US2636293A - Laundry press - Google Patents

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April 28, 1953 R. P. GUDGEON LAUNDRY PRESS Filed Oct. 7, 1950 2 SHEETS-SHEET l f/VVF/V 701?, Ram 7d Percy ar/ 60/7 5 147 TUBA/Z y R. P. GUDGEON LAUNDRY PRESS April 28, 1953 Filed Oct. 7, 1950 2 SHEETSSHEET 2 ni m N VF N TO/P 0m: /6 Peri 6714960 Patented Apr. 28,195?

LAUNDRY PRESS Ronald Percy Gudgeon, Luton, England, assignor to Brown & Green Limited, Luton, England, a

British company Application October 7, 1950, Serial No. 188,938 In Great Britain May 23, 1945 6 Claims.

The present invention relates to twin type garment presses or other presses of the type in which a pair of tables rotate about a centre column to be positioned in turn beneath a complementary press member this in the case of a laundry press being a press head.

An object of the invention is to provide a construction of press which allows the height of the centre column to be limited so as to lie not higher than the press tables thus facilitating manipulation of the articles on the press tables and making it less liable for accidents to happen to the operator by their hands touching the centre column.

Broadly the invention comprises a twin type press in which the press head is supported upon a cantilever member said member being positioned on the press on the side remote from centre column.

A further feature of the invention comprises the pivoting of each table to the centre column so that in operation the table not only revolves about the centre column in a horizontal plane but also moves in a vertical plane with respect to the column.

The invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 shows in side elevation partly in sec tion one construction of press in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 shows a second construction of press in accordance with the present invention; and

Figure 3 shows a third constructionof. press in accordance with the present invention.

Referring to Figure 1 there is shown a twin garment press in which the base i carries a centre column 2 about which there is designed to rotate a member 3 which carries the tables 4 and 5. In the drawings the table 5 is shown in pressing engagement with the press head 6. The press head 6 is carried upon a pair of cantilever members I which may be suitably spaced apart one member 1 being shown in the figure. The

second member lies immediately behind the one shown. Naturally instead of a pair of cantilever 2 Conveniently the arms 8 may be further adjusted as to present the tables in the loading position, that is to say the position of table 4, at an angle of say 10 from the vertical and sloping towards the operator.

When each table in turn is rotated beneath the press head 6 pressure is applied in the normal manner by ram [2 to a boss I3 carried on the underside of each arm 8 and the table is caused to rise by the arm pivoting'about its pivot 9 to assume a substantially horizontal position when it reaches the pressing position i. e. that is the position of table 5.

On pressure being released in the ram cylinder [4 the ram descends with the assistance of the volute spring I5 and the table is free to be rotated from the press head 6. Owing to the press head 6 being supported entirely by the cantilever members I the centre column 2 which supplies the steam to the tablesvia piping (not shown) and which normally also serves to support one side of the press head can be terminated immeber N5 of the scale beam type having two opposite and equal arms I! and [8 each of which carries a table the angle or tilt being such as to present the table 4 to the operator in a convenient position during the loading operation.

In this construction the table in the loading position is tilted by the lifting of the table 5 into the pressing position against the head 6 by the ram [2.

To hold the tables in balance whenpressure is. released by the ram I2 springs l9 held in position on bosses 20 at the foot of the rotatable member 3 bear at their opposite ends on a lug 2! on the underside of the edge of the beam it. Thus when the beam I6 is free to take up its natural position the springs l9 hold the beam in a substantially horizontal position. These springs also serve as shockless buffers when the table beneath the press head is freed. The tables are moved into the pressing position in the same manner as described with reference to Figure 1.

Figure 3 shows yet a further embodiment of the present invention and in this embodiment the tables are carried upon two pairs of links each table being supported by an arm 22 which is pivoted to the central member 3 at 23 and sup ports the table upon a pin 2d, sufiicent clearance being provided in the aperture 25 through which the post ,26 supportin the table passes to allow a limited degree of swivel. The post 2% is also connected to the central member 3 by means of a link 27 which is pivoted to the post at one end and to the central member 3 at the other. The arm 22 and the link 2'! act as a parallel link motion and cause the table when lifted by the ram to maintain a vertical position. When in the loading position a flat 28 formed on the arm 22 rests upon an adjustable stop 29 on the central member 3 so that the table may be dropped to a predetermined position for loading. Whilst as shown each arm 22 is independently pivoted to the central member Qt the two arms 32 may be inte ral so, at h y ct as a sin le e tr y pivoted beam. In this case the table to be loaded is lowered by the table under the press head being lifted to the pressing position in much the same manner as described with reference to the apparatus shown in Figure 2. Similarly spring loading is introduced on the arms 22 so as to balance the arms and hence the tables when the pressing table is free from pressure.

In all three constructions the press head be supported by a cantilever in the manner shown in Figure l or alternatively it may be carried by side posts or other convenient supports the central column being kept below the level of the tables.

' What I claim is:

l. A garment or laundry press comprising a base, a column extending vertically upwardly from said base and rotatable with respect thereto, a pair of press tables, means pivotally supporting said tables upon the column for movement vertically with respect thereto, a fixed press head, means secured to the base for supporting said head Vertically above the base and laterally displaced with respect to the column to permit the tables to be moved by rotation of the column successively into pressing position beneath the press head, and means effective to raise a table so positioned into pressing engagement with the head.

2. A garment or laundry press comprising a base, a column extending vertically upwardly fromsaid base and rotatable with respeQt there to, a pair of press, tables, a pair of cranked arms pivotally supporting the said tables upon the col-- umn for movement vertically with respect thereto, each of said arms being pivoted at its cranked end upon a horizontal pivot on said column and supporting at its other end one of said pair of tables, a fixed press head, a cantilever member secured at its lower end to the base and supporting the head at its other end so that thehead is positioned vertically above the base and laterally displaced with respect; to the columnto permit the tables to be moved by rotation of the column successively into pressing position beneath the press head and means effective to raise a table so positioned into pressing engagement with the head.

3. A garment press as claimed in claim 2 wherein the said arms are freely pivoted upon the column and stop means is provided on the column for limiting downward movement of the arms under the force of gravity.

4. A garment or laundry press comprising a base a column extending vertically upwardly from said base and rotatable with respect thereto, a pair of press tables, a single member of the scale beam type pivotally supporting the tables upon the column for movement vertically with respect thereto, the said single member being pivoted intermediate its length upon a horizontal pivot on said column and having secured at its ends the said tables, a fixed press head, means secured to the base for supporting said press head vertically above the base and laterally displaced with respect to the column to permit the tables to be moved by rotation of the column successively into pressing position beneath the press head, and means effective, to rock the said single member about the horizontal pivot when either of the tables is so positioned whereby the table positioned beneath the press head is urged upwardly into pressing engagement therewith and the table secured to the other end of the single member is moved into a downwardly inclined position.

5. A garment or laundry press as claimed in claim 4 in which the said single member is. spring loaded to occupy a normally horizontal position.

6. A garment or laundry press comprising a base, a column extending vertically upwardly from said base and rotatable with respect there to, a pair of press tables, two pairs of spaced parallel arms pivotally supporting said tables upon the column for movement vertically with respect thereto, each of said pairsv of, arms beingfreely pivotedat one end upon the, horizontal pivot on said column and supporting at the other end of said pair of tables, stop means on said column effective to limit downward pivotal movement of said pairs of arms under the force of gravity, a fixed press head, means secured to the base for supporting said head, vertically above thebase and laterally displaced with respect to the col umn to permit the tables to, be moved by rotation of the column successively into pressing position beneath the press head, and means. effective toraise a table so positioned,intopressing engagement with the press head.

RON LD PERCY GUDGEQN.

References Cited in the file of this patent, UNITED STATES: PATENTS Number Name Date 2,050,612 Johnson Aug. ll, 1936. 2,383,723 Kahn Aug. 28, I945 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 135,589. Great Britain- Nov. 27, 1918,

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