US1478229A - Cover for ironing rolls - Google Patents

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Dec. 118, 1923.

H, M. HORNE COVER FOR IRONING ROLLS Filed 001:. 5, 1922 Patented Dec. 118, 11323.

UNETED TATE HARRY M. HORNE, OF HILTON, NEW JERSEY.

COVER FOR IRONING ROLLS.

Application filed ()etober 3, 1922. Serial No. 592,007.

To aZZ whom it may concern:v

Be it known that I, HARRY M. HORNE, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Hilton county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Covers for Ironing Rolls, of which the following is a specification. v

My invention relates to ironing rolls of the type commonl included in laundrymachines. In suc machines the fabrics and garments to be ironed are passed. between the ironing rolls which generally speaking are provided with a fabric covering in order to prevent injury to the material being ironed and breakage of buttons and the like which may comprise a part thereof; to increase the efficiency of such fabric covering for its intended purpose it is desirable to yieldingly mount the same upon the roll. F or this purpose such rolls have heretofore been surrounded by a sheet metal shell secured to the rOll and constituting a means whereby a multiplicity of springs which serve as a foundation for the aforesaid fabric covering and provide the desired resiliency thereto are mounted upon the roll. Up to the present time considerable difliculty has been encountered in combining the metal shell with the roll, with the result that this operation is time consuming and expensive and does not provide the best results. The object of the present invention is to overcome these disadvantages and objections by providing a construction in which the shell is efliciently combined with the roll in a simple and novel manner and the springs are likewise mounted upon theshell in a novel and sim ple way. Other more specific objects of the invention will appear from the description hereinafter and the features of novelty will be pointed out in the appended claims. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings which show an example of the invention without defining its limits and in which Fig. 1 is an exterior view of a roll with my improvement applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional detail showing the spring mounting; Fig. 4 is an enlarged section of the roll equipped with my improvement and Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary section showing an anti-creeping device included in the construction.

As shown in the drawings the roll com- 'which the rod 16 also passes.

prises the customary cylindrical body 10 provided at its opposite ends with annular flanges 11 and with trunnions or the like 12 whereby said roll is mounted in the machineof which it forms a part, it being understood that said roll, in construction ,and form, may be of any existing and well known type. The shell 13 is constructed of suitable sheet metal such as brass and is preferably provided with a multiplicity of perforations 14, said shell being of such dimensions as to extend circumferentially about the body 10 and to fit between the flanges 11 as shown in Fig. 1. Along its longitudinal edges the shell 13 is provided with a plurality of tubular projections 15 and 15 which may be formed by turning over the metal of the shell as indicated and which are located along the respective edges so as to be capable of fitting between each other when the shell 13 is in place upon the roll; that is to say, the projections 15 are staggered with respect to the projections 15. all of the projections being so spaced and dimensioned that when fitted together they constitute a substantially continuous 'tu'be extending lengthwise of the shell 13 as shown in the drawings. A rod 16 having a head 17 at one end and its other end screw-threaded, passes through suitable apertures in the flanges 11 and through the aligned projections 15 and 15 and maintains the shell in the form of a cylinder which encircles the body 1.0 of the roll; the rod 16 is fixed against movement in the direction of its length relatively to the shell 13 and body 10 by means of a nut 18 which screws upon the screw-threaded end of said rod 16. against the possibility of any circumferential distortion or creeping of the shell 13 at intermediate points and to reduce strains In order to guard upon the rod 16 to a minimum, it may be desirable to provide eyelets 19 through These eyelets 19 are located at spaced intervals and p are fixed upon the body 10 in any convenient manner as by being screw-threaded therein, said eyelets being in axial registry with the projections 15 and 15 and projecting between the ends of adjacent projections which are shortened in axial length to pro-vide the spaces necessary to accommodate said eyelets.

The yielding support for the outer fabric covering is provided by a. plurality of coil springs 20 which extend radially outward from the shell at the predetermined points thereon; these springs are each carried by a cap 21 provided Wltll (prongs 22 whereby said springs are mounte upon the shell 13 so as tobe-carried thereby. The covering 23 of suitable fabric encircles the shell 13- the subsequent combination with the roll is effected without difficulty and without requiring the springs to be individually placed in position upon said shell. After the springs 20 have been secured in place, the shell 13 is wrapped about the body of the roll between the flanges 11 thereof and'the projections 15 and 15 are fitted together and brought into registry with the rod apertures in said flanges 11 and with the eyelets 19. In order to facilitate the combination of the shell with the roll, temporary clamping rings 24 of suitable construction may be utilized to hold said shell in place during its attachment with the roll. To complete the combination of said shell with its roll, the rod 16 is passed through the flange openings, the projections 15 and 15 and the eyelets 19 and the nut 18 is screwed home upon said rod to firmly and securely fix the shell in place.

The entire operation of combining the shell with the roll requires no skill in its accomplishment and may be fully completed without material effort and in a minlmum period of time; after the shell has been secured in place the temporary clamping rings 24 may be-removed and the fabric covering 23 wrapped about the springs 20 and secured in position thereon in the well known way. It will be understood that the springs 20 may be located in either a regular or an irregular arrangement as desired andthat they may be included in any desired number without complicating the arrangement or the method of attachment. In .any case such springs may easily be' located in the most efiicient arrangement to provide resiliency in the covering 23 to the desired degree.

The invention overcomes the disadvantages heretofore existing in structures of the kind in' question and b doing awa with the necessityfor skille workman an by cutting down the time required for combining the shells with the rolls reduces the cost of rolls fitted with the described resilient fabricl covers to a minimum; While the invention is particularly adapted for laundry machine 3011? it may be found equally useful in other Various changes in the specific form shown and describedmay be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of the inyention.

I claim: j

1. The combination of a machine roll, a shell encircling the same and co-operating means locatedalong the contiguous longituof said shell-and adapted to be fitted together, a plurality of springs carried by said shell,-means co-operating with said proj ections for securing said shell in place upon said roll and a fabric covering mounted upon said springs.

4: The combination of a laundry roll, a perforated shell encircling the same, a

v plurality of tubular projections located along the lon itudinal edges of said shell and adapted to e fitted together in axial registry, springs located upon said shell carried there'- by, a rod extending through said projections to secure said shell in place upon saidroll and means co-operating with said rod to prevent circumferential shifting of said shell.

5. The combination of a laundry roll having flanges provided with apertures, a perforated shell encircling said roll between said flanges, a plurality of tubular projections located alon the longitudinal edges of said shell and a apted to be fitted together in axial registry, a plurality of eyelets carried 'by said roll in axial registry with said pro-.

jections, a rod extending through the apertures of said flanges and through said projections and eyelets whereby said shell is. secured in place upon said roll and fixed against circumferential shifting, ,a plurality of springs carried by, said shell, and pronged caps whereby said springs are connected with said shell.

In testimony whereof I have hereby signed this specification.

I HARRY M. HORNE.

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