US1722823A - Flatwork ironer - Google Patents

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July 30, 1929. C. @..REEPS FLATwoRK IRoNER A TTORNEYS,

Patented July 30, i929.

rs rrr CHARLES o. Baars, or O'HIcAeO, ILLINOIS, Assrsuon To THE Paosrnnifry coureur ING., OF SYRAC'USE, NLEW YORK,

A. CORPORATION F NEW YORK.

FLAQWQRK IEONER.

application sled April 14,

This invention relates to fiat work ironing machines and has for its object a particularly simple and eflicient arrangement of the ironing elements or instruments by which a machine of large capacity occuples a comparavertical, longitudinal, sectional view of such ironing machine, parts being omitted.

This ironing machine comprises generally, parallel series of ironing instruments arranged to Viron or inish both sides of the work, one series ironing or finishing one side of the work and the other series the opposite side of such work and means for automatically conveying the work from one series to the other.

Preferably, the series of ironing instruments are arranged horizontally, that is, in upper and lower horizontal series.

1 designates generally, the upper series and `V2 the lower series, these ironing means or instruments of the series being supported by a suitable frame designated generally 3. The upper series as here shown comprises heated hollow chests or tables 4 which are heated by steam or any other medium and rollers 5 coacting 'with the tables, the tables usually having concave ironing faces corresponding to the curve of the rollers 5, that is, the rollersare nested in the concave faces of the'chests. The rollers are suitably supported in any 0 well known manner and are acted upon by.

springs located in the housing 6 in the usual manner. Also, the rollers are power driven in any well known manner.

As ironing machines or so called flat work 5 ironers vhaving similar concave chests and rollers are well known to those skilled in the art and as the manner of mounting and actuating the rollers 5 relatively to the Chests 4 is well known, further description is thought to be unnecessary.

The lower series of ironing instruments 2 comprises a flat-table or chest or a plurality A of tables or chests 7 having upper and lower flat ironing faces, these chests 7 being also steaml heated in any well known manner.

`1926. Serial No. 101,919.

.rolls 8 located at intervals along the upper face of the tables or chests 7 and conveyor belts 9 and 10 which run over the upper and lower faces of the tables or chests 7 respectively, one run of the belt 9 extending between the rollers 8 and the upper face of the chests or tables 7. The conveyor 9 is guided over. suitable idler rolls 12, 13,14, 15 and 16 carrled by the frame and one end portion thereof extends upwardly over a power actuated roller 17 located in position to receive the work from one end of the upper series of ironing instruments.y

The belt 10 also extends over similar guide vroller 18 or a belt thereon to be described, and

rollers 19, 20, 21 and 22 carried by the frame 3 and over a power actuated pulley 23 located above the level of the table 7. Also a conveyor belt 24 has opposite runs thereof -opy roller 31 over which it runs. The power actuated rollers 17, 27, 23 and 31 as well as the rolls 5 may be actuated in any suitable manner or by any suitable and, well known mechanism. It is sufficient for an understanding of this invention to bear in mind that the belts must be driven in some fashion.

The work is Ouided from the belt 24 to the upper ironing lface of the tables or chests 7 by a delector 32 and from the upper face of the'tables 7 to the lower faces thereof, or to the belt 10 by a detlector 33.

In operation, the work is fed byone operator or group of operators on the belt 30 and carried to the first roll 5 and moved by the i rotation of the roll 5 over the ironing face of the chest 4 coacting therewith, and is then moved successivelybetween the faces of the rollers 5 and chests 4 of the upper series to the rear end of the frame 5 where the work is passed between the upward extension of the belt 9 or the portion 25 thereof and the conveyor belt -24 and carried thereby to the upper face of the ironing tables or chests 7 where it is carried by the belt 10 over such ironing faces, the work being pressed against 75 posed to the upward ortions 25 and 26 of the v the face by the rolls 8. When the work reaches the front end of the chests 7 it is carried to the opposite orlower face of the tables or chests 7 by the belt 10 and is again conveyed to the rear end of the machine by the belt l where it can be removed from the belt 10 or the run 26 thereof by another group of operators.

This machine is articularlyfadvantageous in that it is particu arly compact and of great capacity. For instance, .the machine here shown is a four roll machine and takes up less space than a six roll flat work ironer of the same capacity. It is also particularly ad: vantageous in that the upper series irons or finishes the lower face of the work while the lower series 2 of the ironing instruments finl ishes or irons the upper face. of the work or the opposite face to that which is ironed by the rolls 5 and chests 4.

What I claim is:

1'. A at'work ironer comprising cooperating rolland shoe mechanism between which the work is passed to iron one side of thework against the shoe, a platen ironing ele- 'ment having an upper flat ironing face, the

platen element being located below the roll and shoe mechanism, conveyor belt means vhaving a downwardly moving run from the delivery end of the roll and shoe mechanism, and a horizontally extending run over the. upper face of the platen element and running in the opposite direction to that in which the Work travels through the roll and shoe mechanism, a second conveyor belt having an inner downwardly moving run opposed to the downwardly moving run of the former belt to carry the work from the delivery end of the roll and shoe mechanism to one end of the platen element whereby the horizontal run of the former belt draws the work along the platen element with the opposite side of the work toward the platen element.

2. A flat work ironer comprising cooperating roll and shoe mechanism between which the work is passed to iron one side of the work against the shoe, a platen ironing element having an upper flat ironing face and a lower flat ironing face, the platen element being located below the roll and shoe mechanism, conveyor belt means having a downwardly moving run from the delivery end of the roll and shoe mechanism, and a horizonvtally extending run over the upper face of the platen element and running in the opposite direction to that in which the work travels through the roll and shoe mechanism, a second conveyor belt having an inner downwardly moving run opposed to the downwardly moving run of the former belt to carry the work from the-delivery endl of the roll and shoe mechanism to one end of the platen element whereby the horizontal run of the former belt draws the work along the platen element with the opposite side of the work toward the platen element, the second belt having an outer upwardly moving run and a third conveyor belt having a horizontal run running along the lower face of the platen element and an upwardly extending portion at its opposite ends to coact with the first conveyor at the discharge end of the upper face of the platen element and with the outer run of the second conveyor at the discharge end of the lower face of the platen element.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto l

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