US939025A

US939025A - Steam clothes-press.

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Publication number: US939025A
Application number: US42393108A
Authority: US
Inventors: Adon J Hoffman
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1908-03-28
Filing date: 1908-03-28
Publication date: 1909-11-02
Anticipated expiration: 1926-11-02

Description

:A. J. HOFFMAN. STEAM GLO-THES PRESS. APPLICATION FILED MAB-.28, 1908 Patented NOV.2, 1909.

8 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

A. J. HOFFMAN.

STEAM CLOTHES PRESS.

Arrmonlpn rum) 111L228, 1908.

939,025, Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

8 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

" Jezw miaw A? A. J. HOFFMAN. STEAM CLOTHES PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED 1111338, 1908.

Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

8 BHEETB8HBET 3.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADON J. HOFFMAN, F SmC'USFI, NEW YORK.

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To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, ADON J. HOFFMAN, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Im rovements in Steam Clothes- Presses, 0 which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying draw ings, is a full, clear, and exact description. h

is invention relates to certain improvements in steam clothes presses of the class set forth in' my pending application .No. 235,188, filed December 1, 1904, in which a presser head is permanently associated with and movable toward and from a buck or 'arment support and is provided with a oraminous presser face and ress cloth through which steam is adapte to be discharged a ainst the upper surface of the garmentw ile the. latter is under pressure so that the upper surface of said garment is subjected to the simultaneous application of steam and mechanical pressure under the control of the operator.

In my pending application referred to as well as in m present application the broad object is to istribute the steam evenly over ment almost-instantly the upper surface of the garment while the latter is under mechanical pressure whereby a dense but thin cloudof steam will be ten porarily embedded in the nap of the garment for the purpose of softenin the same and immediately raising the nap y the natural escape of the steam upward when the mechanical pressure is removed, the rapidity of eva oration of the steam serving to accelerate the dry of the garment so that such garment may immediately put on and worn as soon as taken from the press. In other words, the important result obtained by applying the steam in the manner just descrr d to the upper surface of the garment is to expedite the drying of the. garupon the release of the mechanical pressure.

' One of the specific objects of mypresent invention is to inter-pose a wire screen of comparatively fine mesh between a fora-minous pre'sser face and ress cloth. for the purpose of more even y distributing the steam over the. u per surface of the garment while under mec anical pressure. 4 Y

Another object. is to heat the buck or garment support (preferabl by steam) for the pur use of further acce crating the drying of garment thus permitting the use 0 Specification of Letters Batent.

Application fled. Iarch 28, 1908. Serial No. 423,981.

duits 5 and 7 source as, for instance, from a steam gen- Patented Nov.

comparatively low pressure steam in the presser head.

A further specific object is to provide the buck or garment support with one or I more channels or grooves (preferably through its longitudinal center) for the purpose of receiving the seams of trousers and other garments and thereby preventing these parts of the garment from being pressed shiny or glossy as is most alwaysthe case where the seams are impinged between two more or less rigid faces.

Another object is to provide the buck with a removable collar pad shaped so as to nearly conform to the collar and adjacent portion of the shoulder-of-such garment.

Another object is to enable the buck to be rotated horizontally and moved longitudinally relatively to the presser head and particularly when it is desired to use the collar ad. Other objects and uses relating to diiferent arts of the press will be brought out in the ollowing description. In the drawings-Figures 1 and 2 are respectively rear and front perspective views of the complete clothes press showing the steam heater and its connections therewith and also'showingportions of the press cloth and screen partial y broken away in Fig. 2

to show the foraminous presser face. Fig. 3

is a top plan of the presser head showing the gas heater and steam pipe connections therewith. Figs. a and 5 are sectional views taken respectively on lines 4-4 and 55,

Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a to plan of the buck showing the collar pa in operative position and also showing the lengthwise channel therein, a portion of the pad surface of the buck being broken away to show the underlying channel. Fig. 7 is a detail elevation of one end of the buck and adjacent end of ad in erator -'-7- shown in Fig s. and 2 thereby vided with a suitable foot piece 26-- at heating both the buck and head to a sufficient temperature to materially accelerate the drying of the garment when the mechanical pressure is released and at the same time keeping the temperature sufliciently low to prevent burnin or charring of the garment, it being un erstood that both steam chambers are practically coextensive with the coacting faces of the buck and presser head. 1 j

The presser face of the buck l is covered with a suitable press cloth -9- and interposed yielding body --10- of felt or other pliable absorbent, the press cloth being held in position by a suitable split band or clamp l1-' assing around the marginal edges of the buck. This buck is usually made of cast iron and is movable longitudinally in a support 13 which in turn is revoluble and journaled in a suitable bracket '-15+ as best seen in Fig. 4 so that the buck may be rotated horizontally, and adjusted longitudinally relatively to the presser head for any purpose as, for instance, to permit the use of a collar pad -l6 which is removably attached to one end of the buck that is to bring a raisedportion -16'. of the pad corresponding to the collarof the coat or similargarment into operative relation to one end of the presser head so as to press the shoulder and portion of the collar at the same time allowing the collar to stand in its natural position.

The bracket 15 is supported upon a 7 suitable table or shelf'-14 which together height.

with other parts of the press exclusive of the heater 7 and its adjuncts are mounted upon a supporting frame 17- to retain the buck and presser head at a convenient The revoluble support 13 and lower side of the buck l are provided with interlocking ways which permit longitudinal movement but prevents vertical displacement of the buck upon the support, the pipe connection -5 beingsulflciently long and flexible to allow for the longitudinal and rotary movement of the buck which latter may be clamped in its adjusted position against rotation by a clamping screw 18 as best seen in Fig. 5. a y

The resser head 2 is rigidly secured to the Front end of a rocking frame 20-- which is fulcrumedintermediate its ends at 21-- to upwardly extending arms of the rear portion of the frame -17 and its rear end connected to a link 22- and spring -23'-', the lower end of the s ring being attached to a portion of the, rame 17- for the pur ose. of returnin and normally holding ,t e presser head 1n its eaoas bracket 25 and has its front end pro- I The presser head 2- is provided with a perforated or foraminous presser face 27- which is secured by suitable fastening means as screws 28- to the main body of the head and forms the lower side of the steam chamber 4 within which is located a battle or deflector plate 30' held in place by screws 29-.

The foraminous presser plate 27- is preferably concavo-convex in cross section as best seen in Fig. 5 and its lower face is covered by a wire screen 31 of comparatively fine mesh and. coextensive with the area of the presser plate, said wire screen being in turn covered by a press cloth 32, the marginal edges of which are clamped to the perimeter of the presser head by a split band 33+ andclamping screws 34- so that the press cloths may be easily removed and replaced when worn.

The object in concaving the lower face of the presser plate 27 is to cause the out such garment upon theyielding pad on the upper face of the buck and at the same time assure more perfect contact between the pressing faces of the pressing head and buck with the garment.

The steam pipe 6 which supplies steam to the chanfber 4cis extended 12, one side of which lies in close prox-' imity to and above a gas burner 36 by which the adjacent side of the steam coil is heated thereby superheating the steam just beforeits entranceinto the steam chamber 4, the object of which is to partially dry the steam and to increase itsexpansive force to accelerate the dryingof the garment while under mechanical pressureijor lmmediately after the removal of such pressure.

The burner 36 is provided with-additional apertures to deflect a portion of the flame against the upper side of the presser head for the purpose of additionally heating l the same and further accelerating the dryin of the garment while under mechanica pr islslure.

e steam sup 1 i e -'-6+'is rovided with a suitable alv 3 7 in pi oximity to its connection with the steam chamber 4-, said valve having a suitable o erating member 38 by which the etilof the steam into said chamber 4f may? be controlled at the will of the operator and a is usually opened for a short interval while i V 13o the garment is under mechanical pressureso seems as to produce a thin dense cloud of steam oration of the steam aided by the'superheating of such steam and also the heating of the buck and presser head which enables the garment to be put on immediately after being taken from the press.

In pressing trousers between two presser faces in a press of this character, the seams at the inner and outer sides of the legs are necessarily thicker than the remaining portions of the trouser legs and unless some v preventive provision is made these thick ened portions or seams of the trousers appear glossy or shiny when taken from the press and in order to obviate this effect I provide the buck with a lengthwise channel 40 located near the longitudinal center and covered by the pad 10 and presser cloth 9 portions of which in registration with the channel 40 readily yield into said channel when the seams of the trouser legs are brought directly over said channel and subjected to mechanical pressure by the downward movement of the presser head -2, as best seen in Fig. 5.

In order that'tbe presser head and steam pipe 6-- may be moved without straining any of the pipe joints the inlet end of the pipe 6 is loosely mounted in a tubular head or bushing .41 which is coaxial with the swinging axis of the head '-2 or fulcrum 21 and to which is connected a steam pipe 42 leading from the gen-erator 7, the flexible steam pipe 5 'leading to the chamber of the buck 1-- being also connected to this head 41 In operation, the garment is spread out smoothly across the presser face of the buck 1- and properly brushed or cleaned and the presser head 2 is then forced downwardly either by the pedal lever 44 or a hand lever 45 which is secured to the head and while the garment is -under pressure the valve 37 is opened for a short interval by the operator through the medium of the hand piece 38,.and the steam entering the chamber 4 being spread out by the baflle plate 30--'is' evenly distributed by the foraminous presser plate 27, screen 31 and press cloth in the form of a thin dense cloud upon the upper surface'of the arment thereby softening the nap while the pressure mats said nap more or less so that when the mechanical pressure is removed by the elevation of the presser head, the tendency of the steam to immediately escape upward restores or raises the nap and the rapidity of the es cape of saidisteam accelerates the drying of the garment which is aided by the superheating of the steam and also by the heating of the buck and presser head, the garment being practically dry almost immediately after the mechanical pressure is removed.

When it is desired to press the shoulder and collar of a coat or similar garment the auxiliary pad -16 is slipped or placed over one end of the buck as shown in Figs. 6' and 7 and the buck is then turned upon its axis and adjusted longitudinally as previously described until the raised portion at the end of the auxiliary pad comes just outside of the adjacent end of thepresser head .as shown in Fig. 7, the collar being fitted around said raised portion while the shoulder is brought between the presser face of the pad and super osed presser head.

What is claime is:

1. In a clothes press, a main supporting frame, a hollow buck mounted on said frame and having an imperforate top, a cloth secured to the buck and extending across its top face, means for introducin steam into the interior of the buck for heatlng the same,

a press head hinged to the frame and proj vided with a steam chamber having a perforated bottom, a press cloth secured to the head and extending across the perforated bottom, and means for introducing steam into the press head and through said perforated bottom and press cloth against the upper surface of the garment, the imperforate top of the buck serving to prevent the passage of the steam through the garment.

2. In a clothes press, a main supporting frame, a buck journaled near one end upon the supporting frame to swing horizontally and provided with an imperforate top, a cloth covering the top of the buck and secured thereto, a superposed press head hinged to the frame-and provided with a steam chamber having a perforated bottom, a mess cloth covering the perforated bottom 0- the press head, means for introducing steam into the press head and through its 'foraminous bottom and press clot-h against ber of the buck, a cloth covering the imperforate top of the buck and secured thereto, a superposed press head hin ed to the frame and provided with a steam cliamber having a cloth against perforated bottom,'a press .c oth secured to the press head and extending across and under the perforated bottom, means for introducingsteam into the press head and through said erforated bottom and press the upper surface of the garment, and mechanism for forcing the press head toward the-buck, the imperforate top of said buck serving to prevent the passage of steam through t egarment while under pressure.

4. In a clothes press, a main supporting 7 frame, a hollow buck mounted on the frame having an imperforate top and provided with a lengthwise channel in its upper face, a cloth covering the top and channel of the buckand secured thereto, means for introducing steam into-the buck, a superposed press head hinged to the frame and provided with a'perforated bottom, a press cloth sei ,cured to the head and extending across the buck and resting upon a portion of the top face thereof, a superposed press head hinged to the frame and provided with a perforated head toward the buck, said buck with thebottom, a press cloth extending across the perforated bottom of the head and secured thereto, and means for forcibly pressing the pad thereon bein movable horizontally relatively to the head. v 6. In a clothes press, a main supportih frame, a buck mounted on the frame an provided with an imperforate top, a superposed press head mounted on the frame and provided with a erforated bottom, a wire screen fabric of ne mesh extending across the under side of the perforated bottom, a 1 .press cloth'ex-tending across the under side p for projecting steam throughthefperforated ,of the screen, said screen and press cloth being secured to the press head, and means bottom screen and press cloth 0 the ress head and against the upper surface 0 the garment,-the imperforate top of the buck serving to prevent thepassage of the steam through the garment.

7. In a clothes press, a ing an imperforate top, means to heat the buck, asuperposed presser head having a hollow buck havforaminous presser face, and means for forcing steam through said foraminous presser face and against the upper surface of the garment while'the latter is'under pressure.

8. In a clothes ress, a buck having an imperforate top an a superposed resser head permanently associated therew'it', and both aving steam chambers, vthe presser head being movable toward and from the buck and provided with a foraminous presser' face, and a press cloth covering said face.

9. In a steam clothes press, a support for the garment, a su erposed presser head hav- 1 ing a steam chani er and a iforaminous bottom, a steam pipe enteringsaid head and having a return bend therein above the head and means for heating one of the sides of thereturn bend of the steam pipe forsuperheating the steam passing therethrou h.

10. In a steam c ing a steam chamber provided with an imperforate top, a resser head having a steam chamber and a oram nous bottom, a steam ipe entering said hea and having a return nd therein above the head, and means for heating one of the sides of the return bend of the steam pipe for superheating the steam passing therethrough, said meansalso' heatin the head.

n witness whereof I have hereunto set "my hand this 25th day of March1908.

' ADON J. HOFFMAN.

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