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1956 w. c. GLOVER, JR

GARMENT FINISHING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 16, 1952 2 1956 w. c. GLOVER, JR

GARMENT FINISHING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 16, 1952 III United States Patent C) GARMENT FINISHING MACHINE William C. Glover, Jr., Kansas City, Mo.

Application June 16, 1952, Serial No. 293,779

Claims. (Cl. 223-70) This invention relates to machines for processing and finishing garments and refers more particularly to machines for processing and finishing garments in which the processing and finishing is accomplished with steam and heated air.

A garment being finished on this type of machine is supported from a hanger above a heated air blast which balloons out the garment forcing drying air through the fabric to remove solvent odors and wrinkles, raise the nap of the fabric and return shape to the garment after it has been run through the cleaning operation.

It is desirable at this time to have available a suitable spotting gun for treating and feathering spots and stains. This gun should be able to produce both concentrated and diffuse jets of steam. Also, if the air heating medium is steam, it is useful and economical to unite the steam lines for the air heating and spotting apparatus thus simplifying the steam fittings in the vicinity of the machine. This combination creates the problem of where and how to tap the incoming or outgoing steam lines so that the steam applied to the garments with the spotting gun will not be so excessively heated as to damage the garments or so wet as to excessively dampen and soil them. Still another problem is to provide clamping means for the hem of the garment which permit the hot air blast to reach and dry the hem while the hem is being firmly held; otherwise, the hem will remain unfinished and will later have to be hand-processed.

Therefore, an object of this invention is to provide a garment finishing machine with clamping means for the hem of the garment which permits heated air to reach and dry the hem.

Another object is to provide a garment finishing machine with a steam-heated source of hot air and a spotting gun connected to the steam discharge line from the steamheated source.

A further object is to provide a garment finishing machine with a spotting gun which will produce both concentrated and diffuse jets of steam.

Other and further objects of this invention will appear from the following description.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of the instant specification and are to be read in conjunction therewith, there is shown an embodiment of the invention, and in the various views like reference numerals are used to indicate like parts.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a finishing machine embodying the invention,

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view showing the steam coil and fan assembly used for heating the drying air,

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the top of the machine illustrating the hem-holding brushes,

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the outlet pipe of the steam-heating coil,

Fig. 5 is an enlarged side view of the steam spotting gun shown in Fig. 1,

Fig. 6 is a view taken along the lines 6-6 of Fig. 5 in the direction of the arrows,

25,735,595 Patented Feb. 21, 1956 e CC Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 7-7 of Fig. 6 in the direction of the arrows, and

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary sectional elevation taken along the line 8-8 of Fig. 3 in the direction of the arrows.

In the drawings, It) refers to the chassis of a garment finishing machine. A tapered open-top cowling 11 is rotatably mounted in the top of the chassis 10 in a manner best understood from Figs. 3 and 8. As will be seen from these figures, the upper end of chassis 10 has an internal spider comprising radial arms 12a; the cowling 11 has a similar spider comprising the arms 12b radiating from a hub which is pivoted on the lower spider at 12c. A ring 13 is fixedly mounted within the open top of the cowling and spaced inwardly from the cowling rim in such manner that part of its surface protrudes above the top. A plurality of clamping brushes 14 with handles 14a are mounted on the outside of cowling 11 and a plurality of brush buffers 15 are attached to the outside of ring 13. The brushes 14 and buffers 15 are correspondingly spaced in circumferential arrangement on the cowling and ring respectively. The brushes are pivoted at their cowling mountings to frictionally engage and disengage the buffers and are preferably arcuate in shape to conform with the surface of the bufiers. In Fig. 1 is shown the lower part of a rod support 16 from which the garments are suspended.

Within the chassis 10 is a steam-heated source of hot air shown in Fig. 2 as a steam coil 17 with a fan 18 below the coil to circulate air thereover. An electrical switch control for the fan is shown at 19. The coil has an inlet pipe 20 and an outlet pipe 21. A vertical T-fitting 22 is connected to outlet pipe 21 shortly after the pipe leaves the chassis. A discharge pipe 23 is connected to the lower end of the T and a. spotting gun assembly is connected to the upper end through valve 24 and hose 25.

The spotting gun assembly has an open-ended steam tube 26 with a diffusion chamber extension 27. Surrounding the rearward portion of the tube and fixed thereto is an insulating handle 28. A piston valve 29 with an axial duct 30 is slidable in the diffusion chamber and is adapted to seat at the rearward end thereof. The piston is tapered at its rearward seating end and is funnelshaped at its forward discharge end. There are spacing members 31 on the periphery of the piston forming an annular space between the piston and diffusion chamber walls. A trigger lever attachment for actuating the piston has a yoke 32 connected to the funnel end of the piston and encircling the back of trigger 33, said trigger pivoted on a flanged plate 34 mounted on the rear of the diffusion chamber.

In operation, the garment is attached to the top of rod support 16 and the hem is gripped circumferentially upon the ring 13 between the brushes 14 and buffers 15. Then fan 18 is turned on which circulates air past steam coil 17 through which steam is circulating. This heated air blast balloons the garment providing a drying action which removes solvent odors and wrinkles, raises the nap of the fabric and returns shape to the garment. Due to the inset position of ring 13 within the throat of the cowling and the open-bristle construction of the gripping brushes, the drying air circulates through the hem of the garment and affords a complete finishing to the hem as well as to the body of the garment.

The garment is then inspected for spots or stains by rotating cowling 11 on the spider. If necessary, the operator will use the steam gun to remove and feather out any spots present. A single supply of steam to the steam coil and to the spotting gun with the resultant reduction and simplification of the steam fittings in the vicinity of the chassis is achieved by the insertion of T-fitting 22 on the outlet pipe 21. The live steam discharged from the steam coil is tapped from the top of the fitting by through steam tube 26. and directly into the axial duct 30.

of the piston 29, thus producing a concentrated jet of steam which issues from the funneled end of the piston. When trigger 33 is unretracted, the force of the steam passing through tube 26 acts. on the rear of the piston and unseats it moving it forward in the diffusion chamher. This permits steam to pass. through the annular space between the piston and the diffusion chamber walls issuing at the forward end of the difiusion chamber. Thus, when trigger 33 is. in its unretracted position, steam will issue both from the duct 30 of the piston and from the diffusion chamber outside of the piston, producing a diffused jet of steam. It should he noted that valve 24. is used to start or stop the flow of steam while the actuation of the trigger 33 merely produces a concentrated or diffused jet of steam.

When the iinishin and spotting operations are completed, valve 24 is closed and the fan 18 is shut oif. The brushes 14 may then be backed off from the buffers 15. by actuating handles 14a and the hem of the garment disengaged from the ring.

A garment finishing machine has thus been provided With clamping members for the hem of the garment. which permits the heated air blast from the finishing machineto reach and dry the hem.

A garment finishing machine has also been provided with a steam-heated source of hot air and spotting gun connected to the steam discharge line from the steamheated source.

In addition, a garment finishing machine has been provided with a spotting gun which will produce both concentrated and difiused jets of steam.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that this invention is one Well adapted to attain all of the ends and objects hereinabove set forth together with other advantages which are obvious and which are inherent to the structure.

It will be understood that certain features and. subcombinations are of utility and may be employed without. reference to other features and subcomhinations. This is ontemplated by and. is w thi he. scope of the claims.

As many possible embodiments may be made of the invention without departing firom the scope thereof, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

I. A holding device for the lower extremity of a garment processed in a garment finishing machine comprising an open-top cowling rotatably mounted on said machine, a ring fixedly mounted within'the cowling, a plurality of clamping brushes mounted on the outside of the cowling and a plurality of brush butters attached to the outside of the ring and cooperating with the brushes to hold the lower hem of the garment.

2. A holding device for the lower extremity of a garment processed in a garment finishing machine comprising an open-top cowling rotatably mounted on said machine, a spider for supporting the cowling on the machine, a ring fixedly mounted within the cowling and inset with respect to the cowling rim, a plurality of clamping brushes on the outside of the cowling and a plurality of brush butters on the outer face of the ring attached in opposition to the brushes and cooperating with the brushes to hold the lower hem of the garment.

'3. A holding device as in claim 1 wherein the brushes and buffers are in spaced circumferential arrangement on the cowling and ring respectively.

4. A holding 'device as in claim 1 wherein the brushes are pivoted on the cowling to frictionally engage and disengage the buffers.

5 A holding device as in claim l wherein the brushes are arcuate in shape to conform with the arcuate surface of. the buffers.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,468,541 Nagues Sept. 18, 1923 1,659,097 Gygi Feb. 14, 1928 2,119,057 Richa May 31, 1938 2,213,288 Pnngor Sept. 9, 1940 2,241,702 Glover May 13, 1941 2,417,838 Paris Mar. 25, 1947 2,436,255 Glover Feb. 17, 1948 2,443,557 Fitpold June 15, 1948 2,564,818 Schwartz Aug. 21, 1951

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