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0. L. BRALEY.

BOSOM PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4. I9I5.

Patented July 8, 1919.

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C. L. BRALEY.

BOSOM PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-411915.

1,309,562, Patented July 8, 1919.

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C. L. BHALEY.

BOSOM PRESS;

APPLICATION FILED SEPTA. 1915.

Patented July 8, 1919.

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C. L. BRALEY.

BOSOM PRESS.

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CHARLES L. BRALEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN LAUNDRY MACHINERY (30., OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

BOSOM-PRESS.

Application filed. September 4. 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES L. BRALEY, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bosom-Presses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My invention has for its object to improve the construction and operation of bosomironing machines, with more particular reference to the form of apparatus disclosed in my application, filed March 4, 1915, Serial No. 11,940, resulting in Patent No. 1,233,305, granted July 17, 1917, and embodying generally a bosom supporting board movable into and out of pressing relation with a heated chest, and provided with independently movable yoke supporting and clamping means, whereby the yoke and shoulder portions of a shirt, which are shaped and ironed previously on another machine, may be retained in their proper ironed relation during ironing of the bosom, and a special purpose is to afford mechanisn'i for supporting and clamping the yoke and shoulder portions of a shirt in a more simple, e'flicient and practical manner. A further purpose of the invention is to lessen the work of the operator in positioning and ironing a shirt bosom, and also to atl'ord a more perfect coope ation between the yoke clamping means and the bosom ironing and neckba-nd expanding devices. To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation, illustrating the application of my invention to a bosom press, and showing the yoke supporting and clamping means elevated into operative relation with the bosom board;

Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the heated chest, in section, in ironing relation with the board, and the yoke supporting and clamping means released;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 8, 1919.

Serial No. 49.020.

Fig. 3 is a plan view with the parts in operative relation, or pressing position;

Fig. 4-. is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 4t-4c of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged plan view of the upper end of the board, with the yoke supporting and clamping means in operative relation;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line (i-6 of Fig. #1;

Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 7 a of Fig. 41, and

Fig. 8 is a sectional View on the line 88 of Fig. 5.

Similar reference numerals in the several figures indicate the same parts.

In the embodiment of the invention as herein illustrated, there is employed a bosom board 1 for receiving the bosom of a shirt and a heated bed or chest 2, one of which parts is movable with relation to the other into and out of pressing relation, and for the purposes of this application it is sufii cient to state that the machine may operate similarly to the usual type of machine in its class, in which the heated chest is stationary and the board is movable vertically into and out of engagement with the chest. To this end, the board is arranged on a standard 3 mounted on the. support 41, which may be operated up and down within a stationary guide or bracket 5 by any convenient actuating means. The board 1 is provided with a cloth covering (3, retained thereon by suitable means, as by pins 7 on the stationary plate 8, which secure the cloth at one end, and a plate 9 held by screws 10 for securing it at the opposite end. A neckband expander is provided on the bosom board, comprising a Forward stationary portion 11, and an adjustable member 12 carrying the rear portion 13 and corner or tail portions 1 1, which are curved as shown, to engage the inner surface of a neckband, and are guided in their movements by suitable devices as well known in this type of construction, and as illustrated in my pending application already referred to. The member 12 of the neck band expander is connected to and adjusted by a frame 15 extending longitudinally beneath the bosom board and carrying at its opposite end suitable tail stretchedge of the bosom board, and beneath these adjustable portions of the expander are disposed the yoke and shoulder portions of the shirt, which are shaped and ironed previously on a machine designed for this parti'cular purpose, and I will now describe the parts of the present apparatus which are provided for supporting and retaining the yoke portion of the garment during the operation of ironing the bosom, in such a manner as to prevent destroying the shape or ironing effect that has already been imparted to the yoke and shoulder portions. Pivotally mounted on the support 1 is a carrier including arms designated at 17 and fixed on a spindle 18 which is suitably journaled in bearings 19. The carrier just referred to is provided with yoke supporting and clamping means, and to this end it includes a yoke supporting member 20 which is yieldably mounted on the carrier by means of pins 21 carried by the member 20 and en gaging openings in the carrier. Surrounding the pins 21 are springs 22 which act to maintain the yoke supporting member in its normal position, while at the same time permitting slight yielding movement down- Wardly or upwardly in order to insure its horizontal alinement with the bosom board. The yoke supporting member is preferably provided with a padded surface 23 and also with clamping means for cooperation with the yoke to maintain the latter on the supporting member. The clamping means referred to is preferably arranged on the car rier, and to this end it includes independent clamping devices 24, each of which is pivoted about a bearing 25 upon a base portion 26. The latter is slidable forwardly and rearwardly upon guides 27 in order to permit adjustment of the clamping devices into proper relation with the neckband expander. 28 designates a cam locking lever pivoted on the bearing 29 which is secured between lugs 30, the cam lever 28 acting, when moved downwardly to the position shown in Fig. 8,

to lock the clamping device 24 against the shirt on the padded surface of the yoke supporting member and thereby retain the yoke tightly thereon. The spring 31 is arranged in a recess 32 and engages the under side of the clamping device 24 to impart a resilient action thereto. It will be seen that the construction and arrangement of both clamping members is identical in every respect and for convenience in the present description, I have described only one of these. The yoke supporting member 20 is preferably coextensive with the width of the ironing board, that is, extending from one side thereof to the other, and each of the clamping devices 24 preferably extends from one end of the yoke supporting member inwardly, terminating in a curved edge 33,

which is adapted to be positioned adjacent to the neckband, and in close proximity to the outer surfaceof the adjacent tail portion of the expander. By reason of the ad justability of each base 26 upon guides 27, the operator is permitted to adjust the neckband expanden in the first instance in accordance with the size of the neckband,

and thereafter to move the clamping devices 24 with the base portions 26 toward the expander until the' curved surfaces 33 abut against the edge of the neckband on the expander, after which the clamping levers 28 are operated to lock the clamping devices against the garment.

When the parts are in operative relation for ironing a bosom, the yoke supporting and clamping means is in the position shown in Fig. 1, maintaining the yoke in horizontal alinement with the bosom, and provision is mad-e for allowing the yoke to drop downwardly away from the bosom board as soon as the latter is in ironing relation with the heated bed. The yoke supporting member is held in its uppermost position by means of a vertical rod or bar 34 which is pivotally connected thereto at 35 and is movable within an opening 36 of an actuating rod 37 to be presently described. Rod 34 is cut away or recessed at 38 for engagement with the end of the support 4, as shown in Fig. 1,

' and 39 is a collar fixed on the rod 34 and serving to lnnit its downward movement,

as appears in Fig. 2. 40 is an arm fixed on the spindle 18, and41 is a spring serving to connect the rod 34 and arm 40, and acting to hold the rod 34 in the position shown in Fig. 1 in order to maintain the yoke supporting member in its uppermost position. In order to release the yoke supporting member, automatic devices are provided which are brought into operation at the moment when the heated bed and ironing board are brought into ironing relation, and this is accomplished in the following man her. The actuating bar 37 is connected to a frame 42, slidable laterally in guideways 43 as shown in Fig. 6, and including a cross bar 44 arranged in the path of an inclined collar 45 secured to the rod 46. The latter is connected at its upper end to a part on the ironing board and at its lower end to the stationary frame of the machine through an intermediate spring 47. By this means,

as the support 4 moves vertically, the cross bar 44 engage the inclined collar 45 and causes the frame 42 to move laterally. At the limit of the upward movement of the support and ironing board, the frame 42 will have moved far enough to force the rod 34: laterally until recess 38 is disengaged from the support, whereupon the yoke supporting member falls away from the ironing board. The vertical rod 46, already referred to, is also connected to releasing devices for the neckband expander and tail clamping means, but as this forms no part of the present invention it is unnecessary to describe these parts.

In applying and ironing a shirt with the present construction, the operator proceeds as follows: The yoke supporting member is moved upwardly by hand until it assumes the positlon shown in Fig. 1, the clamping devices however being disengaged, as appearing in Fig. 2. The shirt is then placed on the board and the neckband expander operated until the neckband is "fully stretched, the tail portions of the shirt also being tightened by the tail stretching members, all according to the usual process of pressing a shirt bosom. The clamping devices are then moved into close engagement with the neckband, arranged about the expander, substantially as indicated in Fig. 3, and the clamping levers are then operated to maintain the clamping members tightly in engagement with the yoke on the supporting member. The parts are now ready for ironing and the bosom board is brought into pressing relation with the heated chest by moving upwardly. At the limit of its upward movement, the rod 34 is kicked off from the support t and the carrier, together with the yoke supporting and clamping members, is permitted to fall away from the bosom board. This causes an additional stretching and tightening of the body of the shirt, since the latter is retained on the yoke supporting member by the elampin g devices, and thereby limits the movement of the yoke supporting member, the weight of the latter, together with its associated parts, being sutlicient to stretch the upper part of the garment to a certain degree and thus impart a smoother and more perfect finish. After the operation is completed, the shirt is entirely released when the operator draws the clamping levers 28 upwardly, and the parts are then in the position shown in Fig. .2, with the bosom board however separated from the heated bed, which latter is shown in this figure merely to illustrate the general combination of the essential parts of the apparatus.

It will be understood that the particular embodiment of the invention which I have described and illustrated does not limit ts scope in any manner, and I consider that my improvement covers any modifications or departures from the present showing that may be utilized to carry out the particular purposes set forth in the same or some equivalent manner.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a bosom press, the combination with a heated bed and bosom board, one having movement with relation to the other into and out of ironing relation, of a neck band a former on said board, a movable carrier, a

yoke supporting member on said carrier, yoke clamping means on said member, and means whereby said clamping means may be adjusted on said member relative o said neck band former.

2. In a bosom press, the combination with a heated bed and a bosom board, one having movement with relation to the other into and out of ironing relation. of a yoke supporting member in movable relation with the ironing board, and independent clamping devices mounted on the yoke supporting member for engaging and retaining opposite portions of the yoke oi a shirt.

In a bosom press, the combination with a heated bed and a bosom heard, one having movement with relation to the other into and out of ironing relation. of a yoke supporting member in movable relation with the board, a neckband expander on the board, and clamping means on the yoke supporting member for engaging and retaining the yoke of a shirt in close proximity to an edge of said neckband expander.

4-. In a bosom press, the eonibination with a heated bed and a bosom heard, one having movement, with relation to the other into and out of ironing relation, of a yoke supporting member in movable relation with the board. a neckband expander on the board, and independent clamping devices mounted on the yoke supporting member for engaging and retaining opposite portions of the yoke of a shirt in close proximity to an edgeoi the neckband expander.

5. In a bosom press. the combination with a heated bed and a bosom board. one having movement with relation to the other into and out of ironing relation. oi" a yoke supporting member substamvially, coextensive with the width of the bosom board, a neckband expander on the board. and clamping means cooperating with the yoke supporting member for retaining the yoke of a shirt and having portions adapted to be positioned in close proximity to the edge of the neckband expander.

6. In a bosom press, the ("elimination with a heated bed and a bosom board, one having movement with relation to the other into and out of ironing relation. of a yoke supporting member substantially coextensive with the width of the bosom board, a neckband expander on the board, and independent clamping devices mounted on the yoke supporting member for retaining opposite llO portions of the yoke of a shirt, each clamping device having a portion adapted to be positioned in close proximity to said neckband expander.

a heated bed and a bosom board, one hav- 7 ing movement with relation to the other into and out of ironing relation, of a carrier movable downwardly away from the board, yoke supporting and clamping means arranged on the carrier, and devices automatically operated when the bosom board and heated bed are brought, into ironing re lation for operating the carrier downwardly 'to move said yoke supporting and clamping means away from the board.

9. In a bosom press, the combination with a heated bed and a bosom board, one havingmovement with relation to the other into and out of ironing relation, of a movable carrier, a yoke supporting member arranged on the carrier, clamping means carried by the yoke supporting member, and devices automatically operated when the bosom board and heated bed are brought into ironing relation for operating the carrier to move the yoke supporting member away from the board. 7

10. In a bosom press, the combination with a heated bed and a bosom board, one

having movement with relation to the other into and out of ironing relation, of a yoke supporting member in movable relation. with the ironing board, clamping means carried by the yoke supporting member, and devices automatically operated when the bosom board and heated bed are brought into ironing relation foroperating the yoke supporting member to move it away from the board.

11. In a bosom press, the combination with a heated bed and a bosom board, one having relation to the other into and out of ironing relation, of a sup-port for the bosom board, a yoke supporting member movable downwardly away from the board, clamping means carried by the yoke supporting member, and devices automatically operated when the bosom board and heated bed are brought into ironing relation for operating the yoke supporting member to move it away from the board.

12. In a bosom press, the combination with a heated bed and a bosom board, one

having movement with relation to the other into and out of ironing relation, of a yoke supporting member in movable relation with the ironing board, independent clamping devices mounted on the yoke supporting memthe ironing board, clamping means on the.

yo'ke supporting member for engaging and retaining the yoke of a'shirt and adapted to be positioned in close proximity to an edge of said neckband expander, and devices automatically operated when the bosom board and heated bed are brought into ironingrelation for operating the yoke supporting member to move it away from the board.

14. In a bosom press, the combination. i

with a heated bed and a bosom board, one having movement with relation to the other into and out of ironing relation, of a yoke supporting member in movable relation with the ironing board, independent clamping devices mounted on the yoke supporting member for engaging and retaining opposite portions of the yoke of a shirt and having portions adapted to be positioned in close proximity to an edge of the neckband expander, and devices automatically operated when the bosom board and heated bed are brought into ironing relation for operating the yoke supporting member to move it away from. the board. i

15. In a bosom press, the combination with a heated bed and a bosom board,'one having movement with relation to the other into and out of ironing relation, of a movable carrier, and yoke supporting and clamping means yieldably arranged on the carrier.

16. In a bosom press, the combination with a heated bed and a bosom board, one having movement with relation to the other into and out of ironing relation, of a movable carrier, a yoke supporting member yieldably arranged on the carrier, and clamping means carried by the yoke supporting member.

17. In a bosom press, the combination with a heated bed and a bosom board, one having movement with relation to the other into and out of ironing relation, of a yoke supporting member in movable relation with the ironing board and vertically yieldable thereto when in operative position.

18. In a bosom press, the combination With a heated bed and a bosom board, one 'tion, and clamping devices carried by the havlng movement with relatlon to the other yoke supporting member.

into and out of ironing relation, of a yoke CHARLES L. BRALEY. supporting member in movable relation with WVitnesses:

5 the ironing board and vertically yieldable MICHAEL DALY, relatively thereto when in operative posi- SYn. CRESSWICK.

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