US2720347A - Adjustable forming bag for garment finishing machines - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to improvements in garment finishing machines and particularly to that class of equipment adapted for use in cleaning establishments that includes a fiexible garment-receiving bag iniiatable with fiuid pressure, the primary object being to provide novel means to selectively vary thediameter of the bag.
- Another important object of the present invention is to provide in structure as just above set forth, means for directing fluid pressure into conduits containing the expansible loops to increase the diameters of the loops to pre-selected limits, thereby placing the entire machine under the control of the operator.
- the present invention contemplates the provision of one or more continuous pleated conduits or bellows of rubber, plastic or the like within the forming bag of finishing machine and attached thereto in coaxial relationship with the bag.
- the conduits which are therefore, of themselves inflatable, each contain an expansible loop such as a continuous coil spring. Accordingly, when the forming and supporting bag is inflated and ballooned, the springs will tend to resist expansion and, therefore, control the diameter of the bag adjacent the conduits and their spring loops. However, it is desirable to permit operator control of the ballooning and therefore, means is provided to direct iiuid pressure into the conduits to inflate the latter and therebyexpand the coil springs to the desired diameter.
- Figure 1 is an elevational view of an adjustable formi ing bag for ⁇ garment finishing machines embodying the concepts of the present invention.
- Fig. 2 is a transverse, cross-sectional view taken on line II-II of Fig. 1. j
- Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a modified form of the invention, showing a portion of an inflatable conduit with a pair of interconnected springs therein;
- Fig. 4 is a schematic view illustrating anotherimodied arrangement of a controlling spring within an expansible conduit.
- Figure l a hollow base broadly designated by the numeral i having upstanding framework (not shown) operably carried thereby and which terminates in a neck element 12 carrying an elongated, flexible bag 14 of any suitable permeable material such as fabric.
- bag 14 has a neck opening 16 ⁇ receiving the element 12 and the open, lowermost end of the bag 14 is attached to the base 10 in any suitable manner so as to close the bag 14 and place it in direct communication with fluid pressure emanating from the base 10.
- the hot air and steam sources within and/or communicating with the base 10 may take any suitable form and have not, therefore, been illustrated in the drawing. It is sufficient to point out that by manipulation of a foot pedal 18, the bag 14 may be intiated or ballooned with the air/or steam pressure. the material from which bag 14 is made, such fluid is directed outwardly through the garment being finished and which is draped over the bag 14.
- the pressure placed on thev garment may tend to ⁇ stretch the latter and thereby increase its size in an undesirable manner. More particularly, it is manifest that when such pressure is placed on the garment, the dimen ⁇ sions of the latter will vary according to the weakest and strongest areas therein, resulting oftentimes in adversely effecting the relative proportions of the entire garment.
- the diameter of the waist of the garment may have ⁇ in ⁇ creased,jwhereas the diameters of the remaining portions thereof remain the same.
- a number of resilient loops 20 for the bag 14 spaced appropriately throughout the length thereof and by way of example, there is included a loop 20 at the waist, at the hips and adjacent the lowermost end of the bag 14.
- Suitable means is provided for mounting each of the loops 20 upon the bag 14 and in the form chosen for illustration, such mounting ⁇ means includes a continuous flexible tube 22 for each loop 20 respectively.
- tubes 22 and their contained loops 20 be disposed within the bag 14 and secured directly to the latter.
- Tubes 22 are completely closed and the fastening means illustrated consists of a ⁇ continuous line of stitching 24 circumscribing the bag 14.
- a suitable Patented Oct. 11, 1955 By virtue of the porosity of ⁇ fabric' is suggestedtherefore', and the maximum circumference. ofeach. tube4 22. shouldVbe as great. as.tlle4cir. ⁇ cumference of the bag 14 adjacent the corresponding tube 22. In other words, inasmuch as the circumferences of the bag 14 ⁇ differ, the maximum circumferencesof-'the tubes 22 will vary accordingly.
- the waist ofthe bag 14I is ofk aA slightly less diameter than the diameter of: bag 14C-adjacent its vlowerrnost end, and, therefore, the maximum diameter of the lowermost tube 22 is greaterl than the maximum diameter ofthe tube 22 adjacent the waist' ofrthebag 14.
- the normal diametersvof the loops lwithin thetubes ⁇ 22 are appreciably less than'thefcor-v responding diameters of the bag 14-when the Ylatter lis in ⁇ inflatable conduit 28 madefrom rubber, plastic or otherl expandable material, the-conduits 28 being'in turn contained within the tubes 22 ⁇ or fastened to the bagf14 therewithin in any other ⁇ suitable manner.
- the conduits 28-- are pleated or in the nature-of a bellows. There is provided therefore, anoutwardly ⁇ extending Pleat-30 for each' convolution respectively of thev spring loop 20 and alternate, inwardly extending pleats 32'in the conduit 28 disposed between the'- convolutions of ⁇ the springY loops 20;r
- the ⁇ .resiliency of the spring loops 20vor the extent to whiclrthe same are'capable of resisting expansion, may of: course, bepre-selected. It is suggested however, con- ⁇ sideringfthe porosity ofjtheY material from which bag 14' is made and the nature of the garments vto be'processed thereon; that the force ofthe'fluid pressure directed-to the. ⁇ bag 14therewithinf, be normally insufficient' to expand any of the coil springs-201.
- spring 20c is normally in an expanded condition ⁇ as shown in- Fig; 4, and when the conduit 28C is deflated, it will contract and thereby contract the spring 20c therewithin.
- the nature ofthe'material fromy whichy theinflatable conduit-28c isf made isA such as to normally be contracted'and have suiiicient force tohold the spring 20c in a contracted condition.
- spring 20c will be permitted to expandl to itslnormal'maximum diameter. It is unnecessary therefore, to utilize the pleats in the conduit 28c'to ⁇ actuate the spring 20c.
- Fig. 1 of the drawing the same arrangement may be utilized to provide sleeves for the bag 14 which extend through sleeve openings 44 in the bag 14.
- Each of the sleeves 42 is made up of an elongated, iny
- conduit 46 in the nature of a bellows as in the case ofthe conduits 28 and'each contains an elongated coil spring 48.
- Springs 48 are fitted within the conduits 46 in the same manner' as abovedescribed with respect to springs 20 and their conduits 28.
- Hose 50 islkewise provided with avvalve 52 for controlling the flow-'of air pressure to and from the conduits 46.
- Manipulation of the valve 52 controls the diameter and lengths ofthe sleeves 42 in the same manner as manipu# lation ofthe valves 40? control the effective diameters of to befinished, it is vunnecessary to increase the diameters of the conduits 28 by manipulationof Valves 40. If
- the extent ofballooning of the bag 14 is 'to be increased atanyfpointsf of joinder of the ⁇ conduits 28 to' the bag 14ithrough'the'tubesr22, it is but necessary tol direct air pressure into the particular conduit28that is to beinflated;
- an ordinary blower (not shown) may be housed within" thebase 10-to provide the source of air pressure for bag 14, and a separate source of pressure such as an air compressor (not shown) may be provided for supplying uid tothe lpipe 34,- so vthat the pressure furnished to hoses 38 i and 50 is greater than that directed to bag 14feither as air, steam/or other fluid.
- Adetails of construction particularly with respect to the way in which the inflatable conduits are attached to the-bag and the way in'which the conduits ⁇ areyieldably held against ination or expansion, may be varied within the spiritof this invention, and it is, therefore, desiredl to be'limited only by the scope of the appendedclaims.
- the combination of a support, a ilexible, inflatable bag carried by the support means retaining the bag onthe support upon release of fluid under pressure into the bag to ⁇ balloon the same, means for controlling the extent, of ballooning of the bag, including an expansible loop of resilient material, a continuous, inflatable conduit containing the loop, a continuous, ⁇ expansible tube of fabric material secured to the bag and containing the conduit for attaching the conduit and the loop to the bag in substantial coaxial relationship thereto; and means for directing fluid under pressure into the bag to inflate the latter and expand the loop.
- a garment finishing machine the combination of a hollow base, an upstanding support mounted on the base, a flexible, inflatable bag carried by the base, means closing the lowermost end of the bag in communication with the base, means for controlling the diameter of the bag intermediate the ends thereof upon release of fluid thereinto under pressure from said base, including a continuous, horizontal, inflatable conduit having a normal contracted diameter less than the diameter of the bag when fully ballooned under force of fluid pressure within the bag, and means attaching the conduit to the bag intermediate the uppermost and lowermost ends thereof, said conduit being expansible to a predetermined diameter under force of fluid pressure in the conduit.
- a garment finishing machine the combination of a hollow base, an upstanding support mounted on the base, a flexible, inflatable bag carried by the base, means closing the lowermost end of the bag in communication rwith the base, means for controlling the diameter of the bag intermediate the ends thereof upon release of fluid thereinto under pressure from said base, including a continuous, horizontal, flexible conduit having a normal contracted diameter less than the diameter of the bag when fully ballooned under force of fluid pressure within the bag, means attaching the conduit to the bag intermediate the uppermost and lowermost ends thereof, and resilient means for yieldably holding the conduit contracted, said yieldable means having a predetermined resistance to expansion under force of fluid pressure in the bag.
- a garment finishing machine having a hollow base, an upstanding support mounted on the base, a ilexible bag carried by the base, and means closing the lowermost end of the bag in communication with the base, means for controlling the diameter of the bag intermediate the ends thereof upon release of fluid thereinto under pressure from said base, including a continuous, horizontal, flexible conduit; a continuous spring in the conduit having a normal diameter less than the diameter of the bag when fully ballooned under force of fluid pressure within the bag; and means securing the conduit to the bag intermediate the uppermost and lowermost ends thereof, said spring having a predetermined resistance to expansion under force of fluid pressure in the bag.
- a garment finishing machine having a hollow base, an upstanding support mounted on the base, a ilexible bag carried by the base, and means closing the lowermost end of the bag in communication with the base, means for controlling the diameter of the bag intermediate the ends thereof upon release of fluid thereinto under pressure from said base, including a continuous, horizontal, ⁇
- expansible tube a continuous spring in the tube having a normal diameter less than thefdianieter of the bag when fully ballooned under force of iluid pressure within the 3 bag; means securing the tube to the bag intermediate the uppermost and lowermost ends thereof, said spring having base, an upstanding support mounted on the base, a exible bag carried by the base, and means closing thelowermost end of the bag in communication with the basca means for controlling the diameter of the bag intermediate the ends thereof upon release of fluid thereinto under pressure from said base, including a continuous, horizontal, expansible tube; a continuous, inllatableconduit in the tube; a continuous spring in the conduit, said spring and said conduit having normal contracted diameters lessthan the diameter of the bag when fully ballooned under force of iluid pressure within the bag; means securing the tube to the bag therewithin intermediate the uppermost and lowermost ends thereof, said spring having a predetermined resistance to expansion under force of fluid pressure in the bag; and means for directing fluid under pressure into the conduit to inflate the
- a garment finishing machine having a hollow base, an upstanding support mounted on the base, a flexible bag carried by the base, and means closing the lowermost end of the bag in communication with the base, means for controlling the diameter of the bag intermediate the ends thereof upon release of uid thereinto under pressure from said base, including a continuous, horizontal, expansible, tubular bellows; a continuous spring in the bellows having a normal diameter lessthan the diameter of the bag when fully ballooned under force of lluid pressure within the bag; means securing the bellows to the bag therewithin intermediate the uppermost and lowermost ends thereof, said spring having a predetermined resistance to expansion under force of fluid pressure in the bag; and means for directing fluid under pressure into the bellows to expand the spring and the bellows.
- a garment finishing machine having a hollow base, an upstanding support mounted on the base, a ilexible bag carried by the base, and means closing the lowermost end of the bag in communication with the base, means for controlling the diameter of the bag intermediate the ends thereof upon release of fluid thereinto under pressure from said base, including a continuous, horizontal, expansible, tubular bellows; a continuous coil spring in the bellows having a normal diameter less than the diameter of the bag when fully ballooned under force of fluid pressure within the bag; means securing the bellows to the bag therewithin intermediate the uppermost and lowermost ends thereof, said spring having a predetermined resistance to expansion under force of fluid pressure in the bag; and means for directing uid under pressure into the bellows to expand the spring and the bellows.
- a garment finishing machine having a hollow base, an upstanding support mounted on the base, a flexible bag carried by the base, means closing the lowermost end of the bag in communication with the base, a rst source of fluid under pressure and a second source of fluid under pressure, means for controlling the diameter of the bag intermediate the ends thereof upon release of fluid from first source into the bag from said base, including a continuous, horizontal, expansible, tubular bellows; a continuous coil spring in the bellows having a normal diameter less than the diameter of the bag when fully ballooned under force of fluid pressure within the bag; means securing the bellows to the bag therewithin intermediate the uppermost and lowermost ends thereof, said spring having a predetermined resistance to expan- 11.111 a garmentifnishing machine hav-ing a hollowy base, an upstanding support mounted on the base, a exibleY bag carried by the base, and means, ⁇ closing the lowermost; end of the bag; in communication with the base, means for ⁇ controlling the, diameter of the bag' intermediatetheq
- base including a continuous, horizonta1f expansible tube;; a continuous spring in the tube having a normal diameter less than the diameter of the bag when fully-ballooned under force of uid pressure within the:v bag; means securing the tube to the bag therewithin intermediate the. uppermost and lowermost ends thereof, said spring havingv a predetermined resistanceto expansion under force of fluid pressure in the bag; means for directing uid under pressure intol the tube, to. expand.
- said bag havingv a .pair of opposed ⁇ openings atA said uppermost end thereof; yan expansible, closed, tubular bellows in each opening respectively; a coil springvin each bellows respectively; vand means: for directing, fluid under pressure intoy the bellows to: expand the same.
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Oct. 11, 1955 N,\C, JACKSON 2,720,341*y ADJUSTABLE FORMING BG FOR GARMENT FINISHING MACHINES Filed March 4, 1954 /l/a/df? C. Jac/sofi m15 BY HTTONE United States Patent C ADJUSTABLE FORMING BAG FOR GARMENT FINISHING MACHINES Nolan C. Jackson, Wichita, Kans., assigner to Wichita Precision Tool Company, Inc., Wichita, Kans., a corporation of Kansas Application March 4, 1954, Serial No. 414,154
11 Claims. (Cl. 223-67) This invention relates to improvements in garment finishing machines and particularly to that class of equipment adapted for use in cleaning establishments that includes a fiexible garment-receiving bag iniiatable with fiuid pressure, the primary object being to provide novel means to selectively vary thediameter of the bag.
It is the `most important object of the present invention to provide in a garment finishing machine having an iniiatable bag as a part thereof, one or more expansible loops secured to the bag in such manner as to control the diameter of the bag and therefore, the extent of ballooning thereof when fluid pressure is directed into the bag, all as determined by the resistance of the expansible loops to the fluid pressure.
Another important object of the present invention is to provide in structure as just above set forth, means for directing fluid pressure into conduits containing the expansible loops to increase the diameters of the loops to pre-selected limits, thereby placing the entire machine under the control of the operator. v
As will hereinafter appear, the present invention contemplates the provision of one or more continuous pleated conduits or bellows of rubber, plastic or the like within the forming bag of finishing machine and attached thereto in coaxial relationship with the bag. The conduits, which are therefore, of themselves inflatable, each contain an expansible loop such as a continuous coil spring. Accordingly, when the forming and supporting bag is inflated and ballooned, the springs will tend to resist expansion and, therefore, control the diameter of the bag adjacent the conduits and their spring loops. However, it is desirable to permit operator control of the ballooning and therefore, means is provided to direct iiuid pressure into the conduits to inflate the latter and therebyexpand the coil springs to the desired diameter.
Such principles and important features of the present invention can be more clearly understood from the following specification when referring to the `accompanying drawing, wherein:
Figure 1 is an elevational view of an adjustable formi ing bag for` garment finishing machines embodying the concepts of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a transverse, cross-sectional view taken on line II-II of Fig. 1. j
i Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a modified form of the invention, showing a portion of an inflatable conduit with a pair of interconnected springs therein; and
Fig. 4 is a schematic view illustrating anotherimodied arrangement of a controlling spring within an expansible conduit.
The utilization of formingjbags in garment finishing machines upon which the garment is draped, istoday a universally accepted practice. Such bags are placed in communication at one end thereofwith a source of fiuid pressure such as air and/r steam which, when released into the bag, causes ballooning usually to the full extent of the size of the garment placed on the bag.
i It has heretofore been recognized that such practice is ICC not entirely satisfactory since the diameter of the bag should be controlled at various points throughout the length thereof in rather accurate proportions to the Various diameters of the garment being finished. So far as I am aware, no means has heretofore been proposed that is entirely satisfactory because the various circumferences of the bag cannot be accurate controlled by the operator. These difficulties and others, are overcome through use of the improvements forming the subject matter of this invention as clearly illustrated in the aforementioned drawing.
The particular type of machine with which the improvements about to be described are used, is of no particular consequence and, therefore, there is illustrated in Figure l, a hollow base broadly designated by the numeral i having upstanding framework (not shown) operably carried thereby and which terminates in a neck element 12 carrying an elongated, flexible bag 14 of any suitable permeable material such as fabric.
Manifestly, bag 14 has a neck opening 16 `receiving the element 12 and the open, lowermost end of the bag 14 is attached to the base 10 in any suitable manner so as to close the bag 14 and place it in direct communication with fluid pressure emanating from the base 10. The hot air and steam sources within and/or communicating with the base 10 may take any suitable form and have not, therefore, been illustrated in the drawing. It is sufficient to point out that by manipulation of a foot pedal 18, the bag 14 may be intiated or ballooned with the air/or steam pressure. the material from which bag 14 is made, such fluid is directed outwardly through the garment being finished and which is draped over the bag 14.
It is now apparent that, in absence of any control whatsoever, the bag 14 is free to balloon to its fullest extent when the fluid pressure is directed thereinto, limited only by the garment that is placed thereon. In`
absence of any means to control the ballooning of bag 14, the pressure placed on thev garment may tend to` stretch the latter and thereby increase its size in an undesirable manner. More particularly, it is manifest that when such pressure is placed on the garment, the dimen` sions of the latter will vary according to the weakest and strongest areas therein, resulting oftentimes in adversely effecting the relative proportions of the entire garment.
By way of example, the garment finishing industry is constantly confronted with complaints from its customers because of the fact that, after the garment is finished` through use of machines having bags as illustrated at 14,
the diameter of the waist of the garment may have `in` creased,jwhereas the diameters of the remaining portions thereof remain the same. Through use of the novel structure of the present invention, all of the initial relative proportions of the garment willremain the same after finishing as they were prior to the initial cleaning operations.
Accordingly, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, there is provided a number of resilient loops 20 for the bag 14 spaced appropriately throughout the length thereof and by way of example, there is included a loop 20 at the waist, at the hips and adjacent the lowermost end of the bag 14. Suitable means is provided for mounting each of the loops 20 upon the bag 14 and in the form chosen for illustration, such mounting `means includes a continuous flexible tube 22 for each loop 20 respectively.
It is to be preferred that the tubes 22 and their contained loops 20, be disposed within the bag 14 and secured directly to the latter. Tubes 22 are completely closed and the fastening means illustrated consists of a` continuous line of stitching 24 circumscribing the bag 14.
The tubes 22, in addition to being fiexible, should be expansible to a predetermined diameter. A suitable Patented Oct. 11, 1955 By virtue of the porosity of` fabric' is suggestedtherefore', and the maximum circumference. ofeach. tube4 22. shouldVbe as great. as.tlle4cir.` cumference of the bag 14 adjacent the corresponding tube 22. In other words, inasmuch as the circumferences of the bag 14` differ, the maximum circumferencesof-'the tubes 22 will vary accordingly. The waist ofthe bag 14I is ofk aA slightly less diameter than the diameter of: bag 14C-adjacent its vlowerrnost end, and, therefore, the maximum diameter of the lowermost tube 22 is greaterl than the maximum diameter ofthe tube 22 adjacent the waist' ofrthebag 14.
Onrthe otherhand, the normal diametersvof the loops lwithin thetubes `22, are appreciably less than'thefcor-v responding diameters of the bag 14-when the Ylatter lis in` inflatable conduit 28 madefrom rubber, plastic or otherl expandable material, the-conduits 28 being'in turn contained within the tubes 22`or fastened to the bagf14 therewithin in any other `suitable manner.
Aslis best seen in Fig. 2 of the drawing, the conduits 28-- are pleated or in the nature-of a bellows. There is provided therefore, anoutwardly` extending Pleat-30 for each' convolution respectively of thev spring loop 20 and alternate, inwardly extending pleats 32'in the conduit 28 disposed between the'- convolutions of` the springY loops 20;r
The `.resiliency of the spring loops 20vor the extent to whiclrthe same are'capable of resisting expansion, may of: course, bepre-selected. It is suggested however, con-` sideringfthe porosity ofjtheY material from which bag 14' is made and the nature of the garments vto be'processed thereon; that the force ofthe'fluid pressure directed-to the.` bag 14therewithinf, be normally insufficient' to expand any of the coil springs-201. Thus, in absenceof anyv inflation .of thefconduits ZSand therefore,l expansion of" theasprings-ZOQ the variousdiameters of thebag 14 ad= jacentthe springs 20-or more particularly, at'the lines" of`zstitching124, will'remain `fixed-as determined bythel diameters or circumferences of the loops 20 even when the.b`ag- 14lis fullyballooned1by the force of V'iluid pres` suredirected thereinto.l
Consequently, when any of the-diameters of the bag 14 adjacent the lines of stitching 24, are'too' small to` properlyIformwthey Abag 14 in .accordance with-'the' shape,
size.-.and configuration of! the garment being-'rprocessed', thereon, itrbecomes L necessary to lexpand' the coil spring,` loopsfr20candin order, to do-this, the conduits28t must' beeinatedand; therefore,l expanded.
Thiszmaybe :accomplishedfby'use-of anyflui'dipressuref suel'r asairfenteringbywayof pipe 34"provided"with` a control'valve 36;y A hose- 381 or other air passage is providedor each-conduit28 respectively, andextending: downwardlytherefrom within the bag' 14 to apointv of connection with the supply pipe 34. Each hole 38 isin" turnprovided withalcontrol valve 40. The hoses38"^are coupledv directly lwith'the conduits 281 as shown'in Fig. 2 of the: drawing.'
It isimportant toN note therefore, that-,by virtuey of. a hose 38fand2a-valve 40'foreach-conduitZS respectively, ther operator may control the extentof expansion of` the spr-ings V20' individually, andthereby vary thegdiameter of callyexpanded vasshown in Fig. 2 of the drawing, when ever air pressure is directed into the conduits 28 to inflate the latter. As soon as the air pressure is exhausted from the conduits 28 by manipulation of valves 40, the inherent resiliency of the springs 20 will contract the conduits 28. A similar conduit arrangementis'provided for the springs 20a-.and 20b in Fig,- 3` and designatedbroadly. by,Y the numeral 28a.
In the modification illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawing, there is provided alcontinuousvcoil spring-loop20c comparable to the spring loops 20, butof'appreciably'lesser diameter than inflatable bellows or conduit 28a within which the sprin g y 20c is f contained.
In this modification, spring 20c is normally in an expanded condition` as shown in- Fig; 4, and when the conduit 28C is deflated, it will contract and thereby contract the spring 20c therewithin. In other words, in the niodicationshown in Fig. 4 of the drawing, the nature ofthe'material fromy whichy theinflatable conduit-28c isf made, isA such as to normally be contracted'and have suiiicient force tohold the spring 20c in a contracted condition. When air pressure is vdirectedinto theconduit'- 28e to inflatethe same, spring 20c will be permitted to expandl to itslnormal'maximum diameter. It is unnecessary therefore, to utilize the pleats in the conduit 28c'to` actuate the spring 20c.
As shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, the same arrangement may be utilized to provide sleeves for the bag 14 which extend through sleeve openings 44 in the bag 14.
Each of the sleeves 42 is made up of an elongated, iny
Here again, there is.provided a hose or other passageway 50 within the bag 14common to the two conduits 46 and coupled with the pressure supply pipe 34. Hose 50 islkewise provided with avvalve 52 for controlling the flow-'of air pressure to and from the conduits 46. Manipulation of the valve 52 controls the diameter and lengths ofthe sleeves 42 in the same manner as manipu# lation ofthe valves 40? control the effective diameters of to befinished, it is vunnecessary to increase the diameters of the conduits 28 by manipulationof Valves 40. If
however, the extent ofballooning of the bag 14 is 'to be increased atanyfpointsf of joinder of the^conduits 28 to' the bag 14ithrough'the'tubesr22, it is but necessary tol direct air pressure into the particular conduit28that is to beinflated;
In one-.preferredembodiment of Itheinstant invention,
an ordinary blower (not shown) may be housed within" thebase 10-to provide the source of air pressure for bag 14, and a separate source of pressure such as an air compressor (not shown) may be provided for supplying uid tothe lpipe 34,- so vthat the pressure furnished to hoses 38 i and 50 is greater than that directed to bag 14feither as air, steam/or other fluid.
Many Adetails of construction, particularly with respect to the way in which the inflatable conduits are attached to the-bag and the way in'which the conduits `areyieldably held against ination or expansion, may be varied within the spiritof this invention, and it is, therefore, desiredl to be'limited only by the scope of the appendedclaims.
Having thus. described the inventionwhat is claimed as new and desiredto be securedby Letters Patentis:l
` l. In a.. garment.y finishing machine, the. combination of` a support, a flexible, inflatable `bag carried by the support,-means retaining the bagon the support upon release of iluid under pressure into the bag to balloon the same, means for controlling the extent of ballooning `of the bag, including an expansible loop, a` continuous, inflatable conduit having means securing the same to the bag and containingtheloop for attaching theloop to thebag in substantial coaxial relationship thereto; and meansrfor directing fluid under pressure into thebag to inflate the latter and expand the loop.
2. In `a garment finishing machine, the combination of a support, a ilexible, inflatable bag carried by the support, means retaining the bag onthe support upon release of fluid under pressure into the bag to` balloon the same, means for controlling the extent, of ballooning of the bag, including an expansible loop of resilient material, a continuous, inflatable conduit containing the loop, a continuous, `expansible tube of fabric material secured to the bag and containing the conduit for attaching the conduit and the loop to the bag in substantial coaxial relationship thereto; and means for directing fluid under pressure into the bag to inflate the latter and expand the loop.
3. In a garment finishing machine, the combination of a hollow base, an upstanding support mounted on the base, a flexible, inflatable bag carried by the base, means closing the lowermost end of the bag in communication with the base, means for controlling the diameter of the bag intermediate the ends thereof upon release of fluid thereinto under pressure from said base, including a continuous, horizontal, inflatable conduit having a normal contracted diameter less than the diameter of the bag when fully ballooned under force of fluid pressure within the bag, and means attaching the conduit to the bag intermediate the uppermost and lowermost ends thereof, said conduit being expansible to a predetermined diameter under force of fluid pressure in the conduit.
4. In a garment finishing machine, the combination of a hollow base, an upstanding support mounted on the base, a flexible, inflatable bag carried by the base, means closing the lowermost end of the bag in communication rwith the base, means for controlling the diameter of the bag intermediate the ends thereof upon release of fluid thereinto under pressure from said base, including a continuous, horizontal, flexible conduit having a normal contracted diameter less than the diameter of the bag when fully ballooned under force of fluid pressure within the bag, means attaching the conduit to the bag intermediate the uppermost and lowermost ends thereof, and resilient means for yieldably holding the conduit contracted, said yieldable means having a predetermined resistance to expansion under force of fluid pressure in the bag.
5. In a garment finishing machine having a hollow base, an upstanding support mounted on the base, a ilexible bag carried by the base, and means closing the lowermost end of the bag in communication with the base, means for controlling the diameter of the bag intermediate the ends thereof upon release of fluid thereinto under pressure from said base, including a continuous, horizontal, flexible conduit; a continuous spring in the conduit having a normal diameter less than the diameter of the bag when fully ballooned under force of fluid pressure within the bag; and means securing the conduit to the bag intermediate the uppermost and lowermost ends thereof, said spring having a predetermined resistance to expansion under force of fluid pressure in the bag.
6. In a garment finishing machine having a hollow base, an upstanding support mounted on the base, a ilexible bag carried by the base, and means closing the lowermost end of the bag in communication with the base, means for controlling the diameter of the bag intermediate the ends thereof upon release of fluid thereinto under pressure from said base, including a continuous, horizontal,`
expansible tube; a continuous spring in the tube having a normal diameter less than thefdianieter of the bag when fully ballooned under force of iluid pressure within the 3 bag; means securing the tube to the bag intermediate the uppermost and lowermost ends thereof, said spring having base, an upstanding support mounted on the base, a exible bag carried by the base, and means closing thelowermost end of the bag in communication with the basca means for controlling the diameter of the bag intermediate the ends thereof upon release of fluid thereinto under pressure from said base, including a continuous, horizontal, expansible tube; a continuous, inllatableconduit in the tube; a continuous spring in the conduit, said spring and said conduit having normal contracted diameters lessthan the diameter of the bag when fully ballooned under force of iluid pressure within the bag; means securing the tube to the bag therewithin intermediate the uppermost and lowermost ends thereof, said spring having a predetermined resistance to expansion under force of fluid pressure in the bag; and means for directing fluid under pressure into the conduit to inflate the latter and expand the spring.
8. In a garment finishing machine having a hollow base, an upstanding support mounted on the base, a flexible bag carried by the base, and means closing the lowermost end of the bag in communication with the base, means for controlling the diameter of the bag intermediate the ends thereof upon release of uid thereinto under pressure from said base, including a continuous, horizontal, expansible, tubular bellows; a continuous spring in the bellows having a normal diameter lessthan the diameter of the bag when fully ballooned under force of lluid pressure within the bag; means securing the bellows to the bag therewithin intermediate the uppermost and lowermost ends thereof, said spring having a predetermined resistance to expansion under force of fluid pressure in the bag; and means for directing fluid under pressure into the bellows to expand the spring and the bellows.
9. In a garment finishing machine having a hollow base, an upstanding support mounted on the base, a ilexible bag carried by the base, and means closing the lowermost end of the bag in communication with the base, means for controlling the diameter of the bag intermediate the ends thereof upon release of fluid thereinto under pressure from said base, including a continuous, horizontal, expansible, tubular bellows; a continuous coil spring in the bellows having a normal diameter less than the diameter of the bag when fully ballooned under force of fluid pressure within the bag; means securing the bellows to the bag therewithin intermediate the uppermost and lowermost ends thereof, said spring having a predetermined resistance to expansion under force of fluid pressure in the bag; and means for directing uid under pressure into the bellows to expand the spring and the bellows.
10. In a garment finishing machine having a hollow base, an upstanding support mounted on the base, a flexible bag carried by the base, means closing the lowermost end of the bag in communication with the base, a rst source of fluid under pressure and a second source of fluid under pressure, means for controlling the diameter of the bag intermediate the ends thereof upon release of fluid from first source into the bag from said base, including a continuous, horizontal, expansible, tubular bellows; a continuous coil spring in the bellows having a normal diameter less than the diameter of the bag when fully ballooned under force of fluid pressure within the bag; means securing the bellows to the bag therewithin intermediate the uppermost and lowermost ends thereof, said spring having a predetermined resistance to expan- 11.111 a garmentifnishing machine hav-ing a hollowy base, an upstanding support mounted on the base, a exibleY bag carried by the base, and means,` closing the lowermost; end of the bag; in communication with the base, means for` controlling the, diameter of the bag' intermediatetheqends thereof upon release of uid under pressure thereinto from said. base, including a continuous, horizonta1f expansible tube;;a continuous spring in the tube having a normal diameter less than the diameter of the bag when fully-ballooned under force of uid pressure within the:v bag; means securing the tube to the bag therewithin intermediate the. uppermost and lowermost ends thereof, said spring havingv a predetermined resistanceto expansion under force of fluid pressure in the bag; means for directing uid under pressure intol the tube, to. expand.
the spring and the tube, said bag havingv a .pair of opposed `openings atA said uppermost end thereof; yan expansible, closed, tubular bellows in each opening respectively; a coil springvin each bellows respectively; vand means: for directing, fluid under pressure intoy the bellows to: expand the same.
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