US2257146A - Attachment for tailors' presses - Google Patents

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Sept. 30, 1941. ZlRKER ETA'L 2,257,146

ATTACHMENT FOR TAILORS PRESSES Filed Aug. 8, 194Q I N VENTORJ Jase bl? Zll'ker vB mar/f ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 30, 1941 ATTACHMENT FOR TAILORS PRESSES Joseph Zirker, Brooklyn, and Rose W. Zirker, New York, N. Y.; said Joseph Zirker assignor to said Rose W. Zirker Application August 8, 1940, Serial No. 351,866

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in tailors presses, and more particularly to an attachment to be used with tailors presses in steam pressing fur trimmed garments, and to the presses having such attachments thereon. 7

Ordinary tailors presses are made up of a bed or buck with a presser head which is lowered on to the bed or buck so that the garment is pressed between them. Steam is supplied to the hollow head and to the hollow bed .or buck and escapes through the press cloth into the garment when the garment is being steamed and pressed; This steam is supplied under considerable pressure so that it may thoroughly penetrate the garment, and, with the ordinary press, steam escapes from between the head and bed during the steam pressing, often with considerable velocity.

When a fur trimmed garment is being steam pressed on an ordinary press, it happens frequently that the steam escapes laterally from between the head and bed and strikes the fur, with resulting scorching, shrinking and hardening of the leather of the fur which makes the fur useless and requires the repair or retrimming of the garment.

This danger of injury to the fur of fur trimmed garments has caused those who are called upon to steam press fur trimmed garments, to keep the fur at a considerable distance from the press so that several inches of the cloth of the garment nearest the fur remains without being steam pressed, with resulting dissatisfaction on the part of the owner of the garment. The caution and care on the part of the operator, because of his fear of injury to the fur of the garment, results in consumin more time, through cautious manipulation of his work, than would ordinarily be required if it were not necessary to take special precautions to protect the fur from injury.

, The present invention provides an improved attachment for tailors presses which is of particular value for use with such presses in the pressing of fur trimmed garments, enabling the difiiculties and dangers above mentioned to be overcome or minimized.

According to the present invention, there is provided a strip of flexible material, such as sheet metal, so shaped as to conform to and enclose the edge of the press bed or head. When two of said strips are used, one on the head and one on the bed, they come together at the edges of the head and bed, when the head is lowered, thereby preventing the escape of steam between the head and bed and protecting the garment being pressed from injury thereby.

The invention will be further described in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 shows an ordinary tailors press, in perspective, with the head raised, and with a strip of -flexible material attached to the edge of both the head and bed at one end of each;

Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively a top view and bottom view of the attachment for the press head;

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 4-4 of e- Fig. 5 is an end view of the attachment of Figs. 2 and 3; I

Fig. 6 is atop view of the attachment for the edge of the bed or buck;

Fig. 7 is a section taken on the line l'! of Fig. 6; and

Fig. 8 is an end view of the attachment of Figs. 6 and 7.

In the accompanying drawing, an ordinary tailors press is shown in a somewhat conventional and diagrammatic manner, this press being supported on a suitable support (not shown) and having the ordinary bed plate or buck l and presser head 2, the head being carried by arms 3 pivoted at 4 and having a handle 5 by which the head can be lowered and raised. The details of construction of the press itself may vary with presses of different manufacturers, and the press shown is intended merely as an example of one common form of tailors press.

Such presses have hollow heads and bucks to which steam is supplied by steam connections 6 and l, and the head and bed have the usual press cloths 8 and 9 between which the garment is pressed and through which the steam is introduced during pressing, and from which the steam is withdrawn by the usual vacuum attachment after pressing.

Attached to the bed or buck in Fig. 1 is a strip IU of flexible material extending part way around the edge of the bed on each side and at one end. A similar strip ll of flexible material is placed on one end of the head. These strips are shaped to conform to the edge of the bed and head respectively and to overlap the top of the bed and the bottom of the head for a short distance, as shown.

These strips can be made of suitable flexible material, particularly of sheet metal such as copper, brass, zinc or tin, or of rust-proof or stainless steel, etc. These strips can be readily formed or shaped by drawing or stamping operations. Since the steam comes in contact with the metal strips, these strips should be made of non-rusting material, or, if made of material which would tend to rust, they should be galvanized or coated with a rust resistant or stainless surface.

The metal is sufficiently thin so that it is flex- 1 ible, and so that, When'the head is lowered, and

the strips come together at the edges of the head 3 and bed,.t hey do not interfere with the pressing of the garment between the head and bed. Because of the shape and arrangement of the narily be sufiicient, although this can be varied.

By the use of the devices on presses, fur trimmed garments can readily be pressed and the fur trimming can be brought close to the press, so that practically allof the fabric can be pressed, without danger of injury to the fur itself. The precautions which it is necessary to take with ordinary presses are therefore unnec- 1 metal strips at the edges of the head and bed, the steam is prevented from escaping between 1 the press cloth under the strips is directed. 1 downwardly and away from the garment. The attachments can readily be made of a shape con-- forming to the ends of the press to which they are attached. Because of their spring-like charj acter and shape they can be so made as to slide 1 over the edge of the head and bed and fit closely so. that they will be held in placeby frictional engagement. Th-isrmakes possible the attachment and detachment of the devices so that they can. be. readily removed when ordinary garments- 1 are pressed, or attached and used when fur trimmed garments are pressed.

While suitable shapes andsizes of the. devices are shown in Figs; .2 to' 8', it. will be understood that these can be varied somewhat tofit presses v of differentv sizes, and heads and beds: of different shapes. The devices can extend for a greater or.

flless distance along the head and bed, but ordinarily it will not be necessary for them to sextend the entire length of the header bed, A

length of, for example, 20 to 24 incheswill ordi- 7 the strips, and such steam as escapes through essary, and the pressing operation can be carried out more rapidly and without the usual caution.

What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A tailors press having a head and a bed, detachable metal strips secured to the edges of the head and bed at corresponding parts thereof, said strips frictionally engaging the edges of the head and bed and being held in frictional engagement therewith and being readily attachable and detachable, the said strips overlapping the press cloths a short distance to prevent steam from escaping at the areas where the said strips. are secured to the head. and bed.

'1 JOSEPH ROSE w. ZIRKER.

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