US2432106A

US2432106A - Radiant heat ironer and drier

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Publication number: US2432106A
Application number: US480825A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edwin F Wesely
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1943-03-27
Filing date: 1943-03-27
Publication date: 1947-12-09
Anticipated expiration: 1964-12-09

Description

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RADIANT HEAT IRONER AND DRIER Filed March 27, 1945 5 Sheets-Sheet s awe/Mow: Edwin WeQseZy Patented Dec. 9, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RADIANT HEAT IRONER AND DRIER Edwin F. Wesely, Chevy Chase, Md.

Application March 27, 1943, Serial No. 480,825

3 Claims.

This invention relates to electric lamp ironers and driers of the type in which incandescent or infra-red ray lamps and the like are used to supply the heat. Such ironers and driers are particularly adapted to iron and dry laundered or cleaned articles and can be advantageously used in commercial laundries.

It is an object of the invention to provide a puff iron which consists of the electric lamp itself or which is provided with a lamp or lamps to heat the iron. The iron, according to the invention, is made of any suitable material or heat resisting glass such as Pyrex having the filament permanently fixed therein with the usual inert gas filling or a removable lamp provided in a usual socket with the glass puff iron removable therefrom to replace a burned out lamp.

A further object resides in providing a curtain drier having a plurality or bank of electric lamps as the source of drying heat, and suspended from the ceiling of a room or building in which the drier is installed. A reflector unit is also suspended from the ceiling opposite and spaced from the bank of lamps between which the curtain frame is suspended for drying a curtain provided on the frame.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a series or bank of electric lamps in a rotating cylinder of an ironer for ironing and drying flat work, such as sheets, pillow cases and the like. The bank of lamps are stationary in the cylinder but removable to replace burned out lamps, and means are provided to support the bank frame while removing the latter from the cylinder.

Further objects will be apparent from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a plan view of a pufi iron according to the invention,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the puff iron of Fig. 1, taken on line 2--2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of a modified puff iron,

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a further modified puiT iron,

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the iron of Fig. 4,

Fig. 6 is an end elevational view of a curtain drier,

Fig. '7 is a side elevational view of the curtain drier of Fig. 6,

Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a cylinder ironer showing parts in section,

Fig. 9 is an end elevation of the ironer of Fig. 8, and

Fig. 10 is a side view of a detail.

The puff iron disclosed in Figs. 1 to 3 is substantially egg shaped, whereas the puff iron of Figs. 4 and 5 is spherical. It is understood, however, that the puff iron can comprise any desired shape, depending upon the specific work of ironing to be carried out. In all the forms of the invention the pufi iron is composed of any suitable material, such as aluminum and glass, preferably heat resisting glass, such as Pyrex and the like. In Figs. 1 and 2, the egg-shaped puff iron H is in the form of a hollow casing of heatresisting glass filled with an inert gas within the air tight chamber l2 and having a filament l3 formed of a suitable material to be electrically heated to incandescence. The filament I3 is preferably of such a type as to emit infra-red rays which have certain advantages over other types. The puff iron H is provided with a core or closure member l4 through which the electric lead wires I5 pass and are sealed therein. A usual brass screw-threaded collar I6 is provided which threads in a support or column H for the iron. A pair of lead wires are provided in the column ll of which one I8 is connected to the column and the other I9 is directed by any suitable means (not shown) to a central contact button 20.

The structure described in the foregoing, Figs. 1 and 2, including the parts II to I6 and 20, comprises a complete so-called electric lamp bulb adapted to generate heat to be used as a puff iron. The glass casing may be made of clear glass or it may be opaque or clouded as desired.

In Fig. 3 the puff iron casing 2| of aluminum or heat resisting glass is made removable in a metal socket 22 integral with a post or column 23 supporting the iron. A bolt 24 or the like threaded in the socket 22 bears against a neck portion 25 of the puff iron casing 2| and the opening 26 defined by the neck portion has a diameter or internal circumference sufiicient to pass over an electric bulb 21 preferably of the infra-red ray type. The bulb 21 is removably mounted in a socket member 28 which may form a part of the column 23. When the lamp 21 burns out it is merely necessary to loosen the screw 24 and remove the puff iron casing 2| to replace the bulb with a new one.

Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate a modified form of puff iron in which the casing 29 of aluminum or glass is spherical having an inert gas chamber 30, a filament 3| and a screw-threaded neck portion 32.

In allforms of the invention, Figs. 1 to 5, the glass material, on which laundered or damp clothes are ironed, such as the shoulder portions of shirts, jackets, uniforms, etc., is mad-e sufiiciently thick and strong to withstand the pulling forces of the material on the iron during the ironing operation.

Figs. 6 and '7 illustrate a curtain drying apparatus in which a usual and well known curtain frame 33 is provided with two opposite pins 34 which are adapted to slide in upright or vertical frame members 35. Each frame member 35 has a slot 36 arranged therein, in which the pins 34 slidably project and terminating at 37 just above a platform or stop member 38 extending between and secured to the frame members 35. The platform 38 is shown as supported by means of a bracket 33 secured to each frame member 35 and the latter may be suitably secured by bases 49 fastened on a floor 4 I,

A bank 42 of electric lamps 43, preferably of the infra-red ray type, and a reflecting shield 44 of aluminum or any other suitable metal or material, are suspended from a ceiling 45 by means of eyes and hooks 46. Any number of lamps 43 may be used, depending upon the amount of heat which it is desired to be generated to be directed against a curtain to be dried which is fastened or mounted on the frame 33.

The curtain frame 33 may be raised and lowered by any suitable means such as a cord or rope 47 passing over pulleys 48 and 49 secured to the ceiling 45 and side wall respectively and secured on a clamping cleet 50.

Fig. 6 shows in dotted lines the curtain frame 33 in the lowered and horizontal position resting on the platform 38 to remove-a dried curtain and replace a wet curtain thereon, the latter to be raised on the frame between the bank of lamps and the reflector, to be dried by direct and reflected heat radiation from the lamps 43 and refiector 44.

It is of course obvious that such articles as spreads, lace table cloths, and the like, can be placed on the frame and dried. It is also obvious that the drier shown in Figs. 6 and 7 need not be suspended from a ceiling but this structure conserves space and the heat from the bank of lamps is out of direct contact with the operator.

Figs. 3 and 9 illustrate an electric lamp heated cylinder type iron in which the upright and end frame members 51 are provided with a receiving table 52 and a feeding table 53 suitably secured or bolted thereto. A plurality of presser rollers 54 are suitably driven by a motor 55 through the intermediary of various gears. A main ironing roller or cylinder 64 of aluminum, stainless steel or any other suitable metal or alloy is rotatably mounted on a tube shaft 58 rotatable at one end in a bushing 65 and the other end in a continuation 60 of the open cage end or closure member 6|. A framework 56 of any suitable material, including sheet asbestos is mounted in the cylinder 65 and this framework is provided with a plurality of infra-red ray lamps 51. Electric current for the lamps may enter one end of the cylinder by means of wire lead 59.

A removable retaining plate 62 is bolted in one of the end frame members This plate 62 is unbolted together with the bolts in the left end, Fig. 8, of the cylinder 65 to move the framework 56 to the left for the purpose of removing burnt out lamps 57 to be replaced by new bulbs. For this purpose the cylinder 64 is supported at the left end by any suitable means (not shown) and a rod 53, Fig. 10, having a reduced screwthi'eaded end section 64 is secured in the end of shaft 58 to support the framework 56 during this operation.

The framework 56 may comprise any desired shape and any number of lamp bulbs may be placed on this frame, depending upon the temperature it is desired to heat the cylinder.

It is understood, of course, that even though Figs. 8 and 9 illustrate a so-called commercial or laundry machine, the invention can be applied to a household roller iron. Also, it is within the scope of this invention to make the cylinder 64 of any size, such as one for a table model having one or more lamps thereinto heat the cylinder by radiant heat rays.

I claim as my invention:

1. A cylinder type ironing machine comprising a pair of frame members, a hollow metallic cylinder rotatably mounted in said frame members, a framework mounted against rotation in the cylinder and having a plurality of electric lamps mounted thereon to heat the cylinder, and means to support one end of the framework while the latter is moved out of the other end of the cylinder to remove and replace burned out bulbs.

2. An ironing machine, comprising a pair of upright frame members, a cylinder mounted to rotate in the frame members by bearing members, a framework mounted in fixed relation in the bearing members of the cylinder and having a plurality of electric lamps mounted thereon in radial relationship with each lamp adapted to direct heat rays against the inside surface of the cylinder, and means for rotating the cylinder, said framework being square in cross section with a row of lamps mounted on each side of the square surface.

3. An ironing machine, comprising a pair of upright frame members, a cylinder mounted to rotate in the frame members by bearing members, a framework mounted in fixed relation in the bearing members of the cylinder and having a plurality of electric lamps mounted thereon in radial relationship with each lamp adapted to direct heat rays against the inside surface of the cylinder, means for rotating the cylinder, a removable plate on one frame member to permit axial movement of the framework from one end of the cylinder to replace burned-out lamps, and means to be secured in the other end of the framework to support that end thereof during the withdrawal.

EDWIN F. WESELY.

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