US2182199A - Pressing machine clamp - Google Patents

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Dec. 5, 1939. COHEN 2,182,199

PRESS ING MACHINE CLAMP 2 Sheets-Sheet l 1 Filed Jan. 2, 19357 Fig 2 \NVENTOR Jyrnan t'l/as Cohen BY 771mm 6m ATTORNEYS Dec. 5, 1939.

H. E. COHEN 2,182,199

PRESSING MACHINE CLAMP Filed Jan. 2, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lNVENTOR 9( 3yma'n 67135 Cohen ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 5, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PRESSING MACHINE Application January 2, 1937, Serial No. 118,835

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a new and improved pressing machine.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an improved pressing machine for pressing shirts and other garments which have tail portions which must be held in position during the pressing operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide an extremely simple and convenient device for holding a tail portion of the shirt or other garment, in position, while the shirt or other garment is being pressed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pressing machine having a device of this type, in

which said device is extremely accessible and will not interfere with the access to the machine when the attachment is moved to the inoperative posi tion.

Other objects of the invention will be set forth in the following description and drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment thereof, it being understood that the above statement of the objects of the invention is intended generally to explain the same without limiting it in any manner.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the improved machine.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view, partially in elevation, on the line 2-.-2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view, partially in elevation, on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

It has been known for many years to provide machines for pressing shirts or the like, in which a device was provided for holding the tail of the shirt in position during the pressing operation. In such prior machines, the attachment or device for holding the tail of the shirt in position has been complicated and expensive and it was not easy or convenient to operate.

Likewise when said device was moved to the inoperative position, it interfered with easy access to the machine.

5 According to the invention, I provide an extremely simple and convenient attachment for this purpose.

Fig. 1 illustrates some of the essential parts of a pressing machine of well-known construction.

This machine has a buck I, and a head 2 which can be moved towards said buck so as to press the shirt or other garment. Said head 2 is provided with the usual handle 3. Y

As shown in Fig. 3, the head 2 is connected to 5 the usual pivoted frame 4. The head 2 may be hollow and it may be heated by steam in the usual manner. These well-known details are not illustrated in the drawings, as they form no part of the invention.

The buck I is mounted upon a suitable table T, 8 having an upstanding wall W adjacent the rear edge of the table.

Fig. 1 also shows the shirt S in position on the buck I and ready for the pressing operation. Brackets 6 are connected to the underside of the 10 table T, adjacent the front edge and adjacent the rear edge of said table T. Said brackets 6 are located inwardly of said edges of the table.

A loop which comprises arms I and Ia and a thin top strap 8, is jivotally connected to the 15 brackets 6. For this purpose the arms I and Ia are connected to the brackets 6 by means of a shaft 9 which is turnably mounted in suitable bearings which are p'ovided in the brackets 6. The arms I and Ia and the shaft 9 therefore turn 20 in unison.

The arms I and la are connected to the shaft 8 in any suitable manner.

As shown in Fig. 3, the arm Ia has a substantially angular shape, and the arm I is pro- 25 vided with upstanding top and bottom portions and with an intermediate inclined portion. The strap 8 may be made by bending a thin flat strap of metal into suitable shape, and it is connected to the tops of the arms I and la by fastening mem- 30 bers III which may be rivets or removable screws or the like.

In Fig. 1, the operative position of the arm I is shown in full lines. The free or inoperative position of the arm I is shown in broken lines, and 36 in said free or inoperative position, a stop mem ber ll abuts the underside of the table T. The arms I and Ia can be made of any suitable metal, and they may be respectively provided with hollow bosses I2 and i2a. as shown in Fig. 3. Set 40 screws l4 connect said bosses to the shaft 9, which extends through said bosses.

The boss I2a has an integral lug to which the stop member I I is suitably connected. The lower upstanding part of arm I is in front of the front edge of the table T and the upstanding part of arm Ia is behind the rear edge of the table T. Hence the operator can conveniently move the arms in unison by manipulating the front arm I. 50

In the inoperative position, the arms I and la and the strap 8 completely clear the buck l, and said arms and the strap 8 are held spaced in an endwise direction (as shown in broken lines in Fig. 1) from the buck I, so that the tail of the 6 were integral.

shirt can be conveniently placed in position on said buck. The buck-isthenventireiy tree; a

Referring tOFig. 3, the table T is provided with the usual wall W along the rear edge thereof and .the armsl and Mai-$1M suflicient height so that the strap 8 clearssaid vwall when it is movedjtoits operative position from the' nfiperative .psit'ion.

Said strap '8 has an arcuate shape, as shown in Fig. 3, so that it conforms to the transverse shape of the buck.

It would not be departing from the invention if the holding member 8 and the arms I and la It will-be noted that the device eliminates the use of springs because the centers of gravity of the arms 1 and 1a are located above the table T, and below the buck l, in the positions of said arms which correspond to the positions of arm 1, indicated in Fig. 1.

I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is clear that numerous changes and omissions can be made without departing from its spirit.

I claim:

1. A pressing machine having a table and a buck located above said table and a device for holding the tail-portion of a garment on said buck, said device comprising a front arm and a rear arm and a transverse holding-member which is connected to the upper portions of said arms, brackets connected to the underside of ;aid table, a shaft mounted turnably in said brackets, said area-zoo arms being t0, I arms are turnable in unison with saidsha'ftthe wardiy from the' adjacent edges of the table; the upper portionsof said arms being bent inwardly I over said table, said arms being-tunable to a first 1 positionin which arms and said hoIding-member are spaced in an-Lendwisedirection from said truck". l

so that thebukfisientirelygrree said arms being also -turnable to a second position in which said holding-member overlies said buck and said. hold-v said shaft so th t Jsaid ing member can hold said tail-portion on saidf'.

. buck, stop-means constructed and located to maintain said holding-member above said table in the first position of said arms.

2. A pressing machine having a table and a buck located above said table and a device for holding the tail-portion of a garment on said buck, said device comprising a. front arm and a rear arm and a transverse holding-member which is connected to the upper portions of said arms. means constructed to pivotally connect said arms to the table below said buck, said arms being turnable to a first position in which said arms and said holding-member are spaced in an endwise directionfrom said buck so that the buck is entirely free, said arms being also turnable to a second position in which said holding-member overlies said buck and said holding-member can hold said tail-portion on said buck.

HYMAN ELIAS COHEN-

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