US1778059A - Steam finisher - Google Patents

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Oct. 14, 1930. 6:. H. BOYULS 1,778,059

STEAM FINISHER Original Filed July 5, 192a 3Sheets-Sheet 1 1% INVENTOR.

BY Zz/Mzg Oct. 14, 1930. I c, o u s 1,778,059

(STEAM FINISHER Original Filed July 5, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Ill/ll ATTORNEY Oct. 14, 1930. c. H. BOYULS 1,778,059

STEAM FINISHER Original Filed July 5, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 IN V EN TOR. afl aaguzs BY 47 1/60 l ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 14, 1930 1 7 1 UNITE-D STATES PATENT" OFF-ICE cEoIL H. BoYULs, or LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY STEAM FINISHER T-Application filed July 5, 1928, Serial No. 290,617. Renewed August '97, 1930. V

' This invention relates to laundry machin-' cry and has special reference to an ironing machine of the type known as a finisher. 4

More particularly the invention relates to 5' a steam heated ironing finisher.

In the ironing of clothes it frequently occurs that the mangle or pressing machine does not properly iron and dry all parts and some spots are left damp and perhaps wrinkled.

Heretofore ithas been customary to iron such places with an ordinary hand iron or fiat iron. This necessarily is a slow and expensive process and moreover requires'the use ofconsiderable strength. i p 7 One important object of the present inven tion is to provide an improved and novel mechanism whereby such places as have not been properly ironed in clothing subject to other ironing processes may have any uni '20 ironed ordamp spots finished rapidly with less effort on the part of the operator and the obtaining of a greater production.

,Furthermore', in the use of hand irons it is not practicable to employ steam and such irons are generally heated by electricity or gas. The use of such irons on damp. spots I in clothing which has been subjected to pressing ,ona steam ress frequently results in the burning of the material around the damp '30 spot on account of excessive heat applied to such dry material. That is, if the iron is hot enough to dryjout the damp spots it is fre I uently ihot' enough to burnthe dryjpart of t hearticle. Qonsequentlythe old method of hand'iron'ing necessitated moistening a con- I siderablearea around this spot with corresponding loss oftime in this operationand the ironing of the large spotthus made, the middle portion being ironedfirst so that the 40 iron is tempered down in such manner that whenit reaches the margins of the lar e damp spot it will not burn the dry parts. y reason of this thetime lost is considerably greaterthan if the damp spot itself could be ironed save scorching. v w v p A second important object of the invention is the provision of an'improved ironing finisher wherein theiron is steam heated by withoutjit being necessary toenlarge it to steam of suitable temperature so that at no time is the iron hot enough to scorch any part *of the articles being ironed while at the same time the iron is amply hot to properly iron and dry the damp spot.

A third important object of the invention is the provision of means for oscillating a steam heated iron on can be moved from th a suitable buck which e iron for the purpose of placing the articles in position and toward the iron for bringing the latter into contact with the articles, the moving of the buck bemg accomplished by a foot of the operator thus leaving the operators hands free tomanipulate the article be A fourth important ing ironed. object of the invention is to provide a machine of this'character wherein the oscillatio n of the iron will be accomplished by an electric motor,'tl1ismotor having the circuit ther ethrough closed, as the buck is moved into position for ironingthe articles and broken as the buck moves away from such position, the iron oscillating only when actually necessary to accomplish the ironing operation.

accompanying drawings and specificallyclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings like characters of reference indicate like several views, and

parts in the Figure 1 is'a side elevation ofthe improved machine.

rear certain'of the parts being shown in ele- I vation.

Figure 3 is an enlarged section on theline 33 of Figure 1. v Figure 4 is an enlar 4-4 of Figure 1.

ged section on the line Figure 5 is a section on the horizontal median line of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a section on the line 6- 6 of Fi ure 1. v

lgure 7 is an enlar 77 of Figure '1.

ged section on the line 13 whereon is mounted the buck and thiss'temv has formed therein a slotil4in which fits one end 15 of a lever pivoted between its ends on a pivot 16 extending from side to 'side of the hollow arm 12. The other end of this lever projects intoth'e'hollow'standard "11 and" pivotally, connected to this end of the lever is the upper end of a link 17' which has its lower end connected to the inner end of a lever 18 mounted intermediateits ends on a pivot l9'adjacent the forward face of the lower part of the standard 11. The front end ofthe lever '18 is 'connected by a link 20. with therear end of a pedal or foot-lever 21 pivotally supported between brackets 22.

on the baselO. Thus by depressing the front end of the pedal 21 the link '17is pulled down and the lever in the arm12 tilted sothat the stem or shank 13 is lifted which thus lifts the buck supported thereon. [This buck includes a hollow lower bodyportion wherein, is telescopicallyfitted an upper pad holding portion 24 around the lower part of which extends a spiral spring 25 so that the cover 26 of the pad 27 may be gripped by this spring and the cover thus removably held in place. The upper and lower parts are limited in movement away from each other by bolts28 and the upper part is spring sup ported on springs 29 so as to accommodate varying thicknesses of articles placed thereon.

' At the upper front side of the standard 11 is a bracket 30 whereon is a vertical pivot 31 on which. is pivoted an operating arm 32 which carries at its forward end an iron hav-. ing a; vertically elongated body 33 and a flat pressing face 34 above the buck. Suitably supported from the standard and alined with the pivot 31 are forward swing joints 35, there being one of these'joints above and one below the pivot. Connected to the upper joint is a steam inlet pipe 36 and an exhaust or'outlet pipe 37 is connected to the lower joint,the

pipes 36 and 37 leading to any suitable source of steam supply and waste respectively. Furthermore, these swing joints are connected by pipes 38 with the top and bottom of the hollow iron body 33. Thus the iron, can freely oscillate on its pivot and yet be supplied with steam and the steam exhausted therefrom so that the iron'can at all times be kept in a proper condition as regards heat.

Extending rearwardly from the upper portion of the standard 11 is a bracket 39 whereon is mounted a motor 40 driving a reducing gear of the ordlnary, worm wheel mounted a cam 43 carrying the peripheral ball bearing 44. The outer race of this'ball bearing has its outer face transversely arcuate to swing between arcuate wear plates 45 fixedtothe sides of ayoke 4 6-carried by the rear of an extension 47 of the operating ariri 32,"the extension 47 extending inthe opposite directionito'said arm from the pivot 31. This motor is connected by sultable wires indicated diagrammatically at 48 with a standard type of circuit closeror switch I 49 having a pull steinor rod "50 for opening and cle s he-sw he r d being ralli to close the switch and establish a circuit through the, motor and pushed to breaksaid circuit. Spaced, on the rod are steps 51 which are screwed on the rod so that-they may be ju e o. e i r s t e f projecting from the link 17 through a suit; able slotin the hollow standard llisanarm 52 whichhasa yoke end 53engaging the rod between the stops." By this means whenever the buck is raised the. switch is closed and consequently the motor is set int operation and the iron oscillated; Converselywhen the buck is lowered the switch is opened and the scircuit through the; motor is-. broken so that the iron will cease its oscillation.

ln -using-the apparatus the article; to .be

ironed is placed on the buckin such. position that the spot requiring finishing is presented for action by the iron. The operator then depresses the front endlof the pedal 21 and 'as the buck inovesupwardly under fthisaction the motor starts and the iron'begins: to oscillate so,- that the iron is oscillating'a's the buck reaches its" operative position with the article in contact with the'iron. Afew 'scg ondsis' sufficient to completelyiron the spot unlessthesame is very large inwhi'ch case the pedalis released, the article shifted ion the buck and the pedal again depressed until the entire spot has been ironedQThcnthe pedal is fully released whereupon the circuit through the motor. is broken f and the oscillation of the 1 iron ceases; so" thafthe is OHS that mlnor may device is ready for a second article, the

made in the form and construction .ofthe invention without departing from the material spirit thereof. It is not, therefore, deg

sired Ito confine. the invention to thefexact form herein shown'and described, but it;is desired to include all such as properly come within the scope claimed. Q is claimed as new, is:

' 1. In an ironingfinisher, a frain'epabuck Having thus described theinventipii, what mounted on said frame for vertical movement into and out of pressing position, means for moving said buck, an iron, a supporting arm pivotally mounted on said 6 frame and connected to the iron to restrict movement thereof to an arcuate path in a plane at right angles to the movement of the buck and in cooperation therewith, a motor having a shaft, a cam mounted on m said shaft, an extension on said arm, and a yoke on said extension straddling said cam a hollow bushing in said yoke having an in- 7 ternal segmento-spherical surface, and a ball hearingion said cam having an outer race 15 provided with a segmento-spherical outer surface fitting said bushing. '2. In an ironing finisher, a frame, a buck mounted on said frame for vertical movement into and out of pressing position, means for moving said buck, an iron, a sup porting arm pivotally mounted on said frame and connected to the iron to restrict movement thereof to an arcuate path in a plane at right angles to the movement of the buck 25 and in cooperation therewith, a motor having a shaft, a cam mounted onsaid shaft, an extension on said arm, and a yoke on said extension straddling said cam. 1

3. In an ironing finisher, a frame, a buck 30 mounted on said frame for vertical move ment into and out of pressing position, a stem supporting said buck, a lever pivoted intermediate its ends on said frame and having one end engaging the stem to move the same, a link depending from the other end of said lever, a pedal operatively connected to the lower end of the link whereby movement of the pedal moves the link and buck, an iron, a supporting arm pivotally mounted on said frame and connected to the iron to restrict movement thereof to an arcuatepath in a plane at right angles to the movement of the buck and in cooperation therewith, a motor, means connecting the motor and supporting arm to oscillate the same, a circuit for said motor, a circuit closer in said circuit, a sliding rod for operating said circuit closer, spaced stops on said rod, and an arm projecting from said 'link'and having a yoke engaging the rod between said stops. In testimonywhereof I affix my signature r CECIL H. BOYULS.

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