US734038A

US734038A - Starching-machine.

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Publication number: US734038A
Application number: US12650102A
Authority: US
Inventors: George H Bishop
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1902-10-09
Filing date: 1902-10-09
Publication date: 1903-07-21
Anticipated expiration: 1920-07-21

Description

No. 734,038. PATENTED JULY 21, 19 03.

I G; H. BISHOP.

STARGHING MACHINE.

APiLIOATION FILED OUT. 9. 1902.

no MODEL.

m 5 &

shafts to rotate together. .4

Patented July 21, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE I-I.-BISHOP, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STARC'HING-MACHINE.

QPEGIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 734,038, dated July 21, 1903. Applioation filed October 9, 1902. Serial No. 126,501. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. BIsHoP, a citizen of the United States, residing. at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Starching Machines, of which the following is a specification.

One of the objects of this invention is the production of an improved starchingmachine.

A further object is to provide a starch-receptacleeasily removable from the starchingmachine.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a starching-machine embodying the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section through the starch-receptacle and.

through the steam-jacket upon which said receptacle rests. Fig. 3 is a view similar to the last precediugfigure, but showing the box partially removed from the steam-jacket and one of the hinged covers of said box open. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the starch-receptacle.

In the embodiment herein shown of my invention I provide a supporting-standard 1, divided at its top in the two upwardly-extending arms 2 and 3. Two shafts 4 and 5, one lying directly over the other, are rotatably mounted in suitable hearings in said arms, the bearing at the forward end of the lower one of said shafts-to wit, shaft 5]oeing a block 6, vertically'slidable within the arm 3. The standard 1 is further provided with a gear-casing 7, covering two intermeshing spur-gears, (not shown,) one fixed upon each of the shafts 4 and 5 for causing said The shaft 4 extends rearward, and outside of the standard 1 is provided with two pulleys 8 and 9, the former being a tight pulley and the latter a loose pulley. A belt-shifter 10 is slidably mounted in suitable openings in the

ears

11 and 12, extending upward from the arms 2 and 3 of the standard 1. The forward end of the shaft 4 is provided with a smooth-face roller 13, fixed with relation to said shaft, and the forward end of the shaft 5 carries a roller 14, composed of or faced with yielding material forming an absorbent or liquid-containing surface for said roller.

The slidable bearing-block 6 for the forward end of the shaft 5 has a downwardlyextending rod 15, pivotally connected with the lower end of said block, which rod passes through a suitable opening in a tilting block 16, mounted upon trunnions 17 in the forked rear end of a foot-lever 18, pivotally mounted upon abolt 19 near the base of the standard 1. A compression coil-spring 20 is interposed between the tilting block 16 and the rod 15, being confined at its upper end with relation to the rod by the vertically-movable locknuts 21, the normal position of the roller 14 being adjustable by the movement of said lock-nuts.

A closed steam-jacket 22 is secured to the arm 3 and is fixed with relation to the standard 1. This steam-jacket lies beneath the roller 14, and its interioris connected with any suitable steam-supply by means of the pipes 23. The top of the steam-jacket 22 is inclind downwardly from'the left to the right hand side thereof and at its front and rear edges and its right-hand edge is provided with an upwardly-extending flange 24.

A starch-receptacle 25, the lower edges 26 of which are inclined to correspond with the top of the steam-jacket 22 and of a width just sufficient to lie within the marginal flange 24 of said jacket, is provided, the top of said starch-receptacle being partially closed by the two hinged

covers

27 and 28. The bottom proper, 29, of the starch-receptacle slants downward from either side toward the middle thereof, and each of the

covers

27 and 28 extends only about one-third of the Way across the top of said receptacle from the side edges thereof, leaving between said covers a space for the lower starching-roller 14, which when the machine is being used is partially submerged within the starch contained in. the starch-receptacle.

, In use power is communicated to the shafts 4 and 5 by means of abelt (not shown) passing over the drive-pulley 8. Liquid starch is placed within the starch-receptacle 25 and steam admitted to the steam-jacket 22 through the pipes 23. The starch-receptacle may be removed from its place upon the steam-jacket for filling or cleaning by turning back the cover 27 upon its supporting-hinges and lift-' ing the right-hand edge of the receptacle over ICO the upturned flange 24, the inclination of the top of the steam-jacket being sufiicient to permit the left-hand edge of the starch-receptacle to pass beneath the starching-roller 14. Said roller also may be raised slightly into contact with the roller 13, if that is necessary, to remove the starch-receptacle; but it is apparent that with a sufficient degree of inclination in the top of the steam-jacket the starch-receptacle may be removed without moving the starching-roller 14. When the starch-receptacle is in the position indicated in Fig. 2, the lower starching-roller 14 is partially submerged in the starch contained in said receptacle, rotating in and carrying a quantity of said starch upward into contact with the band or other portion of the shirt or garment being operated upon.

When the machine isin use, the starch-receptacle is in the position indicated in Fig. 2, and both the

hinged covers

27 and 28 are closed. The operator stands in front of the machine with a foot upon the foot-lever 18 and passes the article to be starched between the starching-

rollers

13 and 14, pressing down upon the foot-lever to raise the roller 14 into contact with the fabric. The pressure of the foot upon the foot-lever 18 is not transmitted positively to raise the roller 14, but acts through the spring 20. The weight of the roller let is sufficient to restore the forward end of the foot-lever to its normal elevated position when pressure is removed from said foot-lever.

It is apparent that various changes might be resorted to in the general form and arrangement of the several parts herein described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, wherefore I wish to have it understood that I do not desire to limit myself to the precise details herein set forth.

I claim as my invention-- 1. In astarching-machine, in combination, a supporting-frame having an inclined portion; and a starch-receptacle having inclined lower edges adapted to be removably supported upon said inclined portion.

2. In a starching-Inachine, in combination, a supporting-frame having an inclined portion provided with a projection; and a starchreceptacle having inclined lower edges adapted to rest upon said inclined portion and to be retained in position by said projection.

3. In a starching-machine, in combination, a supporting-frame having an inclined portion; a starch-receptacle removably support-' ed upon said inclined portion, said receptacle being provided with two hinged covers having a space between their adjacent edges; and a starching-roller rotatably supported in the space between said covers and adapted to run in the starch within said receptacle.

4.. In a starching-machine, in combination, a supporting-frame; a starch-receptacle; means for supporting said receptacle; two starching-rollers rotatably mounted in said supportingframe and adapted to pass the work between them, one of said rollers running in the body of starch within said receptacle; and means for permitting the withdrawal of said receptacle from the machine without moving either of said rollers or the supporting means for said receptacle.

5. In a starching-maohine, in combination, a liquid-starch receptacle; 8 support for said receptacle having an inclined portion; a starching-roller adapted to run in the starch in said receptacle; and means forpermitting the withdrawal of said receptacle without moving said roller or said support.

6. In a starching-machine, in combination, a supporting-frame having an inclined portion; a starch-receptacle removably supported upon said frame, said receptacle having inclined lower edges adapted to rest upon said inclined portion; and a starchingroller adapted to run in the starch within said receptacle.

7. In a starching-machine, in combination, a supporting-frame having an inclined portion; a starch-receptacle having inclined lower edges adapted to rest upon said inclined portion; a raised projection for removably holding said receptacle in position upon said inclined portion; and a starching-roller adapted to run in the starch within said receptacle.

8. In a starching-machine, in combination, a supporting-frame having a steam-jacketed inclined portion; a starch-receptacle removably supported upon said inclined portion, said receptacle having lower edges inclined at an angle substantially equal to that of the inclined portion; a hinged cover for one side of said receptacle; and a starching-roller adapted to run in the starch within said receptacle.

9. In a starching-machine, in combination, two starching-rollers adapted to run together, one of said rollers lying below the other and being adapted to rotate within a body of liquid starch; a starch-receptacle; aconnectingrod and a foot-lever for moving said lower roller toward and from the other roller; and a spring interposed between the rod and the foot-lever.

GEO. I-I. BISHOP.

Witnesses:

M. GREWATCH, GEO. L. CHINDAHL.