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W. SOMERS & S. S. DIMOND. IRONING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 9, 1914.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

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W. SOMERS & S. S. DIMOND.

IRONING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED DEC. 9, 1914 1,129,81%, Patented Feb.23, 1915.

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"ran earns arrliw W WILLIAM SOMEBS, OF SOUTH NORWALK, AND SAMUEL S. DIMONID, 0F BRIDGEPORT,

GONNEC'IIGUT, ASSIGNOBS TO R. &G. CORSET GO., INC., 013 NEW YORK, N. Y., A COB- PORATION' OF NEW YORK.

IRONING-MACHINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Application filed. December 9, 1914. Serial No. 876,366.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, VVILLIAM SoMERs and SAMUEL S. DIMOND, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at South Norwalk and Bridgeport, both in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

While our invention is applicable to power-driven ironing machines generally, it is more particularly intended to be applied and has heretofore been applied by us to machines more especially used in the ironing of corsets and similar work.

In an application for Letters Patent heretofore filed by us, Serial No. 7 88,847 Patent No. 1,119,893 we have shown a device of this class in which the ironing board is lifted into operative engagement with the iron by the movement of a series of pivoted arms actuated directly by the pressure of the operators foot upon a treadle. While such an arrangement has the advantage that the frequency, duration and degree of the pressure of the iron upon the material is directly controlled by the operator its operation requires the expenditure of a considerable amount of physical efiort.

lhe object of our present improvement is to utilize the movement of the driving shaft by which the machine is operated in lifting the ironing board, so as to reduce the amount of labor required, while still retaining the advantage of having such lifting under the direct control of the operator. To this end our invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts described and illustrated herein and set forth in the accompanying claims.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the. accompanying drawings, illustrating embodiments thereof, Figure 1 of which shows a side elevation, and Fig. 2

an end elevation of one form ofthe apparatus; Fig. 3 shows a side elevation of a modified form of lifting device; and Fig. lan end elevation; and Fig. 5 a side elevation of a second modified form of lifting device.

Referring to the drawings, A, indicates the driving shaft of the apparatus driven by any suitable means as a belt wheel, B, mounted thereon, through the rotation of which, by suitable means, as a series of connected arms a, b, '0, d, horizontal reciprocat ng movement is imparted to the iron, C, which may be, as shown, mounted on a bar, D, adapted to move between guide rollers, e, e, e, 6, carried on vertical supports, E, E.

F indicates the ironing board carried on a pivotally supported arm, G, and positioned to be lifted into operative contact with the iron, C.

Carried on the driving shaft, A, is a pulley, H, around which passes a friction band, 1. One end of the band, I, is attached to a pivotally mounted bent arm, K, to the other end of which is pivoted an arm, J, which engages the ironing board, F. The other end of the friction band, I, is connected with a trcadle, L, adapted to be depressed by the foot of the operator.

Normally the friction band, 1, lies so loosely on the pulley, H, that it is not moved by the rotation of the pulley.- When it is desired to lift the ironing board, F, the trcadle, L, is depressed thus tightening the friction band, I, on the pulley, H, and thereby causing that end of it which is secured to the arm, K, together with that end of the arm, to be pulled down, thus lifting the ironing board, F, into engagement with the iron, C

Various modifications of the specific means shown for causing the movement of the driving shaft to act to lift the ironing board maybe made without departing from the spiritof our invention and we do not limit our invention to the particular device above described. One form of such possible drawings. In this case a rigid bar or rod, 1 of suitable material, as wood, is substituted for the friction band, I. The swinging lever, L is provided with a roll, Z. When the free end of the lever or trcadle, L is depressed the rod, I is gripped between the roll, Z, and the pulley, H carried on the driving shaft, A, and having a frictional surface, and the rod, 1 is pulled down thus lifting the ironing board.

modifications is illustrated in Fig. 3 of the Another modification is shown in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings. In this case the lower end of the rod, I is pivotally secured to a wheel or pulley, H loosely mounted on the driving shaft, A, and having a dished face. On the driving shaft, A, and arranged to slide on a feather, m, thereon, is a wheel, M, having a conical face adapted to engage with the face of the wheel, H By the movement of the pivotally mounted treadle, L the wheel, M, is moved into engagement with the wheel, H thus causing the latter to rotate and draw down on the rod, I thus lifting the ironing board.

In either case a very slight pressure by the operator on the treadle is suflicient to produce a powerful lifting effect on the ironing board so that the physical exertion required is reduced to a minimum, the work of lifting being done by the movement of the driving shaft. At the same time the movement of the board to and from the iron and the degree of pressure applied, which=can be varied as required, are entirely under the control of the operator, the ad-- vantage of which will be readily understood by those skilled in the art.

liVhat we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an ironing machine the combination of an iron, a drivingshaft and means operated thereby for imparting a reciprocating movement to said iron, an ironing board, a pivoted arm arranged by its movement to lift said board into operative relation with said iron, a treadle, a pulley on the driving shaft, and a friction band surrounding said.

pulley and havin'gone end connected to said arm and the other end connected to said treadle. I

2-. In an ironingmach-ine the combination ofiron, a driving shaft and means operated thereby for imparting reciprocating movement to said iron, an ironing board, a pulley on the driving shaft, a friction band loosely surrounding said pulley, means for bringing the band in close relation with the pulley and means operated by said band for lifting the board into operative relation I with the iron.

3. In an ironing machine thecombination of an iron, a driving shaft, means operated by "the driving shaft for imparting -reciprocating movement to the iron, an ironing board, a pulley on the driving shaft, a friction band surrounding-saidpulley and means operated by the movement of said band for lifting the ironing board intooperative re lation with the iron.

. 4:. In an ironing machine the combination of an iron, a driving shaft, means operated by the driving shaft for imparting reciprocating movement to said iron, an ironing board, a pulley on the driving shaft and means operated by frictional contact with said pulley to lift the ironing board into operative relation with said iron.

5. In an ironing machine the combination of an iron, a driving shaft, means operated by the driving shaft for imparting reciprocating movement to said iron, an ironing board, a friction device and means operating through said friction device for causing the movement of the driving shaft to lift "the ironing board into operative relation with the iron.

6. In an ironing machine the combination of an iron, a driving shaft, means operated by the driving shaft for imparting reciprocating movement to said iron, an ironing board and meansconnectible with the driving shaft and actuated by the movement thereof to lift and, while still connected therewith, to hold the ironing board in operative relation with the iron.

7. In an ironing machine the combination of an iron, a driving shaft, means operated by the driving shaft for imparting reciprocating movement to said iron, an ironing board, means for causing the movement of the driving shaft to lift and continuously hold the ironing board in operative relation with the iron, and means under the control of the operator for determining the frequency, duration and extent of the pressure between the iron and the ironing board.

8. In an ironing machine thecombination of an iron, a driving shaft, means operated by the driving shaft for imparting reciprocating movement to the iron, an ironing board, means for causing the movement of the driving shaft to lift the ironing board into operative engagement with the iron, and means under the'control of the operator for causing the movement of the driving shaft to hold the ironing board in its elevated position.

9. In an ironing machine the combination of an iron, a driving shaft, means operated by the driving shaft for imparting reciprocating movement to the iron, an ironing board, a treadle and means whereby through pressure upon the treadle the movement of the driving shaft operates to lift the ironing board into operative engagement with the iron and upon the release of pressure from the treadle the ironing board falls away from the iron by gravity.

10. In an ironing machine the combination of an iron, a driving shaft, means operated by the driving shaft for imparting reciprocating movement to the iron, an ironing board and means for lifting the ironing board into operative engagement with the iron so arranged that the movement of the driving shaft operates to lift the board and when the driving shaft ceases to act upon the lifting means, the board falls away from the iron by gravity.

11. In an ironing machine the combination of an iron, a driving shaft, means operated by the driving shaft for imparting reciprocating movement to the iron, an ironing board, a friction device and means operating through the friction device to lift and hold the ironing board in operative engagement With the iron.

In testimony whereof, We have hereunto subscribed our names, this 4th day of De- 1o cember, A. D. 1914:.

WILLIAM SOMERS. SAMUEL S. DIMOND. Witnesses:

FRANK T. BRUNDAGE, ALMEDEA DOWNING.

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