US1398834A - Tandem attachment for ironing-presses - Google Patents

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C. L. BRALEY. TANDEM ATTACHMENT FOR IRONING PRESSES. APPLICATION FILED Aue,24, 1916.

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TANDEM ATTACHMENT FOR IRONING PRESSES.

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C. L. BRALEY.

TANDEM ATTACHMENT FUR IRONING PRESSES. APPLICATION FILED AUG-24, 1916.

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' CHARLES L. BnALEmor CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN LAUNDRY MACHINERY COMPANY, OF GINCINNATLOHIO, GORPORATION OF OEIO.

TANDEM ATTACHMENT FOB, IRONING-PRESSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 29, 1921.

Application filed August 24, 1916. SerialNo. 116,696.

of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tandem Attachments for Ironing-Presses, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to pressing machines, and more particularly to pressing machines operated in pairs by a single operator.

In the operation of a pressing machine, such/.as' a machine for pressing garments or articles of any kind, it is essential, after application of pressure to the article being pressed to hold said article under pressure for an appreciable length of time, in order to To avoid idleness of the operator while the article is being held under pressure it is customary to have a single operator manipulate two machines located adjacent each other. While an article is being held under pressure in one machine, the operator places an article in the second machine and applies the pressure thereto and then goes back to the first machine, releases the pressure upon the article in said machine and feeds another article thereto, and so on.

The object of the present invention is to provide improved mechanism or devices enabling the two pressing machines to be operated conjointly with a minimum amount of labor and attention in a manner to save time, the arrangement being preferably such that the operator can release either machine while standing at the other.

- Further objects of the invention are" in part obvious and in part'will appear more in detail hereinafter. I I v I The invention comprises the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure -1 represents a plan view, illustrating, the invention applied to-two machines located side" by side; Fig. 2 is a side elevation from the right in Fig. 1, .and shows one form of pressing machine to which the invention maybe applied; Fig- 3 is a front view of the treadle mechanism, illustrating a latch; and Fig. 4 is a plan view, illustrating another embodiment ofthe invention. v

The invention may be applied to any form of pressing machine, such as an ordinary garment press, a press adapted for special work, such as the pressing of underwear, ladies garments, shirt cufi's, neckbands, and yokes, or the like, or the universal pressing machine shown in Fig. 2, said machine being adapted for pressing a wide variety of articles. Briefly stated, said machine comprises. a frame or body 1 supporting a stati onary lower pressing member 2 and having an upright standard or column 3 on which is pivoted an arm or lever 4 carryingthe movable upper pressing member 5,

.which is adapted, by movement of said lever,

to be moved into cooperating pressing relation with the lower pressing member 2.

Any suitable means may be provided for I operating said lever for moving the pressing members into cooperating relation, the particular means shown being of the form illustrated, described and claimed in a prior application of Charles L. Braley for pressing machine, filed August 15, 1916, Serial No.

114,794. As illustrated herein it comprises a treadle 6 pivoted in the frame and carrying a roller 7 traveling on a cam face 8 of an intermediate lever 9 which supports a roller 10 traveling on a cam face 11 of a depending arm 12 attached to the arm or lever 4. When said treadle is depressed by applying the foot to the foot plate 13 thereon,

the two rollers travel over their'cam .faces and depress the lever 4 so as to bring the two pressing members into cooperating relation,

As is customary in such machines, means pressing member in pressing relation with the lowerpressing member. Said means, in

the machine shown, comprises a latch 14 stationary hook- 16 whereupon the retracting spring .19 oscillates the arm 4 to the position shown-in Fig. 2. e

The release arm r18 is mounted upon a shaft 20carried in brackets 21 on the frame base, and said arm 18 is usual y p vided is provided for holding or looking the upper with a counterweight 22 which normally holds it out of engagement with the latch 14. It may be swung into engagement therewith, for releasing the press, by pressing down 011 the foot plate 23 of a short treadle arm 23 attached to the shaft 20.

Fig. 1 illustrates the operating levers of. two pressing machines located side by side, each of said machines being of the form shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The shaft 20 of-one machine, marked A, extends laterally therefrom througha bearing 24:, supported on the floor, its outer end being detachably coupled or connected in any suitable manner to" the shaft 20 of the other machine. As shown it extends into a coupling sleeve 25 pinned or otherwise attached to the end of the shaft 20 of the second machine B, said sleeve being provided with a clamping or set screw 26 for securing it non-rotatably to the shaft 20 of machine A. The treadle arms 6 and 23 are so formed that their foot plates lie closely adjacent to each other, as shown in Fig. 1.

The mechanism described operates as follows The operator places a garment in machine A, and presses down upon the actuating treadle 6, so as to apply the pressure of the pressing members to said garment. The two pressing members of machine A are held locked in pressing engagement by the lock or latch of machine A, shown in Fig. 3. The operator then steps over to machine B, which is opened or released, and places an article or garment to be pressed upon the lower pressing member thereof. -When said garment is properly arranged, suflicient time has elapsed to complete the pressing of the 1 garment or article on machine A. The op-- erator, therefore, applies her foot to the two treadles 6 and 23 of machine B with'the heel of the foot on pressure treadle 6, and the toe on the release treadle 23. Depression of the treadle 6 applies the pressure to machine B, while depressionof treadle 23 oscillates the two coupled shafts 20 and releases machine A. \Vhen both levers have been depressed and machine A is released, the operator turns her foot to one side or the other so as to disengage it from the treadle 23, but holding it upon treadle 6; This allows the release arms 18 of the two machines to drop and enables the latching or locking mechanism of machine B to operate and lock the pressing members thereof in pressing engagement with each other. The operator then steps over to machine A, removes the garment or article therefrom and places a new garment in position therein. She then applies her foot to the treadles ofmachine A in the same manner as at machine B, thereby releasing machine B and producing pressing relation between the pressing members of machine A. r

This arrangement enables a'single opera each embodying relatively movab tor to manipulate two machines with a single foot stroke, and with a minimum of travel and effort. It saves times and enables the operator to complete a greater amount of work than when the two machines are not coupled'to each other.

-The two machines may also be located at any desired angle to each other. Fig. 4 illus.

trates a modification in which the two pressing machines marked A and B, are located at angles of 90 to each other. In this case, the shafts 20 of said machines are not only connected by the coupling sleeve 25, but also by some suitable means which allows the shafts 20 of the two machines to lie at an angle to each other. This may, for example,

be a universal or knuckle joint or two intermeshing bevel gears, as shown at 27. These machines are operated in the same manner as.

those before described.

With both arrangements described, two machines may be readily freed from coupling engagement with each other by unscrewing the clamping screw 26, thereby allowing the shafts 20 of the two machines to rotate independently.

What I claim is 1. Apparatus of the class described, comprising a plurality of pressin machines, each embodying relatively movable pressing members and a plurality of controlling treadles therefor, and operating connections between treadles on different machines whereby operation of a treadle of one machine produces a controlling Pefi'ect upon another machine.

2. Apparatus of the character] described, comprising a plurality of pressing machines, each embodying relatively movable pressing members, means for moving .the pressing.

members of each machine into pressing. rep lation, means for releasing each machine including operative, connections between said machines whereby one machine can be released by operation of the said release means for the release. of another machine.v

3. Apparatus of the character described, comprising a plurality of pressing members, means for moving the pressing tion, releasing meansfor each machine, operatlve connections between the releasmg machines, e pressing members of each machine into pressmg relameans of saidmachines to enable one mar chine to be. released by operation of the release means of another machine.

4:. Apparatus of the character de ribed,

comprising a plurality'of pressing mahines,

each embodying relatively movable pressing members, operator-operated means for mov-v ing the pressmg members of each machine into pressing relation and means for releas-.

in the same, a part 'of said releasing means being located in close proximity to a part of said. first namedmean's so as to be capable of temporary operation as part of the same operating action applied to said first named means, and operatlve connections between said machines whereby one machine can be released by operation of the said release means of another machine.

5. Apparatus of the character described, comprising a plurality of pressing machines, each embodying an operating treadle and a release-treadle, the two treadles'of each machine having foot plates located adjacent to each other whereby both treadles may be depressed simultaneously, and operating connections between the releasetreadlesof the said machines.

6. Apparatus of the character described, comprismg a plurality of pressing machines, each embodying cooperating pressing members, a treadle on each machine for producing pressing relation between its pressing members, latching means on each machine for maintaining said relation, means on each machine for releasing the latching means thereof, and means whereby operation of the releasing means of one machine releases the latching means of another machine.

7. Apparatus of the character described. comprising two pressing machines, each embodying cooperating pressing members, .a treadle on each machine for producing pressing relation between its ressing members, latching means for maintaining said relation, means on each machine for releasing the latching means thereof, and connections between the two machines whereby either machine may be released by an operator at the other.

8. Apparatus of the character described, comprising a plurality of pressing machines,

each embodying relatively movable pressing members, means for closing said members, means for producing relative movement of said members to release them from pressing relation, and operating means at each machine operatively connected to another machine for'causing actuation of the releasing means at said other machine independently of the closing operation.

. 9. Apparatus of the character described, comprising a plurality of pressing machines, each embodying relatively movable pressing members, means for positively latching the pressing members of each machine in pressing relation, and operating means at each machine operatively connected to another machine for releasing the latching means of said other machine.

10. Apparatus of the character described, comprising two pressing machines. each embodying relatively movable pressing members, means for latching the pressing members of each machine in pressing relation, a pressure treadle and a release treadle at each machine, and means whereby actuation of the release treadleof one machine releases the latching means of the other machine.

11. In apparatus of the class described,

the combination with a plurality of pressing machines, each embodying relatively movable pressing members, and an operating member therefor, of a mechanically actuated locking member for each operating member, and means at each machine for controlling all of said locking members.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CHARLES L. BRALEY.

Witnesses:

Jos. H. SPELmR, Geo. W. SEARS.

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