US130257A - Improvement in ironing-machines - Google Patents

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A. B. WALTERS.

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Patented Aug. 6,1872.

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UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

ALMEBN B. WALTERS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANDA CHARLES SAUNDERS, OF SAME PLAGE.

MPRVEMENT IN lRNlNG-WACHlNES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 130,257, dated August 6, 1872.

SPECIFICATION. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALMERE B. WALTEEs, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of Vreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of an ironingmachine, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the table or stand. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the iron, and Fig. a is a plan view of the same.

A represents a table or stand of any suitable dimensions, at the rear side of which are two upright standards, B B, having a lever, C, pivoted between them at their upper ends. Through the inner end of the lever G passes a rod, a, which also passes through a guidearm, E, attached to said standards below the lever. The lower end of the rod a is inserted in a socket, b, formed in the center of the iron D, and is fastened by a pin, as shown in Fig. 4. Upon the upper end of the rod a is a pulley, d, from which a belt or cord, e, passes over a pulley, f, and around a grooved wheel, G. This wheel is driven by a pitman, I, con! nected with a treadle, H, in the lower part of the stand, and by this means a rotary motion is imparted to the iron D. The outer end of the lever C is, by a rod, F, connected with a treadle, H', by means of which the iron is lifted up when desired. The iron D is round and hollow, with its bottom corrugated on the inside, and the edges thickened so as to equalize the heat on the surface or ironing part. The thickened bottom edges allow the radiation of all the heat possible at these points, while at the bottom, where there is less heat required, the iron is thinner and corrugated. The iron is provided with a door, h, to admit a hot piece of iron or bolt, J, in the cavity for heating purposes. On the stand or table A are two boards, K and L, one moving back and forth, and the other sidewise upon small rollers or wheels, thus giving a universal Inotion to the article to be ironed, so that the same can be placed and moved in any position by the operator.

In place of operating the lever C by the treadle H, it may be operated from the front by the hand; or it may be operated from the top, in which case the rota-tion of the iron is caused by cog-wheels, so that the raising of the iron will throw it out of gear. In this case a cylinder is placed around the rod a, with a spring around the rod Within the cylinder to give the required pressure; and in place of the lever C a stationary arm is used.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In combination with the iron D and rod c, the lever C, rod I,'and treadle H', substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. In combination with thefiron D and rod c, the pulleys d f, belt c, wheel G, pitman I,

and treadle H, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

3. ln combination with a revolving iron,D, the movable pieces K and L, substantially as 'and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALMER-N B. WALTER-S. Witnesses:

HARRY REEVES, J osErII SnUNDERs.

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