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SHIRT IRONING TABLE. No. 396,416. Patented Jan. 22, 189.

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I SHIRT IRONING TABLE. No. 396,416. Ratented Jan. 22, 1889.

UNITED STATES Prion.

JAMES H. MOUNT, OF JAMESBURG, NEXV JERSEY.

SHIRT-IRONING TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,416, dated January 22, 1889.

Application filed June 29, 1887.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES H. MOUNT, of J alnesbu'rg, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Shirt Ironing Tables, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my improvement is to provide a shirt-ironing table whereof the yoke and skirt clamping devices and the neckbandshaping device will have greater durability, efiectiveness, and convenience in use than is ordinarily possessed by devices of thischaracter.

I will first describe in detail an ironingtable embodying my improvement, and then point out the various features of the improvement in claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formin a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference d esignate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a shirt-ironing table for family use embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side view of the said ironingtable. Fig. 3 is a front end view of the same. Fig. 4: is a longitudinal sectional view on the line :0 5c of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a rear end view of the ironing-table detached from its support, parts being broken out. Fig. 6 illustrates the devices whereby the ironing-table is attached to its support, and Figs. 7 and 8 are detail views hereinafter described.

A designates an ironing-board, which for public laundry purposes is ordinarily formed on or secured permanently to a laundry-table, but which for family use can be removably attached to an ordinary table, B, or other support, by means of studs A, projecting laterally in a like direction from brackets A fixed to the under side of the board and slipped in apertured vertical lugs B, held in the angle formed by the projecting ledge 13 of the table and its vertical side rails. The brackets A extend beyond the inner end of the ironingboard A, and their projecting ends have horizontal upper edges adapted to bear against the under side of the ledge 13 and vertical inner edges adapted to abut against the side rail at points above and below the studs A, so that the ironing-board will be held firmly Serial No. 242,871. (No model.)

against vertical motion without bolstering up its outer end. A hook-catch, B and eye B connect one side bracket, A with the table B, and serve to hold the board against lateral displacement.

The pivotal clamping-bar D for binding the skirt of the shirt upon the ironing-board has a series of independent spherical rubber knobs, D, projecting from its contact-face. These knobs D by their friction firmly hold the garment in place, and by the increased elasticity due to their shape prevent the clamping-bar from sticking to the moistened fabric and retract the bar when the same is released.

The clamping-bar D also has a spring-hinge for automatically throwing it upward and outward when released, constructed of a plate, 1

C, (here shown screwed to a lateral projection of the ironing-board and formed with a shoulder, C and the upwardly-projecting hi11gelugs 0 hinge-plates C secured to opposite sides of the bar D, a pivot, C, and a spring, 0 coiled on the pivot C and having one extremity rested against the shoulder C and the other against the inner end of the bar D. The plate 0 is also formed with an upwardly and outwardly curved bearing, 0, against which a check-spring, C secured to the back of the bar D, is adapted to strike, and thus ease off and limit the throw .of the clampingbar by its spring-hinge.

The spring-catch E, which automatically engages the beveled free end of the clampingbar D, as shown, is constructed of a plate, E, (here shown screwed to a lateral projection of the ironing-board and formed with up wardly-projecting lugs E1) an inverted-U- shaped swinging catch-piece, E having its free ends embraced between the lugs E, a pivot, E, and a spring, E, coiled 011 the pivot and having its extremities rested against the plate E and the swinging piece E respectively.

The device for clamping the yoke of the shirt against the front end of the board consists of a clamping-bar, F, having rubber knobs D, like and for a similar purpose to those on the skirt-clamping bar D, and a shank, F, which is pivoted in a longitudinal slot formed in and from the front end of a fixed longitudinal bar, G, and a handled canilever, W, the cam-head. of which is also pivoted in said slot just back of the shank F. The front bearing-surface of the cam-head is cut on a circle, of which the pivot of the camlever is the center, and the rear bearing-surface, F, of the shank 1*", which has a wearplate, F is cut on a like circle, so that when the cam-lever is pushed forward to press the clzunping-bar F against the board A, as in Fig. 2, the two bearing-surfaces will be in con,- tact throughout their whole extent, so as to distribute the pressure evenly.

I make the bar G readilyremovable and longitudinally adjustable for taking up the wear and shrinkage of the clamp or clamping device supported thereliiy by forming in and from its rear end a longitinlinal. slot, G, through which the shank of a clampi ng-scrcw, G is passed into its support, and by mounting it in a corresponding groove, G formed in the under side of the said support. This support may be a block, II, secured across the bottom of the brackets A in the form for family use, or a heavy block, ll, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, adapted for attachment to the under side of the laundry-table on which the iron in g-talue is supported for public laundry use. 1n either case I elect to line the bottom of the groove G with sand-paper, G, or an equivalent frictional material, by which the bar G, when clamped there against by the set-screw G will be firmly held against longitudinal play to resist the tension produced by the yoke-clam p.

An upright stud, K, is arranged on lop of the board A for attachment of the neckband- 1 ring L, and is threaded at its lower end to adapt it to a threaded socket formed in a plate, K, countersunk in the top of the board, so that it can be removed when the neckbandring is not required for use, as when an openfront shirt is being ironed.

The hoop ot' the neckbaml-ring L is Formed in two sections, L and L of thin elastic metal 01 other suitable material, the section U being bent in semicircular form, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, to form a circular ring, or in slightly angular form, as shown in full lines in said figure, tomakean egg-sha1nul ring.

The hoop-section L has a bar, L secured centrally thereto and formed with. an aperture in which is received the attaching-stud K, to hold the ring in place on the board.

The free ends of section L overlap those of section. L, and have arms L", which project inwardly through slots in section L, cross each other, and have their inner ends pivoted to opposite sides of the bar L". A sliding stud, L in the arms L works in slots L and U formed and the bar L, l'QSPGOT-lVQly.

The free ends of both sections L and L yielding inwardly on compression, the ring can be contracted to any desired extent to fit within the neckband of the shirt, and on then being released it will automatically expand and stretch the same.

The internal connections described cause the hoop to expand uniformly throughout its circumference.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with an ironing-board and a plate, (1, attached thereto and formed with hinge-lu G a shoulder, 0 and a curved or inclined bearing, C, of a clamping-bar, I), hinge-plates attached to the end or" the same, a pivot, passed through the lugs C and plates U, a spring, C coiled on thepivot C, and having its ends resting against the shoulder and the bar D, respectively, and a check-spring, (2, attached to the bar D, and adapted to co-operate with the bearing (1' substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with an ironing-lmard and a block, ll, fixed below the same and formed. with a longitudinal groove, G in its under side, of. a bar, G, mounted to slide lengthwise in said groove and formed with longitudinal slots in its front and rear ends, a clamping-screw, (1 passed through the rear one of said slots into the block ll, a clampingbar, 1!, adapted to bear against the ironingboard and havin a shank pivoted in the front one of said slots, and a cam-lever pivoted in the latter slot and adaptedto work against said shank, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a yoke -clamping device for shirtironing boards, the condnnation of a pivotal cam-lever, F having its bearing-s'urface F cut on a circle of which. the pivot of the lever is the center, and a swinging clamping-bar, F, having the bearing-s11rt'acell of its shank F cut on. a like circle, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination,with an ironing-board, of a:neckband-ring formed of two movablyconnected sections of thin elastic material, one section bein connected to the board, and both sections having in\va1*dly-cmnprcssible end portions, substantially as described.

5. A n eckbainl-ring formed of elastic hoopsections L and L an interiorly-projecting bar, L, on one section, and interiorlyqnrojecting arnisL' on theother section pivotally eonneeted lo the bar L, substantial ly as described.

JAMES H. MOUNT.

\Vitnesses:

CLARENCE L. BURGER,

EDGAR TATE.

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