US1792519A - Garment press - Google Patents

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Feb. 17, 1931.

M. M. TITTERINGTON 92,519

GARMENT PRES S Original Filed July 2, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet l INYENTOR f1 arm's/1. 7727fer/nq2on ATTORNEYS Feb. 17, 1931. M. M. TITTERINGTON 1,792,519

' GARMENT PRESS Original Filed y 2, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Feb. 17, 1931 UNETED STATES PATENT OFFICE MORRIS M. TITTERINGTON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AS- SIGNMENTS, TO THE PROSPERITY COMPANY, INC., OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A

CORPORATION OF NEW YORK GARMENT PRESS Application filed July 2, 1924, Serial No. 723,739. Renewed .raliuar 7, 1930.

This invention relates to garment pressing machines and particularly to improvement in power presses for imposing high pressure on the work.

An object of the invention is to produce improvements in power pressing machines whereby wide laterally opening jaws are provided without resulting angular spreading movement thereby avoiding separation of the pressing members which is undesirable because it permits the operator to accidentally injure his fingers in the jaws; and for the purpose'of illustrating my invention, I have chosen V-shaped pressing jaws ordinarily used for ironing cuff and neck bands of shirts, but it is understood how the principal of my invention together with its structure may be as well applied to pressing ma chines having flat large surface wide opening pressing members.

The accompanying drawings illustrate one embodiment of my invention serving to illustrate the plan and construction thereof; and the same may be varied in certain particulars without departing from the principle of the invention.

Figure 1 illustrates a side view of the cuff and neck band pressing machine in closed position, but it is shown in open position by the dotted lines; and Figure 2 shows a front View thereof. Both views illustrate the press jaws moved into aligned pressing position prior to applicatidn of pressure.

Figure 3 shows another front view of the pressing machine, but in this case some parts thereof are shown in section to better illustrate details of the machine.

Figure 4 shows a sectional View taken along the line 44, and Figure 5 view taken along the line 55 of Figure 3.

Describing first the novel construction of' the frame of my pressing machine, there is illustrated a frame primarily consisting of a central web or standard which may be described as having a Y-shaped top and bottom. Thus a frame web or standard 8 is provided on the upper end thereof with wings 9 which reach outwardly from and overhang the web 8; and the two wings 9 form a base upon which the pressing buck or lower press jaw is stationarily mounted. The lower end of the web 8 flares out at 10 to each side thereof and turns downwardly providing parallel legs 11 spaced apart and in between wh1ch may be mounted a casing 15 housing a power producing motor later described. The frame is hollowed out by coring its central web 8 as well as coring out the lower portions thereof to provide the legs 11 and upper connecting web 12 as well as lower intermediate connecting web 13 which serve to make the frame rigid.

The frame is an improvement in point of structure by reason of its single piece central web standard 8 reaching upwardly and carrying buck support wings 9. The frame sides 10 are hollowed or cored out which uncover and completely exposes the top side of the motor housing 15 thereby facilitating the assembly of piping used to convey steam to the pressing members and the motor. The frame is designed to contain the least possible material thereby affordinga pressing machine of light weight and inexpensive construction; and furthermore, the frame is constructed in one single piece. Back sup ports or stop arms 14 may be integrally cast or'bolted to the frame for the purpose of supporting the head in rearwardly leaning position when the press is open. The cylindrical casing 15 between the legs serves to brace the legs and may be cast integrally with the frame, though it is shown as being separately bolted to the frame.

A fixed lower pressing member or jaw 16 is supported on the wing brackets 9; and an upper movable pressing jaw or head 17 1s superimposed above the buck 16 and adapted to coact therewith and produce high compression on the work supported by the buck. The press jaws herein disclosed are specially designed and shaped for ironing shirt cuffs and neck bands and are therefore preferably made V-shaped in construction, but this shape pressing jaw is not an important feature of the invention for the invention in fact relates to new and improved press opening and closing mechanism and especially operating means for power presses. Flat and substantially large area pressing jaws may as well be employed but in the resent instance I have shown cuff and neck and pressing members because the mechanism herein described is well adapted to this class of ironing machines. The buck 16 if flat may just as readily be anchored to the top end of the single central vertical frame standard 8; and the same applies with reference to mounting a fiat head to the head supporting means hereinafter described.

' The pressing members are heated byany suitable well-known means such as by steam or electricity and in the present case I have illustrated the buck 16 as being made hollow with a steam space or heating chamber 18 therein. A steam pipe 19 conveys steam from a point of supply such as a boiler to the upper ridge or apex of the V-shaped buck for heating the same, and the water of condensation flows downwardly and discharges or returns through pipes 20, 21 and 22 to the boiler. In

' other words, the steam pipe 19 constitutes the steam feed pipe while the pipe 22 is the return pipe leading to a boiler thereby placing the buck 16 in circuit with the'steam supply thus maintaining a high temperature therein. It is understood that the head may be similarly heated by steam without describing it further.

This pressing machine does not operate with angularly spreading jaws as usual with pressing machines by raising the head above the buck, but on the other hand possesses a mode of operation peculiar to the operating mechanism herein disclosed, the result of which is to relatively slip the head and buck laterally apart, and the line of movement takes place parallel to the pressing plane which is so arranged that the head and buck part by relatively rectilinear movement; and in the present instance the head travels rearwardly leaving the stationary buck exposed with wide visibility rendering the work accessible. The improved closing and power pressing operating mechanism includes closing means such as a pedal together with motor means for imposing pressure on the work after the pressing jaws have reached aligned superimposed pressing position; and an automatic control is provided for instantly turning on the motor means when the head closes thereby rendering it unnecessary to manual- 1y start the motor in operation.

A pair of upright spaced parallel head support members or pull links such as steel rods or shafts 24 are disposed vertically and anchored at the upper end thereof to each end of the head 17. The .upper ends of these swing and pull rods 24 are preferably attached at the center of the head which is to say they connect with the head at the longitudinal axis thereof, and this construction and arrangement of parts in effect constitutes an inverted pendulum carried by the upright 24. he lower end of the head support rods 24 are pivotally mounted on a floating or swinging fulcrum shaft 25 which is capable of slight up and down motion to draw downwardly onv the rods 24 and to produce compression between the jaws, and it isnoted that the center of gravity of the swinging head is directly over the fulcrum shaft 25' which delicately balances the swingable head renderin it very easy to operate the press by pedal or liand to move the head over the buck.

The horizontal floating fulcrum shaft or pivotal means 25 is guided and supported in and by a pair of normally horizontal swing links or guide means or members 26 the front ends of which journal or pivotally connect with the shaft 25 while the rear ends thereof are pivotally mounted .on the frame legs 11 as at 27. The pins or bolts 27 permit the front end of the swing links or radius rods 26 to move up and down thereby guiding the fulcrum shaft 25 through a similar movement which raises and lowers the head thru a very short distance, say a fraction of an inch only being required, to produce and release compression. The lower ends of the head supports or upright links 24 are shown as anchored to a hub 28 each of which may be integral with the end of a pedal yoke 29, and

a foot piece 30 is carried by the pedal yoke. The pedal 30 and hubs 28 pivot upon the fulcrum shaft 25, and thus the operator may I.

depress the pedal 30 to move the head 17 forwardly from dotted line position in Figure 1 to aligned pressing-position. Since the head 17 is mounted directly above the fulcrum shaft 25, the said head is rather sensitively poised and moves forwardly with ease over the buck. An arm 31 is cast integrally with the pedal yoke 29 and hub 28 and projects downwardly, a spring 32 being fixed on the lower end thereof and the other end of the spring is anchored to the frame at 33. The spring continuously urges the head 17 rearwardly; and as will be later described this spring automatically opens the press to expose the work immediately the high pres- I sure motor means has functioned to remove the compression.

The casing 15 forming part of the frame, braces the legs 11 in spaced relation and contains an expansion sylphon diaphragm 35, the upper end of which is anchored to the casing and held stationary therewith While the lower end of the diaphragm is expansibly movable up and down under the influence of fluid pressure admitted to the diaphragm through a pipe 36 connecting therewith and adapted to feed steam to the diaphragm from a boiler. The pipe 86 preferably connects with the buck heating return pipe 21 thereby drawing steam from the buck to operate the diaphragm which hastens the circulation of fresh. hot live steam thru the buck to maintain high temperature thereof.

In operating this press, the diaphragm uses a relatively small amount of steam but requires just enough to insure circulation of live steam through the buck thereby keeping it hotter than would otherwise exist if the buck were not in circuit with the steam supply line. The lower end of the diaphragm is equipped with a connecting rod 37 which pivotally connects with the fulcrum shaft 25, and the expanding power of the diaphragm is therefore transmitted directly to the shaft 25 to exert a downward thrust or pull on the head support rods 24. The casing 15 is closed on the bottom end thereof with a cap 38 carrying an adjustable screw threaded spring seat 39, and a compression spring is confined between the spring seat 39 and lower movable diaphragm end. The spring 40 is designed to push upwardly on the diaphragm to return it from expanded pressing position to normally contracted nonpressing position to raise the head when the steam is exhausted from the diaphragm. The force of the spring 40 exerts an upward lift on the connecting rod 37 and shaft 25 to lift the head 17 slightly off the buck and work. By screwing the spring seat 39 up or down, the compression of the spring 40 is regulated to a point where the weight of the head 17 is carried upon the spring. The spring is sufiiciently stifi' and nonyieldable as to hold the fulcrum shaft 25 in steady position as the operator depresses the pedal 30 so as to permit the head and buck to slip into overlapping pressing position. However, the spring 40 is quickly overcome by the expanding force of the diaphragm 35 when steam is admitted thereinto.

A throttle valve 41 is included in the steam pipe 36 and a throttle control rod or stem 42 opens and closes the valve at the proper time. The valve stem has a crank handle 43 which reaches upwardly and is disposed in alignment with one of the swinging head rods 24, and by the time the head 17 reaches closed position, the rod 24 engages the throttle handle 43 to open the throttle valve 41 thereby admitting steam to the diaphragm 35, which instantly applies pressure by jamming the jaws together; and this operation automatically ensues when the operator depresses the pedal 30 to throw the head 17 forwardly over the buck 16. At the end of the press ing operation, the steam is exhausted from the diaphragm which permits the spring 32 to throw the head 17 back in position of rest against the stop 14, and which at the same time permits a spring 44 to instantly close the valve 41 thereby closing off the flow of steam to the diaphragm.

Operator controlled exhausting means is provided in the way of an exhaust valve 46 included in the steam pipe line 36; and a valve rod 47 carries an arm 48 to which is attached a pull rod 49 connected with a pedal 50 pivoted on the aforesaid pin 33. A spring 51 may be employed to hold the valve arm 48 in closed position, but when the operator depresses the throw-off pedal 50, the valve arm 48 is swung upwardly thereby permitting the steam under pressure to exhaust from the diaphragm 35 out through the exhaust valve 46 which action permits the jaws separating means, the spring 40, to move the jaws apart; and then the spring 32 automatically throws the head back off the buck. The exhaust valve 46 closes the steam pipe 21 when the pedal 50 is depressed.

In general use, the press normally stands open and the Work is placed upon the buck. The operator depresses the pedal 30 which swings the head and buck into overlapping pressing alignment. Should the operators fingers be in the way, the head 17 will thrust his fingers away, or since the machine is closed, the operator stops depressing the pedal 30 until the work is suitably arranged and his fingers are removed. Not until the head has reached final closed overlapping position with the buck, as shown in Figure 1, is the steam turned into the diaphragm because the throttle control 43 is so arranged that it is engaged and moved a short distance to turn on the steam into the diaphragm just as the rod 24 comes to rest, and by this time the head has embraced the work and holds it in position so that the operator need not any longer have his hands on the buck to hold the work.

The throttle and exhaust valve is merely shown as an example for the purpose of clearness in illustrating my invention, but it will .be understood that one piece standard throttle and exhaust valve may be used; and furthermore the throttle valve, while shown as opened and closed by the rod 24, is adapted to be automatically actuated by any moving part of the machine depending somewhat on the most suitable design to be adopted.

A press is therefore provided which comprises upright swingable means 24 to carry the head 17 over the buck 16 and back therefrom, and operating means is mounted under the press jaws to open and close the press. This operating means includes both the pedal 30 and motor 15, the pedal acting to swing the head to closed position, and the motor produces jaw compression. As a matter of fact, the pedal 30 alone can be used to produce jaw compression, since indeed the operator may simply apply additional force to the pedal, after the head is over the buck, to compress the sprin 40 and thereby forcibly engage the head against the work on the buck. There fore the use of that part of the press operat ing means represented by the fluid motor 15 is optional.

What I claim is 1. A press comprising a frame which includes a central vertical standard having a Y-shaped extremity formed on each end thereof, one Y-shaped end forming legs and the other forming spaced brackets, press jaws one of which is-a buck and which is anchored to the spaced brackets and the other of which is a head which is movably mounted adjacent the buck, and operatin means movably mounted in the Y-shaped frame extremity and connected with the head to actuate it in relation to the buck.

cludes a central vertical standard having a Y-shaped extremity formed on each end thereof, one Y-shaped end including parallel leg portions and the other Y -shaped end providing a mounting bracket, a stationary buck anchored to the mounting bracket and a movable head placed adjacent the buck, a pair of spaced parallel uprights which are disposed parallel to the leg portions and which are fixed to the head to move it in relation to the buck, operating means to actuate the up-' rights to open and close the press and including pivotal means on which the uprights are swingably supported, and means mounting the pivotal means for up and down motion in the frame.

3. A press comprising a frame including a vertical standard having Y-shaped upper and lower ends, a buck carried by the upper Y-shaped frame end, a pressing head mounted above the buck, fluid pressure motor means carried within the lower Y-shaped frame end; piping mounted in the frame in the plane of the standard, the upper end of the piping.

projecting through the upper Y-shaped'end and connecting with the buck, and the lower end of the piping projecting through the lower Y-shaped end and connecting with the motor means; and operating means connected with the head to actuate it in relation to the buckincluding a connection made with the motor means.

4. A press comprising a frame including an upper standard and having a Y-shaped lower end forming legs, a buck mounted on the upper end of the standard, a pressing head, swingable upright means attached at its upper end to the head to open and close the press; horizontal pivot means beneath the buck, guide means carrying the horizontal pivot means within the Y-shaped frame portion including a member one end of which is pivoted on the frame, the swingable upright means having its lower end pivotally carried on the horizontal pivot means at a location which is spaced from the point at which the member is pivoted on the frame, whereby the horizontal pivot means is afforded up and down motion in the frame by'the swinging motion of the guide means resilient means cooperating with the horizontal pivot means and with the guide member to normally urge upwardly thereon and tending to lift the head, and operating means mounted within the Y-shaped frame and having connection with the horizontal pivot means to swing the upright means and to produce and release jaw compression.

5. A pressing machine comprising in combination, wide opening coacting press jaws between which the work is pressed, a pair of vertically spaced supports pivoted below and in line with the jaws and extending upward- 2. A press comprising a frame which in' ly past one jaw and each upper end of the supports being anchored to the other jaw thereby forming a swingable inverted pendulum structure, separating means urgingthe jaws slightly apart to remove compression thereform, means arranged to swing the aws into pressing alignment while held apart by the separating means, means overcoming the separating means and imposing compression between the jaws, means to throw off the co1npression thereby permitting the separating means to function, means to automatically slip the jaws apart on a line parallel with the j aws pressing plane when the compression is released, and adjustment means for regulating the strength of the separating means whereby the space between the jaws may be adjusted to desired clearances.

(i. A pressing machine comprising in combination, wide opening press jaws between which the work is pressed, a pair of vertically spaced rods pivoted below and in line with the jaws and extending upwardly past one jaw and each upper end of the rods being anchored to the other aw thereby forming a swingable inverted pendulum structure, separating means urging the jaws slightly apart to remove compression therefrom, a pedal arranged to swing the jaws into pressing alignment while held apart by the separating means, means overcoming the separating means and imposing compression between the jaws, means to throw off the compression thereby permitting the separating means to function, and means to automatically slip the jaws apart by throwing the vertically lifted jaw rearwardly when the compression is released.

7. A pressing machine comprising in combination, wide opening pressing jaws between which the work is pressed, one of the jaws being fixed and the other movable, a pair of spaced vertical supports pivoted below and in line with the jaws and extending upwardly past the fixed jaw and each upper end of the supports being anchored to the movable jaw thereby forming a swingable inverted pendulum structure, separating means urging the jaws slightly apart to remove compression therefrom, a pedal arranged to swing the jaws into pressing alignment while held apart by the separating means, motor means overcoming the separating means and imposing compression between the jaws, means to throw off the compression thereby permitting the separating means to function, and means to automatically slip the jaws apart by throwing the spaced vertical members rearwardly when the compression is released.

8. A pressing machine comprising in combination, cooperating pressing jaws, one of Which is fixed and the other being movable, a supporting rod anchored to each end of the movable jaw restraining said jaw from moving upwardly to expose the fixed jaw, a fulcrum shaft disposed underneath the pressing jaws and pivotally supporting the lower ends of the rods thereby permitting the movable jaw to slip back and away from the fixed jaw, a pedal yoke having each end thereof anchored to the lower end of the rods and reaching outwardly from the fulcrum point a foot piece carried by the pedal yoke, an means for subjecting the rods'to tension to set the movable jaw down tight onto the fixed aw.

9. A pressing machine comprising in combination, cooperating pressing jaws, one of which is fixed and the other being movable, a supporting rod anchored to each end of the movable jaw restraining said jaw from moving upwardly to expose the fixed jaw, a fulcrum shaft disposed underneath the pressing jaws and pivotally supporting the lower ends of the rods thereby permitting the movable jaw to slip back and away from the fixed jaw, a pedal yoke having each end thereof anchored to the lower end of the rods and reaching outwardly from the fulcrum point, a foot piece carried by the pedal yoke, and motor means disposed above the fulcrum shaft and adapted to subject the rod members to tension to produce compression.

10. A pressing machine comprising in combination, cooperating-pressingv jaws, one of which is fixed and the other being movable, a supporting rod anchored to each end of the movable jaw restraining said jaw from moving upwardly to expose the fixed jaw, a fulcrum shaft disposed underneath the pressing jaws and pivotally supporting the lower ends of the rods thereby permitting the movable jaw to slip back and away from the fixed jaw, a pedal yoke having each end thereof anchored to the lower end of the rods and reaching outwardly from the fulcrum point, a foot piece carried by the pedal yoke, and motor means for subjecting the rods to tension to set the movable jaw down tight onto the fixed jaw, and automatic means actuated by the press to start the motor means to operating to impose high pressure.

11. A pressing machine comprising in combination, cooperating upper and lower pressing members one of which is movable to provide wide open visibility, said relative motion being effected by moving one pressing member on a line parallel to the pressing plane of the other member, support links disposed vertically with the upper ends thereof reaching past: the lower pressing member and securedto the upper pressing member,'a fulcrum shaft located underneath the pressing members and pivotally supporting the lower end of the support links, a pedal attached to the lower end of the support links by which closing motion is effected, and means for drawing the pressing members together.

12. A pressing machine comprising in combination, cooperating upper and lower pressing members one of which is movable to provide wide open visibility, said relative motion being effected by moving one pressing member on a line parallel to the pressing plane of the other member, support links disposed vertically with the upper ends thereof reaching past the lower pressing member and secured to the upper pressing member, a fulcrum shaft located underneath the pressing membersand pivotally supporting the lower end of the support links, a pedal attached to the lower end of the supporting links by which closing motion; is effected, means for drawing the pressing members together, and a spring including adjustment means to regulate its lifting strength to separate the pressing members during opening and closing motion.

13. A pressing machine comprising in combination, cooperating upper and lower pressing members one of which is movable to provide wide open visibility, said relative motion beingefl'ected by moving one pressing memher on a line parallel to the pressing plane of the other member, support links disposed vertically with the upper ends thereof reaching past the lower pressing member and secured to the upper pressing member, a fulcrum shaft located underneath the pressing embers and pivotally supporting the lower end. ofuthe support links, a pedal attached to the lower end of the support links by which closing motion is effected, means for drawing the pressing members together, a spring including adjustment means to regulate its lifting strength to separate the pressing members during opening and closing motion comprising motor means, an automatic control to start the motor means in operation to produce high compression when the press closes, means to release the compression, and means to automatically start one of the pressing members moving to effect wide opening movement when the release means acts.

14. A pressing machine comprising in combination, coacting pressingmembers in the form of a head and buck, a support and pull link vertically swingable with its lower end pivotally supported andits upper end anchored. to the head thereby forming an inverted pendulum which is weighted on the upper end by 'sa id head and which head is guided back and forth across the-buck to give access to and visibility 'of theflwork, means cooperating with the-link to exert a downward puli'thereon-toprodnce compression,'and a pedal attached: to the-lower end of the said support and pull link whereby the operator may close the head across the buck by foot motion.

15. A pressing machine comprising in combination, coacting pressing members in the form of ahead and buck, a support and pull link vertically swingable with its lower end pivotally supported and its upper end anchored tothe head thereby forming an inverted pendulum which is weighted on the upper end by said head which is guided back and forth across the buck to give access to and visibility of the work, motor means cooperating with the link to exert a downward pull thereon to produce compression, and an automatic control including means actuated by closing the press to start the motor means in operation. i

16. A pressing machine comprising in combination, coacting pressing members in the form of a head and buck, a support and pull link vertically swingable with its upper end anchored to the head which is weighted on the upper end by said head which is guided back and forth across the buck to give access to and visibility of the work, motor means cooperating with the link to exert a downward pull thereon to produce compression, a pedal including means to move the pressing members into aligned position, and control means automatically starting the operation of the motor means at the end of the pedal stroke.

17. A pressing machine comprising in combination, a frame consisting of a single vertical standard, a buck supporting bracket on the upper end thereof, a Y-shaped structure branching off the lower end of the standard and forming spaced legs, a buck supported on the standard, a head superimposed above the buck, a housing anchored between the frame legs, a motor installed in the housing, said buck and head constituting coacting pressing members, a fulcrum shaft and means mounting it movably in the frame and capable of up and down motion and means connecting it with the motor, a swingable connection established between the fulcrum shaft and a pressing member whereby the press is opened and closed, means for moving the pressing member into aligned closed position, and said fulcrum shaft up and down movement acting to produce compression between the head and buck and release the same.

18. A pressing machine comprising in combination, a frame consisting of a single vertical standard, a buck supporting bracket on the upper end thereof, a Y-shaped structure branching off the lower end of the standard and forming spaced legs, a buck supported on the standard, a head superimposed above the buck, a housing anchored between the frame legs, a motor installed in the housing, said buck and head constituting coacting pressing members, a fulcrum shaft and means mounting'it movably in the frame and capable of up and down motion and means connecting it withthe motor, a swingable connection established between the fulcrum shaft and a pressing member whereby the press is opened and closed, resilient means holding the pressing members in spaced relation during opening and closing motion by lifting upwardly on the fulcrum shaft, means for moving the pressing member into aligned closed position, said fulcrum shaft movement acting to produce compression between the head and buck and release the same, and a means arranged to be actuated by the operator for moving the pressing member into pressing alignment without disturbing the spaced relation of the pressing members.

19. A pressing machine comprising a frame, coacting pressing members carried thereby, a yieldable pivot support, a vertically swingable support mounted on the yieldable pivot and connected with a pressing member to open and close the press, means resiliently restraining the aforesaid yieldable pivot support in slightly raised position to maintain the pressing members in spaced non-pressing position, pedal means cooperating with the vertical support to close the press while the pressing members remain in spaced non-pressing position, and means for forcing the pressing members together under high compression at the end of the closing operation.

20. A pressing machine comprising in combination, a frame, a fulcrum member, means yieldingly mounting the fulcrum member for vertical motion in the frame, coacting pressing jaws, a connection established between the yielding fulcrum member and one of the jaws whereby the jaws are separated to permit press opening and closing action, a pedal pivoted on the fulcrum member and connected with the movable jaw to close the press, and motor means connected with the fulcrum shaft to force it down and produce jaw compression.

21. A pressing machine comprising in combination, a frame, a fulcrum shaft, guide links having one end pivoted on the frame and the other end pivotally supporting the fulcrum shaft thereby guiding the fulcrum shaft in up and down movement relatively to the frame, a buck mounted on the frame, a movable head coacting with the buck, support links having the upper ends thereof anchored to the head and the lower ends pivoted on the fulcrum shaft, motor means connected with the fulcrum shaft, and a lift means connected with the fulcrum shaft and with the motor means. V

22. A garment press, comprising a frame, a stationary work supporting jaw, a pressing head, a support therefor extending downwardly past the jaw and its lower end carried on a horizontal shaft having limited vertical movement in the frame, yielding supporting means for said support, and means for swinging said support about the axis of said shaft to move the head into and out of registration with the jaw and for moving said shaft vertically to produce vertical pressing motion of the head toward the jaw, and press opening means cooperating with the support efiective to automatically throw the head oil of the jaw at the end of the pressing operation.

23. A press comprising; a frame, including a vertical standard, legs at the lower end of the standard, jaw support means on the other end, and a motor housing frame carried between the legs; a lower press jaw mounted on the jaw support means, a press head disposed above the jaw, a vertical support anchored at its upper end to the press head and extending downwardly parallel to the frame standard, a horizontal shaft under the housing on which the lower end of the support is carried, urging means to yieldingly support the horizontal shaft and normally lift it upwardly to separate the head and buck, and a motor carried by the motor housing frame to overcome the urging means and produce jaw compression.

24. A press comprising; a frame, including a vertical standard, and legs at the lower end; a lower j a'w carried on the upper end of the standard, and a press head above the jaw; press operating mechanism carried under the vertical standard between the legs, including a horizontal shaft, and means yieldingly supporting it, and a pedal attached thereto; and head support and opening means, including a pair of spaced pull rods disppsed on each side of the standard, the upper ends of which are fixed to the ends of the press head and the lower ends of which are pivoted proximate the ends of the horizontal shaft.

25. A press comprising, a frame, coacting press jaws carried on the upper end thereof, a horizontal shaft carried inside the frame beneath the jaws, a swing link means pivoted in the frame and supporting the shaft for vertical motion, a pair of vertical parallel pull rods spaced apart and having their lower ends pivoted on the shaft and their upper ends anchored to one of the jaws, a pedal carried with the shaft including means fixing the pedal to the pair of vertical pull rods,

and means to force the shaft and swing link means downwardly to effect jaw compression.

26. A press comprising, a frame, coacting press jaws carried on the upper end thereof, a horizontal shaft carried inside the frame beneath the jaws, a swing link means pivoted in the frame and supporting the shaft for vertical motion, a pair of vertical parallel pull rods spaced apart and having their lower ends pivoted on the shaft and their upper ends anchored to one of the jaws; and a pedal carried with the shaft, including a foot piece, a yoke diverging therefrom and each outer yoke end being fixed to the lower ends of the spaced pull rods; and means to force the shaft and swing link means downwardly to effect jaw compression.

27. A press comprisin a frame, coacting press jaws at least one of which is movable, normally horizontal guide means under the buck and consisting of a pair of radius rods spaced apart and each of which has one end thereof pivoted in the frame, horizontal pivot means comprising a. shaft about equal in length to the space distance of the radius rods and placed under the buck and carried for up and down motion by the normally horizontal guide means, an upright attached to the movable jaw and swingably carried by the horizontal pivot means and by the spaced radius rods, and operating means cooperating with the horizontal pivot means to swing the upright and to work the pivot means up and down.

28. A press comprising a frame including spaced portions acting as legs, a pair of radius rods spaced apart and each of which has one end thereof pivoted on the spaced frame portions and the other end being free to move up and down, a pair of spaced uprights I uprights to coact with the buck, resilient means urging the radius rods upwardly to separate the head and buck, and operating means to swing the uprights and to force the radius rods downwardly.

29. A press comprising a frame, fluid pres- 1 sure motor means including a cylindrical houslng mounted 1n the frame, coacting press jaws carried above the motor means; a horizontal shaft'disposed under and in the same plane with the axis of the cylindrical housing, the axis of the motor means being in the plane of the line passing through the mean longitudinal center of the press jaws, and said shaft bein parallel to the longitudinar center line of the press jaws; vertical swing supports pivoted on their lower ends proximate each end of the horizontal shaft and anchored at their upper ends to one of the jaws, a vertical connection disposed between the swing supports and connected with the motor means and reaching down to the horizontal shaft, and means cooperating with the motor means and vertical'connection to cause jaw' separation, and means to swing the supports.

30. A pressing machine comprising a frame, a pressure chamber carried by the frame, a buck mounted on the frame above the pressure chamber, a head movable toward the head comprisin a link pivotally connected at its lower en to the pressure member below the pressure chamber and carrying the head at its upper end, and means for supplying a fluid pressure throu h the upper portion of the pressure cham%er to actuate the pressure member downwardly.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

MORRIS M. TITTERINGTON.

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