US1868934A

US1868934A - Shoulder and arm press

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Publication number: US1868934A
Application number: US360246A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edwin H Zacharias
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1929-05-03
Filing date: 1929-05-03
Publication date: 1932-07-26
Anticipated expiration: 1949-07-26

Description

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Patented July 26, 1932 UNITED STATES EDWIN H. ZACHARIAS, OF READING, IPENNSYLVANIA SHOULDER AND ARM PRESS Application filed May 3, 1929.

This invention relates to garment pressing machines and particularly to such machines as are used, during the courseof manufacture of garments, for pressing the shoulder and arm seams, these shoulder portions of a newly made garment being particularly hard to press due to the necessity of taking up a small amount on one or the other side of the seam and even when the garment is absolutely perfectly fitted there is still a very appreciable amount of skill required of the operator to press the rather bundlesome thicknesses at the junction of the shoulder and arm.

The principal object of the present invention is the provision of a simple and efficient shoulder and arm press in which the iron is stationary and the readily interchangeable ironing buck is of a shape most conveniently to accommodate a garment durin the process of manufacture, or as just finished, at which time the garment will normally be wrong side out.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a garment press in which the buck which may be of any desired configuration shall have a rotatable mounting with respect to a carriage having longitudinal motion and the carriage support itself shall have freedom for rotation in addition to the usual rise and fall to bring the buck into contact with the iron. 1 1

In themaking up of clothes in quantity it is highly economical to have a considerable number of garment presses to take care of the individual operations as for example a seam press for making long strokes of the iron, a bottom press for the and of trousers, ashoulder press for the shoulder seam and the arm closure seam and so forth, and this invention concerns itself solely with a press suitable for working on the upper arm and the shoulder of a garment, save in the feature that the double rotation might perhaps be used with other devices. V

By having the iron stationary and by having the buck freely rotatable about two separate axes with the ability of the operator to separate these axes at will a considerably greater amount of work can be accomplished in a day .than with the old types of machine Serial No. 360,246.

and a still greater saving can be had in labor over any possible pressing of the garment wherein the iron is moved by hand. In using the present shoulder press both of the operators arms are free to guide the garment on V the buck and this is particularly advantageous when there is a fullness at a seam which fullness must naturally be removed by the press operator.

In the drawings 00 Figure 1 is a side elevation of the garment pressing machine partly in section. L

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the garment pressing machine partly in section.

Figure 3 is a top plan view.

The frame 10 is of well known G-shape having a heavy circular pedestal base 11, two widely extending feet 12 and a rear foot 1 L spaced somewhat beneath the back portion ofthe frame. At the top end of the GI-frame 7 is secured the pressing iron 15. which is an elongated iron of well known type having a point 16 and a back 17 thru which enter the

usual steam pipes

18 and 19. Within the main tubular standard 20 of the frame is a plunger 21 resting upon a spring 22 to counterbalance the weight of the movable parts supported by the plunger. A cross bar'25 extends transversely thru the plunger and thru alined slots 26 in the standard and is go pivotally connected with two side levers 27 having alined fulcrums 28 which are adjustable up and down by means of a screw 29 threadedthru a lug 30 preferably integral with the main frame. :35

A treadle 31 is pivoted to the frame at 32 centrally of its ends and is pivotally connected to a link 33 engaging the free end of the lever 27 By suitably adjusting the screw 29 the efiective stroke can be so made that the short arm 34 of the treadle and the link 33 form a straightened toggle when the buck is in contact with the iron and in such adjusted position the screw 29 can be locked in place by the lock nut 36. I prefer however in this I type of press not to use the full toggle action employed in many other presses and in omitting this feature I avoid the need for toggle breaking mechanism.

A small pedal 37 is pivoted to the side of J of the carriage.

the treadle 31 as at 38 and thru mechanism indicated generally by the numeral 39 controls the admission of sponging steam thru the iron by means of the lever 40 which in addition is provided. with a handle 41 so that the sponging valve can be operated by hand as well as by the pedal 37.

A cylindrical post 42 is slidably received Within the tubular standard 20 and between these two elements is a circular series of antifriction elements such as ball bearings 43. To the top or head 44 of the hollow cylindrical post 42 is secured a pair of parallel rails 45 joined at each end by the tie bars 46 to form an open rectangular frame forming a carriage support. This carriage support or horizontal frame is raised and lowered by the treadle 31 and is free to rotate on its roller or ball bearings 43 about an axis pass ing thru the tubular standard 20 and thru the pressing iron but has no other motion.

The carriage 50 is mounted on four rollers 51 preferably flanged to insure smoothness of running and the carriage may also have rollers 53 mounted at the ends of hangers 54 and engaging the smooth bottom face 55 of the rails to prevent tipping of the carriage with certain types of ironing bucks. l/Vith the shoulder and arm buck illustrated I do not find it necessary however to use these-auxiliary rollers 53 but do use them with longer bucks.

A table 56 preferably of narrow grooved strips of wood reenforced by the transverse strips 57 is permanently secured to the carriage and has a large central circular openin'g therethru to receive the upper somewhat spherical portion 60 of the turntable, the lower portion'Gl of which is a permanent part From the spherical portion of the turntable rises a portion 62 rectangular in plan and having a smooth top surface '63 to receive any one of the ironing bucks, one only of which is illustrated.

It might be mentioned here that these bucks are'of different sizes running from as little as six inches from side toside for small coats to possibly as great as ten inches for overcoats this being the transverse width of the top 64 of the buck, the other dimension of same being about one and one-half inches The bottoms measured from front to back. of these bucks however'are of a smgle size each having a lower flange 65 having holes '66 to receive screws 67 which fasten the interchangeable bucks to the turntable top.

Preferably each of the bucks has an entirely closed steam space 68 which communicates thru the rear'of the buck by apipe 70 with the steam line. The pipe 70 it will be noted, is double, that is, there isone pipe inside of the other so as to take care of inlet and outlet in the one single'pipe. Provision for admitting sponging steam thru the top of the buck is not illustrated.

In order to prevent any possible misalinement of the turntable and to take care of side thrust I provide the upper portion with a hollow sleeve 71 fitting in a cylindrical bore 72 in the lower portion of the turntable. In practice I find 1t convenient to have the race 73 in the lower portion of the turntable rather slight and to have the race 74 in the upper portion slightly deeper and to secure the balls 76 in a spacing holder of well known type which may or may not be secured to the upper portion of the turntable.

The top 64 of the buck is flat and in plan View is reniform, that is, its rear edge is arcuate, its front edge also arcuate but slightly shorter and struck with the same radius while the sides are semi-circular in plan view. The concave edge of the buck is toward the operator in use. top of the buck is sloped upwardly and backwardly to give as much strength as possible to the top while the rear face 79 is vertical in order to let the coat fall freely from the back of the buck top. buck is constricted where it joins the buck top so as'to give the greatest possible freedom for holding the garment tight to the buck.

vVhat I claim is:

1. In a garment pressing machine, a statlonary iron, a carriage, a buck rotatably mounted on the carriage, means for raising the buck toward the iron, and means below the carriage for rotatably mounting the carturn-table on said carriage and a buck detachably mounted on the upper portion of the turntable, and a steam heated iron for cooperation with said buck.

4. In a garment pressing machine, a steam The front face 78 of the The neck 80 of the heated iron, a steam heated buck for cooperation with said iron, means for moving the buck about a vertical axis, means for moving the buck about-a second vertical axis, and means for moving the buck so as to bring said axes closer together or further.

apart.

5. In a garment pressing machine particularly adapted for the pressing of the shoulder seams, a stationary pressing iron, a-steam heated buck having a top face, the front sideof which is concave and slopes downwardly and forwardly toward the operator.

6. In a garment pressing machine, a carriage support having rotatable movement and also having vertical movement, a carriage mounted on said support, and a turntable rotatably mounted on the carriage adapted to receive interchangeable bucks.

7. In a garment pressing machine, a pressing iron, a hollow standard, a hollow plunger within said standard, means for reciprocating the plunger, a pair of rails rotatably mounted on the plunger, a carriage rotating with said rails, and a buck reniform in plan carried by said carriage and movable bell neath the pressing iron.

8. In a garment pressing machine, a base, a plunger mounted in the base for vertical movement, means for controlling such movement, a carriage support rotatably mounted on said plunger, a carriage on said support adapted for longitudinal movement thereon, a steam heated iron, and a turntable on said carriage adapted to receive interchangeable bucks for cooperation with said iron.

85 9. In a garment pressing machine, a base, means slidably and rotatably mounted in the base, a carriage mounted on said means, a turntable rotatably mounted on said carriage, a raised pressing surface on saidturn- 80 table, and a table mounted above the lower part of the turntable.

10. The device of claim 9 in which the table is secured to the carriage whereby said turntable may be freely adjusted with respect to the table.

11. The device of claim 9 in which the turntable projects thru and above the top of the table. 7

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

EDWIN H. ZAOHARIAS.