US837116A - Pressing-machine. - Google Patents

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'-No 837,116. PATENTED NOV. 27, 1906. W. POOL.

PRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION IILEDMAY 13,1905.

witnesses WILLIAM POOL, OF LANS DAL E, PENNSYLVANIA.

. Kilo-837,116.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

. PREE'SSING-MAOHINE.

Application filed May13,1905. Serial N9. 260.295.

To all whom it may concern: 9

Be it known that I, WILLIAM POOL, a citi- I zen of the United States, residing at Lansdale, in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pressing-Maf chines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full clear, and exact description: of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. o

This invention relates to improvements in mechanism for pressing cloth or other materials, and is especially adapted for pressing articles, particularly of clothing, where it is 1 desirable to moisten and at thesame time heat the same.

, It is the object of the invention to rovide 1 a mechanism in which the hems or olds of fabrics may be pressed and secured in position by having cement, gutta-percha, or the like placed within the fold and heated and moistened at the time it is being pressed.

The invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of arts, as will .be hereinafter hilly described an claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view through my improved pressing a paratus, the pressing-rolls ent'invention is capable of use in pressing or folding fabrics or goods of any sort, but is especially Well adapted for use in the pressing of seams or folds in which-a cement or adhesive material is used for holding the fold'in place.

r The ap aratus illustrated in the drawings is particu arly adapted for the pressing and cementing of the hems of trousers where g11tta-percha or cement of any suitable kind is placed within the hem so as to hold the same permanently in place. Referring to the drawings, in which is shown a preferable form of the'device, 1 indicates a frame. The frame 1 is provided with uprights or standards 2 and 3, in which mova le bearings 4, 5, 6, and 7 are mounted. J ournal'ed inthese bearings are shafts 8 and 9, which at one end of the framing project beyond the same and carry pressing- rolls 10 and 1 1. To the opposite ends of the shafts 9 and 10 from theressing-rolls are secured gears 12 and 13, W 'ch are intermeshing, so that whenone shaft is rotated the other will turn PatentedNov.27,1906.

which is so mounted in the framing as to bear at one end upon the uppersjournal-box 4, while the other; end is engaged by a screw or bolt 18. The spring bar or plate 17 is pressed against anadjacent bar or plate 19, which may also have a spring action, if desired. The bars17 and 19 are so bent that they have a rocking engagement with one another, normally contacti'ng at only one point, as'at 20. By ulling upwardly upon the end of the bar 17 through the agency of the screw or bolt 18 the free end of the spring-bar 17 will be forced downwardly against the bearing 4.

It is of importance inthe that the pressing-rolls shall plying heat and moisture to the materia s operated upon simultaneously with the present invention ressing operation. For this purpose the rolls are so constructed that a heating and dampening e capable of a agent, such as steam, may be introduced into the interior of the said rolls, and some of the said steam may escape through the periphery of one or both of the rolls for dampening the fabrics passed between them. As will be evident from the drawings the bearings 4 and 6 carry upon one side of the standard 2 heads 28, which are made a proximately of the size of the ends of the rol s and fit closely against the end edges of the said rolls, as shown in Fig. 1. Of course the heads 28 remain stationary with the bearings. A ground joint is formed between the ends of the rolls and the said heads, -so,that while the rolls move with respect tothe heads any heating or. I

moistening agent which is introduced into the rolls will not be ermitted to esca e'between the edges of t e rolls and the eads. The heads are normally forced against the inner open ends of the rolls 10 and 11 by means of springs 29 and 30,'which surround the shafts 8 and 9 and bear against the inner ends of the bearings 4 and 6. The other ends of said springs abut against the bearings 5 i and 7. The bearings 4 and their heads 28-are thus forced against the ends of the rolls 10 and 11 under a yielding tension. .1 may introduce steam or other heatin and moistening agent into either one or oth of the said rolls 10 and 1 1 but it is usually sufiicient to erforate the periphery of only one of the r0 s, as at 21 for permitting the steam to escape into the fabric operated upon, and thus accomplish the moistening of the same. i It.

will be observed that the rolls and 11 are securedat their outer ends to the ends of the shafts 8- and 9., These shafts extend through the bearings 4 and 6 and the heads 28 and longitudinally of the hollow rolls to the end heads or closing walls of said rolls 10 and 11.

' An annular space is thus left between each of the shafts 8 and 9 and the inner surfaces of the hollow rolls 10.and 11. The steam or other heating or moistening agent may be introduced into the rolls in any desired manner;

but I referably introduce the same into the rolls t ough pipes, as 31,- which extend into passages formed in the bearings 4 and 6. The said'passages deliver the steam into the interior of the rolls "10 and 11. The working ings the u per roll 10 as having a series of cpncaved ongitudinally extending depres s ons or corrugations 22. These corrugations engage the goods which is ,being pressed 7: and as the roll 10 turns prevents the same from slipping and insures its being properly fedforward. The lowerroll is inclosed in a casing 23,1which almost incloses the roll.-

The' said casing 23 collectsall water or condensation from the steam and is provided with an outlet-pi e 24 for the draining of the moisture thus co ected.

When the hem of a pair of trousers is to be secured, the fabric or goods forming the trousers are folded and a strip of gutta-percha or other cementin material is. laid within thefold, and the passed between the rolls '10 and-11. 'The steam admitted into the roll '11 will force its way out through the apertures 21 and moisten as'well asheat the fabric and the guttapercha' or cement within the hem, and the compressing action of the rolls will operate to cause the parts 'tofirmly, adhere; In this simple manner the hems of trousers may be quickly and readily secured. The device can ofcours'e be used. for securing hems o'r foldsof fabrics .of various kinds in garments or any other articles made of fabric orlike material, all vth'e'spirili ,of-thepresent invention. v u u In order to facilitate thejinsertion of a hem emv thus formed is thenshafts,

folded goods or fabrics at a single-operation.

Any'chan'ges in the minor details of construction are considered as entirely Wltlllll the scope of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is j

1. Apressing device, comprising a frame, shafts extending approximately parallel in said frame, pressure-rolls carried by the ends ofsaid shafts, bearing-blocks mounted in the frame adj acent to said rolls, heads carried by said-bearing-blocks and capable of closing the open ends of the pressure-rolls and means for introducing steam into saidrolls.

2. A pressing device, comprising a frame, parallel shafts mounted therein, hollow rolls secured to the ends of said shafts, journalblocks ofiering bearings forthe said shafts adjacent 'to'the rolls, integral heads carried by the said journal-blocks for closing the open ends of the rolls, spring pressin means'engaging one of the journal-blocks or forcing it toward the other journal-block and springs engaging the sides of-the journal-blocks for forcing the heads carried thereby against the l hollow rolls. 5

3. A pressing mechanism, comprising hollow'r lls, one of said rolls having perforations extending through the periphery thereof, the said rolls being open at the inner ends, shafts extending through'the rolls and rigidly engaging the closed ends thereof for carrying shafts and means for forcing them against the open ends of the rolls for retaining'a heating and moistening medium'within the rolls.

4. A pressing mechanism, comprising a pair of, hollow rol'ls,' shafts carrying the said rolls, bearings for supporting the shafts and arranged adjacent to the ends of the rolls, heads for the rolls carried by the said bear them and movable heads mounted upon said ings, springs abutting against the bearings for forcing the heads normally against the rolls and forming a tight joint therewith andmeans for introducing steam into the said rolls. V V

"5. A pressing mechanism, comprising a framing havin standards rising therefrom,

shafts'mounte in thestandards, bearings in the" said standards and ca the said lgearing for actuatin t eshafts, hols mounted upon .1;

e shafts, heads" carried by one set of bearings for closing the ends of the rolls, springs surrounding the shafts and interposed between the two sets of bearings of the shafts for forcing the heads against the rolls, and piping for leading steam through the said heads and delivering the same within the rolls. I

6. In a mechanism of the" class described, the combination with a frame, bearings carried by said frame, a shaft j ournale'd in said bearings, rolls supported upon said frame, one of said rolls fixedly secured to said shaft,

a bar bent intermediate its ends and fixedly one end thereof, rolls carried by the extended ends of said shafts outside of said frame, each roll provided with an open end, slidable means carried by said shafts for closing said open ends, and yielding means for exerting pressure upon said slidable means for holding the same in its normal position.

8. In a mechanism of the class described, the combination of a frame provided with vertical standards, rolls supported by and carried outside the frame and each provided with an inner open end, longitudinally-movable apertured heads closing the open end of each roll, means to permit the introduction of steam into the rolls through said heads, yielding means for normally exercising pressure upon said heads for securing the same in their normal position, and resilient bars carried by said frame and operating with said rolls for holding the same in engagement.

9; In a mechanism of the class described, the combination with a frame, of longitudinally-extending shafts carried by said frame, rolls fixed to said shafts outside of said frame, each roll provided withan open, inner end, spring-pressed means closing the inner ends of said rolls, and gearing for said shafts.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- WILLIAM POOL.

Witnessesz.

HARRY S. MILLER, CHAS. H. MILLER.

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