US1539250A - Collar finisher - Google Patents

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May 26, 1925.

J. E. FIDLER COLLAR FINISHER Filed Oct. 24, 1921 '3 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VE N TOR Z, 2%

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J. E. FIDLER a COLLAR FINISHER Filed Oct. 24, 1921 3 Sheet s 1 1 eet 3 7- 4 /&

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JOHN E. FIDLER, 013 NEW YORK, N. Y., .ASSIGNQR- TO ASHER MANUFACIUR-ING COM- PANY, OF IRVINGTON, JERSEY, A CORPORATION G13 NEVJ C OLLAR, FINISHER.

Application filed October 24, 1921. Serial No. 509,794.

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Be it known that 1, JOHN E. FIDLER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar Finishers, of which the following is a speci fication.

This invention relates to collar finishers, and more particularly to a device for finishing the fold and the adjacent inside surface of the collarband, and also if desired for finishing a surface within the fold or specifically the outer surface of the collar neckband to facilitate sliding of a necktie thereover. 1n carrying out this invention, I provide a rotating mandrel over which the folded collar fits, and against the fold are pressed one or more stationary and preferably heated ironing shoes. The operator places a shaped collar on the mandrel, which carries it under the shoes, after which the operator removes the collar on the other side. The mandrel is large enough to accommodate two collars at a time, so that the operator, while removing the finished collar with one hand, puts on the next collar with the other hand, and without stopping rotation of the mandrel. As the tab of the collar projects above the plane of the folded edge, it is deflected from between the shoes and the mandrel, this being accomplished by a bevel on the shoe which prevents the tab from being bent or folded down. The shoe is pressed against the collar by a spring, which may be adjusted, and the shoe is heated by electricity or other means. For finishing the outside of the neckband so that a necktie will slide more easily, there is provided a drum within the mandrel rotating at a different speed, so to operate simultaneously with the fold and inside neckbaud ironing shoes.

lVith these and other objects .in view 1 have devised the apparatus embodying my invention as described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is a plan view of the device;

Figure 2 is a section taken on the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a section of a simpler form wherein the collar-band outside finisher is omitted. I l

Referring to Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawings, 1 indicates the frame of the machine bolted through a bottom flange 2 tea table or other means of support 3. Mounted in bearings 4 in frame 1 is shaft 5, having keyed upon its outer end drive pulley 6 which is connected by belting to a suitable source of power, or direct driven from a motor. Secured on shaft is a worm 7 which runs between a pair of bearings 4, and drives worm wheel 8 secured to shaft 9 running in bearings 10 in housing 1. Secured to shaft 9 is mandrel 11 having a smooth finished edge 12. Pivotally mounted on bracket 13 secured to housing 1 is inner shoe 14, the same being pivoted to bracket 13 on pin 15, andbeing composed of metal or other suitable heat conducting material. Shoe 14 bears on the fold as well as on the inside of the neckband to iron same, ordinarily for about one half inch down from the fold. Spring 16 mounted on bolt 17 threaded in shoe 14 exerts compression between nut 18 on bolt 17 and washer 19 on bracket 13 tending to draw shoe 14 downwardly about pivot 15, said pressure being adjustable by varying the position of nut 18. Mounted in lug 20 in bracket 13 is stop bolt 21, which limits the movement of shoe 14 by contacting with the end of bolt 17 stop bolt 21 being adjustable and being held in any given position by lock nut 22. Shoe 14 extends over the edge 12 of mandrel 11 and has a finished surface 23 adapted to bear in a direction parallel to the mandrel axis against'edge 12, and surface 46 to bear on the inside of the neckband. The portion of shoe 14. within mandrel 11 extends below the edge 12 and is cut away as at 24 to provide annular clearance for the inside edge of mandrel 11. A depression 25 is formed in the inner face of shoe 14 and into this depression 25 is directed a jet from burner 26, the latter being protected by a housing 27 connected and secured to bracket 13, and

burner 28 being supplied through pipe 28 which connects with supply pipe 29. A pair of outside shoes 30 are positioned on each side of finisher 14 and aresimilar thereto and have similar finishing surfaces 24, but the body of each of shoes 30 is positioned outside of mandrel 11. Shoes 30 are beveled on their ends as at 47 to deflect the collar tab, if it is of the locking type projecting above the plane of the mandrel, and also extend below edge 12 and are similarly cut away to provide annular clearance. 30 have depressions which are heated by burners 31 supplied by pipes 32 which connect with supply pipe 29, and are g'iiard'e'd by housings 33 connected to bracket 13, and preferably integral with housing 27. Shoes are mounted on bracket 13 by pivots 15 and are held in position by springs 17 on bolts 16 and adjusted by stop 21 in the same manner as shoe 141 In the form shown in Figure 2', a neckb and polishing drum 3-1 for the outer surface of the collar ncckba'nd is within mandrel 11 and mounted on shaft 35, the latter being carried inside of shaft 9 which is made hollow for the purpose. Adjacent worm wheel 8 on shaft 9 and securely fixed to the latter, is spur gear 36, which meshes with spur gear 37 on countershaft 38 carried in bearings 39111' housing 1; and" adjacent gear37 on counter-shaft- 38' is mount 7 ed spur gear 40 meshing with spur gear ll securely fined on shaft 35', and thereby driving ch'inn 34. Shaft 35 is continued below gear 41 and extends through hearing 12 in housing 1. Shaft 9 is held against endwise movement by a shoulder 43 on housing 1,

which cooperates with a similar surface on the adjacent portion of man'drel 11 and constitutes a thrust bearing which earries the weight of mandrel 11 and of shaft 9.

Drunr and shaft 35 are similarly sup ported by shoulder 44 on boss 45 on man'- drel 11. Gear has a greaterpitch diameter than gear36f, and gear at has a greater pitch diameter thm'gear 40, so that drain 31 will be driven at less speed than mandrel 11. Upper edge 4-55 of chitin 34 is below edge 1 2 and so does not exte'i'id all the way to the fold of the collar, which is thus carried at the speed of mandrel 11, and drum 3 1, owing to its slower speed, will thus polis'h the outer surface of the neckband,

The" cloll'a'r'is slid over the mandrelagainst etrlge12', which fits into the fold. The tab of the collar will, insome styles, project slightly above the plane of edge 12, and shoes 3O are beveled to deflect the tab as the collar passes under theshoes. Bevels such as 4*? deflect the tab hiteially. Surfaces 23 on the shoe l hare' bevelled away at each end so as to ride; over the fold of the collar on mandrel 11 and depress the tab downwardly, the collar yielding sufli= ciently to permit the tab to he pressed down below or flush with the top surface of the mandrel.

If desired, then'eckband' finishii'i'g feature may be omitted, and the construction accordii'igly' modified by making shaft 9 solid and by omitting diaun' 34, shaft 35, gears ll Shoesin either direction, but preferably is so driven that the tabendis last, as a lbcking type projecting tab will deflect more easily.

The bevels 4i deflect the tab laterally and 3 prevent it being folded under the shoes 30.

Since the surface 23' of shoe 14:" is bevelled away at each end, as stated above, this prevents the tab being folded over by shoe 1 4; since the bevels at its: ends push the tab down below the edge 12 instead of bei'iding it over; The tab of a collar is generally an extension of the inner half or the portion here designated as the collar ne'ckband so that the tab is on the inside of mai'idrel 11 and projects slightly above the edge 12. It will then' be clearhow the beveled-7 prevent the tab from getting under the shoes 30' regardless of the direction ofrotation of mandrel 11 and regardless of whether the tab be at the front or rear of the moving' collar. In order for the drum- 345 to finish a surface of the collar within the fold, that is, the outer'surface of the collar n'e'ck'hand or the onter surface of the inner half of the collar, it will appear from F ig. 2th'at this collar neckband or inner half of the collar must be engagedbetween drum 34 and shoe 14. Shoe 14 polishes the fold and inner surface' of this collar neckband or inner half of the col-lar while drum 3 f polishes the outer surface of this neckband or the portion of the collar within the fold which is-i-n contact with the necktie, so that the necktie-may slide more easily within the fold. -Besides ironing the fold and inner surface of the neckband or inner part of the collar, shoe" 14 also functions to press this portion ofthe collar against the finishing" drum 34L.

This machine gives a much greater output than machines heretofore devised for this purpose, with less eh'ort by the operator.

lVhat I claim is:

1. In a collar ironing machine the combination with a rotatable mandrel for hold ing a folded collar,of means rotatable relatively to the mandrel for finishing a surface of the collar within the fold while the collar is carried by said mandrel, means resiliently pressing the collar and finishing means against one another while the collar is carried by the" mandrel.

2. In a collar ironing machine, the combination with a mandrel for carrying a folded collar by supporting the same under its fold, of a polishing drum concentric with said mandrel and having its upper edge below the top of said mandrel for finishing the outer surface of the collar neckband, means for producing relative rotation between said mandrel and drum, and means on the other side of said drum from the mandrel for pressing the surface of the collar to be finished against said drum.

3. A collar finisher comprising a mandrel adapted to receive a folded collar, finishing means which comprises a plurality of ironing shoes, one in cooperation with the top of the fold and one side of the collar, and another arranged to cooperate with the top of the fold and the other side of the collar during the ironing operation.

4. A collar finisher, comprising a mandrel to receive a folded collar, a drum within said mandrel to fit within the fold of the collar, the edge of said drum terminating short of the edge of said mandrel and the inner surface of said drum contacting with the outer surface of the collar neckband, and means for rotating said mandrel and drum in relation to one another.

5. A collar finisher, comp-rising a mandrel to receive a folded collar, a drum Within the mandrel to fit within the fold, the edge of said drum terminating short of the edge of said mandrel and the inner surface of said drum contacting with the outer surface of the collar neckband, finishing means bearing against the fold, means for ro tating said mandrel to carry the collar under the finishing means and away therefrom, and means for rotating said drum at a different velocity from said mandrel.

6. In a collar ironing machine, the combination with a mandrel rotatable in fixed position, of an ironing shoe for cooperation therewith, a supporting frame for said mandrel and shoe, means engaging said frame for pressing said shoe against the top and a substantial portion of a side of a collar carried by the mandrel for ironing the same, means for mounting the shoe on said frame whereby the same is yieldable toward and from both the top of the fold and the side of the collar and for mounting said shoe relatively stationary with respect to the frame except for its yieldability to fit different thicknesses of collars, and means for limiting said pressing means and controlling the separation of the shoe and mandrel.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York October A. D. 1921.

JOHN FIDLER.

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