US2034130A - Pants presser - Google Patents

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March i7, 1936.

c. BOYLE 2,034,13

PANTS PRESSER Filed May 9, 1935 VTZ ' 2 sheets-sheet 1 I nven lor 'March i7, w36.

c. BOYLE 2,034,130

PANTSPRESSER Filed May '9, 1935 2 sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar. 17, 1936 UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE PANTS PRESSER Cluster Boyle, Cambridge, Ohio Application May 9, 1935, Serial No. 20,659 1 Claim. (Cl. 223-63) This invention appertains to new and useful link structures consists of a pair of link sections improvements in pants pressers of the insertable I5 I5 pivotally connected together at their intypg ner ends as at I6 by a pin which in the case of The principal object of the present invention is the link structure at the narrow end of the press- 5 to provide .a presser of the insertable type whereer also extends through an eye, I1 of the elon- 5 in spring means is employed for normally maingated rod I8, which rod carries a frusto-conical taining the presser in expanded position. shaped enlargement I9 thereon with which the Another important object of the invention is to hook of the rockable latch member 2| is enprovide a pants presser of the spring expanded gageable. The pivotal latch member 2| is piviu type wherein novel latch means is employed for otally connected by the pin 22 to the carrier 23 10 normally maintaining the presser members conon the link structure I4 at the broad end of the tracted while inserting or removing the presser presser. The aforementioned rod I8 extends with respect to a pants leg. through this carrier 23 and is equipped with a These and various otherimportant objects of iinger ring 24 at its remaining end. This carrier l5 the invention will become apparent to the reader 23 is in the form of an H structure as shown in 15 of the following specication. Figure 5 with the link membersI5 I5 engaging In the drawings: at their inner ends into the endportions thereof Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the presser. where they are pivotally secured as at Ita-|641. Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken It can now be seen that the tendency of the 20 substantially on line 2 2 of Figure 1. springs I2 is to expand the presser to the pcsi- 20 Figure 3 is a cross sectional view of one of the tion shown in Figure 1. However, by pushing inpresser rails taken substantially on line 3 3 of wardly on the carrier 23 and pulling outwardly Figure l. on the rod I8 by the ring 24 both link structures Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view through I4 will be collapsed and by engaging the catch 2I 25 the latch means. with the enlargement I9 the presser can be re- 25 Figure 5 is a sectional view taken substantially tained in this collapsed position. on line 5 5 of Figure l. While the foregoing specification sets forth Figure 6 is a sectional view taken substantially the invention in specific terms, it is to be underon line 6 6 of Figure 4. stood that numerous changes in the shape, size,

: Referring to the drawings wherein like nuand materials may be resorted to'without depart- 30 merals designate like parts, it can be seen that ing from the spirit and scope of the invention as numerals 5 6 represent the presser rails, .each claimed hereinafter.

of which consists of an elongated strip of sheet Having described the invention, what is metal bent at intermedia longitudinal points, claimed as new is: as at 1, to form a pair of diverging side walls In a pants presser, a pair of side members, an 35 8 8, the longitudinal edge portions of which are elongated pull rod, pivotal link members between bent inwardly as at 9 in substantially parallel the side members at one of their ends and one relation to each other. Through the side walls end of the said pull rod, a carrier block, link 8 8 and the edge portions 9 9 the pin members members between the remaining' ends of the said I0 are disposed and extend through the eyes II side members and the said carrier block, spring 40 at the ends of the elongated spring members I2 means between the side members for spreading which are coiled at their intermediate points as the same apart and latch means carried by the at I3. said block for engagement with the rod to hold As is clearly shown in Figure 1, the link strucsaid rod in position maintaining the side memture generally referred to by numeral I4 is probers in contracted relation against the tension 45 vided at each end of the presser for connecting of said spring means. the adjacent ends of the pressers. Each of these CLUSTER BOYLE.

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