 of the base 5. It will be-noted that the bosom board is cut away at 33 to receive the post j 1S on which the stationary neck band engaging member is mounted. lVhen the adjustable neck band engaging devices are moved to accommodate a larger or smaller neck band, the bosom board is correspondingly moved, so that the rear edge of the board andthe rear edge of the neck band will always be in substantially the same vertical plane as shown in Figs. 4 and This enables a shirt of any size to be pressed, while retaining the neck band always in the same relative position to the yoke and shoulder portions of the garment, thus obtaining a regular and even pressing of any sized shirt, and this eli'ect cannot be secured in a machine where the bosom board is stationary.

34 is a clamp for engagement With the rear edge of the bosom board, which -is mounted upon a pivotally arranged arm 35,'

controlled by a lever 36. The lever 36 vis pivota'lly attached to a rod 37 which is yieldably connected with the arm 35. The lever 3G, when rocked on the post 33, locks the clamp 34 against the garment, and is adapted to be released at the instant that the bosom board and adjustable neck band engaging devices are returned to their normal position. 'To this end, the lever 36 carries a tail piece 38 which is arranged in the path of a rod 39, the latter being pivotally connected to an arm 40 carried by the aforementioned lever 16. When the latter is operated to release the lbosom board, permitting it to be returned to its normal position through the action of the springs 41, rod 39 engages tail piece 38 of lever 36, rocking it over ,until the connecting rod 37 passes thedead center or locking position, whereupon the clamp 34 is rel-eased by the action of the spring 42.

The garment is clamped at its lower end by means that may be adjusted with relation to the bosom board so as to hold different sized garments, and with varying degrees oi tightness, and to this end I provide acarrying device 43 provided with guide rods 44 at opposite sides of the board arranged tor movement 1n guides 45, the latter being suitably secured upon the board and controlled by springs 46. The carrying device 43 embodies a shaft 47 on which is journaled the upper clamping member 4S) .designates an operating member for actuating the clamping members, which is iixedly mounted on the shaft 47, and carries an upwardly projecting portion engaging a spi-nig 51 arranged between it and the clamping member 4S. The shaft 47 has rigidly secured thereto at its opposite end a sleeve'52 having an arm 53 supporting a spring 51 between it and the corresponding part of the clamping member 4S, both ol the springs 51 being of the same Iconstruction. The lower clamping member is designated at 54, being mounted on the shaft 47 by means of the arms 55 which are provided with downwardly extending ears 56 by which the clamping member is connected to the bosom board through links 57, the latter being in turn secured to a shaft 5S, which is mounted in standards 59. The normal position of the clamping member 54 is determined by an adjusting plate 60 which is attached to the clamping member by a set screw 61 operating through a slot 62. The position of the plate 60 is controlled by an adjusting screw 63 having threaded engagement with the arm 64 on an ear 56.

65 is a stop formed upon the clamping 9 member 48 and coperating with the lug 66 on the operating member 49 to return the clamping member to its normal position shown in Fig. 8.

67 is a pivoted clutch coperating With the guide rod 44'to hold the same in adjusted position, and said clutch may be released by the lug 68 mounted upon the -rock shaft 53, which is controlled in a manner which will presently be described. It Will be seen that when the operating member 49 is depressed, the springs 5l are compressed, forcing the upper clamping member inuo engagement with the lower clamping member. A further movement of the operating member effects a still closer engagement between the clamping members, while at the same time causing them to move together in a downward direction as the guide rods 44 are moved outwardly, until the parts assume the position shown in Fig. 3.

1n order to hold the clamping members in operative engagement, locking means .are provided embodying a weighted locking device 69, carried by the operating member,` and provided with a locking pawl 70 arranged to engage a coperating` recess in the plate 60. This locking means serves to hold the upper clamping member in close engagement with the lower clamping member. Upon releasing theclutch 67, the parts return to substantially the position shown in Lacona;

mounted on the carrying device. This causes the lower end of the/locking device to be raised, withdrawing the pawl 70- from` its recess, and permitting thel upper clamping member to return to lts normal position as in Fig. 8.

73 is a rod connected to the rock shaft 58 by a lever 74, and provided at its lower end r with the spring 75 which is arranged to be each other, an operatingmember for actuating the clamping members, a locking device carried by the operating member and operating to hold the clamping members in engagement, and releasing means arranged on the carrying device and adapted to engage the locking member.

1 2. The combination witha support, of a bosom board'mounted on the support, a carrying' device movable longitudinally ofthe support, clamping members arranged on the carrying device,'an operating member for actuating the clamping membersand a locking device arrangedon the operating member and coperating with one of the clamping members for holding them in engagement. i

`DANIEL M. COOPER. Witnesses:V v

JOHN KANE, ELsm E. Gouw.

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