US1440855A

US1440855A - Ironing machine

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Publication number: US1440855A
Application number: US295074A
Authority: US
Inventors: Randolph V Weller
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1919-05-06
Filing date: 1919-05-06
Publication date: 1923-01-02
Anticipated expiration: 1940-01-02

Description

Jam'Z, 1923. 1,44%855 R. v. WELLER.

IRONING MACHINE. FILED MAY 6. 1919. 2 SHEETS'SHEET 1 [V l T N ESSE S V I. V/FA" T0 /8 Patented an. 2, H923.

atest RANDOLPH V. WELLER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

momma MACHINE.

Application filedltiay 6, 1919. Serial No. 295,074.

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that I, RANDOLPH V. WELLER,

: of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain h Improvements in Ironing" s new and useful Machines; and I do herebydeclarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart .of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon. a

Thisinvention relates to laundry apparatus, and more particularly to ironihg machines, or mangles, one object of the invention being to providea simple and inexpensive, yet efi'icient, device of this character suitable fordomestic as well as factory use.

Another object is to improve the construction of such devices by reducing the number of parts and effecting a more compact arrangement thereof.

Still a further object is to provide an ironing machine with a convenient arrangement of the operating parts requiring the minimum of effort and attention on the part of the operator. 7

To these and other ends the invention resides 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; V Figure 1 is a front elevation of the mangle; g V

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the same; Figure 3 is an enlarged end elevation of a portion of the'machine showing the parts lgure 4 1s a similar view showing the roll and shoe locked in separated. relation; Figure 5 is a section on the line 5- a of Figure 6 showing the construction of the roll and shoe;

Figure 6 is a top plan view showing a portion of the operating mechanism;

the ends of which '55 Similar reference numerals throughout the several views indicate the same parts.

This invention, in the embodiment at present" preferred as best illustrating its principles, comprises, preferably, a frame or support indicated generally at 10 having a substantially rectangular base 11 fixed to are

uprights

12 and 13, the base having pivoted on its under side as at 14, adjacent its corners, four standconnected at 43 ards indicated in pairs at 15 and 16, each pair having a cross brace 18. A bar 17 for each standard pivoted to the, base 11 and aving a pin and slot connection with the tandard, supports the latter in extended position and permits the standards to be folded upwardly against the base when the machine is not inuse.

ironing bed or roll, of the usual or any suitable construction, 1s indicated at 19- having at its ends trunnions 20 journaled in the uprights .12 and 13, one of these trunnions being extended and having fixed thereon a pulley 21 adapted to receive the driving belt of a motor.

Pivoted on the

standards

12 and 13 at 22' below roll 19, are arms 23 supporting a shoe or iron comprising, preferably, a cast metal plate 24 having end flanges 25 and a face portion 26 suitably curved for ironing coaction with roll 19, the latter portion hav-. turned

flanges

27 and 28, to-

ing backwardly thedatter of which, and to the end flanges 25, by means of screw's'29, is -attached a sheet metal cover plate 30, the upper end of which is snapped under a projecting ledge 31 of the flange 27. f

Rotatably supported in the end flanges 25 of the shoe is a conductor 32 for supplying a suitable heating medium for the shoe, preferably fuel gas, the upper sideof. the

* conductor being provided with burner open-.

lugs 33. The cover plate is provided at 34 with air inlet openings and with an escape opening at 35.1 One end of conductor 32 extends without the shoe and has connected therewith an elbow 36 turning transversely of the roll and having connected therewith an extension 37 compactly disposed transversely of the roll, at the end of which is preferably attached a mixing chamber 38.f0r theyg as which is admitted to the latter through a valve 39 provided with a nipple 4O for a flexible gas supply connection. Fixed on the conductor 3211adjacent the shoe is an arm 41 having pivotally connected therewith a rod'42 Inovabiy at its other end with the upright 12. It is evident from this construction that downward actuation of the conductor extension 37, rotating portion 32 of the conductor in its bearings in the shoe, causes arm 41 to thrust against rod 42 and the standard 12 as a fulcrum, thus moving the shoe away from the roll, as required at forwardly I 44 is a rod 45 extending looselythrough a over heating of the roll when there are no clothes passing between the parts.

Plvotally connected with standard 12 at yoke 46, 'fixed on the end of the shoe, and carrying at its outer end a nut and washer 47 between which and yoke 46 is placed a compression-spring 48 serving to normally urge the shoe toward the roll. The compression of the spring may be varied by adjust-, mentof the nut. In order to :lock the roll and shoe in separated relation, thereis piv oted at 49 on the standard 12 a retaining device 50, the lower end of which is adapted to be swung above the mixing chamber 38 of the conductor to retain the latter in lowered po- 7 sition.

A convenientdevice' is provided for opv crating the shoe comprising a hook 51"attached to the mixing chamber 38, a rod 52 being connected at one end with hook 51 and at the other end53 with a treadle 54 extending longitudinally of the machine and substantially coextensive with the roll, the

other end of the treadle being pivoted at 55 to the standard 16. L

The operation of the device requires but a brief explanation in connection with the above description offthe construction. The' shoe having been heated to the desired degree of temperature, with the roll driven by the i motor, the clothes are fed between the shoe of the roll.

' tion. The

and roll atthe top of the latter and the rotation of the roll carries the clothes between the roll and shoe, thereby accomplishing the ironing operation under pressure of spring 48 and dischar ing the clothes at the bottom 'Vi hen the machine is to be allowed to. stand idlefor any time while the heat is applied, or if the clothes being ironed require adjustment between the parts, treadle 54 is pressed down with the foot and through the actuating connections described, carries the shoe away from the roll, in which position it may be locked by means of the retaining device-'50.

The machine is very simple in construction, comprising but a few parts. The emplo ment of'the conductor for the heating me m as one of the operating parts and thearrangement of the same ansversely ,of the machine adjacent standard 12 provides an ieflicient-and very compact construcrovision of the treadle extending longitudinally of the machine permits the convenient operation of the same from any position of the operator while handling the clothes. These various features aiiord an ironing machine which is light in weight, inexpensive and convenient to operate and therefore especially suitable for domestic use, although, of course, it may be employed to advantage in laundry establishments.

"I claim as my invention:

1. An ironing machine comprising a bed, an iron, said bed and iron being relatively movable one toward and from the other, a

movable conducting means for conducting a' heating medium to one of said parts, and connect on between said conducting means and said parts for eflecting said relative movement of the parts'upon movement of said conducting means.

2; In an ironing machine, the combination .other, a conducting means for conducting a heating medium to one of said parts said conductlng means being movable for moving said parts one away from the other, means for urging said parts toward eachrother, and

'retainmg means for retaining said conductor in adjusted position.

4. An ironing machine comprising a support, a rotatable roll on said support, a shoe on said support movable toward and from said roll, a conductor oonnectedwith said shoe for conducting a heating mediu there- 'to and connecting means between said support and-conductor for effecting said movement of the shoe by actuation of said conductor. V

port, a rotatable roll on said support, a shoe on said supportmovable toward and from said roll, a conductor movably connected with said shoe for conducting a'heating me- 5. An ironing machine comprising a supdium to the latter, means for urgingsaid 7 shoe toward said roll, connecting means between said support and conductor, and an operating device substantially coextensive with said roll for actuating said conductor and moving said shoe away from said roll.

* 6. An ironing machine compris ng a support, a rotatable roll on said support, a shoe on said support movable toward and from said roll, a conductor for conductinga heatmg medium to said shoe connected with the shoe and having a portion extending transversely of the shoe and said roller, said conductor being connected with the support and an operating device arranged parallel with said roll and connected with said conductor for actuating the latter and moving said shoe away from said roll.

. RANDOLPH V. WELLER.