US3513573A - Trousers press - Google Patents

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US3513573A
US3513573A US768371A US3513573DA US3513573A US 3513573 A US3513573 A US 3513573A US 768371 A US768371 A US 768371A US 3513573D A US3513573D A US 3513573DA US 3513573 A US3513573 A US 3513573A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G25/00—Household implements used in connection with wearing apparel; Dress, hat or umbrella holders
    • A47G25/72—Garment-pressing devices

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  • a trousers press has a flexible electrically heatable mat on the surface of one pressing member. The mat is compressible in such a manner that in use thicker portions of the trousers, for instance the side seams, will be accommodated between the facing surfaces of the two pressing members.
  • This invention relates to a trousers press using electricity for heating. Such a press is disclosed in British Pat. No. 928,293.
  • a trousers press comprises two flat members having facing surfaces between which trousers are pressed, at least one of the surfaces having a flexible electrically heatable mat thereon, characterized in that the flexible mat is compressible in such a manner that in use thicker portions of the trousers, for instance the side seams, will be accommodated between the facing surfaces.
  • the compressible mat forms a backing for the flexible mat.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a trousers press in accordance with the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a section on plane II-II of FIG. 1, showing the press closed, but with the trousers omitted, for clarity;
  • FIG. 3 is similar to FIG. 2, but showing the press open
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged detail cross section of the pair of stretcher bars shown in FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 5 is similar to FIG. 4 but showing the stretcher bars in their positions as they engage and grip a pair of trousers;
  • FIG. 6 is an enlarged detail perspective view of part of the back of the press
  • FIG. 7 is an enlarged detail cross section of part of FIG. 2, showing mounting of the cuff board.
  • FIG. 8 is a bottom plan, with parts omitted.
  • a trousers press has two metal side frame members 1A and 1B of channel section, which are connected at the top by a cross-member 1C.
  • Fixed to and extending between the members 1A and 1B is a first rigid, flat, wooden member 2A on one face of which is held a resilient sheet 2B of foamed polyurethane plastics material, on which in turn is held a flexible sheet 2C of rubber in which are embedded electric wire heating elements (not shown). These heating elements preferably extend vertically.
  • a wooden cuif board 3 (FIGS. 2 and 7) is mounted on two screws 3A each fixed to, and extending rearwardly from the front flange 4 of a respective side member 1A, 1B.
  • a hole 3B permits each cuff board to move rearwardly on its screw 3A against a compression spring 3C which is fixed at the region 3D to the respective screw 3A.
  • the cuff board is movable rearwardly to accommodate, and at the same time grip the trousers cuffs (if any) when the press is closed.
  • the flexible rubber sheet 2C extends over (but is not fixed to) the cuif board, whereas the resilient sheet 2B does not.
  • a second rigid, flat, wooden member 5 has two transverse reinforcing bars 5A, 5B and rearwardly extending hinge bar 50 at its lower end. Projecting downwardly from the hinge bar 5C is a hinge eye 5D, and extending through this eye 5D is a spring steel hinge bar 5E.
  • the flat member 5 is hingedly connected by this arrangement to the side frame members 1A, 1B (as will be explained), so that it can be moved between the FIGS. 2 and 3 positions.
  • Each of a pair. of clamping and retaining arms 6 form part of a unitary structure, being connected by an integral cross-member 6B (FIG. 6) which extends through horizontal slots 6C, one in each side frame member.
  • the arms 6 run over rollers 7 and have elbow portions 7A for clamping the press shut, in known manner.
  • the flat member 5 is hinged to the side frame members 1A, 1B in that the spring steel hinge bar SE is bowed under tension (see FIG. 8) between the eye 5D and the frame members.
  • Each end of the bar SE is seated in a groove or depression 8 in a respective frame member, so that the effect is that the eye 5D is constantly drawn rearwardly (i.e. downwardly as viewed in FIG. 8 and to the right as viewed in FIG. 7).
  • the lower end of the flat member 5 is thus also constantly drawn rearwardly, the eye 5D and bar 5E constituting a hinge connection.
  • the upper part of the flat member 5 is drawn rearwardly in known manner by the clamping action of the arms 6. When th press is open (FIG. 3) the upper part of the flat member 5 is retained by the ends 7B of the arms.
  • a pair of stretcher bars 10A, 10B are respectively mounted on the upper ends of wooden flat members 2A and 5 by means of coil springs 11A and 11B.
  • Each stretcher bar has at least two such springs, spaced apart along the length of the bar.
  • Each spring has its upper leg 12 gripped within the hollow profile of the respective stretcher bar by a web 14.
  • the lower leg 12A, 12B of each spring extends down into the respective member 2A, 5, the leg 12A being bent as shown.
  • the coil springs 11A, 11B are received between the lower edges 10C of the stretcher bars, and bias the bars towards the inner position shown in FIG. 3.
  • the stretcher bars are preferably of a polystyrene and are slightly flexible to permit some degree of bowing so as to accommodate for the increased thickness of the trousers seams.
  • each stretcher bar has, in cross-section, a series of somewhat upwardly directed teeth 15 for gripping the trousers.
  • a pair of trousers is placed in the press in the FIG. 3 position.
  • the front member 5 is then pushed back, with the arms 6 riding over rollers 7.
  • the stretcher bars through their teeth 15 (which extend the full length of each stretcher bar in the form of ribs having the profi'e shown in FIGS. 4 and 5) engage and grip the upper part of the trousers; the lower end or cuffs of the trousers are already at this stage gripped between the lower end of member 5 and the rubber mat 2C over the cuff board 3, with the latter pushed back against the springs 3C.
  • the teeth 15 On further closing of the press from the FIG. 5 toward the FIG. 4 position, the teeth 15 not only come closer together, but alsoby virtue of the generally curved profile of the inner face of each stretcher bar and by virtue of the location of that face in relation to the springs 11A or 11B which constitute an approximate pivotal axis for the stretcher barmove upwards. It may be said therefore that in moving from the FIG. 5 position to the FIG. 4 position the teeth 15 of the two stretcher bars execute as it were an upward rolling movement. And by this movement the trousers, held at the lower end by the cuff board, are stretched.
  • the thickness and resilience of the sheet 23 is such as to permit the sheet 2C to flex to accommodate as necessary to.various thicknesses of material of the trousers, particularly the zone of increased thickness where the seams extend longitudinally of the trousers.
  • the sheet 2B is heated, but no electrical connections or. control means are shown, as these are well known.
  • the resilient sheet should be ,on the member 2A as described above, other arrange ments are possible.
  • the resilient sheet could be on the member 5, faced by a second flexible sheet, with the flexible heated sheet 2C directly on the member 2A.
  • a trousers press comprising two flat members having facing surfaces between which trousers are pressed, at least one of the surfaces having a flexible electrically heatable mat thereon, characterised in that the flexible mat (2B, 2C) is compressible in such a manner that in use thicker portions of the trousers, for instance the side seams, will be accommodated between the facing surfaces, and a pair of stretcher bars (10A, 10B) for gripping between them the upper part of the trousers, each stretcher bar being movably mounted on a respective one of the two flat members (2C, 5).
  • a press according to claim 2 characterised in that the compressible layer (2B) is disposed on one of the facing surfaces (2A) and the flexible layer (2C) is disposed on the compressible layer (2B).
  • a press according to claim 1 characterized in that the stretcher bars are movably mounted on the two flat members in such manner, during closing of the press, each engages a respective side of the trousers and is moved a distance equal to the distance of movement of the other until the press is fully closed, such movements of the stretcher bars including a component in a direction such that the trousers are stretched during closing.

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US4783916A (en) * 1987-03-26 1988-11-15 Whitehead William H Garment pressing and ironing appliance
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